Belly Flop Physics, Crocodile Defeaters, the Naked Cleaner

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm johnny Man with five good news stories. Hey, good news if you tend to do a belly flop. Scientists are trying to solve the problem. Researchers at the University of Brown set up a belly flop like water experiment using a blunt cylinder. You see, the larger the surface area of an object hitting the water, the more resistance there will be. Yes, scientists, I think we understood this already. Scientists began studying diving birds like kingfishers and destrike the stress on their bodies. Kingfishers are able to dive again and again without injuries, thanks in part to their tapered cone shake beaks. Did we really need science to do this? More information in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Good news for Colin Devereaux. He has spent a month in the hospital after being bit by a crocodile. That doesn't sound like good news, John, Stay with me. Devereaux was hanging out by a lake and he was watching some fish scramble away, and then all of a sudden, a crocodile latched onto his right foot, shaking him like a rag doll. That sounds horrible. Devrero tried kicking the crocodile. That didn't work, so he bit the crocodile. He said, I was in such an awkward position, but by accident, my teeth caught his eyelid.

1:12 It was pretty thick, like holding on the leather. But I jerked back on his eyelid and he let go. I leaped away and took off to where my car was. He chased me for a bit but then stopped. That sounds terrifying. The walls of eight secrets underground room, discovered in nineteen seventy five covered in sketches by Michelangelo, were now being unveiled to the public for the first time. Seems Michelangelo hid in this tiny chamber for about two months in fifteen thirty while evading a death sentence ordered by Pope Clement the Seventh. Fifty years ago, museum officials were working to create a new exit for tourists visiting the Medici Chapel, and they found this room. Stripping two layers of plaster from the walls revealed the existence of drawings by Michelangelo using charcoal wooden sticks. Paula Dagostino is the director of Bargello Museums and said Michelangelo drew things from the past as if he was taking a trip to memory lane. It was like having an album of his works. Public access will be allowed on an experimental basis until March of twenty twenty four, with only four people at a time being able to view the room. They are concerned about conservation, so there will be alternating periods of led lights and prolonged periods of darkness.

2:16 The room had been used as a charcoal deposit until nineteen fifty five and then unused for decades. Wow. Hey, good news if you're a cat owner. They might be friendlier than their reputation. Brittany Flerkowitch is a researcher and began studying cats to learn more about how they communicate and express themselves. After videotaping and reviewing cats facial expressions at a cat cafe for nearly a year, she found that cats displayed at least two hundred and seventy six different facial expressions. She said, I fell prey to the stereotype of oh, cats are aloof they don't really express themselves as much as dogs. About once a week, the researchers housed about thirty cats that were up for adoption. The researchers arranged a room in a patio for the cats to room around that included food, water, litter boxes, scratching posts, wooden perches, and toys.

3:01 They recorded one hundred and fifty hours of cat interactions. They studied how the cats moved their ears, wrinkled their noses, parted their lips, and licked their faces. They labeled each face either a friendly or unfriendly expression. When the cats were happy or having fun, they typically moved their ears and whiskers forward and outward and sometimes close their eyes. When the cats felt unhappy, they typically moved their ears backwards and flattened them, licked their lips, and constricted their pupils. Of the two hundred and seventy six facial expressions, researchers found out that about forty six percent were friendly, thirty seven percent were aggressive, and seventeen percent were ambiguous. And one more story today. This one's a touch naughty. If you're listening with kids, it's not too bad, but I'll warn you it's a touch naughty. A woman as they earned thousands of dollars working as a naked cleaner Lottie is thirty two and she was trying to figure out how to make extra money now. She warns there's a few people who are creepy. Some of the guys think something else is gonna happen.

3:55 She says, I'm clear, I'm just there to clean. She says, I didn't even who are gloves half the time, even though I know I should. Well, yeah, naked cleaner. Yeah. One guy joined in. He's a newdist. She said. He was already naked when I showed up. So we had some coffee and I played with his dog and then we got to work. He's not the only client that got naked, she said, a few of them are quite nervous at first and keep their clothes on until they're confident enough to take them all off and then the clean place. That's your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the podcast, tell somebody about it maybe they'll like it too, and you can follow it for free on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you get your shows. You have a great day.