Uncommon Knowledge You Need to Know & How to Handle All the Paper in Your Life

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

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

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Outdoor cooking and eating can be fun and tasty. Still, there are some potential dangers we all need to be aware of. For example, when was the last time you really cleaned your grill? If you think the fire burns off all the bad stuff, think again. That’s just one of the things about outdoor cooking I discuss as we begin this episode. http://www.menshealth.com/health/5-cookout-mistakes-that-make-you-sick Carrots were not originally orange. Expensive weddings are a bad idea. The Mediterranean Sea will disappear one day. These are just a few items of fascinating knowledge I discuss with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist and editor of the book Uncommon Knowledge (https://amzn.to/2DFoeNA). Listen as he explains why kids’ summer vacations are too long, what Interpol really is and who owns all the material in outer space – amongst other things. It’s fairly well accepted that moderate drinking has health benefits. However, that may be a big overstatement. Listen as I discuss research that questions the validity of that idea and why there is a flaw in the theory that a glass of wine is good for you. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4529928/A-glass-red-wine-NOT-good-heart.html We were supposed to be moving towards a paperless society. That doesn’t really seem to be happening. In fact, a lot of us have more documents, forms, certificates, letters and memos than we know what to do with. If you have filing cabinets, drawers and boxes full of papers, you need to listen to Lisa Woodruff. She is founder of Organize365 (www.organize365.com) which helps people tame all the paper in their lives and she is author of the book The Paper Solution: What to Shred, What to Save, and How to Stop It From Taking Over Your Life (https://amzn.to/3gIojyE). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, why you really need to clean your barbecue grill,
0:06.8	then fascinating knowledge you never knew, like why expensive weddings are a bad idea.
0:12.4	What does Interpol actually do?
0:14.8	And why in World War II, people started believing carrots are really good for your eyes.
0:20.6	And this lead to the myth that British pilots were able to spot the Germans coming was because
0:24.8	they were eating lots of carrots, and that was giving them fantastic night vision.
0:28.3	This story was actually a cover story because what had really happened was that the British
0:31.8	had developed radar, and they were using radar to spot the Germans coming.
0:35.5	Also, why moderate drinking may not be all that good for your health.
0:40.1	And how to get rid of all the unnecessary paper, receipts, documents, even manuals.
0:45.7	I don't have any manuals in my house anymore for two reasons.
0:49.0	Number one, you can find all of them online.
0:51.3	And number two, I am never going to fix my water heater or anything else that I had a manual
0:56.1	for.
0:57.1	And I will show you something that I am going to show you today on something you should know.
1:01.1	Something you should know, fascinating intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice
1:09.1	you can use in your life today.
1:12.1	Something you should know with my carothers.
1:16.1	Hi, welcome to something you should know.
1:19.7	This is the outdoor cooking season, probably more people than ever are staying home and
1:24.9	cooking outdoors this summer.
1:27.1	And there are some things about cooking outdoors that you may not know.
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