Episode 55 Feeling Queasy

12/06/2024 25 min Episodio 56
Episode 55 Feeling Queasy

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Feeling Queasy 
Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why is there a metric system and an imperial system?” and “Why do people get seasick?” We also share a fact of the day about fast airplanes and recommend a library mystery novel. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you! 
 
Liz’s Fact of the Day: 1,000 Amazing World Facts 
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1018270 
 
Jill’s Book Recommendation: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead 
https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C943273 
 
Concerning the metric system: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtKbq_zAr-A 
https://usma.org/origin-of-the-metric-system# 
"Metric system." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Nov. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/metric-system/52355. Accessed 15 May. 2024. 
https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/measurement-system/108505 
 
Concerning motion sickness: 
https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/dizziness-and-balance/ 
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/movement/2019/the-vestibular-system-the-brain-and-balance-013119 
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2023.1150233/full 
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/motion-sickness/#causes 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_S._Cowings 
Do astronauts get motion sickness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCBXiOvdCF4