The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

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  • Who on Earth is exposed to the most ionizing radiation?
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    I'm filming a documentary for TV about how Uranium and radioactivity have shaped the modern world. It will be broadcast in mid-2015, details to come. The filming took me to the most radioactive places on Earth (and some places, which surprisingly aren't as radioactive as you'd think). Chernobyl and Fukushima were incredible to see as they present post-apocalyptic landscapes. I also visited nuclear power plants, research reactors, Marie Curie's institute, Einstein's apartment, nuclear medicine areas of hospitals, uranium mines, nuclear bomb sites, and interviewed numerous experts.
    Notes about measuring radiation:
    Sieverts are a measure of 'effective dose' - that means they measure the biological impact of the energy transferred to tissues from radiation.
    Obviously I owe a debt to the fantastic chart made by xkcd, which inspired my visual approach to this video.
    xkcd.com/radia...
    DOSES MAY VARY
    The level of radiation varies widely around the world depending mainly on altitude and geology (excluding nuclear accidents).
    Estimates of particular doses also vary. All numbers reported in this video should be taken as order of magnitude only.
    The most contentious claim may be that smokers receive the highest dose of ionizing radiation. This is not a whole body dose, but a dose to the lungs as specified in the video. References are here:
    en.wikipedia.or...
    www.rmeswi.com/...
    Special thanks to:
    Physics Girl: / physicswoman
    MinutePhysics: / minutephysics
    Natalie Tran: / communitychannel
    Bionerd23: / bionerd23
    Nigel and Helen for feedback on earlier drafts of this video.
    Music is "Stale Mate"

КОМЕНТАРІ • 32 тис.

  • @ericsurf6
    @ericsurf6 9 років тому +45652

    Best non-smoking ad ever!!

    • @seaweed6668
      @seaweed6668 6 років тому +110

      Ericsurf, dude i love your videos

    • @isaiahking6068
      @isaiahking6068 6 років тому +31

      Small world. I mean UA-cam!

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 6 років тому +36

      Yeah, that's why everyone vapes instead

    • @BiRDiEHere
      @BiRDiEHere 6 років тому +111

      How have Anti-Smoking Ad producers not thought of this information?

    • @therealkingrapcollection7426
      @therealkingrapcollection7426 6 років тому +8

      Send me a snack pack Eric

  • @MemoryDestiny
    @MemoryDestiny 5 років тому +8321

    This must be the absolute best anti-smoke video i've ever seen!

    • @KENNETHUDUT
      @KENNETHUDUT 5 років тому +74

      That threw me too. Had no idea

    • @caui131
      @caui131 5 років тому +50

      well gonna stop smoking. They should run this on TV

    • @Gustav4
      @Gustav4 5 років тому +15

      It is not true that cigarettes are 160.000 micro sieverts.

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 5 років тому +47

      @@Gustav4 he means annually the average smoker

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 5 років тому +47

      @ademar9988 and some people never smoke but still die of cancer what's your point?

  • @russellpair2327
    @russellpair2327 5 років тому +63721

    This man traveled all over the globe just to make an anti-smoking add

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone 5 років тому +102

      @@starman8853 yes he did

    • @nope110
      @nope110 5 років тому +131

      @@ifalone Its not been edited though and its still spelled wrong...

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone 5 років тому +53

      @@nope110 not edited yet, keyword: yet

    • @darealmvp3681
      @darealmvp3681 5 років тому +22

      MUDD MONKEY i know right. Wtf

    • @luimaia234
      @luimaia234 5 років тому +519

      i was smoking one when he said that, now i'm considering just lighting up some bananas and hope that it gets me through the day

  • @jhndrsn
    @jhndrsn Рік тому +766

    Thanks! This video got me to finally quit smoking once and for all back in 2015.

  • @atreidestw
    @atreidestw 5 років тому +6209

    The radiation levels in the Pripyat hospital were unreal. That geiger counter went bananas...

    • @Sarah-cp4lp
      @Sarah-cp4lp 5 років тому +103

      😂 I think I peed my pants

    • @Harry666cz
      @Harry666cz 5 років тому +100

      they are real, he went bananas cos its shitty counter, on boots is over 900 mSv (miliSievert) this counter can handle only 2 mSv

    • @katxiii3660
      @katxiii3660 5 років тому +241

      @@Harry666cz He didn't doubt that the levels of radiation were real. Saying the levels are "unreal" is a way of saying that they are insanely high.

    • @eamh2002
      @eamh2002 5 років тому +56

      Its not enough until you see snowflakes in the camera ;)

    • @primozpotocnik1423
      @primozpotocnik1423 5 років тому +223

      3.6, not great, not terrible

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  10 років тому +25726

    For those who are wondering... Yes, this means eating 20 million bananas at one time might kill you due to radiation exposure. But let's face it, if you're eating 20 million bananas, the radiation is the least of your worries.

    • @extremeCookie101
      @extremeCookie101 10 років тому +3673

      challenge accepted

    • @Kevincooling1234
      @Kevincooling1234 10 років тому +497

      thank you for all of these awesome learning videos! I really enjoy watching you! and keep up the good work!

    • @Widdizzles
      @Widdizzles 10 років тому +250

      Absolutely amazing video.

    • @MatronCool
      @MatronCool 10 років тому +76

      Hi from Chile! Nice videos!!!!!!!!

    • @shashidharmamidipelli
      @shashidharmamidipelli 10 років тому +60

      Awesome work dude..! Good Luck for your tv doc.,

  • @ky3518
    @ky3518 4 роки тому +8435

    This guy literally went to chernobyl just to tell people that smoking is bad. If that wasnt enough to make you quit smoking, i dont know what will.

    • @idkanameforthis
      @idkanameforthis 4 роки тому +7

      GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

    • @mohit_panjwani
      @mohit_panjwani 4 роки тому +60

      @@idkanameforthis hi

    • @itsanupam3900
      @itsanupam3900 4 роки тому +20

      hope liking it doesn't make me a smoker

    • @amiichii2728
      @amiichii2728 4 роки тому +83

      The chernobyl nuclear reactor tragedy is still terrifying...

    • @theduder2617
      @theduder2617 4 роки тому +22

      IF there were testable evidence supporting the claim, perhaps we would lend some credibility to the claim.
      As of today, we only have statements made by a human, nothing more.
      Not to mention, Cali simply LOVES to add warnings to anything for almost any reason imaginable. According to them, life itself is toxic.
      If there were radiation as claimed, there would be a warning stating that very word on each and every pack, and Cali would never rest until it was printed.
      There are a LOT of actual proven risks with smoking. Radiation claims simply lack the proof.
      This is literally the entire gist of the claim as it stands at this second "Tobacco contains radiation".
      Well.. "I can fly by merely thinking it". See? Just because it was stated does not mean evidence supports nor even suggests the same. I'm not saying it is not possible. Just saying that science has yet to prove/disprove the claim.
      The use of the term trichomes does not lend credibility to any claim by the way. And that is all of the further information the site listed in the description offered.
      I would be more concerned about the pills gladly handed out by doctors, for they have a MUCH MORE MASSIVE body count than smoking ever will. In fact, one will find some pretty nasty toxins in so many man made drugs that I am constantly surprised at how many will choke the pills down, never once questioning any of it.
      And here we are, someone says tobacco and radiation in the same sentence and the masses go running full bore with it, yet again never questioning.
      You know, I have some magic rocks for sale. Rub them together 4 minutes past 1am and money shall come your way. Hey now, I said it so it must be true right?
      No? Then what's with the blind jump onto the radiation wagon?

  • @TheCynicalCommentator
    @TheCynicalCommentator Місяць тому +11

    Honestly, you could’ve fooled me if you said this came out today. I’m able to watch it today, and it feels no different than watching it back in 2014, albeit with some outdated info. Truly, a timeless video.

  • @michaelgulo6014
    @michaelgulo6014 5 років тому +3005

    *throws cigarette down.
    *moves to Pripyat for cheap housing.

