Mosquitoes’ Favorite Blood Types, How Junk Food Resembles Drugs, and Jeff Bezos’ Keys to Business Success

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.5	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.5	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.5	Today you'll learn what blood types and traits make you irresistible to mosquitoes.
0:12.0	New research into how junk food is similar to drugs,
0:15.2	and business tips for success from Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
0:18.5	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:20.1	Actually, what's your junk food vice?
0:22.0	I love, like Nutella. I really love sweets.
0:25.5	Oh, really?
0:26.5	Yeah.
0:27.5	I like peanut butter cups.
0:28.5	Oh, I love those too.
0:29.5	peanut butter cups are good.
0:30.0	Do you ever find yourself just like a bag of chips in front of you and you just can't stop eating them?
0:36.0	I've definitely had that experience.
0:38.2	Well, you're not alone and if you're listening to this and you've ever gotten upset with yourself for overindulging in junk food,
0:44.3	then don't be too hard on yourself, because guess what? A new study has found scary similarities between junk food and drugs,
0:52.1	like cocaine like drugs.
0:54.0	D. D. D. D. D. D.
0:56.0	Specifically, it turns out the processed foods can hit your system with the speed and intensity of a controlled substance.
1:04.0	And this is the first scientific study to support the idea that processed foods are more addictive than naturally occurring foods.
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