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@CAP1984629 ай бұрын
Oh sure his family name is Smallwood now but that’s the modern English version. Back in the middle ages it was Littlecock. Not that Karl should be worried about it, I had a teacher in school whose name was a lot worse, his name was family name was Weed and his actual legal given name was a slang term for a p3nis.
@corryjookit78189 ай бұрын
Why did you Mention the lottery in a decade when there wasn't one here
@HereBeDragonsYT9 ай бұрын
"Don't half ass two things, whole ass one thing." Ron Swanson
@C.CurrySims7 ай бұрын
I pictured Ron Jeremy for some reason
@FlamingoSandwich7 ай бұрын
@@C.CurrySimsthat sounds like more of a you thing lol
@danielsantiagourtado34309 ай бұрын
Reccomendation karl: Top 10 monarchs who truly earned the epithat the Great. You always make My day ❤❤❤❤❤
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'll be sure to suggest it!
@danielsantiagourtado34309 ай бұрын
@@ToptenzNettop10nice❤❤❤❤
@Luke..luke..luke..9 ай бұрын
Yes
@NeilMalthus9 ай бұрын
Monarchs by definition can hardly be great people. After all, do these parasites have any self-respect? I'd say if they did, they wouldn't be monarchs.
@bradybern64588 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing this!
@lawrencefoster80629 ай бұрын
Having worked as a medical coder at hospitals with psych units, the medical side always discharges as many patients as they can around the holidays. Most patients prefer to be home then. The psych units operate as normal business, with no fluctuations, in discharges, which is probably one thing that helps with lower psych issues at that time of year.
@victoriaeads61269 ай бұрын
I think that tasting a patient's urine may have been used centuries ago to diagnose diabetes, because of how the body tries to purge excess blood sugar in the urine. I have no concrete references for this, but it would be interesting to research.
@trolleyfan9 ай бұрын
I believe an early test for diabetes - and by "early" I mean ancient Egypt - was to put urine in the presence of ants. If they were attracted to it, because of the sugars...diabetes. Bonus for this method, no one was f*ckin' drinking it.
@donaldwert71379 ай бұрын
I've read the same thing, but generally in the context of historical fiction, so they may have just perpetuated a legend.
@StefanMedici9 ай бұрын
I'd have thought smelling would be enough? 😂
@Antymatters9 ай бұрын
I think that's how the ants diagnose it, except Australia where they'll drink your pee for the urea not the sugar. The urea gets fed to the gut flora to allow carbohydrates to be converted into proteins because Australia's wierd
@diealone98877 ай бұрын
Look up a podcast called sawbones. They do funny histories of medical maladies and one is diabetes. They show all the weird things they used to do to treat the diseases and what the understanding of them used to be. If I remember right I think they do say people used to taste urine to diagnose diabetes but also spill it around ants to see if they go after it.
@frankk98679 ай бұрын
Small wood, big wood, medium wood. It doesn't matter, it's all hard wood !
@RhiannonGraham-j3h9 ай бұрын
Loving your work Karl! Haha! As a working mum of 3, with a husband who works week on week off on the mines… multitasking is my jam…. Some of the rooms in my house are often half clean.😂🤦♀️… 🤪
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Same here, actually.
@bertmeinders67588 ай бұрын
Bert Meinders I'm a mechanical engineer, hands-on dirty fingernails, and I know from experience the importance of concentrating on one task at a time. I also do a long (106Km) commute, usually by motorcycle in all weathers, and this emphasises it. But thinking while driving is not multitasking; the two are integral. Also, doing another task during a CNC cycle is not multitasking.
@canbonly19709 ай бұрын
I still don’t understand what is so funny about the name Karl.
@MosoKaiser9 ай бұрын
Dude just doesn't get it! Karl... 😁
@SuperGamefreak189 ай бұрын
My thought with the 25 brain thing was basically that’s when all the basic stuff is fully done like biologically you’re done growing. Everything like with bone growth is adaptation and software updates so to speak.
