A little something different today. A compilation video with all the sponsors, intros, and outros cut out, with the idea of better facilitating you working or sleeping with us in an interesting way. :-) 0:00 Rags to Riches: The Junior High School Dropout Who Created a Tasty, Billion Dollar Empire 9:52 That Time a Guy Cornered the Liquid Soap Market By Sneakily Buying Every Hand Soap Pump in the World 22:30 What Ever Happened to Ronald McDonald (and the Bizarre Rules for Those Playing the Character) 39:31 The McDonald's Monopoly Scam 44:47 That Time Colonel Sanders Tried to Kill the Competition by Trying to Literally Murder Its Manager 56:31 That Time Coca Cola Released a New Product Just to Spite Pepsi 1:05:05 That Time Pepsi Accidentally Promised Hundreds of Thousands of People $40,000 Each 1:12:20 The Billion Dollar Babies 1:23:02 The One Guy Behind a Huge Number of Staple Fast Food Items Everyone Loves 1:36:45 How Hollywood Studios Manage to Lose Money On Movie That Make a Billion Dollars 1:51:46 That Time a Soviet General Invented Clear Coke and Pepsi Had One of the World's Largest Navies 2:00:20 The Story of the Troll Doll 2:05:48 Why is the McRib Only Offered Occasionally and Why So Randomly? 2:21:11 Two Major Companies Who Settled Their Differences the Old Fashioned Way 2:28:30 That Time Coca Cola Spent $100 Million Intentionally Filling Its Soda Cans With Fart Water 2:34:34 The Real Reason Coke Got Rid of Coke and Replaced It With New Coke 2:41:43 When and Why Did McDonald's Start Supersizing Things? 2:53:48 A Lesson in Failure: The Rise of the Mars Candy Company 3:02:10 The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr. Pepper 3:27:39 Why are Kinder Eggs Illegal in the USA? 3:43:28 The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind the Filet-o-Fish Sandwich 3:52:04 Is the Recipe for Coca Cola Really Only Known by Two People? 4:03:17 Unsung Heroes: The Man Who Invented the Chicken Nugget 4:10:28 What Does Bill Gates Do on His Day Off and the Story of Microsoft 4:31:27 What's so Special About McDonald's Fries? 5:07:07 That Time Coca Cola Tried to Introduce Vending Machines That Charged More on Hot Days 5:15:55 That Time Sony Secretly Installed Rootkit Software On Hundreds of Thousands of Computers 5:23:33 That Time Pepsi Promised to Give Away a Harrier Jet and the Hilarity That Ensued 5:31:26 The Truth About the Infamous McDonald's Hot Coffee Incident 5:40:51 Does McDonald's Or Burger King Really Hand Out Cards Granting You Free Food for Life 5:49:24 Visions of Rat Infested Pizza - Atari's Chuck E Cheese's 5:53:40 That Time Coca Cola Tried to Sell Bottled Tap Water in the UK Marketing It as Filled with Semen 6:02:36 How the Nazis Teamed Up with IBM for Mass Murder (And How the First Ethical Hacker Fought Back) 6:18:52 A Restaurant for a Beetle and $100 and a Bike- The Fascinating Stories Behind Four Famous Businesses 7:05:52 How a Nazi Feud Gave Us Adidas and Puma And Allowed Nike to Become King

@80rae

2 ай бұрын

lol sleeping with us

@TodayIFoundOut

2 ай бұрын

The writers in the basement get lonely sometimes. 😘😋 -Daven

@mitchellvanbelle4445

2 ай бұрын

More of this! On the other channels also?

@Goberte123

2 ай бұрын

Decoding the Unknown did this a while ago, releasing a 12 hour episode made up of their previous releases. I don’t think they’ve released another one, though.

@jacobchaney

2 ай бұрын

This is great, thank you

If you have never fallen asleep to Factboi be forewarned: he does not fade into the background. He continues to stand right next to you sharing facts no matter what other dreamscape is going on. It's a bizarre journey, but the good news is, you won't be alone.

@jessicaw6930

Ай бұрын

Lol I fall asleep to his channels every night! Thankfully he has tons of channel so I never get bored

@FYAjibber000

Ай бұрын

I can't sleep while I learn....have to absorb all the info...

@stixglass8442

Ай бұрын

​@@FYAjibber000so true! That is why I slept all through high school!

@DizzyedUpGirl

Ай бұрын

For reals. I'll wake up, hear a snippet and go back to sleep. Lather rinse repeat.

