Hiccups

Nathan had a bad time over the holidays. Food poisoning aside, the hiccups that came with it had to be the worst part about the whole ordeal. This lead to a bit of dive into why hiccups happen, what people think is happening when you get hiccups and the kind of remedies offered both by the doctor and the internet to get over them. We even found a proper demonstration of how to "drink from the other side of the cup"!

Full Source List

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-science-behind-why-we-hiccup/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500937/7-cures-hiccups-world-folklore
• https://hiccaway.com/myths-about-hiccups/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/sl6oow/til_an_albanian_superstition_about_hiccups_is/
• https://teabuddy.wordpress.com/tag/superstitions-about-hiccups/
• https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/acupressure-hiccups-cure-or-placebo 

Episode: File 0122: More Than a Hiccup in Justice

Release Date: Jan 26 2024

Researched and presented by Nathan