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What the Video Got Wrong—and Which Added Facts Hold Up
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New facts the crowd added1,974 comments that volunteered a fact of their own
The human body602 records
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the sleep jerking is called Hypnic Jerk.
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Your ear is just like a fingerprint. Everyone’s are individual to them and both are different. Also those and your nose are the 2 body parts that never stop growing.
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you can get an aneurysm at any moment with no warning signs and just pass away
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Your organ can be itchy, your brain ignores it because if it didn't you'd open your own body to itch them because it would drive you mad
did you know bees dont have lungs
We consume approximately 8 spiders in our sleep in our lifetime
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Across 602 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (19 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Trivia that sticks in your head383 records
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If you infuriate a bumblebee, it will shoot you a mad, warning look before it stings. But because they are so tiny, we humans can’t see it. Now imagine a mad face on a bumblebee.
The wiggle toes thing doesn’t work, don’t ask me how I know
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the finger print one is not at all correct 😂
When you can’t see an image in your head that’s called aphantasia and they just image what a blind person see so nothing but also not pitch black.
The stressed backwards is desserts is a saying we have on the back of our work shirts
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Across 383 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (13 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Animals & nature294 records
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Wombats are the only known animals in the world that produce cube-shaped feces, which prevents the droppings from rolling away.
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Unfortunately elephants do not think we are cute and can be quite aggressive. To make up for this fact octopuses have a local brain in each tentacle 🐙!
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Cats first started mowing to mimic babies crying so human would take care of them
Speaking of bees, some species are social and some are solitary and that changes their microbiomes, and yes bees have a gut microbiome
spiders will only run to you if they got scared of something and they are coming to you for help
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Across 294 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (11 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Food & drink160 records
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The enzyme in pineapple is called bromelain
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Apparently you only need about 40 pineapples to dissolve a body? Idk if it’s true, haven’t tried it and wasn’t planning to. Pineapples are expensive!🤣✨
Tota bag is like saying Chai tea lmao
if you weighed whole digital data in the world, all of it would weight just as much as a single strawberry
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Across 160 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (3 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Language & words108 records
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What rest of my comment? That it's propaganda? You REALLY gotta find out what the word propaganda means.
we have a word for that from where i live
Ursus arctos is the scientific name for the brown bear. Its part Latin and Greek both words mean bear. So it means Bear Bear
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Across 108 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Change the sentence” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Records, sizes and numbers101 records
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4° is like a person taking a toliet break
We are also 1cm dilated. Basically we are in mini labor every Mo
pears have alcohol in them but you will need 1000 to get slightly dizzy but not drunk
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Across 101 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use movement as the switch” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Space, earth & physics97 records
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Sharks are millions of years older than trees.
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bulls are acrually colour blind so they don't even know what red is. if you ate too many bananas you would also get radiation poisoning bc they are slightly radioactive
fun fact about sunflowers - they no longer face the sun because its not the same sun 😐
there are more trees on this planet than there are stars in this galaxy.. of the Milky Way? ok..ish . but if intended in the realm of space..no way
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The exact phrase “wood is the rarest” recurs across 3 of the 97 source records in Space, earth & physics; the complete archive stays available below.
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History, law & places71 records
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Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
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The last use of the guillotinein France was the same year as the releases of star wars
my turn. H!tler’s gun was made in france not germany.
the reason that Scotland's national animal is a unicorn is becusse, in mythology a unicorn is the only creature that can kill a lion. lion is the national animal of England
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The exact phrase “the national animal of” recurs across 3 of the 71 source records in History, law & places; the complete archive stays available below.
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Sex, birth & reproduction58 records
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Fun fact - a chainsaw as created to assist women with childbirth. Hence why I’m never having kids
Prostitutes in London in the 1800s called a man’s penis a lolly. So when they used their term “lollygag” you can imagine what they meant.
the female O is actually designed to help with childbirth, it can make childbirth feel pain free!
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The exact phrase “invented for childbirth” recurs across 4 of the 58 source records in Sex, birth & reproduction; the complete archive stays available below.
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Death, crime & the macabre43 records
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if you were to be skinned alive, youd expect to die of blood loss but instead you would actually die of hypothermia
A group of crows is called a murder
If trees are fall-coloured all the time - they will be dead!!! They will die without producing food using photosynthesis.
