Is It True That Bumblebees Shouldn't Be Able to Fly?

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    There’s an oft repeated “fact” that the humble bumblebee defies all known laws of physics every time it flaps its tiny little bee wings and ascends to the sky. Now obviously this is false, since, well, bumblebees fly all the time and if every time a bee took off it was tearing physics apart, we’d probably realize that was the case when two thirds of our population disappeared after being pulled into tiny, bee-shaped black holes.
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  • @Ryarios
    @Ryarios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    Bees don’t fly so much as beat the air into submission...

    • @jlokison
      @jlokison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Just like helicopters

    • @sirbollocks5147
      @sirbollocks5147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Sounds like a chuck noris joke.

    • @MARQUE9368
      @MARQUE9368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      BDSM!

    • @AneesSarwar34
      @AneesSarwar34 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah bumblebee flight is more about brute force than aerodynamic efficiency.

    • @davidhonez8859
      @davidhonez8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They're the Chuck Norrises of the insect world

  • @jacobmortimore
    @jacobmortimore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    00:03 my mum once said "if you know you're the smartest person in the room, then get the hell out of there!!"

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      A variant of that is "If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room."

    • @KarryKarryKarry
      @KarryKarryKarry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smaakjeks K Yours is definitely better... Also Mort is smoking through a dust mask..

    • @jacobmortimore
      @jacobmortimore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KarryKarryKarry gotta filter out the smoke duh , also im in the shower

    • @timobatana6705
      @timobatana6705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@smaakjeks is it true tho? What if you are the teacher in a room of students? And of course what is smart ? We all define it differently. And if the smart ones are always improving, how can one be improving if he is the smartest in the room, surely he wants to study from or have a mentor in some way right? Idk...

    • @Arigator2
      @Arigator2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have to be somewhere.

  • @Fenrir99alias
    @Fenrir99alias 4 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    2 Minutes after this was posted it had 8 comments, 3 of which being "according to all known laws of aviation"

    • @whoaccountisdisanyway2985
      @whoaccountisdisanyway2985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Theres some unoriginal bastards out there arnt there.

    • @ourotayuun
      @ourotayuun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      All known laws of *apiation*, am I right?

    • @adamsrealm
      @adamsrealm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The key word being "Known"...

    • @alemirdikson
      @alemirdikson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@adamsrealm No, the key word being THESE ARE GODDAMN BEES NOT PLANES

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bees are off their faces on mead laughing and shouting 'Mofo's always quoting those f**king laws of aviation and yet they still can't f**king grasp who's flying like a gangstah and making their plants grow in the process!'

  • @jackal8176
    @jackal8176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    I love how as this channel goes on Simon just keeps getting more Savage And sarcastic. I love it.

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      @The_Butler_Did_It 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You know he's just the presenter? someone else writes the scripts.

    • @regularfather4708
      @regularfather4708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      He used to play it pretty straight, but then one day he absolutely lost it when reciting a particularly awkward fact, and we, the fans, went wild for it. Now days they seem to be feeding that and seeing how far they can push this new and improved Simon Whistler.

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    • @THETRIVIALTHINGS
      @THETRIVIALTHINGS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People like you encouraged him and the writers. This used to be a fun fact based channel.
      Now, you people just might turn it into a sarcasm fest.

    • @thestargateking
      @thestargateking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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  • @sailorbychoice1
    @sailorbychoice1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    5:00 My friend used to say, "Lasers aren't important to make my experiments accurate, but they are important for my experiments to be cool."

    • @descentmvm
      @descentmvm ปีที่แล้ว

      That made me lol. The military does use them for range finding i dont know how it works but they do.. Im guessing they have a sensor that detects when it ends im 2 lazy to research it.

  • @frognik79
    @frognik79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Don't be silly, the bees stay where they are, it's the universe that moves away.

    • @disbeafakename167
      @disbeafakename167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know I move away from bees whenever I see them.

    • @rushthezeppelin
      @rushthezeppelin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That sure would create some wierd paradoxes with bees moving in different directions, almost like they are constantly stationary relative to eachother but they warp space time to appear to move independently. Wait, are bees Spacing Guild navigators and Heighliners all rolled into one?

    • @htplilj94
      @htplilj94 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thts literally what it looks like they jus hoover🤣🤣

  • @micheal49
    @micheal49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    If bees were fixed-wing aircraft, there would be problems flying, but since it is not a fixed-winged aircraft, it flies quite nicely by flapping its wings. There are also issues with scale and how things get oddly different on such a small size... like dropping a dead bee off the Empire State Building won't reach same terminal velocity as an elephant.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    Well actually, according to all known laws of aviation.....

  • @rosstheboss1014
    @rosstheboss1014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Nobody:
    No soul:
    The Bee Movie: *”According to all known laws of aviation...”*

    • @chanyy6838
      @chanyy6838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There is no way a bee should be able to fly.

