Facts You Believe That Are Actually Lies 

Man, I remember going crazy in grade school arguing with other kids that blood was not blue. I realized it was hopeless when one of the homeroom teachers agreed with them. A generation was lost to madness...

"You may have heard that humans use only 10 percent of their brain...although this seems a little high for some people" 😂. This guy is hilarious sometimes.

Even if urine was somehow sterile, you still shouldn't drink it. It is about 3.3% sodium, which is almost as much as the sodium in the ocean. This means that drinking your urine wouldn't help with thirst. Instead, it would make you thirstier and die of dehydration.

I remember my mom telling me that the iron in your blood and the metal iron were 2 different elements... can't imagine how confusing the table of elements must have been to her.

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Your voice tone and pace in this video made this much more easier to listen to in the evening and/or at night. Loved the length and tone! Which is great because it's one of my fav channels!

Fun fact: in Germany we have a word for the tiredness after a big dinner. It's "Suppenkoma" which translates to soup coma XD

I learn more here than at school

Thank you for including how you don't shock asystole! As a critical care nurse, I can't watch medical dramas because they are so unbelievable and defibrillating everything is one of the biggest offenses!

when I was a child I thought my blood is green bc i read it hemogoblin instead of hemoglobin

Yes, they are myths. No, they are not typically lies. Lying requires someone *intentionally* deceive you. This is just a list of people being wrong/mistaken.

The catching a cold myth is very prevalent amongst many east/south east Asian communities. I def grew up thinking I'd magically get sick from being cold.

I can catch a cold from lack of sleep. Being exhausted weakens the immune system. It doesn't always happen. Maybe the season?

I love this video! It's so great that so many misconceptions are finally being cleared up! Thank you!

I always find it absolutely INSANE that it's 2022 and yet we still have these potentially civilisation ending myths floating around. Some of these myths are so old! Technology gets better but looks like overall, humans have peaked

This is by far one of the most interesting shows from you I've seen. Thank You!

Just wanted to say thanks for everything you do!

My grandmother told me stories of my grandfather being such an alcoholic that he would sleepwalk down the stairs to the kitchen and make himself drinks then come back to bed, never waking up.

In the winter or cold weathers, particles also stay in the air longer so it means that if a infected or sick person coughs or sneezes you could potentially catch their virus or cold, due to the particles staying longer in the air.

Love this vid. It really does clear some things up. I hope the fact checking is well done because I'm gonna source this vid in the future.

Your voice, and always coming up with the amazing information you share.....is just perfection. Thank you and please keep this up!!!!!!

Good information and I enjoyed the multiple items addressed here.

I've been arguing with people for years about the hair growing in thicker thing. It's maddening.

"A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence." - Rollo May

While in the operating room I've seen blood anywhere from a bluish ruby red, to almost orange red when it passed through a heart-lung machine. In dire circumstances, blood can appear nearly purple when drawn from the Artery of a gasping patient.

Keep up the good work 🎉

I remember being in the 5th grade and I ate burnt toast and this girl told me that I was going to die from eating burnt toast because it rot me from the inside out. Man 🤣🤣🤣 I was freaking out the whole day 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The tongue myth was the only myth out of these that I actually believed at some point in my life but none of the myths were something that I believe right now.

Fun fact : The more oxygen there is in the blood, the brighter the red will be. If the oxygen levels are low, the blood will be a darker shade of red

I liked the background music, really kept me engaged ❤‍🔥 Really good video, keep it up man ❣

It's so nice to finally find a channel that knows everything about everything!

I remember being taught in one of my psych classes that sleep walking occurs as a result of someone not becoming "paralyzed" during rem sleep. Seeing as how that is you dream state, and because of that they act out their dreams.

I really believe that if addiction was less stigmatized I would be in a much better place in my life.

People can't roll their tongue, what?

The blood being blue i knew that wasn’t true bc when you get blood drawn there’s no oxygen in the tube or bag and comes out red. Ppl still argue about this one

These types of things bamboozle my brain, its very hard to be taught something your entire life just to realize its not true. For example, I was always taught an equilateral triangle and an isosceles cannot both be used to describe a 2d triangle. Turns out that is wrong and every Equilateral is a isosocles. Geometry is painful sometimes.

I had a friend who was “double jointed” or extremely flexible in his elbows, shoulders, and knees. He could bend them almost completely in the opposite direction and it made him a really good goalie in hockey and soccer. He could intercept everything by contorting himself.

I'm just here for the "experts" in the comments 🤣🤣

Wow!!! Can’t believe how many myths I’ve believed all these years.

