The Cutest Kind of Puppy, Rural Happiness, and the Science of “Thank You”
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- People Around the World Hardly Ever Say "Thank You" and That's Good News
- Science Has Determined That This Is the Cutest Kind of Puppy
- People Who Live in Small or Rural Towns Are the Happiest, According to Research
Sources for “A Sprinkle of Curiosity” here:
- The Ancient and Best Way to Brew Loose-Leaf Tea (The Atlantic)
- Why Do Your Tea Leaves Move To The Middle Of The Cup? (io9)
- The Strange Physics of Tea Leaves Floating Upstream (Nautilus)
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Sunday. We've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.0 | Today you learn why it's good that people around the world hardly ever say thank you. |
| 0:10.0 | The cutest kind of puppy, according to science, |
| 0:13.4 | and a new working paper that says that people who live in smaller rural towns |
| 0:17.2 | are the happiest. |
| 0:18.0 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:19.6 | Before we get into today's stories, |
| 0:21.0 | we have a listener question. |
| 0:22.2 | We asked you to write in your |
| 0:23.2 | questions and you delivered thanks to Stephen Dorothy Parth and everybody else who |
| 0:27.8 | wrote in with questions and please keep them coming this week's question is from |
| 0:32.1 | Victoria Victoria wants to know why This week's question is from... Victoria! |
| 0:33.0 | Victoria wants to know why tea leaves sink. |
| 0:36.0 | She writes, quote, |
| 0:37.0 | When hot water is poured on a tea leaf, |
| 0:39.0 | doesn't it heat up and expand? |
| 0:40.0 | So there should be more surface area making it float. |
| 0:43.0 | Plus it's diffusing out flavor and aroma into the tea |
| 0:46.0 | So shouldn't it be even lighter than before? |
| 0:48.0 | And then it all caps, but it magically sinks. |
| 0:50.0 | Why? |
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