September 8, 2025 • 8 mins
On this episode of IDKMYDE our host, B Daht, discusses Napoleon losing to bunnies, people ringing bells from their coffins, and a mushroom bigger than a city block -- all that randomness leads to a powerful trip through Alabama, where the Red Tails took flight and changed history
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I didn't know what's happening to know it alls. Welcome
to another episode of I didn't know. Maybe you didn't
either your favorite podcast because you leave smarter than when
you started. You did what I'm saying. And man, this
is a celebratory episode. But why is it a celebratory episode?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Be that? Well?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
First of all, the Block Effect podcast is turning five
years old. Yeah, sir, I baby headed off to kindergarten.
We're gonna get them some new school clothes and we're
gonna make sure that baby ready for the first day
of school going to kindergarten.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, you is thinking.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Boy. That's five years of powerful voices, unforgettable moments, and
a community that keeps growing.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is the power of the platform.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And not only is Block Effect Podcast network celebrating the
birthday this week. Yeah boy, b daughter celebrating his birthday
this week. Five. I had a yacht party yesterday that
was crazy. Tonight, I'm bringing my mom Circle back to Greensboro,
North Carolina. You know, I lost my mom back in
May of twenty twenty four. So we have monthly meetings
(01:00):
where we get together as siblings who lost their mother
and we just navigate this thing called Grief Together, and
then I got some more parties and stuff lined up
for the rest of the week.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Two big virgos, Black Effect Podcast Network and b Dot.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
This fall about to be so off the chains, because
of course, you know, I'm mister alumni twenty twenty five
twenty twenty six for Winston Salem State University, and two
weeks ago we took about three of them holiday tour
buses to Montgomery, Alabama for the Redtails Classic Winston Salem
State University versus Tuskegee University. My Rams lost twenty to seventeen,
(01:35):
but just fellowshipping with my seasoned Saint Rams on that
seven hour drive in that civil rights bus, it was
a great time. My hotel was right beside the boardwalk
where the Montgomery brawl went down.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
If you check out our.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Instagram idk myde with an underscore before it and behind it,
you'll see some of my reenactments of that.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Good old fade in the world. Oh it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And as soon as we landed in Alabama, we went
straight to the Tuskegee Airmen Museum. I mean we was
out there touching the soil, the same soil that the
Tuskegee airmen touched.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Back in World War Two. It was powerful.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I sat on the steps where then black men learned
how to fly planes. And it's all documented right on Instagram.
IDK Myde with an underscore before it and behind it.
Now before we get in today's episode, it is customary
if this is your first time listening, Did I give
you three of the most useless facts you'll never need, never,
(02:37):
not a day in life.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Your first useless fact?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Napoleon Bonaparte, You know, the man that conquered half of
Europe once got attacked by a thousand rabbits. Yeah, around
eighteen o seven after he signed a peace treaty. He
wanted to celebrate with a rabbit hunt for himself and
his homies, and he had a chief of staff that
organized it. But instead of his chief of staff getting
wild rabbits, he went and bought a thousand tame farm
(03:02):
raised rabbits. So when they opened the cages, Napoleon and
his homies thought the rabbits were gonna scatter around and
they're gonna start to hunt. No, these were domestic rabbits
raised on farms. They were used to being fed by
humans instead of running away the damn rabbits ran towards
Napoleon and his homies because they thought they had some food.
Man our wouldnesses said. They swarmed his leg, climbed his coat.
(03:23):
They was out there looking like a furry army. Napoleon,
the conqueror of Europe, had to retreat to his carriage,
swatting rabbits away, whoilet the rest of his staff trying
to chase him off. Your second useless fact. In the
nineteenth century, people were so scared of being buried alive
that they invented safety coffins with bells and air pipes.
(03:45):
Safety coffins. See, doctors didn't have the tools back.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Then that we have now.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
They couldn't do heart monitors and do brain activity scans.
