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Curiosity Weekly

You’d Probably Survive A Plane Crash, Why People Still Fax, and How Spleens Can Multiply

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Learn how people survive plane crashes; why and how your spleen can multiply into accessory spleens; and why people still use fax machines.

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:

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0:00.0

Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

0:05.4

I'm Cody Gough.

0:06.4

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:07.4

Today you learn how people survive plane crashes, why and how your spleen can multiply

0:12.2

into extra spleons?

0:13.7

And why people still use fax machines.

0:16.5

Let's fax some curiosity.

0:18.5

So to set up this story real quick,

0:20.4

I got to say I was on an airplane last weekend

0:22.4

and there was some pretty rough turbulence.

0:24.2

And you know where my head jumps to? I don't know if this happens to you Ashley.

0:27.8

You start to think, oh, you know, all the worst things are going to happen.

0:30.8

Even though you know, statistically flying on a plane is extremely

0:35.4

safe relative to like riding in a car or anything.

0:38.1

Sure, but when you're up there, it's like, well, who knows?

0:40.9

Right, when you get that like physical drop sensation.

0:43.8

Well, if you ever do find yourself in an airplane like me having these irrational thoughts

0:48.2

about something bad happening to you, I have some information that might make you feel a lot better.

0:53.2

Even if you do find yourself in a plane crash,

0:56.2

there's actually a pretty good chance to survive.

0:58.6

And I mean, a really pretty good chance.

1:01.1

According to a report from the US National Transportation

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