5 interesting things - episode 2

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    In this episode:
    1. Why is the end of a tape measure always wobbly
    2. Why hammerhead sharks have hammer shaped heads
    3. Why I can't give my wife a kidney
    4. Why the north pole is a south pole
    5. The ant with a door for a head
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  • @SteveMould
    @SteveMould  4 роки тому +425

    Hope you like this second instalment of short interesting things. And here's the sponsor info:
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    • @jadeharleyirl
      @jadeharleyirl 4 роки тому

      awesome, thanks

    • @arnav257
      @arnav257 4 роки тому +5

      You'd better not pull a Firefly on this series.

    • @gmgunner
      @gmgunner 4 роки тому

      Yo!

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +29

      Worse, I'm going to drag it out like the walking dead.

    • @macronencer
      @macronencer 4 роки тому

      Does Hostinger provide free perpetual SSL licences? I'm looking for a provider that does that for my Wordpress blog so that I don't have the hassle of renewing them myself...

  • @Graviton1066
    @Graviton1066 4 роки тому +2684

    A group of Hammerhead Sharks should be called a Toolbox.

    • @MGSLurmey
      @MGSLurmey 4 роки тому +24

      I love it!

    • @cjvilleneuve1566
      @cjvilleneuve1566 4 роки тому +18

      yep! alias ''the blacksmith '' !

    • @CyberiusT
      @CyberiusT 4 роки тому +29

      It's a Box. As in, a "box of hammers". ;)

    • @user-ug6hh4qg3n
      @user-ug6hh4qg3n 4 роки тому +9

      PETITION!!!!! DO IT!

    • @avenuex3731
      @avenuex3731 4 роки тому +26

      I submit ‘a pounding’ of hammerheads.

  • @vcguerrilla6438
    @vcguerrilla6438 3 роки тому +1086

    "North pole is actually South pole"
    _Fire trucks are actually water trucks_

    • @IdontKnow-nm8bz
      @IdontKnow-nm8bz 3 роки тому +37

      Your toes are almost always touching, unless you don't have toes

    • @anthonyanth8368
      @anthonyanth8368 3 роки тому +3

      @@IdontKnow-nm8bz kkkk nice

    • @alimcrae13
      @alimcrae13 3 роки тому +18

      In the UK we call them fire engines, and a fire engine isn't a water engine 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @Mihoshika
      @Mihoshika 3 роки тому +14

      @@IdontKnow-nm8bz N o. I have dividers between each toe all the time.

    • @renagonpoi5747
      @renagonpoi5747 3 роки тому +5

      @@IdontKnow-nm8bz or have lost every other toe.

  • @syphonuk
    @syphonuk 4 роки тому +418

    Part of me wanted Thing 5 to end after you said "Look at its head".

    • @Chiaros
      @Chiaros 4 роки тому +38

      Yea, but then we wouldn't get the oreo-butt spider...

    • @cozinoda
      @cozinoda 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, would have been quite funny

    • @ceruleanwake8876
      @ceruleanwake8876 3 роки тому +1

      Same here. I was soo prepaired for that I giggled and then almost clicked away, but then realized the sponser hadn't been talked about. So I stayed put so I didn't miss anything else in the video

    • @MaiRmouche
      @MaiRmouche 2 роки тому

      @@Chiaros so that's how they get that pattern

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 26 днів тому

      Fun fact 5.2: we've decided it's illegal to pay someone for one of their kidneys, but we can still pay 10x more for the surgery itself than what someone would be willing to sell their kidney for.
      "Free Healthcare" advocates will chime in about this, however in a society with "free" Healthcare it of course isn't free, and you have no choices in who does your surgery. You also have to wait a lot longer, which leads to people needlessly dying.
      Both systems have flaws, but "free" Healthcare is absolutely not free. It ends up costing the same amount on average, leads to longer delay times for treatment because there's no value (monetary gain) for Healthcare providers to improve treatment times, and there's no choices available to the patients. (They can't choose to pay a little extra to improve their treatment quality or treatment time, unless they choose to completely give up their current benefits, making it only an option for the wealthy or the desperate)

  • @Jeffrey_Wong
    @Jeffrey_Wong 4 роки тому +652

    Ant: "What is my purpose?"
    God: "Your head is a door"

  • @user-tn7fh7mz7v
    @user-tn7fh7mz7v 4 роки тому +1349

    OMG the tape measure thing has gone from annoying to satisfying

    • @userPrehistoricman
      @userPrehistoricman 4 роки тому +320

      It's not a bug, it's a feature!

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +225

      @@userPrehistoricman damn, I wish I'd said this in the video!

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 4 роки тому +4

      #worksasintended

    • @Tfaonc
      @Tfaonc 4 роки тому +35

      I work construction. I tried to explain this feature to some other workers, they didn't believe me.
      Kept insisting you have to be careful to measure the same way everytime. Smh

    • @KjKase
      @KjKase 4 роки тому +24

      @@Tfaonc yeah when I first used a tape measure, it didn't have the wobbly head, I thought that it would be ever so slightly inaccurate if you used it pushing up against things. Then I got a better tape measure that had the sliding head and I instantly knew that that was actually a feature to fix that little issue with my cheaper tape. Makes perfect sense.

