WEBVTT - 9 Piping Hot Facts about Bath Tubs

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what will? What's that mango? So I've always had

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<v Speaker 1>this fascination with like trick houses, you know once with

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<v Speaker 1>secret passageways and bookshelves that hide safe and whatever. And

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<v Speaker 1>Murphy beds kind of play into that, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>beds that kind of just pulled down from the wall. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was chatting with Stacy about this this week

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<v Speaker 1>and she pointed me to Murphy bats. Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>what that was a thing? I have never heard of those.

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<v Speaker 1>I do remember that you love the word Murphy, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not surprised that you're talking about this. But so

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<v Speaker 1>were they? Were they popular? Yeah? I mean enough that

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<v Speaker 1>there were a few variations. So she pointed me to

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<v Speaker 1>this Montgomery ward catalog and it had this thing called

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<v Speaker 1>the folding bathtub that was an a wardrobe and it

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<v Speaker 1>could just fold out. And of course that wasn't the

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<v Speaker 1>only one. During the same era, this company called brush

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<v Speaker 1>Key and Rick. You know Brushki and Rick, right, of course, right,

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<v Speaker 1>they made this bathtub sofa combination, which I desperately want now.

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<v Speaker 1>Like there was a water tank under the sofa, and unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>a sofa is sometimes caught on fire, so it didn't

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<v Speaker 1>last long, but it did make me think. Since National

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<v Speaker 1>Bathtub Party Days this week, we uh, we have to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about some bats of facts, so why don't we

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<v Speaker 1>dive in? Heay their podcast listeners. Welcome to Part Time Genius.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Will Pearson and as always I'm joined by my

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<v Speaker 1>good friend Man Guesho Ticketer and the man on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the sound proof glass isn't Tristan. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how our our listeners are going to handle this,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're in luck today, guys, because Tristan might be

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<v Speaker 1>out celebrating National Bathtub Party Day with twenty four hours

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<v Speaker 1>in his bathtub, but we have another brilliant producer with

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<v Speaker 1>us today. We've got Ramsey in the booth instead. He's

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<v Speaker 1>waving back good good of course. We've got our pal

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<v Speaker 1>Gay up on the phone joining us as well. Good morning, Gabe,

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. How's it going good? Pretty well? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>So for listeners out there, we're recording this on December five,

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<v Speaker 1>in honor of National Bathtub Day. Now, I know what

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<v Speaker 1>you're all thinking, isn't October seven Bathtub Day? But actually

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's only in England if I'm not mistaken. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but even if you're in England, you can still get

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<v Speaker 1>in the bath on other days. I think I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's the case. But all right, well, let's get to

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<v Speaker 1>the bathtub facts. A mango. You kicked us off with

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<v Speaker 1>a Murphy bath fact, and it's a pretty good one,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm proud of you for being able to get

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<v Speaker 1>the word Murphy in again. So, Gabe, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>have for us? First? I'm gonna tell you a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about rubber ducky. The concept of a rubber duck

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<v Speaker 1>actually goes back over two hundred years. And those early

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<v Speaker 1>duck models they were solid cast rubber, which meant they

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<v Speaker 1>were way too heavy to actually float. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>because they weren't originally meant to be tough toys. They

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<v Speaker 1>were two toys, um. And so the ones that we

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<v Speaker 1>know of that actually floats, those are made of vine

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<v Speaker 1>and they didn't come along until the forties. An artist

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<v Speaker 1>named Peter Denine. He's credited with making the first floating

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<v Speaker 1>rubber duck. He was an artist who made animal sculptures,

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<v Speaker 1>but they weren't selling so well, so to create some

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<v Speaker 1>cash flow, he later maturized some of his pieces and

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<v Speaker 1>had the meat into toys, and obviously the most popular

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<v Speaker 1>one was the rubber duck, and more than fifty million

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<v Speaker 1>of them have been sold to date. I liked the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of being known as the guy that started the

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<v Speaker 1>floating rubber duck. I mean, you know what, like, after

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<v Speaker 1>you've finished your life, that just feels like something. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good first fact. Gave good job on that one. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of being known for things, I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about a family that's known for something very different today

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<v Speaker 1>than what they started out doing, and that's the Jacuzzi brothers.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know if you knew this, but they

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<v Speaker 1>actually started out by making airplanes. They had opened up

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<v Speaker 1>a shop in the Bay Area and invented things like

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<v Speaker 1>the Jacuzy toothpick propeller and also created the first airplane

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<v Speaker 1>that was designed with an enclosed cabin. Now, sadly, after

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<v Speaker 1>an airplane crash in one of their test flights, they

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<v Speaker 1>decided to shift directions and started creating things very different

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<v Speaker 1>from that had other inventions, including water pumps, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>actually what led to the invention that we know of today.

