You'll Know Why

About You'll Know Why

Why does your body do that? Why does the world work this way? You'll Know Why turns surprising questions about science, psychology, history, technology, money, and everyday life into short, clear stories you can understand in minutes — and repeat to someone else later. One question. One explanation. One thing you'll never look at the same way again.

Publisher

You'll Know Why

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Sept 2026

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

44 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Why Beans Make You Fart

   Not fiber, and not beans simply being hard to digest. They carry three sugars your small intestine cannot break down, because it makes none of the enzyme required. Those sugars reach your colon intact, where billions of bacteria do have it. The gas isn't your digestion failing. And they dissolve readily in water.

2. 

   18 Oct 2026

   Why You Can't See Clearly Underwater

   Blame usually lands on the chlorine, or on the water not being clear enough. The trouble is in your eye, in the part nobody thinks about. Two-thirds of its focusing power comes from the cornea, and that only works with air sitting in front of it. A mask mainly puts the air back.

3. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Why Growers Coat Fruit Blossom in Ice to Save It From Frost

   An April night, the trees in blossom, the temperature dropping toward twenty-eight. The grower goes out, turns on the irrigation and leaves it running until morning. By dawn the branches are locked in ice and the flowers are alive. The trap in this is that stopping early is worse than never starting.

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