20 Lies, 1 Truth
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Today, Molly offers up twenty lies and one truth. Can you figure out which is true and which is not?

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690 On-site Responses:
  1. claudiubossul says:

    10. Lie
    11. Lie
    12. RIP (actualy it’s a Lie, u can see a bird spreading it’s wings)
    13. Lie (humans aren’t constant)
    14. Lie (yeah, like the angles of a circle)
    15. DK (averange man swallows 4 spiders in his life)
    16. Lie (yeah, that’s why we are so stupid, because our cels xplode)
    17. Lie ( ethnicity is a bigger factor)
    18. Lie (legend to show Washingtons honesty)
    19. Lie (it depends on the egg, not the day)
    20. Lie (43,252,003,274,489,856,000 posible)
    21. Lie (only 22% can smell the pee)

  2. wvhdogg says:

    Let P=(0,0), Q=(0,1), R=(x,0).
    For angle QPR we have that (R-P) dot (Q-P)=cos(QPR) |R-P| |Q-P| -> 0=cos(QPR)*x*1 -> angle QPR=90 deg.
    For angle PQR we have that (P-Q) dot (R-Q)=cos(PQR) |P-Q| |R-Q| -> 1=cos(PQR)*x*1 -> cos(PQR)=1/x. Now take limit x->inf and you’ll get angle PQR=90 deg.
    Conclusion: if x becomes inf you’ll have a triangle with two 90 deg angles.

  3. arad7613 says:

    @TazeTSchnitzel Do any of the other statements seem “impossible” to you?

    No, right?

    That should have clued you that this is the right one.

    Google it.

  4. Trebor75317 says:

    @MoralDecay Think so too. The other ones seem highly doubtable. But maybe there is not even 1 right story?

  5. TazeTSchnitzel says:

    @arad7613 No. If everyone in China jumped at the same time, the earth’s axis WOULD shift very very slightly.

  6. flibber123 says:

    The Japanese quake affected the Earth’s rotation, so that one about everyone stomping at the same time seems to have credibility since that many people jumping up and down at once would generate an equivalent amount of force according to the calculations I just pulled out of my butt.

  7. Duessa2000 says:

    @Elmotrix Not troll science, think outside Euclidean Geometry. Imagine walking on the earth, start at the north pole and go south to the equator, turn right and walk along the equator, then turn north again and return to the pole. You turned 90 degrees at least twice (you could have etched out a full quater of the hemisphere for all 3 to be 90). This is still a triangle, just not in the sense that we are used to thinking about.

  8. Duessa2000 says:

    @wvhdogg You are correct that the triangle one is correct, but not because of infinity, but because you need to think outside flat euclidian geometry and put the triangle on a sphere

  9. squidvis says:

    @Duessa2000 But isn’t that called a spherical triangle? and molly just said triangle not spherical triangle

  10. streakyology says:

    Fruit flies can with withstand 1000 times more radiation than cockroaches.,The only thing thats true is the wizard of oz dwalf that hung himself.

  11. Duessa2000 says:

    @squidvis No, when a mathematician is working in non-euclidean space he/she would call a shape with 3 sides a triangle. It is only in euclidean geometry that a triangle is also bound with the lines being “straight” and having interior angles that add to 180.

  12. Duessa2000 says:

    @MultiFrogzz The Myan Calendar may have ended in 2012, but they never made a prediction about what would happen then.

  13. OrbisFerrum says:

    @walkertexasranger33 Right but a big part of that myth has to do with the radiation levels and the subsequent fallout. Roaches are rumored to be more resistant to radiation. You’re right that ultimately survival in a post apocalyptic wasteland will require navigating through a desolate and cold landscape and in also your abilities to do battle in the Thunderdome.

    Also the earth wouldn’t completely freeze, that’s absurd. Likely you’d see between 10 to 30C differentials depending on latitude.

