Two Whats?! And A Wow! - Blink and You'll Miss It! (encore)

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

Education, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Why is Guy Raz wearing a new pair of glasses Mindy made? And what does this have to do with the science of blinking?! We've got the questions AND the answers on today's eye-opening round of Two Whats?! And A Wow! We're challenging you to find the facts from the fiction about blinking! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Wow in the World,
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0:06.6	Download the app today.
0:10.4	Hey, Mindy!
0:11.4	Whoa! Did you finally order some glasses?
0:14.8	Oh, no, Guy Rosy. I made some glasses. Here, try them on.
0:19.9	Duh! I don't think they're my prescription. Uh, wait a minute.
0:24.1	Notice anything different?
0:25.5	Everything is extremely blurry.
0:28.3	And...
0:29.3	And...
0:30.6	That looks like there's two of you, Mindy.
0:33.5	Okay, that wasn't supposed to happen.
0:35.2	They're actually supposed to pause whenever you blink.
0:38.4	Huh? What?
0:39.6	Well, I read that if we were to add up all of our blinks in one day,
0:43.8	it would equal to one hour.
0:46.0	One whole hour of blinking every day, Guy Rosy.
0:50.2	Wait a second. So you invented a way to stop time,
0:53.9	so you don't miss anything when you blink.
0:56.0	Exactly right, O's.
0:57.4	Mindy, that's incredible.
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