  • @U014B
    @U014B 4 роки тому +1304

    It never really occurred to me how much a kidney bean actually looks like a kidney.

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +174

      Yes! I had the same realisation making the video.

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 4 роки тому +192

      @@SteveMould That's because Kidney beans are actually the harvested kidneys of little tiny mouse like creatures. 🙂

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 4 роки тому +13

      I wonder if that's how they got that name? 😏

    • @josgeerink1350
      @josgeerink1350 4 роки тому +34

      It's almost like they were named after them! By the way, kidneys are actually nqmed after the bean.

    • @Jesse__H
      @Jesse__H 4 роки тому +24

      @@josgeerink1350 It's the same reason why Tiger Sharks have those neat retractable claws ... ...

  • @Hellefleur
    @Hellefleur 4 роки тому +177

    3:15 "Yeah, if anyone ever needs footage of a man in rabbit ears aggressively eating a carrot while staring at the camera we'll let you know"
    Steve Mould:

  • @andrewchapman2039
    @andrewchapman2039 4 роки тому +499

    Anyone else want to see Antscanada try keeping those funky round boys now?

  • @TomatoBreadOrgasm
    @TomatoBreadOrgasm 4 роки тому +69

    "I will... I will do an impression."
    Thank you.
    Beautiful family, Steve. That kid is going to learn all kinds of cool stuff!

  • @hakimal-hakim8890
    @hakimal-hakim8890 4 роки тому +807

    If you gave your wife a kidney before having kids and everything was good...and later she got pregnant : would her body reject the kidney? or might it influence the pregnancy?...or something else?

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 4 роки тому +136

      Great question!

    • @woowooNeedsFaith
      @woowooNeedsFaith 4 роки тому +185

      If having first a kid with her makes her body to reject your kidney; giving your kidney to her first makes her body to reject the kid.

    • @hoss1
      @hoss1 4 роки тому +97

      @@woowooNeedsFaith reject the kid, hahahaha

    • @ramyemad6325
      @ramyemad6325 4 роки тому +5

      It's gonna lead to a stillbirth

    • @torypayne4716
      @torypayne4716 4 роки тому +65

      Additionally, On the whole kidney thing, why wouldn't the wife's second child and so on, not then get attacked by her immune system? (In Steve's hypothetical scenario, not the one you mentioned.)

  • @bobillhomarshall8701
    @bobillhomarshall8701 4 роки тому +70

    Me: *watches this man's videos in the past* "yea I wont forget this man"
    Him: *grows beard*
    Me: "I've never met this man in in my life."

  • @kieferonline
    @kieferonline 4 роки тому +57

    I laughed when Steve imitated a hammerhead, but I think I'll never eat an Oreo again.

    • @primus4cameron
      @primus4cameron 4 роки тому +2

      Good! Because they often have palm oil in 'em and are consequently UNHEALTHY for Orangutans

    • @nu1x
      @nu1x 3 роки тому +3

      Also don't forget figs. Don't ever eat figs.

  • @Maninawig
    @Maninawig 4 роки тому +18

    That Oreo healthy joke made me laugh with a delay...

  • @imperialguard451
    @imperialguard451 4 роки тому +27

    idk why but i love the “this ant. look at its head....”

  • @OhSoUnicornly
    @OhSoUnicornly 4 роки тому +80

    "Which means they're healthy"
    This is how I justify my diet to myself every day...

    • @wombat.6652
      @wombat.6652 3 роки тому +3

      Yup chocolate is made out of beans = beans are vegetables.

    • @joachimlarsen2k
      @joachimlarsen2k 2 роки тому +1

      @@wombat.6652 Chocolate is salad. Noted.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 2 роки тому

      ​@@joachimlarsen2k So is a bar. Lots of potatos and grains.

  • @MrAsymmetry_
    @MrAsymmetry_ 4 роки тому +14

    I remember learning the "north" pole thing in Physics class years ago - it felt like I'd been lied to my whole life lol.

  • @jjmetrejhon1743
    @jjmetrejhon1743 4 роки тому +16

    Your sense of humour makes my day every single time. I love learning from you!

  • @Skankhunt_420
    @Skankhunt_420 4 роки тому +27

    I'm so high I thought that ant was carrying a Reese's peanut butter cup

    • @tjken33
      @tjken33 4 роки тому

      웃 my man..lol

    • @vinstinct
      @vinstinct 4 роки тому +1

      I'm not high, but it did remind me of a Reese's peanut butter cup as well.

    • @grayson9934
      @grayson9934 3 роки тому

      that was an ant?

  • @TheLunaLockhart
    @TheLunaLockhart 3 роки тому +1

    that oreo-butt spider is the coolest bit of anatomy I've seen in an arachnid, and that is SAYING SOMETHING

  • @frozenbubbles4416
    @frozenbubbles4416 4 роки тому +139

    Ohh, why is a oreo in this hole. Let's eat it!