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The exact phrase “of crows is called a murder” recurs across 3 of the 43 source records in Death, crime & the macabre; the complete archive stays available below.
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Screens, books & pop culture24 records
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If finding nemo was biologically accurate, when Marvins wife died he would have changed genders and mated with nemo
the character Imhotep from the mummy movie used an actual ancient Egyptian name, the man Imhotep built the step pyramid of djoser
My friend doesn’t have an internal dialogue and he knew his daughter didn’t either because they watched a voiceover in a movie and she said “it would be weird if you heard your own voice like that”
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Everyday objects & practical tricks24 records
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The Kiwi - as in the bird, technically has the shortest beak in the bird kingdom. This is because beaks are measured from tip to nostrils, and the Kiwi has it's nostrils at the end of it's beak, not at the base.
I actually went to check my crisps, it’s true they do go out of date on a Saturday
the UK crisp one confused me then I checked the crisps In my house. it's actually true
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The exact phrase “your gas tank is on” recurs across 2 of the 24 source records in Everyday objects & practical tricks; the complete archive stays available below.
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Where things came from9 records
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I know the first ever product to have a bar code on it.. it was Wrigley’s gum
Play-Doh was originally made to clean wallpaper
The lighter was created before the match, when a pingouin malelikes a female he gives her a rock, more people ☠️because a coconut fell on their head than by shark attacks every year, ou can leak brain fluid through your nose, the machine they use to shock peoplés heart in the hospital is to slow down the heart's beating to get back to a normal rythm and not to make it start again, babies don't have knees, polar bear and grizzlies are mating because of the melting of the ice that created a new bear species, after the winter the bees throw the bodies of the ☠️bees out the nest, a man survived a metal pole going inside his brain but it changed his whole personnality, those are a few that I know of 🤷🏻♀️
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Corrections to the video's facts501 comments that disputed, corrected or confirmed a claim from the video
Elephants see us as puppies86 records
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Unfortunately the elephants think ppl are cute was an intentional false fact used to see how easy it is to spread false information. Also teeth are made out of dentin
the elephant one isn't true unfortunately. that's just humans putting human emotions onto animals.
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Sadly, that elephant one is a myth. Instinctualy they perceive us as a threat or with caution because of poaching. Most videos of wild elephants will show you that.
elephant thing is not true😬
Elephant fact has been proven false elephants don’t think anything of us
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The exact phrase “the elephant one” recurs across 38 of the 86 source records in Elephants see us as puppies; the complete archive stays available below.
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Fingerprints pressed into the womb58 records
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The fingerprint one isn’t true unfortunately but it’s so lovely to think about
Every peice of misinformation I personally noticed: The fingerprint thing is bs, not only is the uterus not wrinkled like that to cause fingerprints but if that were true you'd find people completely lacking fingerprints/having 'finger'prints in places they shouldn't the mitochondria is also not the powerhouse of the cell, it the ATP synthesiser Eggs aren't chicken, you alap don't fry eggs the same as chicken The coins used to, Charles changed them unfortunately (also the £1 coin is the old one, that was changed years ago) That's not just deers, that most animals I'm pretty sure choloromines can also be formed with too much UV/heat from the sun It's not that our brains struggle to tell cold and wet apart, it's that we physically can't feel wetness, water is a cold/warm pressure, we don't feel wet. We don't struggle to tell them apart, we can only actually comprehend one of them You wouldn't die of potassium poisoning, the mass amounts of bananas would get to you first The tornado could also be moving directly away from you, but always assume to towards the moons surface area is bigger as its a sphere, Australia has a larger width than the moon
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The womb fingerprint thing is wrong. It's anti-abortion propaganda
The fingerprints one is not true. It is a myth
finger prints information is wrong
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The exact phrase “the fingerprint one” recurs across 11 of the 58 source records in Fingerprints pressed into the womb; the complete archive stays available below.
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Banana allergy means latex allergy51 records
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My husband is allergic to bananas and is not allergic to latex. If he has a banana he looks like he got stung by 50 hives of bees, but latex has no effect on him.
