Happy Thanksgiving! We've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help it get

smarter in just a few minutes. I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn

about why rival sports fans experience the same game completely differently.

We're also bringing back a couple of our favorite stories to help you celebrate the holiday,

so we're going to get into the secrets of Mount Rushmore and give you the world's shortest

IQ test.

Let's gobble up some curiosity.

If you're a fan of any sports franchise,

then you've probably encountered fans of rival teams.

And sometimes it feels like you and that other teams fans are watching two completely different games.

Well, it turns out there's a psychological reason

behind this, and a new study shows how deep it really goes.

This is relevant research, whether you're rooting against a relative's favorite NFL team today,

or you're a die-hard cricket fan. Shatted to our listeners in lots of other countries.

Yeah, just because it's Thanksgiving in the States doesn't mean that nobody else is watching the sports.

There are other sports being played too.

I can't think of a single other sport anywhere.

Well, before we get into the psychology of why rival team fans see games differently,

here's an example of just how differently fans can see a game.

When England played Columbia in the 2018 World Cup,

the European team was victorious,

but a lot of people on both sides were not happy about it.

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