Facts You Didn't Know And Myths You Still Think Are True

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00:00 Pockets are usually on the left side of shirts because most people are right-handed.

00:04 Is this a myth or a fact?

00:06 This is actually true.

00:09 Many products favor the righties.

00:11 Left-handed people will relate to this on so many levels.

00:14 Let's say public transport.

00:16 Have you ever noticed that the scanner at stations is typically on the right side?

00:21 Household equipment and devices are one more example.

00:24 Scissors, tweezers, bottle openers and many other kitchen and household appliances

00:29 are designed with right-handed people in mind.

00:32 The same goes for shirt pockets.

00:34 While some people use both hands equally and others change their hand preference between tasks,

00:39 overall, most people are right-handed.

00:42 A study has revealed that 75% to 90% of the world's population are right-handed

00:48 and 10% are left-handed.

00:50 This means it's more convenient for most people to have pockets on the left side

00:54 than on the right side of their garments.

00:56 Try it out for yourself.

00:58 Your elbow kind of folds when you try to reach into the pocket on the right side.

01:02 Whereas on the left side, your elbow makes an arc shape

01:06 which makes it easier to put things inside the pocket and take them out.

01:09 Eating more protein leads to having bigger muscles.

01:13 What do you think about this, bodybuilders?

01:15 Myth or fact?

01:17 This is a myth.

01:19 It's true that eating protein is essential for building bigger muscles.

01:23 I mean, proteins are building blocks of your body.

01:26 And yet, eating more than you need is unnecessary.

01:29 Everyone should drink 8 glasses of water a day.

01:33 Do you think this is a myth or a fact?

01:35 This is a myth.

01:38 So don't blame yourself for drinking less water than recommended.

01:41 8 glasses are not a magic number.

01:43 Hydration needs differ from one person to another.

01:46 How much water you should drink every day depends on your activity and exercise level.

01:52 The temperature of the place where you live affects this number too.

01:55 If you live in a hot area, you sweat more and need to drink more water.

01:59 Soup, coffee, tea, fruits and other things you eat daily also contain water.

02:05 Carrots are high in sugar, so you should avoid eating them.

02:10 If this is true, we should warn bunnies.

02:12 Any guesses, fact or myth?

02:15 It's a myth.

02:17 Carrots are about 85% water.

02:19 One pound of cooked carrots only contains 3 teaspoons of sugar.

02:23 Compared to the amount of sugar in desserts, this is nothing.

02:26 Plus, carrots are high in phytochemicals, and eating them can help lower blood sugar.

02:32 Medieval people believed in flat Earth.

02:36 Is this a myth or a fact?

02:38 Obviously, flat Earth is a myth.

02:41 But so is the history built around this myth.

02:43 You can't say that at those times.

02:45 The whole world was skeptical about Earth's spherical shape.

02:49 Even everyday visible things prove that.

02:51 For example, medieval people could see that the twilight glow during sunrise and sunset formed an arc over the horizon.

02:59 Vikings wore horned helmets.

03:02 Is this a myth or a fact?

03:04 The well-known image of a Viking warrior is almost always completed with a horned helmet.

03:10 But in reality, there were no horns.

03:13 There's no evidence that Viking helmets were horned.

03:17 Detox juices cleanse your body.

03:20 Is this a fact or a myth?

03:22 It's a myth.

03:24 Detoxification doesn't work that way.

03:26 Your internal organs are responsible for the process of cleansing.

03:30 The spleen, liver, kidneys, especially the liver.

03:33 Your body is always in a natural state of cleansing itself.

03:38 A person doesn't need to drink juices for detoxification.

03:41 Nuts are junk food.

03:44 Any thoughts?

03:45 Myth or fact?

03:48 You're right, this is a myth.

03:50 Nuts are full of healthy fats.

03:53 They're good for your heart and other organs.

03:55 The average American throws away about 82 pounds of textile waste per year.

04:02 Is this a fact or myth?

04:04 Fact.

04:06 Imagine all that waste.

04:08 When someone throws their clothes away, they don't disappear into thin air.

04:11 These items most likely reach landfills as their final destination.

04:16 Donating clothes and selling them in second-hand stores are a much better option.

04:20 Now, you've probably heard about life-saving laundry tricks

04:24 that are said to make your clothes super clean and as good as they were on day one.

04:29 What if those laundry tips are actually myths?

04:32 I got three of them lined up for you.

04:35 Shirts should be buttoned when you put them in the laundry.

04:38 Is it true or not?

04:40 This is a myth.

04:42 You'd better keep zippers closed to keep their teeth from catching the fabric of other clothes.

04:46 But fastening the buttons of a shirt can expand the button net and the buttonhole.

04:51 In the long term, buttons will start slipping out of place.

04:54 Washing clothes in hot water is the most effective way to clean them.

04:59 Is this a myth or fact?

05:01 That's another laundry myth.

05:04 You want to rid your clothes of germs.

05:06 Yet, hot water alone won't be enough for this.

05:09 Nowadays, many detergents can clean clothes in cold or warm water.

05:14 You should remove stains from the face of the fabric.

05:18 Is it true?

05:19 Most people apply water and soap to the stain starting from the front side of the fabric.