    • @pogchamp2884
      @pogchamp2884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@chanyy6838 According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway. Because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.” SEQ. 75 - “INTRO TO BARRY” INT. BENSON HOUSE - DAY ANGLE ON: Sneakers on the ground. Camera PANS UP to reveal BARRY BENSON’S BEDROOM ANGLE ON: Barry’s hand flipping through different sweaters in his closet. BARRY Yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black...oohh, black and yellow... ANGLE ON: Barry wearing the sweater he picked, looking in the mirror. BARRY (CONT’D) Yeah, let’s shake it up a little. He picks the black and yellow one. He then goes to the sink, takes the top off a CONTAINER OF HONEY, and puts some honey into his hair. He squirts some in his mouth and gargles. Then he takes the lid off the bottle, and rolls some on like deodorant. CUT TO: INT. BENSON HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Barry’s mother, JANET BENSON, yells up at Barry. JANET BENSON Barry, breakfast is ready! CUT TO: "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 1. INT. BARRY’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS BARRY Coming! SFX: Phone RINGING. Barry’s antennae vibrate as they RING like a phone. Barry’s hands are wet. He looks around for a towel. BARRY (CONT’D) Hang on a second! He wipes his hands on his sweater, and pulls his antennae down to his ear and mouth. BARRY (CONT'D) Hello? His best friend, ADAM FLAYMAN, is on the other end. ADAM Barry? BARRY Adam? ADAM Can you believe this is happening? BARRY Can’t believe it. I’ll pick you up. Barry sticks his stinger in a sharpener. SFX: BUZZING AS HIS STINGER IS SHARPENED. He tests the sharpness with his finger. SFX: Bing. BARRY (CONT’D) Looking sharp. ANGLE ON: Barry hovering down the hall, sliding down the staircase bannister. Barry’s mother, JANET BENSON, is in the kitchen. JANET BENSON Barry, why don’t you use the stairs? Your father paid good money for those. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 2. BARRY Sorry, I’m excited. Barry’s father, MARTIN BENSON, ENTERS. He’s reading a NEWSPAPER with the HEADLINE, “Queen gives birth to thousandtuplets: Resting Comfortably.” MARTIN BENSON Here’s the graduate. We’re very proud of you, Son. And a perfect report card, all B’s. JANET BENSON (mushing Barry’s hair) Very proud. BARRY Ma! I’ve got a thing going here. Barry re-adjusts his hair, starts to leave. JANET BENSON You’ve got some lint on your fuzz. She picks it off. BARRY Ow, that’s me! MARTIN BENSON Wave to us. We’ll be in row 118,000. Barry zips off. BARRY Bye! JANET BENSON Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! CUT TO: SEQ. 750 - DRIVING TO GRADUATION EXT. BEE SUBURB - MORNING A GARAGE DOOR OPENS. Barry drives out in his CAR. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 3. ANGLE ON: Barry’s friend, ADAM FLAYMAN, standing by the curb. He’s reading a NEWSPAPER with the HEADLINE: “Frisbee Hits Hive: Internet Down. Bee-stander: “I heard a sound, and next thing I knew...wham-o!.” Barry drives up, stops in front of Adam. Adam jumps in. BARRY Hey, Adam. ADAM Hey, Barry. (pointing at Barry’s hair) Is that fuzz gel? BARRY A little. It’s a special day. Finally graduating. ADAM I never thought I’d make it. BARRY Yeah, three days of grade school, three days of high school. ADAM Those were so awkward. BARRY Three days of college. I’m glad I took off one day in the middle and just hitchhiked around the hive. ADAM You did come back different. They drive by a bee who’s jogging. ARTIE Hi Barry! BARRY (to a bee pedestrian) Hey Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. Barry and Adam drive from the suburbs into the city. ADAM Hey, did you hear about Frankie? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 4. BARRY Yeah. ADAM You going to his funeral? BARRY No, I’m not going to his funeral. Everybody knows you sting someone you die, you don’t waste it on a squirrel. He was such a hot head. ADAM Yeah, I guess he could’ve just gotten out of the way. The DRIVE through a loop de loop. BARRY AND ADAM Whoa...Whooo...wheee!! ADAM I love this incorporating the amusement park right into our regular day. BARRY I guess that’s why they say we don’t need vacations. CUT TO: SEQ. 95 - GRADUATION EXT. GRADUATION CEREMONY - CONTINUOUS Barry and Adam come to a stop. They exit the car, and fly over the crowd to their seats. * BARRY * (re: graduation ceremony) * Boy, quite a bit of pomp...under * the circumstances. * They land in their seats. BARRY (CONT’D) Well Adam, today we are men. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 5. ADAM We are. BARRY Bee-men. ADAM Amen! BARRY Hallelujah. Barry hits Adam’s forehead. Adam goes into the rapture. An announcement comes over the PA. ANNOUNCER (V.O) Students, faculty, distinguished bees...please welcome, Dean Buzzwell. ANGLE ON: DEAN BUZZWELL steps up to the podium. The podium has a sign that reads: “Welcome Graduating Class of:”, with train-station style flipping numbers after it. BUZZWELL Welcome New Hive City graduating class of... The numbers on the podium change to 9:15. BUZZWELL (CONT’D) ...9:15. (he clears his throat) And that concludes our graduation ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries. BARRY Are we going to pick our job today? ADAM I heard it’s just orientation. The rows of chairs change in transformer-like mechanical motion to Universal Studios type tour trams. Buzzwell walks off stage. BARRY (re: trams) Whoa, heads up! Here we go. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 6. SEQ. 125 - “FACTORY” FEMALE VOICE (V.O) Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram
      .