    • @voxsq
      @voxsq 5 років тому +1

      @@petejt pedophiles*

    • @sjoerdmanshanden5162
      @sjoerdmanshanden5162 5 років тому +28

      I'd like pripyat to remain a nature reserve. As I onderstand it nature is really doing well over there. Like the demilitarisation zone between the 2 korea's.

    • @PsychoHenni
      @PsychoHenni 5 років тому +11

      @@voxsq "Paedophile" is a correct term, both words are correct, just depends on where you live. "Pedophile" is usually the spelling for Americans, whereas "Paedophile" is elsewhere like the UK

    • @iPlayDotaReligiously
      @iPlayDotaReligiously 5 років тому +4

      @@PsychoHenni yup, like color (us) and colour (uk)

    • @Grubiantoll
      @Grubiantoll 5 років тому +10

      @@sjoerdmanshanden5162 you are thinking too small, imagine, ww3 would result in world wide national park

  • @ponyphonic
    @ponyphonic 5 років тому +1917

    I never thought a screen full of bananas would be so chilling.

    • @blulere
      @blulere 5 років тому +5

      Ynw ROFL

    • @ltcolrayquaza
      @ltcolrayquaza 5 років тому +3

      Huh never thought i'd see you in random comments.

    • @asterism343
      @asterism343 5 років тому +1

      I was seriously just about to write the same thing

    • @eeiity8600
      @eeiity8600 5 років тому +1

      Chilling as in calming or chilling as in scary?

    • @plasmatree3132
      @plasmatree3132 5 років тому +1

      wait arnt you drscorpinx's sister
      and if so how he been cuz he vanished off youtube. or if it is a sensitive subject you dont have to tell me

  • @just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324
    @just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324 4 роки тому +2655

    Hats off to Marie Currie for going that deep to get her materials

  • @PistolPete_0
    @PistolPete_0 2 роки тому +756

    "50 thousand people used to live here, now its a ghost town"

  • @vin6665
    @vin6665 3 роки тому +1417

    You don't know how many lifes were changed while watching this video. I just can't look banana as i usually i did anymore..

    • @someaipretendingtobehuman3157
      @someaipretendingtobehuman3157 3 роки тому +49

      Don't worry we exposed to radiation every time , everywhere.

    • @science-y9209
      @science-y9209 3 роки тому +16

      Bananas are not harmful though

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME 3 роки тому +48

      @@science-y9209 you don't know when them bananas will take over, just saying.

    • @landingman2577
      @landingman2577 3 роки тому +6

      @@MANOFTIME they already hit us, i had to sneak out of my holding cell to post this comment

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME 3 роки тому +9

      @@landingman2577 how old are they, when out of tree after 6 days they are at their strongest and most dangerous it scares me to think people can actually defeat and eat them at when at their strongest. wait 12 days when out of tree (when they are at their weakest) and escape, all the best man/women/attack helicopter.......may the odds be ever in your favour.

  • @BossMan-xu7xj
    @BossMan-xu7xj 5 років тому +1943

    Interesting story... My grandfather was a firefighter in Ukraine, working in a firefighter department about a hour away from Chernobyl. But 2 weeks before the eruption, he quit his job....... Well all of his firefighter mates passed away.

    • @junetwenty2835
      @junetwenty2835 5 років тому +13

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 5 років тому +19

      I don't know if your grandpa could smoke a lot during that time!

    • @BossMan-xu7xj
      @BossMan-xu7xj 5 років тому +9

      Ricardo Hoàng My grandpa never smoked. Or what do you mean by smoke???

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 5 років тому +1

      @@BossMan-xu7xj Yeah litterally smoking tobaccos!

    • @BossMan-xu7xj
      @BossMan-xu7xj 5 років тому +4

      Ricardo Hoàng No, he never smoked

  • @billylardner
    @billylardner 6 років тому +621

    Really appreciate all the effort you went to in making this video, you’ve put a lot of time and effort in.

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  6 років тому +40

      Thank you! I was filming a three hour documentary when I wasn’t shooting this...

  • @hama1995_hama
    @hama1995_hama 2 роки тому +1239

    貴重な資料だな〜、
    それを一般公開&日本語で字幕出してくれてる公式さんや翻訳者さんには感謝しかねぇ〜

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +3761

    I wonder how many people out there were actually dissuaded from smoking after watching this.

  • @iamnotverybright2509
    @iamnotverybright2509 4 роки тому +1373

    This is the type of anti-smoking ad I would actually watch. Not those cringe-y teen smoking ads that try too hard to be informative by adding memes.

    • @LawrenceMK2
      @LawrenceMK2 4 роки тому +14

      And those fearmongering “The Real Cost” ads.

    • @anotherfacelessname9270
      @anotherfacelessname9270 4 роки тому +25

      @@LawrenceMK2 The onion's "smoking makes you gay" ads were pretty effective

    • @himgeta
      @himgeta 4 роки тому +2

      @@anotherfacelessname9270 lol

    • @artyom2643s
      @artyom2643s 4 роки тому +4

      yeah, I was smoking while he was talking about how much radiation a smoker's lungs take and I froze for a sec...
      then I continued

    • @czr5145
      @czr5145 4 роки тому

      @@artyom2643s da ganja

  • @charlemagne996
    @charlemagne996 4 роки тому +4651

    Girl: come over
    Boy: can’t
    Girl: why?
    Boy: *you might expose me to 0.05 microsieverts of radiation*

  • @vishalreddy6879
    @vishalreddy6879 2 роки тому +1491

    I had a mental sigh of relief every time he revealed the level of radiation to be far lower than harmful, even at places where I didn't expect like Chornobyl, Fukushima🙂

    • @MKpixelfan
      @MKpixelfan 2 роки тому +14

      it's all cumulative.

    • @georgespaceagency9894
      @georgespaceagency9894 Рік тому +15

      But as you stay there longer, it rises and would eventually harm you, that's why pripyat is still evacuated

    • @f5tornado831
      @f5tornado831 Рік тому +2

      Well, some places in the Chornobyl reactor will still kill you in less than an hour like the elephants foot.

    • @devkukreja2122
      @devkukreja2122 Рік тому +3

      But the radiation inside the plant , near the exploded reactor would be much much higher no ?

    • @DeepakKumardk99
      @DeepakKumardk99 Рік тому +5

      Will Geiger counter show more reading near a chain smoker ?

  • @Bluedrake42
    @Bluedrake42 3 роки тому +5441

    So if I ate twenty million bananas at once I would die?

    • @txtp
      @txtp 3 роки тому +448

      I mean… yes…?

    • @mainios126bobeats4
      @mainios126bobeats4 3 роки тому +836

      Something tells me you would die of other causes than radiation if 20 million bananas are in your stomach…

    • @dumcube
      @dumcube 3 роки тому +1110

      Phew, so i can eat 19,999,999 bananas without having troubles!

    • @kamdeoray3573
      @kamdeoray3573 3 роки тому +36

      Yes

    • @Utubesensation
      @Utubesensation 3 роки тому +74

      U will probably die from overeating before the radiation hits u 😕

  • @grahamclarke846
    @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +6540

    As a smoker, I could never have guessed i was getting that much more radiation. Interesting and another good reason to quit smoking.

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 3 роки тому +124

      I've seen the HUGE difference in the destruction of the materials used inside cars smokers vs non-smokers . They both get the same uv , but add cig smoke and the breakdown is 10x to 100x the rate . True for the surface and the foam & glue behind the surface .

    • @grahamclarke846
      @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +42

      @Xinfei Huang I could lie and say yes.. so I'm gonna lie and say yes.

    • @serioussam209
      @serioussam209 3 роки тому +30

      @@grahamclarke846 what a shame ,may I ask why do you smoke ? what's so interesting about smoking ?

