The Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things 

Instant Noodles The inventor just wanted to feed his people. Ends up feeding entire generations of poor students around world. Why has this man not been given the Nobel Prize?

1:32 if you have read the back of cup noodles it clearly says not to microwave

7:19 he actually TASTED that liquid ass formula

0:01 noodles 1:48 silly strings 3:20 the smell little trees 4:46 kool laid 6:25 liquid ass 8:38 the cake frosting thingy 10:22 potato chips

so instead of healing broken bones, they decide to make it a toy

"next time you're eating ramen remember you're slurping down a little bit of history", you could basically say that about any food. lmafao.

“Now the little tree company has over 60 cents” *s t o n k s*

“Some people associate instant noodles with broke college students” Is that like a personal attack or something

Who else thought the video was over when one of the examples ended

LMFAO i love how the kool aid bit had no history and instead is just "oh yeah" explained for the whole duration

Moral of the story: deep frying solves everything.

When the Betty crocker's one came on I thought an ad started playing

When you notice kool aid man is made out of glass and managed to not shatter after going into a brick wall.

*I've been eating history this whole time*

The Kool-Aid Man's bulge is making me uncomfortable

"he really lost it" So he stabbed him? "so he cut potatoes really thin" I guess we define 'losing it' differently.

"The Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things" *shows us liquid ass, an ordinary object*

it specifically says not to microwave the cup

I used to live in Watertown and noticed a shop by the square. Never knew that the Little Trees originated from the city though. Rare occasion I see something local on a big channel. 👌

8:40 why is it playing the squidward neighborhood song😂

In fact, Momofuku Ando was actually born in Chiayi, Taiwan and grew up in Tainan, Taiwan. It was after the world war when Japan lost its territory and colony (Taiwan) that many people were forced to choose their nationalities between the Republic of China and Japan. Ando chose the former in order to keep his ancestral properties in Taiwan (since all Japanese nationals had to forfeit their properties in Taiwan). However, Ando remained in Japan. It was not until 1966 that he gained Japanese nationality by adopting his wife's Japanese family name, Ando. As a Taiwanese, I'm very grateful for what this Taiwanese-Japanese has contributed to the world and created instant noodles for us to enjoy when some of us are in need of food or when some of us are trying to save more money...lol. He passed away at the age of 96 back in 2007. However, his legacy and creation is and will always be loved by all of us around the world!!! RIP

I'm pissed, you know how many times I didn't make a cake I really wanted cause I didn't have an egg on hand, many times.

damn i hella thought betty crocker was a real person

Man, I could watch videos like this for hours. It’s fascinating how, what we deem as huge and sometimes intimidating product success, always started off as a simple fix to recognized problem, and in some cases, just being ornery.

I’ve never heard of liquid ass and I just went to the store to buy some Edit: I’ve made a horrible mistake

The little tree company must be really generous, after selling billions of their product and only having 60 cents

"next time you're eating ramen remember you're slurping down a little bit of history" next time I eat ramen I HAVE to say "SLURP, HISTORY! MMMM!!"its a requirement for me now.

Who else is binging great big story after their closing?

So we were moments off having spray on casts but instead have silly string?!

Destroying trees to make trees. *_SEEMS LEGIT_*

If you from the hood, I bet your car smell like Little Tree: New Car Scent or Black ice.......and loud.

Parents when you eat cup noodles: Thats not healthy! Me: Mom Dad, Im eating History. *Fact*

4:31 jeez you'd think after all those years they'd make at least more than 60cents...

Figures the fry jerk would steal the chip idea

4:54 YES HISTORY IS MADE WE FINALLY HEAR KOOLAID MAN SAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN OHHH YEAHHH!

The Instant Ramen creator is a Saviour for all College Students.

It's funny how on the side of the instant ramen noodles it say not to microwave but yet this video decided to microwave them

rip little tree company, has over 60 cents

I'd never knew I'd be learning about this during quarantine

When you were paid to create a medical spray but instead you directed your knowledge towards toy strin spray Years of academic training wasted

Maaaaan, now I want Ramen...

This RU-vid channel is literally everything I've been looking for on TV that they don't air anymore.

These are stories that will bring out the entrepreneur in you. Thanks, GBS! :)

This channel makes me love everything

Ramen wasn’t made for hungry 20 year olds Describes how it was made for a nation of hungry 20 year olds

“Oh yeah...” *you’re hired*

"Do you recognize me?" Yes, you're Freddy Creuger. "I'm the Cool-aid man!" Oh...

Disclaimer: Put boiling water in the noodles, NEVER put the noodles in the microwave

Mad respect for the dude who gave the world instant ramen. It really is a simple way to fight hunger around the world. Plus, we get so many flavors now.

Thx for preventing me from starving to death Mr. Momofuku Ando!

So nowadays do we still have a cast in a spray bottle, or not because it got turned to silly string?

4:30 “now the little tree company has over 60 -scents- cents”

Cup of noodles should not be microwaved. It says it on the cup 'Do not Microwave ".

You hear that silly string?! *YOU’RE A MISTAKE!*

enlightening, as ALWAYS!