    • @Hygix_
      @Hygix_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pogchamp2884 lmao

    • @wolfbakugoukatsuki547
      @wolfbakugoukatsuki547 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      THE VODKA dude you are a fucking legend 😂

    • @Torthrodhel
      @Torthrodhel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm a bit of a bee enthusiast but at the same time I really like Bee Movie because it knows how dumb it is and just goes with it.

  • @Kenxclout
    @Kenxclout 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    What do you call a Bee that eats other Bees?
    Hannibal Nectar

    • @ronniefnd
      @ronniefnd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are the only reason I come to the comments section on these videos. Keep up the good work.

    • @z6886
      @z6886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣😂🤣😂

    • @jasonarmstrong5750
      @jasonarmstrong5750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Take my like and get out of my sight

    • @ApexHerbivore
      @ApexHerbivore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@viracocha dude why would the bee _not_ being a cannibal make more sense?! 🤣

    • @AlexSmith-gr4hp
      @AlexSmith-gr4hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a buzzkill

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Bees and hummingbirds fly in a remarkably similar fashion. 🤔

  • @Reynevan100
    @Reynevan100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Turns out Herbert in his Dune was at the forefront of predicting military technology of the future. Ornitopthers for the win!

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio
    @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The moral of the story: you're probably drunk of you think bees are fixed-wing aircraft.

  • @handimanjim4378
    @handimanjim4378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It is amazing that Simon gets through these scripts without cracking up,( more than he does)!

    • @regularfather4708
      @regularfather4708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty sure that the writer's primary goal is to make Simon lose it.

    • @ditzfough
      @ditzfough 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you not notice the edit cuts/jumps?

    • @caleschley
      @caleschley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya these videos cut a lot.

  • @SevCaswell
    @SevCaswell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is a video on Bees yet the 'bonus facts' are just the video on why cockroaches wouldn't inherit the earth...

    • @md_vandenberg
      @md_vandenberg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It didn't say "Bonus Bee Facts". In fact, TIFO Bonus Facts are never specified by topic. It's whatever Simon wants to share.
      arse + stick = you

    • @Antoine7881
      @Antoine7881 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all interesting and is information I found out today!

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@md_vandenberg uh yeah because reusing video from ages ago is all cool and shit...

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Antoine7881 and I watched the cockroaches video months ago...

  • @kfstreich4787
    @kfstreich4787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Fixed wing? No. More helicopter

    • @vytah
      @vytah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a helicopter should be able to fly. Its wingblades are too small to get its fat little chassis off the ground. The helicopter, of course, flies anyways.

    • @mulgerbill
      @mulgerbill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fixed wind aircraft dance with physics
      Rotary wings wrestle...

    • @specter86fl
      @specter86fl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      they actually fly exactly like helicopters, as helos do the very same "front to back" motion, albeit in a circular way. They also rotate and modulate each blade individually, tilting them to different angles and they spin around.
      And yes it is brute force flight, instead of graceful ballet like flight of a plane or bird.

    • @IRJustman
      @IRJustman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also quite aptly describes how hummingbirds fly, too.

    • @kfstreich4787
      @kfstreich4787 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now imagine being a 3 day old bug expected to fly such a complex aircraft 🤣 I was still getting fresh milk at that age.

  • @anarchyantz1564
    @anarchyantz1564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Mythbusters did an episode nuking some cockroaches and they croaked. The only thing that will survive a nuclear blast is the Bank of Japan, Hiroshima branch.

    • @TuberoseKisser
      @TuberoseKisser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Because no living creature can adapt that quickly, it takes years and gemerations to develope immunities.

    • @ISoloYouRelax
      @ISoloYouRelax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Can't forget torii gates.

    • @giraffewithtattoos2770
      @giraffewithtattoos2770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was just about to mention the wooden arch they had!