    • @Mark-Wilson
      @Mark-Wilson 3 роки тому +59

      @@serioussam209 its nto easy to quit bpd when you smoke your body depends psychologically and physiologically on nicotine so its very hard to stop but also its kinda dangerous at the start if ehs topped suddenly I would ecommed taking it slowly and reudicing thee amount over time and eventually do little to no smoking and then boom

    • @grahamclarke846
      @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +73

      @@serioussam209 I've quit before but I've been smoking for almost 13 years. It's hard to stop. I don't want to smoke but the addiction to the nicotine and the habit of smoking is too strong.

  • @ginocontestabile8775
    @ginocontestabile8775 5 років тому +4143

    Pretty sure that Cola Cola in Fukushima vending machine turned into Nuka Cola right now

    • @justagirlwithamustache9618
      @justagirlwithamustache9618 5 років тому +50

      omg fallout 4 reference

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 5 років тому +127

      @@justagirlwithamustache9618 fallout reference, Nuka cola has been on all games of the franchise.

    • @maxconfucamus
      @maxconfucamus 5 років тому +91

      @@Argoon1981 kids these days...

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o 5 років тому +10

      AHAHAHAHAHAH and the guardian of the area are now Ghoul😂🤣

    • @sangonomiyakokomelon6676
      @sangonomiyakokomelon6676 5 років тому +8

      Fallout franchise literally made me watch these kind of vids

  • @adlerauge001
    @adlerauge001 2 роки тому +447

    I had two CT Scans over the last 6 months and I was worried about the amount of radiation I was exposed to, but seeing that just one year of smoking is 22 times as much of radiation as one CT scan, makes me feel less worried.

    • @samuele8361
      @samuele8361 Рік тому +3

      Above 100 millisiverts per year is the lower limit where we can actually see some statistical effects on the general population. The amount you receive from a ct scan is nothing to worry about.

    • @srJaime98
      @srJaime98 Рік тому

      You still fucked tho

    • @kereal2591
      @kereal2591 9 місяців тому

      @@samuele8361late but a ct scan is definetly something to worry about, especially if you are young. The chance of a ct scan developing a fatal tumor is about 5%, and 2 ct scans is probably double that. Theres a reason they dont let kids do CT scans.

  • @aminyashed2317
    @aminyashed2317 5 років тому +2126

    imagine being on a plane with some dude with a beeping little remote thing

    • @thecoolguy7403
      @thecoolguy7403 4 роки тому +36

      put your phone away

    • @somedude8714
      @somedude8714 4 роки тому +117

      Why me in particular

    • @GamerKeags_YT
      @GamerKeags_YT 4 роки тому +16

      Amin Yashed then your plane would be radioactive and also it’s not called a beeping remote thing it’s called a Geiger counter

    • @ANEY-di1ts
      @ANEY-di1ts 4 роки тому +9

      @@somedude8714 😂😂😂

    • @hoodybox477
      @hoodybox477 4 роки тому +27

      id think it would be a bomb or something

  • @hipstarchild
    @hipstarchild 6 років тому +14487

    imagine someone living near Fukushima and is a heavy smoker who enjoys banana sandwiches.

    • @bruhmomentos5203
      @bruhmomentos5203 6 років тому +1910

      And has a lab in which he does radioactive experiments in his house

    • @datboyace13
      @datboyace13 6 років тому +1368

      Imagine if they were an astronaut.

    • @BigWordHole
      @BigWordHole 6 років тому +86

      Bee JayGee LMAO

    • @fishussugon3215
      @fishussugon3215 6 років тому +184

      We need a story on this

    • @TokyoQuaSaR
      @TokyoQuaSaR 6 років тому +170

      Out of the exclusion zone the radioactivity of Fukushima prefecture is almost normal. I go skiing there almost every year and my friend's parents hold a sort of Bed and Breakfast in the mountains of Fukushima (kinda far from the nuclear plant) and they live there with no problem at all.

  • @evanyoung2919
    @evanyoung2919 5 років тому +583

    The Geiger counter gave me anxiety when it went off

  • @jordanbaszner904
    @jordanbaszner904 Рік тому +126

    4:00 apparently, her notebooks are also radioactive. The are so radioactive in fact that they are too dangerous to touch and kept in lead box’s.

  • @ESA-ce1nu
    @ESA-ce1nu 4 роки тому +5696

    Astronaut: 80000 microsieverts
    smoker: 160000 microsieverts
    Astronaut Smoker: it's time to die

    • @TheCampercore
      @TheCampercore 4 роки тому +406

      Astronaut comes to space station, asking if he can smoke.
      Captain says: "Sure, but we have fire alarms here, so go outside"

    • @ESA-ce1nu
      @ESA-ce1nu 4 роки тому +31

      @@TheCampercore lololol

    • @6apa6aw72
      @6apa6aw72 4 роки тому +217

      Astronaut Smoker in Chernobyl:

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater 4 роки тому +24

      @@6apa6aw72 *oh no*

    • @PS4Shooter
      @PS4Shooter 4 роки тому +63

      @@6apa6aw72 Astronaut smoker in the radioactive basement

  • @tj07
    @tj07 4 роки тому +5340

    Person: *falls into a pile of 20,000,000 bananas.
    Person: *dies*

    • @moodyblues7144
      @moodyblues7144 4 роки тому +158

      @•-Rosalina-• • 40 years ago they looked yummy

    • @mistyseas
      @mistyseas 4 роки тому +13

      Katy w haha

    • @sutarisuresh6557
      @sutarisuresh6557 4 роки тому +32

      When they eat banana....man 😉

    • @teal3af49
      @teal3af49 4 роки тому +62

      Then eat them. Don’t you think it would be an epic death if you died from bananas?

    • @sqeet7392
      @sqeet7392 4 роки тому +118

      Falling into a pile of 20,000,000 bananas is not a joke! It happened to my dad and it’s very insensitive, so please don’t joke about that stuff!

  • @l1mbo69
    @l1mbo69 4 роки тому +1539

    Everybody gangsta till the astronaut start smoking

    • @stoopy9326
      @stoopy9326 4 роки тому +105

      And they live in Chernobyl eating 60 bananas per day

    • @MegaPhill93
      @MegaPhill93 4 роки тому +11

      okay this actually good 😂😂

    • @NegetiveRizz
      @NegetiveRizz 4 роки тому +5

      Im astronaut and i love smoking

    • @noobscoopsies1100
      @noobscoopsies1100 4 роки тому +3

      And he are born from the mother that live on chernobyl before..

    • @prashantshukla231
      @prashantshukla231 4 роки тому

      @@stoopy9326 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @BLUEDARTs
    @BLUEDARTs 10 місяців тому +65

    "1 hour of marie curie's door knob" got me cracking up

    • @RedBigz
      @RedBigz 8 місяців тому +7

      it's an ancient torture method used by the curians

    • @ATbear0912
      @ATbear0912 8 місяців тому +1

      Lmao not the curiens

    • @KRI-k3q
      @KRI-k3q 8 місяців тому +2

      One hour next to Marie Curie’s knob with smoker lungs in space wearing the basement clothes

  • @qcompressed1409
    @qcompressed1409 4 роки тому +1866

    “Every pixel here represents a banana”
    *Switches to 140p*
    HA

    • @Ryan-mg5ve
      @Ryan-mg5ve 4 роки тому +29

      Guy who has an android HA

    • @GulabSingh-ql1xu
      @GulabSingh-ql1xu 4 роки тому +8

      @@Ryan-mg5ve flex Ha

    • @GrimReaper-lo1ut
      @GrimReaper-lo1ut 4 роки тому +12

      Thats 144p

    • @sterlingwebster174
      @sterlingwebster174 4 роки тому +2

      x XGeneric420X x so i get less radiation with an iphone 11 pro max?! Sweet!

    • @uxleumas
      @uxleumas 4 роки тому

      i can just imagine the people going "tHaT's NoT gOiNg To ChAnGe AnYtHinG" if this was shown to a lot of people

  • @jackprows6913
    @jackprows6913 5 років тому +3338

    This video taught me more in 11 minutes than 7 hours of school

  • @satisfiedjeremie3006
    @satisfiedjeremie3006 5 років тому +2922

    240 bananas/h.
    Not great, not terrible.

