{"id":57866,"date":"2019-11-22T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T04:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=57866"},"modified":"2019-11-22T20:55:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T04:55:13","slug":"the-fascinating-origins-of-everyday-things-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/the-fascinating-origins-of-everyday-things-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Things (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-57867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigstock-Multicoloured-Crayons-In-A-Row-318515431-340x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigstock-Multicoloured-Crayons-In-A-Row-318515431-340x230.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigstock-Multicoloured-Crayons-In-A-Row-318515431-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bigstock-Multicoloured-Crayons-In-A-Row-318515431-640x432.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>*Sorry the audio is a little funky on this one. But don&#8217;t skip it, it&#8217;s one of our best content-wise, in my opinion. \ud83d\ude42 As to the audio, we had multiple technical issues that ended up resulting in us having to use the combined live, streamed audio (rather than our local recordings), which in turn had issues beyond the normal streaming audio across the world and then back across the world again to YouTube. \ud83d\ude42 Will be all back to normal for the next episode. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>In any event, in this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start off looking at why rubber is typically colored black, even though the nature color of rubber is white, as well as what that has to do with barns stereotypically being red, the origin of crayons, and what all that has to do with Amelia Earhart.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, we have a brief message from a sponsor,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/brainfood\"> Skillshare.\u00a0<\/a>Help support this show and learn a lot of interesting new skills, as well as TWO MONTHS FREE using the following link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/brainfood\">https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/brainfood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving on to the next section we look at who invented the rubber band and the surprisingly fascinating saga that led to its invention and popularity. We then follow that up with some <span id=\"bonusfacts\">Bonus<\/span> Facts on the invention of Silly Putty, and what all of this has to do with the aforementioned Red barns.<\/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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