Corenswet or Corn Sweat - Superman or Plant Actions？ We discuss...

0:00 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.

0:46 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.

1:32 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

3:06 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

4:37 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.