Close the Lid Before You Flush, How Men and Women Feel About Their Exes, and a Trait That Makes You More Likely to Exercise

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Warner Bros. Discovery

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Learn about why you should close the lid before you flush the toilet; the “planfulness” personality trait that makes you more likely to exercise; and how men and women have different attitudes toward their exes.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Researchers Determined the Personality Trait That Makes You More Likely to Exercise — https://curiosity.im/2XBOUVt
Men and Women Have Different Attitudes Toward Their Exes — https://curiosity.im/2D9RfNO

Additional sources:

Here's why you should always close the toilet lid when you flush | Today — https://www.today.com/home/it-necessary-close-toilet-lid-when-you-flush-t143776
Please, for the Love of God, Close the Toilet Lid When You Flush | Good Housekeeping — https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/a22777060/close-the-toilet-seat/
Lifting the lid on toilet plume aerosol: A literature review with suggestions for future research | National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692156/
Potential for aerosolization of Clostridium difficile after flushing toilets: the role of toilet lids in reducing environmental contamination risk. | NCBI — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22137761
Probable Transmission of Norovirus on an Airplane | JAMA Network — https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/200725

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes, with Curiosity Daily from Curiosity.com.
0:06.0	I'm Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:08.0	Today you learn about why you should close the lid before you flush, the personality trait that makes you more likely to exercise,
0:14.9	and how men and women tend to feel differently about their exes.
0:18.1	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:20.1	All right, this next story is not intended to freak you out or make you feel gross.
0:24.4	It is intended to teach you about a simple change you can make in your life.
0:29.0	One little minor change in behavior that will just make so much of a difference. If you are not
0:35.1	someone who closes the toilet lid before you flush, then you should start doing
0:39.3	that right now. I have done this for years. You have not, Ashley.
0:44.0	I have not. And after this story, have you started?
0:47.0	Not yet.
0:48.0	What? I think, but I'm thinking about it a lot more.
0:51.0	So that's.
0:52.0	All right, here's why you should close the lid before you flush.
0:56.6	Three words, toilet plume aerosols.
1:00.6	I'm not talking about hairspray here. Toilet plume is the scientific term for germs and fecal matter that spray up to 15 feet in the air every time you flush.
1:10.0	And no, it's probably not going to kill you, but yes, it is pretty gross and fortunately a really easy thing to fix.
1:17.0	Whenever a toilet flushes, these aerosols float into the air to spray the toilet seats and lid, the floors, and any nearby surfaces.
1:26.7	Think towels, washcloths, and, yes, toothbrushes.
1:30.8	The spray can contain scary things like salmonella,
1:34.1	norovirus, echolai, and other pathogens.
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