    • @thunderborn3231
      @thunderborn3231 4 роки тому +7

      sounds like middle asia in a nutshell, dont forget to randomly season your spider

    • @Aphelia.
      @Aphelia. 4 роки тому

      @@thunderborn3231 why is this comment so funny lol

  • @hkitservices
    @hkitservices 4 роки тому +44

    Hello,
    On your site you could put numbers like 11,12,13,15 then 21,22,23,24,25 to reflect the episode and the number (1 to 5) of that episode.
    Or a similar fashion of counting rather than the current one where you have to calculate a mod 5 of the number to figure out which youtube episode it is on.

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +22

      I like this idea. Will fix.

    • @fghsgh
      @fghsgh 4 роки тому +12

      @@SteveMould Maybe put a dot between them? 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.4...

    • @willybee3056
      @willybee3056 4 роки тому +1

      @@SteveMould tnx

    • @matthewdavis6797
      @matthewdavis6797 4 роки тому +12

      It bothers me more than it should that you skipped 14

    • @fiveoneecho
      @fiveoneecho 4 роки тому +6

      @@matthewdavis6797 We don't speak of that number.

  • @dariuscalvo3737
    @dariuscalvo3737 4 роки тому

    Please make many more of these videos! I love learning facts like this.

  • @johnfitzgerald8879
    @johnfitzgerald8879 Рік тому

    Absolutely keep up these videos. Not just anything, but stuff you have found that is truly interesting.

  • @MarcoRoepers
    @MarcoRoepers 4 роки тому +20

    according to the Dutch Wikipedia the hammersharks don't only have stereovision but als stereo Ampullae_of_Lorenzini, noses, Electroreception, etc. But that makes sense to me because stereovision seems to for hammersharks not that strong because of their direction of their eyes

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 4 роки тому +1

      "Sence" isn't a word, but "sense" and "since" are. You idiots are ruining English.

    • @ArmageddonAfterparty
      @ArmageddonAfterparty 4 роки тому +9

      @@slappy8941 You mean the Dutch? Do you speak any? Dutch, I mean?

    • @janglestick
      @janglestick 4 роки тому +2

      @@ArmageddonAfterparty could you send me some licorice?

    • @ArmageddonAfterparty
      @ArmageddonAfterparty 4 роки тому +2

      @@janglestick Not there atm...you like the salty, double salted or sweet? Damn, now I crave the stuff myself.

    • @janglestick
      @janglestick 4 роки тому +1

      @@ArmageddonAfterparty I love it all, anything but the american / australian plant. Even the Chinese plant has a great taste albeit milder (you can get it in some older chinese cough syrups which are essentially candy). But, actually, I can't really eat sugar anymore, since I stopped it now has quite the kick, and the salmiak gives me heart palpitations ; I guess im just pretending to be macho. Still, when Ikea or Bed Bath Beyond gets the real stuff I occasionally binge. It starts with coins, to dooble coins, to cats, usually ends with the fish before I pass out. My favorite commercial brand was dutch from a place called Hema I think? They had their own versions of everything (I forgot to mention the little pee pee boys). I was there but when I got home, their website was all in dutch. Ahh well, enjoy your holidays, watch your glucose levels!

  • @richardhead8264
    @richardhead8264 4 роки тому +6

    _That ant is like _*_"TALK TO THE HEAD, BABY!!!"_*

  • @willeykev
    @willeykev 4 роки тому

    Hey Steve! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME new series format!!! By all means, PLEASE continue with these incredible science tidbits!!! Love them all!!!

  • @photelegy
    @photelegy 4 роки тому +2

    6:32
    Thank you 😊
    I was always so confused about the reason why we call the north-pol north-pol.

  • @Axel-Jett
    @Axel-Jett 4 роки тому +91

    What if the North pole of the Earth is the actual North pole and we labeled the actual South of all the compass as North

    • @neo7136
      @neo7136 4 роки тому +16

      Plot twist!

    • @hannesgroesslinger
      @hannesgroesslinger 4 роки тому +12

      What if the north pole is actually "down" instead of "up" and we have drawn all our maps the wrong way around?

    • @UberAlphaSirus
      @UberAlphaSirus 4 роки тому +3

      we did. even if the earth flipped, north will still be north, just all compasses will be wrong yet reliable.

    • @ferdinandkraft857
      @ferdinandkraft857 4 роки тому +2

      That would prove the earth is flat.

    • @YourMJK
      @YourMJK 4 роки тому +2

      What if electrons are actually positively charged and current flows from the positive lead of the source to the negative?

  • @josephs.7960
    @josephs.7960 4 роки тому +13

    3:40 funniest thing I’ve seen today

    • @wyattc9984
      @wyattc9984 4 роки тому +3

      Nah, 7:56 is way more funny "Oreos are vegan... which means they're healthy"🤣

    • @fghsgh
      @fghsgh 4 роки тому +1

      Someone make that a GIF.

  • @helenaquinn7480
    @helenaquinn7480 4 роки тому

    Love this guy, thanks for sharing your time and thoughts with us!

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545
    @johnt.inscrutable1545 Місяць тому

    Excellent video. I totally enjoy your work. Thanks.

  • @euclideanplane
    @euclideanplane 4 роки тому +10

    @steve mould
    7:55 "Which means they're healthy!" LOL.
    man, I remember the other day when you commented that you were vegan : ), I think I've seen the comparison of the orb weaver spider to an Oreo before, glad you put it in the video.