05:24 But that's not the best option.

05:26 A much better way is to start from the back.

05:29 The stain can go deeper if you treat it from the front.

05:32 Try to make the stain move up to the surface rather than push it inside.

05:38 Listening to music is an effective tool for learning languages.

05:41 Is it a myth or fact?

05:43 It's a fact!

05:45 Scientists say listening to a song and humming along can help you learn a language.

05:50 Most people struggle to learn grammar.

05:52 Yet, in our daily lives, we don't always follow grammar rules.

05:56 Songs can help you pick up informal expressions.

05:59 Scientists have also concluded that music can help you remember new words and add them to your vocabulary.

06:06 Let me give you an example.

06:08 It's from your first year at school.

06:10 Yep, the alphabet song!

06:12 Do you ever feel you've been watched and discovered that you're right?

06:17 Well, that spider-sense-like feeling is called gaze detection.

06:21 Your brain senses when someone is staring at you.

06:24 Research explains this as a sort of defense mechanism.

06:28 A direct gaze can be a symbol of dominance and that can be a potential threat.

06:32 Humans evolved with this feeling in time.

06:36 Strangely, it works when the person looks right at you.

06:39 If their gaze is off just a few degrees to the left or right of you, your brain won't react this way.

06:45 What about the urge to re-watch your favorite movies or listen to your songs over and over?

06:51 You're not alone.

06:52 This habit has some benefits for your mental health.

06:55 This behavior eases your mind.

06:57 When people feel overwhelmed, they'll have less self-control and be less motivated to complete hard tasks.

07:04 You are drawn into the office's first season again because when you watch, listen, or do something familiar,

07:10 you don't have to spend the effort to monitor what you're thinking.

07:13 So, it's a good way to have a quick mental reset.

07:16 Here's another feeling.

07:18 Imagine you're enjoying the sunset on a terrace or at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

07:22 Out of nowhere, your inner voice whispers, "What if I jump?"

07:27 This isn't coming from a darker state.

07:29 You know, it's just sort of a feeling that appears when you're high up.

07:33 There is a name for this.

07:34 The "call of the void" or the "high place phenomenon" is a relatively new research topic, but more studies are on the way.

07:42 Jim Carrey's great performance in The Truman Show is surely remembered.

07:47 Did you know that The Truman Show delusion is an actual thing?

07:51 The phenomenon is an issue related to cognitive neuropsychiatry.

07:55 People with this delusion believe that they're being filmed and that the footage will be broadcasted for entertainment.

08:03 There was a time when aluminum was more precious than gold.

08:06 I know, it's hard to believe.

08:08 We now wrap our sandwiches on this everyday item.

08:11 If we go back to the 19th century, we would see aluminum as a hard-to-get element

08:16 because it was literally hard to obtain until innovators found a way to extract it on large industrial scales.

08:22 Then, the reign of aluminum was over.

08:25 There are stories about the French ruler Napoleon III having an aluminum cutlery set that he served food to his special guests.

08:32 We might as well talk about a time travelers party held in 2009.

08:39 The theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking invited time travelers to hang out.

08:44 There was a huge banner hung up with the words "Welcome, time travelers!"

08:49 No one showed up, but maybe travelers had prior engagements and that's why they didn't attend the party.

08:55 I swear I'm not crying because no one showed up to that awesome party.

09:00 I was just cutting an onion.

09:02 Why do we burst into tears when we chop onions?

09:05 Because of a particular enzyme.

09:07 Is there a solution?

09:09 Next time, get some damp paper towel and put it on the cutting board next to the onion.

09:15 The acidity that comes from the enzyme will go towards the wet paper instead of your eyes.

09:19 The ancient Egyptian civil calendar was quite similar to the one we use now.

09:25 They had 365 days divided into 12 months.

09:29 But instead of spreading a 31st to some months, they would add those extra days to the end of the year.

09:35 Now, let's turn our cameras to the animal kingdom again.

09:42 Is there a benefit for zebras to have their fascinating pattern?

09:45 Scientists asked this question too and experimented.

09:49 They dressed up horses with zebra look-alike coats.

09:52 The coat was covering the whole body of the horses but their heads.

09:55 It turns out that zebra patterns repel flies.

09:59 Scientists observed that flies only go for the heads of the animals and stay away from the horse bodies.

10:09 Ants are known as hard-working animals even in the tails.

10:12 That's got a legit reflection in real life.

10:15 They can carry up to 20 times more weight than their own body weight.

10:19 These insects have other noble qualities too.

10:22 If an ant gets seriously injured, it'll refuse treatment from the colony's paramedic ant.

10:27 The ant knows that it can't make it so instead of wasting the colony's resources,

10:32 this ant forces the paramedic ant to carry on without it.

10:38 Cars these days aren't just adapted for the cold season.

10:41 They come with cool features to help out during the summer months too.

10:45 I'm talking about those neat sun visors.

10:48 Check your car to see if it has this added bonus feature.

10:51 We know they twist to help the driver out even when they're not driving directly towards sunlight.

10:57 Sun visors can also extend, so they can provide shade to a larger area.

11:03 If yours can't extend, there's a simple solution.

11:06 Buy a sun visor extender. You can even find them online.