@bertmeinders67588 ай бұрын
Bert Meinders I'm now 70, and my brain is a lot better developed than when I was 25. I suspect that the brain stops developing only when you choose to stop learning. But people tend to believe what they want, without truth getting in the way. Remember the Suzuki "Jeep"which allegedly rolled itself on undulatiing roads? Made up by Consumer Reports to boost their circulation. Life magazine did the same with Hell's Angels allegedly terrorising Hollister in 1947. Fact check before believing.
@tylorwendt56239 ай бұрын
Rikers is obviously the worst prison, because it is still in use, and still has a terrible reputation.
@DragonKingGaav9 ай бұрын
There's a guy in my high school whose name was Richard Smallwood!
@danielsantiagourtado34309 ай бұрын
Imformative as usual! Always look forward to this
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
11:09 True, you’re just constantly switching your attention from one task to another, but people with ADD do that regardless, and it’s better (for me at least) if I have something else I can do when distracted rather than just start daydreaming every few minutes. It definitely presents issues outside of work, but like I have trouble just sitting and watching TV unless it’s completely engrossing and have to be playing a mindless game on my phone or something to keep the part of my brain that wanders to focus on something and still keep my attention on the dialogue on TV
@Tsum19239 ай бұрын
Thank you. I was aware of most of this but still believed the sterile urine one. I've been saying that for far too long thank you.
@MatthewTheWanderer9 ай бұрын
Similar to fake olive oil (which I was always very skeptical of), I sometimes hear claims that most honey is fake and/or comes from China, which can't possibly be true.
@philcestrilli91159 ай бұрын
That is true especially honey
@MatthewTheWanderer9 ай бұрын
@@philcestrilli9115 WTF? No it isn't!
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
11:50 I think it’s Ron Swanson when Leslie Knope is trying to run for city council and keep up with her Parks & Rec work.
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
I LOVE Ron Swanson and Parks and Rec.
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
8:47 i wouldn’t blame Grylls for the urine drinking myth - it was definitely widespread before he became popular; HOWEVER, I always thought it was a load of bullocks until Bear Grylls claimed it was a survival tactic and demonstrated doing it on more than one occasion.
@forestwells58209 ай бұрын
I though he shifted to you needing to boil it first now. I remember on his show "You wouldn't get out alive", one of the challenges was for the contestants to properly cook their urine first to sterilize it, THEN drink it.
@jacobbernard85099 ай бұрын
Top 10 Military Victories of Drastically Outnumbered Forces/Armies
@introvertsrock98439 ай бұрын
That would be a good list 10 ppl who blew their $$, whether it was the lottery or a lawsuit
@jeffcourty63216 ай бұрын
As a professionnal cook, I can definately tell you multitasking is a thing. Having several things cooking at the same time over the entire kitchen is not for everyone
@ajspice6 ай бұрын
One reason I struggle with careers is because I don't multitask. I mean, I do great work that gets praise, but I don't LOOK like I'm working, so it doesn't count.
@sydhenderson67539 ай бұрын
I didn't know about the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon. That's funny when you consider the myth.
@Fayanora9 ай бұрын
Karl, the lottery thing IS true, though. Most lotto winners don't know how to budget, and they end up pissing their new money away on frivolous stuff.
@hypocriticalcritic69159 ай бұрын
I BITTERLY despise the "detoxing" industry because half of my extended family waste their money on that shit, desperately trying to make their health problems go away with something cheaper than actual medical care.
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
3:13 Exactly. Money can’t buy happiness, but if I never had to think or worry about money again, life would be SOO MUCH better. Not only would I have zero stress, but it would also allot the opportunity to do so much more.
@C.CurrySims7 ай бұрын
Smallwood was probably an ironic nickname
@Fabio-Jose-DragonKing9 ай бұрын
Love your content karl!😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Love your support!
@theodoreaguglia89029 ай бұрын
I want to see the video about British vs American lottery winners!!!!
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Like...as in a WWE match?
@theodoreaguglia89029 ай бұрын
@@ToptenzNettop10 did I misunderstand what Karl was saying in the video?... lol maybe "versus" was the wrong way of putting it....
@zacharyberry25349 ай бұрын
My man leans into the name. Love it.
@FlamingoSandwich7 ай бұрын
10k isn't scientificly the amount you are supposed to walk its just a random number that was picked by marketers in Japan to sell pedometers
@Blackdiamondprod.9 ай бұрын
8:51 no, that’s been said hundreds of times in popular media before he came along.
