He just had a list of facts in front of him all the time. Anyone can play this character. It just takes some out of session work. (I know horrible, a player, doing out of session work? How dare I even suggest such a thing)
@@JesterZari I believe he said he memorized and cross checked all the facts but had them written down on his notes as well. What I found truly impressive is not his vast knowledge, but rather the way he implement them and make them relevant to the scene.
"Whenever someone says they're gonna break all the bones in your body, I think no, that's too much work. But I could break half the bones in your body" is such a raw line, holy shit
In my time watching Dimension 20, and for that matter Dropout content in general, I have heard many lines which were downright terrifying. (Usually they come from Brennan, but not always.) This easily makes the top 5, if not the top three.
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasAh who can forget, “Do you remember your mother or grandmother first?” *followed by Lue clutching the person next to him’s shoulder*
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasmine is "the face of a divinity you don't worship, the smile of a devil you don't believe in" strongly followed by (not Dropout but) Brennan in Calamity saying "are you weakest do you feel at the elbow, or the shoulder?" _shudder_
Hank: I'm going to make a character who constantly tells odd facts. Brennan: Don't threaten me with a good time. Brennan after watching him in action: Don't threaten me!
God what I would do to play with them. We could have chemistry biology general technology geology basic particsl and normal physics and a few other fields covered in terms of fun facts. And I don't think hank went super deep into disease and viruses. He's more the cell bio guy. I can bring some whole new horrifying real facts. All spoken from the monkey man mihija with his purple robe sitting on his Crab robot rapu with barrels of brandy and oil strapped to the sides.
@@Turalcar y'know snakes don't actually unhinge their jaws, their mandibles (lower jawbones) are not fused and instead stretchy ligaments connect them allowing them to open so wide.
@@TheRealHappyHuntsmanhe used to be a camp counsellor and told horror stories to kids. I think it comes naturally to him. Lol. He's also trained at improv and a professional comedian who happens to have a show revolving around storytelling (of course, he's been playing d&d even longer than the show's existence). I think it's conceivable that that was improvised. But the "shadow" was always planned. It's the reveal that was improvised. It shows how quick Brennan is. He took Hank's vaguely menacing fun fact and worked it around his planned encounter for the players.
I love fun facts, but I was fully unprepared for how effective and entertaining The Fix's fun facts would be. The absolute *menace* that everyone reads into him is so incredibly funny.
"Whenever somebody says, I'm going to break every bone in your body, I think that's ridiculous. It'd be way to much work." "But I could break half the bones in your body."
when you tell someone breaking all bones is bard but that to break half the bones in their body all you have to do is crush their hands and feet and it wouldnt even be difficult. that can be a very scary thing if some big dude said that to you in real life.
i genuinely can't get over how well hank used his fun facts this season. not just in the scenes where he made NPCs (sometimes literally) shit their pants, but the swallow-tail butterfly and eagle claw scenes replay in my mind 24/7. they were such perfect metaphors for Conrad, it's so fucking cool how Hank 1) understood Alex's character so well 2) came up with the perfect fun fact to use as a metaphor and 3) responded so perfectly in character. i hope to see him on D20 more because he KILLED it
Sadly, we will not because Hank lives on the other side of the country, and for him to flim that short of a seasons worth of stuff he lived in a hotel room for about a week I think.He has a video talking about the d20 experience on his channel.
The Fix and Pasha scene is the first time I've really seen the unbridled neurodivergent joy in finding someone Like You nailed so well in media and it is wonderful
The moment where Hank just pauses and goes "The fix can't think of any facts" is such an amazing line with the context of everything, as its one of those sentences that reads like a puddle but leaves an ocean unsaid.
Your femur is under so much pressure being contracted by the tendons in your thigh that when it breaks, the two halves shear next to each other. Resetting the bone takes so much strength because you're basically stretching massive fucking rubber bands. Because of that, for most of human history, a broken femur had an 80% mortality rate, despite the fact that it didn't touch any organs. It wasn't until the Thomas Splint was invented around the turn of the 1900s that the odds flipped with an 80% survival, as the splint basically acted like a car jack to separate both halves of your femur against the compression of your tendons to safely reset the bone.
Moderately related fun fact: if the tendon under your kneecap severs, your kneecap will hang out near your groin, or so mom tells me about where mine was! 🫠
@@gingerpower303It fits thematically too, since the kids represent interests in various subjects, and the fix is the embodiment of hyperfixation on said interests. I remember the one running the home for the interests represents negativity, which shows how a negative mindset prevents you from pursuing potential interests.
The wasted effort of breaking ALL the bones in your body kinda makes the threat way more terrifying, but only in the context of knowing the allocation ratio. So retorting or concluding with "I'm gonna do it anyway." Is a perfect escalalation.
