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What Music Wards Off Mosquitoes, How Your DNA Connects You to All Living Things, and More
Manage episode 351065842 series 1952977
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In this episode you discover:
* How you're related to every other living organism through your DNA;
* How many times a year your heart beats and the number one indicator of heart health;
* The specific kind of music that wards off mosquitoes;
* How many licks on average it takes to eat one scoop of ice cream on a cone; and,
More weird and surprising facts for fun and entertainment.
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Resources and references:
"What Does It Mean to be Human?"; https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
“How a healthy heart works”; Link: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/what-is-heart-disease/how-a-healthy-heart-works
“Dance music deters mosquitoes, and hip-hop gives cheese a fruity flavor” Link: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Dance-music-deters-mosquitoes-hip/97/i15
“Pinocchio”. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio and “'Pinocchio effect' confirmed: When you lie, your nose temperature rises” Science News: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203081834.htm
“It takes about 50 licks to devour one scoop” Link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2004/08/06/it-takes-about-50-licks/50248703007/
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Host and show info:
Stephen Carter, host. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com. Show website: https://WeirdAndSurprisingFacts.com. Other shows: https://StressReliefRadio.com.
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Technical info:
Recorded with Garage Band. Edits with Twisted Wave. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: BY
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Key words:
DNA, Mosquitoes, Ice Cream, Pinnochio Effect,
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* How you're related to every other living organism through your DNA;
* How many times a year your heart beats and the number one indicator of heart health;
* The specific kind of music that wards off mosquitoes;
* How many licks on average it takes to eat one scoop of ice cream on a cone; and,
More weird and surprising facts for fun and entertainment.
---
Resources and references:
"What Does It Mean to be Human?"; https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
“How a healthy heart works”; Link: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/what-is-heart-disease/how-a-healthy-heart-works
“Dance music deters mosquitoes, and hip-hop gives cheese a fruity flavor” Link: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Dance-music-deters-mosquitoes-hip/97/i15
“Pinocchio”. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio and “'Pinocchio effect' confirmed: When you lie, your nose temperature rises” Science News: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203081834.htm
“It takes about 50 licks to devour one scoop” Link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2004/08/06/it-takes-about-50-licks/50248703007/
---
Host and show info:
Stephen Carter, host. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com. Show website: https://WeirdAndSurprisingFacts.com. Other shows: https://StressReliefRadio.com.
---
Technical info:
Recorded with Garage Band. Edits with Twisted Wave. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: BY
---
Key words:
DNA, Mosquitoes, Ice Cream, Pinnochio Effect,
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Conteúdo fornecido por Stephen Carter. Todo o conteúdo do podcast, incluindo episódios, gráficos e descrições de podcast, é carregado e fornecido diretamente por Stephen Carter ou por seu parceiro de plataforma de podcast. Se você acredita que alguém está usando seu trabalho protegido por direitos autorais sem sua permissão, siga o processo descrito aqui https://pt.player.fm/legal.
In this episode you discover:
* How you're related to every other living organism through your DNA;
* How many times a year your heart beats and the number one indicator of heart health;
* The specific kind of music that wards off mosquitoes;
* How many licks on average it takes to eat one scoop of ice cream on a cone; and,
More weird and surprising facts for fun and entertainment.
---
Resources and references:
"What Does It Mean to be Human?"; https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
“How a healthy heart works”; Link: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/what-is-heart-disease/how-a-healthy-heart-works
“Dance music deters mosquitoes, and hip-hop gives cheese a fruity flavor” Link: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Dance-music-deters-mosquitoes-hip/97/i15
“Pinocchio”. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio and “'Pinocchio effect' confirmed: When you lie, your nose temperature rises” Science News: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203081834.htm
“It takes about 50 licks to devour one scoop” Link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2004/08/06/it-takes-about-50-licks/50248703007/
---
Host and show info:
Stephen Carter, host. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com. Show website: https://WeirdAndSurprisingFacts.com. Other shows: https://StressReliefRadio.com.
---
Technical info:
Recorded with Garage Band. Edits with Twisted Wave. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: BY
---
Key words:
DNA, Mosquitoes, Ice Cream, Pinnochio Effect,
---
…
continue reading
* How you're related to every other living organism through your DNA;
* How many times a year your heart beats and the number one indicator of heart health;
* The specific kind of music that wards off mosquitoes;
* How many licks on average it takes to eat one scoop of ice cream on a cone; and,
More weird and surprising facts for fun and entertainment.
---
Resources and references:
"What Does It Mean to be Human?"; https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
“How a healthy heart works”; Link: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/what-is-heart-disease/how-a-healthy-heart-works
“Dance music deters mosquitoes, and hip-hop gives cheese a fruity flavor” Link: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemistry/Dance-music-deters-mosquitoes-hip/97/i15
“Pinocchio”. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio and “'Pinocchio effect' confirmed: When you lie, your nose temperature rises” Science News: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203081834.htm
“It takes about 50 licks to devour one scoop” Link: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2004/08/06/it-takes-about-50-licks/50248703007/
---
Host and show info:
Stephen Carter, host. Email: CarterMethod@gmail.com. Show website: https://WeirdAndSurprisingFacts.com. Other shows: https://StressReliefRadio.com.
---
Technical info:
Recorded with Garage Band. Edits with Twisted Wave. Leveled with Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: BY
---
Key words:
DNA, Mosquitoes, Ice Cream, Pinnochio Effect,
---
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Hosted by Laura Cathcart Robbins, a writer and a recovery thriver and survivor, Laura found herself in an all too familiar position. In September 2018, she was the only black woman in the room at Brave Magic, a famed writer’s retreat. After it was over, she wrote about her “only one” experience in The Huffington Post and comments started flooding into her DM. These comments were from people from all races, ethnicities, creeds, and nationalities who had felt “othered”. Laura beautifully inter ...
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Join two of the stars from Real Housewives of Potomac, Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon, as they team up for their new podcast Reasonably Shady. The show features conversations about being fearless women as they recount stories from their exciting lives. Topics include dating, relationships, marriage, entrepreneurs, motherhood, style, glam, current events and more! Join Gizelle and Robyn for Reasonably Shady!
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…
continue reading
The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. Deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music. From powerhouse NPR producers The Kitchen Sisters (The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, The Sonic Memorial Project, Lost & Found Sound, and Fugitive Waves). "The Kitchen Sisters have done some of best radio stories ever broadcast" —Ira Glass. The Kitchen ...
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