Why You Should Talk to Strangers, How to Find Your Strengths, and Words with Most Definitions
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why you probably like talking to strangers more than you think (and why you should do it more often); how to discover your personal strengths; and the words with the most definitions in the English language, according to The Guinness Book of Records.
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:
- This Study Says You Might Like Talking to Strangers More Than You Realize
- To Discover Your Personal Strengths, Take the VIA Character Strengths Test
- These 10 Words Have the Most Definitions in English
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got the latest and greatest from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.7 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.7 | Today you'll learn about why you probably like talking to strangers more than you think, |
| 0:11.6 | how to discover your personal strengths, and the words with the most definitions in the English language. |
| 0:17.0 | But satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:18.0 | According to a recent study, loneliness is on the rise in the US. |
| 0:22.0 | But once's the last time you stroke up a conversation with a |
| 0:24.7 | stranger? If you don't think that sounds fun, then you might want to think again because |
| 0:29.4 | a new study says you might be happier if you talk to strangers. Do you ever talk to strangers |
| 0:33.8 | Ashley? Not as much as I bet you do. You seem like someone who strikes up |
| 0:39.0 | conversations with strangers. Do you take Riot Share pools? Oh, I do. |
| 0:43.0 | I try to talk during those ones, but not everybody wants to talk. |
| 0:47.0 | I always try to talk. |
| 0:48.0 | And you can usually tell within a couple seconds |
| 0:50.0 | that the person wants to talk or not. |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:52.0 | I don't make as big of an effort to talk to strangers |
| 0:54.0 | as I should, but my boyfriend always tries |
| 0:57.4 | to make every cashier laugh. |
| 0:59.4 | That's always his goal every single time. |
| 1:02.1 | It usually works. |
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