I’m going to disagree. Breaking every bone is actually beyond our comprehension and just bravado. But half the bones? That is an achievable goal and knowing that ratio gives us an understanding how he can do it.
@@nigeldyllianrobinson3762 counter-point: In an intimidation situation, telling someone that breaking all the bones in your body results in a bunch of wasted energy compared to breaking half the bones in your body shows they care about results, not the methods.
@@Ch4pp13 Different strokes for different folks. I find the thought of how easily he could break half our bones which imply a to the real threat of “I’m going to break your hands and feet” far more intimidating.
Arguably even *more* intimidating than some of the other things he's said. God, Hank played the Fix like he was a combination of everyone's favorite teacher and the Iceman, and I am absolutely here for it.
The faces of the cast when the one-in-six life-altering Fix-fact comes in and they go through all five stages of grief in four seconds. Plus another five for their characters.
Did you know that, if a bee’s hive is threatened by a hornet, they can basically dogpile on top of it and vibrate their wing muscles so fast that their combined body heat actually roasts the hornet alive.
@@AmrutaRanadeit's specifically a strategy employee by japanese honey bees to deal with the famous giant asian wasp, a species so vicious that a single wasp can decimate whole beehives. European bees aren't nearly as known for it and, in fact, the lack of this strategy makes it hard for them to be raised in japan, where giant wasps are common (or were, they're under risks of extinction).
Iirc it's known as "balling" and is also used to execute a queen bee when the hive determines that the queen is no longer capable of fulfilling the role
I just want to highlight beyond how cool the facts are that these two men created amazing characters and interaction by simply reusing the same "bit" over and over. Thats truely impressive character work to show so much connection and range simply relaying scientific facts as a love language.
Did you know, that hummingbirds, when they are trying to get a mate, will fly as fast as they can and release air out their but so it makes a sound through their tail feathers? the female hummingbird chooses a mate based on who makes the best sound. each variant of hummingbird species has a different sound they make.
Did you know that are several bird species in which males will assist one another in coordinated courtship dances and in fending off rivals? The practice is called "lekking." The secondary males will seldom mate, but because in some species (grouses and peacocks), they're highly likely to be related (siblings or cousins), their genes still benefit from the increased mating opportunities of the group.
The Fix: *vividly describes two horrible ways people can die over the course of a full minute, and with no transition whatsoever says* "I'd like you to tell me what's going on in this town."
The common deep-sea jellyfish Atolla has a similar bioluminescent defence mechanism nick named the "burglar alarm". When attack it will light up to attract other bigger predators to deal with the one attacking it.
Sure, it’s like when a horde of zombies start making their way toward you and your acquaintance, you throw something noisome in that person’s direction to divert the zombie’s attention from you.
kind of like how the "freshly cut grass" smell is a defense mechanism that grass uses, because when it is being eaten by like aphids or whatever, it releases that smell, which attracts bigger bugs to eat the bugs that are eating the grass
I love how Trapp was able to stay in character and just responds with "That makes me very curious." Also "Can I roll to see how horny the fix is?" Is also amazing
Breaking News: Perpetual motion has been discovered as a conversation between Brennan and Hank lasts until the heat death of the universe via fun facts
I was typing out a comment imagining another threatening Fix Factoid like "did you know, in the deep sea, some squid spray glowing ink on other animals attacking them? Because it's so dark, it's like a flashbang, and they can be blinded.. works much better than dark ink." "But you know, other things like the light. Bigger things. Bigger creatures. And they come in.. the predator becomes the predated.. and the little squid goes free." "I'm the little squid." AND THEN HE FUCKING USED THAT FACT AT 8:33
I love that as the season progresses, everyone becomes increasingly more reactive to Hank starting one of these because the second the first word is out they know they're going to receive psychic damage by the time he's done
Fun fact, Hippopotamus are too heavy to flost so when they sleep, they often sink underwater. To avoid drowning, they have a reflex that allows them to bob up for air even while unconscious.
they also produce reddish pink sweat. Their skin is very sensitive to both drying and sunburn, so the sweat acts like an automatic skin ointment. It also protects the skin from becoming waterlogged when a hippo is in the water.
The fun facts are obviously oustanding and wonderful on their own. The real gem of it all, to me at least, was when it would connect to what was going on. Like the "I don't think you're an eagle" message. It was such a perfect metaphor for what was going on in the moment, a really neat thing to learn, and resonated with me on a personal level. What more could you ask for? This season was obviously the Hank Green show, especially as it aired while he was going through cancer treatment, but that doesn't mean I didn't value the rest of the cast. The whole thing was just a joy to watch. I want to see Hank do more Actual Play series. He either revealed or discovered something that he needs to further share with the world.
