Daily Knowledge Podcast

In this weekend why episode, you’re going to learn where the expression “basket case” 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 The post Podcast Episode #144: Why Crazy People are Called “Basket Cases” appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the secret message recently found in Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch. [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 The post Podcast Episode #143: A Secret Message appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the famous Sherlock Holmes phrase that never was and why we say it anyways today. [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 The post Podcast Episode #142: Elementary appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the little girl who named the dwarf planet of Pluto and how she came up with the name.  You’re also going to learn why it is that movie advertisement clips that are often shown before movies are commonly called “trailers.” [TRANSCRIPT] *If you, like so many, are fed up with buying expensive [...] The post Podcast Episode #141: A Little Girl and the Naming of a Planet, and Why Movie Advertisement Clips are Called ‘Trailers’ appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the short, bearded, gray haired man who inspired the Beatles’ famous song, Sexy Sadie. [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 The post Podcast Episode #140: The Beatles’ Sexy Sadie and the Man Who Inspired It appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a remarkable nineteenth century woman, Nellie Bly, and her undercover adventure in an insane asylum. [TRANSCRIPT] You can read more about Nellie Bly’s adventures in her own words:  The Complete Works of Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Mad-House, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, The Mystery of Central Park, and Six [...] The post Podcast Episode #139: Adventures in a Mad House appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn why your eyes water when you’re cutting onions. [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 The post Podcast Episode #138: Why Cutting Onions Makes You Cry appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this weekend why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn about the evolution of the word “gay” and how it came to be applied to people who are homosexual. 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 The post Podcast Episode #137: Why Gay People Are Called That appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about how a Leonardo DiCaprio haircut managed to infuriate the Taliban. [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 The post Podcast Episode #136: The Taliban and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Hair appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn who the man was that was shot and killed in the famous “Saigon Execution” photo, how the photo was misrepresented in the media, and why he was killed. [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 The post Podcast Episode #135: Why the Man in the Famous “Saigon Execution” Photo was Killed appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn why it is that people named Richard are often called “Dick.” [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 The post Podcast Episode #134: How People Named Richard Came to Be Called “Dick” appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn where the term “deadline” came from, and just what was the first deadline. [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 The post Podcast Episode #133: The Literal “Dead Line” appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn what, in general, makes a continent a continent and why Greenland is an island and Australia is a continent. [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 The post Podcast Episode #132: What Makes a Continent a Continent appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this weekend why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why it is that you’ll commonly see dalmatians associated with fire stations. [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 The post Podcast Episode #131: Why Dalmatians are the Traditional Dog of Choice at Fire Stations appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this weekend why episode of the podcast, you’re going to learn why exactly it is that you can’t buy cashews still in their shells. [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 The post Podcast Episode #130: Why You Can’t Buy Cashews Still In Their Shells appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn of a remarkable 61 year old farmer, who just four year earlier decided to take up running as a sport.  He followed this up by shattering the previous world record for an ultra-marathon. Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going [...] The post Podcast Episode #129: The Turtle and the Hare, How a 61 Year Old Farmer Shattered an Ultra-Marathon World Record appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the one-legged woman who was considered “the most dangerous of all allied spies” during WWII. [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 The post Podcast Episode #128: The Spy on One Leg appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn the somewhat humorous tale of a nuclear physicist who decided to invade the island of Sark, by himself. [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 The post Podcast Episode #127: My Island appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about how one of the greatest philosophers and enlightenment thinkers only was able to exclusively spend his time on such endeavors because earlier he’d exploited a flaw in the French lottery, making himself and a few others vastly wealthy. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You [...] The post Podcast Episode #126: How One of the Greatest Enlightenment Thinkers and Philosophers Became Wealthy by Rigging the Lottery appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to to learn the incredible tale of Colonel William Rankin and his harrowing journey through a cumulonimbus cloud. [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 The post Podcast Episode #125: Drowning in the Sky appeared first on Today I Found Out.