Curiosity Daily Podcast: Are Women Colder Than Men? Plus: The Worst Year to Be Alive, and Heart Cancer Rarity

Learn about the worst year to be alive, according to at least one medieval historian; why you never hear about heart cancer; and why women prefer hotter showers than men do.

January 20, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Here's Why You Never Hear About Heart Cancer — https://curiosity.im/2MeZagD
What Was the Worst Year to Be Alive? — https://curiosity.im/2MfNlqo
There's a Scientific Reason Women Are Always Colder Than Men | Glamour — https://www.glamour.com/story/theres-a-scientific-reason-women-are-always-colder-than-men
A Critical Appraisal of 98.6°F, the Upper Limit of the Normal Body Temperature, and Other Legacies of Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich | JAMA Network — https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/400116

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