Real quick in chat. Let me know. Do you know
what corn sweat is? Don't Google it. Don't use
AI. Don't use Alexa. Let me know in chat right
now if you know what corn sweat is because we're
about to dive into it. So with all the recent
Superman stuff, obviously the new Superman, the
actor that plays Superman is played by David
corn sweat, which is a really funky like last
name, not spelled the same as corn sweat, but
pronounced it. Um, but most people did not know
corn sweat is a real thing and no, it is not
a sex thing. My gosh. Stop with the corn all
the time. All right. So let's dive into this.
We're going to, we're going to, you did not know
this was an educational thing. You know, Bill
Nye, the science guy was born right here in Seattle.
Actually. I don't know if he is born here. He,
I'll look at our career. Get to the corn in a
nutshell, which I guess there's not a nutshell
of corn, man. Should have thought that one out
in a nutshell, though. Corn sweat refers to the
process of corn plants releasing water vapor
into the atmosphere through their leaves. A process
called transpiration. This release of moisture
can contribute to increase humidity in the air,
especially in areas with large corn fields and
can make it feel hotter and sticker stickier.
Going deeper. What is transpiration? What is
that? So plants, including corn, absorb water
through their roots and transported throughout
their structure. Some of this water is used for
photosynthesis. Um, but Much of is released into
the atmosphere as water vapor through tiny pores
called domata on the leaves. I don't know. I'm
not a herbologist. Probably that one. And then
obviously humidity and heat. We understand this
released water vapor increases the humidity of
the surrounding air. When the air is humid, it
can make it can make it feel hotter. more uncomfortable
because the human's body ability to cool itself
through sweating is reduced. And where is corn
sweat an issue? So corn sweat is often used in
the Midwestern United States, which is probably
why I don't think a lot of people have ever heard
of this term out here in Seattle, because we
don't live around cornfields. But yeah, there
you go. Supposedly it peaks in July and August,
which is when, when the new Superman movie came
out, when the world was introduced to corn sweat,
AKA corn sweat, huh? Huh? Okay. So it is also
key to note. It's not just corn. All plants do
this, but farmers near corn fields will experience
what's known as Corn sweat. There you go. That's
how the cookie crumbles. You just learned something
today. Go impress your friends. That's it. Roll
roll credits. So I have I have a couple of things
to say. One is that Jay just did three minutes
and 30 seconds on corn sweat, which is amazing.
Right. So somebody please share this with David
corn sweat and see if he's heard of this term,
because I'm now curious whether he has. Also,
how long did it take you to put this into the
run down today? It took me like maybe five minutes,
like of some some research, you know, looking
like, OK, how how can I very quickly kind of
without boring people go into explaining corn
sweat like I don't need a dissertation on corn
sweat? But yeah, I would say probably like five
minutes. I put it together. There you go. So
now you have drawn. And wait, Superman is from
the Midwest, from Kansas, where I believe they
grow corn. Yeah. So there you go. There's your
connections. And he fucking Bill Nided up, by
the way, to answer the question from the beginning
of the segment. No, Bill Nye was not born in
Seattle. He was born in Washington, D .C. before
he moved to Seattle. So he was born in the other
Washington. Right. The bad Washington. Right?
So, there you go. And now you've learned two
things today. You've learned about corn sweat
and where Bill Nye the Science Guy was born.
So, you know what? You guys can take that to
the bank.