  • @chriswatts5921
    @chriswatts5921 4 роки тому +115

    "The north pole is actually... a south pole."
    Me: thinks about how the north on a compass attracts to the north pole.
    Also me: ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

    • @thatjokerperson7062
      @thatjokerperson7062 4 роки тому +8

      The compass rose would just be painted so the south side is colored north?

    • @jaredalexander3403
      @jaredalexander3403 4 роки тому +2

      Not to be rude or classify you as a killer but look up the name chris watts

    • @Kebabrulle4869
      @Kebabrulle4869 4 роки тому +2

      We read about this in physics! There’s also a cool thing called magnetic declination, which is the difference between what a compass shows you is north and what’s actually north.
      There’s a neat gif on the Swedish Wikipedia page about it:
      sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetisk_deklination

    • @imthebitternessnoonewantsb3935
      @imthebitternessnoonewantsb3935 4 роки тому +2

      North pole is actually ....a north pole...the north on the compass is just a name for the sake of not confusing people...if you know wat I mean

    • @imthebitternessnoonewantsb3935
      @imthebitternessnoonewantsb3935 4 роки тому +1

      The north on the compass is south..

  • @RhynoD2
    @RhynoD2 4 роки тому +1

    Fun facts about hammerhead sharks: their hammer head also allows them to have a very broad field of ampullae of Lorenzini. Hammerhead sharks often dig for their prey, which might be rays, skates, or other fish hiding in the sand. Their broad arrangement of electrosensitive ampullae of Lorenzini gives them almost like "depth perception" for electric signals. They also use their hammer head as a kind of underwater wing. Sharks don't have swim bladders so they can't regulate their buoyancy. If they don't actively swim, they will slowly sink. The hammerheads' heads make swimming more efficient by creating a little bit of lift so they don't have to work quite as hard to stay up.

  • @adrianpeterdelvi5915
    @adrianpeterdelvi5915 4 роки тому

    Beautiful and interesting. Thank you for sharing. Loved the logical approach.

  • @soranuareane
    @soranuareane 4 роки тому +32

    The placenta can rupture prematurely during pregnancy. This causes the fetus to experience the hostile environment directly, rather than through a protective membrane.
    Fortunately, we have treatments for this: there are immunosuppressants and other medications that prevent the mother's body from attacking and destroying the developing fetus.
    A friend of mine's sister was born through this scary experience. Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be any damage done as a result of the water breaking prematurely, and both mother and daughter are healthy today.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +4

    Number 3 was legitimately something I never knew about

  • @chanelvis8725
    @chanelvis8725 4 роки тому

    This is a worthy compilation. Appreciate your effort and time man !!!

  • @TheRandomYoYo
    @TheRandomYoYo 4 роки тому

    Absolutely amazing, Steve! Thank you so much for sharing these facts with us! Will definitely be spewing the last two around for a good while now, haha!

  • @davidmaxwaterman
    @davidmaxwaterman 4 роки тому +15

    'at least not at market value'....er, ok.

  • @charliespinoza1966
    @charliespinoza1966 4 роки тому +13

    “which means they’re healthy!”

  • @gregoryashton
    @gregoryashton 4 роки тому

    Merry Christmas Steve.
    Thank you for this video right before Christmas ;)

  • @Wild_Bill57
    @Wild_Bill57 10 днів тому

    The tape measure issue (not an issue, of course) is one of the first thing someone learning to be a carpenter learns. Good to share with the general public though. Your video though is full of useful, interesting information.

  • @riomio7852
    @riomio7852 4 роки тому +8

    "Least not at market value"
    Hustle every dime, my man.

  • @soranuareane
    @soranuareane 4 роки тому +383

    Your kids are adorable. Your wife is gorgeous. You're a scientist. Don't you think you've made it in life?

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 4 роки тому +16

      honestly lol

    • @no-face2436
      @no-face2436 4 роки тому +20

      Weird question

    • @avenuex3731
      @avenuex3731 4 роки тому +70

      The worst thing about Mould is his charm. It not only seems to have gotten him a nice piece of cake, but then he eats it right there in front of us as he explains the baking process. Intolerable! He gives nerds a bad name. ....and I pushed the like button again....!

    • @Vasharan
      @Vasharan 4 роки тому +8

      We can only answer this if there is a control group.

    • @Dixio
      @Dixio 4 роки тому +16

      He's incredibly attractive too though, and he seems to know it!

  • @DenisJava
    @DenisJava 4 роки тому

    I very much like the interesting things format. This was fascinating. Keep 'em coming!

  • @DjDolHaus86
    @DjDolHaus86 4 роки тому

    Hi Steve, further sub-facts to go with your bit on Hammerhead eyes - The vast majority of fish do the side to side head movement as a primitive version of depth perception when in motion, it is thought that it offers a form of detection improvement when looking for camouflaged predators by comparing relative object size over time (fish vision is typically poor at detecting detail but good at detecting movement). Chickens and other ground dwelling birds are believed to have developed a similar mechanism that involves bobbing their heads as they walk and feed

  • @TheOnlyKosis
    @TheOnlyKosis 4 роки тому +4

    The whole time I was like "get to the damn ant already" lol

  • @kr4zyy
    @kr4zyy 4 роки тому +22

    Just curious, what if you and your wife never had kids yet, and you give her your kidney. Then, what will happen when you have a child what if her body doesn't reject the child as foreign anymore? What happens then?