So when folks whould have comas or epilepsy or like
pass out and they looked dead, wasn't no deaficit to
declaring somebody there was just a visual eye test.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Oh he don't like he breathing? He did.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Then they were scared of like yellow fever and plague spread,
so they would bury you, sometimes within hours. It is
legit documented cases of when people's bodies were zoomed, they
would find scratch marks inside the coffins. Ed Garwland Poe
wrote a story about it called The Premature Burial. And
your third useless fact. The largest living organism on Earth.
(04:28):
It ain't a wehal, it ain't a red wood tree.
It's literally called the monster mushroom. It's a honey fungus
and it's in Oregon.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
They said.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It covers almost twenty four hundred acres that's almost four
square miles, estimated to be between two thousand and eight
thousand years old. Most of it is underground them Fox
miles is covered by fungal roots, just in eastern Oregon,
near a town called john Day.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Those have been your three useless facts.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Number one, Napoleon Bonaparte once got jumped by thousand rap
whole army at his command, but bugs Bunny and his
crew had him run.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Into his carriage. Your second useless fact.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
In the nineteenth century, people were so scared of being
buried alive that they had to invent safety coffins. Imagine
hearing ding ding ding ding ding coming from the cemetery
at midnight. No, I'm moving, Jack, And your third useless
factor is the largest living organism on earth is the
monster Mushrooming organ at least two thousand years old and
(05:27):
big enough to make Godzilla look like the Goico Lizard.
And now we transition from useless facts to something I
think you should know. While we were at the Tuskegee
Airman Museum and we were looking at the red tails planes,
I had a thought. I mean, using context clues. Clearly
they called them the red tails because they painted the
tails of their plane red. But do you know why
(05:49):
they painted the tails of their planes red? Because I didn't.
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
didn't know. Okay, So just to catch everybody up, the
Tuskegee Airmen were black pilots. They trained at the Tuskegee
Army Airfield in Alabama doing World War Two. Now, one
of their main units was the three thirty second Fighter Group.
It was made up of the ninety ninth, the hundredth,
(06:20):
the three to oh first, and the three zero second
fighter squadrons. These were the black dudes flying missions in Europe.
They was protecting the US bombers on some of the
most dangerous assignments of the war. Now, when the three
thirty seconds switched over to the P fifty one Mustang
in nineteen forty four.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Now those are planes.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We got pictures of some of them on our Instagram
IDK Myde with an underscore before it and after it.
But when they switched to the Mustangs, they painted the
entire tail section bright red. Wasn't about a style thing
they was doing. It was more about identification. See different
groups use different colors, and the three thirty seconds mark
just happened to be crimson red. Now, at first some
(06:59):
bomber crews didn't trust the idea of black pilots escorting them,
like who told that how to fly a plane? But
once they saw the results or they started asking for
the red tails by name. You think we can get
the red tails to cover us on this trip, because see,
their track record was super strong. The three thirty second
lost fewer bombers than any other escort group.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Even the Germans started to take notice. They pilots.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
They start telling each other watching out for the blackbirds
with the red tails. I've never been to Germany, so
I'm not one hundred percent sure that's how they sound.
But you see me trying to paint a picture here.
My point is what started as just paint became a
brand of respect, pride, hell even intimidation. And by the
end of the war, the Red Tales was more famous
(07:43):
than the three thirty second Fighter Group or even the
Tuskegee Airmen for that matter. And today that nickname stands
as a legacy, not just as their skill in the sky,
but their courage breaking barriers on the ground.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Maybe you didn't either, And you know something else you
might not have known that. I want to thank you,
We want to thank you for listening and celebrating five
years of the Black Effect podcast network with us. Keep following, man,
keep sharing, keep streaming, because the next five years is
about to be even bigger, baby, and I do know that,
(08:18):
and I hope you do too.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Make sure you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Follow us on social media at black Effects, during the
conversation at hashtag black Effect turns five, and just keep
supporting the voices that shift in the culture.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Man. Until next time, know it alls be dot out.
