Why Humans Are Symmetrical, Fish Electrocution Physics, A Misplaced Equator Theme Park, and Silent Places
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn about one of the only silent places in the United States; why fish aren’t electrocuted during lightning storms; why an equator theme park was built in the wrong place; and why humans are symmetrical.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- There Are Only 12 Silent Places Left in the US. Here's One of Them — https://curiosity.im/2Eg4gIl
- Why Aren't Fish Electrocuted During Lightning Storms? — https://curiosity.im/2EekyS3
- There's an Equator Theme Park in Ecuador, But It's in the Wrong Place — https://curiosity.im/2EdM95F
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got the latest and greatest from Curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.9 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.9 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.9 | Today you learn about one of the only silent places in the United States, why fish aren't electrocuted during lightning storms, and why an |
| 0:15.3 | equator theme park was built in the wrong place. We'll also answer a listener question about |
| 0:20.2 | why humans are symmetrical. Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:24.0 | Can you guess what's the most endangered sound on Earth? |
| 0:27.2 | It's this. |
| 0:29.2 | Yeah, the most endangered sound on earth is silence. |
| 0:32.5 | In fact, there are only 12 silent places |
| 0:35.2 | left in the United States. |
| 0:37.0 | Today, I'll tell you how you can get to one of them. |
| 0:39.4 | Boy, I wish our office is one of them, |
| 0:41.4 | if you know what I mean. |
| 0:42.8 | Huh. |
| 0:43.6 | Can't get no respect. |
| 0:45.7 | I do. |
| 0:46.4 | It's because you work in a strange silent vacuum |
| 0:49.8 | where you don't want any sounds to occur. |
| 0:52.2 | Right. Well, you have... |
| 0:54.0 | I was just going to talk about your headphones, but that's dumb. |
| 0:56.0 | I have headphones on, but I have music playing for my headphones. |
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