    • @coolmonkey619
      @coolmonkey619 4 роки тому +1

      kr4zyy omg good question

    • @thalesguirino
      @thalesguirino 4 роки тому +7

      Well, I'm not a native english speaker, but I'll try to explain... please excuse me if I make some spelling mistakes.
      When a woman is pregnant, her immune system become naturaly depressed, by the action of hormones and stuff, so isn't likely to her to have a immune response to the fetus proteins. Just think about that: If she is pregnant of a second baby of the same father, she also would had previous contact to that father foreign proteins, so the case is similar.
      But, in both cases could occour an exception, and it's about blood types. Blood is a big thing in terms of proteins composition, and the Rh factor is just a matter of it. The fetus's and the mother's blood become directly in contact, on the tissues of the placenta, and if her have a negative type of blood, and the fetus, a positive type, due to the paternal genetics, the immune system of the mother could atack the fetus blood cells, eventually killing the baby. This isn't likely to happen in the first pregnancy, because the immune response usually is very weak, but in the second time, the case become very serious, causing what the doctors called fetal erythroblastosis. This could cause an expontaneus abortion, or damage severely the nervous system of the baby, due to the lack of oxygen caused by fetal anemia and etc.
      The incompatibility in blood types could would already make the kidney donation impossible, but about the pregnancys, this is an important subject. A lot of cases of erythroblastosis could be avoided by simple knowledge about this facts.
      Greetings form Brazil.
      I hope my answer was helpful somehow.

    • @Steel0079
      @Steel0079 3 роки тому +1

      @@thalesguirino so the erythroblastosis only occurs after the kidney donation or can it occur in couples who didn't have kidney transplants among each other? Is it related to blood types even if the kidney transplant between the couple didn't take place ? If it has high chance of occurring in second pregnancy regardless of kidney transplant between couples, does a couple who is about to get married need to check their blood compatibility before getting married so erythroblastosis doesn't occur once they get married?
      Sorry for lots of questions. My apologies if it's all confusing.

    • @thalesguirino
      @thalesguirino 3 роки тому +2

      @@Steel0079 Hello, I'm glad somebody take the time to read my comment. I think you understood most of the points, that's nice.
      Well, yes, the fetal erythroblastosis can occour in multiple cases, independently of any kind of transplantation - it's related intrinsecaly to the negative Rh factor of the blood. So, if a Rh negative woman is pregnant of Rh positive baby (what could easily happen, because the positive Rh factor is expressed by a dominant gene), the erythroblastosis can occour during the pregnancy. If the mother has a positive blood type she is safe from that problem, even if the baby has a negative type of blood. (The negative reacts against positive, but the positive doesn't react agains negative).
      It's kind of similar to blood donations... the positive can hold Rh negative blood, but the negative can't hold positive blood, due to the presence of foreing (Rh) proteins. Actually, the negative can handle it, but just once - in the second time, the immune response can be potentially deadly.
      So, yes, it's smart to couples to check the blood compatibility before pregnancy, to prevent miscarriages due to fetal erythroblastosis, if the woman has a negative type of blood, of course. Some immunosuppressant medicine solves the problem entirely.
      I hope I was able to clear up your questions.

    • @edwardlane1255
      @edwardlane1255 2 роки тому

      @@thalesguirino muito obrigado - and your English is excellent

  • @mr.hi_vevo414
    @mr.hi_vevo414 4 роки тому +2

    2:20 was real clever

  • @joshuarosen6242
    @joshuarosen6242 3 роки тому

    The tape measure one was a light bulb moment. I'd always noticed it but I didn't know why and sort of guessed that it was so you didn't have to have the measure perfectly perpendicular to the face it's resting on. As soon as you pointed out that you measure inside and outside the light switched on. I should have worked this out for myself but now I don't need to. Thank you.

  • @shivajoshi9068
    @shivajoshi9068 4 роки тому +4

    Fun Fact 2.2
    Prey usually have rectangular pupil or round one for wide vision
    And Predator have slit(cat) or front facing big round pupils to focus on its prey

  • @SteelSkin667
    @SteelSkin667 4 роки тому +33

    Steve Mold Ruining Foods For Everyone episode 2 : Oreos
    (first episode was figs)

    • @AvidAstronomer
      @AvidAstronomer 4 роки тому +3

      How did he ruin them?

    • @jesuizanmich
      @jesuizanmich 4 роки тому

      ​@@AvidAstronomer they are crunchy because they are full of bees....
      ...not really. But bees do need to go inside the fig and die. Female bees try to find a male fig to lay eggs in, but every now and then they enter female figs, and die inside. These fig flowers that had a female bee die inside become fruits. I think the bees are digested in the fig or something, so you shouldn't be (at least directly) eating any bees in figs. Also, the process of getting inside figs is brutal. The bee will loose its wings, some limbs, or other bits of its body as it forces itself into the fig flower apparently.

    • @BritainRitten
      @BritainRitten 4 роки тому

      @@jesuizanmich And not bees, but wasps.