@weaselcon9 ай бұрын
Karl, you're growing on me. 😁
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Thank you! Dude's been working pretty hard, and will be working even harder behind the scenes. Karl is awesome.
@MatthewTheWanderer9 ай бұрын
Then, why is he only considered the "interim" host? That usually means "temporary", right? Is the plan to eventually have him mostly work behind the scenes once the new host is chosen?
@RubyDoobieScoo9 ай бұрын
Now he's Karl Semiwood
@dearthditch9 ай бұрын
Multitasking… I’d hit a light pole if I even looked at my texts while driving. No idea how people type responses
@laurapianezzola39348 ай бұрын
Ok. . Well even the mighty redwood starts out as small wood, but its still hard wood. No good having big wood if its soft like pine....
@stanleyhape84277 ай бұрын
You should have more👍for this post.
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
8:57 again, not just Grylls to blame. There was an episode of House where he can’t be and has a dream where he uses a catheter and it goes everywhere and when everyone steps back, he yells, “Relax! It’s urine! It’s sterile!”
@bradlevantis9139 ай бұрын
Ya but he puts it out as a survival skill. It’s not. I’m in Search and Rescue. The complications from drinking urine are dangerous. I’m glad more people are learning this.
@grahamncaff8 ай бұрын
Karl you done it again keep it up x
@felicianomiko56597 ай бұрын
Multitasking works great when it’s house work. No one is going to sit in front of the washer and stare at it for 25 minutes waiting for it to finish. You’re going to run it and go do the dishes. If you did house work literally just one chore at a time, you’d be doing it forever. But multitasking really only works with things that have a wait time to them or are fairly simple tasks, which is modern house work to a T. Most actual jobs require more focus than that.
@stanleyhape84277 ай бұрын
No way I would stare at the washing machine for 25 minutes. That's why I have a TV much better entertainment.
@visx17929 ай бұрын
When he sipped his drink at the end I totally expected him to say something about piss lol 😂
@thegreatgambeeno8 ай бұрын
I hate that light so hard
@Baldevi9 ай бұрын
I submit that people assuming your name is accurate about parts of your anatomy are believing a Myth, Karl. You're welcome.
@enriquehartmann86429 ай бұрын
Anybody with adhd can tell you that multitasking is not a a good thing. 😂
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
3:59 I remember Simon mentioning that fact, and that some people even declined said advice. I’d forgotten that the US doesn’t do that. My company even brought advisors for our 401(k)s. It makes a huge difference
@claytonberg7217 ай бұрын
I thought simon made a video that said most lottery winners *do* go broke???
@daltonmason629 ай бұрын
@11:50 Ron Swanson would be disappointed...
@parkermacek118 ай бұрын
Alcatraz had good food for periods, but they also had periods where they ate pretty much broth for months. Depends on who was running it
@neverstopschweiking8 ай бұрын
I visited Alcatraz at a time when a former inmate was there selling his book. I bought the book and asked him a few questions. He said out of all the prisons he was in, Alcatraz was the worst.
@peterbyrne73487 ай бұрын
The actual statistic was that 40 percent of lottery winners declare bankruptcy in three years. So not most and not "go broke." It came from a 2010(?) documentary called "It Could Happen to You," I think. I've never seen where it was disproven.
@stanleyhape84277 ай бұрын
I agree. Many have poor money management and grossly overspend. Shaq even talked about how he was a broke multimillionaire when he first got into the NBA.
@TherealPolar-B8 ай бұрын
Kinda hope Karl stays the host. Simon was good n all but Karl is great
@NuyoricanJoseph8 ай бұрын
1:47 Shout outs to News4Jax. Documenting all the gang murders in Jacksonville Florida 😭
@AndrewLakeUK6 ай бұрын
Mate, someone's drawn on your arm when you were asleep.
@cremacat5186 ай бұрын
the first myth is repeated over and over by people who were born into a well off family because they need to believe being rich is a virtue
@christianavance91249 ай бұрын
If you win the lottery in the US, immediately find a financial lawyer before claiming the prize. And the only detox you can do is for your cravings and taste buds.
