Daily Knowledge Podcast

In this episode, you’re going to learn whether or not regularly cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. [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 #325: Cracking Your Knuckles appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn what common food item inspired Pac-Man and more about the history of this iconic game. [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 #324: Pac-Man appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a little talked about period of Edgar Allan Poe’s life in which he joined the military, attended West Point, and his exploits during this time. [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 #323: Edgar Allan Poe and His Quest to Get Kicked Out of West Point appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn how the U.S.’s eventual National Anthem became linked to baseball and sporting events, along with some other interesting facts about the creation of the Star Spangled Banner. [TRANSCRIPT] And as mentioned in the episode, if you’d like to learn more about Babe Ruth’s rather colorful life outside of baseball, you can do so [...] The post Podcast Episode #322: Baseball and the National Anthem appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn a whole lot of interesting things you probably didn’t know about Martin Luther King Jr. [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 #321: Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King Jr. appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn a little known fact about hemorrhoids- namely, that everyone has them all the time. (Yes, even you.)  You’re also going to learn why that’s usually a good thing and a lot of other interesting facts about this oft’ lamented part of the human body, including how to prevent the inflamed version. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t [...] The post Podcast Episode #320: The Truth About Hemorrhoids appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a terrifying disease that swept across the world, directly after the even more terrifying Spanish Flu Pandemic, resulting in over a million people dead and many of the survivors being left without the will to move or really express themselves in any way. You’re also going to learn what researchers think caused [...] The post Podcast Episode #319: An Epidemic appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the origin of the humble paperclip and how the commonly touted creator, even listed as such in many encyclopedias, actually had nothing to do with it. [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 #318: The Paperclip appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a mysterious event that occurred in 1908, producing a blast of over a thousand times that of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. [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 #317: The Tunguska Event appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the man who invented the Pringles can, as well as a lot of other interesting things about the origin of Pringles. [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 #316: Buried in a Pringles Can appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about a woman who managed to survive all three catastrophes that befell the sister ships the Olympic, Britannic, and the Titanic. [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 #315: Miss Unsinkable appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn just what happened to Howard Hughes’ vast estate after he died, given he left no will and had no known direct descendents. [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 #314: Howard Hughes and His Money appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn the fascinating origin of the word “abracadabra” and the important medical role this mystical word was used for through most of recorded history. [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 #313: Abracadabra appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the many human skeletons recently found buried under Ben Franklin’s house and how they got there. [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 #312: The Skeletons in Ben Franklin’s Closet appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the near 70 year long saga of Elmer McCurdy’s body, and how it ultimately ended up on the set of a popular TV show. [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 #311: The Body of Elmer McCurdy appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn about the first openly gay Major League Baseball player, who also happens to have the distinction of performing the first documented high-five, and who ultimately popularized this now ubiquitous celebratory slap while he was with the LA Dodgers. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can [...] The post Podcast Episode #310: The Invention of the High Five and the First Openly Gay Major League Baseball Player appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn whether there is any truth to the notion that the Bermuda Triangle is a ship and plane graveyard. [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 #309: The Bermuda Triangle appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn why January 1st is considered the first day of the New Year in many parts of the world, along with a lot of other interesting facts about how the modern calendar came to be. [TRANSCRIPT] Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes [...] The post Podcast Episode #308: How January 1st Became the New Year appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn how the tradition of singing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve got started and who originally composed the song in the first place. [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 #307: Auld Lang Syne appeared first on Today I Found Out.

In this episode, you’re going to learn how the tradition of “dropping the ball” on New Year’s Eve in Times Square got started. [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 #306: Dropping the Ball appeared first on Today I Found Out.