I didn't know what's happening to know it alls. Welcome
to another episode of I didn't know. Maybe you didn't
either your favorite podcast because you leave smarter than when
you started. You did what I'm saying. And man, this
is a celebratory episode. But why is it a celebratory episode?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Be that? Well?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
First of all, the Block Effect podcast is turning five
years old. Yeah, sir, I baby headed off to kindergarten.
We're gonna get them some new school clothes and we're
gonna make sure that baby ready for the first day
of school going to kindergarten.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, you is thinking.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Boy. That's five years of powerful voices, unforgettable moments, and
a community that keeps growing.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is the power of the platform.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
And not only is Block Effect Podcast network celebrating the
birthday this week. Yeah boy, b daughter celebrating his birthday
this week. Five. I had a yacht party yesterday that
was crazy. Tonight, I'm bringing my mom Circle back to Greensboro,
North Carolina. You know, I lost my mom back in
May of twenty twenty four. So we have monthly meetings
(01:00):
where we get together as siblings who lost their mother
and we just navigate this thing called Grief Together, and
then I got some more parties and stuff lined up
for the rest of the week.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Two big virgos, Black Effect Podcast Network and b Dot.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
This fall about to be so off the chains, because
of course, you know, I'm mister alumni twenty twenty five
twenty twenty six for Winston Salem State University, and two
weeks ago we took about three of them holiday tour
buses to Montgomery, Alabama for the Redtails Classic Winston Salem
State University versus Tuskegee University. My Rams lost twenty to seventeen,
(01:35):
but just fellowshipping with my seasoned Saint Rams on that
seven hour drive in that civil rights bus, it was
a great time. My hotel was right beside the boardwalk
where the Montgomery brawl went down.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
If you check out our.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Instagram idk myde with an underscore before it and behind it,
you'll see some of my reenactments of that.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Good old fade in the world. Oh it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And as soon as we landed in Alabama, we went
straight to the Tuskegee Airmen Museum. I mean we was
out there touching the soil, the same soil that the
Tuskegee airmen touched.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Back in World War Two. It was powerful.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
I sat on the steps where then black men learned
how to fly planes. And it's all documented right on Instagram.
IDK Myde with an underscore before it and behind it.
Now before we get in today's episode, it is customary
if this is your first time listening, Did I give
you three of the most useless facts you'll never need, never,
(02:37):
not a day in life.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Your first useless fact?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Napoleon Bonaparte, You know, the man that conquered half of
Europe once got attacked by a thousand rabbits. Yeah, around
eighteen o seven after he signed a peace treaty. He
wanted to celebrate with a rabbit hunt for himself and
his homies, and he had a chief of staff that
organized it. But instead of his chief of staff getting
wild rabbits, he went and bought a thousand tame farm
(03:02):
raised rabbits. So when they opened the cages, Napoleon and
his homies thought the rabbits were gonna scatter around and
they're gonna start to hunt. No, these were domestic rabbits
raised on farms. They were used to being fed by
humans instead of running away the damn rabbits ran towards
Napoleon and his homies because they thought they had some food.
Man our wouldnesses said. They swarmed his leg, climbed his coat.
(03:23):
They was out there looking like a furry army. Napoleon,
the conqueror of Europe, had to retreat to his carriage,
swatting rabbits away, whoilet the rest of his staff trying
to chase him off. Your second useless fact. In the
nineteenth century, people were so scared of being buried alive
that they invented safety coffins with bells and air pipes.
(03:45):
Safety coffins. See, doctors didn't have the tools back.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Then that we have now.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
They couldn't do heart monitors and do brain activity scans.
