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“Time is an illusion”, said Albert Einstein. But we humans have been obsessed with time.

Starting from noting our time of birth, organizing every event in life to a specific time, constantly asking what is the time, to the ever-present lament of not having enough time!

Explore this history of how humans created the early time keeping devices and how this defined the way we understand time today and also how it structured our lives itself. Ever wondered how time zones and railways are related?

From sun-dials, water clocks, hour glasses to the new quartz clocks. And in our quest to be more and more precise with our time, we transitioned from observing the movement of the sun to observing the moment of the atoms and electrons now, with the atomic clocks.

And what better way to represent this topic than the art work "Allegory of Good Government" by Ambrogio Lorenzetti

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11. Duck, Hook and Check – The art of Chess boxing

Chess boxing – It is neither a chess gambit nor a boxing technique. But it still involves both of these. The sport is exactly what you expec

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The art of Chess boxing

Duck, Hook and Check Chess boxing – It is neither a chess gambit nor a boxing technique. But it still involves both of these. The sport is e

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Art imitates life and life imitates art! A comic book brought to life in an art gallery in Berlin in 2003 and a World championship game the same year in Amsterdam, very much like in the comic.

scans_daily | Chess Boxing from Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy | Famous comics, Comic book heroes, Graphic novel

Apr 15, 2012 - Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal, one of the major figures in European comic art - dystopian sci-fi, pseudo-religious fantasy an

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Did you know that ice cream and frozen dessert are not the same and also that a type of ice cream was banned in London? It was thought to be propagating the ...

Legend has it that the Mongolian horsemen took animal intestines filled with cream to eat on their journeys across the Gobi Desert. As they galloped the cream was vigorously shaken, while at the same time the sub-zero temperatures of the desert froze it, creating something like our ice cream.

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One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.

Little Women, Loiusa May Alcott

One of the first writers to use the word “ok” in her book! Was pleased finding this piece of trivia researching for the podcast.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lUhzrWLLXawMnXWGCpY7g?si=wpY8p0_STUSZU-1EF1mJuw

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10. The importance of being OK!

How are you? I’m OK. Are you ok?

Have you counted the number of times you use this word “OK” in your conversations today or the times you used it even when you are not OK? You would be surprised to know the stories that trace back as the origins of this short little word it includes US presidents, presidential elections, Native Americans and even slavery. And how did this word that seems to have originated from America come to dominate the world? 

Find out in this episode of the podcast!

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03. The soft toy story

The cartoon in 1902 that led to the christening and the form of Teddy bears of today. Although the bear might have reached us even otherwise via #steifftoys, the name might not have without Teddy Roosevelt

Look at that innocent looking soft toy. Did you know that it has come down in history via a US President and his presidential elections, patents in the US and Germany, the first world war and some of these, are now travelling the world, perhaps more than you and me?

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04. Ludo – A game of the Gods and Kings.

Ludo, an Indian game with a Latin name. If you have not played Ludo, you have very likely played one of its variants - Chausar, Pacheesi, Parcheesi, Parchis, Burjees, Nyout, Pagade, Coppit, Agrravation, Sorry!, Trouble, Uckers and many more, are all variants of this game. Listen in to know more about this fascinating ancient but ever evolving game.

A game which literally means “I Play” 

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Bali Ogoh ogoh - created using Paint3D

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08. He(y) Helium!

The world is facing a global Helium Shortage Crisis. And why should we be worried about this? Do you work with rockets, the Large Hadron Collider, any giant super conducting magnets? Have you worked on an MRI machine or even gotten an MRI done? Surely, you use a computer or a mobile and use an internet connection. Don’t you? Well then, the helium crisis is probably going to affect you. From the World wars to the current Russia-Ukraine crisis, it seems that this noble gas is getting involved. Find out if all the above is true and have your TIL moment in this new episode!

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09. Ice, ice baby – A history of the Ice Cream

Listen to this episode from TIL Moment on Spotify. Ice cream – Did you know that ice cream and frozen dessert are not the same and also that a type of ice cream was banned in London? It was thought to be propagating the spread of tuberculosis and cholera. And during the Second World War, the American air crew demonstrated their love for this cold dessert by making their own ice cream in an aircraft, as they soared through the high skies. Find out how and also more such interesting trivia about the ice cream in this episode.

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Lipstick - A small tube of color that has travelled through centuries to come to its current form.

With a history that goes back at least 5000 years, it has travelled through the Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and even finds a mention in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra! It has been branded as a magical device, a social status indicator, a danger to morality, a symbol of feminism, a source of hope, a poison to kill and the Satan itself.

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Prism of Life

“Ohh, that’s rather brave of you. I would not know what to do with all the time. I don’t think I am meant for staying at home cooking and cleaning. Have you thought of what you will do with all the…

Not the conventional feminism!

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My day on your feed – World of Vlogs

My nephew has recently learnt how to make videos of himself going about his day and speaking into the camera as he does this. One of his recent videos, he welcomes people onto the 15-year-old video…