Fun fact: Hank is wrong about humming. You absolutely can do it while blocking your nose, you just need to do it in short bursts to release pressure. You can also hum with your lips slightly apart, allowing you to hum with a blocked nose for minutes on end.
"Whenever someone says they're gonna break all the bones in your body, I think no, that's too much work. But I could break half the bones in your body" is such a raw line, holy shit
In my time watching Dimension 20, and for that matter Dropout content in general, I have heard many lines which were downright terrifying. (Usually they come from Brennan, but not always.) This easily makes the top 5, if not the top three.
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasAh who can forget, “Do you remember your mother or grandmother first?” *followed by Lue clutching the person next to him’s shoulder*
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasmine is "the face of a divinity you don't worship, the smile of a devil you don't believe in" strongly followed by (not Dropout but) Brennan in Calamity saying "are you weakest do you feel at the elbow, or the shoulder?" _shudder_
He just had a list of facts in front of him all the time. Anyone can play this character. It just takes some out of session work. (I know horrible, a player, doing out of session work? How dare I even suggest such a thing)
@@JesterZari I believe he said he memorized and cross checked all the facts but had them written down on his notes as well. What I found truly impressive is not his vast knowledge, but rather the way he implement them and make them relevant to the scene.
God what I would do to play with them. We could have chemistry biology general technology geology basic particsl and normal physics and a few other fields covered in terms of fun facts. And I don't think hank went super deep into disease and viruses. He's more the cell bio guy. I can bring some whole new horrifying real facts. All spoken from the monkey man mihija with his purple robe sitting on his Crab robot rapu with barrels of brandy and oil strapped to the sides.
@@Turalcar y'know snakes don't actually unhinge their jaws, their mandibles (lower jawbones) are not fused and instead stretchy ligaments connect them allowing them to open so wide.
Hank: I'm going to make a character who constantly tells odd facts. Brennan: Don't threaten me with a good time. Brennan after watching him in action: Don't threaten me!
@@TheRealHappyHuntsmanhe used to be a camp counsellor and told horror stories to kids. I think it comes naturally to him. Lol. He's also trained at improv and a professional comedian who happens to have a show revolving around storytelling (of course, he's been playing d&d even longer than the show's existence). I think it's conceivable that that was improvised. But the "shadow" was always planned. It's the reveal that was improvised. It shows how quick Brennan is. He took Hank's vaguely menacing fun fact and worked it around his planned encounter for the players.
I love fun facts, but I was fully unprepared for how effective and entertaining The Fix's fun facts would be. The absolute *menace* that everyone reads into him is so incredibly funny.
"Whenever somebody says, I'm going to break every bone in your body, I think that's ridiculous. It'd be way to much work." "But I could break half the bones in your body."
when you tell someone breaking all bones is bard but that to break half the bones in their body all you have to do is crush their hands and feet and it wouldnt even be difficult. that can be a very scary thing if some big dude said that to you in real life.
The Fix and Pasha scene is the first time I've really seen the unbridled neurodivergent joy in finding someone Like You nailed so well in media and it is wonderful
The moment where Hank just pauses and goes "The fix can't think of any facts" is such an amazing line with the context of everything, as its one of those sentences that reads like a puddle but leaves an ocean unsaid.
Your femur is under so much pressure being contracted by the tendons in your thigh that when it breaks, the two halves shear next to each other. Resetting the bone takes so much strength because you're basically stretching massive fucking rubber bands. Because of that, for most of human history, a broken femur had an 80% mortality rate, despite the fact that it didn't touch any organs. It wasn't until the Thomas Splint was invented around the turn of the 1900s that the odds flipped with an 80% survival, as the splint basically acted like a car jack to separate both halves of your femur against the compression of your tendons to safely reset the bone.
Moderately related fun fact: if the tendon under your kneecap severs, your kneecap will hang out near your groin, or so mom tells me about where mine was! 🫠
i genuinely can't get over how well hank used his fun facts this season. not just in the scenes where he made NPCs (sometimes literally) shit their pants, but the swallow-tail butterfly and eagle claw scenes replay in my mind 24/7. they were such perfect metaphors for Conrad, it's so fucking cool how Hank 1) understood Alex's character so well 2) came up with the perfect fun fact to use as a metaphor and 3) responded so perfectly in character. i hope to see him on D20 more because he KILLED it
Sadly, we will not because Hank lives on the other side of the country, and for him to flim that short of a seasons worth of stuff he lived in a hotel room for about a week I think.He has a video talking about the d20 experience on his channel.
@@gingerpower303It fits thematically too, since the kids represent interests in various subjects, and the fix is the embodiment of hyperfixation on said interests. I remember the one running the home for the interests represents negativity, which shows how a negative mindset prevents you from pursuing potential interests.
The wasted effort of breaking ALL the bones in your body kinda makes the threat way more terrifying, but only in the context of knowing the allocation ratio. So retorting or concluding with "I'm gonna do it anyway." Is a perfect escalalation.
I’m going to disagree. Breaking every bone is actually beyond our comprehension and just bravado. But half the bones? That is an achievable goal and knowing that ratio gives us an understanding how he can do it.
@@nigeldyllianrobinson3762 counter-point: In an intimidation situation, telling someone that breaking all the bones in your body results in a bunch of wasted energy compared to breaking half the bones in your body shows they care about results, not the methods.
@@Ch4pp13 Different strokes for different folks. I find the thought of how easily he could break half our bones which imply a to the real threat of “I’m going to break your hands and feet” far more intimidating.
The Fix: *vividly describes two horrible ways people can die over the course of a full minute, and with no transition whatsoever says* "I'd like you to tell me what's going on in this town."
The faces of the cast when the one-in-six life-altering Fix-fact comes in and they go through all five stages of grief in four seconds. Plus another five for their characters.
Arguably even *more* intimidating than some of the other things he's said. God, Hank played the Fix like he was a combination of everyone's favorite teacher and the Iceman, and I am absolutely here for it.
