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Stuff You Should Know
Internet Roundup: The Worst Study Ever? & The World's Oldest Person
A groundbreaking study out of Switzerland discovers that drinking beer makes you friendlier, happier, and less inhibited. Stunning news. Also, we get into the surprisingly complicated business of determining the world's oldest living person.
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Stuff You Should Know: Welcome to Stuff You Should Know
Climb aboard with Josh and Chuck on their quest to explain everything interesting about the world, one topic at a time.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: The Worst Study Ever? & The World's Oldest Person
A groundbreaking study out of Switzerland discovers that drinking beer makes you friendlier, happier, and less inhibited. Stunning news. Also, we get into the surprisingly complicated business of determining the world's oldest living person.
Stuff You Should Know: Can Chuck Feel Josh's Pain?
People with mirror-touch synesthesia literally feel the pain of others -- but why? Tune in as Josh and Chuck explain the fascinating mechanics of mirror neurons in this exclusive video from HowStuffWorks.com and the Science Channel.
Stuff You Should Know: Behind the Scenes, Part 1: The Office
Join Chuck on a special tour of the HowStuffWorks offices and video studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Future installments will look at the audio recording studio and some of the technology behind it.
Stuff You Should Know: Saving Money: Is There Such a Thing as a Free Lunch?
In this special episode, we look at the origin and the economic philosophy behind the saying that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Stuff You Should Know: Behind the Scenes, Part 2: The Office (Continued)
On this special Behind the Scenes episode, Chuck visits with HSW podcasters Ben Bowlin, Tracy Wilson and Cristen Conger. Next installment will look at the audio recording studio and some of the technology behind it.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: The Ugliest Color & A Beer/Whiskey Blend
British health officials are hoping the world's so-called ugliest color - Pantone 448C, aka 'opaque couché' - will be unpleasant enough to deter smokers. Plus, a brewery in San Francisco has been making whiskey out of beer.
Stuff You Should Know: Saving Money: Which is Better - Buying or Leasing a Car?
In this special episode, we examine the age-old question: is it better to buy or lease a car?
Stuff You Should Know: Behind the Scenes, Part 3: The Audio Studio
In the final behind the scenes installment, Chuck joins special guest Matt Frederick of Stuff They Don't Want You to Know for a walkthrough of the audio studio.
Stuff You Should Know: Trust No One: Behind the Scenes
Join Josh and Chuck as they give you an exclusive look at Episode 7: Trust No One. When someone begins stealing topics from future episodes of the podcast, the Conspiracy Stuff team investigates. No one is above suspicion, not even Josh and Chuck!
Josh and Chuck discuss a study that examines how one's personal income might be linked with how much they drink, and a guy who successfully mailed himself from London to Australia in a box and lived to tell the tale.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Reviving a Shipwrecked Beer & Being Sweaty
Scientists have revived a 220-year old beer recovered from a shipwreck, and it turns out the environment you grew up in really affects how much you'll sweat later in life.
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Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: The Worst Study Ever? & The World's Oldest Person
A groundbreaking study out of Switzerland discovers that drinking beer makes you friendlier, happier, and less inhibited. Stunning news. Also, we get into the surprisingly complicated business of determining the world's oldest living person.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Lefty Grenades & The Exclamation Point!
The Army went and designed a lefty-friendly grenade, plus Josh and Chuck mull over the history and use of the exclamation point.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Mexico's Drug Bazooka & NYC Subway Monsters
Authorities in Mexico found a homemade bazooka that might have been used to launch drugs over the border, plus an artist draws monsters riding alongside passengers on New York's subways.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Indonesia's Blowin' Up Boats & Simulating Pompeii
Indonesia is dealing with poaching fishing boats in a unique way: it's blowing them up. Plus, a computer animation that simulates what Pompeii would have been like on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: China's Housing Bubble & The Man in the Steel Cylinder
China is building housing at a far faster pace than their population can fill it, leaving many eerie ghost cities in its wake. Plus, the bizarre story of a man encased in a steel cylinder for decades.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Cow Urine in High Demand & A Superhero Wake
In India, cow urine is a hot commodity for uses as diverse as folk medicine and floor cleaners. Plus, a strange funeral wake involving a Green Lantern costume.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Ongoing Human Evolution & Unauthorized Merit Badges
A self-proclaimed Harvard 'genoeconomist' has discovered evidence of evolution in modern humans - and for some reason it favors the slightly less educated. Plus, some awesome unauthorized scout merit badges.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: DNA Clothing & An Unearthed Coffin
A designer plans a fashion collection using human skin grown from another designer's DNA. Plus, a child's coffin from 150 years ago is unearthed in San Francisco, and reburied.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: The Atomic Hard Drive & Horrific Workplace Safety Videos
Researchers have successfully demonstrated a hard drive that writes data at the atomic level. Plus, we look at a hilariously horrific workplace safety video.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: The Ugliest Color & A Beer/Whiskey Blend
British health officials are hoping the world's so-called ugliest color - Pantone 448C, aka 'opaque couché' - will be unpleasant enough to deter smokers. Plus, a brewery in San Francisco has been making whiskey out of beer.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Bog Butter & Exploring Jupiter
Bog butter from a couple thousand years ago has been discovered in Ireland. Plus, NASA explores Jupiter as a way to understand the formation of our solar system.
Stuff You Should Know: Internet Roundup: Reviving a Shipwrecked Beer & Being Sweaty
Scientists have revived a 220-year old beer recovered from a shipwreck, and it turns out the environment you grew up in really affects how much you'll sweat later in life.
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