I Didn’t Know, Maybe You Didn’t Either!

In 1966, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the world's first home security system, creating the blueprint for every modern system that followed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Spikes invented the modern gear shift, improved automatic transmission, and early turn signals—technology that makes driving safer every day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Crum's accidental invention of the potato chip became a global industry—yet few people know the Black/Native chef behind the snack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The modern ice cream scoop was invented by Alfred L. Cralle in 1897. This episode reveals how everyday convenience hides Black brilliance in plain sight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founded in 1946, FAMU's Marching 100 didn't just redefine halftime—they built an infrastructure of Black excellence that the world would eventually copy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Decades before medicine believed it possible, a Black surgeon performed one of the world's first successful open-heart surgeries—and history still barely tells his story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The technology behind every color screen was perfected by a Black inventor who never received the compensation or recognition his work deserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One Black woman didn't plan to desegregate NASA—she simply went to work. Her presence alone dismantled segregation inside one of America's most powerful institutions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Brown v. Board of Education, a forgotten court case cracked segregation's foundation. This episode restores a missing chapter of the civil rights timeline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A deadly 1912 accident led Garrett Morgan to invent the modern traffic light, quietly saving millions of lives while history largely forgot his name. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1930s, early standardized tests claimed Black children scored lower because they supposedly ate too many bananas. B Daht exposes how racist "science" was baked into modern testing—and how those lies still shape education today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Black History Month, there was Negro History Week—launched 100 years ago in 1926 as a strategic counterattack against erasure. B Daht reframes BHM not as a "gift" but as a long game Carter G. Woodson designed 100 years ago... and it's still working. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All Season long, IDKMYDE has been dropping random facts in weekly episodes -- the kind that make you pause, laugh, and say, wait... how did I not know that? In this Season 4 finale, B Daht pulls the curtain back and explains why none of it was actually random. This episode "Connects the Dahts" between curiosity, story-telling, and what's coming next as the podcast prepares for a major shift in Sea...

Two biblical fasts, same God, totally different assignments. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down the Daniel Fast vs the Esther Fast, what each one is really for, and why fasting without action might just be hunger with scripture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dry January has rules, structure, and accountability... which explains why so many people don't finish. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht shares who started it, and why January suddenly feels longer when you're sober. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does the flu show up every winter like it's on a scheduled tour? On this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down where the flu comes from, why it started with animals, and why Winter gives it the perfect conditions to spread. Using 3 Useless Facts and a kid-friendly explanation, this episode makes flu season finally make sense -- without turning into a science class. See omnystudio.com/listener...

This episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht unpacks the hidden economic throughline between America's plantation past and its modern sports empire, revealing how Black physical labor has long been transformed into mass entertainment and massive profit. From cotton-picking contests to the NFL, the business of the body has changed its uniform -- not its structure. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

While Christmas is often remembered as a time of joy and tradition, its history during American slavery was deliberately rewritten. This episode of IDKMYDE, our Host, B Daht, unpacks how Lost Cause propaganda used romanticized Christmas stories to sanitize slavery -- and what enslaved people actually endured during the holidays. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of IDKME breaks down how NC A&T and Howard's matchup inside Cameron Indoor Stadium wasn't just a game -- It was a quiet rematch of the very 1st MEAC Championship in 1972. We dig into why that original game was played at Duke of all places, and how B Daht returned to that same campus as an honorary co-captain. And with his co-captain, Dr. Anne Micheaux Akwari, being the widow of Du...

Cats weren't always seen as bad luck, once upon a time they were treated like royalty. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down how cats, especially black cats, went from sacred symbols in Ancient Egypt to "witches in disguise" during Europe's spooky era. You'll never look at a black cat the same again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time Zones weren't created by the government -- they were forced on America by railroad companies tired of cities making up their own time. This episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down how one Canadian engineer and a bunch of fed-up train schedules shaped the clocks we still obey today! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Africa and South America don't just LOOK like they fit, they really were boo'd up once upon a time! In this episode of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either, B Daht uncovers how the whole planet used to be one big neighborhood, and why the breakup changed everything! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When my daughter asked me why oil was such a big deal back in the day, I didn't have the answer -- so I went digging! What I found connects an 11-year-old Black girl's "worthless" land to the rise of modern America. This episode of IDKMYDE unpacks how curiosity, timing, and a little bit of oil turned one question into a story I couldn't believe I didn't already know! See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Everybody knows what Viagra does, but few know how it started. On this episode of I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either uncovers the hilarious twist that turned a failed heart drug into a global phenomenon. Because sometimes, a mistake can become your biggest rise to fame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hustle that changed how we move, might soon change who moves us. Millions built an income behind the wheel -- but the wheel might not need hands for long. On this Episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht breaks down a quiet shift that could leave a lot of folks parked for good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.