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[@LyricaSilvan]

Fun fact, in regard to the thing Damien said about setting up a camera to watch the squirrels that are storing nuts in the mailbox: My dad actually made a "squirrel box" in one of our trees, and puts bowls of peanuts in there for them, and he set up a camera inside it so he can watch them hang out and eat the peanuts. It's very cute.

[@jenniferhart559]

@@LyricaSilvan 🥹❤️🐿️

[@tired_writer01]

That purple dress is beautiful though.

[@YourAverage_UndertaleFan]

Fr

[@Feelingsarenotfact]

Yeah Brian rocks it so well

[@An1me_v1b3r]

Yea its so bonita

[@Ashley_Graves42]

It does look beautiful!

[@RedGreenYellowBlue]

Fr. I remember being 15 and was so jelly of other teen girls Quince's wishing i could have one.

[@littlebirdie2634]

I love Damien for doing the research for us. I feel like I’m both brain rotting/zoned out looking at memes while also learning something

[@boinkmaster9000]

“Where are you taking him” To the raveyard, they need a G

[@Hershewed]

I’m stealing this it’s golden lmao

[@Scarbonara_]

Totally unrelated but I love your pfp and username

[@botdance9]

Idk the species of the golden bug but it’s in the family plataspidae! They’re a kind of shield bug known for having that kinda squished, almost pentagonal shape. They’re not beetles; they have a proboscis used to suck sap from plants!

[@yaboiblake9304]

I think it might be Brachyplatys subaeneus, aka black bean bug, and indeed part of the family plataspidae. While typically glossy black, certain individuals of this species appear shiny golden. If this one is that species, it’s a particularly shiny one!

[@wooddawood]

4:43 GOLDEN LOOT BUG HERE! WE'RE RICH WE'RE RICH ROCK N STONE IF YOU DON'T ROCK N STONE, YOU AIN'T COMIN HOME GOLDEN LOOT BUG!

[@Streetcleanergaming]

FOR KARL!

[@TwiliPaladin]

DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?

[@Mayogus]

ROCK AND STONE, EVERYONE!

[@nomercy1712]

If you rock and stone you are never alone!

[@S10nTh3Gr8]

ROCK AND STONE BROTHA

[@Amongsus_130]

The tree with the "P" in it reminds me of this one tree I kept walking past, to school when I was in elementary. I think it was a maple tree, but it was half light green and half dark green. Quite literally, split down the middle.

[@maeborowski1315]

chimera tree!!

[@iclynnx]

​@@maeborowski1315 Unrelated but hello fellow Night in the Woods fan!!

[@maeborowski1315]

@@iclynnx hiii:DD!!

[@IamRelint]

Theres a second P made from the branches

[@Moon_x_sun]

Close by a house i used to live in there is a tree thats shaped like a hand. It has like Four long branches that get gradually smaller except the first one thats a little shorter than the second one (like most pointer fingers) and then a little longer Down the tree it has the “thumb” that grows in like a j shape (except opposite side bc it looked like a right hand)

[@cornflake75]

2:45 Install a second mailbox for the squirrels ❤

[@Ashley_Graves42]

0:40 HE'S GOING ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL! (10/10 song)

[@allison3232]

Yea!

[@tirefish]

And his friends are gonna be there, too

[@TyrannostarusRex]

15:04 Something I find interesting about this is that American cup sizes tend to be much larger, but can sometimes have less liquid in them than other countries because in the US, our drink cups are filled most with ice first.

[@helenanilsson5666]

Well, if you're going to have ice then you should put the ice in first. That said I'd rather not buy an iced drink unless I get to add the ice and drink myself. The self-service soda bar is the only benefit McDonalds have over Espresso House.

[@spidineer6920]

4:50 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!?

[@stephaniemorrigan3039]

I got pantry moths once, finally traced it back to a package of sunflower seeds. Thats when i started repackaging everything into airtight containers. At least that way any issues are....contained.

[@thatonewitch]

*badum tss*

[@trishapellis]

Freeze all grains, seeds, flours etc for a few days. 2 will kill pantry moth eggs, I tend to go up to 5 to get anything else that might be in there. Then store in tins, glass jars, or something like that.

[@KingOfMischiefs]

I misread that

[@nekomimicatears]

Basically what happened to the fly is that all of its cells got removed and the clear thing left over is essentially a fly shaped scaffold where the cells once were.