    • @TheLes1039
      @TheLes1039 5 років тому +99

      This joke is everywhere radiation related lol

    • @MagmaleV
      @MagmaleV 5 років тому +163

      This man is delusional, take him to the infirmary.

    • @Ac3ofDr4gons
      @Ac3ofDr4gons 5 років тому +36

      So, 4 bananas per minute, or one banana every 15 seconds.

    • @starsoffyre
      @starsoffyre 5 років тому +15

      Scrolled down the comments to look for this

    • @Darryldlowe
      @Darryldlowe 5 років тому +6

      You seen the miniseries

  • @minhaj14d
    @minhaj14d 2 роки тому +38

    One of the best videos ever made by Derek. Watched it so many times. Hats off.

  • @mathiasrjacobsen
    @mathiasrjacobsen 5 років тому +538

    one of the smoothest non-smoking ads ever made xD

  • @No-uc6fg
    @No-uc6fg 3 роки тому +2119

    8:52 That Geiger Counter saying OVERLOAD is one of the most disturbing things I've seen.

    • @Robbedoes2
      @Robbedoes2 3 роки тому +207

      Luckly it says overload, the ones at tsjeronbyl got up to 3 mS/h and keep that number. When fighting the fire they looked up and it was only 3mS/h. So they decided it was really safe, not knowing the meter maxed out. In reality it got maybe well over one full Sievert/hour. Only one of the small mistakes in the history of the disaster.

    • @19accountsremoved41
      @19accountsremoved41 3 роки тому +12

      The units are stupid small this guy knows as much as you do. Trust me

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth 3 роки тому +4

      @@Robbedoes2 it actually went above that when he was on the plane

    • @Robbedoes2
      @Robbedoes2 3 роки тому +33

      @@JoicSeth no that was 3uS/h, 1000 times less.

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth 3 роки тому +8

      @@Robbedoes2 oh yeah, my bad sorry

  • @Devowerer
    @Devowerer 4 роки тому +2717

    I love the fact that he measures it using bananas XD

    • @kasyu1101
      @kasyu1101 4 роки тому +74

      bananas are a versatile measurement device, capable of measuring size, time, and radiation.

    • @rakurai3999
      @rakurai3999 4 роки тому +11

      @@kasyu1101 tl;dr POTASSIUM

    • @elbob099
      @elbob099 4 роки тому +2

      Radioactive potassium banana's

    • @justsomeguy455
      @justsomeguy455 4 роки тому +2

      Will measure with bannanas if it means I won't use metric system

    • @mistyhughes45
      @mistyhughes45 4 роки тому +7

      so, technically if you eat 20,000,000 bananas, you don’t die from overflow- but from radiation 😳😳😳😳😳

  • @sriharsha8386
    @sriharsha8386 Рік тому +29

    The world’s best anti smoking ad doesn’t exi-

  • @evergreensweetnesslavender
    @evergreensweetnesslavender 6 років тому +2931

    Smoking on an airplane that’s heading to Fukushima from Chernobyl while eating bananas

    • @rexr3306
      @rexr3306 6 років тому +255

      Rice Cake child while wearing those firemen clothes

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 років тому +80

      Being a chainsmoking radiation worker from Fukushima, and then leaving that job to become an astronaut for JAXA...

    • @arandompenguin4489
      @arandompenguin4489 6 років тому +30

      You’ll probably be arrested before you get onto the plane because of the cigarettes............

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 6 років тому +24

      @@arandompenguin4489 cigs are allowed its just the lighters arent when was the last time a dude got stabbed by a cigarette

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 6 років тому +9

      @Devin Kitching everyone dies

  • @vipulsingh3142
    @vipulsingh3142 6 років тому +705

    he went around the globe to make this video .

    • @ivanandfrancisco4756
      @ivanandfrancisco4756 6 років тому +18

      it was also a lesson about no smoking

    • @mt_300-2
      @mt_300-2 6 років тому +16

      so he went around the globe and made this video

    • @domrepp8056
      @domrepp8056 6 років тому +1

      😂

    • @mvmo11
      @mvmo11 6 років тому +2

      Marquis De Sade this is actually snipits of that documentary, it’s on Amazon TV

    • @dddmemaybe
      @dddmemaybe 5 років тому

      he made this video so he could justify going around the world. in 80 days.

  • @big_gay_oofbering9920
    @big_gay_oofbering9920 5 років тому +3122

    *takes mask off*
    "the mask is a little bit over kill"
    "but its to prevent radioactive dust from getting into my lungs"
    *S N I F F*

    • @Sumtrip799
      @Sumtrip799 5 років тому +30

      Ya!! But he's a smoker 😂😂

    • @boris2512
      @boris2512 5 років тому +3

      🤣🤣

    • @divaanddeets3463
      @divaanddeets3463 5 років тому +2

      @@Sumtrip799 he is ?

    • @Sumtrip799
      @Sumtrip799 5 років тому +7

      @@divaanddeets3463 no, he's never smoked 😂😂

    • @carolynnance9617
      @carolynnance9617 5 років тому +9

      BiG_gAy_OoF bering Aight lemme just snort some radon here..

  • @blase1856
    @blase1856 Рік тому +8

    You know time flies when an 8 year old video is high quality and well edited

  • @arthurvin2937
    @arthurvin2937 9 років тому +1099

    I got so nervous when he told about smokers radiation that I had to smoke out two cigarettes to calm myself down.

    • @rateater420
      @rateater420 9 років тому +29

      I also learned on TV that it's more dangerous to be near a smoker than being a smoker

    • @MictianHybris1
      @MictianHybris1 9 років тому +101

      ***** So if I live with a smoker it's better to start smoking to get less damage? =D

    • @arthurvin2937
      @arthurvin2937 9 років тому +48

      Francesco Peleggi That's right, your health will improve immediately ))

    • @loganc1134
      @loganc1134 9 років тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 9 років тому +69

      Arthur Vin And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that.

  • @robertdaleysr6062
    @robertdaleysr6062 8 років тому +1007

    i would like to credit this video with being the last push i needed to quit smoking... 20 months without any nicotine ... thanks Veritasium

  • @Luc-jc4dl
    @Luc-jc4dl 4 роки тому +2684

    You know you are in trouble when your Geiger counter stops beeping and starts screaming.
    Edit: I'm sorry, this so just my most liked comment. It's just rare for me to get even a mild amount of clout. Pretend this edit doesn't even exist.

  • @Rainiermix
    @Rainiermix 7 місяців тому +7

    the sound the Geiger counter made when it said overload, made my heart stop.

  • @vladratcu
    @vladratcu 5 років тому +732

    This video made me quit smoking 3 years ago.
    Thank you so much!

    • @MS-cx7nf
      @MS-cx7nf 5 років тому +4

      ... the question is, will it blend? This didn't made them quit using nuclear power plants.
      Cure the symptom, but not the cause.
      Aaaand the winner is the USA, exactly where the tobacco grows. Coincidence, i think not.

    • @kuro19382
      @kuro19382 5 років тому +21

      I'm pretty sure this also made a lot of people think "i really don't wanna start smoking". I was already on that boat so this is just another reason to the list, but i bet this saved a few lives/lungs.

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 5 років тому +2

      @@MS-cx7nf HOTEL? TRIVAGO

    • @MS-cx7nf
      @MS-cx7nf 5 років тому +1

      @@ricardohoang8452 150 Mark? O.O @.@ >_>

    • @phillblcc
      @phillblcc 5 років тому +2

      @Vlad Ratcu congraz bro!