    • @jesuizanmich
      @jesuizanmich 4 роки тому

      @@BritainRitten Ah yes. Wasps!

    • @AvidAstronomer
      @AvidAstronomer 4 роки тому

      @@jesuizanmich yeah I meant how did he ruin oreos.. Just because you now know they don't come from a cow's boobs doesn't make them taste any different

  • @JayHarrisonGoogle
    @JayHarrisonGoogle 4 роки тому

    Great video! do more of these! 👍

  • @akefayamenay104
    @akefayamenay104 4 роки тому

    Beautiful family, man! Happy holidays!

  • @landins
    @landins 4 роки тому +4

    I love magnets, thanks Steve

  • @bboyjunyor
    @bboyjunyor 4 роки тому

    You.. man.. are just freaking amazing and a great teacher! Even a child could understand what you explain here! Kudos and keep it up!

  • @iSchmidty13
    @iSchmidty13 2 роки тому +1

    I always thought it was the other way around, and compasses had the south pole end painted red to point towards North!

  • @nickcook2775
    @nickcook2775 4 роки тому +8

    _"…so instead we have the kidney exchange program"_

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +11

    Ah! I use the tape measure to measure my disappointment.

    • @MrAbeAllen
      @MrAbeAllen 4 роки тому +1

      if it wasn't for disappointment / I wouldn't have any appointments (They Might Be Giants - Snowball in Hell)

    • @koysensei4424
      @koysensei4424 4 роки тому

      DUDEE YOUR REALLY EVERYWHEREEEE

  • @docbaduck
    @docbaduck 2 роки тому

    To elaborate on the tab on your tape measurers. The travel on the tab is to adjust for the thicknes of the blade. It gives a bit of play to accountfpr the loss of material from the cut. But when measuring a gap where you push the tab on the tab against a surface, there is no cut to make and thus no comprnsation needed.

  • @NoNo-gt2bo
    @NoNo-gt2bo 4 роки тому +1

    For some reason that ant head makes me want to crush all of them

  • @misamokuzelpizu
    @misamokuzelpizu 4 роки тому +8

    i wonder if hammerhead sharks have depth perception with their electrical sense.

    • @Jakubkolo2000
      @Jakubkolo2000 4 роки тому +2

      They actually do

    • @pairot01
      @pairot01 4 роки тому +1

      As long as they can sense direction and have at least 2 of these organs then the binocular effect should work. We have depth perception on sound with out ears.

    • @frechjo
      @frechjo 4 роки тому

      @@pairot01
      We sense direction on sound, but we don't sense distance in the same way we do with vision.
      Each eye gives independent information on the angle of perception, and it's from both that we interpret distance.
      Angle in hearing is reconstructed from both ears, so there's less information and no accurate way to interpret distance.
      I'd suspect the same would happen with shark's electrical senses.

  • @scorinth
    @scorinth 4 роки тому +22

    OH GOD SUDDEN SPIDER AT 7:48
    JESUS CHRIST DON'T DO THAT TO ME

    • @SangheiliSpecOp
      @SangheiliSpecOp 4 роки тому

      This comment has me worried.... I'm terrified of spiders.... Oh no

    • @kranklg2s
      @kranklg2s 4 роки тому +1

      I wish I'd seen this comment. I was thinking when I saw the ant: "Phew, thank God it wasn't a spider" and 10 seconds later I almost had a panic attack. I'll never forget the time I came across a YT-video that actually had a spider-warning with a timestamp. I was so f-ing grateful for that one.

    • @scorinth
      @scorinth 4 роки тому +1

      @@kranklg2s Added a timestamp to my comment. Of course it doesn't help that it's a particularly nasty looking spider and I, too, was relieved it was just an ant.

    • @ArrowRaider
      @ArrowRaider 4 роки тому +2

      Spiders are our bros. They just want to chill like you and I.

    • @kranklg2s
      @kranklg2s 4 роки тому

      @@ArrowRaider Yeah see, that's neither helpful nor respectful.

  • @Guy_6397
    @Guy_6397 3 роки тому

    I bloody love these videos

  • @sdevane75
    @sdevane75 4 роки тому

    Love your content and delivery style

  • @wowsuchhandle
    @wowsuchhandle 4 роки тому +3

    It bothers me how some channels put "5 Interesting FACTS about COCO COLA that will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!" on title and get tens of millions views without even any interesting things in the video.

  • @med8615
    @med8615 4 роки тому +9

    why would the wife's body become primed to deal with the baby's proteins? if that were the case wouldn't her immune system start attacking the baby?

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +11

      Good point. Because of how clever the placenta is the mother only really comes into contact with those proteins during child birth itself. That's my understanding anyway. I've not fact checked!

    • @med8615
      @med8615 4 роки тому +23

      ​@@SteveMould
      Thx for response and ou I'll fact check for u... k so apparently when a person gets pregnant the endometrium of the uterus turns into a decidua (specialized uterine lining for pregnancy). Like any other cell in the body the decidual cells have genes that can make chemokine proteins (the proteins responsible for recruiting T cells and eliciting the 'rejection response' to foreign stuff). But unlike any other cell in the body the chemokine genes in decidual cell are inactivated!!
      Inactivated genes for chemokines -> No chemokines -> no T cells recruited -> No immune response to anything that contacts the decidua.
      Totally fact #3.1 worthy
      Source: NYU Langone Medical Center. "Pregnancy: Why mother's immune system does not reject developing fetus as foreign tissue." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 June 2012.