  14. Mikey9211 says:

    @wvhdogg By removing yourself from Cartesian space, you’ve redefined “triange.” I could say that: in wonderland, a triangle can be defined by 2 definite points, and one point that I just assume exists, even though you can’t actually plot it. Therefore, the points (0,0), (0,1), and the third assumed point for a triangle. My conclusion and your conclusion are both vacuously true.

  15. Duessa2000 says:

    @evbunke2 A simple google search of “non-euclidean triangle” will show you that the definitions you are giving are definitions in euclidean space. At no point did Molly say a triangle in euclidean space, she just said a triangle, which leaves things open for the triangle statment to be true.

  16. Mikey9211 says:

    @Duessa2000 In which case, we could all just make up our own definitions of a triangle, and say that they’re all true. I define a triangle with two 90 degree angles to be this comment. This comment exists, therefore, there exists a “triangle” with two 90 degree angles.

    What I mean to say is that given the context of the question, I believe it is reasonable for us to assume Euclid’s axioms.

  17. wvhdogg says:

    @Mikey9211 So we’re back to definitions. I did a quick search on the definition of triangle and no result led to the conclusion that they had to be in Cartesian space. In fact, most definitions state that a triangle “consists of 3 points”, where points are “specified using coordinates”, and coordinates can be in any coordinate system [from Mathworld]. In addition, they (ROCKETBOOM) didn’t require it to be a “Cartesian triangle” of any sorts. To me it seems fair that my solution is a triangle.

  18. Mikey9211 says:

    @thedarkhenrik Yes, but not all species. I’m sure we can agree that they won’t be the “only” species to survive.

  19. conorisawsome says:

    @christiangoth84 nuclear winters last 3 days.
    plenty of animals could live through it, even humans.

  20. yebhx says:

    @hanarama1992 nope, take a globe draw 2 lines from the equator to the north pole , then draw a line connecting the 2 points on the equator, presto a triangle with 2 right angles

  21. christiangoth84 says:

    @conorisawsome
    Nuclear winters last three days? I don’t think you know what a nuclear winter is. It’s a theorized climactic effect of large scale nuclear warfare. The explosions kick dust and debris into the air, blocking sunlight and causing the planet to cool. The planet experienced cooling just from the 1883 detonation of Krakatoa, and a large scale nuclear war could far outstrip the effect of that. The impacts of nuclear winter would not be world-ending, but they would last for years.

  22. Halo3ForumEurope says:

    @yebhx A right angle = 90 degrees. A triangle must have three angles. Two right angles would equal 180 degrees. Thus, making it not a triangle.

  23. ikendusnietjij2 says:

    @tipttt cockroaches can survive the radioactiveness of a nuclear blast yeh, but so can more insects.
    Cockroaches can of course not survive the impact of the bomb itself ;)

  24. Linuxdirk says:

    The thing with the triangle with two 90 degrees angles is true. It’s called “spherical geometry” and is a different thing than Euclidean geometry most people only know. Have a look at Wikipedia on that subject. In spherical geometry it is possible for triangles to have two 90 degrees angles.

  25. demosthenets says:

    @tipttt but theyre not the only ones. there are other bugs that have better survivability in a heavy radiated area.

  26. Jewboyrules says:

    @tipttt But there are some insects that can survive MORE then a cockroach and there for its still a lie since she said ONLY cockroaches can survive. I think the nigerian prince one is true.

  27. s0nic777 says:

    Mythbusters confirmed that radiation kills cockroaches.

    Durp.

    Truth at 1:22

    Then again, there are multiple true ones.

  28. Alfrebaut says:

    My guess on the truth is either the Rubik’s cube one or the asparagus pee one. Yeah, let’s go with the pee one.

  29. ctraver says:

    @Pieti222 Mythbusters showed that it does echo. The echo is just about impossible for humans to hear, but it’s pretty clear to engineers workign with top of the line equipment in a controlled environment.