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<v Speaker 1>They developed this hydrotherapy system that was actually meant to

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<v Speaker 1>help one of their relatives who had juvenile arthritis, and

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<v Speaker 1>they started mass marketing this product and then got a

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<v Speaker 1>big break in the sixties when their product was featured

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<v Speaker 1>on the TV game show Queen for a Day. And

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<v Speaker 1>so that's why we know the Jacuzzi brothers for what

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<v Speaker 1>they've done. All right, Mango, let's go onto the second round.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you have for us? So? Have you heard

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<v Speaker 1>about these oil bats and Azerbaijan? Apparently they're like this

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<v Speaker 1>age old tradition there and you can go to a

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<v Speaker 1>health spa and soak in a unique grate of warm

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<v Speaker 1>crude oil. Supposedly the oil helps quote heal more than

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<v Speaker 1>seventy diseases, including neurological diseases, skin conditions, and impotence. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure why, but impotence is always thrown on

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<v Speaker 1>this list of things that you can cure, what nonsense remedies,

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<v Speaker 1>but so many things cure it. Yeah, that's pretty great.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't say that I have heard of these oil

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<v Speaker 1>baths and as Azerbaijan, but I can't say that I

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<v Speaker 1>can even say Azerbaijan correctly. Apparently, but that's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Well, I've got another one here, speaking of

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<v Speaker 1>baths and cures for things, Apparently obesity might be one

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<v Speaker 1>of these things. So actually some studies have shown that

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<v Speaker 1>taking a hot bath might be almost as good for

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<v Speaker 1>you as exercising, and there have been several studies to

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<v Speaker 1>look at this, and so they were looking at blood

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<v Speaker 1>sugar control and blood sugar levels as well as calories burned.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the studies compared an hour long bath versus

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<v Speaker 1>an hour of cycling, which may seem ridiculous, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course an hour of cycling did result in more calories burned. However,

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<v Speaker 1>an hour long bath resulted in about as many calories

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<v Speaker 1>burned as about you know, maybe like a half hour walk.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a hundred and forty calories. And then when

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<v Speaker 1>they compared the blood sugar levels after after the hour

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<v Speaker 1>of cycling and then eating versus taking a bath and

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<v Speaker 1>then eating later, they actually found that the peak blood

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<v Speaker 1>sugar levels was a little bit lower in those that

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<v Speaker 1>just took the hot bath. And so this has led

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<v Speaker 1>to a lot more research in this area of what's

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<v Speaker 1>called passive heating, you know, rather than the type of

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<v Speaker 1>exercise and active sweating that you think of with uh,

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<v Speaker 1>with other ways of either losing weight or exercising. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's interesting to see what's going on in this area.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm I'm planning to incorporate this into my exercise

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<v Speaker 1>routine going forward. I like that. All right, Gay, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you have for your next fact? Well, so I

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<v Speaker 1>actually have more to tell you about rubber ducks. Oh good, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the time that they helped scientists understand water current

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<v Speaker 1>So thousand rubber ducks were dumped into the North Pacific Ocean.