USA: make bread Noodle dude: did you say noodles USA: what no Noodle dude: Oh I get it now... you said noodles USA: ...

"so remember, the next time youre eating ramen noodles, youre eating a part of history" excuse me what? all food has history.

So wtf happened to the instant cast?? Wtf

You should make this into a series

Kudos to the reenactment videos 👏

Kool aid man: *"OH YEAH!!"* people from the past: "Yayy!!" people from the present: *Lenny Face*

I could smell the silly string part from here

6:10 it doesn’t look like the cool aid man likes kool aid that much

Love the Saratoga mention! Currently here. 👀

I want to eat noodles now.

Just remember when your eating instant noodles your eating a piece of history So does that mean if I eat more instant noodles I will get Better grades for history

this video is weirdly satisfying and idk why

damn, I learned a lot. gonna binge this in lockdown.

honestly they could have just marketed silly string and the instant cast at the same time

get real no college student buys the styrofoam cup o noodles, too expensive. we get the 12 pack of block ramen!

I can't stop watching this video lol

Liquid Ass is such a fantastic story. Love it

in one year Betty crocker will have officially wasted our eggs for an entire century

Although that last segment on the potato chip might well be true, there is another, interesting take on the potato chip.. In 1840, in the little town of Cleethorpes in the north of England, a family of fishermen used to set up a mobile wagon on the seafront selling fish and chips. The owner of the wagon used to have a mechanical chipper in which he turned a handle to produce the chips ready to deep fry to go with the fish. On one particular day, he had set the blades rather too closely together, and ended up producing a whole load of what he considered to be a waste of potatoes. But rather than throw them away, he deep-fried them anyway, and the resultant crispy fried potato pieces, he found interesting. So he sprinkled some salt over them, packed them into paper bags and sold them to patrons to eat whilst sitting on the seafront. They promptly sold out. Prompting him to produce some more. Realising he was onto a good thing, he bought another chipper and opened a second wagon which sold nothing but these crispy snacks. A passing salesman, who would go on to start his own potato chip producing mini factory turned them into a popular resort snack across the North east coast of England. He was swiftly brought out by another, and that is where the legend, and the history, dies as far as documentation is concerned. This story can be found in a diary in a little museum of bric-a-brac in Cleethorpes. Where it goes from there, is not exactly known, but by 1860, there were over 200 companies in the UK making ready salted crisps. This had grown to over 800 by the late 19th Century - throughout the entire UK. Whether this fishing family got any recognition from the production factories that would go on to produce them, is not exactly known or recorded, but it would be a shame if this not the case. As for the Invention of the potato chip, in commercial circles, the Saratoga incident, is the only one officially recorded - so it's the only one that we can go by. Tasty treat tho. And rather addictive if I do say so myself. While I'm at it, what is everyone's favourite flavour potato chip? Let me know in your replies!

Remember, every food you eat is gulping down history

The Little Trees are popular in the north region of New England especially in Massachusetts , New Hampshire , and Vermont.

It's correctly pronounced "An-doh" for Mr Ando, not "An-doo".

5:21 hold up, LOOK AT THIS DUDES CROTCH

Thank you Momofuku-San you got me through every grade past 5th.

6:12 why do i feel like he spit that koolaid out after lol

Who else eats instant noodles when your mexican mom says theres nothing to eat.

I liked it once but if i could i would like it ten times over. This is how much special this chanell is. I wish you guys get the top level recognition you deserve.

Chef: *Cuts Potatoes Extremely Thin* The madlad who's about to invent potato chips: *Do it again*

Okay but now we're all wondering if the voice of koolaid man gets free koolaid

7:20 *Oh God they taste it?!*

Stu’s smile made me happy🥺

"I really lost it" "so you killed him" "i...invented something" *awkward silence*

1:31 You're cooking it wrong, you're supposed to cover the lid to keep the heat inside of the cup, and you're not supposed to microwave it!

8:40 Any Spongebob fans will recognize this amazing piece of music

Ando was born in Taiwan and moved to Japan when he was in his twenties. The place where he's from had the long tradition of deep frying noodle to preserve the noodle since its very humid there.

0:57 man i love how you’re frying on foil

AY YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO MICROWAVE THE CUP

The koolaid man is hung dude!

2:04 Farmer: I would like to buy 100 animals please Seller: sorry all I've got is *A. Fish* and a few *P. Cox* I'm sorry you read this

These are great small stories

nobody: everyone in the comments section: YoU'Re NoT SUppOSed To MIcrOWAve ThE CUp

I used to be scared of the kool aid man when I was 4-8 😂😂😂😂😂😂

So Leonardo and Robert was gonna make a can that can heal casts? but instead they made it into a toy disappointed in humanity

I read a comic about cup noodles (project x - nissin cup noodle). The team workers literally don't eat their wives' food for dinner because they've been eating failed noodles so it doesn't become waste. And for the 'space' below the noodle, it was on purpose. They try so many ways to make that noodle cooked by only hot water, and in the end, the 'space' below the noodle was the answer. I also read that they make styrofoam little bit thicker in the top so they could eat it easily.