[@Sarah.2.]

Oh he got skinned

[@LuciferWilson-p3o]

Made me think back to the Thought Emporium.

[@Moon_x_sun]

Yes exactly! Its very cool and abit scary imo

[@WilburJaywright]

So like, burning the flesh off of a skeleton but it’s an exoskeleton in this case.

[@nekomimicatears]

@@WilburJaywright not exactly. Its like surgically removing every cell from the structure that holds them together. It's not that it's an exoskeleton, what's left over is the stuff that originally held all the cells.

[@RandomCronch]

I like how daimon always provides commentary to all the post, rather than just being like: "wow thats cool, i wonder how they did that!".

[@Roo-tabaga]

Even though it’s at a In&Out, that dress is gorgeous

[@AstroVanilla]

I think it makes it better that its at an in n out. Makes it more unique then just going to a fancy place

[@tomithebunny]

Afaik it's actually really typical for girls to go out to their favorite fast food place for their quince. Sometimes they even take a limo there, there's a lot of cute quinceñera pics of girls in their super fancy gowns with their friends getting fast food

[@oldfashionedboots2774]

1:38 This is exact why Dora feels the need to ask the audience seemingly obvious questions

[@Schlingus-Gaming]

australium bug 4:27

[@AielHeart]

Christmas beetle? Thought those were a little more colorful?

[@gabetheanimator_]

@@AielHeartyou mean a festivised beetle?

[@AielHeart]

@ no idea. I remember it as Christmas Beetle on a post I read once and the person said “and despite being from Australia, it’s harmless”

[@lithellylbeleth4426]

13:15 "I don't know why the long pinky nail" Oh you sweet naive summer child There's a reason why that is called a coke nail

[@ANTSEMUT1]

No it's to dig their nose and ears for gunk.

[@ivoryowl]

@@ANTSEMUT1 How deep are your holes that you have to use a sword to dig for gunk?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@ivoryowl ive seen asian taxi drivers and such use it as such.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@ivoryowl for reference i was borned and raised in malaysia(which is in asian) and have traveled through the rest of asia.

[@sungpepper2]

4:40 was not expecting the DRG reference! Good to see it getting the recognition it deserves!

[@S10nTh3Gr8]

FOR KARL

[@abbybryant2256]

“ROOOOAADD TRRIIP!” Made me laugh so hard it scared my dog.

[@zacheryschmidt2611]

3:34 fun fact: 98% of all apples can be traced back to two trees

[@Foam_Woa]

what about the 2%

[@zacheryschmidt2611]

@ how the hell should I know? I’m guessing they came from relatives?

[@fredskull1618]

Wow. That *is* mildly interesting.

[@Foam_Woa]

@@zacheryschmidt2611 oh okay 👍

[@zacheryschmidt2611]

@@fredskull1618 another mildly interesting fact: tigers are only orange to humans

[@ravenlorans]

13:15 That is what's called a Cocaine Finger...

[@TiredCorvid07]

5:14 Oh I’ve been there three times, it’s actually in Sweetwater! The fish are stocked and since they have to be fed by staff in boats, I found out if you put your hand in the water they’ll come bite your fingers LMAO Super interesting place but I learned the hard way the hike back up to the surface is NOT fun if you’re a fattie with asthma 🥲🥲

[@Hershewed]

8:44 I hope they kept its exoskeleton cause that’s fucking sick as hell, I love it!

[@davidsmith7208]

12:47 My wife and I had a battle with Egyptian meal moths after getting some oatmeal that had some in it. It started with seeing one small caterpillar on our living room ceiling, then a couple days later, dozens from our kitchen cabinets. Glass jars became our defense and we had to throw out a LOT of food once we found the initial source, and figured out what they were.

[@jenniferhart559]

That dress is an excellent way to keep people out of your personal space!

[@michealbounds550]

11:23 - Oh goodie, a new fear has been unlocked.

[@CyberSway]

You can't just not got into a room for 15 years. Not the time capsule you think it will be

[@Hershewed]

@CyberSway Hopefully it’s not full of mold when they open it!

[@ZackShark1]

​@@HershewedI guess you could call it a moon

[@maeborowski1315]

it's probably just for the students. the teachers and other staff can go inside to clean.

[@SebastianObjects]

I feel bonita.

[@Snowx_x616]

Wonderful because you look Bonita!