I love how Trapp was able to stay in character and just responds with "That makes me very curious." Also "Can I roll to see how horny the fix is?" Is also amazing
I just want to highlight beyond how cool the facts are that these two men created amazing characters and interaction by simply reusing the same "bit" over and over. Thats truely impressive character work to show so much connection and range simply relaying scientific facts as a love language.
Did you know that, if a bee’s hive is threatened by a hornet, they can basically dogpile on top of it and vibrate their wing muscles so fast that their combined body heat actually roasts the hornet alive.
@@AmrutaRanadeit's specifically a strategy employee by japanese honey bees to deal with the famous giant asian wasp, a species so vicious that a single wasp can decimate whole beehives. European bees aren't nearly as known for it and, in fact, the lack of this strategy makes it hard for them to be raised in japan, where giant wasps are common (or were, they're under risks of extinction).
Iirc it's known as "balling" and is also used to execute a queen bee when the hive determines that the queen is no longer capable of fulfilling the role
Did you know, that hummingbirds, when they are trying to get a mate, will fly as fast as they can and release air out their but so it makes a sound through their tail feathers? the female hummingbird chooses a mate based on who makes the best sound. each variant of hummingbird species has a different sound they make.
Did you know that are several bird species in which males will assist one another in coordinated courtship dances and in fending off rivals? The practice is called "lekking." The secondary males will seldom mate, but because in some species (grouses and peacocks), they're highly likely to be related (siblings or cousins), their genes still benefit from the increased mating opportunities of the group.
Breaking News: Perpetual motion has been discovered as a conversation between Brennan and Hank lasts until the heat death of the universe via fun facts
The common deep-sea jellyfish Atolla has a similar bioluminescent defence mechanism nick named the "burglar alarm". When attack it will light up to attract other bigger predators to deal with the one attacking it.
Sure, it’s like when a horde of zombies start making their way toward you and your acquaintance, you throw something noisome in that person’s direction to divert the zombie’s attention from you.
kind of like how the "freshly cut grass" smell is a defense mechanism that grass uses, because when it is being eaten by like aphids or whatever, it releases that smell, which attracts bigger bugs to eat the bugs that are eating the grass
I love how The Fix manages to use cool science facts to simultaneously 1) drive terror into the hearts of men, 2) comfort his friends and inspire them to be their best selves, 3) flirt. Such a fun, compelling character.
I love that as the season progresses, everyone becomes increasingly more reactive to Hank starting one of these because the second the first word is out they know they're going to receive psychic damage by the time he's done
The fun facts are obviously oustanding and wonderful on their own. The real gem of it all, to me at least, was when it would connect to what was going on. Like the "I don't think you're an eagle" message. It was such a perfect metaphor for what was going on in the moment, a really neat thing to learn, and resonated with me on a personal level. What more could you ask for? This season was obviously the Hank Green show, especially as it aired while he was going through cancer treatment, but that doesn't mean I didn't value the rest of the cast. The whole thing was just a joy to watch. I want to see Hank do more Actual Play series. He either revealed or discovered something that he needs to further share with the world.
He was on another actual play series called Titansgrave! And I think he got introduced to standup (not 100% sure if that was part of the D20 experience but seems related) and has been performing!
@@AmrutaRanade I had no idea! That's fantastic to learn, thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it and your heart for my comment. Hank doing stand up sounds like a weird but awesome thing I didn't know I wanted. lol
Hank Green saying “pelicans . . .” was enough to make everyone at that table laugh, and i respect them all so much for that also it’s bizarre to hear Hank say that in any voice other than his actual own voice
I just realized that Pasha N. is probably the reason why The Fix has such access to fun facts inside this brain. His function isn't fun facts, it's just a byproduct of his job and a hobby. It's ended being her job though.
Fun fact, Hippopotamus are too heavy to flost so when they sleep, they often sink underwater. To avoid drowning, they have a reflex that allows them to bob up for air even while unconscious.
they also produce reddish pink sweat. Their skin is very sensitive to both drying and sunburn, so the sweat acts like an automatic skin ointment. It also protects the skin from becoming waterlogged when a hippo is in the water.
I was typing out a comment imagining another threatening Fix Factoid like "did you know, in the deep sea, some squid spray glowing ink on other animals attacking them? Because it's so dark, it's like a flashbang, and they can be blinded.. works much better than dark ink." "But you know, other things like the light. Bigger things. Bigger creatures. And they come in.. the predator becomes the predated.. and the little squid goes free." "I'm the little squid." AND THEN HE FUCKING USED THAT FACT AT 8:33
god I love the fix & pasha - I could watch them sharing facts for like 7 hours. also my special interest is snakes so this season kept me well fed! here's a few more snake facts for yall: 1. snakes can't blink - they don't have eyelids! there's a transparent ocular scale that covers the eye to protect it, sometimes called a spectacle. yes, that one part in harry potter where the snake winks at harry is a lie - rip. this also means it can be hard to tell if they are asleep; if a snake is just sitting there perfectly still staring at you, it's not plotting your demise - it's taking a nap! 2. it's a common myth that snakes are deaf, or that they don't have ears. while you can't see their ears from the outside, they do in fact have internal ears! they do hear sound, it's just more muffled than it would be for us - they rely more on smell and sight. 3. we used to think that snakes with slit-pupiled eyes are venomous and snakes with round pupils are non-venomous, but nowadays we know that it's actually about what time of day they're most active in! nocturnal snakes will usually have slit pupils, while diurnal snakes usually have round pupils. 4. there's not just nocturnal and diurnal (active at night and active during the day): there's my favorite all-time word, *crepuscular*. it means an animal that's most active at dawn and at dusk. garter snakes are crepuscular! (they have round pupils in case you were wondering ^v^)
Fun fact adjacent: Frogs use their eyes to push food down their throats because they can't actively swallow. And they're unable to throw up so they essentially throw up their stomachs and empty it out and use their eyes to swallow it back down again.
