Things You Thought You Knew – Oatmeal Sun

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Why don’t rockets fly straight up? What’s really happening when you make toast? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice break down the science of making toast, boiling water, and the Brachristochrone problem.

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0:00.0	Hey, StarTalkians, we put together another things you thought you knew.
0:04.0	This one mysteriously combines toast, boiling water, and launching rockets.
0:10.0	Check it out.
0:12.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:16.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:24.6	StarTalk begins right now.
0:28.6	Chuck, I got another explainer for you.
0:29.5	All right.
0:31.1	This has to do with making toast.
0:33.0	Okay.
0:37.9	I'm just saying.
0:43.1	You know, sometimes when you bring these up, man, I feel like you just, like you're punking me.
0:43.7	You know what I mean?
0:49.7	I'm like, it's just like, let me just see what I can get Chuck to go along with. The astrophysics of making toast.
0:51.8	You know, it's like, you know, it's like Neil deGrasse Tyson, right?
0:55.1	World renowned scientists and science communicator.
0:58.4	Chuck, I'd love to talk to you about something scientifically relevant.
1:02.5	Oh, Neil, please do tell.
1:04.3	Let's talk toast.
1:05.7	What?
1:07.0	All right.
1:07.6	So, here's the deal.
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