    • @SteveMould
      @SteveMould  4 роки тому +10

      @@med8615 that's awesome, thanks for doing the research! So interesting.

    • @raykent3211
      @raykent3211 4 роки тому +2

      I was wondering why semen doesn't trigger an immune response, nor saliva from kissing. Your explanation is beyond my comprehension, but then most stuff is, so thanks. I have an immune response to pollen and I'm confident that I don't have a placenta up my nose. Now if only I had some fava beans for supper.....

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 4 роки тому +1

      @@SteveMould And yet people say UA-cam comments are the worst on the internet. This is even *sourced*!

  • @olivierstlaurent
    @olivierstlaurent 4 роки тому

    Love these "5 interesting things" episodes, thanks a lot !

  • @AviatorRodent
    @AviatorRodent 4 роки тому

    You absolute legend. The measuring tape thing makes so much sense now!

  • @holeysh
    @holeysh 4 роки тому +24

    what if I give kidney to my partner before we have kids ..is it gonna be an issue if we have kids in the future?

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 4 роки тому +3

      When receiving a kidney you are put on anti-rejection drugs. Something that doesn't happen in a pregnancy. So hopefully the kidney before would see the child's proteins as friendly.

    • @Grimmjeaux
      @Grimmjeaux 4 роки тому +1

      Any experts?

    • @holeysh
      @holeysh 4 роки тому +1

      @@lightdark00 my worry was more about rejecting the kidney once getting pregnant

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 4 роки тому +1

      @@holeysh I'm very interested in the answer to that question.

    • @unclekanethetiberiummain1994
      @unclekanethetiberiummain1994 4 роки тому

      The milk will attack the kids.

  • @damagedtalent
    @damagedtalent 4 роки тому +11

    Love your videos dude

  • @dixichannel4422
    @dixichannel4422 4 роки тому

    I started working with tape measures recently alot and thank you for confirming my theory.

  • @mike814031
    @mike814031 4 роки тому

    I'm glad you cleared that up I actually always did wonder why that is

  • @salwa5608
    @salwa5608 4 роки тому +3

    Ah good, good, gooooooood!

  • @loganmonk3178
    @loganmonk3178 4 роки тому +21

    Interesting Fact #6 - You have very pretty eyes!

    • @azultarmizi
      @azultarmizi 4 роки тому +6

      Interesting fact #7 - he can move his eyes independently

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 4 роки тому +6

      #8 He has a hot wife, too.

    • @Nitrxgen
      @Nitrxgen 4 роки тому +2

      Fact #6.1 "limbal rings" are the darker shade of colour around the edges of the iris, for example blue eyes people usually have light blue on the inside of the iris and darker blue around the outside - Fact #6.2 people with limbal rings are majorly considered to be much more beautiful than people without limbal rings - so back to Fact #6, Steve has limbal rings ;) - additionally, Steve has those features where his skin looks darker around his eyes resembling that of some types makeup, I have this same thing and people have asked me before if I put makeup on, except I'm also a guy so wtf

    • @vermilionYT77
      @vermilionYT77 3 роки тому

      gae

  • @splitmac
    @splitmac 4 роки тому

    This was great, subscribed!

  • @GreatKnightJ
    @GreatKnightJ Рік тому +1

    @7:43 The subtitles say "It's an example of Frank Moses"
    rather than "It's an example of Phragmosis" which cracked me up

  • @MrKassieboy
    @MrKassieboy 4 роки тому +5

    Very interesting! One question about the kidney thing: Does this only apply to kidneys or does it apply to more/all organs?

    • @CRAZYCR1T1C
      @CRAZYCR1T1C 4 роки тому +2

      Kasper S.
      The immune system would attack all aspects of a foreign object right down to the cell level. So yes it would apply to all organs.

    • @KekkusMaximus
      @KekkusMaximus 4 роки тому +1

      @@CRAZYCR1T1C except for corneas since they are not vascolarized meaning that it is impossible for blood cells to reach them (they feed through osmosis)

    • @anselmschueler
      @anselmschueler 4 роки тому

      @@KekkusMaximus never heard of cornea donation, is that a thing?

    • @KekkusMaximus
      @KekkusMaximus 4 роки тому

      @@anselmschueler yup but only in cases of keratoconus or scars due to previous damage

  • @909sickle
    @909sickle 4 роки тому +11

    Please do an interesting fact about every snack food. You could end obesity worldwide.

    • @Dolkarr
      @Dolkarr 4 роки тому +1

      Comparing them to the butts of various animals should do the trick!

  • @jaypaans3471
    @jaypaans3471 4 роки тому +1

    At 2:55 you can see the eyes themselfs are pretty much on the font of the... what's it called?
    Fun fact: the hammerhead shark is like the predators in "Pitch Black" and the ants look like the demons in "Constantine".

