{"id":57615,"date":"2019-10-04T23:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T06:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=57615"},"modified":"2019-10-04T23:40:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T06:40:52","slug":"the-greatest-practical-joke-and-the-last-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/the-greatest-practical-joke-and-the-last-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Practical Joke and the Last Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-52780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke-340x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke-340x226.png 340w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/joke.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start off looking at 19th century practical joke that occurred in London that is arguably the greatest of the century.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, we have a brief message from a new sponsor, Blinkist, which gives you the key ideas from more than 3,000 bestselling nonfiction books in just 15 minutes instead of having to listen to the full audiobook or read it all. 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