Show Notes
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 right now. And anyone who says otherwise should be smacked upside the head with a history book repeatedly until they see the error in their thinking. ;-)
0:00 That Time the U.S. Government Intentionally Poisoned and Killed Over 10,000 of Its Citizens 28:18 That Time the US Government Teamed Up with the Mafia to Defeat the Nazis 40:33 The Poison Squad – The Men Who Volunteered to Let the Government Poison Them 52:32 Forgotten History: The M247 Sergeant York and Its Propensity to Lock Onto Latrines Instead of Enemy Aircraft 1:04:07 Forgotten History: Walter Hunt and the Safety Pin 1:13:44 Alexander Graham Bell’s Forgotten Greatest Invention 1:19:51 The Largely Forgotten Airship Disaster That Helped Kill These Cruise Ships of the Sky 1:40:17 The Forgotten Plague During Prohibition 1:46:55 Forgotten History- The Battleship Built in Union Square 1:58:19 The Obscenely Successful Obsolete Sailing Ship and Its Daring Captain Who Terrorized the High Seas During WWI 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?