The banana allergies is true, I’m allergic to both and because of the banana allergies I also have to be careful around kiwi and avocado
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My husband is allergic to bananas and is not allergic to latex. If he has a banana he looks like he got stung by 50 hives of bees, but latex has no effect on him.
the banana/latex thing isn't true -someone who is allergic to bananas and not latex
If you’re allergic to latex, then you are also allergic to kiwis. but, the riper they get, the less latex they contain 😁
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Across 51 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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The jolt as you fall asleep40 records
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First comment is wrong, it's a hypnic jerk (or sleep start). It's a harmless, involuntary muscle spasm that happens as your nervous system transitions from wakefulness to sleep.Experts believe hypnic jerks occur because the brain misinterprets the rapid relaxation of your muscles as a sign that you are actually falling. In response, it fires a quick reflex signal to jolt your muscles awake and "catch" yourself.
The falling asleep one is false. I mean scientists that study it don't even know why. They have theories but still have no idea why.
Isn’t the jerking awake actually from primal instincts from when we were apes just to stabilise ourselves in the tree before we sleep
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The exact phrase “the first one” recurs across 20 of the 40 source records in The jolt as you fall asleep; the complete archive stays available below.
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The video as a whole39 records
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Lots of misinformation here unfortunately
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Lots of misinformation here unfortunately
I think we might need to fact check some of these 🤣
Yeah, I couldn’t watch the video. Too much misinformation.
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The exact phrase “many of these” recurs across 5 of the 39 source records in The video as a whole; the complete archive stays available below.
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The pool smell means it is dirty34 records
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The chlorine thing is false. It smells like that in the bottle.
Liquid chlorine smells in the bottle so that pool one is bullshit💯
The chlorine one is soo incorrect 🤣 as a venue manager at multiple pools I can confirm it’s wrong. Salt chlorinated isn’t as strong smelling. Granular or liquid chlorine smells more also the ppm that’s deriving into the pool also contributes to the sure
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Across 34 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Use a sensory reset” (15 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Spiders learn your schedule25 records
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hey, I'm an arachnology student, and I'm here to tell you that no spiders can actually learn your schedule, this is completely a myth. yes some spiders do have amazing pattern recognition skills, and can memorize a few things, what's actually happening is a spider is noticing things like vibrations and noises and using that to determine if there's danger coming towards them, and then trying to get to a safer place which is why you see them, and then we see that and think they're memorizing our schedule bc we have pattern recognition skills. spiders don't really have enough memory space, or an advanced enough long term memory to memorize routines, and everyone's schedule fluctuates more than we realize so there are to many variables for a spider to memorize
can confirm the spider thing! I have some harmless wall spiders who i will disturb because I'm messing with something they do not expect me to mess with. one lives by my monstera and shes a sweety
Giant tarantulas in South America keep tiny frogs as "pets" in a symbiotic relationship. The frogs eat insects that threaten the spider’s eggs, while the tarantula provides the frog with a secure, humid home and protection from larger predators
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Across 25 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Create a default” (4 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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Brushing your teeth is brushing your skeleton19 records
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"Brushing your teeth is basically brushing your skeleton" not true, your teeth is completely different material than bone is
the word dandelion is originated from the french phrase dent de lion, meaning tooth of the lion. americans just butchered it into being dandelion. crabs cannot ingest citrus, it disintegrates them from the inside out, like putting salt on a slug, just inside out. water will create prettier crystals if the water is given affirmations, whereas if it is put down, it will not make pretty crystals. ears are the only part of your body that always keeps growing. i have thousands more, but they start getting morbid.
the fact that so many adults think that teeth are bones is horrifying to me
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The exact phrase “teeth are not bones” recurs across 6 of the 19 source records in Brushing your teeth is brushing your skeleton; the complete archive stays available below.
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Faces and running in dreams17 records
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But I can run in my sleep
I have ran in my nightmares
I can totally run in my dreams
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Across 17 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Attach it to an existing routine” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
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What Baby on Board signs are for11 records
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the baby on board one is wrong. it was developed by a man who was driving his nephew who had a scary car trip with him on board. its to show that you have a baby on board and hopefully other drivers will be careful driving around you
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the baby on board one is false, that justification for the. came about years after their introduction
the baby on board sign thing is wrong
Does anyone think that the Baby on Board car signs were just decoration? They were literally produced to notify first responders
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The exact phrase “thing is wrong” recurs across 2 of the 11 source records in What Baby on Board signs are for; the complete archive stays available below.
