Never Wash Raw Chicken, Campaign for a 13-Month Calendar, and The Island of the Colorblind
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why you should never wash raw chicken; the story behind a place called The Island of the Colorblind; and the forgotten campaign to create a 13-month calendar.
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:
- Why You Should Never Wash Raw Chicken — https://curiosity.im/2Gi7KtP
- Pingelap Atoll Is Known as the Island of the Colorblind — https://curiosity.im/2GcQ6aw
- The Forgotten Campaign to Create a 13-Month Calendar — https://curiosity.im/2GdNoBQ
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.3 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.3 | Today you learn about why you should never wash raw chicken. |
| 0:10.4 | The story behind a place called The Island of the Color Blind and the forgotten campaign to create a 13 month |
| 0:16.1 | calendar. Let's satisfy some curiosity. You should never wash raw chicken. You heard |
| 0:21.1 | that right. You are not supposed to wash raw chicken. You heard that right. You are not supposed to wash raw chicken. And knowing why |
| 0:25.3 | will help you protect yourself and your family and friends from potential food |
| 0:29.0 | poisoning. Here's the deal. One of the most common causes of food poisoning in the U.S. comes from bacteria you find in raw chicken. |
| 0:37.0 | These nasty cells are called Campilobacter, and they're typically found on meat and poultry |
| 0:42.2 | that's been contaminated during processing. |
| 0:44.4 | If your chicken has been contaminated and you splash water on it, |
| 0:47.6 | bacteria will spread to everything the droplets touch, |
| 0:50.8 | as in your hands, cooking tools, kitchen counters, and clothing. |
| 0:54.4 | Yikes! |
| 0:55.4 | So don't use water. |
| 0:57.0 | Instead, here are a few pro tips from the UK's National Health Service |
| 1:01.1 | to avoid food poisoning from raw chicken. |
| 1:03.4 | First, keep it covered and chilled. |
| 1:05.8 | Be sure to store your chicken at the bottom of the fridge to avoid dripping contaminated |
| 1:09.9 | juices on other food. |
| 1:11.3 | Also, remember to wash your hands and used utensils. |
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