How do vacuum cleaners work?

Moment Of Um

Brains On Universe

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Vacuums are like magic. You press a button and POOF – they can suck up all kinds of stuff: crumbs, cat fur, even coconut shrimp. But how do these handy dandy machines work? We asked mechanical engineer Tiffani Teachey to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
0:06.4	finance course for students even though teens score an average of 64% on the National
0:12.2	Financial Literacy Test? Let's make a difference. 64% on the national financial literacy test?
0:14.0	Let's make a difference.
0:16.0	Our friends at Million, Basilian, and Green Light are hitting the road visiting schools
0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
0:23.0	It's all the fun of the podcast, but now live and interactive.
0:27.0	Million Bazillion Live is in partnership with Green Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
0:32.0	Learn more about Green Light at greenlight. Greenlight. Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
0:32.6	Learn more about Green Light at greenlight.com
0:35.1	slash million.
0:36.5	That's Green Light.com slash million.
0:39.8	From the brains behind brains on, this is moment of um.
0:45.7	Answering the questions that make you go, um.
0:49.3	Um. Moment of Um, um, um, um, um, um,
0:55.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, um,
0:57.0	moment of um, um, um,
1:03.2	moment of um comes to you from APM studios.
1:06.5	I'm Rabbit DeNiro, the Dust Bunny.
1:09.3	Um, nobody realizes how tough it is to be a dust bunny.
1:15.0	You're just mind in your own business and a nice cobwebby corner under the bed
1:22.0	when suddenly a vacuum appears and
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