  • @shanewhite3398
    @shanewhite3398 4 роки тому

    do more interesting facts please I love em. u explain them so well

  • @BGhoshPikaPikachu
    @BGhoshPikaPikachu 4 роки тому +13

    Yeeting and yoinking of kidneys is normal in human society

  • @jimmy-jamesolivier-mccutch2126
    @jimmy-jamesolivier-mccutch2126 4 роки тому +3

    domore like those please :)

  • @VoltisArt
    @VoltisArt 4 роки тому

    Been waiting about 21.2667 months (very rough estimate) for this. Only disappointed there isn't more, but keep the quality first. Thanks Steve!

  • @Ginger_Beard_Man
    @Ginger_Beard_Man 3 роки тому

    Waiting for another one of these!

  • @gawni1612
    @gawni1612 4 роки тому +10

    You've almost just ruined Oreos for me....ALMOST.

    • @Grimmjeaux
      @Grimmjeaux 4 роки тому +1

      They looked crap to begin with.

  • @dorbie
    @dorbie 4 роки тому +8

    Sharks have electroreceptors across their snout. Hammerheads feed on the bottom for buried fish including rays, the fish have evolved burying themselves as their survival strategy. A hammerheads wide heads lets them scan a larger area more effectively with more sensors for prey as they hunt along the bottom. You can see this behavior in the wild and shark electrosensory perception in hunting for buried fish has been tested in controlled experiments on wild sharks. It is a far more compelling explanation for the evolution of the hammerhead's wide head and is another example of the red queen hypothesis in evolution. In this case the hammerheads evolutionary response to burying prey.

    • @TheVenerableMrKrieg
      @TheVenerableMrKrieg 4 роки тому

      Yep. Improved stereovision and field of view is certainly a factor, but much more likely an added bonus considering the animal's behaviors-- primarily hunting for buried prey, where such vision won't typically accomplish much, while the wider field of electrosensory receptors would be invaluable. Ah well, just a reminder to always look something up if it interests you.

    • @CptCalicoJack
      @CptCalicoJack 4 роки тому

      Also, considering they eat rays, their wide-set eyes are protected from the flailing tail barb.

  • @Davidowalls19
    @Davidowalls19 4 роки тому

    Man.. This is both hilarious and interesting. I’d always wondered why tape measures were like that. I assumed it was just from the metal being warped bc of how it retracts so powerfully. Anyway, please keep throwing in those off the wall jokes. That was pure excellence. Also, Merry Christmas to you and yours. And may you have a happy New Year as well!!!

  • @billsaid7240
    @billsaid7240 3 роки тому +1

    "I will do an impression" hahahaha that got me!

  • @ToreHuschbeck
    @ToreHuschbeck 4 роки тому +4

    4:26 - Interesting thing No. 3.1: "Genes" and "Jeans" is pronounced in the same way

    • @R3dFlames
      @R3dFlames 4 роки тому +1

      Gotta love them homophones!

    • @davidadams421
      @davidadams421 4 роки тому +3

      Jeanealogy: the study of denim?

  • @devapath5280
    @devapath5280 4 роки тому +4

    I can already picture someone saying
    "Oh yeah its big brain time"

  • @andresmlinar
    @andresmlinar 4 роки тому

    Your videos are great!

  • @myth-termoth1621
    @myth-termoth1621 3 роки тому

    Hammerhead sharks derive several advantages from their curious heads. It functions as an auxilliary pair of fins enabling very tight turns when swimming very close to the sea floor. It also increases the area of the sea floor swept by its electroreceptors, enabling hammerheads to both locate and manuovre on prey hidden in sand

  • @daimonamasio5219
    @daimonamasio5219 4 роки тому +3

    Oreo's are vegan depending where they are manufactured. in my country they aren't, unfortunately.

    • @girlwithaharp
      @girlwithaharp 4 роки тому +1

      I stopped eating Oreos decades ago because they had lard in them. Showing my age I guess! Apparently in the mid-1990's they switched to partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and then removed the whey protein element in 2013, at least in the UK and the US. I'm in Canada, should check a package of them next time I'm in the grocery store.

  • @gawayne1374
    @gawayne1374 4 роки тому +5

    How to make people never eat Oreos again... Is what this video should really be called

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 4 роки тому

      As mainstream products become cheaper, they accidentally become vegan.
      Vegan healthy
      Whole-food plant-based == healthy

  • @slidewaze
    @slidewaze 4 роки тому

    I watch UA-cam on a 'smart tv' and had to get to a pc to post this. I really liked this video! More please. (Great stuff!)

  • @andy.robinson
    @andy.robinson 4 роки тому

    Interesting thing #1.1 The little notch/slot in the tape measure tab is a convenience feature. Hook it around the head of a nail so that you can hold the end in place whilst measuring larger distances.

  • @mahrezjanati3426
    @mahrezjanati3426 4 роки тому +4

    Nooo we named the magnets north and south after the earths south and north so its an exceptional case here bcz north of magnets should look at the north of earth and the same for south

    • @chrissandall6257
      @chrissandall6257 4 роки тому +3

      I agree with Mahrez Janati.
      The earth’s magnetic North Pole is a North Pole it is explicitly named as such. The magnetic poles of every magnet on Earth that points north is the south pole.