I would LOVE to see a cycling video. "Benefits of Cycling" "What happens when you cycle every day for a month" Something like that. LOVE the channel By the way. Been here FOREVER

i observed a very interesting thing in the early mornings. I couldn't see the planet Venus with my eyes but when I took a picture with my phone, it was very clear

I was told people who sleepwalked could get violent if you wake them up. I never heard of the death part.

i agree with most of this but the NOT eating right before swimming isn't just about cramping, but the same reason why you shouldnt eat right before any strenuous physical activities. You don't want to have a huge meal before a run, or swimming etc...risk of vomiting and aspiration is your biggest worry while you're in the water.

So, this has all just been a mythunderstanding.

I had a whole quarter dedicated to addiction in my Masters therapy class. I'm so glad this video and channel spoke on this! It's true, technically "food," is not addictive, it's how the some people's brain reacts to it! That's why we can shift blame from the individual and help them heal !

As an AEMT, we always bring defibrillators. Also, thanks for the “Drs in the field” comment. Flattering but we’re not doctors. Don’t tell the paramedics that.

Yup! Curling tongue I was taught about in 9th grade. I remember because we had one person who couldn’t. Good to clear that up.

19:40 while you are mostly correct, you added a bit of potentially very harmful misinformation. If a patient heart stops, you absolutely bring in the defibrillator 100% of the time unless they have a dnr. It cannot turn the heart back on, but if you push that epi, get a shock able heart rhythm without rosc, but don't have defibrillator, you pushed that epi and did cpr for nothing.

My little brother did the sleepwalking thing three times during childhood, to my knowledge. Twice he was apparently dreaming about going to the bathroom...well you can guess why. Anyways, the main time he came out and sat on a chair one night while I was talking with my parents. I asked him why he was up and he didn't respond. Dad said he's sleepwalking, guide him back to his bed and don't wake him. Afterwards I asked him if anyone else ever did the sleepwalking thing. He mentioned my older sibs doing so once or twice each, but that was about it. He had never known me to do so, and my Mom's never mentioned it.

It's a bit uncanny how much the thumbnail guy looks like me

I've never heard that saying that shaving your beard or any hair anywhere makes it grow thicker and darker. What I always heard was, that if you shave, you'll grow more hair

People still believe the Shaving one

Y’all need to do an entire video about sleep walking. Such as the myth, how the myth got started, and how and why it happeneds,

I have a question. Why do I only get the flu in the years I get the vaccine ( I’m talking a confined positive test from my doctor) but the years I don’t get it I don’t get the flu?

14:49 "fiddy sense" 🤣🤣🤣

Interesting Video, I was aware of many of these, As for Addiction, Some People Become Addicted To Things That Others Don't, I Believe that it is Partly Due to Genetics, I Smoked Cigarettes For 51 Years, I'm not Proud of That, I Quit Smoking 14 Months Ago And I'm Very Proud of That, It Was The Most Difficult Thing I've Done as Far as Stopping a Habit as I Enjoyed Smoking, C.O.P.D. Will Definitely Change The Way You Think About It, And if I Can do it, Anyone Can, Thanks For Posting. 👍

the illustrations are hilarious!

Well, on the eating and swimming "myth", I can attest to a real risk from my own experience: floating in the water did upset my stomach to the point of having urges to vomit while swimming. That is NOT safe.

23:14 Didn't some escape artist, Houdini or Simeone, start that myth to discourage potential rivals? I recall reading about that somewhere

I seem to recall being taught in school that human blood is blue in the body, but turns red when it hits the air. I believed that until today!

I'm pretty sure just about all of these myths were reinforced by teachers in my past

ah yes, can't forget the all important spidey sense on your diagram

The heart makes its own signal, it's not necessary for the brain to tell it to beat.

When the narrator talked about cracking knuckles i cracked mine at that time lol

Misinformation indeed one of the biggest mental dilemmas in life; it's simple yet so self-destructive.

I remember telling my parents that coffee can't stunt your growth. "UGG"

When I was first introduced to tongue curling, I couldn't do the trick at first. I wasn't convinced it was genetic and so would position my tongue into a curled state with my hands at home (of course I'd wash them after lol). Eventually with enough times positioning myself to emulate it I eventually became able to do it without needing to self assist.

This should be shown in all schools on the first and or last day of school.

DNA of two identical twins are not exactly same but they are similar.

Am not sure about the gum part, I once accidentally swallowed gum and had to force myself to vomit it and when it came out it was almost like paste.

