🌶️ Why Does Coriander Taste Like Soap? | Cheap TVs, Phobias & Brass Monkeys – ANMAN #17

🌶️ Why does coriander taste like soap to some people? How did TVs get so ridiculously cheap? And what’s really behind phrases like “cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”?

In this episode of A Normal Meets A Nerd, Dylan and Darragh dive into:

🧊 The bizarre origin of the brass monkey saying
🦴 Why humans are (maybe) the only animals with a chin
🌀 What trypophobia actually is — and why so many people feel uneasy
😱 A deep dive into phobias and how they work in the brain
📺 The surprising economics behind modern television prices
🌿 Why coriander tastes soapy to some people (and delicious to others)

It’s quirky science, unexpected history and classic ANMAN chaos — normal meets nerd as always.


Thank you for listening!

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Artwork: Jacob Bell
Produced by: Bold Management & Mad Saint Media


00:00 Intro
00:38 Where does "freeze the balls off a brass monkey" come from?
03:52 Are we the only animals with a chin?
07:20 What is trypophobia?
14:00 Why are TV's so cheap now?
19:20 Why does coriander taste like soap?