Feeding Birds May Cause a Deformity, Busting the “Only Child” Stereotype, and Why Everyone Draws a Coffee Cup the Same Way
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Learn about a new study that busts the myth of the self-centered only child; why feeding birds in the park may be more destructive than you think; and why the canonical perspective makes everyone draw a coffee cup the same way.
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:
- A New Study Busts the Myth of the Self-Centered Only Child — https://curiosity.im/2NQMVt1
- Why Everyone Draws a Coffee Cup the Same Way — https://curiosity.im/2Xj0RyZ
Additional sources:
- Thoughts About Bread And Angel Wing Deformities | Corvid Isle — https://corvid-isle.co.uk/thoughts-bread-angel-wing-wild-birds
- Why Feeding White Bread to Wild Birds is Killing Them | One Green Planet — https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/feeding-white-bread-to-wild-birds-is-killing-them/
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| 0:00.0 | The famous five are away on a splendid weekend adventure. |
| 0:03.5 | Do we have to go home today? |
| 0:05.5 | sighed Anne. |
| 0:06.5 | I agree said Dick. |
| 0:08.0 | Even Timmy looks sad. |
| 0:09.5 | Cheer up everyone. |
| 0:11.5 | Beams Julian, I booked long weekend tickets we can return anytime on Monday |
| 0:17.0 | Oh you are clever Julian said Anne save over 50% with the long weekend a ticket from Great Western Railway. |
| 0:24.5 | Adventures start here. |
| 0:26.0 | Selected routes turn supply, saving in comparison to an anytime return fare. |
| 0:30.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm |
| 0:37.5 | Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about a new study that bust the |
| 0:41.7 | myth of the self-centered only child, why feeding |
| 0:44.7 | birds in the park may be more destructive than you think, and why everyone draws a coffee cup |
| 0:49.5 | the same way. |
| 0:50.7 | If you've got some paper and something to write with nearby, then you can play along with our last story. |
| 0:55.0 | Just draw a coffee cup right now. |
| 0:57.0 | Don't worry, it doesn't have to be perfect. |
| 0:59.0 | We've got about six or seven minutes, so get started. |
| 1:02.0 | And while you're doing that let's satisfy some |
| 1:03.9 | curiosity for some reason personality stereotypes based on sibling order have |
| 1:09.5 | an irresistible appeal like sometimes you'll hear older siblings say that the younger ones are |
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