  30. juaccio says:

    @seriouslyWeird actually, it really doesn’t. that’s the one fact i was sure was right, besides de one about the triangle

  31. s0nic777 says:

    @TheJoyfullspaz

    That myth is old as fuck, it’s already been busted, it was just a crane opening it’s wing.

    It’s clear as day on the blueray version.

  32. 666TECHNO666 says:

    @entehrend no, thats just when the calender ended…idiots just started saying they would die then

  33. Blackduck606 says:

    I’m going to go ahead and assume this is 20 truths and 1 lie. The lie being Obama being born in Kenya since you can even Google it and find out he was born in Hawaii. Not only this, but the tags for this video contain “Obama” and “Birthcertificate”, making it even more obvious.

  34. KANZENAI says:

    I counted 20 lies and truth altogether. If I’m wrong, correct me, please, I was skipping the video while counting. : D Soo lazy.

  35. xway2 says:

    I actually think it’s possible for a triangle to have two right angles, if it’s drawn on a sphere.. i think. Or at least some geometrical shape that kind of looks like a sphere.

  36. Duker89 says:

    Many of these are myths that haven’t been proven wrong or false, outright calling them lies is wrong.

  37. CommanderCooper says:

    @Duker89 Well, outright calling them fact is also wrong.

    But only one is proven to be true… I think.

  38. jorreerroj says:

    @Gytax0 it was a joke, still they are right about the cockroach’s its not the only thing that can survive a nuclear bomb and so on

  39. Cheesewookie says:

    @tipttt
    mythbusters proved there are insects that are better than the cockroach for surviving radition

  40. Excedrine says:

    @tipttt Mythbusters proved this wrong. Simpler insects like fruit flies safely can survives many times more radiation than roaches.

  41. Jewlaan says:

    @a47041 pick up an egg now and spend 5 minutes trying to balance it.

    You’ll find it’s easier to say something is true if you haven’t tried it.

  42. seriouslyWeird says:

    @juaccio it does… google it up. it’s one of the myths that got spread by the mails long, long time ago

  43. lambedan says:

    The egg one is true. I remember trying it as a kid. Although it may be possible balance an egg on any day.

  44. MrStoneruto says:

    @TitusDrone its been proven that it is not real. it was a bird from another movie. just pointing it out.

  45. Chaosblade777 says:

    I believe the one about spiders is true – sorry arachnophobes, but hey, at least they have high protein content!

  46. bilbobrandon45 says:

    @barendbos or just push the button in the lower right hand corner of the vid that says 1911 in a vintage looking box

  47. ben8228 says:

    @tjsdaname no.. they didnt predict the world would end.. the calendar just ends.. we interpreted that as meaning the world would end..

  48. greengronirandom says:

    @tipttt everything vaporizes in a nuclear explosion, cockroaches are the quickest to repopulate the area after the blast because of their radiation resistance, wich makes it look like they survives the blast

  49. heztynk says:

    the only Truth is that thing of the cockroach, and i think that they can live with out a head and at the end they die cus they don’t eat y think so ?

  50. greengronirandom says:

    Consider this;
    If the statement “20 lies and one truth” is true, there is 2 truths and 20 lies, making the statement a lie. If the statement is a lie, no one of the 21 other statements has to be true, therefore everything is a lie.

  51. gordonwinchester says:

    Uhhhh, The Mayans didn’t predict an Apocalyptic End in 2012. Their calender ends on December 21, 2012. MYTH BUSTED!!

  52. tipttt says:

    @greengronirandom I know they can’t survive the blast.

    I was refering to the nuclear winter.

    I just wrote blast because I was looking at the picture while writing.

    But they still could survive the blast at a closer distance than most living creatures.

  53. TomoeNageX says:

    @ben8228 yeah lol, it’s just a random date, so people think it’s the end, but it might just add up to a lucky number or some shit in the Mayan culture haha.

  54. Pendragondnd says:

    rubics cubes actually have far more possible positions than advertised, but they exaggerated it down so people could better understand it

  55. Jeremymia says:

    Type “Non-Euclidean geometry” into wikipedia and look at the image on the earth half way down the page.