  • @vilvero
    @vilvero 9 років тому +353

    I'm amazed how much you have traveled for this video

    • @yegoniam5558
      @yegoniam5558 9 років тому +6

      +Simon Öhman he teleported

    • @WarpedFlayme
      @WarpedFlayme 9 років тому +9

      +Simon Öhman Actually, he used a lot of clips from his travels while filming a documentary for PBS about radiation called "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail". I picked up the DVD on Amazon for $15. Worth watching if you're interested; very interesting and he's a great host.

    • @WarpedFlayme
      @WarpedFlayme 9 років тому +1

      +Simon Öhman Actually, he used a lot of clips from his travels while filming a documentary for PBS about radiation called "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail". I picked up the DVD on Amazon for $15. Worth watching if you're interested; very interesting and he's a great host.

    • @damonfitzo8741
      @damonfitzo8741 9 років тому

      +GarethCavendish I Watched that documentary, it was great

    • @ManMythLegend123
      @ManMythLegend123 9 років тому +2

      +Maluko808 wouldnt you want a paycheck for visiting radioactive places on earth? I would anytime of my life starting this instant

  • @CALISUPERSPORT
    @CALISUPERSPORT 5 років тому +1591

    "Tell me how a nuclear reactor works or I'll have one of these soldiers throw you out of the helicopter"
    *Draws a row of bananas*

    • @olivialewis9341
      @olivialewis9341 5 років тому +16

      Haha from the show😂

    • @ellawinters4346
      @ellawinters4346 5 років тому +2

      Lol that’s from the show

    • @nepale2262
      @nepale2262 5 років тому +15

      Press AZ5

    • @luismaman9236
      @luismaman9236 5 років тому +7

      Nepal E why wouldn’t you? I know of no reason why an RBMK reactor would explode.

    • @hi...5293
      @hi...5293 5 років тому

      Lol

  • @Soccer_lover986
    @Soccer_lover986 Рік тому +5

    Ever since 2019, I’ve been rewatching this video almost every time it appears in my recommended. It doesn’t happen often but when it does the video is always interesting.

  • @rielycarpenter7665
    @rielycarpenter7665 4 роки тому +420

    That is the fist thing iv seen that made me stop and think about what im doing to myself it’s extremely likely you just added years to my life. Thank you. Iv been thinking about quitting for a long time this video really oped my eyes and put into perspective just how bad smoking really is

    • @HideFromIt
      @HideFromIt 3 роки тому +38

      I thought you were gonna make a joke about being an astronaut but good job on quitting smoking

    • @mikroscope2695
      @mikroscope2695 3 роки тому +9

      @Mikael Frederer you know this is a science channel, right?

    • @Vino976
      @Vino976 3 роки тому +5

      @Mikael Frederer this is a science channel like the other guy, I doubt Jesus is followed around here

    • @Смешнявканеобыкновенная
      @Смешнявканеобыкновенная 3 роки тому +3

      @Mikael Frederer brain washed

    • @HideFromIt
      @HideFromIt 3 роки тому +1

      @Mikael Frederer no, according to the Bible which I suppose you are following it was God that made humans. Jesus helped make multiple other animals but psychology and other factors were made when God sent his divine breathe into a mud sack and created helpless idiots like me. Plus science is purely based on facts that can be confirmed. Sometimes we get the facts wrong. (Ex. People long ago didn’t use soup to wash their hands). However, I do not want to say this but I believe that the facts out on the Bible are fake. There are many reasons for this, but if everything in the Bible was true it would mean that God has kills millions more than the devil. The Israelites that God saved are just a bunch of hypocrites. Also before the Ten Commandments it would mean that God finds forced marriage and other things I do not want to say acceptable. Ex God found David to go after his own heart (bunch of things wrong with this but let’s just say he abused his power as king). Plus biblical angles scare me. This might be weird coming from a guy names HOLYbots. Ofc I’m not telling you to change your POV, just try not to make other people believe what you believe in. I haven’t been studying the Bible for a while, only like 3 years seriously @lso (I am referring to Israel Old Testament god).
      Also some people might say that God changed from the Israel god or it’s all in Gods plan
      1. If God can change that means that he can be effected by SOMETHING meaning he isn’t omniscient
      2. If it’s all in gods plan, than he planned me to say this
      Some people say that something must have caused the Big Bang and stuff
      1. Dark matter
      2. We still no nothing about the universe, and putting the blame on god for all the smack that has happened is unfair to god and yourself
      3. Theories / like God there are many theories predicting why there was a Big Bang
      But god could never hurt a soul
      ;-;
      “Oh you poor hopeless soul, how ou have wandered so far away from our lord and savior-“
      Hisses like a snake

  • @DarthAdii
    @DarthAdii 4 роки тому +458

    I literally had Goosebumps, when he entered Marie Curie's office.......

    • @bhardwajparth
      @bhardwajparth 4 роки тому +20

      Watch the Chernobyl documentary on hotstar or telegram it'll give you much more goosebumps 😁

    • @MatthijsvanDuin
      @MatthijsvanDuin 4 роки тому +18

      @@bhardwajparth There's no Chernobyl _documentary_ on hotstar, do you maybe mean the Chernobyl _drama_ miniseries?

    • @bhardwajparth
      @bhardwajparth 4 роки тому +11

      @@MatthijsvanDuin yes I'm sorry for using documentary the miniseries is just too real to give a feel like documentary 😅

    • @MatthijsvanDuin
      @MatthijsvanDuin 4 роки тому +17

      @@bhardwajparth But it's important to remember it is _not_ a documentary. It does not accurately represent events, people, or how radiation works.

    • @fatal6850
      @fatal6850 4 роки тому +9

      Maria SKŁODOWSKA-Curie!!!

  • @TEAMc0nfuSioN
    @TEAMc0nfuSioN 5 років тому +3036

    Sooo if you are Born in Fukushima, become an Astronaut and are a smoker, do you glow at night ?

  • @RileyNiko
    @RileyNiko 4 роки тому +1652

    "The mask is probably overkill"
    yeah makes sense
    "Just prevents radioactive dust from getting in my lungs"
    sir what

    • @megetrongonzalez4456
      @megetrongonzalez4456 4 роки тому +56

      karens be like

    • @davutsauze8319
      @davutsauze8319 4 роки тому +10

      @@megetrongonzalez4456 I see I'm not the only one watching that video again after a very long time
      PS: I mean after like a year or so, I was too young to understand a single thing when this video actually got uploaded

    • @megetrongonzalez4456
      @megetrongonzalez4456 4 роки тому +15

      I dont even get the joke i made

    • @angelas1761
      @angelas1761 4 роки тому +3

      The anti maskers of Covid related to that

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 4 роки тому +1

      @@megetrongonzalez4456 they be like "dispose of that banana how dare you eat by my precious self i could be pregnant although i am not"

  • @MeAndThatGuyXD
    @MeAndThatGuyXD 10 років тому +89

    I'm a smoking, austronaut, banana eating, radiation worker from Fukushima that went to Chernobyl last summer and took a CT scan last week!

    • @billybobturtl
      @billybobturtl 10 років тому +4

      adrenaline junkie ?

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 9 років тому +6

      MeAndThatGuyXD
      That's a lot of work. I just eat yellow cake, instead. Much simpler.

    • @Musicfan0702
      @Musicfan0702 9 років тому +4

      So much of work... You could directly eat some radium and be out of your misery.

    • @samuel-a8694
      @samuel-a8694 9 років тому +4

      Well I'm a bucket of element 118, beat that.

    • @Mediamarked
      @Mediamarked 9 років тому +1

      MeAndThatGuyXD Austronaut. Someone who flies a rocket to Australia ;)

  • @maezaranimations
    @maezaranimations 4 роки тому +478

    When he said "3 years since the (Fukushima) accident" I was very confused till I realised that this video was made 6 years ago

    • @N00B283
      @N00B283 4 роки тому +7

      And I can't fathom that it was 6 years ago I watched this video, in my second year of highschool damn..

    • @Kyounalia
      @Kyounalia 4 роки тому +5

      9 yrs ago maybe?

