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00:00 Okay, here's the first one.
00:02 Myth or true?
00:04 Carrots can help you see in the dark.
00:06 Myth.
00:07 While carrots are full of vitamin A, which helps maintain eyesight, you won't get night
00:12 vision.
00:13 In the 1940s, British Air Forces invented a new radar, and to keep it secret, they told
00:18 everyone it was carrots that helped them see at nighttime.
00:23 Diamonds aren't a special gemstone.
00:25 True.
00:26 While diamonds may be a great engagement rock, they're not as rare as we've been made to
00:30 believe.
00:31 Advertising campaigns have made this very common rock something extraordinary.
00:36 If you want something really rare, pain-eye gems will look beautiful and empty your wallet
00:41 at the same time.
00:43 Around $50,000 a carrot.
00:47 Fruit loops have different flavors.
00:50 Myth.
00:51 There's no point in avoiding the color you don't like.
00:54 All the colors are the same flavor.
00:56 And Kellogg's has stated that they all share the same blended fruit flavor.
00:59 Well, now I don't know what to believe anymore.
01:04 Dropping a penny from the Empire State Building can obliterate a person below.
01:08 Myth.
01:09 While the penny won't tickle, it will not damage anyone on the ground.
01:13 Simply, the penny can't build up enough speed while it's tumbling to the ground.
01:18 Better to just keep the change in your pocket.
01:23 The moon has a dark side.
01:25 Myth.
01:26 No, the moon isn't going to use the force to rule.
01:29 Our satellite is tidally locked with the Earth, meaning that we're always looking at one
01:34 side.
01:35 But there's no permanent dark side.
01:40 Kleenex was originally designed for gas masks.
01:43 True.
01:44 Yeah, Kimberly-Clark originally designed a thin cotton substitute to be used as a filter.
01:51 In 1924, Kleenex began selling in the US as a cold cream and makeup remover, eventually
01:57 turning into the soft tissues we love today.
02:01 Chocolate is bad for you.
02:03 Boy, isn't that a myth.
02:05 While too much chocolate, just like too much of anything, can indeed do some harm, a little
02:10 bit can be quite good for you.
02:12 Not just any chocolate, though, only the dark variety.
02:16 Yum.
02:18 And sleep-ins will help you catch up on lost sleep.
02:21 That's a myth.
02:22 As comfy as your bed is on a Sunday morning, you just can't make up for lost sleep.
02:27 Irregular sleep can lower your concentration and performance.
02:31 If you're refreshed when you wake up, you've had the right amount.
02:37 Zombies are real.
02:38 True.
02:39 Now, no human has ever turned into a hungry zombie that we're shown so much in the movies,
02:45 but they do exist in the animal kingdom.
02:47 A fungus that has a really long name I don't want to pronounce takes over ants with its
02:52 chemicals.
02:54 Under the control of the fungus, the ant leaves its family to find a very specific branch
02:59 or leaf.
03:00 Then, it lets the fungus sprout out of it and release spores back into the world.
03:05 How delightful.
03:07 The largest living organism is the blue whale, African elephant, or shak.
03:12 Myth.
03:14 While all of those are large, the honey fungus in the Blue Mountains, Oregon, wins by quite
03:19 a bit.
03:20 With the length of 3.4 miles, that's 6.5 Burj Khalifa's end-to-end and it's still
03:26 growing.
03:27 But on the bright side, it's edible.
03:29 Mushroom omelet, anyone?
03:32 Turkeys can blush.
03:34 True.
03:35 Just like humans, turkeys blush when excited, angry, or sick.
03:39 The skin on their heads and necks can turn red or even a shade of blue.
03:44 The fleshy flap of skin that hangs over their neck is called a snood.
03:48 It also turns bright red when the bird is excited.
03:52 Maybe not at Thanksgiving, though.
03:54 We only have 5 senses.
03:56 Myth.
03:58 There's no right number.
03:59 Some say 5, 7, 14, 24, or even 57.
04:04 Our most basic senses are actually sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
04:09 But also movement, body position, temperature, balance, and the sense of our internal state.
