Damien asks: Is Double Jeopardy a true thing or is it just a TV/movie invention? Although generally in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Scotland, the U.S. and New Zealand you cannot be subjected to a second trial after a first has been completed, there are exceptions. What is Double Jeopardy? Generally speaking, double jeopardy prohibits a second trial where a […]
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Austin asks: Why are continental breakfasts called that? Many hotels offer guests a free breakfast consisting of muffin, coffee, cereal and milk, toast, juice, bagel, and, at some, even scrambled eggs and make-your-own waffles. Born in the Gilded Age, today’s continental breakfasts reflect the West’s transition from a mostly agrarian culture to an industrial (and today, service) society. Luckily, however, […]
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This Day In History: June 30, 1934 “If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people.” -Adolf Hitler, July 13, 1934 […]
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In this Weekend Why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why it is that we have an eight hour workday today and in the Bonus Fact the astounding average number of hours per week people worked before. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going […]
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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here. How Honey Bees Keep Their Hives Warm Given That They are Cold Blooded Up until only a few years ago, it was thought by many scientists that Honey bee hives were kept warm by pupae in the brood and that the bees […]
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In this weekend why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why a dollar is also called a “buck.” You’re also going to learn where the expression “pass the buck” came from. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn about the invention of the Cotton Candy machine and the two dentists who independently made widely available cotton candy possible. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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Yet another great YouTube channel any fan of TodayIFoundOut should probably be following is Smarter Every Day. Below is a great example of the types of videos Destin makes on that channel, which you can subscribe to here. As mentioned a few days ago, also don’t forget to subscribe to TodayIFoundOut’s YouTube channel, which very shortly we’ll be updating on […]
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Matt asks: Why do men’s and women’s shirts and pants have the buttons on the opposite sides? When did this start? As with so many things in history, we can’t know with 100% accuracy why men’s and women’s clothes button up the opposite way. (Even something relatively recent like who invented Buffalo Wings is up for debate despite being invented […]
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This Day In History: June 27, 1829 On June 27, 1829, James Smithson died in Genoa, Italy at the age of 64 after a long illness. He wrote his will three years prior to his death, which contained a strange request. He left his sizable estate, totaling roughly half a million dollars (about $11 million today), to his nephew Henry […]
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In this episode, you’re going to learn about one of the first runners to help make Kenya a running powerhouse, and the interesting tale of how we ultimately accomplished his greatest feat as a runner. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: Daily Knowledge Podcast
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This Day In History: June 26, 1284 Although there are many variants of the Pied Piper story, the most familiar one is the fairy tale told by the Brothers Grimm. The basic story goes that the town of Hamelin is infested by rats, so they hire a rat catcher to come and take care of the problem. The guy’s a […]
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In this episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn the clever way someone first accurately measured the speed of light. You’re also going to learn just how much energy and how many 50 megaton nuclear bombs (the largest ever detonated) it would take to stop the Earth from orbiting the Sun. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, […]
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Text Version: Quick Fact 761: “Soccer” was once a popular name for Football in Britain in the sport’s earliest days. When the rules for the sport were first being defined, it was named “Association Football” to distinguish it from the other forms of football commonly played. Within a year of its inception, this got slurred down to “Assoccer,” after the […]
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This is a video from the great CGP Grey. If you’re a fan of TodayIFoundOut, I guarantee you’re going to love his YouTube channel, unless you just hate videos that is. 😉 (He also has a good podcast, Hello Internet, with fellow famous YouTuber Brady Haran. The two have a really great dynamic in the show and it’s a great […]
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Hannah asks: Why do we kiss? Is this something built in or do we just do it because we see others do it our whole lives? Making Out. Snogging. Canoodling. Kissing. An activity that is teetering on the edge of gross when viewed objectively, but one that most everyone enjoys in practice. But why do we kiss? What compels us […]
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This Day In History: June 25, 1967 Already riding high after the release of the groundbreaking “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band” just weeks before, the biggest band in the world further solidified their status as larger-than-life pop culture icons on June 25, 1967. On that day, 300-400 million people around the globe watched and listened as the Beatles introduced […]
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