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Your brain edits out your nose11 records
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the nose one isnt true I can see my nose and lips n my peripheral 24/7
Regarding the nose thing, you can easily see your own nose simply by closing one eye. then the nose becomes easily visible. try it; it works
The nose one is interesting as well because as you get older you start getting black spots floating around but they eventually go away… except they don’t your brain just adapts to ignore them.
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The exact phrase “thats not true at all” recurs across 2 of the 11 source records in Your brain edits out your nose; the complete archive stays available below.
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Sunflowers turn to face each other10 records
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The sunflower thing is a myth too; but it’s a lovely image/concept.
that sunflower 1 is untrue
..isn't the sunflower one just a common misconception?
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The exact phrase “the sunflower one” recurs across 5 of the 10 source records in Sunflowers turn to face each other; the complete archive stays available below.
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The tip of a shoelace10 records
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Didn’t we all learn the aglet one from Phineas and Ferb??
I learned about the aglet on Phineas and Ferb
Only reason I knew about the aglet was from Phineas and Ferb. Otherwise I would've learned about it today 😂
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The exact phrase “phineas and ferb” recurs across 8 of the 10 source records in The tip of a shoelace; the complete archive stays available below.
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Not everyone pictures what they read9 records
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I dont have internal dialogue
can't see images in head... me. it's me...
I don’t see or hear anything when I read or close my eyes
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The exact phrase “see images in” recurs across 2 of the 9 source records in Not everyone pictures what they read; the complete archive stays available below.
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Pineapple eats you back8 records
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the pineapple thing is wrong!! if it tingles when you eat it...stop eating it...means your allergic
so. the pineapple one. i am severely allergic to pineapple. cant even be near it or touch something thats touched pineapple or else i will start having issues breathing. the amount of people who tell me they're also allergic but in reality they're just experiencing the digestive enzyme (i can tell by how they say they experience the "allergic reaction") 🙄 like babe. i cant even be NEAR it. the tingling in your mouth from pineapple is NORMAL. you are not allergic. you are experiencing the typical reaction of eating pineapple 🙄🙄
The pineapple one isn’t quite right. If it tingles, you probably have a slight allergy. But pineapples do have natural digestive enzymes
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The exact phrase “the pineapple one” recurs across 3 of the 8 source records in Pineapple eats you back; the complete archive stays available below.
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UK crisps always expire on a Saturday8 records
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the packet of crisps in the UK one is wrong, I checked after the first time I heard it and the bag I checked went out of date on a Sunday 🤣🤣
I need to know if the crisp expiry one is true lol
Looking at my crisp date. Yup Saturday 😳
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Babies think you vanished4 records
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Newborns can’t really see anything actually lol
The peekaboo one is about object permanence. Up until a certain age babies can’t cognitively understand that a person/object still exists when it is out of sight.
with the newborn one some actually keep that mentality and there is a condition for it idr what it's called tho
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More trees than stars4 records
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The tree one is crazy for me because then you think there’s more stars in observable universe than grains of sand on earth. How small we are in comparison
The reason trees got not pattern to them is because those are the nuts the squirrels forgot about
I dont believe there are more trees than stars
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What deja vu really is3 records
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The Déjà vu part is kinda wrong coz tell me why I know what is gonna next if it’s just my brain processing it
I have come to learn thru experience what deja vu is. We dream our futures all the time. When deja vu happens it is us remembering that part of the dream. I know this cos it was happening to me alot for awhile and I had several mornings where I remebered what I had dreamt or at least enough of it that later that day or another day in my future it would happen. We also can leave our bodies while we sleep and see the present life of another person through their eyes. To us it is just a dream but in truth what we are dreaming is reality of someone else's experience.
so if deja vu is you see sth youve seen before what is it called when you have a dream bout sth and later on it actually happens? like it could be years later but Ive seen a dream about this exact thing happening
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Cats learned to meow like babies3 records
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The panther fact isn't completely correct. Most large cat species are panthers, regardless of their coat color. The genus is "Panthera" which is where the word panther comes from.
The panther one only refers to jaguars and leopards. Not all big cats
That's not true (so says Google) about the cats seeing our stripes. But I did find that people having stripes are true and fascinating.