Did you know that during the second world war, the Germans attempted to use captured Sherman Tanks to infiltrate the allied lines and sow chaos among their troops? 350 Shermans were requested for this purpose, but less than a dozen were actually delivered, so Panzers were used, painted to with allied colours. In order to avoid friendly fire, yellow triangles were painted on the back of these "Beutepanzers". The plan had a major flaw, however, as when real allied tanks came across them, and saw their giant german muzzle-brakes, unfamiliar markings, and lack of radio contact, they opened fire almost on sight.
Did you know that in WW2, Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats, which would then disperse and roost in eaves and attics in a 20-40-mile radius (32-64 km). The incendiaries, which were set on timers, would then ignite and start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper constructions of the Japanese cities.
Some people would say that it is a type of hell to hear something like “Daddy daddy, did you know? Did you know?” for the rest of their days. I started feeling certain urges when I imagined that, and I haven’t wanted that before.
I am so grateful that Hank came in and played The Fix, but thank YOU *so much* for including Conrad, Trapp, and especially Pasha & Ronnie!!! (The way Brennan says 'reticulated python' in that voice is just too cute to handle.) 🥰🤩😍 Edit: And you got the ending!! YAY!! That bit was all I wanted and more, that was the absolute sweetest thing!
I read something I thought of only as fan fic, that Hank Green crushed on Brennan Lee Mulligan. After this comp, the BTS shorts, and reading the tweets Hank Green sent out, now I finally see it. Intellectual language gets their gears grinding. This is not a romance. THIS is a bromance. Now I'm buying Dropout to watch this.
I saw Hank explaining his character before I watched the show and I just felt like it was so specific there is no way it would work. Then I watched the show and holy shit his character is so compelling and the way he plays it is perfect
I somehow feel like Hank Green fans would know at least most of these facts from him spouting them off in his videos or generally how they already are lmao This is great
I love the tension, the silence, around that fact about oxygen, I'd imagine whoever the Fix was interrogating looking on in shocked realization that they might not be breathing breathable air.
Did you know that while it is even more technologically feasible to build better supersonic aircraft now than the Concorde, the reason most airlines aren’t looking to do that is because there’s a loss of lift the closer to the speed of sound you get. So you need to use more fuel to achieve that extra speed. And that’s on top of the increased maintenance costs, wear/tear, and the reduced loads you can take in supersonic aircraft compared to the current airspeeds.
Also, at high operating limits, maximum operating mach and stall mach are so close together that there is only a small window between overspeed and stall ("coffin corner"). - Basically lift decreases close to mach 1, but once the air is reaching supersonic speeds, there can be more lift than at subsonic speeds (one needs to build the wings for that). The colder the air, the lower the speed of sound (mach speed is temperature-dependent). A subsonic jet can be flying faster than the speed of sound, while it is still flying in a safe range below mach 1 indicated due to jetstream winds (that happened a few years ago for example).
Also, many nations may prohibit supersonic flight over land, and airlines would only be able to employ supersonic carriers over oceans unless a soft-boom jet were developped.
The "half the bones in your body" fact is terrifying, but the absolute horror in the oxygen/CO2 fact leading into "I wanna know what's going on" is *perfect*, it really sets the underlying threat incredibly well
"Diners were originally from trains--they were the dining cars that had been taken out of service" THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SHAPED LIKE THAT!!!!??!?! That's so cool, It's so fantastic to know!
wait am I not meant to be able to hum while my nose is completely blocked? I'd honestly never tried until this video but now i cant stop. It's like I discovered the worlds worst superpower
In order to create a sound, air is pushed through your vocal cords. That air needs somewhere to go. If you close both your mouth and your nose, you shouldn't be able to hum longer than it takes to fill up your mouth with air
Do you have a big 'ol bullfrog mouth like I do? Because I can't get much humming out before the air can escape my pursed lips, but hum I can all the same.
@@connerscott2687no, it means you have a hole somewhere that the air is coming out of. The most likely places would be somewhere in your orbital socket or somewhere in your ear.
the compilation we've all been waiting for 🙏this is what an Intelligence (Intimidate) check looks like hank absolutely slaughtered at this, I never could have imagined being so intimidated by this bespectacled glasses man but here he is, taking my lunch money by telling me how many bones I have
All of Hank's facts are really fun, but what was not fun was how fucking terrifying Brennan's delivery of "There's a shadow downstairs" was. That's a bonechilling line wtf.
One way of defining the length of a bird’s beak is the distance between the tip of the beak to the bird’s nostrils, which are usually located close to the skull. If you use this definition, the bird with the shortest beak in the world is the kiwi bird, because it’s nostrils are located at the tip of its beak. (The kiwi uses this adaptation to sniff around in leaf litter for food.)
So if you're in a room with no way for the oxygen to replenish then you'd panic once the co2 builds up and your body realizes it's inhaling it because it forms acid in our stomach but if we were outside and all oxygen just suddenly vanished we wouldn't realize until we just fell over dead due to the lack of oxygen? I mean I guess that further explains the need for oxygen measuring equipment when we work inside closed off spaces like inside a tank because we literally can't detect the lack of oxygen ourself.
Yep, it's extremly difficult for us to realize hypoxia. That's why there is altitude measuring equipment with warnings if cabin altitude exceeds 10 000ft in planes (and there are immediate oxygen masks and an emergency decent following). There are flight centers where you can try a hypoxia room - they make sure you get the oxygen mask ^^. Additionally, hypoxia symptoms widely differ and you'd be in a state of euphoria before dying.
That's also one of the dangers of carbon monoxide. You can fill your lungs with it, which gives you enough air to actually *exhale,* but what you're getting in return still suffocates you.
Tbe acid doesn't form in the stomach, though, but your actual bloodstream. That's how your body can detect too much CO2. One of the reasons we wouldn't realize if all the oxygen disappeared from the atmosphere is because the vast majority of the air we breathe is actually molecular nitrogen gas, which we breathe in all the time and doesn't cause a build of acidity in our bloodstream. We'd never even see it coming.