04:15 Like feeling your heart.
04:16 For example, close your eyes and touch your nose.
04:19 That's proprioception, or body position.
04:24 Bats are blind.
04:26 Myth.
04:27 Bats' eyesight is actually better at nighttime than ours.
04:30 They just can't see as well in daytime because they only see in black and white.
04:34 Perhaps this myth arose from the fact that bats use sonar to navigate without sight.
04:41 Unicorns are real.
04:42 True.
04:43 They're not horses, though.
04:45 It's deer that are likely the culprit.
04:47 A single horn can be a genetic anomaly found in some species, possibly leading to the unicorn
04:53 legend that formed a long time ago.
04:57 Honey never spoils.
04:59 Myth.
05:00 Uncovered in a humid environment, it will spoil.
05:04 As long as the lid stays on it and no water is added to it, honey shouldn't go bad,
05:09 though.
05:10 Having antifungal and antibacterial properties means no organisms can live in it.
05:15 No matter how old your stored honey is, it's probably perfectly edible.
05:21 Oranges are always orange.
05:23 Myth.
05:24 White oranges are a hybrid of tangerines and the pomelo, with a bright green skin to
05:29 help protect them from the sun.
05:31 In warmer climates, like Southeast Asia, oranges are still a bright green when ripe.
05:37 Makes you wonder what came first, the fruit or the color.
05:41 There are bugs in your strawberry frappuccino.
05:44 True.
05:45 But not anymore.
05:47 A dye made of ground-up tiny insects called cachanil bugs is used by many companies to
05:53 make the color red.
05:55 Starbucks stopped using bug red color in their strawberry frappuccinos in 2015.
06:02 Firefighters use wetter water.
06:04 True.
06:05 To be more efficient at stopping fires, firefighters recently started adding certain chemicals
06:10 to the water.
06:12 The wetting agents reduce the surface tension of the water, making it easier to spread and
06:16 soak into objects.
06:19 Leave wasps alone and they'll leave you alone.
06:22 Myth.
06:23 While this works for bees, their cousins, the yellow jackets, will disagree.
06:28 Known as one of the most bad-tempered wasps, they've been said to sting unprovoked, even
06:33 if you just happen to walk by their nest.
06:36 If you see wasps, give them a wide berth.
06:40 The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be torn down after 20 years.
06:44 True.
06:45 The Eiffel Tower was designed to show off France's industrial power during the World's
06:50 Fair.
06:51 The designers cleverly put transmitters and antennas on top to make the tower too useful
06:56 to eventually demolish.
07:00 Head lice prefer dirty hair.
07:03 Myth.
07:04 Lice don't really think about hair cleanliness.
07:06 They simply need human hair to hang onto, whether it's squeaky clean or greasier than
07:11 a fryer.
07:13 Lice feed off of our scalps, and the hair is just a place to hang out.
07:18 Camels' humps store water.
07:20 Myth.
07:21 Camels don't store water.
07:23 They store fat in their tissues.
07:25 Just like me after the holidays.
07:27 These reservoirs of fat allow camels to survive for days in the desert without stopping for
07:32 food.
07:33 They drink large amounts of water at a time and store that in their bloodstream.
07:39 You need to drink 8 glasses of water a day.
07:43 Myth.
07:44 Staying hydrated is critical, especially in hotter weather.
07:47 But we seem to forget that every drink is mainly water, even tea and coffee.
07:52 Our bodies are the best indicators for when to drink water.
07:56 Feel thirsty?
07:57 Then it's time to have a drink.
08:01 An elephant never forgets.
08:03 True.
08:05 Having the biggest brain of all land animals, elephants should have a great memory, and
08:10 they do.
08:11 Being able to remember their entire territory, friends, and spots to find water is crucial
08:17 to the social structure of elephants.
08:19 They might even have a better memory than you and I.
08:22 Now where did I leave my keys?
08:26 Bananas grow upside down.
08:28 True.
08:29 Bananas grow naturally towards the sun as they're getting larger.
08:33 That's why there's a curve.
08:34 So does that mean we've been peeling them the wrong way this whole time?