[@ChairEnjoyer1]

5:07 I’ve been here before! It’s a really cool cave and the fish you see are rainbow trout. I took a crappy video of the boat ride if anybody wants to see what it’s like without having to actually go there.

[@All_thegoodnamesaretaken]

12:23 we’ve had pantry moths a few times. They’re very hard to get rid of, as they’ll chew through plastic as well. Also if you miss any at all then they’ll come back full force within a couple of weeks. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve opened rice and there were webs in it from these things.

[@feuerling]

Their eggs can also be "included" in any nuts, dried fruit, or cereal products you buy.

[@darcydreaming6931]

Gaaaah yes. One house my family lived in developed a real bad pantry moth problem, they LOVED bird seed. Put up a hell of a fight trying to get rid of them, those things got in all kinds of hiding places. Ended up having to rehome our birds due to unrelated circumstances and there hasn't been any sign of the problem since, either on our end or that of the new owners. Forgot how much I'd grown to hate those moths until I saw this video lmao

[@misschieflolz1301]

18:19 - Ugh I'm having flashbacks Sone years ago I had really bad food poisoning over christmas; I'd gotten some seafood mixture for a snack on christmas eve, two packs in similar packaging like this; Looked absolutely normal when I picked them up. I had one pack christmas eve and yeah, it was fine. Until like 11pm when I started vomiting like no tomorrow. It took me a month to get back to eating properly. The kicker? when we looked at the other package after realising I was ill, it was blown up like this, and that happened OVERNIGHT in the fridge.... and I ATE that crap.

[@molliepercyrosco]

The shiny bug is called a Christmas beetle. Bc you used to see them every Christmas in Australia. But they are getting rarer and rarer, now if you see one they ask you to phone it in to a special line so they can track the population

[@MysteryOfTheShockwave]

11:14 that is an intentional design. It's to mimic the look of a lightsaber. The inside looks white, and the outside is where the color is.

[@nathanfilby8683]

2:45 Perfect insert for “Guess what came in the mail today? DEEZ NUTS!! HA GOTTEEEEM!!”

[@panasoniczka4944]

4:08 European here to talk about the triple border point. As long as you're European, there's no need for a passport to cross the EU borders (and sit on the benches) because of this cool little thing called a shengen zone. It basically means that every citizen of an EU country can travel freely between the borders without the need of a passport, just a regular ID will suffice

[@Nova_is_silly_goofy]

4:02 my bowling alley actually has these kind of balls and the number is the weight It’s really cool

[@vulpesdecinere972]

As for the different benches in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium - all you need is a passport, driver's license, personal ID card or school ID (as long as it has a photo and you are over 18 or traveling with an adult supervisor). I also believe company issued IDs also work, as long as they are a reachable company. You don't get stopped at the borders at all as an ordinary citizen, btw! In the Schengen area - Which is an agreement of free movement between almost all countries in the EU, except Bulgaria and Romania, and also including non EU countries such as Norway and Switzerland - as long as you are a member of one of the countries that are participating, and have any government issued photo ID, you are given a right to travel between the countries, and stay and even work in another country for a few months at a time. There are of course still border controls whenever you're driving with cargo you intend to sell in another country. One of the wonders of living in the EU. It may be flawed, but it has only provided a net good, towards the world.

[@spikeoramathon]

4:30 If the way we can know our creator is only through creation, then whoever it is who made this world really, really, REALLY loves beetles, because there's more of them than anything else. One out of every four critters on this planet is a beetle. And this beetle here is beetleful.

[@roboticdem0n]

4:00 the color and number represent the weight of the ball and sadly cannot be used for simple recognition. Also it doesn't matter who used the ball before you if the balls belong to the bowling alley.

[@graciepeanutpi7537]

One thing Damien is going to do is take us on a journey of knowledge

[@christiansnow160]

4:27 Bean Plataspid

[@FSFangzy]

2:25 just wanna say I saw the “p” instantly

[@chromium5]

Took me 15 secs lol

[@red16806]

@FSFangzy Same

[@thatonewitch]

I was so confused until i looked at the leaves

[@cryskingwiththetankfromMSpaint]

Same. It’s front ‘n’ center too.

[@CHARIZORDO]

Same

[@SissiTargaryen]

Actually if you are european you don't need passport to travel from one country to other in those that signed The Schengen Agreement like Belgium and Netherlands 😊

[@MrShadow1617]

Only if you are a citizen of an EU country. Brits after Brexit need passports to enter now.

