The term Jimmy Legs describes both a syndrome and the restless leg bumping up and down that some of us do when nervous or full of energy. Let’s find out where the name comes from!



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The term Jimmy Legs describes both a syndrome and the restless leg bumping up and down that some of us do when nervous or full of energy. Let’s find out where the name comes from! SHOW NOTES: Seinfeld The Jimmy Leg “She’s throwing off my whole sleep,” Kramer, Seinfeld CDNC Jimmy Leg https://www.stripes.com/news/new-names-same-navy-1.90423

The term Jimmy Legs describes both a syndrome and the restless leg bumping up and down that some of us do when nervous or full of energy. Let’s find out where the name comes from!



SHOW NOTES:




<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_jThhciOQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Seinfeld The Jimmy Leg</a>


“She’s throwing off my whole sleep,” Kramer, Seinfeld
<a href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&amp;d=LAH19000218.2.181&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1" rel="noopener noreferrer">CDNC Jimmy Leg</a>
<a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/new-names-same-navy-1.90423" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.stripes.com/news/new-names-same-navy-1.90423</a>

101: Jimmy Legs

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science &amp; history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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