I agree, as I said, I do not particularly trust his articles. However on this case he did link to the episode, so I'm guessing while the link was good it stood up to scrutinity, and that these statements were made. So I was indicating that QI was not to be the source of truth. If there's a team of people checking those facts, that calls the team of people into shame.

As for Orlowski He's the deputy editor of a magazine called TheRegister, which has been going downhill for a while now. I'd advise you to ignore his articles, but you seem to have got that already.

Given what you've stated so far I'm in no way convinced of the quality of this show. Even when they're right they seem to be so, more often than not, for the wrong reasons.

It's possible that I'm a complete dunderhead, but I've checked into a lot of this stuff for years and... yeah. Snopes seems like a better resource still;)

Wait - caffeine does not have an energizing effect? What? Where are you getting that from?

I'll take the good with the bad. Monks invented beer and mass produced wine, so I'll give them flat earth for a good vintage...

Not Imense but it does cause quite some decompression. I mean the effect is even noticable when you burst an air balloon. Not true it does. The effect of caffeine is more than proven. However after the effects of the caffeine are gone you are more tired than before because your body did work more than naturally. Your body does get more resistant to the effect if it is used to it. Sugar does also give you an energy boost but this will of course only be noticeable if your body was actually in need for energy at the moment and its effect is quite short because it is burned fast. This one is true. Not true, there is a difference but it is only really noticeable with tight clothing. Otherwise other effects have way more impact.

It's a myth that we only use 10% of our brains, that our eyeballs would pop out if we sneezed with with open, and that the Church made a habit of persecuting scientists in the Middle Ages.

In that case, running is not the best tactic. The best tactic is to kick the other person in the leg, and then start running.

But, if you are alone?

Anyway, when attacked by a bear, I thought you should make a lot of noise. And that running is not a good idea in the case of a dog attack. And what is the best defense against a mosquito attack? I'd like to know that one.

I recall Myth Busters doing the experiment about whether alcohol warms you up. It's been a while, but I thought it had to do more alcohol thinning the blood, which increased blood circulation, which then caused them to feel warmer in their extremities, but at the same time lowered their core temperature.

I think you have that backwards, they thought the world was larger than it really is.

But yes, it's been known for millenia that the world is round. IIRC the ancient Greeks knew that about it from observing the Earth's shadow on the moon. Plus, by the time people started sailing away from land, they could see the land disappear over the horizon anyways.


It's a stimulant and one that will increase focus, but strictly speaking it doesn't increase energy.

Still, I'm with you on this, I think that the energizing effect is more true than not.

Not true. Neutron stars are completely solid.

For mosquito attacks there is no defense better than a US Army issue M9A1-7.


Actually I have always heard that a bear won't attack you if you carry a flashlight, you just have to carry it very quickly.

If you're leaving scorch marks, then you're not using a big enough weapon.

Just make sure that when you shoot a mosquito you shoot to kill. There is nothing more deadly than a wounded mosquito.*

*took that from Python.

Not exactly correct.
It won't help you warm up when you are outside freezing. it will warm you up if you are a)not outside b)you just ate. It allows a energy to spread through whole body which went into protective mode. and this is something one misunderstood.

Darker clothes makes you indeed hotter. Especially evident on nuclear explosion victims who got "nice" pattern on their bodies caused by explosion and dark spots on their clothing.

it does not matter when it comes to desert clothes worn through ages in middle east. what color they are is indeed irrelevant. what color is your t-shirt? yes. it does matter.
especially when it is skin tight, which prevents air circulation.
Shut up and go watch it. it is incredibly good show although they do make mistakes. like everyone else.
the difference is they thrive on being corrected. A mistake in the past show? if pointed out they will gladly correct it. Yeah. Most likely people working on pyramids were peasants and it was a big social project done when peasants could not work on fields.
if slaves worked on pyramids they were most likely in supportive role (like cleaning toilets)

something which Pharaoh (city builder game) got right. go buy it.
No. they thought it was smaller. Even if there was no Americas Columbus would never be able to reach East coast of asia (not to mention India)
He really underestimated the size of earth.
which was known fairly accurately (to five or so percent.) since before a priest in Isreal tried to fix corruption in local religion but was used as a figurehead to allow politicians to gain power over people.