Where did the original idea of having specific soap for your hair come from ? And what's up with the weird-sounding name? Let's find out Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component shampoo by rivercon from the Noun Project

This week we continue our two part episode on corn, by discussing how the American natives used to grow it, as well as the original idea behind it becoming a breakfast food. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component Corn by Atif Arshad from the Noun Project

And in another multi-part episode, we take a look at corn. It's not just for eating on the cob, but can be used for so many things, so let's take a quick look at this rather interesting crop once again. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component Corn by Atif Arshad from the Noun Project

Turkeys are a common Christmas lunch in commonwealth countries, but they're also pretty interesting little birds in their own right, so let's take a look at why. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Why cut down and bring a tree in the house to celebrate Christmas? Let's take a look at the strange history of yet another tradition. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component Christmas tree by Afra Khautsar from the Noun Project

Commonwealth countries have an interesting Christmas tradition of tugging at segmented cardboard tubes with small explosive charges in them. Let's find out how it works, and where the idea comes from. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component crackers by Juicy Fish from the Noun Project

In this second part of this two-part extravaganza, I talk about the history of bread, why brown bread wasn't as popular (or expensive) back in the day, and why you eat sandwiches as opposed to something else.

In this first part of a two parter episode, we look at the unsung hero of stable foods - bread - and figure out how it works exactly.

Despite being technology we've had for far longer than you'd think - there's still a bit of confusion and fear as to what they are, and how they work. So let's take a look at the history of the vaccine, what it does, and some great success stories. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Logo uses component injection by pixiodesign from the Noun Project

Why would you call the day after thanksgiving "black" ? And how did it turn into a day of heavy shopping? Let's find out.Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Discount by Andreas Vögele from the Noun Project

With World Toilet Day happening last week, I thought we could take a look at this critically important bathroom fixture that most of us take for granted, and its history. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Toilet by emka angelina from the Noun Project

Science! We rely on it so much in our day to day lives. And in some cases we don't seem to care whether science has "proven" something to work. So how does the scientific process work? How do we go from a simple observation to something we can trust with our lives? Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Science by popcornarts from the Noun Project

With the US Elections hot on the news this week, and with the rather confusing way of them choosing who's the next president, we take a look at how the system works exactly, and what was the original idea behind such a peculiar method. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component voting by Nikita Kozin from the Noun Project

In this episode I describe a very common logical error, describe some historical examples where this led to some very weird thinking, and explain why this sort of error might effect you in your day to day life. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In this episode I talk about the history of daylight savings time, why it's no longer useful, and it's hopefully short-lived future.Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component sunrise by Shiva from the Noun Project

You say tomato, I say tomato, but we can both agree that the generic bright red spherical tomato tastes horrible. Why is that, and what can we do about it ? Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component tomato by parkjisun from the Noun Project

In this episode I take a look at the history of quarantine, and where the word comes from. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Biohazard by Zach Bogart from the Noun Project

In this episode I discuss why you'd want to buy a book with a million random numbers in it, how modern computers spit out random numbers, and why randomness matters. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component random by Naveen from the Noun Project

Where I talk about Kiwi, Kiwis, and Kiwis. Three different things bound together by a shared, and interesting etymology. -Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Kiwi by parkjisun from the Noun ProjectLogo uses component new zealand by Alexander Skowalsky from the Noun Project

In this episode, I discuss why Chilli peppers, how their heat is measured, and why exactly they taste hot. Background music - Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Logo uses component Pepper by Clockwise from the Noun Project