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TuberoseKisser actually, if you look at chernobyl, the reason why nature thrives there is because the animals don't live long enough for random mutations to the dna to manifest into cancer.

    • @ollieb9875
      @ollieb9875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tardigrades isn't it

  • @misterawesome5723
    @misterawesome5723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    !!!!!!!
    Bees fly by riding the invisible waves created from cell phone towers. Duh.

    • @Trekfan04
      @Trekfan04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So how did they fly before cell phones?

    • @3seven5seven1nine9
      @3seven5seven1nine9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Trekfan04 Bees were invented in 1991 by John R. Bee, member of the Bush Senior inner circle and frequenter of the presidential mansion. John Bee had a diverse portfolio involving telephone companies and many local florist shops in the D.C. area, so the first bee prototypes were released as a way to help keep is futures from going under.

    • @fredstead5652
      @fredstead5652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Trekfan04 They didn't.

    • @Eray2007
      @Eray2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wooosh

    • @justsomemustachewithoutaguy-
      @justsomemustachewithoutaguy- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah fam they just equipped an elytra from their inventory :D

  • @SunflowerSpotlight
    @SunflowerSpotlight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You’re so right about people misconstruing something and passing it on to naive students and it perpetuating itself. I had a really pretty good history professor, one of my favorites, who bought into the idea that being 50 was kind of surprising and a feat in the Middle Ages and Enlightenment, due to a very low average lifespan.
    You know, from a staggering rate of infant mortality and childhood deaths and fatal mishandling of childbirth and its effects on mothers (as well as having doctors not wash before reaching inside to feel the cervix, grab breech babies, etc). If you avoid that, you had a good chance of living into old age. Of course cancer was still a deal, and heart disease, and they were more likely to take people down without surgery and modern treatment.
    But dang. Talk about having all the right info and just... not realizing you’re applying it incorrectly. The stats don’t lie, you just don’t understand them and are applying your biases! Seeing someone who’s 60 wouldn’t be a once in a lifetime thing, of “Tell me your ways and how to obtain such good health, old and wise one.” It’s not like seeing a 125-year-old today or something.
    When people who ought to know better perpetuate things like this, it really makes me wonder.

  • @spike7112ify
    @spike7112ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "And while you're down there you know what to do" sounds so dirty

    • @Karin_Allen
      @Karin_Allen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OMG, I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who thought that!

  • @tom_something
    @tom_something 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Hey, can you jot down on this napkin how a bee is able to fly?"
    "Yes. Wait, no! I can't! We're in a bar and we've been drinking and I'm just going off of my own memory of a bee's mass, wing size, flap frequency and aerodynamic characteristics, but surely I'm doing everything correctly and we've just discovered that bees break physics."
    "Wow, this is going to make a great story!"
    "Legendary."

    • @visageliquifier3636
      @visageliquifier3636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Possible. Given physicists I've met I presume it went something like:
      P: Physics is the basis of eberything!
      E: ?
      P: No .. here, what do you do?
      E: I'm an entomologist.
      P: Ha! No, you're an applied physicist!
      E: ?
      P: See, it'sa speshalization of biology, right? Which is just applied organic chemistry, which is just .. yeah .. applied physics! I'm telling you, it's all just physics. I know the subject that is the basis for all existence.
      E: Fine then. Write down the equation for how a bee flies.
      P: Right! You .. you've had it now. You just watch. Just to show you, I'm gonna do it. You .. you think I won't, but you just watch!
      >history ensues

    • @1000wastedwords
      @1000wastedwords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol. I love how this myth was possibly started by a drunk engineer.

    • @commonvvealth5102
      @commonvvealth5102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those special vortexs they produce ABOVE their wings, sure point towards advance flight... As he said, it isn't like a plane.

  • @theenzoferrari458
    @theenzoferrari458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The best way to be the smartest person in a room is to find the dummy room.

  • @robwallace1619
    @robwallace1619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    "As long as you don't take into account that it's a bee..." Made me snortle and spit out my drink, good job sir 10/10

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    lol I thought Justin Y might say something like "it just works"

    • @hellishgrin4604
      @hellishgrin4604 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Borough I can’t tell if that’s a pun or just funny because I now consider it to be his “theme song”!

    • @datGuy0309
      @datGuy0309 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are there multiple people with your username, because I’ve read at least 5 comments by your name in the past 3 days

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    3:24 Wait... *_WHAT?!_*
    How can this bee, that's completely preposterous!
    Are you saying I _shouldn't_ have built a tiny runway for my beekeeping friend's boxes?

  • @mahuk.
    @mahuk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "and I've got to get to that 10 minute mark people!" bwahahahaha I love this freaking channel. I just can't skip the ad with that level of sincerity.

