{"id":57562,"date":"2019-09-25T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T22:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=57562"},"modified":"2019-09-28T22:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T05:53:36","slug":"lord-minimus-the-renaissance-dwarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus-the-renaissance-dwarf\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Minimus- The Renaissance Dueling Dwarf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-57537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus-340x506.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus-340x506.png 340w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus-768x1144.png 768w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus-640x953.png 640w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/lord-minimus.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start off looking at how &#8220;Dick&#8221; came to be short for &#8220;Richard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, we have a brief message from one of our favorite and most useful sponsors- Backblaze! Backblaze really is super cheap and takes almost no time or effort to get setup and working. Unlimited automatic backups for your computer for just $6 a month. You never have to worry about losing your photos or files on your computer again. It just works. Get your free trial and help keep this podcast going by using the following link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/brainfood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.backblaze.com\/brainfood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving on to the main topic, we are looking at the fascinating story of a 17th century dwarf who would go from humble beginnings to being knighted and becoming a Captain of the Horse and member of the Queen of England&#8217;s court.<\/p>\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. 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