11:10 They work by being attached to your existing sun visors or the windows for better shade coverage and visibility.

11:17 Now your car might have another hidden feature.

11:20 Well, it's technically not in the car, but in its tires.

11:24 These days, some cars come equipped with foam-filled tires.

11:29 They were created to fix the problem of air-filled ones that often went flat.

11:33 Why? Well, because foam-filled tires have many of the same benefits as air-filled tires without the danger of leaks.

11:41 Regular air-filled tires can sometimes lose air over time, even if there hasn't been any damage.

11:48 In most cars with this feature, the tires are not completely filled with either foam or air.

11:54 They have a mix of both.

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12:00 A bonus of these modern tires is that they make the cars quieter.

12:04 Generally, electric cars make less noise, but because of that foam, they end up being as quiet as a cat.

12:11 Some people like the fact that they're quiet, while others prefer that classic screeching or rumbling that vehicles make.

12:18 But even people who like the sound of regular engines might like the quietness of these new models

12:24 because they are still very fast.

12:26 Hey, I drive one, and it's fun!

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12:31 You might have stumbled upon a button called AEB.

12:34 It stands for Automatic Emergency Braking, and it's a feature that uses sensors to detect if a collision is going to happen really soon.

12:42 When activated, it will automatically apply the brakes to try and prevent something bad from happening, or make it less severe.

12:51 There are two types of AEB. One that only works at slow speeds, and one that works at all speeds.

12:58 If the car can't be stopped completely, the AEB system will try to slow it down as much as possible to reduce the impact.

13:06 Many cars now have systems that can warn you if someone is walking in front of you,

13:12 and can even automatically stop the vehicle to prevent an accident.

13:17 These systems use special sensors that can also detect bicycles and animals.

13:21 However, a study found that these systems don't always work well, especially at night.

13:27 Even if your car comes equipped with this added feature,

13:30 it's crucial to always pay attention while driving and not rely solely on these systems.

13:36 A little thing called Lane Centering Assist helps you stay in the middle of your lane when you're driving on the highway.

13:44 It's not a replacement for paying attention to the road either, but it can help guide you through gentle curves.

13:51 You'll still be in control of the car and can turn the wheel if you want to go in a different direction.

13:56 Some systems give you a lot of feedback, while others are more subtle.

14:01 Lane Centering Assist can't handle sharp turns, and in most cars doesn't work if you don't have the cruise control on.

14:09 What's also cool about this feature is that if it senses you've removed your hands from the wheel,

14:15 it'll give you the warning to return to the correct driving position.

14:19 A lot of accidents can happen when you're reversing your car, like out of the supermarket parking lot.

14:26 Parking sensors can help prevent these things from happening

14:30 by using radar or sound to detect things that the driver might not see from his position.

14:36 These sensors will make a noise or show a warning on the car screen to let the driver know something is there,

14:42 like another car or a person passing by.

14:45 If you're planning to have a road trip, you know how hard it is to adapt to various speed limits throughout the country.

14:53 Traffic Sign Recognition is a technology that can help with that.

14:57 It allows you to know what the speed limit is on the road you're driving on.

15:02 It uses a camera to take pictures of traffic signs and display them on a screen in your car.

15:07 This can be helpful if the signs are hard to see or if you miss them while driving.

15:12 Some cars with this technology can even change their speed automatically based on the signs they see.

15:19 This technology is mostly found in luxury cars, but it is becoming more common in other types of cars too.

15:28 The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has made studies that show up to 6,000 drivers per year have bad accidents

15:36 simply because they were too tired.

15:38 Sure, I would like my car to come with built-in coffee makers or showers to keep me awake on those long days driving,

15:45 but some do have systems that can tell when a driver is getting kinda snoozy.

15:50 These systems monitor the movements you make while in the driver's seat.

15:55 It looks at things like how you turn the steering wheel around and move the car.

15:59 If it senses you're a bit too tired to move on, it'll make a noise and show a message on the dashboard urging you to take a break.

16:07 Some of these systems even show a picture of a coffee cup to remind you to stop at the next gas station for a refreshing beverage.

16:15 Might save your life too!

16:17 Is this safe to eat?

16:19 We sometimes see strange dots on our potatoes and wonder if we should just throw them away.

16:24 Here are 10 eat or toss facts.

16:27 Did you know that every year 119 billion pounds of food is wasted only in the United States?

16:35 To put it in perspective, this number means nearly 40% of all food in America is wasted.

16:42 People throw away food if they don't have confidence in the ingredients.

16:46 They're being cautious and it makes sense, but what if the food is safe to eat and only looks weird?

16:53 The first item on the list is beef.

16:55 When it comes to meat, people naturally get extra cautious.

16:59 Imagine you buy some raw beef in the store.

17:02 Later on, you realize it's got some brown spots.

17:05 If you toss it immediately, hear me out.

17:08 This is normal. In fact, you can see brown layers also inside the beef.

17:13 Bright red color equals fresh meat, huh?

17:15 Not necessarily.

17:17 When the meat is first cut, it's maroon.

17:20 If the meat is quickly vacuum packaged, it will keep that shade.