  • @OfficialJamion
    @OfficialJamion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I have a question:
    It is an uncommon trope in some movies or TV shows to have a main character be poisoned and then to not suffer the effects of the poison because they spent the last X amount of time building up a immunity to said poison. Is this really possible? To me it just seems like you would be poisoning yourself more slowly rather than building up an immunity to the poison.

    • @attackofthehog
      @attackofthehog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because Science has a video o this exact subject. Just search "can you build an immunity to poison" and you should see it right near the top. It's when Because Science was still a part of the Nerdist channel.

    • @attackofthehog
      @attackofthehog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/kWUJqwuwlh8/w-d-xo.html

    • @attackofthehog
      @attackofthehog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oop, here it is!

    • @andiward7068
      @andiward7068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Building tolerance to some toxins is possible. Venoms and non-heavy metals are most common.

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's possible with some poisons, I know arsenic is one. Cyanide, however, is always lethal.

  • @kaizer4506
    @kaizer4506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love when Simon makes jokes or sarcastic remarks very seriously without separating them from the actual information “...and we can only assume it was also more accurate because the experiment involved lasers, which are always a necessity for an experiment to be considered fully scientific”

  • @sophdog1678
    @sophdog1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simon: The plight of the bumblebee
    Rimsky-Korsakov: smiles delightedly

  • @wesleytownsend8214
    @wesleytownsend8214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a super longtime viewer and fan; when Mr Simon gets the smirk and exposes that dry, yet fantastically hilarious commentary or said subjects, I can only imagine that the world becomes a bit closer to an ultimately perfect society. It brings be great joy to say the least. Thank You! Wishing you all the best!

  • @norvusordoseclorum
    @norvusordoseclorum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Simon holds down several huge channels, Dang he must be LOADED!

    • @francisbell1961
      @francisbell1961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Daniel Robinson always wonder how he gets the time

    • @TodayIFoundOut
      @TodayIFoundOut  4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@francisbell1961 I'm a robot sent from the future.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Given what TH-cam's general ad revenue payouts are and how much of the shorter videos are made up of sponsorships, probably not.

  • @barefootalien
    @barefootalien 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Is it true the bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly? Find out as I talk for four minutes about that, then for six more minutes about what creatures can best survive ionizing radiation, because that's totally what the title of this episode is." :P

  • @hellishgrin4604
    @hellishgrin4604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That buzzing sound is actually a micro pulse jet!

    • @siriusounds
      @siriusounds หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think, more like self sustained gravitational field that repels earth's gravity

  • @AtheistPhoenix
    @AtheistPhoenix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have a couple of professors that finished research last year into the fluid dynamics around a insect wing in flight. Complcated is an understatement. Insects should loss lift when transitioning between strokes but by rotating the wing at the right time at the end of each stoke they can keep lift until the next stroke. It's quite fascinating

    • @lissakaye610
      @lissakaye610 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same with humming birds. So interesting

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They flap their wings. Next question.

  • @caricue
    @caricue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I believe the story that "bees should not be able to fly" is a cautionary tale about relying on theory and math instead of actual data and evidence. It's still a good lesson to learn.

  • @dibarnu
    @dibarnu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Don't bees essentially swim through the air?

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      riders on the storm

    • @kingfuzzy2
      @kingfuzzy2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@voidremoved oh no

    • @silkwesir1444
      @silkwesir1444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      no, but there are creatures who do. much smaller than bees though: th-cam.com/video/f7KSfjv4Oq0/w-d-xo.html

    • @richardbidinger2577
      @richardbidinger2577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They fly sort of like hummingbirds.

    • @tonieartemis
      @tonieartemis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It kinda sounds like they're treading water.

  • @goldenknight578
    @goldenknight578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just think: A beetle with wings is a Paul McCartney.

  • @spriken
    @spriken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think part of the idea of the roach's survivability when it comes to nukes isn't just the radiation they can handle but the fact that after it's all over, they can eat almost anything! Other insects are a bit more picky about what they eat and breeding conditions.

  • @giokarijowidjojo3646
    @giokarijowidjojo3646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bees don’t care about physics.

  • @ABCDoris
    @ABCDoris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ll save you 11 minutes and 27 seconds - they use their wings.

  • @Kevin-mx1vi
    @Kevin-mx1vi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I prefer to believe that bees know something we don't.

  • @ourotayuun
    @ourotayuun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "...and while you're down there, you know what you gotta do." If I had a nickle for every time I've heard that.

  • @PrisonKilljoy
    @PrisonKilljoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Most of my YT suggestions:
    This is the end of Democracy!
    Trump is destroying the U.S.
    Johnson will destroy U.K.
    War with Iran on the horizon!
    The world is ending!
    Today I Found Out:
    How Do Bees Fly?
    Guess which one I clicked on...😁

  • @deborahrochefort9794
    @deborahrochefort9794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    And, just to add to the bonus facts, I would add the surprisingly cute tardigrades (microscopic arthropod-like creatures also called 'water bears') to the highly radioactive-resistant critters mentioned. Lovely to hear about Deinococcus too (yay microbes!)