He was on another actual play series called Titansgrave! And I think he got introduced to standup (not 100% sure if that was part of the D20 experience but seems related) and has been performing!
@@AmrutaRanade I had no idea! That's fantastic to learn, thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it and your heart for my comment. Hank doing stand up sounds like a weird but awesome thing I didn't know I wanted. lol
I love how The Fix manages to use cool science facts to simultaneously 1) drive terror into the hearts of men, 2) comfort his friends and inspire them to be their best selves, 3) flirt. Such a fun, compelling character.
Hank Green saying “pelicans . . .” was enough to make everyone at that table laugh, and i respect them all so much for that also it’s bizarre to hear Hank say that in any voice other than his actual own voice
I just realized that Pasha N. is probably the reason why The Fix has such access to fun facts inside this brain. His function isn't fun facts, it's just a byproduct of his job and a hobby. It's ended being her job though.
god I love the fix & pasha - I could watch them sharing facts for like 7 hours. also my special interest is snakes so this season kept me well fed! here's a few more snake facts for yall: 1. snakes can't blink - they don't have eyelids! there's a transparent ocular scale that covers the eye to protect it, sometimes called a spectacle. yes, that one part in harry potter where the snake winks at harry is a lie - rip. this also means it can be hard to tell if they are asleep; if a snake is just sitting there perfectly still staring at you, it's not plotting your demise - it's taking a nap! 2. it's a common myth that snakes are deaf, or that they don't have ears. while you can't see their ears from the outside, they do in fact have internal ears! they do hear sound, it's just more muffled than it would be for us - they rely more on smell and sight. 3. we used to think that snakes with slit-pupiled eyes are venomous and snakes with round pupils are non-venomous, but nowadays we know that it's actually about what time of day they're most active in! nocturnal snakes will usually have slit pupils, while diurnal snakes usually have round pupils. 4. there's not just nocturnal and diurnal (active at night and active during the day): there's my favorite all-time word, *crepuscular*. it means an animal that's most active at dawn and at dusk. garter snakes are crepuscular! (they have round pupils in case you were wondering ^v^)
Fun fact adjacent: Frogs use their eyes to push food down their throats because they can't actively swallow. And they're unable to throw up so they essentially throw up their stomachs and empty it out and use their eyes to swallow it back down again.
I am so grateful that Hank came in and played The Fix, but thank YOU *so much* for including Conrad, Trapp, and especially Pasha & Ronnie!!! (The way Brennan says 'reticulated python' in that voice is just too cute to handle.) 🥰🤩😍 Edit: And you got the ending!! YAY!! That bit was all I wanted and more, that was the absolute sweetest thing!
I read something I thought of only as fan fic, that Hank Green crushed on Brennan Lee Mulligan. After this comp, the BTS shorts, and reading the tweets Hank Green sent out, now I finally see it. Intellectual language gets their gears grinding. This is not a romance. THIS is a bromance. Now I'm buying Dropout to watch this.
Some people would say that it is a type of hell to hear something like “Daddy daddy, did you know? Did you know?” for the rest of their days. I started feeling certain urges when I imagined that, and I haven’t wanted that before.
Did you know that during the second world war, the Germans attempted to use captured Sherman Tanks to infiltrate the allied lines and sow chaos among their troops? 350 Shermans were requested for this purpose, but less than a dozen were actually delivered, so Panzers were used, painted to with allied colours. In order to avoid friendly fire, yellow triangles were painted on the back of these "Beutepanzers". The plan had a major flaw, however, as when real allied tanks came across them, and saw their giant german muzzle-brakes, unfamiliar markings, and lack of radio contact, they opened fire almost on sight.
Did you know that in WW2, Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats, which would then disperse and roost in eaves and attics in a 20-40-mile radius (32-64 km). The incendiaries, which were set on timers, would then ignite and start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper constructions of the Japanese cities.
I saw Hank explaining his character before I watched the show and I just felt like it was so specific there is no way it would work. Then I watched the show and holy shit his character is so compelling and the way he plays it is perfect
Did you know that while it is even more technologically feasible to build better supersonic aircraft now than the Concorde, the reason most airlines aren’t looking to do that is because there’s a loss of lift the closer to the speed of sound you get. So you need to use more fuel to achieve that extra speed. And that’s on top of the increased maintenance costs, wear/tear, and the reduced loads you can take in supersonic aircraft compared to the current airspeeds.
