In the late 19th century, the American frontier became famous for its outlaws and gangsters. Men like Billy the Kid and Jesse James became notorious for their criminal exploits. While this was happening in the American West, there were similar outlaws in the Australian bush. One, in particular, has captured the imagination of Australia, and the reason he became so famous was…..unique. Learn more about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang and how they became legendary, on this episode of Everything Every...
Mar 08, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1341
Nestled in the heart of West Africa lie two nations with distinct identities yet tied together by a common geography and history: Senegal and The Gambia. The landscape of this region wasn’t always as fragmented as it is now. It wasn’t until the 19th century that it was carved into the separate entities we recognize today, a division that has persisted into contemporary times. Efforts have been made to bridge the divide, but the boundary between these two countries still presents challenges. Lear...
Mar 07, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1340
One of the most important advancements in the 20th century was the identification of the structure of the DNA molecule. However, that discovery didn’t appear out of nowhere. It was part of a century-long process that included many advancements in biology, chemistry, and physics. Solving the secret of the DNA molecule was a major accomplishment, but it wasn’t without controversy. Learn more about the discovery of DNA and how its structure was solved on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily....
Mar 06, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1339
Since humans began to adopt writing systems, they also created systems for passing along written messages. For thousands of years, it would have been possible to get messages to distant parts of whatever empire or kingdom you happened to live in, provided you found the right courier and had enough money. Today, the entire globe is integrated into a connected postal system, allowing physical messages to be sent between almost any two people. Learn more about postal deliveries and how our modern s...
Mar 05, 2024•13 min
In 1804, one of the most significant individuals of the 19th century placed a crown upon his head in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and declared himself Emperor of the French. He went on to revolutionize France and French society, which profoundly affected all of Europe. His influence was so great the era and the wars of the period were all named after him. Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, his life, and his accomplishments on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Sign u...
Mar 04, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1337
Approximately 700 years ago, something happened to the Earth’s climate. The world started to cool down. It wasn’t dramatic enough to cause another ice age and cause ice caps to cover the poles of the Earth, but it did result in significant changes. In fact, many historians think for a period of about 500 years, this shift in the climate dramatically influenced human history. Learn more about the Little Ice Age and how it changed humanity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors B...
Mar 03, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1336
Several centuries ago, many places celebrated the start of the new year in March, not January. March was originally the first month of the year, according to the Romans, which is why the Latin numbers for seven, eight, nine, and ten all appear in the months of September, October, November, and December. That, however, is no longer the case. Now March is the third month and it means the end of the first fiscal quarter, the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, and of course questions an...
Mar 02, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1335
Some of the most important battles in history, the ones that changed the course of civilizations, are often very small battles. In 1532, a battle, really just a skirmish, took place, which completely changed the future paths of Peru, Spain, and the entire continent of South America. Despite the importance of this battle, few people have ever even heard of it. Learn more about the Battle of Cajamarca and how it changed the shape of the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor...
Mar 01, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1334
Once every 1461 days, sometimes, we have a day on the calendar that we don’t normally have. This extra day is a necessity if our calendars are kept in sync with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, but it also can cause problems with people and computers. Nonetheless, whatever problems it might cause are far less than some of the alternatives, which would require leap weeks and even leap months. Learn more about leap years and the significance of February 29 on this episode of Everything Every...
Feb 29, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1333
When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he declared his new regime to be The Third Reich and that it would last 1,000 years. It turned out he was off by 988 years. The big question for many people outside of Germany was and still is, if that was the third Reich, what were the first two Reichs? ..and for non-German speakers, what exactly is a Reich? Learn more about the First and Second Reichs and what exactly they were on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit Be...
Feb 28, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1332
The history of warfare has been a history of measures and countermeasures. When the airplane was invented, RADAR was later invented as a means of advanced detection of airplanes. RADAR then spurred the development of its own countermeasures to hide airplanes from RADAR so they couldn’t be detected. Today, these RADAR countermeasures are a key component of many military aircraft and sea vessels. Learn more about stealth technology, how it works and why it was developed on this episode of Everythi...
Feb 27, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1331
Most people in the world are required to have a passport when they travel internationally. Today, there is an international regime covering how passports are to be issued and honored between countries. However, in the past, the system was much more informal, and if you go back far enough, there was no system in place at all. Learn more about passports, how they work, and how they came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today ...
Feb 26, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1332
One of the most common food items consumed today is cruciferous vegetables. Even if you aren’t familiar with the term, you almost certainly have consumed some before, and there is a good chance you do so on a regular basis. What many people don’t know is that these vegetables are actually rather modern. Early neolithic humans never ate broccoli, cabbage, or Brussels sprouts because humans invented these foods. Learn more about cruciferous vegetables and where they came from on this episode of Ev...
Feb 25, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1329
During the Second World War, one of the most distinguished American aviation units was one that no one thought would even have existed when the war began. It was a unit of African American aviators who were trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabam. Over a thousand airmen were trained and served in the European theater of the war and were some of the most decorated pilots of the conflict. Learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen and their incredible story on this episode of Everything Everywhere D...
Feb 24, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1328
The American Civil War wasn’t just a military conflict. There was also a major political and legal struggle that took place alongside the military campaigns. In the last months of the war, President Abraham Lincoln knew that if the war was to truly be the end of the conflict, it was necessary to ban slavery once and for all. That would require changing the constitution. Learn more about the 13th Amendment and the battle for its ratification on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor...
