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The BrainFood Show

The BrainFood Show

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 In this show, the team behind the wildly popular TodayIFoundOut YouTube channel do deep dives into a variety of fascinating topics to help you feed your brain with interesting knowledge.Cloud10 世界
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  • What was Being a Ninja Really Like

    What was Being a Ninja Really Like
    2026/04/24
    A relatively common trope today is that of the noble and honorable Samurai warrior opposed by their shadowy brother from another mother, the mystical and morally corrupt, black garbed assassin warrior known as the ninja. These fabled shadow warriors of Japanese history have been a staple of modern pop culture since around the 1960s when super-spy James Bond encountered them on a trip to Japan in You Only Live Twice. Prior to this, ninjas were something few people outside of their homeland were aware of. This has contributed to the real-world history of the ninja and their origins being rather chock full of admittedly awesome myths and legends, all surrounding them like a thick, shadowy fog. Something we feel the ninjas of history would feel proud of. Afterall, hiding and remaining unseen is sort of their whole deal… And, indeed, even in their time, they seemed to like to play up some of the stories that arose around what they were capable of and how they did what they did. This all brings us to the topic of today- just who were the ninja and what did they actually get up to in reality? To begin with, in a nutshell the ninja were elite, mercenary spies that also doubled as a type of swiss army knife of special forces, skilled in everything from sabotage, espionage, ambush, arson, assasination, to there is even evidence that they were highly trained in first aid and use of various medicines. As historian Yamada Yüji notes, “You need to know the topography of the enemy’s position, the condition of his food supplies, the structure of his castle. It was the job of the shinobi [ninja] to obtain this kind of crucial information. They would infiltrate the enemy domain and ascertain the lay of the land…and create chaos through acts of sabotage and arson.” On that note, debunking our first ninja myth, there’s no historical record of them dressing in the stereotypical ninja outfits we all know and love today. Because the thing was, wearing such garb would be one heck of a way for them to stand out in many types of missions. As such, ninjas mostly seem to have worn the garb of everything from monk to farmer to servant- whatever a particular mission required, rather than any set uniform. We’ll have some examples of them doing just this later on, but for now, ninjas so commonly wearing the clothing of farmers and the like even gave rise to the idea for a time that they were mostly simple farmers who simply took money for spying. While there certainly were individuals who did just that, when talking actual ninjas as we think of them, they were anything but simple, and there are even nobles who were samurai who are known to have been trained up in ninjitsu. More on this later. But for now, let’s look at the origin of the ninja. Authors: Karl Smallwood and Daven Hiskey Host: Daven Hiskey Producer: Caden Nielsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 分
  • The Stories of WWII (Part 2)

    The Stories of WWII (Part 2)
    2026/04/23
    In the video today we're looking at a variety of interesting stories from WWII from the man who fought in WWII with a sword and bow, to the kids who led the resistance movement in Germany, to how flatulence decided the outcome of WWII. 0:00 Why Did Japan Join the Nazis? (Given, You Know, the Nazis Explicitly Hated Non-Aryans) 40:09 The Women Who were Used for Breeding by the Nazis 57:25 How Do German Schools Teach About WWII? 1:07:21 The Man Who Fought in WWII With a Sword and Bow: 1:12:32 What were Hitler's Relatives Up to During and After WWII? 1:42:31 The Kids Who Led the Resistance Movements Against the Nazis 2:13:48 Why Did So Many Nazis Choose Argentina to Flee to After WWII? 2:49:22 The Forgotten Armed Nazi Operation Carried Out on North American Soil During WWII 2:58:22 The Forgotten Nazi Holocaust Plan Before They Decided On the Holocaust 3:09:39 How Hitler's Flatulence Defeated Nazi Germany Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 時間 26 分
  • The Truth About Land Mines

    The Truth About Land Mines
    2026/04/22
    It is a classic war movie trope: a squad of soldiers are marching through the jungle when, suddenly, they hear an ominous click. One of the soldiers freezes and, glancing down, spots a telltale metal disk under his foot. His heart begins to beat furiously: he has just stepped on a landmine. His comrades urge him to stay perfectly still, for if he moves even an inch the mine will explode, blowing off his leg and very likely killing him. The seconds and minutes tick by in unbearable suspense as the soldiers scramble to come up with some way - any way - of getting their squadmate out of this sticky situation alive, despite how relatively easy it would be in that scenario to solve the problem by simply keeping downward pressure on the person’s shoe, then taking their foot out and putting a rock or something on the shoe after. Nevertheless, a highly-effective means of introducing tension, this scenario has appeared in dozens of films including 2014’s The Monuments Men, 2017’s Kingsman: the Golden Circle, and the appropriately-titled 2015 Georgian exploitation film Landmine Goes Click. But does it have any basis in reality? Author: Gilles Messier Editor/Host: Daven Hiskey Producer: Caden Nielsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 分
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