@@Catman_CM yep, also sometimes when scuba divers ascend too quickly from deep down to the surface, nitrogen bubbles up in the bloodstream which can travel to the heart causing an embolism. They call it the Bends.
i gotta say one of my favorite moments from Mentopolis (though there are a hell of a lot of contenders) has to be from episode 1 where Brennan is so genuinely intimidated that he makes the DC on the intimidation roll really low (like 3 i think)
Genuinely was not expecting to see clips of Hank Green of all people being on Dimension 20 and actually being seriously menacing by sheer virtue of dispensing intimidating knowledge, but by god am I happy for him. (This is not at all to knock Hank, I just genuinely never expected him to get in on tabletop!)
My favorite thing about this video is the fun facts y'all leave in the comments 😄💜 Keep them coming!
Fun fact: Hank is wrong about humming. You absolutely can do it while blocking your nose, you just need to do it in short bursts to release pressure.
You can also hum with your lips slightly apart, allowing you to hum with a blocked nose for minutes on end.
"Whenever someone says they're gonna break all the bones in your body, I think no, that's too much work. But I could break half the bones in your body" is such a raw line, holy shit
Real big "Do you know how long it takes to stab someone 47 times?" energy
He made the most stock threat really threatening.
In my time watching Dimension 20, and for that matter Dropout content in general, I have heard many lines which were downright terrifying. (Usually they come from Brennan, but not always.) This easily makes the top 5, if not the top three.
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasAh who can forget, “Do you remember your mother or grandmother first?”
*followed by Lue clutching the person next to him’s shoulder*
@@EpicNerdsWithCamerasmine is "the face of a divinity you don't worship, the smile of a devil you don't believe in" strongly followed by (not Dropout but) Brennan in Calamity saying "are you weakest do you feel at the elbow, or the shoulder?" _shudder_
Hank Green really created a character only he could play. Respect.
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He just had a list of facts in front of him all the time. Anyone can play this character. It just takes some out of session work. (I know horrible, a player, doing out of session work? How dare I even suggest such a thing)
@@artemisspawnofzeus7732 you must be the enemy of office joie de vivre, huh
@@artemisspawnofzeus7732Did he have a thing in front of him? Cause I do know Hank knows alot of this stuff off his head.
@@JesterZari I believe he said he memorized and cross checked all the facts but had them written down on his notes as well. What I found truly impressive is not his vast knowledge, but rather the way he implement them and make them relevant to the scene.
I think Hank could be the only person to weaponize genuinely fun facts as an intimidation tactic
I present to you: Raymond Reddington! :D
its feels like something right out of a Cohen brothers movie
the fix: which half set of bones would you rather me break first
And only Brennan could make a fact about woodpeckers sound so erotic
Ze frank?
I love how Brennan finally met his absolute match in unhinged nerd facts with Hank hahaha
Same!!
Unhinged, like the jaws of a snake
God what I would do to play with them. We could have chemistry biology general technology geology basic particsl and normal physics and a few other fields covered in terms of fun facts. And I don't think hank went super deep into disease and viruses. He's more the cell bio guy. I can bring some whole new horrifying real facts. All spoken from the monkey man mihija with his purple robe sitting on his Crab robot rapu with barrels of brandy and oil strapped to the sides.
@@Turalcar y'know snakes don't actually unhinge their jaws, their mandibles (lower jawbones) are not fused and instead stretchy ligaments connect them allowing them to open so wide.
@@TuralcarDid you know that snakes don't actually unhinge their jaws? (I forget the actual mechanism behind it but their jaws aren't unhinged)
Hank: I'm going to make a character who constantly tells odd facts.
Brennan: Don't threaten me with a good time.
Brennan after watching him in action: Don't threaten me!
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Ooh that's some tasty wordplay 👏👏👏
The amount of fear Brennan has expressed due to his threats was insane.
Yesss I almost want to make an entire video just of Brennan's reactions to The Fix and Conrad 😆
PLEASE DO@@AmrutaRanade
@@AmrutaRanadedo it!
@@AmrutaRanadePleeeease pleaaase make it!!
hey psst you should do it
There's nothing more intimidating than a man methodically explaining the logistics of how to break half the bones in your body
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Beware the man who will reveal the secrets of the world to his enemies without fear.
Because the world is terrifying.
Or how you wouldn't notice if you were deprived of oxygen.. 👀
100% sure that Brennan requested Hank for this season purely to play fact tennis with
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Definitely
The pivot from the light sensing organ to "there's a shadow downstairs" was absolutely terrifying in context.
Gotta love Brennan and his foreboding lines.
Yes! And was all that just a coincidence? Or was that planned? Because that moment was so organic.
@@TheRealHappyHuntsmanhe used to be a camp counsellor and told horror stories to kids. I think it comes naturally to him. Lol. He's also trained at improv and a professional comedian who happens to have a show revolving around storytelling (of course, he's been playing d&d even longer than the show's existence). I think it's conceivable that that was improvised.
But the "shadow" was always planned. It's the reveal that was improvised. It shows how quick Brennan is. He took Hank's vaguely menacing fun fact and worked it around his planned encounter for the players.
@@Jonathan331you can pinpoint the exact moment where Brennan thought "I CAN UTILIZE THIS!"
The absolute joy Hank experiences when he gets to learn a new fact
I love it; it’s so pure. It’s like “I get to gain wealth, and I’ve found a friend.”
And Brennan too! Them together is truly perfect
I feel that joy and damn if everyone could keep feeling it we'd be a lot better for it.
I love fun facts, but I was fully unprepared for how effective and entertaining The Fix's fun facts would be. The absolute *menace* that everyone reads into him is so incredibly funny.
"Did you know that half the bones in your body are in your hands and feet?"
