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:

• Music Lessons Will Improve Your Language Skills
• Thousands of People Have Mysteriously Disappeared in "Alaska's Bermuda Triangle"

Notes from the story about 10th-century Vikings and the Muslim world:

• The Strangely Revealing Debate Over Viking Couture | The Atlantic
• The Rise and Fall of the Viking “Allah” Textile | Hyperallergic

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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/alaskan-triangle-viking-interactions-with-muslims-and-music-lessons-improve-language-skills

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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:

• SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents
• The Stupidly Dangerous Chemical Chlorine Trifluoride Can Make Anything Burst Into Flames on Contact
• Book Towns Are Tiny Cities Made Up Almost Entirely of Bookstores
• There's a Surprising Reason You Shouldn't Take Your Phone Out in Class

If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron!

Learn about these topics and more on Curiosity.com, and download our 5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable our Alexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day!

Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/book-towns-chlorine-trifluoride-and-why-you-shouldnt-take-your-phone-out-in-class

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.