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<v Speaker 1>This is when a cargo ship accidentally dropped the container

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<v Speaker 1>that they were in, and the ducks spent more than

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<v Speaker 1>a decade traveling with seeds. Um that he washed up

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<v Speaker 1>on shores from everywhere from Alaska to Hawaii to Scotland,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were cited as late as the mid two thousands. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was an upside of this. Researchers were able

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<v Speaker 1>to use the ducks to study water currents and you

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<v Speaker 1>know how long it takes for objects to travel from

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<v Speaker 1>ocean to ocean. That's pretty great. And he gave I'm

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<v Speaker 1>proud of you for being able to come up with

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<v Speaker 1>two rubber ducky facts. All right, Well, my last fact

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<v Speaker 1>of the day here, um, I do have to put

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<v Speaker 1>one bathtub rumor to rest here. And this is a

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<v Speaker 1>sad one because it's one we've heard many times before,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is about President William Howard Taft. Apparently he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't actually get stuck in a bathtub. He did have

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<v Speaker 1>this giant bathtub installed in the White House a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks into his presidency, and it was about seven

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<v Speaker 1>ft long forty wide. There's actually a couple of photos

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<v Speaker 1>of it that you can find. There's there's one with

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<v Speaker 1>four men sitting comfortably inside the tub. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a tub of that size, even at three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty pounds, he probably wouldn't have gotten stuck in it.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have to wonder, like where did this rumor

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<v Speaker 1>get started? And it was actually started by Erwin Hoover,

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<v Speaker 1>who was the White House butler at the time, actually

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<v Speaker 1>the White House butler for forty two years, and in

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<v Speaker 1>his biography, Hoover wrote that Taft would quote stick in

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<v Speaker 1>the tub and would require assistance to get out each time.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I think that's probably where it came from.

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<v Speaker 1>People did have a lot of fun reporting on this bathtub,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're real really no reports of him actually getting

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<v Speaker 1>lodged in the tub. Sadly, that is said, alright, mango,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your last fact of the day. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want game to have the last word on rubber Duckies.

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<v Speaker 1>And Will knows I love Ernie and Sesame Street and

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<v Speaker 1>I particularly love that song You gotta put down the

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<v Speaker 1>ducky if you want to play the saxophone. You know

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<v Speaker 1>they made on two videos that NonStop. Yeah, they made

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<v Speaker 1>two different videos for it. But did you know that

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<v Speaker 1>the original rubber Ducky song that Ernie sang rubber Ducky Year,

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<v Speaker 1>the one was done in nineteen seventy and it actually

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<v Speaker 1>hit number sixteen on the Billboard charts. Isn't that insane?

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, that is unbelievable. Also, in the original video,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't done with a blue background, like a bath

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<v Speaker 1>in front of a blue background. It was actually Ernie

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of his living room. And I guess

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<v Speaker 1>he moved the bathtip to the bathroom after some home

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<v Speaker 1>renovations in the second season of Sesame Street. But but

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<v Speaker 1>that's just something to think about. Wow, alright, well you

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<v Speaker 1>got to say the name Murphy and talk about this

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<v Speaker 1>song that you've always loved. So it's gonna be tough

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<v Speaker 1>to top. A Gabe, you get to go last. You

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<v Speaker 1>get one more fact. You got something. I'm hoping this

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<v Speaker 1>one's probably unrelated to rubber duckies. Well, actually, at the

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<v Speaker 1>risk of seeming a little obsessed, I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and take the final word on rubber ducks here.

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<v Speaker 1>I just have to tell you about the world's largest

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<v Speaker 1>rubber duck. Um. This was. This was from two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>seven when a toy loving Dutch artist named Florentine Hoffman.

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<v Speaker 1>He created a hundred foot tall rubber ducks for an

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<v Speaker 1>art installation and then you kind of released it into

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<v Speaker 1>the wild, and it's actually been floating all around the

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<v Speaker 1>world ever since. Um. It's strapped to a giant pontoon

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<v Speaker 1>and guided by the computer in its head. And this

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<v Speaker 1>this massive duck, it just fails from port to ports,

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<v Speaker 1>spreading gear and probably a little bit of confusion to

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<v Speaker 1>wherever it goes. And the artist behind the duck, he says,

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<v Speaker 1>it's meant to remind us that quote, when we are

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<v Speaker 1>living on one planet, all global water has become your bafta. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>So this almost turned into an episode on Nine Things

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<v Speaker 1>about rubber ducks. I'm not sure how I didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>the memo on this, but but gave just for the

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<v Speaker 1>courage and sharing three facts on rubber ducks. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe you deserve the trophy, Mango, what do you think? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that was a bold move game, but I'm gonna give

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<v Speaker 1>it to you as long as it's a rubber duck.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's it for today's episode. Now, we've heard from

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