    • @kingfuzzy2
      @kingfuzzy2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      so yay ( :

    • @selkethegreat3334
      @selkethegreat3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Deborah Rochefort tardigrades are resistant but not extremophiles, they’ll still die, it’ll just take longer. They can’t persist in those conditions.

    • @ginnyjollykidd
      @ginnyjollykidd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@selkethegreat3334
      References, please, for and against.

    • @selkethegreat3334
      @selkethegreat3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ginny Jolly Check out TierZoo’s video on em. Wildlife biologist who can explain and present sources far better than me.

    • @christiaanmaris3053
      @christiaanmaris3053 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@selkethegreat3334 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17178624. Half of them appear to survive bursts up to 600000 rads (give or take). That's the 2nd spot on the list!

  • @geoffreyanderson3372
    @geoffreyanderson3372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro, 7 minutes of banter, 3 minutes of facts and 1 minute or so of 1440 plugs .. I can’t

  • @hardlyb
    @hardlyb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned something new today: can't have a real science without lasers. I already knew you can't have a good story without pirates, so if I can just figure out how to combine the two, I might have the perfect science fiction story. Unless that's what Buckaroo Banzai was about...

  • @hellishgrin4604
    @hellishgrin4604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Can you make a video explaining the units of radiation and how the compare? Rems vs Rads vs etc..

    • @ExtremeGamer9951
      @ExtremeGamer9951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      All you need to know is 3.6 roentgen isnt great but its not horrifying

    • @hellishgrin4604
      @hellishgrin4604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CamoAssassin00 I haven’t seen it, but I heard it’s terribly inaccurate..

    • @arctic_line
      @arctic_line 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That seems to be more of a video for Hank than Simon.

  • @ristopaasivirta9770
    @ristopaasivirta9770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You know what to do down there." Dirty... I like it.

  • @eyestotheskies
    @eyestotheskies ปีที่แล้ว

    My toddler is OBSESSED with "bumblybees". After this video so am I lol.

  • @karlspear6729
    @karlspear6729 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I worked at an ice-cream plant and we had cockroaches in the building. one day I caught one and brought it into the freezer with me where I worked, it was -20 F. After about 15 minutes, the cockroach stopped moving and I left it on a shelf for my 8-hour shift. After work, I brought the cockroach into the locker room so I could get changed. After about two minutes the cockroach wiggled an antenna, shook itself off, and ran away.
    I was quite impressed with that.

  • @user-gv4bf4zx2s
    @user-gv4bf4zx2s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always thought the reason was that no one had been able to convince the bees that the Laws of Physics should not be broken.

  • @Morgwic
    @Morgwic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So you've been watching exurb1a huh? "Why the long face?"

    • @Morgwic
      @Morgwic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cydia2020 What?

    • @Morgwic
      @Morgwic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cydia2020 Yeah I've heard it before. Firstly the long face is a genetic disposition, being that I am in fact a horse...

    • @moonlightcocktail
      @moonlightcocktail 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, it's a - a joke, I, uhm

  • @danae5578
    @danae5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:19 That's the prettiest wasp I've ever seen.

  • @MisterJang0
    @MisterJang0 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rumor mill: "Science can't explain how bees fly."
    Scientist: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @BenTajer89
    @BenTajer89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "And we can only assume the experiment was more accurate because it involved lasers which are always necessity for an experiment to be considered fully scientific" - As a scientist, I can confirm that when the lasers come out, the science definitely becomes more scientific. I've spent the last year of my life struggling to repeat the non-laser version of an experiment with lasers...

  • @davidgustavsson4000
    @davidgustavsson4000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm in atomic physics, and your view of lasers and science is entirely correct.

  • @vinceperry769
    @vinceperry769 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm the smartest person in the room when everyone else in the room is drooling all over themselves but just barely the smartest.

  • @Geomaverick124
    @Geomaverick124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How many rads can the water bear survive?

    • @jorceshaman
      @jorceshaman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apparently they can survive "5,000 Gray" which is 500,000 rads.

  • @Rusminin
    @Rusminin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The other obvious aspect of cockroaches better surviving a nuclear blast, I would think, is the higher probability of them being covered by some layer of concrete, dirt and/or metal from the point of the blast. Cockroaches are a sneaky bunch, certainly more so than the usual people.

  • @BEM684
    @BEM684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Next time you're on a date tell her you want to play "Simon Says" and then play the two seconds from 3:09 to 3:11.

  • @deadfreightwest5956
    @deadfreightwest5956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Bee 52 started out as a sketch on a napkin. Still flying nearly 70 years later.