    • @Itz_Ukyy
      @Itz_Ukyy 4 роки тому

      Paradox

    • @lemardofash9176
      @lemardofash9176 4 роки тому +2

      I actually watched this video before but idk when, still a bit terrified

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater 4 роки тому +1

      @@N00B283 damn.

  • @catburglar4295
    @catburglar4295 5 років тому +1835

    “You’re exposed to more radiation if you sleep next to someone”
    And that ladies and gents, is why I’m single
    ...Lonely, I’m so lonely...

    • @putin2918
      @putin2918 5 років тому +22

      You’re Mr lonely,
      You have nobaaady!

    • @Enonymouse_
      @Enonymouse_ 5 років тому +21

      Divorce attorneys are powered by plutonium.

    • @steezboss
      @steezboss 5 років тому +4

      Same... Too bad I'm a smoker...

    • @bobe9957
      @bobe9957 5 років тому +2

      Its cos others will fart on u lmfao

    • @hashtagwha222
      @hashtagwha222 5 років тому +1

      I feel this. Ahhh what a shitty time.

  • @XGamersGonnaGameX
    @XGamersGonnaGameX 5 років тому +1454

    Ok, so I shouldn't eat 20 million bananas in one sitting, thanks

    • @mohamedameri360
      @mohamedameri360 5 років тому +27

      Friedrich Nietzsche You don’t have to eat them, you’ll die for standing next to a that stack of bananas.

    • @superiormusic
      @superiormusic 5 років тому +12

      "God is dead... 'cus he ate too many bananas"
      -Nietzsche

    • @999124999
      @999124999 5 років тому +14

      Damn good thing I only ate 19,999,999 bananas! If I had 1 more I’d be screwed!!

    • @uglychicken121
      @uglychicken121 5 років тому +2

      Ha
      Lol

    • @yukkireina
      @yukkireina 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @humpty4205
    @humpty4205 5 років тому +1232

    "They should put that on the cigarette packets"
    - - Valery Legasov

  • @rodmurchison858
    @rodmurchison858 Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @lordcrumbles5471
    @lordcrumbles5471 4 роки тому +2903

    "The mask is probably overkill."
    Famous last words.

  • @joyjellyface4231
    @joyjellyface4231 5 років тому +530

    Takes mask off: “This is just to stop radio active dust from getting in my lungs no biggie”

    • @topcraft2844
      @topcraft2844 5 років тому +32

      *S N I F F* s

    • @vexari_
      @vexari_ 5 років тому +14

      *mmm yes very good air*
      *ded*

    • @БогданКрименюк
      @БогданКрименюк 4 роки тому +3

      *Smelly*

    • @kevinnguyen552
      @kevinnguyen552 4 роки тому

      HOSQDQDQDWDEOSNHEE**(#/#;EPEJWBQFQFQFXFXCIf&fg4f&*JUJUJ&’ndhsL&f&g*gFg*(

    • @chernille4916
      @chernille4916 4 роки тому +1

      If you think about it, it's like wearing a mask next to an active smoker. Yes, it is overkill.

  • @harryspex1808
    @harryspex1808 3 роки тому +1554

    When I was 15 years of age, 17 years ago, something happened in my life and made me pick up smoking. Soon after anxiety problems occurred and I was subject to stress more than I could handle on my own, turned into a depression, so the smoking got worse, I mean I needed something to calm my nerves.. I became a chainsmoker at this point, I guess. I just didn't care anymore.
    Jumping to last few years I slowly learned again about joys in life and somehow felt like I was starting to crawl back up. Smoking was still something I would do by habit.
    A few months back I discovered this channel and ever since I've been watching the content you put out whenever I have the time. Learning is something I've always appreciated.
    Then just this morning I saw this video, and just by the end of it... wondering who on God's earth would experience more radiation than astronauts...
    For the first time in my life I threw away my cigarettes and somehow I finally feel good about myself, those cigarettes were such a burden and a shame to bear. You have no idea how proud I actually feel having thrown away the tabacco I had.
    Thank you so much for all the content you make.

  • @-Ai3B
    @-Ai3B Рік тому +4

    Gg sir's team here ...
    Feeling proud that am learning physics from him ❣️

  • @ehixxz
    @ehixxz 6 років тому +702

    Seeing so many bananas on one screen has given me a new kind of anxiety

    • @Chickenman2334
      @Chickenman2334 6 років тому +1

      TWITTYMITTY - what is it

    • @S1mcard
      @S1mcard 6 років тому +6

      @@Chickenman2334 it's called beeing a pussy

    • @Ok-ny9hx
      @Ok-ny9hx 6 років тому +21

      @@S1mcard nice spelling there buddy.

    • @Cybinetic
      @Cybinetic 6 років тому +2

      TWITTYMITTY - LMAO

    • @birbsmovies3642
      @birbsmovies3642 6 років тому

      Same

  • @colinnoble8234
    @colinnoble8234 4 роки тому +249

    the clicking of a geiger counter has to be one of the creepiest sounds you can hear

    • @storm8498
      @storm8498 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah lol

    • @TheGlowingBeansGuy
      @TheGlowingBeansGuy 4 роки тому +32

      Its even worse when it shows on the meter: OVERLOAD

    • @thaias9654
      @thaias9654 4 роки тому +8

      Imagine being alone and hearing it behind you. You look around but you can’t see anything that could cause the sound. It slowly gets louder and faster, until it’s overloaded and it sounds like it’s behind your ear. And then-

    • @marioandmichellesantiago2509
      @marioandmichellesantiago2509 4 роки тому +1

      @@thaias9654 fooooo stopp🥶

    • @Karma_8413
      @Karma_8413 4 роки тому +5

      @@thaias9654 you ever watch the Chernobyl mini-series?

  • @RobGavagan
    @RobGavagan 10 років тому +2765

    I just ate like 30 bunches of bananas. I just moved a car with my mind.
    I has to put it in drive and stuff first but man I'm superhuman!

    • @jeramieivey
      @jeramieivey 10 років тому +36

      Science!!!

    • @Boborbot
      @Boborbot 10 років тому +10

      Rob Dyke good to see you here!

    • @mathewj5133
      @mathewj5133 10 років тому +42

      I didn't know UA-cam stars used their UA-cam accounts to watch UA-cam videos.

    • @samuelalexander8030
      @samuelalexander8030 10 років тому

      ***** It's weird to see.

    • @_JS96
      @_JS96 10 років тому

      ***** Stars? Rob never said he was a star, nor did he ever want to be one as far as I know.

  • @insanemlmillion3637
    @insanemlmillion3637 5 місяців тому +2

    what a video . last awareness was very nice

  • @ky3518
    @ky3518 4 роки тому +806

    I've never been this terrified seeing that many bananas

    • @alb9520
      @alb9520 3 роки тому +17

      Nightmares are made of this stuff

    • @ntk2610
      @ntk2610 3 роки тому +6

      I have once...

    • @Zaintrix
      @Zaintrix 3 роки тому +4

      funee monkee's go brrr

    • @nob7268
      @nob7268 3 роки тому +1

      @@ntk2610 same

    • @frostigamer9740
      @frostigamer9740 3 роки тому

      😂

  • @VezixHaikal
    @VezixHaikal 5 років тому +793

    this is the most terrifying use of the banana image

    • @matijabauer2802
      @matijabauer2802 5 років тому

      Bananas are radioactive, thats becazse he uses it. Just type in google.

    • @dafoex
      @dafoex 5 років тому +7

      BackWard Adventures bananas are radioactive *because* he uses them to explain sieverts?

    • @matijabauer2802
      @matijabauer2802 5 років тому

      @@dafoex Dude, search on internet, bananas are radioactive because of its nature... It is not harmful but they are more radioactive than others fruits...

    • @roseCatcher_
      @roseCatcher_ 5 років тому

      @@dafoex lol...he meant the opposite btw...but r8 now i am rolling in laughter...