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Australia is wider than the moon3 records
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I’ve done the math myself, the 23 people in a room thing is correct. The Australia one isn’t true though. The length of Australia from coast to coast is wider than the moon’s diameter, but it doesn’t have a bigger surface area
Australia and moon one is not true, they probably messed up it’s actually Australia is wider then the moon because the moon is a sphere and earth is like flat on the ocean
Australia is wider then the moon 🙃
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40,000 bananas and radiation2 records
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"If you ate 40,000 bananas in 10 minutes you would die from radiation poisoning" Ah yes, THE RADIATION would kill you
Fun fact are ny all,1.there is a sea turtle bread that breath from their but,2.gay pinguins steal others eggs,3.sharks are more friendly then dolphins (dolphins are water devils),4.the bible has been edited by more grapeists and p€dos then woman,5.dino nuggets are technically made from dinos,6.its neither the chicken nor the egg,7.the most dangerous cat that has the most humans lives per year is the smallest,8.we are more banana then monkey,9.there is a serial killer crocodile (look it up),10.humans that created horror and fear stuff did it because they needed intense emotional and physical fealing.😁😁😁
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for 40,000 bananas and radiation together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Nicotine in tomatoes2 records
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Soon as I heard the nicotine in the tomato fact.
the tomato thing makes sense cuz every time I cut back on cigarettes I crave tomatoes
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Nicotine in tomatoes together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Cold and wet feel the same2 records
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There’s a comment that’s wrong tho. Your brain doesn’t have difficulty telling cold and wet apart. Human literally can‘t feel wet. We don‘t have receptors for it. What we feel is the change in temperature. That‘s why it‘s hard to tell if something‘s wet or just cold.
the cold and wet fact is kind of incorrect. it's actually that we just can't feel wet. the only reason we can feel it is cute to temperature difference. if you start to hear water and get it to the same temperature as your finger and put your finger in the water. you can't feel anything at all. just feels like your finger is in air
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Cold and wet feel the same together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Cycles syncing up2 records
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not me reading the period one while I have my period, AND I'm on the toilet with period poops; sorry, TMI 🤣🤣🤣
the period poops are from prostaglandins, not progesterone. progesterone keeps the lining. seems like a lot of these "facts" are very wrong.
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Cycles syncing up together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Bees cannot fly in the dark2 records
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so the bee one is true but they get stuck if they aren't in the hive. they'll look for the nearest light source because they're in a confused state. usually your porch light. it gets desperate because it doesn't understand its artificial light so its just constantly smacking the wall or door or window
yes! Google bumble bee butts- it's THE cutest thing ever!!!
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Bees cannot fly in the dark together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Your organs itch2 records
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am I the only one who thinks this but when you have a headache is it because your brain is itchy
Fact on the dream people. It's taken years to learn the stuff I do in dreams. I started focusing on faces, I do recognize most from real life. Fun fact: ask a dream person what today's date is or time of day and they'll glitch (buffer) and never answer. In dreams they talk, you talk, but ask them any question (buffer). 😂
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Your organs itch together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Breast milk answers a sick baby2 records
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okay so for the breastfeeding thing...I thought of nipple shields that prevents the baby's mouth from actually touching their mother's skin.... hm. .
The breastmilk one is true [link removed] you do the best you can at the time and make the best choice for your family, but facts don’t have feelings and we cannot reproduce breastmilk in a can. I also think formula advertising should be banned (it makes it more expensive) and it should be free to anyone who wants it, it would mean young children in poverty would have access to a nutritious food supplement, not just infants
What the counts show
This report keeps all 2 source records for Breast milk answers a sick baby together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled2 preserved records · 2 of 2 source records accounted for
Archive: 2 index entries preserve 2 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Speaking badly about yourself1 records
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the speaking badly one is true. but it takes MANY times to make a different. it's about creating new "roads" in the brain easily said, or creating new habits in the brain you can say. it's the same thing happening has when we start ha new habit and eventually it will be the thing you do automatically instead of the old habit. don't call something fake if you're not actually going to look up the facts first. your knowledge or lack of knowledge isn't fact
What the counts show
This report keeps all 1 source records for Speaking badly about yourself together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled1 preserved records · 1 of 1 source records accounted for
Archive: 1 index entries preserve 1 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
The heart is a pulsing tube1 records
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The heart thing is wrong too. It’s not so much a heart as a tube that pulses.