@beagleissleeping53599 ай бұрын
What's the saying: money can't buy happiness, but it can make misery more tolerable.
@shaneg90818 ай бұрын
I like Karl in this format
@fabricdragon9 ай бұрын
actually in several survival in the woods or post apocalyptic books that i read in the 80s... it expressly said urine was sterile and that if you didnt have clean boiled water, it was better to wash your wound with that , than dirty water. and um... honestly given what is in random streams? that stil may be true
@NoOne-yc4wl9 ай бұрын
There's a simpsons episode with Sherri Bobbins singing about doing a half assed job and Bart saying that It's the American Way.
@jasoncasey30059 ай бұрын
More like Carl biglog
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Karl's mirror universe counterpart?
@joshuagibson25209 ай бұрын
Hey Kal. How goes it? How do you not say the "r" in your name, yet you say it when speaking the word saw and others. (sawr) Do you just omit "r" where you feel like it and add it in other instances? For fun? Or?
@rgnyc9 ай бұрын
Nicely done!
@TheKingOfAmazing6 ай бұрын
While rhino horn isn't an aphrodisiac, I've heard rumours about human horn
@omniscientbeing42248 ай бұрын
wait a minute, you're the host from the channel fact fiend, doing a video with TopTenz, and you present a fact that should be with the channel 'today I found out.' Karl Smallwood, meta Geek lol.
@ScottieD8139 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video, Karl "Big Brain" Smallwood
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@danielinthewolvesden7 ай бұрын
But, just to makes things clear- Rhino horns are poached- for several reasons.
@SpEdMice9 ай бұрын
Age 25=insurance actuarial tables…why rates drop at 26.
@angelagraff16669 ай бұрын
Gremlins is where I heard the holiday suicide rates.
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
5:17 I was gonna say, there’s a difference with something not being “extra virgin” olive oil and just not being olive oil at all. And, if 98% is real, what’s in the 2%??
@Twilord_9 ай бұрын
Why did my brain expect him to say "100 year old baby"...
@pudwellion7 ай бұрын
Lets start a new myth, Rhino horn gives you erectile disfunction and touching ivory from a dead elephant is bad luck, its like breaking a mirror.
@leedogification8 ай бұрын
According to Futurama human horn is an aphrodisiac.
@kevinhernandez25949 ай бұрын
The only time I've ever truly multitasked was when I accidentally played a 2 player round of a Streets of Rage arcade machine. I ended up having to Sakurai it and play both sides at once. I did pretty well
@801russc7 ай бұрын
Multitasking: What about playing a guitar, drums or piano. Also what about muscle memory, wouldn't that be... Multitasking, such as operating heavy equipment or some aircraft with your feet and hands. I would like to give a little more credit to the human body and brain. Though I am just another person with my own opinions.
@bethanywicker89909 ай бұрын
Your hair is extra puffy today 😊
@j.p.69329 ай бұрын
11:40 As I just said, I tend to multitask, just by nature. If I don’t have another task to do, I’m just spacing out and daydreaming, but I’ve still always gotten my work done ahead of my colleagues.
@AnnaAnna-uc2ff9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@nannyalberte7 ай бұрын
love karl 💕💕
@KankleBaby6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this content
@lcr46968 ай бұрын
Where's Simon? Not complaining, just kinda concerned. Lol! Nothing against you mate. Great video!
@scottbrown63059 ай бұрын
We want to believe the fantastic so we can ignore the mundane.
@voivod68718 ай бұрын
Karl sounds very English but i assume the channel is aimed at the US because British people would never refer to the Christmas period as "The holidays" we just call it Christmas time. Holidays are just any time spent away from work or school or we use it in the same way Americans use the word vacation. Don't ask me why i felt the need to share that but it just sounded weird coming from someone that sounds ultra English.
@kitorme70629 ай бұрын
It is Ron Swanson from parks and rec who whole assed 1 thing
@dudedude314159 ай бұрын
Great host. Keep doing what you are doing
@Orangeninja50009 ай бұрын
SIMON IS MISSED
@dudedude314159 ай бұрын
@@Orangeninja5000 Simon is not gone and Karl does a great job.