Also, at high operating limits, maximum operating mach and stall mach are so close together that there is only a small window between overspeed and stall ("coffin corner"). - Basically lift decreases close to mach 1, but once the air is reaching supersonic speeds, there can be more lift than at subsonic speeds (one needs to build the wings for that). The colder the air, the lower the speed of sound (mach speed is temperature-dependent). A subsonic jet can be flying faster than the speed of sound, while it is still flying in a safe range below mach 1 indicated due to jetstream winds (that happened a few years ago for example).
Also, many nations may prohibit supersonic flight over land, and airlines would only be able to employ supersonic carriers over oceans unless a soft-boom jet were developped.
I love the tension, the silence, around that fact about oxygen, I'd imagine whoever the Fix was interrogating looking on in shocked realization that they might not be breathing breathable air.
"Diners were originally from trains--they were the dining cars that had been taken out of service" THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SHAPED LIKE THAT!!!!??!?! That's so cool, It's so fantastic to know!
I somehow feel like Hank Green fans would know at least most of these facts from him spouting them off in his videos or generally how they already are lmao This is great
the compilation we've all been waiting for 🙏this is what an Intelligence (Intimidate) check looks like hank absolutely slaughtered at this, I never could have imagined being so intimidated by this bespectacled glasses man but here he is, taking my lunch money by telling me how many bones I have
wait am I not meant to be able to hum while my nose is completely blocked? I'd honestly never tried until this video but now i cant stop. It's like I discovered the worlds worst superpower
In order to create a sound, air is pushed through your vocal cords. That air needs somewhere to go. If you close both your mouth and your nose, you shouldn't be able to hum longer than it takes to fill up your mouth with air
Do you have a big 'ol bullfrog mouth like I do? Because I can't get much humming out before the air can escape my pursed lips, but hum I can all the same.
@@connerscott2687no, it means you have a hole somewhere that the air is coming out of. The most likely places would be somewhere in your orbital socket or somewhere in your ear.
One way of defining the length of a bird’s beak is the distance between the tip of the beak to the bird’s nostrils, which are usually located close to the skull. If you use this definition, the bird with the shortest beak in the world is the kiwi bird, because it’s nostrils are located at the tip of its beak. (The kiwi uses this adaptation to sniff around in leaf litter for food.)
i gotta say one of my favorite moments from Mentopolis (though there are a hell of a lot of contenders) has to be from episode 1 where Brennan is so genuinely intimidated that he makes the DC on the intimidation roll really low (like 3 i think)
Did you know that mushrooms are the reproductive organs of a fungi, like the fruit of a tree, so picking them doesn't harm the fungi? The fungus itself is a bunch of root like structures underground and they develop complex connections with plants and other fungi by connecting those structures and the plants' roots and they can share nutrients and water through them.
You know, Pasha, I love facts. Facts and factoids. I always have. For as long as I can remember I have collected them, treasured them, and shared them. But lately I can't find room in my head for anything but you. And I think that might just be the most fascinating fact of all. Or something like that. You know it's gunna happen.
Genuinely was not expecting to see clips of Hank Green of all people being on Dimension 20 and actually being seriously menacing by sheer virtue of dispensing intimidating knowledge, but by god am I happy for him. (This is not at all to knock Hank, I just genuinely never expected him to get in on tabletop!)
So if you're in a room with no way for the oxygen to replenish then you'd panic once the co2 builds up and your body realizes it's inhaling it because it forms acid in our stomach but if we were outside and all oxygen just suddenly vanished we wouldn't realize until we just fell over dead due to the lack of oxygen? I mean I guess that further explains the need for oxygen measuring equipment when we work inside closed off spaces like inside a tank because we literally can't detect the lack of oxygen ourself.
Yep, it's extremly difficult for us to realize hypoxia. That's why there is altitude measuring equipment with warnings if cabin altitude exceeds 10 000ft in planes (and there are immediate oxygen masks and an emergency decent following). There are flight centers where you can try a hypoxia room - they make sure you get the oxygen mask ^^. Additionally, hypoxia symptoms widely differ and you'd be in a state of euphoria before dying.
That's also one of the dangers of carbon monoxide. You can fill your lungs with it, which gives you enough air to actually *exhale,* but what you're getting in return still suffocates you.
Tbe acid doesn't form in the stomach, though, but your actual bloodstream. That's how your body can detect too much CO2. One of the reasons we wouldn't realize if all the oxygen disappeared from the atmosphere is because the vast majority of the air we breathe is actually molecular nitrogen gas, which we breathe in all the time and doesn't cause a build of acidity in our bloodstream. We'd never even see it coming.
@@Catman_CM yep, also sometimes when scuba divers ascend too quickly from deep down to the surface, nitrogen bubbles up in the bloodstream which can travel to the heart causing an embolism. They call it the Bends.
