Dark DNA, Why Married Couples Slept in Twin Beds, and Do Baths Get You Clean?
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Learn about whether taking a bath actually gets you clean; “dark DNA,” the genetic code that should be there, but isn’t; and why married couples used to sleep in twin beds.
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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:
- Do Baths Actually Get You Clean? — https://curiosity.im/2L2LdmX
- Dark DNA Is the Genetic Code That Should Be There, But Isn't — https://curiosity.im/2KZWEf7
- Why Did Married Couples Used to Sleep in Twin Beds? Not for the Reason You Think — https://curiosity.im/2Lv035W
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| 0:29.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm |
| 0:37.4 | Cody Goff. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about whether taking a bath |
| 0:41.2 | actually gets you clean, the genetic code that should be there |
| 0:44.9 | but isn't, and why married couples used to sleep in twin beds. |
| 0:49.1 | Would satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:51.1 | Do baths actually get you clean? Do you take baths? Yes. Really? It's really good for after a long run. |
| 0:57.0 | I bet it is. I'm not a bath guy, but you do wonder sometimes are baths better or worse than a shower and do they |
| 1:05.5 | actually get you clean well it turns out that depends on your goal I guess your |
| 1:10.1 | goal is just to relax right right I Right, I mean, yeah, like recover those muscles. |
| 1:14.2 | All right, well, let's talk hygiene. |
| 1:16.5 | There are health benefits you get from taking a bath |
| 1:18.9 | that'll get into in a minute, |
| 1:20.3 | not to mention just feeling nice. But if your goal is to get clean then a study by the Center for |
| 1:26.4 | hygiene and health and home and community at Simmons College would probably steer you |
| 1:31.0 | towards taking a shower so here's the towards taking a shower. So here's the thing. Taking a bath |
| 1:34.4 | can get you clean but only if you do it right. For example, you're not going to get |
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