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The BrainFood Show
In this show, the team behind the wildly popular TodayIFoundOut YouTube channel do deep dives into a variety of fascinating topics to help you feed your brain with interesting knowledge.
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The Quest for the Recoilless Gun
If you’ve ever shot a gun, then you will have quickly learned the first
fundamental rule of shooting: recoil sucks. Depending on the calibre, <...
Creating the Terminator
“They could have fired me on the spot. But you know, they’re idiots”
That’s a quote from James Cameron about the reaction of gathered
The Truth About the Incredible Childhood of Thomas Edison
In this episode, Gilles and Daven are doing a deep dive into the childhood of one of the greatest inventors in history, Thomas Edison.
Learn mor...
The Actual Most Painful Sting and How Did They Figure That Out?
Who among us hasn’t had this experience? You are eating a lovely outdoor
meal or working peacefully in the garden when unexpected guests arrive...
What was It Actually Like to be a Gladiator, History's Literal Deadliest Fart Killing 1000s, & More
In the podcast today, we're looking at what it was really like to be a
gladiator in Ancient Rome, how corrupt the roman senate was, what's the...
The Rock WWII Turned On
At the southern tip of Spain, jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea,
lies Gibraltar, a narrow peninsula measuring only 6.8 square kilometres <...
Billionaire Build a Car- The Insane Car Brand Where Every One is Literally One of a Kind
Few brands are as closely associated with the idea of “luxury” as
Rolls-Royce, a car manufacturer so fancy schmancy that the company's
o...
The Truth About Tesla's "Inventions" (Daven and Gilles)
Tesla is often cited to have been a genius ahead of his time and held back by finances. But what did he ACTUALLY invent, and is it true that most of h...
The Incredible Soviet Probe Space Heist
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On October 4...
Does Absinthe Really Make You Hallucinate, The Wine Lover's Meltdown, Inventing Bloody Mary & More
In the episode today, we're looking at whether absinthe actually makes you hallucinate or not. Next up the hilarious story of the wine lover's meltdo...
The Dark Origins of the Treadmill and Why Oscar Wild was the Worst
“We sewed the sacks, we broke the stones,
We turned the dusty drill:
We banged the tins, and bawled the hymns,
And sweated on the mi...
What Really Causes Spontaneous Human Combustion?
For those of us of the slightly more seasoned vintage growing up in or
living in the late 20th century, which was totally only a decade ago and...
How Ancient Romans Made Perfectly Straight & Durable Roads, Concrete Better Than Ours, & Much More
In the video today we're looking at how the Ancient Romans made
incredibly long, perfectly straight and incredibly durable roads, what
i...
Was Keelhauling Actually a Thing?
Running the gauntlet. Starting. Flogging with the cat ‘o 9 nine tails.
Gagging. Clapping in irons. Hanging from the yardarm. While this all
Conspiracy: The Stories Behind Flat Earth, All Seeing Eye, Little Green Men Fake Moon Landing & More
In today's video, we're looking at What's Up with the All Seeing Eye on
the Dollar Bill? Who Started the Flat Earth Conspiracy Theory, How Man...
Is It Really Possible for a Nuke to Ignite the Atmosphere?
At exactly 5:30 AM on July 16, 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb,
codenamed Trinity, detonated over the desert in New Mexico, unleashing
The Weapons of WWII
From the terrifyingly effective De-bollocker to the ugly little boat
that won WWII to the German fighter that dissolved its pilots alive,
The Most Bizarre Substance Known to Science and What It Can Do
If ever there was a criminally underrated natural resource, it would
have to be Helium. Though most commonly associated with party balloons
How the Hell Did Winston Churchill Lose the Election Right After Defeating Germany?
Nazi Germany officially surrendered on May 7, 1945. With the war still
raging in the Pacific against Japan and sporting a popularity rate at
The Real Color of the Sun, How Many Nuclear Bomb Powered Rockets It Would Take to Stop the Earth Orbiting the Sun and Much, Much More
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing the clandestine way Niel Armstrong managed to get his application to the astronaut p...
The Most Badass U.S. President and His Many Insane Exploits
If you've followed this website, our YouTube channel, or BrainFood Show
podcast very long, you know one of our favorite historic individuals is...
WTF is Up with the McDonald's McRib?
The McRib is a food with both a devout following and many detractors.
But what is the genesis of the world’s most popular fast food chain’s
Are the Odds of Successfully Navigating an Asteroid Field Really Approximately 3,720 to 1?
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing the real origin of Tang and what that has to do with Pop Rocks and how they work. We...
Why Don't Plane Windows and Seats Line Up?
While airplane manufacturers do design the planes with general row
positioning and pitch (the measurement from one seat to the same exact
What was It Really Like to Be a Gladiator?
Gladiatorial combat may seem outdated and barbaric, but it is, at its
heart, a combat sport like mixed martial arts, boxing, and even
pr...
WTF is Up with Breathable Liquids?
At the end of James Cameron’s 1989 underwater thriller The Abyss, oil
rig diver Bud Brigman, played by Ed Harris, dons an experimental diving <...
The U.S. Plan to Nuke the Moon, Why People Thought the Moon was Made of Cheese and Much More
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing the first space walk in which the cosmonaut in question very nearly got stuck out th...
The Classiest Plane Hijacking of All Time
At 9:15 A.M. on November 10, 1961, a Lockheed Super Constellation of Portugal’s TAP airlines lifted off from Casablanca, Morocco. Aboard were nineteen...
Murphy’s Law in Action
It has been called the “silent service.” Since their introduction in the early 20th century, service aboard submarines has been among the deadliest mi...
How to Scratch an Itch in Space, the Surprisingly Long Time You Can Survive in Space Without a Spacesuit, Why the Apollo 13 Astronauts Got Cold, and Much, Much More
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by following up on a previous discussion on Daimler and what exactly a little girl named Mercedes had...
The Incredible Black Arrow Rocket
When it comes to technological achievement and national prestige, few feats can compare to launching a satellite into space. Since the Soviet Union la...
The Junior High Dropout That Created Dunkin' Donuts
In 1847 at the tender age of 16, seaman Hanson Gregory looked at some frying dough and said, “Everything is better with holes”… except his ship hull p...
Inventing Color in a World That was Black and White
When we think of the past prior to the 1960s or so, we tend to picture it in black and white. Much of the visual media of this period - including stil...
How Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space and How Women Can Safely Pee Standing Up
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by following up on a previous discussion on what the first good movie based on a computer game was...
How They Ruined Superhero Movies
“In mutant heaven there are no pearly gates, but instead revolving doors.” - Professor X
In the realm of comic books, the r...
Britain's Most Disastrous "White Elephant" Airliner
On April 27, 2005, the gigantic Airbus A380 airliner took to the skies for the first time, lifting off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport with test pilot J...
Real Life Space DJs and the Pillownaughts
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we kick off a series on space related facts. Before we get started in that, however, we do some follow up a...
Making Children Cry for Fun and Profit
If you’ve spent any time whatsoever on the internet you’re probably already quite familiar with how attached people are capable of getting to their fa...
WTF is Up with the Bermuda Triangle?
For those who didn’t grow up in the late 20th century, it may seem strange to learn that for a time many people genuinely believed things like that hu...
The Forgotten Gun That Changed Everything
When the Great War broke out in August 1914, the soldiers of the belligerent nations marched into battle carrying broadly similar weapons: modern bolt...