Your audio guide to the most fascinating and fun revelations, reports, and studies on the internet. Quick, concise, and infectiously entertaining, This Week I Learned promises to make learning fun again.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 hours 16 minutes
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episode 50: Ep. 49: This week I learned how the world's hottest chili would kill you, and more
Don't eat the Dragon's Breath | Your cannibalistic brain | Oral Allergy Syndrome! | How flamingos balance
episode 49: Ep. 48: This week I learned about a 'zombie madness' that consumed medieval English villagers, and more
Medieval 'zombie madness' | The powers of happy memory | The bizarre breastfeeding habits of orangutans | The twisted origins of dentistry
episode 48: Ep. 47: This week I learned smiling actually makes you look older, and more
The fairest expression of them all | Language is a time warp | The lady pirates of the 18th century | The brain-breaking regularity of stripes
episode 47: Ep. 46: This week I learned squirrels were once America's most beloved pet, and more
The beloved pet squirrel | Ban workplace complaining | Astronauts with nothing to wear | Why we prune in the bath
episode 46: Ep. 45: This week I learned female dragonflies will fake death to avoid male suitors, and more
How female dragonflies escape male suitors | Believing your broken heart better | Your dog feels you | Meet the space phenomenon called 'Steve'
episode 45: Ep. 44: This week I learned United once offered men-only flights complete with 'manly' services, and more
Flying the 'club in the sky' | The evolution of expression | The Synalpheus pinkfloydi | The mystery of the 'Tsavo Two'
episode 44: Ep. 43: This week I learned you're tying your shoes wrong, and more
How to tie your shoes | SCOTUS hazing | The 1993 pantsuit revolution | Get your baby a dog
episode 43: Ep. 42: This week I learned how Las Vegas once cashed in on 'atomic tourism,' and more
Las Vegas' 'atomic tourism' | Why we lose sleep as we age | The cost of intelligence in the wild | One is the loneliest cold
episode 42: Ep. 41: This week I learned that sleep walking is an evolutionary trait gone terribly wrong, and more
The ancient origins of sleep walking | The spinach heart | A woman's right to go by her own name | The two faces of the smiley emoji
episode 41: Ep. 40: This week I learned the word pink used to mean yellow, and more
Pink’s murky origins | Our wide-eyed transition from water to land | The super blind mind | The ever mischievous Jane Austen