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Give Me Five

Give Me Five

By: Eric Thompson
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  • The invention of the Potato Chip was an accident.

    The invention of the Potato Chip was an accident.
    Jul 2 2025
    Welcome to our podcast as we dive deep into the overlooked twists and turns of history that changed the way we live, eat, move, and think.

    In this episode, we’re crunching into the crispy, salty origin of one of America’s favorite snacks — the potato chip. It’s the story of how one man’s frustration with a customer led to the birth of a billion-dollar industry.

    Let’s set the scene. The year is 1853. The place? Saratoga Springs, New York. A popular resort town, particularly among the wealthy elite who traveled there for its mineral springs, lush forests, and upscale hotels. One of those hotels, Moon’s Lake House, was known for its fine dining and scenic lake views.
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  • The Real Colonel Sanders' Road to Success

    The Real Colonel Sanders' Road to Success
    Jul 2 2025
    Did You Know? – About The Real Colonel Sanders' Road to Success?Welcome to our podcast where surprising truths from history are served up fresh in every episode. Today, we unwrap the real story behind one of the most iconic faces in fast food: Colonel Harland Sanders.

    You know the white suit, the string tie, the goatee. But did you know the Colonel didn’t find success until his 60s? His journey is one of grit, failure, reinvention — and ultimately, a bucket of success.Born in 1890 in Henryville, Indiana, Harland Sanders grew up fast. His father died when he was just five years old, leaving young Harland to care for his siblings while his mother worked. By the age of seven, he had learned to cook — not by choice, but by necessity.

    And this early start in the kitchen would stay with him for life.Sanders dropped out of school in the sixth grade. He worked an astonishing range of jobs over the years: farmhand, streetcar conductor, railroad fireman, insurance salesman, and even a steamboat pilot. He also studied law for a brief period and practiced it — until he got into a courtroom brawl with his own client. Needless to say, the legal profession didn’t last long.By the 1930s, Sanders had settled in Corbin, Kentucky. He was running a service station and began cooking meals for travelers out of the back room.

    He served hungry drivers fried chicken, ham, biscuits, and string beans. His cooking was so good that he eventually opened a full restaurant across the street — the now-famous Sanders Court & Café.In 1935, Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon gave Harland Sanders the honorary title of "Colonel" in recognition of his contributions to Kentucky cuisine. From that point forward, Harland embraced the role with showmanship — white suit, black string tie, goatee — creating the image that would eventually become globally recognized.But his big break still hadn’t come. Sanders spent the 1940s perfecting his fried chicken recipe. He used a pressure cooker to cut down the frying time while retaining flavor and moisture. His blend of 11 herbs and spices — a closely guarded secret to this day — became the centerpiece of his menu.However, tragedy struck in the 1950s.

    The construction of a new interstate highway diverted traffic away from his restaurant, which eventually forced him to sell it at a loss. Sanders, now in his 60s, had just his pressure cooker, a few spices, and a dream.That’s when he hit the road.With nothing but determination and a battered old car, Sanders began traveling the country, cooking his chicken in small restaurants and diners, offering them a deal: make his recipe, and he’d take a cut of the profits. Rejection followed him everywhere. Some estimate he heard the word "no" over a thousand times before someone said yes.But he kept at it. And finally, one restaurant owner agreed. Then another. Word spread. By 1964, Sanders had franchised over 600 locations. That same year, he sold the Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation for $2 million — a massive sum at the time — but he stayed on as the brand’s ambassador, appearing in ads and public appearances, always in character.It’s easy to forget that Sanders didn’t find real success until the latter part of his life. At an age when most people retire, he was just getting started. And while the corporate version of KFC grew into a global fast-food empire, Sanders never stopped caring about the quality of the food that bore his name.He remained a vocal critic of KFC’s corporate shortcuts and changes to his original recipe. In one now-infamous interview, he even called the gravy “wallpaper paste.” Despite his commercial image, Sanders was a real person — fiercely proud, stubborn, and passionate about good food.There’s a lot to take away from Colonel Sanders’ story. For one, age doesn’t have to define your peak. He reinvented himself not once, not twice, but many times over. His life was marked by hardship and hustle, with plenty of setbacks in between.And perhaps most importantly, Sanders turned personal failure into brand legacy. His image, his recipe, and his entrepreneurial persistence became something more than the sum of its parts. In a culture obsessed with overnight success, Sanders’ story reminds us that sometimes, the best things take time — and a lot of fried determination.So next time you see that smiling face on a red-and-white bucket, remember: it wasn’t just marketing. It was the story of a man who failed his way to global fame, and fried up the American Dream in the process.Thanks for listening to Did You Know? If you enjoyed today’s episode, subscribe and share with a friend who appreciates stories with unexpected twists. Until next time, stay curious — because every icon has a backstory.
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  • Einstein: The Boy Who Couldn't Speak