    Good video. They all seemed like lies. Gotta love the people who were intent on giving a meta answer to seem clever.

  56. Firster says:

    Oh, and BTW – that’s actually 21 lies. Asparagus p is universal in homo sapiens. The ability to smell it may not be. So… everyone “gets” it whether they smell it or not.

  57. hobomnky says:

    the cell phone making popcorn!…
    now i wana know wat the answer was so i can re watch the vid and be amazed at all the facts without having to doubt them :D

  58. indianajonesanaheim2 says:

    I also see that there are many truths in this vid and only several lies. Probably 20 truth and 1 lie.

  59. Xentradi97 says:

    @tazmun Actually no, this isn’t true either. While they are tougher than most other insects when it comes to radiation, they still die. There are insects that are tougher than cockroach.

  60. psylent911 says:

    @indianajonesanaheim2 You my friend are of less than average intelligence, only one of those were true. Many are common myths and “technically” incorrect if you listen to the EXACT wording she used. After “portlandjosh” made his post I looked it up, a triangle CAN have two 90 degree angles if drawn on a spehere.

  61. tubelev says:

    @indianajonesanaheim2 also it seems you couzld beat anyone readingh this in an internet-though-guy contest :)

  62. Emogeta says:

    There are actually 22 lies (23 if you include that they told us there were 20 lies and 1 truth 20+1=/=22) and I don’t think there is a truth but since it was made in the same statement as before it does not count.

  63. valleyshrew says:

    The shape of your skull does kinda determine your intelligence, but obviously phrenology is hogwash.

  64. formless777 says:

    @FieryPepper911

    Nope. Tests show that they aren’t actually as radiation resistant as we thought. The study was completed last year.

  65. 1955RodHot says:

    I saw the Wizard of Oz on the big screen at our local theatre the other day and that thing in the background was a big bird (like a pelican) flapping it’s wings.

  66. formless777 says:

    I think the roulette wheel one is correct. The reason is a phenomenon called “mechanical bias” that shows the more often a roulette wheel is used, the more of a wear pattern it gets, until it becomes very predictable. Quantum Physics also tells us that many apparently random situations aren’t random if you are aware of enough physical facts about them. A guy broke the bank at Monte Carlo Casino using Mechanical Bias, so I think that is the correct one.

  67. toastergoboomyai says:

    A triangle can have two right angles on any plane that has positive curvature.

    but that’s probably not what they meant.

  68. djtron1x says:

    Mary magdolin was painted next to Jesus in the famous last supper painting, then painted over so she wouldn’t be there. That’s the one truth.

  69. thisscreensucks says:

    you guys are stupid the statement “20 lies and 1 truth” doesnt count in the list of lies/truths
    otherwise it would have to be 21/1 or 20/2…..right

  70. LonestarOrison says:

    It’s possible for a triangle to have three right angles, provided that it’s three dimensional and the edges are curved.

  71. andharvey8 says:

    1) Gum -> Lie
    2) Obama -> lie
    3) Roaches -> Lie
    4) Mayan Calendar -> Lie
    5) Nigerian Prince -> Lie
    6) Cell Phone + Gas -> Lie
    7) Mary Magdalene -> Lie 8) China Jump -> Lie
    9) First Time Prego -> Lie
    10) Mad Cow -> Lie
    11) Duck Quack -> Lie
    12) Munchkin Suicide -> Lie
    13) Roulette -> Lie
    14) Two Right Angles -> Lie
    15) Spiders -> Lie
    16) Cell Phone Popcorn -> Lie
    17) Skull Shape -> Lie
    18) Cherry Tree -> Lie
    19) Egg Balance -> Lie
    20 Rubix Cube -> Lie
    21) Asparagus Pee -> Lie

    Sounds like 21 lies

  72. freelancehero says:

    The radiation from a cell phone can pop corn? But I always keep my cell phone in my front pants pocket, placed snuggly against my inner thigh. So what does that translate to for my meat and potatoes?