[@Dreagon-yc3zq]

​@@MrShadow1617 its Schengen area, not eu. Norway isn't a part of the EU but still in the Schengen area

[@galaxywoofer]

About the pantry moths, I KNOW HOW THEY ARE AAAUGH. They infested our pantry, and mainly went into our old things of oats, pasta, etc. Didn't help that my parents had 10 year old things of like Scalloped Potatoes and shit in there, so they *thrived*. We finally got them out after a whole YEAR.

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

7:01 years ago, the dentist my grandma found had a gaming corner too, but it wasn't like this. they had older arcade style games like, pac man and such.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

5:44 I once dripped sunscreen on my hardwood floor. After wiping it off, stains still remained and for some reason they looked like the top half of a footprint. And the more often I cleaned that floor over time the better visible the footprint stain became.

[@KyzenEX]

12:03 OP needs a divorce... That's the stupidest idea to keep moths out of jars I've ever read.

[@st4rc0rp]

0:34 It may not be left, but it’s the right pizza for him!

[@ShadowCrestCreations]

2:49 “You’ve got a package” *checks mailbox* DEEZ NUTS!

[@walmart_beds]

3:00 That's nuts!

[@lancevonalden5585]

Squirrels collecting nuts on mailbox? I would put a sign on it saying "Dear Mailman, because this mailbox is now apparently a convenient but very smart place for squirrels to save their nuts for the winter, and because I don't have the heart to remove them and probably end one of their food sources for such a time, please use the plastic box I placed down below for mail, instead. It can be easily opened and closed for mail access and that way it won't be used as another convenient location for winter storage. Thanks!" And of course we would add the plastic box down, x3.

[@riosulysto2068]

18:16 We were travelling for a month and someone forgot to close the freezer properly. When we opened the front door, the smell was horrible and all vaccumed items looked like that. I didn’t get time to relax, I immediately cleaned out the freezer and threw out everything inside the freezer😂

[@thirstfast1025]

On this episode of "How it's Made": Interesting Frost patterns. Double-long Bags of Chips. Pantry Moth Infestations. Brought to you by the letter "P" in a tree, and the letter "A" on a cat.

[@riosulysto2068]

14:57 I live in Indonesia, and I can confirm that it is true. When I was in Hawaii airport and ordered a small burger king meal, when the meal was ready, I told the staff I ordered a small drink not the large, she smiled and told me “that is the small drink”

[@Adreitz7]

0:35 At Halloween last month, I saw somebody driving around with a full-size skeleton riding a bicycle strapped to the roof of their riced-up Civic.

[@PotatoWithALaptop]

wait a minute I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IN-AND-OUT IS!!!

[@junplayzitout2283]

Oh nice!

[@DarkCreepyFairy]

5:44 probably someone stepped at the floor when there was the last layer of varnish applied and still drying

[@noelhutchins7366]

16:00 European markets don't want dyed food: fun fact, certain rare body-chemistries treat the users of Red-40 to meth like addiction & stimulant effect; while some other rare body-chemistry will suffer 6hr migraines from Blue-food-Dyes.

[@JosephCooperNightcore]

Here in Italy this season we have freshly pressed olive oil, called "Olio nuovo" (new oil literally). There are some place where you can purchase it fresh, and is really delicious. More pungent than regular olive oil. If you have the chance, try it

[@manurz1]

Damn you hit the ROCK N STONE voice so on point that I want to play again

[@HB81509]

Daimian is the best narrator because explains stuff

[@CodyIsAGremlin]

That is one sick carrot

[@saku3063]

From what I can tell, the name (or at least the scientific name) of the golden beetle is Charidotella ambita.

[@ChozoSR388]

"You hear that, Princess? Those are the Shrieking Eels..."

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

16:26 - Not So Fun Fact - The EU has stringent laws about what chemicals like artificial coloring and flavorings can be used in food and candy. And as an American I really wish I could just go live there! If you get bored, try googling EU standards for food and candy, and then wish you could live there or at least buy all your foods and snacks from there. 😥

[@NolanDyson-g8c]

1:33 that looks like the Time Machine from Scribblenauts

[@cooperdn24]

Something must be wrong because I have no idea what Scribblenauts is

[@NolanDyson-g8c]

@@cooperdn24 Scribblenauts is a game where you can type a word of an object and it will appear

[@Jacoe413]

5:55 there's a large handprint on one of the windows at my house. It only appears when the window fogs up.