08:39 Maybe.
08:41 No number before 1000 contains the letter A.
08:44 True.
08:46 Now you can try and spell each number out if you like, but I bet you're just gonna
08:50 take my word for it.
08:55 The Guinness Book of World Records was created to settle arguments.
08:59 True.
09:00 The world's best trivia book was published in 1955 after an argument about the fastest
09:06 game bird in Europe.
09:07 The managing director of Guinness Brewery realized there wasn't a go-to book for trivial
09:12 questions so he created his own, and the rest is history.
09:18 You're eating real wasabi.
09:20 Myth.
09:21 When you're sitting down for tasty sushi, that green paste sometimes isn't wasabi,
09:27 it's horseradish.
09:29 Real wasabi is very expensive with a milder taste to it.
09:32 If it's not made in front of you, it's not going to be the real thing.
09:36 So there.
09:40 Did you know that chickens can jump and fly too?
09:44 Domestication of the chicken dates back to at least 2000 BCE.
09:48 They do have the required feathers and muscles to fly, but they don't do it much anymore
09:52 hundreds of years after they were domesticated.
09:55 But if you give them the right motivation, they can do that.
09:59 If they think the other side of the fence is cool, they can jump up to 6 feet.
10:04 Some hens hop on the trees to roost.
10:07 Picture a tree with a couple of chickens on it.
10:09 Looks so funny.
10:11 Their motivation is safety.
10:13 The tree serves as a cover for them in the daytime and protects them from winged predators.
10:18 Similarly, at night, the tree turns into a shelter from wind and rain and the possible
10:23 attacks from ground predators.
10:26 This doesn't have to be in the wild.
10:28 Farms where chickens can wander around freely also have tree nests.
10:32 Some sneaky chickens leave their coop and jump onto the trees.
10:36 So many chicken owners search for ways to keep them under control.
10:39 Hey Siri, search for "How to deal with jumping chickens".
10:44 I'm now moving on to everyday items and the secrets they held.
10:48 The twist ties and plastic bags on bread packs don't have random colors.
10:53 They are color-coded based on the daily bread baked.
10:57 Each day of the week has an assigned color.
10:59 For example, blue twist tie stands for Monday, green for Tuesday, and red for Thursday.
11:05 Now you can figure out how fresh your bread is.
11:09 Color codes are helpful for employees too.
11:11 They can easily spot the old loaves on the shelves.
11:15 There's a popular saying, "You are what you eat".
11:18 It turns out that our guts are also there to make us happy.
11:22 Serotonin is the feel-good hormone.
11:24 It's also a neurotransmitter.
11:27 Many of us immediately associate it with our brains.
11:30 But interestingly, around 95% of the body's serotonin is produced in our digestive tract.
11:38 Many of us often use the words "herbs" and "spices" interchangeably.
11:42 But these are different seasonings.
11:44 Spices come from every part of a plant or tree, like root, seed, or bark.
11:49 But herbs are the plant's leaves.
11:52 We generally add spice to food in roasting and during cooking.
11:56 Herbs release their aroma faster, so we add them at the very end.
12:00 Do you ever feel you've been watched and discovered that you're right?
12:04 Well, that spider-sense-like feeling is called gaze detection.
12:09 Your brain senses when someone is staring at you.
12:12 Research explains this as a sort of defense mechanism.
12:15 A direct gaze can be a symbol of dominance, and that can be a potential threat.
12:20 Humans evolved with this feeling in time.
12:23 Strangely, it works when the person looks right at you.
12:26 If their gaze is off just a few degrees to the left or right of you, your brain won't
12:31 react this way.
12:33 What about the urge to re-watch your favorite movies or listen to your songs over and over?
12:38 You're not alone.
12:40 This habit has some benefits for your mental health.
12:42 This behavior eases your mind.
12:45 When people feel overwhelmed, they'll have less self-control and be less motivated to
12:49 complete hard tasks.
12:51 You are drawn into The Office's first season again because when you watch, listen, or do
12:56 something familiar, you don't have to spend the effort to monitor what you're thinking.
13:00 So it's a good way to have a quick mental reset.