  73. VJayneT says:

    My biggest worry after reading the comments is that people cite Myth Busters as ‘scientific evidence’ and argue that their psuedo-scientific, non randomised, non controlled, n=1 demonstrations are sufficient enough to “prove” anything.
    That being said, coachroaches won’t survive.

  74. JohnnyRazor69 says:

    The truth must be the triangle, when drawn on a sphere. The others are all somewhat suspicious, but that one I know.

  75. ZCelebration says:

    1. It’s an old wife’s tale.
    2. Obama was born in Hawaii, USA.
    3. They cannot.
    4. False. They predicted a new generation, not the end of the world.
    5. Of course there isn’t!
    6. Only the car.
    7. Mary M is not in the picture.
    8. Nope.
    9. Jessica from ANTM Cycle 14 did!
    10. What?
    11. Mythbusted!
    12. Nope.
    13. It depends on speed.
    14. Only one.
    15. Nope.
    16. True!
    17. It’s ear lobe size.
    18. Wrong farm.
    19. Nope.
    20. Not 3 billion.
    21. It’s 100% not 22%!

  76. FilipH86 says:

    for fucks sake stop arguing witch 1 is the truth and instead look at the date when this video was created

  77. 1trueNRG says:

    I think there are 20 truths and 1 lie… I’m not sure if it’s the triangle or the $2,000,000 or the Mad Cow…

  78. Brucy6666 says:

    I wouldn’t have said you can calculate a roulette spin based on PREVIOUS results, because on every spin, every number has the exact same probability.
    However, you can calculate the number based on maths and physics determining the speed of both the ball and the turn table. If you are unfamiliar with this method, look up Derren Browns videos, he puts it into practice in a real casino.

  79. TheArcanin says:

    A triangle can have two rigth angles, but not in the form of geometry we learn. It can, in non euliclidian geometry, but that’s not “relative” geometry in our civilization.

  80. xxAlexLoves182xx says:

    Consider this;
    If the statement “20 lies and one truth” is true, there is 2 truths and 20 lies, making the statement a lie. If the statement is a lie, no one of the 21 other statements has to be true, therefore everything is a lie.

  81. SimonGriffindor says:

    @linuxzs No it’s false, there is nothing special about a duck’s echo, I’ve seen this myth disprooved firsthand, but it is a very commonly heard ‘fact’

  82. SimonGriffindor says:

    @RenoFangirlCosplay No it’s false, it’s a commonly stated fact, but it is in fact no true, do a proper google search on it

  83. RabidKanid says:

    Did some research:
    1. Gum stays in body for 7 years
    False: It doesn’t, but there is one case where it did happen, but he was CONSTANTLY swallowing 5 to 7 pieces of gum every day and it had to be suctioned out of his rectum. Also, the boy was 4 years old.
    2. Obama was born in kenya
    False: OF COURSE IT’S FUCKING FALSE, ARE YOU AN IDIOT!?
    3. Cockroaches are the only thing that can survive nuclear winter
    False: Other bugs are more resistant to radiation. Mythbusters.

  84. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    4. Myan’s predict the end of earth at 2012
    False: There is no evidence to suggest they’d know such a thing. Their calender just ends on that day.
    5. Nigerian Prince will give you money
    False: FALSE!!!
    6. Cell Phone’s will blow you gas station up if you use one when pumping gas
    False: People just assume that’s the cause but it’s always attributable to something else.

  85. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    7. Mary right of Jesus in the last supper painting
    False: It’s John, young men sometimes were drawn womanish, but it’s debatable
    8. Everyone in china jumps at the same time will put earth off axis
    False: It would take “many” nuclear bombs set off at the same time to move the earth an inch, why would everyone in china jumping have more of an effect?!
    9. You cannot get pregnant your first time
    False: YES YOU CAN! That’s what vagina’s do.