"Whenever somebody says, I'm going to break every bone in your body, I think that's ridiculous. It'd be way to much work."
"But I could break half the bones in your body."
when you tell someone breaking all bones is bard but that to break half the bones in their body all you have to do is crush their hands and feet and it wouldnt even be difficult. that can be a very scary thing if some big dude said that to you in real life.
that one was truly bone-chilling@@ilikepie4685
@@Zaliedfacts. If I ever have a daughter this is the line I’m using on her boyfriend 😂
The Fix and Pasha scene is the first time I've really seen the unbridled neurodivergent joy in finding someone Like You nailed so well in media and it is wonderful
The moment where Hank just pauses and goes "The fix can't think of any facts" is such an amazing line with the context of everything, as its one of those sentences that reads like a puddle but leaves an ocean unsaid.
@@galactor123 Because, at the time, he's fixated *on her.*
Your femur is under so much pressure being contracted by the tendons in your thigh that when it breaks, the two halves shear next to each other. Resetting the bone takes so much strength because you're basically stretching massive fucking rubber bands. Because of that, for most of human history, a broken femur had an 80% mortality rate, despite the fact that it didn't touch any organs. It wasn't until the Thomas Splint was invented around the turn of the 1900s that the odds flipped with an 80% survival, as the splint basically acted like a car jack to separate both halves of your femur against the compression of your tendons to safely reset the bone.
this is the scariest fact I've learned so far 😬👏🏽
Thomas Splint is a very good character name.
i misread that i thought you were saying that a man named Thomas Splint was invented in th 1900s and he's been resetting everyones femurs ever since
I love bone facts! There make me squeamish but damn they’re cool :D
Moderately related fun fact: if the tendon under your kneecap severs, your kneecap will hang out near your groin, or so mom tells me about where mine was! 🫠
i genuinely can't get over how well hank used his fun facts this season. not just in the scenes where he made NPCs (sometimes literally) shit their pants, but the swallow-tail butterfly and eagle claw scenes replay in my mind 24/7. they were such perfect metaphors for Conrad, it's so fucking cool how Hank 1) understood Alex's character so well 2) came up with the perfect fun fact to use as a metaphor and 3) responded so perfectly in character. i hope to see him on D20 more because he KILLED it
Sadly, we will not because Hank lives on the other side of the country, and for him to flim that short of a seasons worth of stuff he lived in a hotel room for about a week I think.He has a video talking about the d20 experience on his channel.
@@codycarney2311 That's rough, but he was so good in this that I'd bet there's a chance we'll see him play some more, even if it can't be on D20
@@codycarney2311 I am neighbors with Hank!
@@proutytyler1 Then you should invite him over for D&D and tell us all about it! lol seems like it's the only way we'll get more out of him
I love the image of this behemoth like The Fix having a glorious time surrounded by kids telling him weird facts.
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So wholesome. XD
That bit makes me cry, such a great moment and it feels perfect for the fix
I feel like fix had the best NPCs from Pasha to Ronnie
@@gingerpower303It fits thematically too, since the kids represent interests in various subjects, and the fix is the embodiment of hyperfixation on said interests. I remember the one running the home for the interests represents negativity, which shows how a negative mindset prevents you from pursuing potential interests.
Hank says he didn’t know the woodpecker fact is cute because he did a whole scishow episode on it.
Did he Hank not know or did The Fix not know?
I think that was after!
The wasted effort of breaking ALL the bones in your body kinda makes the threat way more terrifying, but only in the context of knowing the allocation ratio. So retorting or concluding with "I'm gonna do it anyway." Is a perfect escalalation.
I’m going to disagree. Breaking every bone is actually beyond our comprehension and just bravado. But half the bones? That is an achievable goal and knowing that ratio gives us an understanding how he can do it.
@@nigeldyllianrobinson3762 counter-point: In an intimidation situation, telling someone that breaking all the bones in your body results in a bunch of wasted energy compared to breaking half the bones in your body shows they care about results, not the methods.
@@Ch4pp13 Different strokes for different folks. I find the thought of how easily he could break half our bones which imply a to the real threat of “I’m going to break your hands and feet” far more intimidating.
@@nigeldyllianrobinson3762 It's only bravado until you come across someone who's very dedicated to the desecration of a corpse
@@PhoenicopterusR personally? not a daily occurrence
The Fix: *vividly describes two horrible ways people can die over the course of a full minute, and with no transition whatsoever says* "I'd like you to tell me what's going on in this town."
Honestly, someone came at me like the fix does? I would happily give them the bloody fucking guided tour
The faces of the cast when the one-in-six life-altering Fix-fact comes in and they go through all five stages of grief in four seconds. Plus another five for their characters.
The cast reactions are my favorite part of the bit 😄
We need Hank on Um, Actually
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I love that oxygen and CO2 bit. It's a long walk but it gets there. It's like, okay, cool biochemistry facts there...wait is that a threat...?
the delivery tho!
Arguably even *more* intimidating than some of the other things he's said.
God, Hank played the Fix like he was a combination of everyone's favorite teacher and the Iceman, and I am absolutely here for it.
I love how Trapp was able to stay in character and just responds with "That makes me very curious."
Also "Can I roll to see how horny the fix is?" Is also amazing
And the fact that it was snoop 1 XD
This is a gem and can only be improved by the Trapp line "shit themselves stupid"
I _almost_ included it 😆
brennan is bringing the bird facts but hank is bringing the bird gripping facts
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I just want to highlight beyond how cool the facts are that these two men created amazing characters and interaction by simply reusing the same "bit" over and over. Thats truely impressive character work to show so much connection and range simply relaying scientific facts as a love language.
aww, scientific facts as a love language! so true for Hank!! (he just reposted a tiktok from last year about his son second guessing his facts 😄)
Can confirm, sharing scientific facts is 100% my love language and makes me just as excited as Hank lmao
Did you know that, if a bee’s hive is threatened by a hornet, they can basically dogpile on top of it and vibrate their wing muscles so fast that their combined body heat actually roasts the hornet alive.
this might be my favorite fact I've learned so far
Glad that my bug special interest was of good use! :3
This is also an interesting fact thanks
@@AmrutaRanadeit's specifically a strategy employee by japanese honey bees to deal with the famous giant asian wasp, a species so vicious that a single wasp can decimate whole beehives. European bees aren't nearly as known for it and, in fact, the lack of this strategy makes it hard for them to be raised in japan, where giant wasps are common (or were, they're under risks of extinction).