17:24 But if the meat is exposed to air for like 15 minutes, then oxygen will cause a change in the look to red.

17:31 The redness can turn brown when the biochemical reaction starts.

17:35 This can take a few hours.

17:37 Workers at the grocery stores grind the meat several times a day to achieve that bright red color

17:42 because they know consumers are cautious about maroon-looking beef.

17:46 If the beef is wrapped in an oxygen-permeable plastic, it turns bright red after exposure to oxygen.

17:53 As long as the meat smells and feels fresh, and if it's been stored properly, it should be safe to eat.

18:00 Have you ever come across dark lines under a shrimp shell?

18:04 This one has a similar story to beef.

18:06 Black lines on your shrimp's flesh are related to a natural phenomenon.

18:11 They gradually occur after shrimps are taken from the water.

18:14 Meat is exposed to oxygen, and the blackness gets more visible over time.

18:19 Here also, the pattern of the animal itself can be a factor.

18:23 These black lines can be a naturally occurring discoloration on the shrimp.

18:28 Think of cats. They also have different color patterns, but they're the same in terms of species.

18:34 Next time you can conduct a mini-experiment in your kitchen.

18:37 Put a couple of shrimps side by side and observe the mild differences in the shrimp's color patterns.

18:43 Shrimp will have a distinct bad odor when it's no longer edible, so if it smells and tastes fresh, don't toss it!

18:50 Should you eat moldy yogurt?

18:53 That green substance on the surface doesn't look appealing at all.

18:56 But if you scoop it out, you seem to have clean yogurt underneath.

19:00 The short answer is toss it.

19:03 The mold could be seen on the top only, but it has probably gone deep.

19:07 Not to mention that it'll taste bad.

19:09 Many molds are harmless, but some produce toxic substances.

19:13 Green mold is a type of penicillium.

19:16 Does this word sound familiar?

19:18 That's the same type of mold used in the antibiotic penicillin.

19:22 Don't get too excited.

19:24 Eating moldy yogurt won't magically cure bacterial infections.

19:27 It only spoils your dairy product.

19:30 In 2013, there was an outbreak related to one line of yogurts.

19:35 The company handed the products to stores as usual.

19:38 After some time, they received customer complaints.

19:41 They said that the yogurt looked like yogurt soup and tasted really old.

19:46 Turns out that a type of fungus probably released some carbon dioxide.

19:51 It made the product fizzy and bloating.

19:54 The company and another independent scientist both said that this fungus in question wasn't usually harmful to people.

20:02 Yet, more than 200 people reported becoming affected by it.

20:06 So, these sorts of things can still happen.

20:09 You should trust your spidey sense.

20:11 If you've ever been lucky enough to see some mold in a freshly opened package,

20:15 reach out to the manufacturer.

20:17 You'll potentially save others from facing the same scenery by notifying the company about a systemic issue

20:23 and preventing potential future product waste.

20:26 Plus, the company probably wants to make amends and either reimburse your sad yogurt with a happy one

20:32 or better, they'll give you coupons for free products.

20:35 Why do avocados sometimes have brown dots inside?

20:39 Technically, it's edible, but you might not want to eat it.

20:43 Avocados are a source of many vitamins like C, E, K, and B6

20:49 as well as healthy stuff like magnesium, potassium, and more.

20:53 The avocado works hard to become such a health storage.

20:57 Nutrients, water, and sugars wander around this fruit.

21:00 Yes, technically, avocado is classified as a fruit.

21:04 Anyway, avocados have their own transport channels like veins.

21:09 These channels are normally invisible to us.

21:12 Until something goes out of the ordinary, the avocado may be stored in too cold temperatures for a longer time than it should.

21:19 As a result, the tissue cells might be weakened and start to deteriorate.

21:23 Experts say that after the fruit is harvested, if it stays in the refrigerator for a few weeks before you buy it,

21:29 vascular browning can occur.

21:31 This phenomenon becomes visible after you keep the avocado at room temperature for a few days.

21:36 Don't be hard on yourself. It's not because of you.

21:39 So, should you eat it or toss it?

21:41 You can eat the brown-dotted avocados, but you may want to taste them first.

21:45 They might not taste good compared to a regular one.

21:48 Now, let's test you.

21:50 Are there more trees on Earth or stars in the Milky Way?

21:53 If your answer is stars, sorry, you're wrong.

21:57 According to scientists' estimations, there are up to 100 billion stars in our galaxy and about 3 trillion trees on Earth.

22:05 Now, that's impressive.

22:07 Pluto still hasn't made a complete orbit since it was discovered.

22:11 And now imagine that it was found back in 1930.

22:14 It takes about 248 years for Pluto to make a full orbit around the Sun.

22:20 By the way, Mercury is the fastest.

22:22 It takes only about 88 days for this planet to make a full trip.

22:26 However, Pluto will complete its first full orbit since its discovery in 2178.

22:32 I can't wait!

22:34 One more fun fact about planets.

22:36 The dwarf planet Haumea has a very peculiar shape.

22:40 It looks exactly like a potato.

22:42 It's about the same size as Pluto and has rings similar to those Saturn has.

22:47 If you ever want to find it, it's located beyond the orbit of Neptune.

