curiousstate

The world is seeded with curiosities. Let’s crack them open, one question at a time.

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I had so much fun working with @20korg on this episode, let me know what you think of it!

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Movie and TV trailer production is a game of chess. Except in this game, millions of dollars are at stake with every move. As always, we asked an expert about how they work (and that expert is Dallas Taylor from @20korg and @defactosound).

https://t.co/EOdIvXkF76

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Can you imagine completing 12 miles...of summersaults? Or doing 27,000 jumping jacks? Those are two of the 800+ world records set by Ashrita Furman. With so many accomplishments, Doug Fraser was curious about one thing. HOW? @curiousstatepod @GWR https://t.co/83fqLmFrqx

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Tomorrow's guest broke the record for underwater hoola hooping in Florida, you won't want to miss hearing the other records they've broken.

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If you're curious about that, listen to the whole episode here: https://t.co/iasKsVD8Vx

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According to the study my latest guest worked on, 25% of subjects hoped their friend-with-benefits relationship would turn into a romantic relationship. However, friends-with-benefits relationships play out how people want them to only 17% of the time.

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How do you navigate going from buddy to booty call? Dr. Justin Lehmiller has the answers.

https://t.co/iasKsVD8Vx

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How does poison actually work? We dig into it with author and expert Neil Bradbury in this episode!

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Cyanide causes a swift, gruesome death. But how exactly does it kill you?

https://t.co/ANzIbZuHm8

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What's something your cat does that you just don't understand?

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Are you looking at your cat through dog-colored glasses? Jackson Galaxy can help. Listen to this week's episode of Curious State here:

https://t.co/vwHQ7sPW6V

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Has your cat ever attacked out of the blue? Well, it probably wasn't actually out of the blue, and I've got an expert (@JacksonGalaxy) to prove it.

Listen here: https://t.co/XksMACVV6z

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Did You Know?

For the season one finale of Survivor in 2000—guess how many people tuned in. Upwards of 51 million. That’s the combined population of Georgia, Ohio, Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Maine, Michigan, and Illinois.

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@amazonmusic :
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Have a bit more of a fixation on #TheBachelorette than seems healthy? You might want to listen to tomorrow's episode of Curious State: What does reality TV say about us?

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@ApplePodcasts :

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Only 80 known people have highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM). What's it like to be one of them?

https://t.co/4bywmtuDEX

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Did You Know?

For every foot in length, a whale weighs about two thousand pounds.

They're big boys. Hard to move. Learn more about how anyone manages to in this episode:
https://t.co/XksMACVV6z

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All things die, including whales. But they are...larger and more inconvenient to move than other creatures. Let's talk to some experts on why you rarely see them decomposing on the beach.