@Orangeninja50009 ай бұрын
@@dudedude31415 Then where is he?
@dudedude314159 ай бұрын
@@Orangeninja5000 in about 500 other channels
@bradrizzo39508 ай бұрын
You write for today I found out, didn't Simon have a channel top tens. Odd
@russelllomando84609 ай бұрын
Britian doesn't tax winnings. Simple. They'd much rather tax the people at a higher rate. VAT - Value Added Tax - 20%. The country would make mega-millions if they taxed winnings. Detox - $56 Billion worth of idiots. Even computers can't multi-task. With people, there is a 'ramp-up' and 'ramp-down' timeframe that has to be taken in as factors. Nice, KS.
@MosoKaiser9 ай бұрын
Same in Finland, the national lottery winnings are tax-free for the winners, with the taxes being handled by the betting agency. You win X amount, you get X amount, without fear of the tax man coming knocking.
@deoge32787 ай бұрын
He told that story in 1 of his specials...
@ChrisOliver43079 ай бұрын
Hey Smallwood, how'd you get that name? Is it because you got small .... uh... Wood? I'm sorry.
@thehomeschoolinglibrarian9 ай бұрын
Still loving Karl as host.
@Allean_Adkins8 ай бұрын
Lmao 🤣 I bet your really a Smallwood! Sorry you told me to
@stevenrafter30699 ай бұрын
You look like Bear Grills with a helmet on
@BigJeremyBeyer9 ай бұрын
Please make Karl your permanent host. He has done a good job. And seeing Simon's content that he put out since leaving here makes me glad he left. You are better off with Karl.
@ToptenzNettop109 ай бұрын
I think we're getting close to making an announcement. If anything, there'll likely be two rotating hosts to make sure Karl doesn't get burnt out.
@mytzenka65749 ай бұрын
I really want to know why there's always a skeleton in the background in your videos??
@Miss.melissa.a9 ай бұрын
It just gets a little bonely over there sometimes
@heretictom8 ай бұрын
Karl, what are you doing here?
@bettybeaudoin13959 ай бұрын
Y does everyone now a day's have the whole arm tattoos. It seems just about every video someone has a lot of tattoos
@leathernluv8 ай бұрын
Whoa, hold up. Who the hell at UC Davis knows anything about virginity? (JK )
@LikeaGlove909 ай бұрын
Wait.. thats your real name?! wow.. who's named Karl?
@bunyipdragon94999 ай бұрын
I was taught that 25 age for the brain was when the frontal cortex was fully developed - the area for rational thought. Which is why people do stupid stuff before then 😝
@Hstry3809 ай бұрын
Karl please consider speaking slower. I don’t want to criticize your lovely accent. It is just that by the time I have figured out what you said you have moved way past and I have missed something important.
@Mr.N0B0DY.7 ай бұрын
Where's fact boy
@DVAted9 ай бұрын
I prefer to listen to you at x1.5 speed
@RubyDoobieScoo9 ай бұрын
My girlfriend left me because of smallwood.
@kzyrichm8 ай бұрын
Karl's energy is almost never eponymous. If anything about him coincides with his moniker, It is how he shows with utter satisfaction and total nonchalant chillness how he is simply not impressed by anyone's bullsh t. If he sees your smallwood, he just has zero fu ks to give. Meaning jokes about his name are actually more an insult to the fool making it. If you do not believe me, check "How NOT to do Business", his video about a potential sponsor that made some... faux pas.
@NeilMalthus9 ай бұрын
16:08 "[Rhino horn] ... does not have the same inherent value as something like ivory" MYTH itself - after all, what's so 'inherently valuable' about ivory??? It's as bad for your nutrition as something like gold or diamonds (which also don't really have intrinsic value!).
@joshuagibson25209 ай бұрын
It is inherently valuable because it's inherently rare.
@NeilMalthus9 ай бұрын
@@joshuagibson2520 So ivory is rare and there's rhino horn everywhere? (If scarcity alone is enough to make something valuable. I disagree there. I'd say I have no use for rhino horn, tusks or diamonds but I guess there are sad idiots who'll pay lots of money for them. )