22:51 Nachos aren't some ancient Mexican food.

22:54 They were invented less than 100 years ago.

22:57 Ignacio Aña, nicknamed "Nacho," is said to have created this dish in the 1940s.

23:02 There's a nice story behind nachos.

23:05 A regular customer got really hungry and asked if Ignacio could bring her and her 3 friends something different that day.

23:11 He saw how hungry the ladies were and decided to cook something quick for them.

23:16 He had to improvise using available ingredients.

23:19 So, he put some tortillas, grated loads of cheese on top of them, and heated the dish from above.

23:24 To make the dish more savory, he added some jalapeno peppers on top.

23:28 Mamie Finan, that very regular customer, asked what the name of the unusual snack was.

23:34 Ignacio didn't think long and said the name was "Nacho Special."

23:39 Oranges aren't necessarily orange.

23:42 If grown in subtropical regions, the climate isn't cold enough to break down the chlorophyll, so the fruit peel stays yellow or greenish.

23:50 Such oranges usually get treated with ethylene gas that can help turn the oranges orange.

23:55 Orange you impressed with that?

23:57 Ok, it's time for a little riddle for you.

24:00 What's common between peanut butter and an engagement ring?

24:03 Both of them contain diamonds.

24:05 Scientists have learned how to turn peanut butter into diamonds.

24:09 They extracted the oxygen from CO2.

24:12 They got the carbon and then put it under intense pressure.

24:15 And in the end, they got diamonds.

24:19 I suppose.

24:20 Pufferfish, also known as blowfish, are famous for two things.

24:24 It's clumsy and it can literally turn into a sort of a balloon.

24:28 Blowing themselves up helps them survive in the wild.

24:31 They are inedible when swollen.

24:33 Well, they're not entirely inedible even when they're deflated.

24:37 Their poison is over a thousand times more toxic than cyanide.

24:41 Don't count on antidotes, they just don't exist.

24:43 Or probably, we need more time to find one.

24:47 Not only can people become knights, but penguins can do that too.

24:51 There's one living in Edinburgh, and it was granted knighthood back in 2008.

24:55 Meet Nils Olof III, the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian Kings Guard.

25:02 So, what size of shoes do you wear?

25:05 I bet it's way smaller than the size the Statue of Liberty wears.

25:09 No statue needs shoes, but if the Statue of Liberty wanted to grab a pair of new sneakers,

25:15 it'd need to look for size 879.

25:17 No surprise here, she's 151 feet tall.

25:21 These are our muscles that can cause goosebumps.

25:24 These tiny fan-shaped muscles are called erector pili,

25:28 and we have them at the base of every hair follicle.

25:31 Whenever it's cold, they get contracted,

25:34 which makes our hairs literally stand up, creating goosebumps.

25:38 You may think you're not an athlete,

25:41 but if you've ironed your clothes in very uncomfortable locations at least once,

25:45 you already are. Well, sort of.

25:47 Extreme ironing is an extreme sport where people take ironing boards

25:51 to very unexpected places, such as forests, canoes, or mountains,

25:55 and iron the clothes there.

25:57 Some do that even on the top of bronze statues or underwater.

26:01 And yeah, there are even official championships.

26:04 Haven't these people heard of permanent press?

26:08 Rap battles aren't something that appeared recently.

26:10 In medieval England, there was something called "flighting,"

26:13 which was very much like contemporary rap battles.

26:16 It was quite popular in the 15th and 16th centuries,

26:19 when two opponents mocked each other in an improvised battle.

26:23 Tongue map says we have different parts for different tastes.

26:27 Well, not really.

26:29 There are individual taste buds that sense certain flavors

26:32 more than they do with some others,

26:35 which doesn't mean one area can taste sweet better than the other.

26:38 Studies show that all mouth areas have taste buds sensitive to all tastes.

26:43 Chameleons don't change colors because they want to match their surroundings.

26:47 That would probably be a very tiring thing to do.

26:50 In reality, some other things, like mood, temperature,

26:53 or the amount of light they get, affect their color.

26:56 When chameleons relax and stretch cells,

26:59 crystals that are inside of them are affected by the light.

27:03 Some reptiles use crystals to communicate with each other.

27:05 So, for example, darker shades show that they're not in such a good mood.

27:10 It's more like they feel kinda grumpy.

27:12 Ah, beware the grumpy chameleon!

27:15 Turkeys can blush just like people do.

27:18 It works the same way.

27:20 They blush when angry, excited, or even feel bad.

27:23 You can see the skin on their necks and heads turn red.

27:26 Opossums don't really sleep while hanging by their tails.

27:31 You'll see cartoons and some photos, but in general, they don't.

27:33 Their tails are strong, so these animals can grip branches and hold their weight,

27:37 but only for shorter periods.

27:39 Adults are really too heavy to stay in this position for too long,

27:43 so they wouldn't get too much rest.

27:45 So I could say, hanging by their tail overnight is sort of impossum-ble.

27:50 The largest lollipop ever created goes back to 2012,

27:54 when a Californian candy manufacturer made a staggering chocolate-flavored one.

28:00 It weighed more than 7,000 pounds and stood proud at nearly 5 feet tall.

