{"id":55744,"date":"2018-09-19T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=55744"},"modified":"2018-09-19T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:30:14","slug":"macabre-part-2-how-shrunken-heads-were-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/macabre-part-2-how-shrunken-heads-were-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Macabre Part 2: How Shrunken Heads Were Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shrunken-head-340x510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34108 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/shrunken-head-340x510-e1537386153130-340x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing a random quick fact involving the parents of Ferris Bueller on Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off.<\/p>\n<p>We then move on to discussing the show&#8217;s sponsor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashlane.com\/brainfood\">Dashlane<\/a>, which is a great free password management service. You can also get a free month of their premium version and then 10% off thereafter by using the coupon code &#8220;brainfood&#8221;. Either way, please do go check them out using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashlane.com\/brainfood\">this link<\/a>. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Next we move into the main content for today&#8217;s episode which is discussing how exactly people used to get human heads to shrink and why they did this in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on from that, we look at the fascinating saga of famed philosopher Jeremy Bentham&#8217;s head and body.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we move into some feedback and then an interesting Star Trek Fact related to skeletons.<\/p>\n<p>And for those interested:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.atlasobscura.com\/article_images\/46714\/image.jpg\">Picture of Jeremy Bentham&#8217;s Head<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our mentioned video on the history of passwords: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=20kcc5Z2C58\">Who Invented Passwords and the Guy That Made Them Suck<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A sampling of Marina Sirtis talking at various conventions:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkTR4l62Duk\">Costume Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oXZg_GZYb7A\">On Deanna Troi&#8217;s Accent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P40LIQtEE3M\">The Riker Maneuver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vgQidVzdneE\">Riker and Picard Badass Walk Loop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On another note, if you could do us a huge favor and rate and review this show in whatever podcasting platform you&#8217;re using (including hopefully giving us some feedback related to the new format), we would be extremely grateful. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>(You can also discuss this episode and view references on <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.todayifoundout.com\/topic\/88-the-macabre-series\/\">The BrainFood Show forum here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-brainfoodshow\/id1350586459\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/36xpXQMPVXhWJzMoCHPJKd\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&#038;isi=691797987&#038;ius=googleplaymusic&#038;apn=com.google.android.music&#038;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Insimdi4g6puyyr4qbt6tup5b6m?t%3DThe_BrainFood_Show%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Music<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=175012&#038;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/feed\/brainfood\/\" target=\"_blank\">RSS\/XML<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can also find more episodes by going here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/category\/podcast\/brainfood-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">The BrainFood Show<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1211\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-55744-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/MacabrePart2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/MacabrePart2.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/MacabrePart2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast (brainfood): <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/MacabrePart2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?powerpress_pinw=55744-brainfood');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/MacabrePart2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MacabrePart2.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:13:54 &#8212; 101.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('55744-brainfood');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_55744-brainfood\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_55744-brainfood_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?powerpress_embed=55744-brainfood&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-brainfoodshow\/id1350586459?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayifoundout.com%2F%3Fp%3D55744\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/feeds.megaphone.fm\/brainfood\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vYnJhaW5mb29k\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_googleplay\" title=\"Subscribe on Google Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=175012&amp;refid=stpr\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_stitcher\" title=\"Subscribe on Stitcher\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stitcher<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.megaphone.fm\/brainfood\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing a random quick fact involving the parents of Ferris Bueller on Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off. 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