Curiosity Daily Podcast: Ducks Are Employees at a Vineyard, the Victorian Version of Spotify, and A Mathematical Theorem for Cutting a Ham Sandwich

Learn about why hundreds of ducks are employees at a wine vineyard; a musical invention that was the Spotify of the Victorian era; and a delicious mathematical principle known as the ham sandwich theorem.

April 01, 2020

Episode Show Notes:

Hundreds of Ducks Are Employees at a Vineyard by Joanie Faletto
https://curiosity.com/topics/hundreds-of-ducks-are-employees-at-a-vineyard-curiosity

The Telharmonium was the Victorian version of Spotify by Steffie Drucker

The Ham Sandwich Theorem Is a Delicious and Puzzling Mathematical Principle by Ashley Hamer
https://curiosity.com/topics/the-ham-sandwich-theorem-is-a-delicious-and-puzzling-mathematical-principle-curiosity

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