28:04 And if we take the stick into consideration too,

28:07 this huge lollipop was over 11 feet tall.

28:11 One of the most famous lollipop brands in the world is Chupa Chups.

28:15 Did you know this brand's logo has a very famous name behind it?

28:19 It was that of none other than Salvador Dali himself,

28:23 the famous surrealist artist.

28:25 The company approached him in 1969 to design the logo.

28:29 And he came up with a distinguishing design that we know and love,

28:33 which has the Chupa Chups name incorporated into a brightly colored daisy shape.

28:38 The famous painter also came up with the idea

28:41 that the logo should be placed on top of the candy instead of on the side.

28:45 Why?

28:47 So that you can always see it perfectly without any of the wrinkles

28:50 that are often associated with candy packaging.

28:53 Smart, right?

28:55 More so, this brand is also associated with candies we enjoy in the most uncommon places.

29:01 A story goes that a Chupa Chups was the first lollipop to be eaten in space.

29:06 That was back in 1995,

29:09 when an astronaut brought a Chupa Chups to the space station,

29:12 officially making it the first lollipop to be consumed in a zero-gravity environment.

29:17 Hmm, I wonder if it tasted any different.

29:20 There's a Chupa Chups under the sea too,

29:23 but it's not actually what you think.

29:26 It's not the easiest thing in the world to enjoy a lolly underwater, right?

29:30 But as they were advancing into an expedition to the Wardall Sea in the Antarctic Ocean back in 2000,

29:37 a group of scientists stumbled upon a weird-looking sea sponge.

29:41 It had a round-shaped head and was surprisingly similar to a lollipop.

29:46 Obviously, it was given an appropriate name.

29:49 The short version was S. Chupa Chups.

29:52 If you ever search for pictures of these creatures,

29:55 they look like underwater lollipops scattered on the bottom of the seabed.

29:59 Now, while we're on the subject of shape,

30:02 ever wondered why lollipop sticks have that square hole featured in the plastic design?

30:07 It actually has to do with the manufacturing process.

30:11 When produced, the candy is melted into the stick.

30:14 This ensures that the head of the lollipop stays firmly attached to its corresponding stick

30:19 so that it doesn't come loose and end up falling off.

30:23 Ooh, what a pity!

30:25 Another reason is more of a safety feature,

30:27 so the lollipop stick doesn't become a choking hazard if swallowed by accident.

30:31 Since it does allow air to go through,

30:34 there's still some breathing room should it ever get stuck somewhere unfortunate.

30:38 These days, the company Tutti Roll has become the largest manufacturer of lollipops.

30:44 They make over 16 million candies each and every day.

30:48 As for the Dum Dum lollipops, they got their name from their inventor.

30:53 He wanted a name that was easy to pronounce and remember by the younger generation,

30:57 the main demographic for the product.

31:00 How about the Dum Dum mystery flavor?

31:03 Is it actually that mysterious?

31:05 Nah, it's actually a pretty straightforward recipe.

31:09 They make it when one batch of flavor is running out and the next one is beginning.

31:13 So, the flavor comes out of random combinations of two different tastes,

31:17 whatever they may be.

31:19 But what does the famous writer Charles Dickens have to do with the lollipop?

31:25 Well, it turns out that in the modern world,

31:28 this name first appeared in one of his novels.

31:31 That was back in the 1800s.

31:33 Lollipops aren't all fun and games.

31:36 Some of them are even used to cure people.

31:39 They are especially handy for young ones who find it difficult to deal with traditional versions.

31:44 But some of those lollipops are strictly for adults.

31:48 If you're a big fan of this sweet treat,

31:51 you might want to prepare for a nice celebration on the 20th of July each year.

31:55 That's when people in America celebrate National Lollipop Day.

32:00 It's common for people to give each other lollies during this day.

32:03 Some stores even launch unique lines for this occasion

32:06 and also put their best products on display.

32:10 The lollipop has some neat world records attached to it too,

32:14 like the longest chain of people licking lollipops,

32:16 which featured a mind-boggling 12,831 individuals.

32:21 They put the event together in Valladolid, Spain,

32:24 back in September of 2008.

32:27 And for people looking for something fancier,

32:30 you should know that the world's most expensive lollipop

32:33 comes with a hefty price of over $10,000.

32:37 It's not one single lollipop per se,

32:41 but a chair made with 60 pounds worth of confectioner's sugar.

32:44 Now, there are things about nature that you know for sure.

32:48 Or don't you?

32:50 Let's check how much you know about the incredible world we live in.

32:54 How many of the 14 points will you guess? Let us know!

32:58 The Great Pyramid of Giza was built when mammoths still roamed the Earth.

33:02 Myth or fact?

33:05 It's actually a fact.

33:08 The most famous pyramid in the world had been constructed

33:12 about 500 years before woolly mammoths went extinct,

33:16 approximately 4,000 years ago.

33:19 Their last known habitat was the cold and deserted Wrangel Island

33:23 in the Arctic Sea, which might not have been as cold then as it is today.

33:28 There are more trees on Earth than stars,

33:31 in the Milky Way. Is it myth or fact?

33:35 It's a fact.