@DizzyedUpGirl

Ай бұрын

​@FYAjibber000 the best way to absorb them are subconsciously.

Some of these are so old, the neon sign in the background is working. And I still watched them all.

"Okay one more video before bed" The video:

I thought someone slipped me something in my drink when my brain was trying to compute the time on the video. Then the sky opened and the most beautiful light shown down and a chorus of angels began to sing! It really is 7 glorious hours of Simon! And God saw that it was good!

@rebeccafree9755

2 ай бұрын

😂 I also had this awakening, its nice to get a welcomed surprise for once. I was about 14 mins in before I realised.

@Michael-ly7vt

2 ай бұрын

Ok this was just great lol😅

@MarcelaElviraTimis

Ай бұрын

😂🤣

@eliotapples2139

25 күн бұрын

I know! Somehow I saw that I had finished the video but then I realized I had fallen asleep and can nearly turn it back A COUPLE OF HOURS

Just watched all of this at the hospital as i recovered from a foot amputation...great timing!!!

@womenfrom0202

2 ай бұрын

Hope the recovery and adjusting your life will go well! Greetings from Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

@diegogiovanni1

Ай бұрын

@womenfrom0202 Thank you! It will definitely be a process with the type of work I do. But, have to keep moving forward. Cheers!

@Zulimi2

Ай бұрын

May you always have a foothold on life.

@kiershorey2706

20 күн бұрын

The fact that you recovered from a foot amputation in seven hours is impressive. (But seriously, hope you're doing okay.)

I didn't realise this was 7 hours when I clicked on it. Am I going to stay up all night to watch it all even though I have to be up at 6am. Yes yes I will

I'm not going to watch a 7 hour 37 minute video... Eight hours later... What a great video!

@Crystalspanda

2 ай бұрын

LMAO

@wesleymorris6862

2 ай бұрын

Beat me to it lol upvote for you!

@secard4202

2 ай бұрын

I'm writing this reply when the vid is only 5 hours old. Op's comment is a lie!

@Opus313

2 ай бұрын

@@secard4202 You got me! Enjoy your weekend!

@unitedhybrid187

2 ай бұрын

KZread allows you to up the playback speed up to 2X the speed and watch it in 3 1/2 hours. It's a great feature to have for long videos.

Fun fact: Colonel Sanders first restaurant gas station was in a place called Hells half acre. Makes more sense when you hear about the shooting bit because it happened near that location.

I remember when a police station in my neighborhood moved, the donut shop across the street closed down. True story.

@kevinfoster1138

2 ай бұрын

LMAO that's great, I believe you too.

@kevinfoster1138

2 ай бұрын

LMAO that's great, I believe you too.

@rationallyruby

Ай бұрын

In Michigan there’s a franchise called cops and donuts 😂 their logo is just a bunch of fat cops😂

@misledprops

Ай бұрын

Dude… 😂😂😂

@BaronVonQuiply

Ай бұрын

The last time I was in Albany, NY I drove by a doughnut shop with 4 patrol cars in the parking lot and no one else. I recently saw a pic of one with signs reading "Police Parking Only" and I don't know if that's a joke about laziness and corruption, or lazy corruption.

7 hours! Awesome!! I can’t be the only one who loves drifting off to sleep to the sultry tones of Simon’s voice 🤙😎

Amazing how the style of Simon's videos changed over the years.

This is A.I. Simon's beard keeps changing.

@rationallyruby

Ай бұрын

😂 next video he’ll have hair!

Laughing because I logged on specifically looking for a few hours of Simon. I am beginning to suspect that you have bugged my brain and are indeed releasing videos that match the Info Dump I am currently on. Definitely more accurate than the Facebook ads that do the same.

Finally! A Whistler video worthy of an 8-hour edging session.

@kyleighhope961

2 ай бұрын

what.

@aceundead4750

2 ай бұрын

​@@kyleighhope961 don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.

@iangoppert6564

2 ай бұрын

Yes

@JesseJoyce-cj2xg

2 ай бұрын

I know what it means, but I refuse to believe that’s what you’re doing while watching… surely there are better video sites to watch for that, no? Unless I’m seriously misinterpreting your meaning

@Gwyn23

2 ай бұрын

He’s so hot 🥵

Aweomse!!! Very nice, long, constant, peaceful flow of sound and information! ❤

Damn Daven! 7+ hours! Multiple views on the way. Allegedly.