Iirc it's known as "balling" and is also used to execute a queen bee when the hive determines that the queen is no longer capable of fulfilling the role
Did you know, that hummingbirds, when they are trying to get a mate, will fly as fast as they can and release air out their but so it makes a sound through their tail feathers? the female hummingbird chooses a mate based on who makes the best sound. each variant of hummingbird species has a different sound they make.
Awwww! Love it
Did you know that are several bird species in which males will assist one another in coordinated courtship dances and in fending off rivals? The practice is called "lekking." The secondary males will seldom mate, but because in some species (grouses and peacocks), they're highly likely to be related (siblings or cousins), their genes still benefit from the increased mating opportunities of the group.
@@KyleRayner12 Literal wingmen!!!
@@pira8ted641 I wasn't going to say it, but...
Farting mates into their lives... nature is silly, and I love it.
I’d love to see Hank on a movie, playing a soft-spoken anti-villain or anti-hero or something like that. Get well soon Hank, we’re rooting for you.
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I believe his cancer is in remission right now. There was an update not long ago i think?
@@GamerGrovyle Yep!
@@AmrutaRanadeHe scared it off with facts.
Breaking News: Perpetual motion has been discovered as a conversation between Brennan and Hank lasts until the heat death of the universe via fun facts
I absolutely love how Brennan keeps pushing up invisible glasses as he is having a nerd-off with Hank
"Did that make ya feel bettah?"
No, Hank, no it did not. None of this made me feel better.
love how earnest the question is tho 😆
I want to see a procedural crime drama where the detective’s gimmick is that he’s Hank Green.
Dropout's closed captions team's the gift that keeps on giving
It really is!! I recorded the clips with the captions on for that exact reason 😄
The common deep-sea jellyfish Atolla has a similar bioluminescent defence mechanism nick named the "burglar alarm". When attack it will light up to attract other bigger predators to deal with the one attacking it.
ooh that sounds scary _and_ pretty!
Sure, it’s like when a horde of zombies start making their way toward you and your acquaintance, you throw something noisome in that person’s direction to divert the zombie’s attention from you.
which is to say: It literally casts "Summon Bigger Fish"
gods, fucking, yes.
Is it purple?
kind of like how the "freshly cut grass" smell is a defense mechanism that grass uses, because when it is being eaten by like aphids or whatever, it releases that smell, which attracts bigger bugs to eat the bugs that are eating the grass
I love how The Fix manages to use cool science facts to simultaneously 1) drive terror into the hearts of men, 2) comfort his friends and inspire them to be their best selves, 3) flirt. Such a fun, compelling character.
I love that as the season progresses, everyone becomes increasingly more reactive to Hank starting one of these because the second the first word is out they know they're going to receive psychic damage by the time he's done
Brennan and Hank: platonic neurospicy soulmates
The fun facts are obviously oustanding and wonderful on their own. The real gem of it all, to me at least, was when it would connect to what was going on. Like the "I don't think you're an eagle" message. It was such a perfect metaphor for what was going on in the moment, a really neat thing to learn, and resonated with me on a personal level. What more could you ask for? This season was obviously the Hank Green show, especially as it aired while he was going through cancer treatment, but that doesn't mean I didn't value the rest of the cast. The whole thing was just a joy to watch. I want to see Hank do more Actual Play series. He either revealed or discovered something that he needs to further share with the world.
He was on another actual play series called Titansgrave! And I think he got introduced to standup (not 100% sure if that was part of the D20 experience but seems related) and has been performing!
@@AmrutaRanade I had no idea! That's fantastic to learn, thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it and your heart for my comment. Hank doing stand up sounds like a weird but awesome thing I didn't know I wanted. lol
Hank Green saying “pelicans . . .” was enough to make everyone at that table laugh, and i respect them all so much for that
also it’s bizarre to hear Hank say that in any voice other than his actual own voice
The southern drawl adds so fucking much to this
yesss
I just realized that Pasha N. is probably the reason why The Fix has such access to fun facts inside this brain. His function isn't fun facts, it's just a byproduct of his job and a hobby. It's ended being her job though.
Because when you're hyperfixated on something, you could say you are very... Passionate about it.
I could watch 4 hours of Hank and Brennan trading bird facts while in character.
Fun fact, Hippopotamus are too heavy to flost so when they sleep, they often sink underwater. To avoid drowning, they have a reflex that allows them to bob up for air even while unconscious.
they also produce reddish pink sweat. Their skin is very sensitive to both drying and sunburn, so the sweat acts like an automatic skin ointment. It also protects the skin from becoming waterlogged when a hippo is in the water.
@@bear_trap107I wonder if they studied the chemical composition of hippopotamus sweat. It seems like to could be useful as moisturizer/sunblock
@@samandom8772 And this is why I love that science and biology exists, for this exact questions like these lol
I was typing out a comment imagining another threatening Fix Factoid like "did you know, in the deep sea, some squid spray glowing ink on other animals attacking them? Because it's so dark, it's like a flashbang, and they can be blinded.. works much better than dark ink."
"But you know, other things like the light. Bigger things. Bigger creatures. And they come in.. the predator becomes the predated.. and the little squid goes free."
"I'm the little squid."
AND THEN HE FUCKING USED THAT FACT AT 8:33
and perfectly delivered!! I got goosebumps!
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The most intimidating and inspirational uses of fun facts
hi! I love your videos!!