[@veronicaferguson3507]

Love the extra info as usual from Damian. ❤

[@amandathomson7861]

4:2 that is a Chrysina resplendens (Golden Jewel Bug).

[@natebentham]

Also looks like a Cockchafer (May, June or July bug depending where you're from) or even a leaf hopper 👊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Delphinium69]

Fun fact about lost sea: it’s handicap accessible!! It’s to date my favorite field trip

[@B455x5LU7]

Holy shit?! That dentist with the gaming system was my old dentist!!! I loved those things!

[@azurephantom100]

5:01 many years back we used to have a black and white kitten with a perfect 3 on its back the 3 was black not white but according to my dad dale earnhardt had his car's colors reversed at one point so we named him after dale earnhardt (this wasnt long after his fatal crash) the kitten was given to a good home.

[@andrewlanglois6362]

11:46 all it needs is to be replanted into some composting.... It is better for starting fresh soil to have bacteria than to have the soil go dry

[@dizzybentley840]

4:48 yo!!! you found a shiny ladybug, quick grab a pokeball and catch it!

[@GSerrano21]

The first one only happens in Southern California, as a Mexican from Arizona

[@wmdkitty]

4:37 Blessed by Khepri, perhaps?

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

3:51 I've seen bowling balls like this at several bowling alleys. I think the numbers are the weight of the ball. I also think that golden beetle looks kind of like the Iridescent Glint Beetle from the Pikmin games.

[@GlawiousAldredMarci]

1:05 I thought someone was making a pentagram for the leg, but was stopped XD 4:12 All 3 are part of the European Union and you don't need a passport to go across :)

[@starlightriri]

14:04 this is also very common in indonesia!! small shops that sell quick snacks in schools would cook instant noodles and put it in a plastic bag like in the post. and some people would bite the edge of the bag and eat the noodles through the hole. 10/10 experience. it's mess free and would help if you're in a rush and have places to be.

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

The reason the GHB is so tightly controlled is because it is a powerful date r*** drug. It is colorless, oderless, and alcohol will completely mask its taste. It is hard to detect in toxicology reports the day after, and causes memory loss. However, it was found to rarely be used in this fashion. Even though it was not actually widely used for this, the stigma is why it is controlled so closely. It is a GABA agonist. Same family of drugs as things like neurotin/gabapentin. Its use was actually mostly as a club drug. It causes sensations of euphoria and is an aphrodesiac.

[@SteamWolf75]

at 4:16, you don’t need another passport since the 3 countries are European. in the EU, there’s free passage through frontiers.

[@Proud_of_Yourself]

5:23 I went there on a trip to pigeon forge with my family, my mom has a shot glass from there!

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

I want to pet the Avenger kitty

[@violetsheart444]

I think the In-N-Out in that first clip is local to my city. I recognize that bathroom placement.

[@Fortebx497]

3:10 Just lock the mail box and watch the squirrel go ape shit trying to get it open lol

[@red16806]

15:30 as someone that live in Europe its the orange one we have (the orange colored i mean)

[@walmartviolator]

That spaghetti in a bag is diabolical

[@Jacoe413]

11:21 that would so bother me! My sensory issues could never!

[@EricLoire]

4:44 GOLDEN LOOT BUG 'ERE!

[@voidilitesingularis]

18:20 BOTULISM

[@MrDapperGent]

The Ozzy and Drix experience if you eat it. (Do not eat sketchy food.)

[@fijs10belike22]

4:14 no you don't need a passport, at least not if you are from a country in the EU.

[@Piano_Board]

wake up babe, new EmKay video just dropped

[@justadrawing3799]

i love how they now teach about some stuff

[@MissCoffee1994]

4:40 "We're rich!" *ping ping ping*

[@jonathonwessling541]

@12:15 curtain types of moths can eat through fabric 😅

[@IrishHeart]

long pinky nails were used to snort their coke lol.

[@mysticzebra5421]

Anyone going to tell my gut that there are already numbers on bowling balls that tell you how heavy they are? The only thing different about the pool ones is the colors.

[@daisyjoy242]

I hope that girl’s quinceañera was amazing

[@laurenarnott6079]

The smaller orange tic tac is also what we have here in Australia