Thank-You Card Science, Sensory Speed Dating, and New UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 7 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.
0:05.4	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.4	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.4	Today you learn about 2018's new UNESCO World Heritage Sites, how you can get to know
0:12.2	someone through all of your senses at sensory speed
0:14.9	dating, and exactly how much people appreciate thank-you cards.
0:18.8	Hint, it's probably more than you think.
0:20.9	Let's satisfy some curiosity. Cody, have you ever been to a speed dating event?
0:24.0	No, and I always wanted to.
0:26.0	I did too.
0:27.0	They just sound like so much fun.
0:29.0	Yeah, I've never done it myself.
0:31.0	We missed out.
0:32.0	I mean, grass is always greener. I'm sure they're
0:33.5	probably really awkward and really weird. No they're probably yeah I'm sure that yeah you
0:37.4	would go and it's just horribly awful but I've always been really curious about them.
0:41.7	Yeah.
0:42.5	So, oh well.
0:44.2	Well, today we've got a story about sensory speed dating.
0:47.6	It's a pretty new concept from Gorilla Science,
0:50.0	a group based in New York City and London.
0:52.2	They organize events and installations to get adults excited about science.
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