Feb 23, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1327
Centuries ago, the most expensive jewelry in the world wasn’t made of diamonds, rubies, or emeralds. Rather, they were made from an extremely rare substance that was occasionally found inside of mollusks: pearls. Pearls were so valuable that they would only be possessed by kings, queens, and emperors. Today, the manner in which pearls are made is pretty much the same, but they are more common than at any point in history. Learn more about pearls, how they are made, and how they have been harvest...
Feb 22, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1326
Wars are often notable points that punctuate the historical timeline. It is a period of tragedy, drama, and often geopolitical changes. However, there are some wars that have been all but forgotten from history. One such war was a brief conflict that lasted less than four months and was fought between the United States and Spain in the summer of 1898. Learn more about the Spanish-American war and how the impact of that war is still felt today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Spons...
Feb 21, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1325
The United States Constitution lays out a set procedure for the election of a president and how a winner is determined from various candidates. However, it says absolutely nothing about how those candidates are determined in the first place. Since the first presidential election, the process by which parties have chosen their candidates has changed multiple times and quite dramatically. Learn more about the United States Presidential Nominating System on this episode of Everything Everywhere Dai...
Feb 20, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1324
If you ever stay up at night scanning through frequencies on shortwave radio, there is a good chance you might come across something very odd and kind of creepy. You will find a station that is nothing but a disembodied voice reading off a seemingly random string of numbers. There is often an identifying sound or song which is played on a regular basis before another recital of numbers. These stations have no call signs or other identifying information, and no one has ever publicly claimed respo...
Feb 19, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1323
You are probably well aware that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Because of its status as the highest point on Earth, it has attracted thousands of people who have climbed to the summit. In the process, it has also killed hundreds of people who died in the attempt. Learn more about the history of trying to climb Mount Everest on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month ButcherBox Sign up...
Feb 18, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1322
In the Pacific Theater in World War II, the leader of the combined Japanese fleet was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was villanized as the arch-enemy of the American forces in the Pacific, and to be fair, he was their enemy. But there is actually much more to the story. Yamamoto was the loudest voice against war with the United States and was one of the only officials in the Japanese leadership who spent time in the United States and understood it. Learn more about Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, ...
Feb 17, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1321
In the year 732, one of the most important battles in world history took place between the cities of Tours and Portier in France. On one side was an unstoppable juggernaut that had amassed one of the largest empires in world history in less than a century. On the other side was a vastly outnumbered force that lacked the primary weapon of the era, heavy cavalry. The outcome of that battle can still be seen in the world today. Learn more about the Batte of Tours and the battle that shaped Europe o...
Feb 16, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1320
In the 19th century, a new discipline swept over the medical and legal professions. This belief held that a person’s personality could be determined by analyzing the contours or bumps on their head. The belief had a surprising amount of sway among certain people, and it developed a large following before eventually being thoroughly discredited. Learn more about the pseudoscience of phrenology, how it was developed, and why it caught on on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Bet...
Feb 15, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1319
After World War II, the American forces in Germany implemented a program of de-Nazification in the parts of the country which they administered. The goal was to remove anyone who was a member of the Nazi party from any position of authority. However, some of those Nazis were considered valuable, and the Americans wanted them all to themselves. So, they implemented a secret program to bring them to the United States. Learn more about Operation Paperclip and how the United States recruited former ...
Feb 14, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1318
If you take a look at the periodic table of elements, you will notice something interesting. Go to the bottom and take a look at any element over, say, number 94. You will find a bunch of elements you have probably never heard of. Don’t worry because most chemists probably aren’t familiar with them, either. They are not part of any chemical compounds, cannot be found in nature, and most have only existed for a fraction of a second. Learn more about transuranium elements, what they are, and how w...
Feb 13, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1317
One of the central figures in the drama of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire was Marc Antony. He was a rather odd figure in Roman History. He came from an upper-class, but not necessarily elite, family. Neither was he wasn’t a great general. Yet he was at the right place at the right time, and his actions played a huge part in the republic's collapse. Learn more about Marcus Antonius, aka Marc Antony, and how he found himself at the center of Roman history on th...
Feb 12, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1316
One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television audience of the year and one of the most expensive tickets for any sporting event. However, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it wasn’t even called the Super Bowl. Learn more about the Super Bowl and how it became so big on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterH...
Feb 11, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1315
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the third mission to land on the moon. It never achieved its mission objective. Despite having failed in its goal, it still managed to return to Earth and, in its own way, achieved a type of success it could never have planned for. Learn more about Apollo 13, the most successful failure in the history of space flight, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today...
Feb 10, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1314
Every day around the world, over a billion eggs are consumed. Eggs have become a staple food product used both by itself and as an ingredient in other products. Humans have been consuming eggs of one sort or another for thousands of years, and today, there is a whole system around the production and consumption of eggs that most people are totally unaware of. Learn more about eggs, their history, and how they are produced and consumed today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor...
Feb 09, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1313
In the late 18th century, the newly independent United States of America faced its first major domestic crisis. Settlers in its westernmost regions rose up in open armed rebellion against the government. The cause of the rebellion had to do with the unique circumstances of the period as well as some laws that were not very well thought out. The rebellion and its subsequent response were seen as a threat to the very existence of the new country. Learn more about the Whiskey Rebellion, its causes,...
Feb 08, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1312
