The Teenager Who was Executed Twice, a Year Apart for Something He Didn't Do
Apologies for my audio quality in this one. Adobe kept crashing on me, so we had to use the audio Simon was receiving which isn’t ideal. Also a bit under the weather and lost my voice before recording...
2 Okt 56min
New Zealand’s Pathetically Hilarious WWII Attempt to Build a Tank
On September 15, 1916, German troops defending towns in France’s Somme Valley heard a strange new sound above the usual boom of artillery and crack of rifle and machine gun fire: a deep, throaty rumbl...
1 Okt 20min
WTF is Up with Silly Putty?
Set it down and it flows like a liquid. Pull it slowly and it stretches like rubber. Hit it with a hammer and it shatters like glass. Throw it on the ground and it bounces higher than a rubber ball. ...
30 Sep 19min
What Ever Happened to Apollo 2-6? And What Would a Nuclear Explosion Look Like on the Moon?
As most know, on January 27, 1967, the Apollo Program, the United States’ first effort to land a man on the moon, was rocked by a horrific tragedy. During a “plugs-out” ground test of the brand-new Bl...
29 Sep 42min
The Past Was the Worst- QED
In the episode today, we're going over a variety of reasons why the past was the worst and, while the world is far from perfect and MANY things to still improve upon, we are all lucky to be alive righ...
28 Sep 2h 18min
The Dumbest Murders that Resulted in the Trial of the Century
In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start by looking at how exactly Al Capone got the scars that got him the nickname “Scarface”. Moving on to the meat of today’s episode, we jump into the ...
25 Sep 1h 12min
Was the First Jet Plane Really Flown in 1910?
In October 1910, the city of Paris played host to a historic event: the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition, a grand showcase of the very latest in aviation technology. To the average visitor...
24 Sep 19min
Prison Break- One of the Most Daring Aerial Missions in Military History
As the clocks struck noon on February 18, 1944, the citizens of Amiens, France, heard an ominous rumbling in the air and the crackling of anti-aircraft guns. Suddenly, from a blustery, overcast sky bu...
23 Sep 33min