    Einstein: The Boy Who Couldn't Speak
    May 14 2025
    Did You Know? – Einstein: The Boy Who Couldn't Speak.Welcome to Did You Know — where history's forgotten truths come alive, and the smallest twists lead to the biggest turns. Today’s episode is about silence — and the extraordinary power hidden inside it. Imagine a boy, labeled as defective, incapable of learning, and unlikely to succeed. Now imagine that same boy growing into one of the most influential voices of the 20th century. This is the story of a child who couldn’t speak… until he changed the world.Born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, young Albert Einstein didn't appear exceptional at first. In fact, he didn’t talk until he was nearly four years old. His parents worried something was terribly wrong. Some doctors suspected developmental issues. And when he finally began to speak, he would repeat sentences softly to himself — a strange habit known as echolalia, common in some forms of autism.School wasn’t much better. Albert struggled in structured classrooms, where memorization was prized over imagination. Teachers found him distant, distracted, even defiant. One is rumored to have told his father, “It doesn’t matter what he does, he’ll never amount to anything.”But what the world mistook as a limitation was, in fact, a unique way of thinking. Albert Einstein didn’t lack intelligence — he processed the world differently. While others recited facts, he explored ideas. He asked questions no one else dared to ask. He spent hours alone, contemplating the nature of light, time, and the universe.At the age of 16, he wrote his first scientific essay, questioning what it would be like to ride alongside a beam of light. This thought experiment would form the roots of his theory of relativity. But even then, academic institutions were skeptical. Einstein failed the entrance exam to a prestigious polytechnic school. When he finally graduated years later, he couldn’t find a teaching job. Instead, he became a clerk in a patent office.That’s right — one of history’s greatest minds spent years reviewing other people’s inventions while working quietly in obscurity. But in that quiet, his imagination soared. Between reviewing blueprints, he scribbled equations on scrap paper and built the foundations of modern physics.In 1905, a miracle year, he published four groundbreaking papers — one on the photoelectric effect (which would win him the Nobel Prize), one on Brownian motion, one on mass-energy equivalence (E = mc²), and one on special relativity. All this came not from a university lab, but from a desk in a patent office.Einstein didn’t fit the mold, and that’s precisely why he shattered it. He had once been the boy who couldn’t speak — now he was redefining reality itself.And beyond physics, Einstein became a moral voice. A refugee from Nazi Germany, he warned the world of fascism’s dangers. Later, he regretted his role in the atomic bomb’s theoretical basis and became a leading advocate for peace and disarmament. In his final years, he spoke not just of quarks and gravity, but of compassion, ethics, and unity. “Imagination,” he once said, “is more important than knowledge.”He also played the violin — often turning to music when he hit an intellectual roadblock. “The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition,” he once explained, “and music is the driving force behind this intuition.” Einstein believed that creativity and logic weren’t opposites — they were partners. His mind danced between melodies and mathematics, physics and philosophy.He corresponded with some of the great thinkers of his time and challenged political powers. He was offered — and turned down — the presidency of Israel. When asked why, he humbly responded that he lacked the natural aptitude and experience for dealing with people. And yet, his words, both scientific and spiritual, inspired millions.Even his appearance — the wild hair, the simple clothes, the pipe — became iconic. But these quirks weren't for show. He lived simply, detested fame, and often declined public events. He remained, at heart, the quiet thinker who once puzzled over a beam of light.The child who once struggled to form a sentence ended up forming some of the most important thoughts of modern civilization. And his story reminds us that genius doesn’t always shout — sometimes, it whispers, patiently, waiting to be heard.So the next time someone seems out of step with the world, consider that they might be dancing to a deeper rhythm. The next time a child is slow to speak, maybe — just maybe — they’re getting ready to say something the world’s never heard before.Thanks for joining us on Did You Know — where the quietest stories often leave the loudest echoes. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to be reminded that being different can be a superpower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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