How to Wash Your Dishes, British vs. American English, the CSI Effect, and Swedish Lemon Angels

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

The Hidden Differences Between American and British English
Crime Shows Might Influence Real Criminal Trials Via the CSI Effect
- For more on how forensics can fail, check out "Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA" by Erin E. Murphy.
Swedish Lemon Angels Are the Dessert You Should Never Try to Make
- If you liked learning about Swedish Lemon Angels, then check out more from "Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food."
You Shouldn't Rinse Your Dishes Before Putting Them in the Dishwasher

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0:00.0	Happy Sunday. We've got four stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.8	I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you'll learn about the hidden differences between American and British English,
0:11.7	why you shouldn't rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher,
0:15.0	why you should never try to make the dessert called Swedish lemon angels,
0:19.0	and how crime shows might influence real criminal trials.
0:23.0	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:24.7	Have you ever heard of Hagus, Neeps, and Taddies?
0:27.6	I've heard of Hagus.
0:28.9	I have no idea what those last two are.
0:30.6	You don't know what Neeps and Taddies are?
0:32.3	Neeps are turnips, and taddies are potatoes.
0:36.0	That's adorable.
0:37.0	And in Scotland, Hagus is often served with Hagus, Neeps, and taddies.
0:40.0	Haggis and taddies.
0:42.0	Yes.
0:42.8	I love Hagus.
0:44.2	You can only get it in Scotland.
0:46.5	Like, I mean, there's like canned Hagus, I guess you could get us...
0:49.4	Exactly.
0:51.4	It's really bad.
0:52.4	You've never had Hagus? I never have, but now suddenly I want it.
0:55.2	I'm bringing this up because today we're going to talk about the hidden differences
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