Why do we feel dizzy when we twirl around?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Spinning around in circles is really fun right? And then a weird thing happens. When you stop, it’s like the world is turned upside down and you don’t know which way you’re facing and you feel dizzy and sometimes even fall down! We asked infectious disease physician Dr. Frank Rhame to help understand why that is.
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| 0:26.9 | slash contact. |
| 0:32.7 | From the brains behind brains on, this is the bubble to vum. |
| 0:44.1 | Mubble to Vum comes to you from APM Studios. |
| 0:47.2 | I'm Cecey the Dog. |
| 0:48.9 | Woof, woof! |
| 0:50.4 | Um... |
| 0:52.2 | Yep, I've had a pretty good day so far. |
| 0:57.0 | Woke up, tapped on my mom and dad's door, and they let me outside to pee. |
| 1:01.0 | I drank some water. |
| 1:02.0 | I scratched my butt on the coffee table. |
| 1:04.0 | I went back to sleep for three hours. |
| 1:06.0 | I woke up, I ate my breakfast, and then... |
| 1:08.0 | What's that? |
| 1:10.0 | There's something behind me. Come here, you... I ate my breakfast, and then... What's that? |
| 1:11.9 | There's something behind me. |
| 1:17.8 | Come here, you must get furry thing behind me. |
| 1:19.7 | Why can't I get it? |
| 1:21.8 | It's like it's attached to me. |
| 1:23.6 | Ouch! |
| 1:27.1 | Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, oh, oh, wow, it was my tail. Darn it! |
| 1:28.2 | I should have known. |
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