33:37 Scientists used to believe there were about 4 billion trees on our planet,

33:41 but more recent studies have shown that there are over 3 trillion of them,

33:45 making it 420 trees per person.

33:48 As for the stars in our galaxy,

33:51 there are only about 100 billion of them.

33:55 There are only about 100 billion stars in the Milky Way.

33:59 As for the stars in our galaxy, there are only about 100 billion,

34:03 which is 30 times fewer than the trees on Earth alone.

34:07 The trees you see are all individual ones. Myth or fact?

34:11 This is false, in fact.

34:14 90% of the trees on Earth are interconnected by mycelium filaments.

34:19 They send warning signals when in danger

34:23 and exchange nutrients through them.

34:27 It's kind of like the underground Internet.

34:31 Also, there are organisms like Pando, for example,

34:35 which is the largest single living being on the planet.

34:39 It looks like a dense forest of quaking aspens.

34:43 In fact, it's basically a single giant tree,

34:47 with its roots being interconnected underground.

34:51 We drink the same water dinosaurs used to drink

34:55 and we're still drinking it.

34:59 Actually, it is!

35:02 Only a small portion of the water on our planet has evaporated for good.

35:07 The rest of it is constantly renewed.

35:11 So, mammoths, dinosaurs, and whatever came before them billions of years ago

35:16 drank and swam in the same water we see today.

35:20 Not to mention what else they did in the water.

35:24 But there's a question about those ancient creatures

35:27 for us to find out more about them.

35:30 Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

35:33 Are you willing to bet on that? Myth or fact?

35:37 If you aren't, good for you!

35:45 Lightning may strike the very same spot as many times as it wants.

35:49 It might seem random, but the electrical discharge from the sky

35:53 is one of the tallest objects in the thunderstorm area.

35:56 Also, the material this object is made of matters too.

36:00 It's by no chance that lightning rods on buildings

36:03 are mostly made of copper and aluminum alloys.

36:06 These metals are some of the most conductive materials,

36:09 so they pull lightning very efficiently.

36:12 All deserts are hot. Now this one's easy, right? Myth or fact?

36:17 If you guessed it's a myth, then right you are!

36:19 Deserts are qualified not for their temperature,

36:22 but for the presence or absence of growth and life in them.

36:26 The most well-known desert is the Sahara, of course,

36:29 and it is indeed very hot.

36:31 The actual largest desert in the world is Antarctica,

36:35 which is almost twice the size of the Sahara Desert.

36:38 And you wouldn't believe it, but it's actually quite hot.

36:43 It's a polar desert, and there are several others on our planet,

36:46 for example, Greenland.

36:48 There's enough gold underground to cover the entire planet in a thick layer.

36:52 Would you believe that?

36:54 Well, you should, because it's true.

37:05 Since 1950, humanity has mined nearly 1,000 tons of gold.

37:10 If we made a cube out of all this metal, it would be 70 feet high and wide.

37:14 Recent data from scientists confirm that there are huge reserves of gold in the Earth's core.

37:19 The metal is enough to cover the whole planet,

37:22 and people might have gold up to their knees.

37:25 The problem is, we just can't mine it from there.

37:28 Hey, I don't mine if you don't.

37:30 The Moon and Mars are better mapped than the Earth's surface.

37:34 The Earth's surface is the closest to the Sun,

37:38 and the Moon and Mars are better mapped than the Earth's oceans.

37:40 Now, this can't be true, can it?

37:42 Actually, it can.

37:52 We have a detailed map of the Moon and Mars,

37:55 although we're still discovering surprises on their surfaces, granted.

37:59 Still, over 80% of the Earth's oceans are unmapped and unexplored.

38:05 We can't study the oceans properly because of pressure, cold,

38:08 and lack of light underneath billions of tons of water.

38:11 The lava is always red.

38:14 What other color can it be, right?

38:16 Myth or fact?

38:18 Myth.

38:26 Usually, lava is really red or orange,

38:29 because it's basically molten rock from the deep bowels of our planet.

38:34 There's one volcano in Indonesia whose lava is blue and luminescent.

38:38 Only at night, though. During the day, it looks normal.

38:41 No mystery about it, just tons of sulfuric gas.

38:45 This volcano also has the largest acidic crater lake in the world.

38:49 The water there is so turquoise, you'll want to jump in immediately,

38:53 but you probably guessed you should never do that.

38:56 The fire on that volcano is also blue,

38:59 the largest blue fire in the world, rising up to 16 feet high.

39:03 Ever seen a gas stove burning?

39:05 Here, the principle is basically the same.

39:08 There are two reasons plastic bottles have grooves.

39:12 First, if you're drinking cold water, and it's hot outside,

39:15 you'll see there's a lot of condensation on your bottle.

39:18 Or maybe if you're playing some sport or working out.

39:22 Your hands are sweaty, and if a bottle had a smooth surface,

39:25 it would be more difficult to grip it.

39:27 So the ridges are there to improve your hand grip.

39:30 The second reason is that because of these ridges,

39:33 manufacturers can use thinner plastic.

39:36 That means they need less material in overall production.

39:40 And that plastic is still firm enough for the bottle to maintain its shape.

39:45 Wooden coat hangers are not just there to look nice.