    • @questionminecrafter
      @questionminecrafter 5 років тому +3

      My banana is even more terrifying ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @kevindst
    @kevindst 3 роки тому +1328

    Smoker: Oh my goodness this video makes me so stressed out
    *Proceeds to smoke a cigarette to calm down*

    • @hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943
      @hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 3 роки тому +18

      I don't understand why there's so many people hating on smoke but then supporting weed like it doesn't have the same consequences as smoke

    • @clarkalarcon4057
      @clarkalarcon4057 3 роки тому +37

      @@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 probably because its bad for everyone. Don't blame them though

    • @kevindst
      @kevindst 3 роки тому +4

      @@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 Well they are both bad but many don't think they are that bad that should be banned by the law I guess.

    • @clickthecreeper9463
      @clickthecreeper9463 3 роки тому +13

      @@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 that’s because it doesn’t.

    • @LordSevla
      @LordSevla 3 роки тому +12

      @@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 Weed isn't as bad as tobacco. I mean _smoking_ weed is kinda bad but smoking anything is bad, even incenses are bad for our health. At least you can use weed without smoking it which is healthier for your lungs.

  • @sanskartamrakar5680
    @sanskartamrakar5680 Рік тому +4

    Content back then was gold .

  • @henrymckean8248
    @henrymckean8248 7 років тому +1163

    they should switch the radiation "OVERLOAD" to "GTFO"

    • @melchwa7472
      @melchwa7472 7 років тому +7

      Dr. Oxide Omg 😂

    • @habibh42069
      @habibh42069 7 років тому +2

      What is GTFO?

    • @83HondaPrelude
      @83HondaPrelude 7 років тому +50

      Habib GTFO="GET THE F*** OUT"

    • @jimmys
      @jimmys 7 років тому +30

      I get it. Cause the radiation would seep into your body then in about 1hour you will die. So GTFO does make sense.

    • @Star-vh4cs
      @Star-vh4cs 7 років тому +2

      Hahahahahhaha lol

  • @jaishreeramjaihanuman23
    @jaishreeramjaihanuman23 3 роки тому +7767

    Ordinary people: How does he get access to every place he wants to go.

  • @haydinterrell1440
    @haydinterrell1440 4 роки тому +70

    That was the longest non-smoking ad I’ve ever come across. 11 minutes! Nice job.

  • @alingondrozario
    @alingondrozario Рік тому +17

    Thank you so much for this really amazing video Sir. Our Physics teacher Er. Gaurav Gupta Sir, his UA-cam Channel: "Gaurav Gupta Physics" recommended this video of yours to check out the current condition and radioactivity of Chernobyl Reactor. Good Wishes from India (IN) ❤

  • @AnnoyingBush
    @AnnoyingBush 4 роки тому +525

    **walks inside of a volcano**
    “Yeah, it’s safe.”

    • @O.M-
      @O.M- 4 роки тому +10

      **walks through the digestive tract of a whale or a dragon**
      "Yeah, it's safe"

    • @kennarajora6532
      @kennarajora6532 4 роки тому +7

      *smells volcanic sulfur dioxide fumes*
      "The mask is probably overkill"

    • @mortenfrosthansen84
      @mortenfrosthansen84 3 роки тому

      ?

  • @Rommmm
    @Rommmm 10 років тому +159

    "Let's use a banana for scale"
    9gag here!

    • @gaugreen
      @gaugreen 10 років тому +69

      That's reddit

    • @Bunkiiiiii
      @Bunkiiiiii 10 років тому +33

      JuRCyborg Internet*

    • @gaugreen
      @gaugreen 10 років тому +34

      But 9gag did copy reddit, like always...

    • @Flammablerock
      @Flammablerock 10 років тому +7

      JuRCyborg No, that's cancer

    • @MrJUANwho
      @MrJUANwho 10 років тому +4

      Another fool who thinks 9gag has original content. Banana for scale was started in reddit/imgur, you peasant.

  • @turdfurg47
    @turdfurg47 5 років тому +579

    Travel around the world for an 11 minute video. Crazy

    • @Distrax
      @Distrax 5 років тому +1

      Estrada603 ye and still receive 11 times 1000😁

    • @allanshpeley4284
      @allanshpeley4284 5 років тому +16

      He didn't travel to those places to make the youtube video. He said that at the end of the video he was already there filming a documentary for TV. There's no way he would have turned a profit from youtube earnings if he was just at those places to make this video.

    • @benjimain6
      @benjimain6 5 років тому

      Or he traveled around the world and happened to .ake a vid. XD

  • @IWannaDoEverything
    @IWannaDoEverything 9 місяців тому +1

    I was extremely surprised by the fact that this was posted 9 YEARS AGO!? Damn, the quality is far from what I would expect but this video overall was very enjoyable and informative.

  • @ChaineYTXF
    @ChaineYTXF 3 роки тому +489

    "A smoker's lungs"
    The coup de grâce. Unexpected. Unforgiving.
    I was alone in the room but I can swear I became visibly pale.

    • @jus1t-gg
      @jus1t-gg 3 роки тому +7

      tis but a scratch

    • @Wahfu
      @Wahfu 3 роки тому +2

      tis but a scratch

    • @user-rd3jw7pv7i
      @user-rd3jw7pv7i 3 роки тому +1

      what does the coup de grace means?

    • @ChaineYTXF
      @ChaineYTXF 3 роки тому +23

      @@user-rd3jw7pv7i "grâce" (pronounce _grass_ not _grah_ as in "mardi gras"): mercy
      "de" (pronounce _duh_) : of (possessive, equivalent of 's in English)
      "coup" (pronounce _koo_) : blow
      The merciful blow, or more clearly "the blow that ultimately kills you".

    • @sachiconza9406
      @sachiconza9406 3 роки тому +6

      @@ChaineYTXF That's what she said...

  • @TensorWave
    @TensorWave 5 років тому +2724

    A smoker who was an astronaut lived near Fukushima and he once had a CT scan. His favorite fruit was a banana🍌

  • @elli003
    @elli003 6 років тому +787

    Put a radiation symbol on cigarette packages - the pregnancy warning has lost its impact.

    • @georgetreduen4502
      @georgetreduen4502 6 років тому +14

      elli003 look at german cigarette packages

    • @marktheprussian
      @marktheprussian 6 років тому +43

      They should make a little speaker onto it that makes the tactical nuke sound effect whenever u open it xD

    • @-_-DAVe
      @-_-DAVe 6 років тому +29

      Smoking can make you pregnant?

    • @therealspongebob9272
      @therealspongebob9272 6 років тому +4

      Da ve yes

    • @-_-DAVe
      @-_-DAVe 6 років тому

      the real sponge bob gonna open a clinic for ppl who want to get pregnant where they get tought how to smoke or do you do something else with the cigarettes?

  • @rathnamala5372
    @rathnamala5372 2 роки тому +4

    You are doing a wonderful job. So informative

  • @soldier72
    @soldier72 3 роки тому +2663

    If you wanted me to quit, mission successful. I'm going to my doctor to talk options on quitting. Well done sir. Wish me luck.

    • @grocery-k9h
      @grocery-k9h 3 роки тому +63

      You should read Allen Carr's "The Easy Way" if you have the chance, it changed my whole mindset on smoking

    • @amethystklintberg7436
      @amethystklintberg7436 3 роки тому +21

      Good luck 👍

    • @saltycade9063
      @saltycade9063 3 роки тому +14

      Vaping will help u edge off then you use low nicotine to get off

    • @divishatewari7612
      @divishatewari7612 3 роки тому +7

      all the best

    • @magicreborn3720
      @magicreborn3720 3 роки тому +9

      Goood for you my friendd

  • @RefinedDegenerate
    @RefinedDegenerate 5 років тому +790

    Exam: how many microsieverts are US workers limited to?
    Me: *Starts drawing tiny bananas*

    • @sigma_krab7593
      @sigma_krab7593 5 років тому +5

      If you sleep next to a 2 hundred you will die from radiation

    • @mustangman3769
      @mustangman3769 5 років тому +2

      Generally its measured in mSv which would be 50. Even though its just a conversion. -rad worker ;)

    • @enividhottie28
      @enividhottie28 5 років тому +16

      Your profile pic made me thought that I had a piece of hair on my phone

    • @prahadishsrinivasan4783
      @prahadishsrinivasan4783 5 років тому +3

      Enividhere that’s why you switch to dark mode 😂

    • @Koozul
      @Koozul 5 років тому

      If I eat 2 million bananas I can die?

