How Horses Shaped History & The Surprising Upside of Laziness – SYSK Choice
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Today on something you should know, you're probably handling a lot less cash today than you used to. And that is such a good thing. Then you're about to hear all the amazing ways horses have changed your life.
We didn't wear pants until we started riding horses because they're not comfortable, so pants were invented specifically for horseback riding. Horses produced the serum for the first vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus. There's so many interesting stories connected to the horse.
Also, the connection between air conditioning and being overweight. And you like this, the many benefits of being late.
It's about really about achieving more in your life by actually doing less. So it's strategic laziness. We have to eliminate something so that we can be very good at one specific thing. All this today
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Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts. And practical advice you can use in your life. Today, something you should know with Mike Carruthers.
Hi, and thank you for spending time with me and something you should know today. And we're gonna start today talking about money. No doubt you've noticed over the last few years that more and more we're going cashless. There are fewer cash transactions than before, and and some retailers, some places you can't even use cash anymore. And that may be a good thing because money, as you've probably heard, is very dirty. But how dirty? Well, a study found that some strains of the flu can survive on paper money for up to three days. And and get this, up to 17 days if there's mucus involved. On top of that, one researcher cultured sixty-eight one dollar bills and discovered that all but four of them had colonies of dangerous bacteria that could cause staph infections and pneumonia.
When they tested coins, uh they tested a little better. They have lower levels of germs, most likely because they've got trace metals that inhibit the growth of microbes. The best way to reduce your exposure to all this yuck is to use credit and debit cards instead of paper currency as much as possible. But when you do have to use money, it's probably a good idea to reach for the hand sanitizer. And that is something you should know. You are about to hear something amazing. Well actually a lot of amazing things, all about horses. And look, I'm I am no horse guy. But horses have changed your life and the entire course of human history in ways you never knew. Just uh for instance, horses are the reason we wear pants.
Yeah. You'll hear that story coming up and so much more. This is gonna be fun. So meet my guest, Timothy Weingard.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:00
2
Why is moving to a cashless society considered a good thing?
2:00–23:50
3
How did horses become the ‘Swiss army knife’ of animals throughout history?
23:50–27:22
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What role did horses play in the invention of pants and early clothing?
27:22–37:37
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How were horses domesticated and why were they so valuable to early humans?
37:37–45:22
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