5 Weird Things We Believe About Death

There’s a lot we just don’t know about death, but even among the things we think we do know, there are a lot of misconceptions. Here are 5 weird things we believe about death!Hosted by: Hank GreenSciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org----------Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow----------Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, KatieMarie Magnone, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas----------Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishowTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishowTumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow----------Sources:https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/07/13/swimming-eating-cramp-myth https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=ijarehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281377/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9833575/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542273/https://www.healthline.com/health/bleeding-to-death#timelinehttps://gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd-2015/55fc9586b8ac3141f8000097/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2902109/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539741/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736122/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-cell-metabolism-after-death/https://www.bmj.com/content/335/7633/1288https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/is-cremation-environmentally-friendly-heres-the-sciencehttps://www.cremationassociation.org/page/IndustryStatisticshttps://www.cremationassociation.org/page/alkalinehydrolysishttps://www.uclahealth.org/donatedbody/water-cremationhttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12421 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19744178/Imageshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potassium_hydroxide.jpghttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/cremation-chamber-with-touchpad-control-panel-gm871673004-145675283https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/metal-urn-at-a-funeral-gm1138367009-303882106https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxygenated_vs_deoxygenated_RBC.jpghttps://www.istockphoto.com/photo/womans-fingertips-close-up-gm918113798-252563118https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/stay-calm-everything-will-be-alright-gm1281112498-379243332https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/x-ray-gm183864562-16427339https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/lower-limbs-artery-mra-gm514109677-47468504https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/girl-near-the-pool-with-fruits-selective-focus-gm1318690469-405750445https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/girl-near-the-pool-with-fruits-selective-focus-gm1318690469-405750445https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-man-jumps-into-a-lake-gm1008294396-271972548https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pizza-party-slice-by-swimming-pool-outdoor-point-of-view-perspective-gm1155079761-314335396