@AmrutaRanade Hi, and thank you! I've been really enjoying your videos as well!
Danielle almost crying during the eagle speech is a mood
Hank saying "did you know..." has now become one of the most immediately arresting things you can hear.
Pasha N and The Fix are just two adorable nerds exchanging facts. Just two nerds flirting...I love it.
9:15 "make any kind of check you want" when you pass your intimidation check in reality
Freddie just turning his chair to having a closer look on the battle of the bird fact masters🤣😂
Freddie putting his chin on his interlaced fingers is SO cute!
I'm amazed that Hank made a barbarian class character that uses fun, weird facts to intimidate and even defeat his opponents.
god I love the fix & pasha - I could watch them sharing facts for like 7 hours. also my special interest is snakes so this season kept me well fed!
here's a few more snake facts for yall:
1. snakes can't blink - they don't have eyelids! there's a transparent ocular scale that covers the eye to protect it, sometimes called a spectacle. yes, that one part in harry potter where the snake winks at harry is a lie - rip. this also means it can be hard to tell if they are asleep; if a snake is just sitting there perfectly still staring at you, it's not plotting your demise - it's taking a nap!
2. it's a common myth that snakes are deaf, or that they don't have ears. while you can't see their ears from the outside, they do in fact have internal ears! they do hear sound, it's just more muffled than it would be for us - they rely more on smell and sight.
3. we used to think that snakes with slit-pupiled eyes are venomous and snakes with round pupils are non-venomous, but nowadays we know that it's actually about what time of day they're most active in! nocturnal snakes will usually have slit pupils, while diurnal snakes usually have round pupils.
4. there's not just nocturnal and diurnal (active at night and active during the day): there's my favorite all-time word, *crepuscular*. it means an animal that's most active at dawn and at dusk. garter snakes are crepuscular! (they have round pupils in case you were wondering ^v^)
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to tie facts 3 and 4 to other animals- cats are also crepuscular, and their pupil shape changes from round to slit depending on the light levels!
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Fun fact adjacent: Frogs use their eyes to push food down their throats because they can't actively swallow. And they're unable to throw up so they essentially throw up their stomachs and empty it out and use their eyes to swallow it back down again.
I don't know any fun facts to share in return, but thank you so much for sharing!
Did you know that during the second world war, the Germans attempted to use captured Sherman Tanks to infiltrate the allied lines and sow chaos among their troops? 350 Shermans were requested for this purpose, but less than a dozen were actually delivered, so Panzers were used, painted to with allied colours. In order to avoid friendly fire, yellow triangles were painted on the back of these "Beutepanzers". The plan had a major flaw, however, as when real allied tanks came across them, and saw their giant german muzzle-brakes, unfamiliar markings, and lack of radio contact, they opened fire almost on sight.
Did you know that in WW2, Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. Dropped from a bomber at dawn, the casings would deploy a parachute in mid-flight and open to release the bats, which would then disperse and roost in eaves and attics in a 20-40-mile radius (32-64 km). The incendiaries, which were set on timers, would then ignite and start fires in inaccessible places in the largely wood and paper constructions of the Japanese cities.
Some people would say that it is a type of hell to hear something like “Daddy daddy, did you know? Did you know?” for the rest of their days. I started feeling certain urges when I imagined that, and I haven’t wanted that before.
I wish I had a child so that I can trade cool facts with them :)
I am so grateful that Hank came in and played The Fix, but thank YOU *so much* for including Conrad, Trapp, and especially Pasha & Ronnie!!! (The way Brennan says 'reticulated python' in that voice is just too cute to handle.) 🥰🤩😍 Edit: And you got the ending!! YAY!! That bit was all I wanted and more, that was the absolute sweetest thing!
I enjoyed them nerding out together as much as the facts!!
I read something I thought of only as fan fic, that Hank Green crushed on Brennan Lee Mulligan. After this comp, the BTS shorts, and reading the tweets Hank Green sent out, now I finally see it. Intellectual language gets their gears grinding. This is not a romance. THIS is a bromance. Now I'm buying Dropout to watch this.
The breaking half your bones fact is honestly so threatening😂
I saw Hank explaining his character before I watched the show and I just felt like it was so specific there is no way it would work. Then I watched the show and holy shit his character is so compelling and the way he plays it is perfect
Brennan being so damn terrified every single time is utterly fantastic.
Honestly, the most terrifying character ever conceived. 100/10
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I somehow feel like Hank Green fans would know at least most of these facts from him spouting them off in his videos or generally how they already are lmao
This is great
I love the tension, the silence, around that fact about oxygen, I'd imagine whoever the Fix was interrogating looking on in shocked realization that they might not be breathing breathable air.
Only Hank Green could give me fun facts and make me question both his sanity and my own.
I love how hank uses the facts, he doesn’t just say facts, he uses them to get a point across and that is so unique and fresh
Did you know that while it is even more technologically feasible to build better supersonic aircraft now than the Concorde, the reason most airlines aren’t looking to do that is because there’s a loss of lift the closer to the speed of sound you get. So you need to use more fuel to achieve that extra speed. And that’s on top of the increased maintenance costs, wear/tear, and the reduced loads you can take in supersonic aircraft compared to the current airspeeds.
Also, at high operating limits, maximum operating mach and stall mach are so close together that there is only a small window between overspeed and stall ("coffin corner"). - Basically lift decreases close to mach 1, but once the air is reaching supersonic speeds, there can be more lift than at subsonic speeds (one needs to build the wings for that).
The colder the air, the lower the speed of sound (mach speed is temperature-dependent).
A subsonic jet can be flying faster than the speed of sound, while it is still flying in a safe range below mach 1 indicated due to jetstream winds (that happened a few years ago for example).
Also, many nations may prohibit supersonic flight over land, and airlines would only be able to employ supersonic carriers over oceans unless a soft-boom jet were developped.
