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The BrainFood Show

Who Invented the Egg McMuffin?

The BrainFood Show

Cloud10

Education, History

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Breakfast truly is the monarch of meals, that time of the day when one is allowed to gorge on a cornucopia of nonchalantly combined delicacies ranging across the sweet and savoury spectrums, all washed down with streams of the world’s favorite drug in caffeine, as well as the white liquid excretions of cow’s, and/or the juices from the mangled, crushed bodies of our fellow living entities on this earth of the fruiting variety. Besides, one can happily plow through such a caloric smorgasbord with the reassuring knowledge that our bodies may need huge amounts of energy before tackling another day of heavy toil, depending on what exactly your exact profession is. For example, skipping breakfast is attributed to costing the Roman Republic a massive defeat at the Battle of the Trebia River in December of 218 BC. On that occasion, brilliant Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca unleashed his elite Numidian cavalry against the Roman camp at daybreak, to provoke them into an early battle. Ancient historian Polybius clearly stated that ‘His object [was] to get at the enemy before they had had their breakfast, or made any preparations for the day.’ Dehydrated, calorie starved soldiers in the end performing worse than their better nutritioned counterparts. Host: Simon Whistler Author: Arnaldo Teodorani Sponsor: Incogni - Use code BRAINFOOD and get 60% off an annual plan using the link https://incogni.com/brainfood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Breakfast truly is the monarch of meals, that time of the day when one is allowed to gorge

0:03.7

on a corocopia of nonchalantly combined delicacies ranging across the sweet and savory

0:07.9

spectrums, all washed down with streams of the world's favorite drug, caffeine, as well as

0:13.2

the white liquid excretions of cow and or the juices from the mangled crushed bodies of

0:17.5

Arthello living entities on this earth of the fruiting variety.

0:25.6

Besides, one can happily plow through such a caloric smorgasbord with the reassuring knowledge that our bodies may need huge amounts of energy before tackling another day of heavy toil,

0:30.3

depending on exactly what your profession is.

0:32.7

It's what I tell myself.

0:34.0

For example, skipping breakfast is attributed to costing the Roman Republican massive defeat at the Battle of Trivia River in December of 218, D.C. on For example, skipping breakfast is attributed to costing the Roman Republican massive defeat

0:38.2

at the Battle of Trivia River in December of 218 DC.

0:41.4

On that occasion, brilliant Carthaginian general Hannibal Barker unleashed his elite Numidian

0:45.9

cavalry against the Roman camp at daybreak to provoke them into an early battle.

0:49.9

Ancient historian Polar Baas clearly stated that his object was to get at the enemy before they had

0:55.0

had their breakfast or made any preparations for the day.

0:58.2

Dehydrated, calorie-starved soldiers in the end of performing worse than their better nutrition

1:03.3

counterparts.

1:04.3

The Roman soldiers were us duped into chasing their enemy across the freezing waters

1:08.3

of the River Trebier.

1:09.8

When it was time to get close and murdering with the Carthaginians, the Romans, to quote,

1:13.4

were in a wretched state from the cold and want of food as the day wore on, while the Carthaginians,

1:18.9

on the contrary, had eaten and drunk in their tents.

1:22.0

As coming in our video, who invented fast food restaurants, ancient Romans were no stranger

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