What the counts show
This report keeps all 1 source records for The heart is a pulsing tube together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled1 preserved records · 1 of 1 source records accounted for
Archive: 1 index entries preserve 1 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Overmorrow is a real word1 records
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the overmorrow one is like german übermorgen which literally means over tomorow
What the counts show
This report keeps all 1 source records for Overmorrow is a real word together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled1 preserved records · 1 of 1 source records accounted for
Archive: 1 index entries preserve 1 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Apple's weapons-of-mass-destruction clause1 records
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The one about Apple terms and conditions is partially true. It actually says you are expressly prohibited from using apple software or stores for the creation, design or production of weapons of mass destruction, including atomic bombs.
What the counts show
This report keeps all 1 source records for Apple's weapons-of-mass-destruction clause together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled1 preserved records · 1 of 1 source records accounted for
Archive: 1 index entries preserve 1 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Firsthand accounts from the thread185 comments reporting the commenter's own experience
Inner voices and mental images86 records
Where commenters report limits
I have returned with new information lol. wiggling toes didn't work but humming did
Source-record spotlights
I learned what an aglet was because of Disney🤣
the cold and wet thing drives me crazy. I work at a thrift store and sometimes i go through the donated stuff and most of the time i can't tell if pieces are damp or just cold 😩
the lack of mental voices and imagination is Aphantasia. I have it too.
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What the counts show
Across 86 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Change the sentence” (4 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled86 preserved records · 86 of 86 source records accounted for
Archive: 86 index entries preserve 86 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Bodies, sleep and dreams78 records
Where commenters report limits
Unfortunately I can always see my nose it gets annoying
I’ve seen baby pigeons. Unfortunately a pigeon had laid eggs on my balcony while I was away on a trip. Found out because I had noticed that there was a pigeon returning to my balcony too many times, when I came home.
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sometimes I can smell my lungs the brain is supposed to block that out too sometimes I have itches I can't get to cause they are too deep I really don't like that
I don’t have an internal dialogue
the birth room fact is true because one classmate is just one hour younger than me, my best friend is one day older, one classmate is two days older and I have a twin sis✌️👍
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What the counts show
Across 78 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Change the sentence” (6 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled78 preserved records · 78 of 78 source records accounted for
Archive: 78 index entries preserve 78 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Living with animals14 records
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Penguins have knees! Not sure if I was thick when I learnt it or if I just never thought about it. It has been my favourite fact ever since though 🤣🤣🤣
I remember when I was little my mother asked me ‘did you know every cow is a female?’ and I was BAFFLED
I have this reoccurring nightmare about being chased by a lion in a very old brick wall mase with curious George, the man in the yellow hat, the door man, and hunley(the orange wener dog)😭
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What the counts show
Across 14 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Create a default” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled14 preserved records · 14 of 14 source records accounted for
Archive: 14 index entries preserve 14 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Allergies and what food does to you4 records
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And all this time I thought I was allergic to pineapple because my mouth gets all tingly when I eat it very interesting
chocolate and peas give the same endorphin rush, you only gain nutrients from bread while its in your mouth once you swallow it you get nothing else from it (i was told by a doctor and asked another they said yeah)
Eggplant has a lot of nicotine. I can’t eat it at night
What the counts show
Within 4 source records, 1 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled4 preserved records · 4 of 4 source records accounted for
Archive: 4 index entries preserve 4 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
Working knowledge3 records
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38 yo from England 🙋🏻♀️I was today years old when I learnt this
I can now die happily, knowing that an elephant thinks I’m cute🥺🥰
Duno if it’s a coincidence but I have a pack of crisps infront of me and it expires on a Saturday🙃 🏴
What the counts show
This report keeps all 3 source records for Working knowledge together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof.
Browse source claims — unchecked claims are labeled3 preserved records · 3 of 3 source records accounted for
Archive: 3 index entries preserve 3 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs
How this catalog was built
Source: TikTok comments — 1 video, 3,914 comments (3,263 top-level, 651 replies)
Eighteen records nobody ever liked
2,189 of the 2,660 classified records — 82% — carry zero hearts, so a ranking by likes or by resonance can never surface them. These were chosen by hand for specificity: a job, a number, a mechanism, something the popular comments never say.