  • @icrann
    @icrann 2 роки тому +1578

    Imagine seeing this guy on the plane with the radiation detector. Some people would be panicking

    • @digicube9074
      @digicube9074 2 роки тому +23

      Haha 😂 lol

    • @triday675
      @triday675 2 роки тому +16

      a detonator could literally be anything... probably the least likely is a radiation detector!!

    • @icrann
      @icrann 2 роки тому +6

      Wow this got a lot of likes

    • @HowToFixIT404
      @HowToFixIT404 Рік тому

      Only if you were an idiot

    • @saadahmad5077
      @saadahmad5077 Рік тому +9

      imagine if he got on the plane with his hazmat suit on 😂

  • @samiraaparazita1420
    @samiraaparazita1420 10 місяців тому +1

    I wrote an article for my university magazine based on this video. And it got published!

  • @bijotitus3251
    @bijotitus3251 5 років тому +1571

    "Cigarette causes more radiation..... "
    'US drops 4tons of virginia tobacco on Hiroshima '

    • @infroma6745
      @infroma6745 5 років тому +10

      Graphite*

    • @richardsibi3150
      @richardsibi3150 5 років тому +41

      @@infroma6745 what graphite? You're delusional

    • @MS-cx7nf
      @MS-cx7nf 5 років тому +2

      To rise the efficiency, they could start to grow tobacco also in california and nevada.
      Wait a minute, didn't they started to grow weed there?

    • @BrandonBarbera
      @BrandonBarbera 5 років тому +13

      @@richardsibi3150 "You didint see graphite on the roof your lying!"

    • @Wabibis
      @Wabibis 5 років тому +5

      Marlboro Bomb.. No, Lucky Strike! xD

  • @GamerPro132
    @GamerPro132 10 років тому +212

    When he scanned the fireman's clothes I said. "That shit is bananas."

    • @TyroPirate
      @TyroPirate 10 років тому +24

      B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

    • @samuelalexander8030
      @samuelalexander8030 10 років тому +1

      TyrannousCheese You seem like a holla-back girl...

    • @mrlindsay123456
      @mrlindsay123456 10 років тому +9

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    • @rubberduck9759
      @rubberduck9759 10 років тому +1

      Alexander L nice 1.. you found the "9" button

    • @Mr78nine
      @Mr78nine 10 років тому

      Alexander L I thought it was pretty cool

  • @JackOTheSoccerBro
    @JackOTheSoccerBro 6 років тому +9784

    MrBeast would stay in that basement for 24 hours

  • @ajgmwtpd
    @ajgmwtpd Рік тому +6

    日本からです
    最後の喫煙は驚きましたww
    最初から最後までとても
    ワクワクする見ていて
    楽しい良い動画でした
    やはりチェルノブイリは
    凄かったです見ていて
    圧倒されました
    動物実験もされているらしく
    私も大人になったらいつか
    行ってみたいです

  • @krys04krazy85
    @krys04krazy85 6 років тому +597

    Can I say that this should be used in a quit smoking campaign. It hits a little harder after watching the video. I'm not saying it will work but it would have a better chance.

    • @fpshooterful
      @fpshooterful 6 років тому +2

      Amen to that... after watching this video i didn't realize that it would end up as a smoking campaign.

    • @user-do8xf6bc8d
      @user-do8xf6bc8d 6 років тому +4

      krys04krazy85 Ik lol I’ll try to stop that’s to much entering my body TO MUCH

    • @mit0009
      @mit0009 6 років тому +11

      I kno im rethinking my smoking habit after watching this

    • @zaknafein641
      @zaknafein641 6 років тому +3

      I think "Quit smoking campaigns" and other propaganda campaigns should quit.
      Mostly because propaganda is evil, but one of the reasons I started smoking when I was 12 was because these people came to our school to tell us we can't smoke and being a rebellious kid I started smoking.

    • @katzenware
      @katzenware 6 років тому +8

      I dont know about you, Zak, but i don't want to have lung cancer.

  • @jimmychan4917
    @jimmychan4917 5 років тому +1882

    I can count how many times I’ve been to Chernobyl on my fingers, 14

    • @libbyblattner2305
      @libbyblattner2305 5 років тому +42

      this should have more likes😂

    • @richardosond8858
      @richardosond8858 5 років тому +25

      Its not even funny. Only disrespecting the victims of that disaster

    • @yanceyboyz
      @yanceyboyz 5 років тому +170

      Richard Osond you shouldn’t be on the internet if you’re that easily offended. 😂

    • @matt391
      @matt391 5 років тому +3

      N i c e

    • @SeeItLikeItSub2It
      @SeeItLikeItSub2It 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @uilsoum875
    @uilsoum875 5 років тому +2034

    “The mask is probably overkill. It’s just to stop radioactive material to enter my lungs”
    DEREK THAT’S NOT OVERKILL

    • @mycosys
      @mycosys 5 років тому +25

      It really is - there are places with natural background radiation that high and there are no signs so far that it causes any ill health

    • @goddamnmaddog2024
      @goddamnmaddog2024 5 років тому +46

      @6:16 "the amount of radiation is actually not that high"
      @6:19 lie detector notices :-D

    • @tyskbulle
      @tyskbulle 5 років тому +25

      @@mycosys Probably still a good idea to at least wear a face-mask. You never know when you might kick up a lot of dust or touch your face.

    • @mycosys
      @mycosys 5 років тому +3

      @@tyskbulle sure - in the same way it would be a much BETTER idea to wear a mask like that plus VOC filtering (very common masks) every time you are near any cars or combustion. Cos honestly they are a VASTLY bigger risk to you. I dont - do you?
      Honestly with 20ks of no pollutants from 'civilisation' - the air is probably awesome.
      Do you have any idea how many people die every year from the effects of combustion products?

    • @tyskbulle
      @tyskbulle 5 років тому +4

      ​@@mycosys All I am saying is that If I went urban exploring Fukushima. Id feel much better with a mask. Same thing goes for Beijing.

  • @swordcutter72
    @swordcutter72 2 роки тому +1

    this is the best anti-smoking ad i've ever seen.

  • @husselbruss5124
    @husselbruss5124 7 років тому +359

    Smoking Astronaut who lived in Chernobyl, who'd fly to their job everyday to mine uranium and used to eat banana's everyday who now lives in Fukushima and gets CT scans.

    • @reibean9542
      @reibean9542 7 років тому +27

      That person would be dead by now.

    • @jihadulislam3686
      @jihadulislam3686 7 років тому

      Lel

    • @70ki70
      @70ki70 7 років тому +20

      Aka Chuck Norris

    • @PaintHerWhite
      @PaintHerWhite 7 років тому +19

      I think he GIVES ct scans.

    • @priyansha1950
      @priyansha1950 7 років тому

      That sound like the most cancerous thing to happen XD

  • @maxe3110
    @maxe3110 3 роки тому +1821

    He really took 3 years off his lifespan to make a no smoking ad

    • @pardeepgarg2640
      @pardeepgarg2640 3 роки тому +71

      And still people don't leave smoking lol

    • @icyski1594
      @icyski1594 3 роки тому +102

      @ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • joke

    • @Frontier327
      @Frontier327 3 роки тому +37

      @ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • its a joke

    • @Kookaburr-a
      @Kookaburr-a 3 роки тому +26

      ​@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • r/whooosh?
      J O K E

    • @joe_pinch
      @joe_pinch 3 роки тому +18

      @ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • J O K E