@deelee4639

Ай бұрын

Yes

A seven hour video?! ❤❤❤ yes, please!!!❤️❤️❤️

Definitely something to listen to while building something. 😂😂

So talking about the McRib back in 2017 or so. Mcdonalds Japan had a contest to introduce a new permanent menu item. One of those options was the McRib. But tragically or not( depending on your outlook.) It lost out to the Teriyaki Chicken filet-O

Guess Fact Boi is going to keep me company today while I do chores and run errands! Thank you Basement Gang, you guys are the best. You totally deserve a day unchained to the radiator!

Thank you for this! You've kept me company all day as I declutter and deep clean my whole house. ❤

I adore the fact that you all decided to do this!!

love this! I like long form videos for listening to in the background.

You are just showing off the development of your beard over time... I'm on to you!

Epic! Love the super long form content so I'm probably going to comment several times about various bits of this as I watch it :) I can only like it once, but I'm fairly sure more comments=better.

How perfect. I'm enjoying a very nice Dunkins coffee and doughnut as I watch this.

Loving the different Simons making an appearance and it's always a good time for Brainfood 😆💜

I live legit 3 minutes away from the Original Dunkin hahaha that's awesome to see it in a TIFO video

7:23 I have heard of and frequented Mr. Donuts' establishments way back in the 1980s, and one day, they were all dunkin' donuts. I always wondered what had happened, and now I know. Thank you Simon.

Some of these guys deserve their own seven hour video.

Is this video actually over 7 hours long?????

@lesliewells-ig5dl

2 ай бұрын

That's a mistake. It's 7 minutes and something.

@theoldantleredmyth

2 ай бұрын

Read the description

@lesliewells-ig5dl

2 ай бұрын

It isn't a mistake! It's a bunch of stories. Wow!!

@elainebenes7971

2 ай бұрын

Yes it's a compilation

@sunshinesquares

2 ай бұрын

Actually, since Simon is a robot from the future, he transports each viewer into a bubble of suspended animation. We experience approximately 7 minutes of video but outside our bubble more than 7 hours have passed.

Sees a 7 plus hour TIFO video on St Patrick’s day…. Clicks play…..

My GOD some of these are OLD 🤣 Absolute classics!

Hour and a half deep, can't wait for the next 6

5 hours deep, I've learned so much interesting little things, thank you all

yes! something to keep my mind busy while cleaning.

That arm-wrestling stunt was so awesome, well done to all those guys.

So many memories. So much cannon. The mcdonalds coffee! Kinder surprise!. My whistlerverse adventure started with TIFO.

Yes more like this long comp please

Holy crap. 7 hours. I'm a person that actually watches these. This is going to take me a few weeks.

The rivally between Wendy's and KFC makes sense now. It was born out of the drama of the corporate spat within KFC and evolved from loyalty to the memory of it's founder.

I like this 7 hour marathon, 👍 please do more

Dude. The info about Mr. Donut is an awesome thing to know living in Japan. Gonna add that to the useless but kinda neat info crowding my brain.

i thought i was finally losing my mind but it's true, a 7+ hour video to cure my insomnia 😭

Holy crap! (And that's not a pun about the first story) A nearly 8 hour video? I guess Simon wants to dominate KZread not only with the most channels but longest videos as well. Time to make the donuts- and fired chicken, soft drinks, cars and sports shoes...

This'll add a dent to your retention rates. 🤣🤣🤣

This was a fantastic idea.

Native American frybread/bannock has a hole in them usually, thank you very much. The mythos on it I've heard was that it would be too perfect otherwise and we put a hole in it in deference to Creator. The reality is really just when you make it without the hole at the size and thickness typical, youll burn the outside before the inside gets done, so the hole lets the hot grease bubble up through and it cooks more evenly. But at donut size it's not gonna be much of an issue. Wouldn't be surprised if that was where they got some of their idea and just didn't want to credit, though; wouldn't be the first time, and we only started making frybread to use up food commodity allotments from the government back when the reservations were more prisoner of war camps that Hitler was inspired by and directly ripped off. Most would not want that image tied to them if they're not native. Sidebar, I pulled this up somehow in one of my maybe twice a year moments I eat a donut, weird.

7 hours and 37 minutes of Simon!!! What did we do to deserve this? 😂

8 hours of Simon. hmmmmm, challenge accepted. Bring it fact boy

This has been sent by the gods.

Today i Epic business blazed with all the tangents edited out.