Why would people think drinking Urine is sterile. Like why do you think your body would get try rid of it?

😂😂😂 AWESOME VIDEO

Im so completely miserable and thoroughly depressed with my life and this channel is one of the very few things that gives me any amount of happiness. Thank you infographic.

My mom told me I shouldn't stand in front of a microwave while it's being used for two reasons, it could always malfunction and burst open and possible radiation or something lol I don't know if I believed her but respected her enough to not do it :)

I didn't think the "double" in double-jointed meant more joints, but more directions the given joints can bend in, which, it kind of is...

Whatever the case with our heads, I *cannot* have my hair down in warm weather. If it's not pinned up, I'm suffering. And getting it off the back of my neck is the only way to ameliorate it.

11:22 Safe, right up until they aren't safe. A roll of the Dice 🎲

The hair myth likely comes from the fact that people start shaving before they complete puberty, and we naturally start to grow more hair during that period.

The vaccine and movie analogy is the stupidest comparison I heard.

I actually had a 7th grade science teacher tell me that our blood is blue in our body because it hasn’t been exposed to oxygen 😭

I've always thought that about the tongue

I'm not kidding when I say this, when I was in elementary school we were taught that human blood is blue before it reaches the heart and is oxygenated. Lol. That makes no sense. This wasn't too long ago, I'm old, but not ancient. Lol. 1992 or 93. But to think that's just one of the many things that we were taught that was completely wrong, and there is a ton, enough to write a book about, it absolutely blows my mind. So many things have changed just in the past 30 years. Even things they were teaching us in middle and high-school, a lot of it has been found out to be wrong, some ended up being backwards. It's mind-blowing, amazing, and also kinda frightening. Then again, in the state I live in, they no longer teach cursive writing. Which I find extremely sad and unfortunate. Gotta sign a contract or legal document, you have to sign and print your name. So guess this generation of kids are just supposed to figure it out on their own. When I had to write essays, cursive was mandatory. You would get a 0 if it was in print.

Automatically cracks knuckles.

I used to believe i was just built different because my friend had a pool and we would always have a food break and everyone but me and a couple others would wanna wait because they didn't wanna get cramps, all of us that would jump into the pool right after eating thought everyone else was just weak

I got hospitalization level sick at 23 and 24 years old from the flu shot which were 2 years that had high mortality rates in elderly

The CPR part, dr Mike would be proud i'm sure.

The reason you get sick in cold weather is because the cold can adversely affect a person's immunity system making it harder for the body to fight off viruses and bacteria.

It is awesome to watch infographics show on youtube I like what would happen if you don't brush you're teeth for 1 week

Human blood is definitely red but what about zombie blood?

Correction on the defibrillator and the heart: The heart has its own system that generates the electric signal needed to beat. It does not come from the brain. The Sinus node of the heart is responsible for this.

While the song one may be true, I will say that the ability to taste spiciness is limited by location on the tongue. Our Anatomy teacher demonstrated this. He had a student to close their eyes and dry their tongue out with a paper towel to prevent saliva transferring the flavor. He then applied a generous portion of hot sauce to the back of the tongue with no reaction. Then a sizable portion to the middle of the tongue with no reaction. Then just a drop or two on the tip. The student immediately recoiled and closed their mouth only to at that point taste all of the hot sauce that have been previously put on the tongue when they close their mouth and allowed the saliva to wet the tongue again

Your hair does grow back thicker, you’ll get more follicles with spilt hairs

8:23 I actually need to be in the cold to not get sick. I can’t regulate my body temperature as well as other people but I also can’t tolerate heat. Even a space heater makes me sick. I need to be in the cold with access to blankets so I can control how much warmth is on my body. Summer is scary for me. I’ll be fine in the heat temporarily but longer exposure will make me sick and make my skin will itch and sting like hundreds of bug bites.

Phoney bologna …that was funny…took me right back to 7 years old

I knew a long time ago hair doesn't grow back faster when you shave but no one believes me when I tell them😔

I thought everyone's thumb could bend backwards 90° until my friends got grossed out in college. Now, I pretend to "break" my thumbs to gross out my students.

I already knew about the double joint myth. I have hyper flexible fingers myself.

My mother, when she lived use to tell us kids. That if you swallow your gum", you'll become constipated. Lol.... Opps! just swallowed my gum from laughing🤣.

Well I stopped growing when I was 16 I'm 26 and just started regrowing. So that's a lie that the body stops growing when you're an adult.

I would recommend not swallowing gum because it is VERY easy to choke on.