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If you've ever cleared a room after taking off your shoes and socks then prepare to learn why, you dirty sicko.

Have you ever heard that you should avoid going to the hospital in July because you're more likely to die? That's true and it's because of the new doctors (i.e., ghouls).

You know how people tell you they're not contagious when they're sick? They don't know. Learn about the real deal on when you're contagious here.

Every day you produce between one-half to two liters of gas and you pass a lot of it by flatulating. Here's what's going on in your guts that's making you so humiliated in public.

Have you ever heard that we humans only use 10% of our brain? Well the person who told you that was using 0% of theirs.

Has someone ever told you about a person whose family was so dumb they named them after a product? It turns out that person was probably a lying jerk.

We've all heard the story about our country's first President chopping down a cherry tree as a wee child. But did it really happen? Josh sets you straight.

You know when you're at the beach and your friend gets stung by a jellyfish and they shout "Pee on the sting! Pee on the sting!" in agony and you do pee on the sting? Does that really work? Find out by watching this video, why don't you.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you can see the moon, even though it's daytime? That's crazy, huh?

Has anyone ever slapped the ice from your hand when you tried to give it to a dog and then grabbed you by your lapels and shaken you and said how dangerous it is for dogs to eat ice? That person was WRONG.

It's commonly said that there are more suicides during the winter holidays than in other times of the year, but that's not actually true. Josh explains.

A lot of people think that if you jump just before an elevator that's in free fall hits the ground their lives will be saved. Man, they are in for a big surprise.

Y'ever heard that about 200 or so years were just added to the calendar a thousand years ago and that the Dark Ages never really happened?

You know how anytime you crack your head open everybody's always making a big production out of keeping you awake? Those people are full of it and here's why!

Has someone ever made you almost cry, but you swallowed and it made your tears go away? First, to heck with that mean person. Second, that's pretty amazing if you think about it!

Has someone ever made you almost cry, but you swallowed and it made your tears go away? First, to heck with that mean person. Second, that's pretty amazing if you think about it!

If you breathed amniotic fluid in the womb, then why can't you breathe underwater once you're born? Here's a monumental answer to that.

You know when you sneeze your eyes squeeze shut. That's because your eyes would pop out if you didn't right? Wouldn't bet on that, chump.

You know how when someone is murdered in a house the realtor has to tell you all about it? They might not, after all! Your couch could be on top of a bloodstain and you'd never know. Here's why.

The idea that you should never wake up a sleepwalker is baseless and outrageous. Here's why.

Remember when you were in 6th grade and went to a sleepover at your best friend's house and recited a secret incantation that summoned the devil who, in His benevolence, gave you the strength to lift your friend off the floor using just TWO FINGERS?

You know how there's corn in your poop sometimes? Why is that? The answer is beautiful and natural.

The physics of the Three Stooges is not too terribly far off.

It was ghastly to see your grandmother's hair had grown that time the county exhumed her, but you can feel better because it didn't really.

You know how some people keep their batteries in the freezer to make them last longer? Those people are insane and you should run from their house when you get the first chance.