  86. Hayato1992 says:

    @jorreerroj i apologize for offending you, but noob can be such a harsh word. again i apologize for saying that stuff and hope we are cool

  87. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    10. Kid got Mad Cow disease from altoids
    False: The pieces are sterilized, boiled and processed to a point beyond recognition
    11. Ducks quack doesn’t echo
    False: Watch mythbusters
    12. Munchkin killed self in wizard of oz
    False: It’s a Crane or some bird spreading it’s wing out then back in

  88. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    13. *Roulette wheel spin calculation*
    Truth: There are calculations for it, and relies on a computer, but is almost impossible to do on your own. Illegal to use a computer to help you and you will go to jail.
    14. *Triangle with 2 right angles*
    Truth: A triangle with 2 right angles is possible in spherical geometry
    15. Average american swallows a pound of spiders
    False: The chances of you swallowing a spider in your sleep are almost impossible.

  89. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    16. Cellphone radiation can pop popcorn
    False: Not physically possible
    17. Shape of skull determines intelligence
    False: No, this idea has been debunked
    18. George Washington chopped down cherry tree then told father about it
    False: In fact, Washington’s biographer, Mason Weems, wrote a book called “The Life of Washington” shortly after his death where he created this myth as a way to show Washington’s honesty.

  90. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    19. Egg can be balanced on it’s end, only during the equinox
    False: No
    20. 3 Billion possible permutations to a rubix cube
    False: 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations, which is approximately forty-three quintillion

  91. RabidKanid says:

    @RabidKanid
    21. 22% of humans get asparagus pee
    False: all humans appear to produce the smelly, but only some humans can detect the smell; the ability to detect the smell or not is a genetic trait. Further, according to a study done in Israel, only about 22% of people have that genetic ability to smell the odor from the urine of people who have recently eaten asparagus. So really, this is a trick question.

  92. WHATtheFuuuuuuu says:

    @tyrellarson can you predict the end of the world? No, neither can they. by the way, they DIDN’T say that was the end of the world, cunt, get your facts straight

  93. cricketbat08 says:

    wassup? cockroaches may be able to survive a nuclear explosion, but dem mofos can’t survive my size 10 boots when I tramples dem biatches into da mud. no suh!

  94. foxyd3 says:

    @pinkpuppyball No it is not. The Mayans believed that every empire fall (hence why they let their own fall)….if you look into the calender and their beliefs, you may come to the same conclusion that I did…and many others have. That conclusion being that it is just signaling the end of a great empire of the western world. Anyways…just my $0.02

  95. TheBetterGame says:

    @Bokkensword You can ballance an egg on it’s end any time. Instead of making the claim that you’ve “seen it happen”, why not go try it yourself?

  96. beleticka says:

    the true one is the jumping one. The earth axis would shift very slightly for a mere second. Other ones are lies.

  97. PsychoRevolutionary says:

    @beleticka The earth’s axis shifts “very slightly” every time you step foot on it. The “equal and opposite reaction” is simply negligible. I would contest that perhaps one of the others are more definite in “truth”

  98. carrierjunkie says:

    @ZCelebration 16 is false. That video is shopped. They dropped poped popcorn into the frame and edited the kernels out. That’s why you don’t see them fly up into the air. Besides, if cell phones radiated enough microwaves or ionizing radiation to pop popcorn, then you’d notice your face burnning everytime you turned on your cell phone.

  99. M says:

    triangles drawn on spheres have two 90 degree angles. The rest are half truths (e.g munchkin did kill himself during filming but not on film); urban legends (cell radiation) & disproven science (skull shape = intelligence)….

  100. darkwoodmovies says:

    I would say it’s #18. It’s unknown for sure, but it’s a story that popped up in a biography about Washington, and claims itself to be true.