The fix's romance arc got me in the feels so hard u guysss
I love how Hank's character is able to just tell the most menacing sounding facts
The "half the bones in your body" fact is terrifying, but the absolute horror in the oxygen/CO2 fact leading into "I wanna know what's going on" is *perfect*, it really sets the underlying threat incredibly well
It’s not just the incredible amount of facts, it’s how quickly he weaves them into a novel threat that’s so effective for the situation
I imagine this is how Hank courted his wife. Just facts and facts and she couldn’t quell her curious it’s and then BOOM married with kids.
The Fix flirting with a forensic scientist through the medium of fun facts is amazing.
The closed captions for these videos are absolutely wonderful
"Diners were originally from trains--they were the dining cars that had been taken out of service"
THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SHAPED LIKE THAT!!!!??!?!
That's so cool, It's so fantastic to know!
When your DM tells you you cant use your intelligence score for an intimidation check.
The switch from "That little fish ain't the only fish in the sea" to "Did....did Pasha come by?"
Watching hank play was an immense delight and a highlight of a season with an already immensely stacked cast
"Make any kind of check you want" man, that's actually such a funny response
While watching this season the sheer number of facts never registered for me. Incredible.
I learned the woodpecker thing from Hank...it's deeply joyous to listen to Brennan bring it up
I love that Pasha just gives Brennan an opportunity to show off his bird facts
Slightly devious fact giver Hank green is peak Hank green
wait am I not meant to be able to hum while my nose is completely blocked? I'd honestly never tried until this video but now i cant stop. It's like I discovered the worlds worst superpower
In order to create a sound, air is pushed through your vocal cords. That air needs somewhere to go. If you close both your mouth and your nose, you shouldn't be able to hum longer than it takes to fill up your mouth with air
Do you have a big 'ol bullfrog mouth like I do? Because I can't get much humming out before the air can escape my pursed lips, but hum I can all the same.
@@phoenixgreif346So it's not meant to be sustainable, but possible for short durations?
@@connerscott2687 i can do it for like.. 4 seconds at a time
@@connerscott2687no, it means you have a hole somewhere that the air is coming out of. The most likely places would be somewhere in your orbital socket or somewhere in your ear.
the compilation we've all been waiting for 🙏this is what an Intelligence (Intimidate) check looks like
hank absolutely slaughtered at this, I never could have imagined being so intimidated by this bespectacled glasses man but here he is, taking my lunch money by telling me how many bones I have
Same!! I've been watching the vlogbrothers for years but never once have I felt intimidated until Mentopolis!
My favorite part of this season is watching Brennan Lee Mulligan get actually intimidated by The Fixes fun facts
That last line from Brennan absolutely melted my heart 😭🥺♥️
All of Hank's facts are really fun, but what was not fun was how fucking terrifying Brennan's delivery of "There's a shadow downstairs" was. That's a bonechilling line wtf.
what every nerd dreams of: SciShow within a D20 season 💖
I feel like that back and forth is the closest we will ever get to seeing a wizards' duel IRL
One way of defining the length of a bird’s beak is the distance between the tip of the beak to the bird’s nostrils, which are usually located close to the skull. If you use this definition, the bird with the shortest beak in the world is the kiwi bird, because it’s nostrils are located at the tip of its beak. (The kiwi uses this adaptation to sniff around in leaf litter for food.)
Also kiwis lay eggs that are 20% to 25% of their body size. Imagine if chickens laid eggs that weighed over a pound each.
You can absolutely hum if you block your nose, just not for long if you mouth is also closed.
the f in fun stands for “fuck around and find out” (and the fix :) )
Hank really went into Shorts mode. So good.
The "there's a shadow downstairs" came out of nowhere, holy
That was so brilliant
So if you're in a room with no way for the oxygen to replenish then you'd panic once the co2 builds up and your body realizes it's inhaling it because it forms acid in our stomach but if we were outside and all oxygen just suddenly vanished we wouldn't realize until we just fell over dead due to the lack of oxygen?
I mean I guess that further explains the need for oxygen measuring equipment when we work inside closed off spaces like inside a tank because we literally can't detect the lack of oxygen ourself.
Yep, it's extremly difficult for us to realize hypoxia. That's why there is altitude measuring equipment with warnings if cabin altitude exceeds 10 000ft in planes (and there are immediate oxygen masks and an emergency decent following).
There are flight centers where you can try a hypoxia room - they make sure you get the oxygen mask ^^. Additionally, hypoxia symptoms widely differ and you'd be in a state of euphoria before dying.
That's also one of the dangers of carbon monoxide. You can fill your lungs with it, which gives you enough air to actually *exhale,* but what you're getting in return still suffocates you.
Tbe acid doesn't form in the stomach, though, but your actual bloodstream. That's how your body can detect too much CO2.
One of the reasons we wouldn't realize if all the oxygen disappeared from the atmosphere is because the vast majority of the air we breathe is actually molecular nitrogen gas, which we breathe in all the time and doesn't cause a build of acidity in our bloodstream. We'd never even see it coming.
@@Catman_CM yep, also sometimes when scuba divers ascend too quickly from deep down to the surface, nitrogen bubbles up in the bloodstream which can travel to the heart causing an embolism. They call it the Bends.
i gotta say one of my favorite moments from Mentopolis (though there are a hell of a lot of contenders) has to be from episode 1 where Brennan is so genuinely intimidated that he makes the DC on the intimidation roll really low (like 3 i think)
The black mamba fact is fucking terrifying, that is literally the plot of a horror movie, just being *chased down by a giant snake*
8:33 evolved pettiness, I think I found my spirit animal
Genuinely was not expecting to see clips of Hank Green of all people being on Dimension 20 and actually being seriously menacing by sheer virtue of dispensing intimidating knowledge, but by god am I happy for him.
(This is not at all to knock Hank, I just genuinely never expected him to get in on tabletop!)
lol, why is an uncharacteristically calm Hank speaking random facts in that accent so menacing
He's playing a character on a D&D actual play 😄