So when folks whould have comas or epilepsy or like
pass out and they looked dead, wasn't no deaficit to
declaring somebody there was just a visual eye test.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Oh he don't like he breathing? He did.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Then they were scared of like yellow fever and plague spread,
so they would bury you, sometimes within hours. It is
legit documented cases of when people's bodies were zoomed, they
would find scratch marks inside the coffins. Ed Garwland Poe
wrote a story about it called The Premature Burial. And
your third useless fact. The largest living organism on Earth.
(04:28):
It ain't a wehal, it ain't a red wood tree.
It's literally called the monster mushroom. It's a honey fungus
and it's in Oregon.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
They said.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It covers almost twenty four hundred acres that's almost four
square miles, estimated to be between two thousand and eight
thousand years old. Most of it is underground them Fox
miles is covered by fungal roots, just in eastern Oregon,
near a town called john Day.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Those have been your three useless facts.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Number one, Napoleon Bonaparte once got jumped by thousand rap
whole army at his command, but bugs Bunny and his
crew had him run.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Into his carriage. Your second useless fact.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
In the nineteenth century, people were so scared of being
buried alive that they had to invent safety coffins. Imagine
hearing ding ding ding ding ding coming from the cemetery
at midnight. No, I'm moving, Jack, And your third useless
factor is the largest living organism on earth is the
monster Mushrooming organ at least two thousand years old and
(05:27):
big enough to make Godzilla look like the Goico Lizard.
And now we transition from useless facts to something I
think you should know. While we were at the Tuskegee
Airman Museum and we were looking at the red tails planes,
I had a thought. I mean, using context clues. Clearly
they called them the red tails because they painted the
tails of their plane red. But do you know why
(05:49):
they painted the tails of their planes red? Because I didn't.
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I
didn't know. Okay, So just to catch everybody up, the
Tuskegee Airmen were black pilots. They trained at the Tuskegee
Army Airfield in Alabama doing World War Two. Now, one
of their main units was the three thirty second Fighter Group.
It was made up of the ninety ninth, the hundredth,
(06:20):
the three to oh first, and the three zero second
fighter squadrons. These were the black dudes flying missions in Europe.
They was protecting the US bombers on some of the
most dangerous assignments of the war. Now, when the three
thirty seconds switched over to the P fifty one Mustang
in nineteen forty four.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Now those are planes.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
We got pictures of some of them on our Instagram
IDK Myde with an underscore before it and after it.
But when they switched to the Mustangs, they painted the
entire tail section bright red. Wasn't about a style thing
they was doing. It was more about identification. See different
groups use different colors, and the three thirty seconds mark
just happened to be crimson red. Now, at first some
(06:59):
bomber crews didn't trust the idea of black pilots escorting them,
like who told that how to fly a plane? But
once they saw the results or they started asking for
the red tails by name. You think we can get
the red tails to cover us on this trip, because see,
their track record was super strong. The three thirty second
lost fewer bombers than any other escort group.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Even the Germans started to take notice. They pilots.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
They start telling each other watching out for the blackbirds
with the red tails. I've never been to Germany, so
I'm not one hundred percent sure that's how they sound.
But you see me trying to paint a picture here.
My point is what started as just paint became a
brand of respect, pride, hell even intimidation. And by the
end of the war, the Red Tales was more famous
(07:43):
than the three thirty second Fighter Group or even the
Tuskegee Airmen for that matter. And today that nickname stands
as a legacy, not just as their skill in the sky,
but their courage breaking barriers on the ground.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Maybe you didn't either, And you know something else you
might not have known that. I want to thank you,
We want to thank you for listening and celebrating five
years of the Black Effect podcast network with us. Keep following, man,
keep sharing, keep streaming, because the next five years is
about to be even bigger, baby, and I do know that,
(08:18):
and I hope you do too.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Make sure you.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Follow us on social media at black Effects, during the
conversation at hashtag black Effect turns five, and just keep
supporting the voices that shift in the culture.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Man. Until next time, know it alls be dot out.
Host
Brian "B Daht" McLaughlin
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