Saros Cycles (w/ Dr. David Warmflash), the Eiffel Tower’s Secret, and Announcing Alien Life

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Learn about a secret apartment in the Eiffel Tower; the official protocol for announcing alien life to the world; and how Saros cycles have changed the way we’ve designed calendars throughout history, with some help from Dr. David Warmflash.

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:

The Eiffel Tower Has A Secret Apartment — https://curiosity.im/2DniG6n
If We Find Aliens, This Is the Protocol for Announcing It to the World — https://curiosity.im/2DibnwP

Additional resources from Dr. David Warmflash:

Pick up “Moon: An Illustrated History: From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
Follow @CosmicEvolution on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CosmicEvolution

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got a jam-packed podcast 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.
0:07.6	Today you learn about a secret apartment in the Eiffel Tower and the official protocol for
0:12.1	announcing to the world that we've made contact with
0:14.1	extraterrestrials.
0:15.1	Plus you'll learn about Sorrow cycles and what solar eclipses have to do with the way
0:19.1	calendars are designed as part one of our first ever Moon Monday miniseries.
0:24.0	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:25.6	There's a secret apartment in the Eiffel Tower and is a lot more important than just being
0:29.7	a spot where you can catch a cat nap.
0:31.6	I mean if you asked someone where to find the best view in
0:34.5	Europe the top of the Eiffel Tower would be a pretty good option. Imagine
0:38.5	waking up in a cozy apartment with colorful wallpaper, wooden cabinets, and a grand piano.
0:44.0	You'd sip espresso and nibble a croissant while gazing over the Parisian skyline from nearly
0:48.6	a thousand feet in the air.
0:50.6	Sounds like Gustav Ethel was on to something, right? A luxurious getaway maybe?
0:55.0	Well, after it fell and his team finished building the tower in its secret apartment in 1889,
1:00.0	it was used for a lot more than just lounging around.
1:03.0	The Eiffel Tower isn't actually supposed to exist right now.
1:06.0	Originally, it was supposed to be a temporary exhibit meant to broadcast France's industrial power to the rest of Europe. It was slated for demolition in
1:14.4	1999. Ethel didn't really want that to happen so he contacted the world's most
1:19.1	prominent scientists. The hope was that they could give the tower a legitimate scientific purpose so it wouldn't be destroyed.
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