Welcome to “I Learned A Thing In The Bathroom,” DSC Original Content’s biweekly show where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out the likelihood of whether we’re alone in the universe, and why we wouldn’t...
With football season in full swing, America’s favorite odd-shaped ball—the football—is dangling at the forefront of televised entertainment around the nation. But even in its less-than-spherical glory, the pigskin has nothing on the three strange-shaped “balls” below, which have all found their way into sports that seem...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out what it’s like at the bottom of the ocean, from its dark, high-pressure depths to extremes of cold and...
You probably don’t give much thought to your pockets beyond cramming your cellphone and wallet into them. But not only do all your pockets have their own names, some of them even have origin stories. The watch pocket—that thin slot behind the main hip pocket on your jeans—for example: Although...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why it’s impossible to dig a hole through the center of the Earth. The answer involves temperatures hotter than...
“It’s better when it’s fresh,” Ari Nagel explained to the New York Post in June, emerging from the men’s bathroom at a Brooklyn Target looking a little flushed and quite pleased with himself. Nagel, aka “The Sperminator,” a 40-year-old CUNY Kingsborough math professor, has fathered a number...
We’re all familiar with the classic creatures that haunt our doorsteps in search of candy every Halloween, but where did they come from (besides that big costume pop-up store on the outskirts of town, that is)? Let’s find out. Vampires Vampires have haunted humanity’s dreams for at...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why nuclear weapons are our best hope to stop a giant asteroid wiping us all out, and discovering what...
Men: They’ve always eaten food. But over the years, what they’ve eaten — and what’s been marketed to them to eat — has changed. That’s why MEL enlisted Meg Favreau, a weird history writer and person who eats food, to start Feed the Beast, an occasional series about the most interesting...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcast, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be finding out why people aren’t able to live forever, why lobsters help us understand immortality, and why there may sort of...
Lately you’ve been going through a few changes. Your brain is now registering salad. Your circulatory system is around 70 percent coffee. Your hormones are all over the place, telling you it’s late and you’ve got work in the morning. Please don’t be alarmed: This is all...
Welcome to DSC Original Content’s biweekly podcasts, where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in just a few minutes. In this edition, we’ll be looking at nature’s most unpleasant zombifications, from brain-exploding fungus to a barnacle that will make you afraid to go back in...
