Show Notes
In today's compilation episode we're looking at a handful of Hollywood vs Reality topics like the bizarre story behind "The Room", is genuine multiple personality disorder an actual thing or just a hollywood invention. The real life expendables, do blind people actually hear better than sighted people, were nunchucks ever actually used in combat, and the story of the very real knight Ulrich Von Lichtenstein.
00:00 The Bizarre Story Behind "The Room" 13:54 Is Genuine Multiple Personality Disorder an Actual Thing? Or Just a Hollywood Invention for Movies? 35:24 The Real-Life Expendables 46:29 Do Blind People Actually Hear Better Than Sighted People or is This Just a Hollywood Myth 59:05 Were Nunchucks Ever Actually Used in Combat or are They Primarily a Hollywood Thing? 01:08:52 A Knight's Tale- The Real Life Ulrich Von Liechtenstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start with the rather curious way in which George Eastman, founder of Kodak, died.
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Although you might assume that being made to wear a stupid costume, be mocked, and act like an idiot for the entertainment of fatuous rulers would be a job nobody would want- like the position of Groom of the Stool (a job which initially consisted of directly supplying the necessaries to facilitate a good and clean bowel movement to the King, as well as to monitor said fecal matter and make dietary recommendations based on what you saw there)- the position of court jester was actually an enviable one due to it involving spending so much time with those in power. And as you were often putting them in good humor and otherwise making them happy, it was a position that came with a whole slew of perks. So what was life actually like as a court jester?
Ever wonder why Austria agreed to give up its sovereignty so readily to Nazi Germany without any semblance of a fight?
In the video today, we're looking at How Do German Schools Teach About WWII? How Do the Japanese Teach About WWII? Why Wasn't There an Italian "Nuremberg / Tokyo War Crimes" Trial After WWII? How Did Germany DeNazify So Quickly After WWII. How Do They Teach the American Revolution in Britain? How do Arabic Nations Teach the Crusades? How Do British Schools Teach About the British Empire? How do The Persians Teach Alexander the Great and When in History Did He First Become Great?