What's the Difference Between Dynamite and TNT?
Ever wonder what the difference between dynamite and TNT is or how they were invented? Well, wonder no more! Despite what the likes of AC/DC...
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The BrainFood Show
The team at the wildly popular TodayIFoundOut YouTube channel discuss a variety of fascinating topics to help you feed your brain.
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WTF is Up with Worcestershire Sauce? Is Honey Vegan? And Much More
In the episode today, we're looking at the rather disgusting ingredients of Worcestershire sauce and how it's made. Whether honey is vegan....
The Incredible Ways Artists Made Color Throughout History
In this art documentary, we are diving into the fascinating, and often insanely expensive, ways artists made the colors they used in their p...
WTF is Up with Nuclear Fission?
At 8:15 AM local time on August 6, 1945, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 509th Composite Group dropped...
The Saga of the First Major Car Race
As the official name of Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail suggests, the idea of this particular event was to see who could drive from Paris to Bord...
Incredible Engineering- The Rise of the Ballpoint Pen
Ever wonder who invented the ballpoint pen? Well strap in, as we do a deep dive into the progression of writing, and the incredible engineer...
The Real Life Sea Monster That Has a Doughnut for a Brain
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at the massive creature that has a doughnut shaped brain with its esophagus r...
WTF is Up with Dr. Pepper?
In the epsidoe today, we're looking at the twisting, turning, tale of Dr. Pepper and the real story behind it and what's in it. Next up, who...
A Tale of Two Brothers- The Devil and the Absolute Legend
Hermann Göring was second only to Hitler in the hierarchy of the Third Reich. Commander of the Luftwaffe, acting Prime Minister of Prussia,...
The Extremely Weird, Drug-Filled, Forgotten History of 7UP
Food in the past could be horrifying. Prior to the introduction of regulations like the United States Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, it was...
The Ad Campaign That Gave Us Breakfast as We Know It, How Baby Carrots are Made and Much More
In the video today, we're looking at a variety of food facts including- How Two Guys are the Reason We Eat What We Eat for Breakfast, How ar...
The Real Story of Jack the Ripper
He is one of the most famous serial killers of all time, but who actually was Jack the Ripper and what actually happened during his reign of...
Who ACTUALLY Invented the Telephone?
Did Alexander Graham Bell actually invent the telephone? How about Elisha Gray? Or what about Antonio Meucci who both Italy and even U.S. Co...
Did John F Kennedy Really Say He was a Jelly Filled Doughnut in His Most Famous Speech?
On June 26, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy stood on the steps of the Rathaus Schöneburg in West Berlin and delivered one of the most f...
The Incredible Story Behind Iron Man
Ever Wonder How Iron Man of all Marvel characters was chosen to be the one to launch the Marvel universe? Well, wonder no more, as we do a d...
Why Don't Vultures Get Sick?
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at the mind blowing things caterpillars get up to while in the chrysalis. Nex...
WTF is Up with the Tea Bag?
Legend says that brewing tea dates back to around 2737 BC, when tea leaves fell into water being boiled for Emperor Shennong of China. There...
Why the Heck Did Goose Die Ejecting in Top Gun, but Maverick Didn't at Mach 10 in Top Gun: Maverick?
During the 1986 beach volleyball film Top Gun, U.S. Navy aviators and ultimate bros Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Nick “Goose” Bradshaw a...
How Did Edgar Allan Poe Die?
Edgar Allan Poe is probably best known for his raven that squawks “Nevermore,” but he’s also one of the first American short story writers a...
NASA’s Most Hilarious Failure
On April 11, 2026, the Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jerem...