102: The Vitamin Saga & The Evolution of Fairies

Why are there so many vitamins, what even IS a vitamin?? Well Tom finally understands, and takes us on a tour through their infuriating past. And how did the cheerful fairy we know and love today, evolve into its current form? Well we'll only tell if you can answer our riddles three and- or you can just listen to the episode. Things we Talk About: James Lind Scurvy Painting The Various Vitamin Bs Vitamin Map Brownie First Fairy Image Cicely Mary Barker Fairies Cottingley Fairies 1 Cottingley Fairies 2 Illusion Spinners Bitterbloom Bearer Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:05) The Vitamin Saga (00:57:54) The Evolution of Fairies (01:48:20) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Will vitamin c cure me or murder me? more people died of scurvy than combat on the seas, Lind’s biblical scurvy experiment painting, vitamin Pee, maybe oranges are the fifth humor, beri beri, the gelatin comission, come onnn man it’s the 1800s give me a break, we know proteins carbs fats and minerals but something’s missing, STUDY MINERALS THEY SAID - YOU’LL WIN A NOBEL PRIZE THEY SAID, vital amines but they’re not amines, wait are vitamins like fish?? drop the e j…