Wow, a 7 hour video on my birthday! 🎉🎉🎉

Putting a hole in the doughnut drastically increases the surface area to volume ratio and so the taste is very different since much more of the pastry is now fried and glazed than before which would have made the previous doughnuts seem bready and plain in comparison. This is just what I think is special about the doughnut hole. -Chef

.......you know when you put a bunch of new videos from your fav ytubers into watch queue and the utter shock when it goes beyond 8hr+??

Well, a whole day of Simon…good thing i lost all my hair. =P 🤣

This is perfect

Love the short beard on the Pepsi part.

"Can I ask why you're going to a barbershop?" XD

The Southwest one is wild, that's usually who I fly since I live in Austin.

Interaction to show I appreciate this long video on a longer Monday shift.

The hole makes them cook more evenly and slightly faster. Also, it's great for holding it.

Simon. The UK branches of KFC do sell gravy. I regularly frequent the company's first UK branch in Preston and occasionally buy the gravy

Perfect length video to drop the kids off at the pool

@AgathaDrinksTea

2 ай бұрын

Please eat more fibre

Fitting as I sit here with my Dunkin

I think the funniest news story that I watched on TV in the mid 1990's was when a Krispy Kreme delivery truck was stolen. The video started with the news castor saying that a large police chase is going on, and I was wondering why he was having a hard time keeping a straight face. It was not until they switched to the helicopter that I realized why, seeing a dozen police (the irony of it being 12 police cars) chasing a Krispy Kreme truck.

So uh yeah I'll be putting this on for the entirety of my 8 hour work shift lmao

THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING FROM MY STUDY LIFE BALANCE

I'm gonna download this just to test my internet

This great!

Wow that took a while to finish watching.

7 hrs mix of old and young Simon

LEGENDS!

Can confirm in 2024 in the US that we have the variation of the kinder egg here. And yes it is incredibly sweet. My kids absolutely love them.

The first McDonald's story reminds me of the band Mac Sabbath. Mac Sabbath!!!

One of the newest locations for Dunkin' Donuts is actually in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin it has been there for a couple years now

Simon, go full on Col. Sanders.. White shirt +Bowtie... 👌👌

🙏 We now need a Brain Blaze compilation of tangents....

seven and a half hours long, so 2 and a half info and the rest @Simon ranting......

03:22:12 "Don't try to drink it (Dr. Pepper) when it's gone flat and warm". That's funny because Dr. Pepper was a main-stay advertiser of Dick Clark's American Bandstand TV show, when (during winter months), the ads suggested heating it in a pan until hot as a warmer-upper. The ads showed teens eagerly doing so. And yes... it was god-awful. 😅🤣😂

Simon, how long is this video??

I'm going to try making a double decker pizza, I know it'll taste good but I might end up past fluffy and on my way to DAAAMN 😂😂

alright, just in time when i.needed to.watch a seven hour long videi

Today i found out.....Simon fixed his sign.....or this was filmed a long while ago. and then i found out this is a huge compilation.

Now I want a big mac, fries, chocolate shake, and a hot apple pie from the 70s.

@RobertRedland

2 ай бұрын

I do not recommend eating 50 year old food.

@immauniwolf4655

2 ай бұрын

@@RobertRedland agreed. But oh it was so much berrer back then.

I may be a lunatic, or just adhd asf... but I watched this entire 7.5 hour long video with my full attention the whole way through... in one sitting. anyways I just wanted to comment to see if there are others who experienced this video the same way I did😭 to be fair I might need to consult a professional for insomnia

Seven f..king hours? Yeh, right. I won’t even start watching this!

You can remove the part in the center, lowering costs but charging the same amount. Then use the holes smashed together to make another donut and make more money.

Get ready for that sweet sweet watch time...Simon u money hoho 😂 am I right Peter...

The egg McMuffin is one of the best foods available. They should sell patties separately uncooked.

Even at double speed im not watching this tonight lol

I didn't know Soft Soap was so innovative it's the soap you get at the Dollar Tree these day's

Zima was good. Drop a few jolly ranchers into it for flavor. My highschool days in a nut shell

Day 2, still going 😂 Feeling a bit A Clockwork Orange 😳 I need some eye drops. I hope Simon’s eyes have healed now.

Need this on every Factboi channel plz

The best thing about the McRib is the bun.

When everyone asked for longer videos, I dont think 3 hour or 7 hour long is what they had in mind....😮

R.i.p business blaze😅

Wait did I just watch almost 8 hours of Simon???

@Dystopianutopiabuilds

2 ай бұрын

There's far bigger compilations on into the shadows and casual criminalist.