39:49 Since they're made of cedar wood, they bring a nice scent to your closet.

39:53 Plus, they repel bugs.

39:55 They're also quite firm, so they come in handy for heavy clothes, such as jackets.

40:00 And it's hard to damage them, so they'll serve you longer.

40:04 You may have noticed there's a colored square at the bottom of your toothpaste.

40:09 These blocks mostly come in blue, red, green and black.

40:14 They are some sort of "eye marks",

40:17 since they help manufacturing machines at the assembly line

40:20 recognize where and when to cut the toothpaste and seal the end of the tube.

40:26 Some boots have loops at their top and back.

40:29 Looks like a fashion statement, doesn't it?

40:32 Or maybe it's something that manufacturers add for fun.

40:35 But those loops actually have their purpose.

40:38 With them, you can pull the shoe up when trying to wear it.

40:41 Plus, you can easily hang them or use the loop for better support for the laces.

40:46 Confession time. Remember those attachments your vacuum cleaner came with?

40:52 Did you also put them somewhere aside and never use them again?

40:55 They're actually pretty helpful when you're cleaning the house,

40:58 because you can use them for particular areas

41:00 that are sometimes hard to reach with the regular attachment.

41:03 We all know what the vegetable peeler is for,

41:07 but besides peeling the skin of carrots or potatoes, you can use it for onions too.

41:12 It may be faster than doing it with a knife.

41:14 Plus, it will save you some onion tears.

41:18 Some sweatshirts have something pretty specific in the neck area.

41:22 A V-shaped stitch you can see in the middle of the collar.

41:26 The ribbed insert, similar to the ribbing at the hem and the sleeves,

41:30 would allow the owner to put the garment on more easily,

41:33 and it wouldn't even lose shape.

41:35 The V-insert would stretch,

41:37 so a person wearing the sweatshirt could get their head through the neck.

41:40 Its purpose was also to absorb sweat.

41:43 In its early versions, sweatshirts had both the back and the front of the collar.

41:47 Through time, they lost the back one,

41:50 and this V-insert became something decorative

41:52 since manufacturers started to stitch a V at the collar

41:55 without using the ribbed material they had added before.

41:59 Brightly colored squares or circles you see on food packages

42:03 aren't an indication of vitamins, minerals, or certain flavors that food contains.

42:08 And nope, it's not some secret code consumers are supposed to crack.

42:12 It's actually for printing engineers.

42:15 They're called process control patches or printer's color blocks.

42:20 During the process of printing the food packaging,

42:23 manufacturers use those colored blocks to check if the printing ink is correct.

42:27 They compare the color of blocks they print

42:30 to make sure the brand they print for

42:32 has a consistent and recognizable quality all over the world.

42:36 The majority of printers only use four colors,

42:40 yellow, magenta, cyan, and black.

42:43 Some printers have additional colors such as green, orange, and violet.

42:48 That's why you sometimes see multiple circles on certain packages.

42:53 They test each ink color.

42:56 Margins in notebooks.

42:58 They're not there as some sort of a guide for taking notes and writing.

43:01 Someone came up with a potential solution

43:03 that was supposed to protect the written work from, well, rats.

43:07 They used to be pretty common residents in people's homes.

43:10 They were known for their diet, including basically anything,

43:13 like paper, for example.

43:15 So, people started adding wide margins as an appetizer

43:19 that was supposed to keep rats full.

43:21 This way, they wouldn't want to get to the main dish, the written pages.

43:26 Suits have a buttonhole close to the top of the lapel.

43:30 Manufacturers sew it shut so you can't open it without ruining your suit.

43:34 And when you compare it to the other lapel,

43:36 you see that one is completely smooth, without any clues.

43:40 You won't find such an unpartnered buttonhole on a suit jacket only.

43:44 Camp shirts, pea coats, and some other clothing pieces have them too.

43:48 And they have to do with the history of lapels.

43:51 The earliest ones showed up at the beginning of the 19th century.

43:55 Before this, men mostly wear fronts with high collars.

43:58 They would button them all the way up to the top.

44:01 During hot days, they would relax the button stance,

44:04 turn down the collars, and leave the top button undone.

44:08 It was a relief from the swelter.

44:09 Plus, their folded overlaps would be symmetrical at the chest.

44:13 And today, we recognize that as a lapel.

44:16 People stopped using that buttonhole after they came up with a lapel,

44:20 unless it was for some formal occasion.

44:23 Like, for example, when you wanted to put a flower in there.

44:26 That's why suit makers left it as a fashion feature.

44:29 Tea bags. It's pretty easy to guess what they're for.

44:33 But they come in handy if you have smelly feet after a long day in your shoes.

44:37 Just pop tea bags, unused of course, in your shoes during the night.

44:42 By the time you wake up, tea bags are going to effectively absorb all the unwanted odors.

44:47 Binder clips can also have a helpful purpose besides their main one.

44:52 You can clip your money to keep it together.

44:55 Same is true for paper clips.

44:57 If your favorite bracelet broke and you're looking for a way to hold it on,

45:01 a paper clip might help.

45:03 Just hook one through each end of the bracelet,

45:06 twist it tightly, and your bracelet is good to go.

45:10 That's it for today!

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