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Carrots give you night vision! And other things adults say

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Do You Get Sick if You Walk Barefoot?

A tidy room can prevent bugs, especially if you've ever taken food in there. Clean bugs like ants have powerful senses of smell and will travel long distances to get their mandibles. If you're walking on a really dirty floor barefoot or where a lot of other people have been walking barefoot, you could pick up a fungus that might cause an itchy problem called athlete's foot.

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