Conversation context and side chatter
What the comment section did to the video
The eighteen highest-resonance records in the thread, ranked by how they performed against the comments that arrived at the same hour rather than by raw hearts. The pattern: the crowd audits first, then contributes.
The claims the comment section kept coming back to
501 comments push back on something the video said. These are the twelve claims that drew the most, counted as comments — one comment, one count, no matter how briefly it objected.
Elephants see us as puppies
86 commentsThe sweetest claim in the video is the one the crowd killed hardest — and several people said believing it is dangerous.
Not yet checked- Sadly, that elephant one is a myth. Instinctualy they perceive us as a threat or with caution because of poaching. Most videos of wild elephants will show you that.♥ 30
- The elephant seen humans like puppies fact is actually wrong it's been proven that in the wild elephants view humans as a threat they're actually more scared of humans than they are lions, tigers or hyenas.♥ 3
Fingerprints pressed into the womb
58 commentsCommenters with forensic, nursing and CSI backgrounds all gave the same replacement explanation: skin layers growing at different speeds.
Not yet checked- The womb fingerprint thing is wrong. It's anti-abortion propaganda♥ 8,822
- The falling asleep one, finger prints, sunflowers, the spiders, and the speaking badly of yourself are either outright wrong, or stretching kernels of truth way too far to be true.♥ 254
Banana allergy means latex allergy
51 commentsAlmost every correction here is a body, not a citation: people allergic to one and not the other.
Not yet checked- My husband is allergic to bananas and is not allergic to latex. If he has a banana he looks like he got stung by 50 hives of bees, but latex has no effect on him.♥ 3
- The latex one isn’t true however google says; Natural rubber latex is not made from bananas or kiwi fruit; it comes from the milky sap of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).However, there is a strong biological connection between the two. Bananas, kiwis, avocados, and rubber trees share similar proteins. Because their molecular structures are so alike, the immune system can confuse them. This overlap is known as Latex-Fruit Syndrome, where about 30% to 50% of people with a natural rubber latex allergy also experience allergic reactions when eating these specific fruits.♥ 2
The jolt as you fall asleep
40 commentsThe crowd supplied the name — hypnic jerk — and then argued about which of the competing explanations is real.
Not yet checked- First comment is wrong, it's a hypnic jerk (or sleep start). It's a harmless, involuntary muscle spasm that happens as your nervous system transitions from wakefulness to sleep.Experts believe hypnic jerks occur because the brain misinterprets the rapid relaxation of your muscles as a sign that you are actually falling. In response, it fires a quick reflex signal to jolt your muscles awake and "catch" yourself.♥ 23
- The falling asleep one is true btw. Idk why your also actively trying to spread misinformation♥ 6
The video as a whole
39 commentsSome people did not correct one claim; they questioned the whole run of them.
- Lots of misinformation here unfortunately♥ 5,292
- This video is misinformation haven♥ 739
The pool smell means it is dirty
34 commentsPool workers, lifeguards and pool owners kept making the same point: chlorine smells like chlorine straight out of the bottle.
Not yet checked- the pool one is wrong, it means that the chlorine is cleaning and working, so it is as clean as before♥ 7
- Also, the chlorine one is sort of true, but it only means the chlorine is reacting with something, not necessarily that the pool is dirty. And running in your dreams one isn't true.♥ 24
Spiders learn your schedule
25 commentsAn arachnology student explained what the spiders are actually doing, and everyone else told a story that felt like proof.
Not yet checked- Have you heard about the fact that you eat 8 spiders in your sleep in your whole lifetime? Its fake. 1993 that myth was invented as a satirical example of how quickly people believe misinformation on the internet. Spiders avoid breathing, sleeping humans in reality.♥ 32
- hey, I'm an arachnology student, and I'm here to tell you that no spiders can actually learn your schedule, this is completely a myth. yes some spiders do have amazing pattern recognition skills, and can memorize a few things, what's actually happening is a spider is noticing things like vibrations and noises and using that to determine if there's danger coming towards them, and then trying to get to a safer place which is why you see them, and then we see that and think they're memorizing our schedule bc we have pattern recognition skills. spiders don't really have enough memory space, or an advanced enough long term memory to memorize routines, and everyone's schedule fluctuates more than we realize so there are to many variables for a spider to memorize♥ 75
Eggs, chickens and belly buttons
23 commentsTwo arguments in one: whether a supermarket egg is a chicken, and whether egg-laying animals have belly buttons. Snake breeders settled the second.
