Hubble Telescope Photobomb, Why Alcohol Burns, and Why Your Cat Puts Its Butt In Your Face

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Learn why NASA compared a new scientific discovery to a game of “Where’s Waldo?”; why cats stick their butts in your face; and the surprising reason why your throat burns when you take a shot of hard liquor.

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:

An Undiscovered Galaxy Just Photobombed the Hubble Telescope — https://curiosity.im/2DTNBJm
Here's Why Your Cat Sticks Its Butt In Your Face — https://curiosity.im/2sZlXE8
Here's Why Taking a Shot of Tequila Burns Your Throat — https://curiosity.im/2sTJh6p

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0:00.0	Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you learn why NASA compared a new scientific discovery to a game of Where's Waldo,
0:11.0	why cats stick their butts in your face?
0:13.8	And the surprising reason why your throat burns when you take a shot of hard liquor.
0:17.6	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:19.2	The Hubble Space Telescope just discovered a dwarf galaxy in our stellar neighborhood.
0:24.0	This isn't necessarily the biggest news in the world on its face, but the story of how we found it is the fun part.
0:29.0	You know you're in for a good time when NASA compares a scientific discovery to a game of
0:33.4	where's Waldo and this undiscovered galaxy basically photo bombed the
0:38.1	Hubble telescope. This galaxy is like the Fiji Water Girl of the universe.
0:42.2	Totally. I think that's a really obscure reference. like the Fiji water girl of the universe.
0:42.6	Totally.
0:43.6	I think that's a really obscure reference.
0:45.6	Well, according to Google, everybody knows about it.
0:48.3	All right, just Google the 2019 Golden Globes
0:51.0	if you don't know what I'm talking about. Then you'll be up on what all the kids are talking about.
0:55.0	That's what we're all about here.
0:57.0	What the kids are talking about.
0:59.0	Undiscovered galaxies.
1:01.0	So what the Hubble Telescope was really doing was photographing a star
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