  • @BenTajer89
    @BenTajer89 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol with the product placement, basically "if you're anything like me you wont enjoy this service, but sign up for it anyway."

  • @jesse_cole
    @jesse_cole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Today I Found Out that clicking on a bee video while you're eating will quickly devolve into a video about cockroach survival.

  • @buggyboy2849
    @buggyboy2849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bee Wars coming soon only on the SyFy channel!

  • @6stringgunner511
    @6stringgunner511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They just repeat over and over, " I think I can... ".
    Oh wait, wrong story.
    Ha ha ha ha ha!😃

    • @stanlygirl5951
      @stanlygirl5951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Everyone knows an ant can't move a rubbertree plant."

    • @6stringgunner511
      @6stringgunner511 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stanlygirl5951 thanks for the reply. Hope your having a great day. That's VERY true and FUNNY 😆! MUCH love from Ohio USA.

  • @databang
    @databang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🐝 I think this video misses the philosophical point that the bee buzzes along happily despite the pedantic minutiae.

  • @Kenxclout
    @Kenxclout 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Where did Noah keep his bees?
    In the arkHIVES

    • @highlandoutsider8148
      @highlandoutsider8148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is the 2nd time you've made me laugh in one comment section, your doing great work, keep it up 👍 lol

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He'd only need a queen and a drone

  • @bootygroinweevil2181
    @bootygroinweevil2181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    *You Like Jazz?*

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's honestly the prettiest wasp I have ever seen!

  • @elijahsassercollins3685
    @elijahsassercollins3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    if your the smartest person in the room your in the wrong room
    Teachers : sweating increases

  • @grivar
    @grivar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    According to all known laws
    of aviation,
    there is no way a bee
    should be able to fly.
    Its wings are too small to get
    its fat little body off the ground.
    The bee, of course, flies anyway
    because bees don't care
    what humans think is impossible.
    Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
    Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
    Ooh, black and yellow!
    Let's shake it up a little.
    Barry! Breakfast is ready!
    Ooming!
    Hang on a second.
    Hello?
    - Barry?
    - Adam?
    - Oan you believe this is happening?
    - I can't. I'll pick you up.
    Looking sharp.
    Use the stairs. Your father
    paid good money for those.
    Sorry. I'm excited.
    Here's the graduate.
    We're very proud of you, son.
    A perfect report card, all B's.
    Very proud.
    Ma! I got a thing going here.
    - You got lint on your fuzz.
    - Ow! That's me!
    - Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
    - Bye!
    Barry, I told you,
    stop flying in the house!
    - Hey, Adam.
    - Hey, Barry.
    - Is that fuzz gel?
    - A little. Special day, graduation.
    Never thought I'd make it.
    Three days grade school,
    three days high school.
    Those were awkward.
    Three days college. I'm glad I took
    a day and hitchhiked around the hive.
    You did come back different.
    - Hi, Barry.
    - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.
    - Hear about Frankie?
    - Yeah.
    - You going to the funeral?
    - No, I'm not going.
    Everybody knows,
    sting someone, you die.
    Don't waste it on a squirrel.
    Such a hothead.
    I guess he could have
    just gotten out of the way.
    I love this incorporating
    an amusement park into our day.
    That's why we don't need vacations.
    Boy, quite a bit of pomp...
    under the circumstances.
    - Well, Adam, today we are men.
    - We are!
    - Bee-men.
    - Amen!
    Hallelujah!
    Students, faculty, distinguished bees,
    please welcome Dean Buzzwell.
    Welcome, New Hive Oity
    graduating class of...
    ...9:15.
    That concludes our ceremonies.
    And begins your career
    at Honex Industries!
    Will we pick ourjob today?
    I heard it's just orientation.
    Heads up! Here we go.
    Keep your hands and antennas
    inside the tram at all times.
    - Wonder what it'll be like?
    - A little scary.
    Welcome to Honex,
    a division of Honesco
    and a part of the Hexagon Group.
    This is it!
    Wow.
    Wow.
    We know that you, as a bee,
    have worked your whole life
    to get to the point where you
    can work for your whole life.
    Honey begins when our valiant Pollen
    Jocks bring the nectar to the hive.
    Our top-secret formula
    is automatically color-corrected,
    scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured
    into this soothing sweet syrup
    with its distinctive
    golden glow you know as...
    Honey!
    - That girl was hot.
    - She's my cousin!
    - She is?
    - Yes, we're all cousins.
    - Right. You're right.
    - At Honex, we constantly strive
    to improve every aspect
    of bee existence.
    These bees are stress-testing
    a new helmet technology.
    - What do you think he makes?
    - Not enough.
    Here we have our latest advancement,
    the Krelman.

