Darren looks into how life expectancies in various countries are calculated, and how to compare them. Adam explains how “Hollywood Math” works. Elan puts the rest of hosts through an arduous game of “Science Fact or Science Fiction: Onion Crying Cures Edition”.
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Show Notes
Life Expectancy
Box-Office Economics
20 Jump Street – Box Office Mojo
Economics Of The Movie Theater – Where The Money Goes And Why It Costs Us So Much – The Movie Blog
Annual Movie Ticket Sales – Movie ticket sales hit record – Los Angeles Times
“How Movie Distribution Works” – HowStuffWorks
Hollywood’s profits, demystified – Slate Magazine
Hollywood accounting – Wikipedia
Coming to a Theater Near You: The Snack Police – SmartMoney.com
Cutting Onions
Wikihow – Chop Onions Without Tears
thekitchn.com – Five tips on how to cut onions
sciencebasedlife – Why do onions make you cry?
Great picture Elan!