13:04 Here's another feeling.
13:05 Imagine you're enjoying the sunset on a terrace or at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
13:10 Out of nowhere, your inner voice whispers, "What if I jump?"
13:14 This isn't coming from a darker state.
13:16 You know, it's just sort of a feeling that appears when you're high up.
13:20 There is a name for this.
13:21 The "call of the void" or "the high place phenomenon" is a relatively new research topic,
13:27 but more studies are on the way.
13:30 Jim Carrey's great performance in The Truman Show is surely remembered.
13:34 Did you know that The Truman Show delusion is an actual thing?
13:38 The phenomenon is an issue related to cognitive neuropsychiatry.
13:43 People with this delusion believe that they're being filmed and that the footage will be
13:47 broadcasted for entertainment.
13:50 There was a time when aluminum was more precious than gold.
13:53 I know, it's hard to believe.
13:55 We now wrap our sandwiches on this everyday item.
13:58 If we go back to the 19th century, we would see aluminum as a hard-to-get element because
14:03 it was literally hard to obtain until innovators found a way to extract it on large industrial
14:09 scales.
14:10 Then the reign of aluminum was over.
14:13 There are stories about the French ruler Napoleon III having an aluminum cutlery set that he
14:17 served food to his special guests.
14:23 We might as well talk about a time travelers party held in 2009.
14:28 The theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking invited time travelers to hang out.
14:33 There was a huge banner hung up with the words "Welcome, time travelers!"
14:37 No one showed up, but maybe travelers had prior engagements and that's why they didn't
14:42 attend the party.
14:44 I swear I'm not crying because no one showed up to that awesome party.
14:47 I was just cutting an onion.
14:50 Why do we burst into tears when we chop onions?
14:53 Because of a particular enzyme.
14:55 Is there a solution?
14:57 Next time, get some damp paper towel and put it on the cutting board next to the onion.
15:02 The acidity that comes from the enzyme will go towards the wet paper instead of your eyes.
15:08 The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was quite similar to the one we use now.
15:12 They had 365 days divided into 12 months.
15:17 But instead of spreading a 31st to some months, they would add those extra days to the end
15:22 of the year.
15:25 Now let's turn our cameras to the animal kingdom again.
15:29 Is there a benefit for zebras to have their fascinating pattern?
15:33 Scientists asked this question too and experimented.
15:36 They dressed up horses with zebra look-alike coats.
15:39 The coat was covering the whole body of the horses but their heads.
15:43 It turns out that zebra patterns repel flies.
15:47 Scientists observed that flies only go for the heads of the animals and stay away from
15:51 the horse bodies.
15:56 Ants are known as hard-working animals even in the tales.
16:00 That's got a legit reflection in real life.
16:03 They can carry up to 20 times more weight than their own body weight.
16:07 These insects have other noble qualities too.
16:09 If an ant gets seriously injured, it will refuse treatment from the colony's paramedic
16:14 ant.
16:15 The ant knows that it can't make it so instead of wasting the colony's resources, this ant
16:20 forces the paramedic ant to carry on without it.
16:26 Camels can survive around 15 days without drinking water.
16:30 Many people assume that they store water in their humps.
16:32 Nope, humps are for food storage in the form of fat.
16:36 The water is kept in their bloodstream.
16:38 Speaking of camels, in some countries there is a tradition to hold camel beauty contests.
16:44 For instance, a contest was held in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as an attraction.
16:54 You see a giant housefly in the house but it flees from your ninja's hands.
16:58 You might think that nature will take care of it in a couple of days but actually, houseflies
17:03 can live for about a month or two.
17:06 The next fact is about an emergency on the road.
17:10 Detachable car headrests can be used as an escape tool.
17:14 You can break the window with the headrests if you can't leave the car by the doors.
17:18 You should wedge the headrest between the glass and the window sill.
17:21 Aim a corner.
17:23 Then you hit the headrest as hard as you can to break the glass safely.
17:27 You might have to hit a couple of times but it eventually shatters.
17:30 Don't give up after one try!
17:33 Don't be shy, share your wow facts with us!