10 Old Wives’ Tales Proven True By Science
Carrots will make you see in the dark, Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. These can’t actually be true right? Well maybe there is more to these than you first thought.
Click to Subscribe..
FAQ’s:
What editing software do we use?:
What mic do we use for our voice overs?:
What camera do we use to film?:
What computer do we edit on?:
Check out the best of Alltime10s –
Where else to find All Time 10s…
Facebook:
Twitter:
14 thoughts on “10 Old Wives’ Tales Proven True By Science”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
*Seems like there is definitely something to be said for a wives tale! Were you convinced any of these were BS?*
What’s with the 1080p only being the resolution? It took forever to load and watch.
There’s a few things I want to address here. First, regarding the whole “hot baths decrease fertility in men” thing I’d like to say that while technically true, it isn’t prolonged exposure to hot water that affects fertility. Heat, in general, has a negative effect on sperm count. In fact, that is the sole reason men have scrotums in the first place: So that the testicles are kept cooler than our core body temp. (98.6° F, or 37° C ).
Second, as far as barometric pressure being indicative of bad weather, this is true. However, when it comes to changing the color of sunsets, I wouldn’t be so sure. Here’s an article explaining why sunsets are orange and red.
Now, I’ll admit that the article kinda confused me at first, but TL;DR, the daytime sky is blue, because blue wavelengths get scattered first, when the sun is setting it’s light takes longer to reach us, leaving us with orange and red wavelengths, because most of the blue ones were already scattered. My brain hurts… anyway, from what I’ve gathered there doesn’t seem to be much of a connection between barometric pressure, and wavelengths of light as they’re scattered, but who knows, I could’ve missed something.
Third, I doubt that hairy babies cause heartburn. Now, I can’t debunk this, but I will point out that you did say the sample size was sixty-four; that might’ve just been a mistake on your part, in which case this point is moot. Also, you said that impartial people were chosen to determine the “hairiness” of the babies. “Hairiness” is a relative term, meaning one baby could be hairy in comparison to another, and what one person finds hairy might not be all that bad too another. Again, I can’t debunk this, but I will take it with a grain of salt, and so should you.
Lastly, I’m fairly certain a spoonful of sugar can’t cure hiccups. You state that “the surge of sweetness over-stimulates the vagus nerve, that connects your brain to your abdomen, distracting it from the task of hiccuping.” This implies that the brain is in control of whether or not we hiccup, which is untrue. Before I explain why, here is some exposition which I promise is necessary. I know this comment is super long, for which I apologize, but I ask that you bear with me for a little while longer, please. Anyway, we are able to breathe because we have diaphragms. When we inhale our diaphragms contract, creating enough space for our lungs to expand as we suck air in. When we exhale our diaphragms expand, reducing the amount of space in our chest cavity, as we force the air out. The reason we hiccup, is because our diaphragm is spasming. A spasm is a sudden involuntary muscular contraction. The operative word here being “involuntary.” Our brains don’t control when our diaphragm (are you sick of that word yet?) spasms, so we can’t distract it in order stop hiccuping. The Vagus Nerve Theory on curing the hiccups is untrue. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I’ve never tried eating sugar to cure my hiccups, so if it does work, it must be for some reason other than “distracting our brains.”
If you’re reading these last two sentences, I applaud you. I never thought my first comment on YouTube would be so goddamn long.
Edit: Had to fix the formatting, which inexplicably got fucked.
Alltime10s I
Yes. The carrot nonsense is exactly that, nonsense.
At 1:15 it looks like the flag of Scania (most Southern region of Sweden, not the bus manufacturer) on that hovercraft. Just saying.
7:48 I want someone to look at me like she does that Apple
6:06….was that a fly crawling up his nose? Are flies attracted to hiccups, then??
Song name?
If Q.I say carrots DON’T help you see in the dark, I believe Q.I
NO 8- FISH IS FULL OF CARCINOGENIC TOXINS :-/
When I have the hiccups to get rid of them I completely don’t think of them at all.
ooooh fish ! well that makes sense why Asians are smart
For hiccups I simply tell myself, fuck that noise, not dealing with it right now, and it always goes away after a single hiccup…