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Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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0:36.0	Today on something you should know, if you see a baby bird fall out of the nest, should you put it back or leave it alone?
0:44.0	Then what we can all learn from some of the most successful entrepreneurs.
0:49.0	For example, Sarah Blakely, who's the founder of Spanx, when she created Spanx, which is now a multi-billion dollar company.
0:57.0	She didn't say this is underwear 2.0. She said it's a new category called shapewear.
1:03.0	Also, does staring at a computer screen really damage your eyes? And we all have to speak in front of a group at some point. How can we do it better and be less nervous?
1:14.0	The reality is this in my three decades of doing the work that I do. Everybody has some anxiety around speaking. Some learn to hide it better, some learn to channel it better.
1:24.0	But there's very little research to say that there are some people who are just less nervous.
1:29.0	All this today on something you should know.
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2:08.0	Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts and practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know with my carothers.
2:22.0	Hi, welcome to something you should know. This episode is being published in the spring. And with spring, you probably have noticed there are more birds making nests and laying eggs and having babies.
2:36.0	We've got two, we've got two new nests in our yard that have just shown up in the last couple of weeks.
2:43.0	And you've probably heard that if a baby falls out of the nest, you shouldn't put it back because the mother will smell your scent and then ignore or reject the baby bird.
2:54.0	Well, that's actually wrong. Birds have a terrible sense of smell. What birds will do is abandon a nest if you disturb it, especially early in the incubation process.
3:05.0	The longer a bird stays in a nest, the less likely she is to abandon it.
3:12.0	There are a few other issues here though. First of all, birds carry disease and handling them can make you sick.
3:19.0	Secondly, disturbing a bird's nest is actually a federal crime, although it's unlikely anyone's ever been prosecuted for it.
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