Where Superstitions Come From & What You Never Knew About Paul Revere
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There is one word I think gets people in trouble with money. It's probably. I'm probably spending about this much every month. I'm probably saving enough. I'm probably on track for retirement. Probably is not a financial plan. I've been using Monarch. It's a personal finance app that puts your whole financial picture in one place. And it replaces probably. With actual numbers. For example, Monarch showed me that our spending last month jumped about 30% from the month before. 30%. We had some home repairs, but none of the bills seemed like a big hit at the time, but put them all together and wow. But I didn't realize how much our spending had jumped until Monarch showed me. And I think that's how money can get away from you.
It's not necessarily one giant expense that sets off alarm bells, it's all the things that add up that you don't really notice. That's what I like about Monarch. You can see your Spending, accounts, investments, and savings goals all in one place and see what's really going on with your money. If you're operating on probably, maybe it's time to find out, write your own money story with Monarch. Use code SYSK at monarch.com to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50. That's $50. fifty percent off your first year at monarch.com with code SYSK. Today on something you should know, what happens to your items that get confiscated by security at the airport? Then the fascinating origins of superstitions like knocking on wood, the number 13, and why it's unlucky to walk under a ladder.
Because if a ladder was propped up against a wall, you had three sides, you had a triangle, and that was a sacred shape to the Egyptians because of pyramids. Walking under a ladder, stepping through a pyramid, it's thought to be disrespectful.
Also, the formula for building the perfect fire, and it's the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.
Made famous by that poem. Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, the Longfellow poem. It's actually amazingly accurate for a poem. It wasn't pretending to be a piece of nonfiction account, but it is, by and large, accurate. All this today on
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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.
Have you ever wondered what happens to all those things that get confiscated at the airport by the TSA people? Well, you're about to find out. Hi, and welcome to this episode of Something You Should Know. If you fly much at all, you've probably forgotten at some point to check your carry-on for forbidden liquids or whatever, and so they end up taking it from you at the airport. Well, can you get that back? Probably not. When you surrender an item, and by the way, they don't confiscate anything. You surrender them. There is a difference. I mean you don't have to give them to them. You could give them you could give those items to someone else at the airport.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:23
2
What happens to items confiscated by TSA at the airport?
7:23–32:17
3
Why do we still follow superstitions like knocking on wood or avoiding ladders?
32:17–45:49
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What is the origin of the unlucky number 13 and other number‑based superstitions?
45:49–46:02
Speakers
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