Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Jill and Liz every other Wednesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
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.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
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