The BrainFood Show

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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.

8h ago

The Unsettling Truth About the VJ Day Kiss Photo and Who Were the Kissers?

It is one of the most famous photographs of the Twentieth Century. In the middle of a crowded Times Square in New York City, a blue-uniformed U.S. Navy sailor bends a white-uniformed nurse over into a deep, passionate kiss. Taken on August 14, 1945 - the day the United States received Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender - the image perfectly captures the exuberance of a war-weary nation and has been reproduced in thousands of books and articles and inspired countless tributes and parodies. Despite all this, however, for decades the identity of the people in the “VJ Day Kiss” photograph remained unclear, with dozens of people coming forward claiming to be the famous couple. And in recent years, the exact circumstances behind that kiss have come into question, souring popular perception of what had previously been an unambiguously joyous image. So who actually are the VJ Day kissers? And what has made this photograph so controversial? Let’s find out as we dive into one of the most iconic images of the Second World War. Author: Gilles Messier Host/Editor: Daven Hiskey Producer: Samuel Avila 0:00 Intro 4:23 The Kiss 8:31 Who Were the VJ Day Kissers? 23:14 The Dark Truth About the VJ Day Kiss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1d ago

How Did Germany DeNazify So Quickly After WWII

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2d ago

Bizarre Reason Every Hotel Room Has a Bible

Walk into any hotel room in North America, open the nightstand drawer, and what will you find? More often than not, a copy of the Bible. The same holds true in many other countries. Indeed, the Bible in the nightstand ultimately became a standard and expected part of the hotel experience, along with the temperamental coffee machine, mini fridge full of ludicrously expensive miniature bottles of wine, tiny and eminently steal-able soaps and shampoo bottles in the bathrooms, and the, uh, suspiciously positioned armchair at the foot of the bed. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself: why? About the Bible, I mean, not the armchair because I mean, who hasn’t been there… But after all, hotels welcome all kinds of guests, not all of whom are practicing Christians. And while many nations - the United States particularly - are Christian-centric, are so many hotel owners really so evangelical as to stock their rooms with copies of the Good Book? Author: Gilles Messier Host/Editor: Daven Hiskey Producer: Caden Nielsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3d ago

What Happened to the Creators of The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, and Peanuts?

In today's compilation video, we are looking at what happened to the Creators of The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, and Peanuts, and one of the most bizarre coincidences in entertainment history that gave the world two of its most iconic comics. 0:00 What Happened to the Creator of The Far Side? 8:09 What Happened to the Creator of Calvin and Hobbes? 17:13 What Happened to the Creator of Garfield? 31:34 What Happened to the Creator of Peanuts? 49:32 The Most Bizarre Coincidence in Entertainment History That Birthed Two of the World's Most Iconic Comics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6d ago

The Crappiest Major Movie Ever Made

In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start off looking at why superheroes wear their underwear on the outside. Moving on to the main topic, we are looking at the fascinating story of an instance where a major movie studio intentionally made a horrible Fantastic Four movie and a variety of interesting tangents along the way. In the Bonus Facts, we look at some rather odd characters created by DC Comics and Marvel over the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 5

The Genius Idea Behind "Invasion Stripes"

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a massive armada of 7,000 ships carrying 1 million troops from Britain, the United States, Canada, and dozens of other nations crossed the English Channel, bound for Normandy on the coast of France. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Western Europe, had begun. The largest and most complex amphibious assault ever conducted, Overlord depended on thousands of sub-operations conducted in unison, including aerial bombardments and paratrooper drops carried out by an equally massive armada of over 11,000 aircraft, many of which were painted with distinctive black-and-white stripes on their wings and fuselages. But…why? What purpose did these markings - today so intimately associated with the D-Day landings - actually serve? Author: Gilles Messier Editor/Host: Daven Hiskey Producer: Samuel Avila 0:00 Intro 2:44 The Problem 8:45 The Stripes Solution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 4

A Nuclear Explosion on the Moon Would Look Nothing Like You Think

It is the ultimate vision of the end times: a gargantuan, roiling column of orange flame and black smoke towering into the sky, with its top a massive ball, forming something of a mushroom shape. But have you ever wondered why atomic bombs produce such distinctively-shaped explosions, or what a nuclear detonation would look like underwater, underground, or even in outer space or the surface of the moon? It turns out in each environment, the result of the explosion is extremely different, in some surprising ways, especially when it comes to what happens when a nuke explodes in space, with this result being almost certainly not what most think, and definitely not what Hollywood ever depicts. So grab your Geiger counter, radiation suit, and a tasty survival ration, as we dive into the fascinating physics of nuclear explosions, and then use all that knowledge to definitively answer the question- just what would a nuclear blast in space, and on the moon, look like. 0:00 Intro 2:35 What Causes the Mushroom Cloud When on Earth and Other Lesser Known Unique Effects of Nuclear Blasts 10:09 What Happens When you Detonate a Nuke Under Ground or Under Water and the Interesting Differences from Atmospheric Detonations? 17:29 What Happens When You Detonate a Nuke in Space? 23:22 What Would Happen if You Detonated a Nuke on the Moon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 3

The Insanely Dark Origins of Women Jumping Out of Cakes

Almost everyone has seen depicted the bizarre bachelor party tradition of a scantily-clad woman jumping out of a giant cake. It turns up most often in decades-old films, TV shows, and comics, but it still persists today at lavish Vegas shindigs—though the cakes are now usually made of flimsy cardboard. But how did this tradition actually start? Well, it turns out it was a murder and the "Trial of the Century" that made the practice spread. Here now is the dark story of how it all began. Host/Editor: Daven Hiskey Producer: Samuel Avila 0:00 Intro 1:28 How the Practice of Putting Living Things in Food Got Started 5:41 The Girl in the Pie Dinner and the Murder That Followed 9:45 The Incredible Tale of the Dwarf Knight and the Duel That Ruined His Life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Oct 31

Renetti

I have recently found my way to podcasts. I have been a long time fan of Simon and his many YouTube channels. I enjoy listening to this podcast in the evening when I’m winding down and need something interesting to pry my thoughts away from work and life in general. AirPods in with noise cancellation on and it’s like I’m sitting in the study with you guys enjoying your conversation. I of course, don’t have a study, and you both are thousands of miles apart. Either way, I appreciate you hard work researching topics and putting out content.
Love the banter

Mar 31

Champ08

I love the information you guys give. The banter and chemistry you two have is entertaining and keeps me invested.
Absolutely amazing

Feb 21

Renda6789

The hosts Simon and Daven manage to make topics you wouldn’t otherwise ever care about just straight up amusing and interesting. I think the fact that it really feels like they are learning it all along with you, instead of feeling like two guys just telling you about stuff they know, makes this podcast so unique and fun to listen to. The way the hosts interact with each other gives this podcast a very fun and banter-y atmosphere, unlike podcasts where the hosts sound like they would rather be doing literally anything else. Edited to add I’m slo glad they are back!
10/10

Jan 23

tee craine

Love these guys. Great 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.