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee
    should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.
    *movie ends and credits play*

  • @Pangolin-Mandolin
    @Pangolin-Mandolin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the fact that rather than conclude that humanity's knowledge was incomplete, it was the bees that were breaking the rules. 🤣

  • @GusCraft460
    @GusCraft460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s not that cockroaches were immune to radiation, it’s that cockroaches are so adaptable that they could survive in an irradiated wasteland.

  • @Dius765RS
    @Dius765RS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Anti-Gravity... FACTS!

  • @JP-tr2jt
    @JP-tr2jt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The only thing that will be alive after the nuclear explosion is cockroaches and Keith richards

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Proof a Rolling Stone CAN gather moss.

  • @redstripedsocks5245
    @redstripedsocks5245 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still like the idea of tiny insects breaking All known laws known laws of physics

  • @red62
    @red62 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just realized that bees and mosquitoes flap their wings faster than the speed of sound, mini sonic booms with every stroke!

  • @brokeneyes6615
    @brokeneyes6615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They thought the answer They thought the answer was to armor up a bunch of bees to fight Sharknado,...
    They were wrong!
    Armored Bee versus Sharknado, Clash of super epic was!

  • @ilovemykitties84
    @ilovemykitties84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this reminds me, and you could make a video of it, that a russian man in the 60s made a flying machine from insect wings

  • @tonieartemis
    @tonieartemis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, basically, bees tread water, but in the air?

  • @jamescoffey5903
    @jamescoffey5903 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way I heard it was "The only things that would survive a nuclear war are cockroaches and Cher" LOL.

  • @thekittycats8061
    @thekittycats8061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    according to all known laws of aviation there is no way a bee should be able to fly, it's wings are small to get it's fat little body off the ground, the bee of course flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is possible.
    "Barry breakfast is ready"
    "coming"
    and that's all I managed to memorise

    • @UmFurgao
      @UmFurgao 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the kitty cats what have you done

  • @w49660
    @w49660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Squeal Piggy" ?? (7:58)

    • @apcolleen
      @apcolleen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love reading the captions to see what didnt make it into the video from what I assume was from a written script.

  • @sicks6six
    @sicks6six ปีที่แล้ว +1

    using calculations for flight software I did some quick calculations of what size wing area would be needed to lift a bee, turns out the wings would need to be 7inches long, 14inches tip-to-tip assuming the wing had the same width as a bee and the weight was that of a bee, there is something in that royal honey theory me thinks, lol

  • @CrazyBear65
    @CrazyBear65 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The next big SyFy channel hit... 'Scuse me a minute, there's a black helicopter flying over... Ok, _"Damn, Simon, you funny!"_

  • @AlecAkin
    @AlecAkin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know the song Simon uses in the background of these videos? I recognize it from somewhere, but I can't figure it out...

  • @tiborpurzsas2136
    @tiborpurzsas2136 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cockroaches are absolutely beautiful creatures!.I have a small cockroach farm, the size is about a one bedroom apartment. My delightful creatures breed under the stove, and the fridge mostly . I sometimes see them take early morning walks on my dinner plates, among the utensils and many other places ! Sometimes they surprise me hiding in the cereal box ! I love the little darlings the most, when I turn on the light in the middle of the night and I see them out in force. They are galloping on the walls, on the ceiling its a glorious sight really . I dont know what I'd do without their unconditional love !

  • @Silverwing2112
    @Silverwing2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Bees shouldn't be able to fly." Meanwhile I'm watching about a dozen bees doing exactly that as I type this.

  • @damianp7313
    @damianp7313 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:21 the fancy European noble wasp bahaha

  • @julius-stark
    @julius-stark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Black Mirror already predicted how we will weaponize bees.

  • @Ayce1955
    @Ayce1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    While working as a building super in Toronto, I once watched a cockroach take two weeks to die while stuck on a bug trap.

  • @grannykiminalaska
    @grannykiminalaska 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my youth i lived in a buggy apartment in California. A roach flew into the microwave. I closed the door and zapped that sucker for ten minutes. He just walked away like it was nothing

  • @matthewellisor5835
    @matthewellisor5835 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Friggin' bees with friggin' LASERs.

  • @96smittyjr
    @96smittyjr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is the title of the video where the "upcoming" nobel prize in mathematics is brought up i cant seem to find it.

  • @timrecchion2424
    @timrecchion2424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They proved that certain sound frequencies can cause objects to float. I think it's a combo of lift generated by flapping and the buzz they make. They stay a float by the sound waves and the wings create movement like fans on a drone would. It's funny that a male bee is called a drone.

    • @theGraphicAutist
      @theGraphicAutist ปีที่แล้ว

      apparently they have tiny conic hexagonal structures on their wings, I'm thinking sonic levitation... for how loud bees and flies are there is def resonance involved

  • @StoneDigital
    @StoneDigital 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Captions said “squeal piggy” lololol

  • @gasperle
    @gasperle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you mentioned Deinococcus radiodurans