Why Time Feels Faster, Sleeping Twice a Day, and Laos’ Massive Stone Jars

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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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:

Massive Stone Jars in the Highlands of Laos Are Shrouded in Mystery
Here's Why Time Seems to Go So Fast These Days
Maybe You Should Be Sleeping Twice a Day Like They Did in Olden Times

Want to learn to live in the present? Check out "10-Minute Mindfulness: 71 Habits for Living in the Present Moment" by S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport. If you're strapped for time, there's always the audiobook, which is free with a trial of Audible. And for more ways to get a more restful night's sleep, check out "The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It" by W. Chris Winter, M.D., dubbed the "sleep whisperer" by Arianna Huffington.

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:04.8	I'm Cody Gough.
0:05.6	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:06.7	Today you'll learn why time seems to go so fast these days, why you should consider sleeping twice a day
0:12.0	like they did in olden times,
0:13.4	and the mystery of huge ancient stone jars in Laos.
0:16.7	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:18.0	Actually, have you ever been Asia?
0:19.4	Never been anywhere, Cody.
0:21.1	Stop badgering me. I forgot. I feel so bad now. That's okay. Well if it makes you
0:28.7	feel any better I haven't been to Asia either. Okay. I really want to go to Japan. Me too.
0:32.4	But I haven't made it to Japan. Me too.
0:32.8	But I haven't made it happen yet.
0:34.0	Today on curiosity.com, we wrote about a mysterious archaeological site in eastern Asia,
0:38.4	and it's called the Plain of Jars.
0:40.7	Have you heard of it before?
0:41.8	I had not, no. It's a more than 2,500 year old collection of giant stone
0:47.1	jars on a grassy plain and they range in size from 3 to 10 feet and they weigh up to 14 tons a piece.
0:54.0	Wait, a 10 foot jar.
0:56.0	So like larger than a person, a huge jar larger than a person that weighs 14 tons.
1:01.0	Geez.
1:02.0	Really big. So they're huge and they've been studied for decades but we still don't really know that much about them
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