Not yet checked- The no belly button/laying eggs one is wrong. Many species of snake lay eggs and they have belly buttons.♥ 3
- they said different ages so if the egg was fertilized it is♥ 1
Brushing your teeth is brushing your skeleton
19 commentsTeeth are not bone — the crowd was unusually united on this one.
Not yet checked- "Brushing your teeth is basically brushing your skeleton" not true, your teeth is completely different material than bone is♥ 175
- The fact wasn’t created to focus on what teeth are made of, but instead about how a complete display of a skeleton has teeth attached, and that teeth are the only structure that doesn’t remove itself from the skeleton after being deceased. Science might not recognize teeth as a part of the skeleton, but that doesn’t change the fact they visually complete a skeleton. I personally think that saying teeth are not part of a skeleton is just outdated science, that really should be retouched upon at some point in the future. If teeth really weren’t a part of the makeup of a skeleton, then teeth would fall out like finger nails and hair do, but instead the skull (an integral part of the skeleton) is structured to keep them in place. I will wait patiently until this fact becomes true officially. We already kicked out Pluto as a planet, so we can change this too 😂♥ 16
Faces and running in dreams
17 commentsThe claim that you cannot run in dreams was answered with hundreds of people who do.
- I can totally run in my dreams♥ 0
- but I have ran in dream b4♥ 0
What Baby on Board signs are for
11 commentsSeveral first responders said nobody is checking your bumper for a sticker.
Not yet checked- Does anyone think that the Baby on Board car signs were just decoration? They were literally produced to notify first responders♥ 0
- the baby on board one is false, that justification for the. came about years after their introduction♥ 0
Your brain edits out your nose
11 commentsHalf the corrections are people reporting they can see their nose all day, every day.
Not yet checked- The nose one is interesting as well because as you get older you start getting black spots floating around but they eventually go away… except they don’t your brain just adapts to ignore them.♥ 0
- the nose one isnt true I can see my nose and lips n my peripheral 24/7♥ 0
The arithmetic of a fun-facts comment section
The video read out fun facts. The comment section answered with 2,660 statements about the world: 501 corrections, 1,974 new facts and 185 firsthand accounts. That is roughly four volunteered facts for every correction — the thread spends far more energy adding than auditing, even though the auditing is what gets the hearts.
The hearts are almost entirely an accident of timing. The 157 comments posted in the first hour hold 64% of all 42,841 likes; everything posted after the first day — 1,562 comments, 40% of the thread — shares 1.9% of them. So the two biggest corrections (the fingerprint claim, at 3,403 hearts, and a flat 'lots of misinformation here', at 5,292) are early arrivals, while 862 of the classified records both arrived after day one and never got a single like.
That is where the good material is. The CSI, the horticultural scientist, the pool lifeguard, the vet student and the snake breeder all posted the most specific corrections in the thread, and all of them are sitting at zero.
Dataset, coverage, and methodology
How this was counted
The working unit is one comment. Every one of the 3,914 comments in the export was read and assigned to exactly one bucket, so included and excluded records add back to 3,914.
2,660 comments state something about the world and are listed in full in the index above; 1,254 were set aside as reactions and agreement (1,095), questions to other commenters (68), political or religious arguments (39), comments about the video or the creator (24), comments that tag another account (13), non-English comments (7), personal coincidences (5) and replies carrying no claim of their own (3).
Nothing is deduplicated. 86 comments calling the elephant claim false count as 86 records, not as one fact — this is a count of classified comment records, not of unique or verified facts.
Ranking uses arrival-corrected resonance, not raw likes: on this video the first hour holds 64% of all likes, so raw hearts mostly measure who commented early.
Fifteen comment rows and ten source-video claim cards carry visual evidence notes after review against authoritative or primary sources. The notes distinguish corrections, supported claims, and claims that need context; the original comment text is never edited. Two ranked entries were triaged as personal or meta commentary rather than checkable claims. fact-checks.json and the typed source-video records in bundle.json are canonical; the older log remains an audit trail.
Comment text is quoted verbatim and in full, including typos. No commenter is named.
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