  101. Elephantintheroom01 says:

    @ZCelebration Obama was NOT born in Hawaii untill the birth certi ficate is proven. God damnit stupid people, i said GOD DAMNIT STUPID PEOPLE!!! AAHHHHAHAHAHAH

  102. ddd0iii0eee0 says:

    The only one that is true is the triangle one if it’s drawn on a sphere (example earth being divided into four parts)

  103. thelonewolf86 says:

    I think the spider one is true as I remember my Chemistry teacher back in high school saying that the average person swallows roughly 6 spiders each year.

  104. ironspidey0 says:

    It’s possible to have a triangle with two (or even three!) right angles on a spherical plane. Doesn’t translate back into two dimensions, however.

  105. GreatDespair says:

    Yeap, Molly is FAT….Her Arms is getting fatter. Kiss… Kiss.. Proud of her. She likes being fat.

    She’s fat, cute, and pretty.

  106. XeindiorulezFTW says:

    A duck’s quack echos, George Washington didnt really cut down the cherry tree, cell phones cant explode gas stations, the shape of a human’s head might matter(?) because a human’s forehead hight means you think harder….Theres no such thing as mad cow disease….

  107. TalesOfWar says:

    @XeindiorulezFTW Mad Cow Disease is the name commonly given to cows suffering from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE. Their brains and spinal columns turn to mush which makes them unstable on their feet (hence the Mad Cow bit) and eventually they die.

  108. TalesOfWar says:

    @pigman2222 Fat? She’s a real woman. Not one of those size 0 things you see on catwalks (who moments before were puking up) who’d fall down and break if you breathed in their general direction. She looks healthy.

  109. StephanBouthot says:

    @aarondude0 no if you choose two points on the equator and one on the north pole the triangle formed has two 90 degree angles

  110. TheAjGinger says:

    1. Lie
    2. Lie
    3. Lie
    4. Lie
    5. I hope so, sadly, Lie.
    6. Theoretically but it is not the cellphone that would kill you, so, Lie
    7. Um, I honestly do not know enough about that painting, but I am guessing Lie
    8. Lie
    9. Lie
    10. Lie
    11. Lie
    12. Lie
    13. Lie
    14. Lie
    15. Lie
    16. Lie
    17. Lie
    18. Lie
    19. Truth, there is really many more. 4.33 * 10^19 to be closer to the real number.
    20. Lie

  111. TheKennyGabe92 says:

    roaches wouldn’t survive, it’s a myth. i think it’s the triangle one. you cant have 2 90 degree angles to make a triangle that requires 3 angles and 180 degrees.

  112. PrinceofCats999 says:

    @ShineAqua

    They tested out radiation on roaches and they didn’t survive. So that’s not the truth. I’m guessing these are all lies as an April Fool’s Joke, though I may be wrong.

  113. PrinceofCats999 says:

    @HighKingTurgon

    Well, they have more resistance than humans to radiation, but that’s because of factors such as lack of blood, slow cell regeneration rate, and complete molting. I would say that no, most cockroaches wont survive a nuclear winter. Some would, and that would be enough. But like you said, cockroaches wouldn’t be the only species. Sure they’re tough, but so are most insects.

  114. Roenazarrek says:

    @Kaldosh
    geodesics are not straight lines which are required in the definition of a triangle.
    All the angles always add up to 180 degrees so if you have 2 90 degrees it can only be a straight line.

  115. hexyhunter says:

    Is this some kind of dirty bomb? Is there an episode in wich is the solution (In your oppinion)? Whats the truth? Really not nice.

    The makers of rookedboom shoud be less carless or black humored or what ever.

    In any case they are many times funny but also very unklear. Dangerus if on want to be takenen serious.

  116. marklee81 says:

    It’s the egg one, right? Although, I think I saw a Mythbusters where they proved it’s POSSIBLE to burst into flames while pumping gas.

  117. schr4nz says:

    @formless777 I also considered that. The other flexible option is the triangle drawn on a sphere. From memory, casino’s change their roulette wheels or have them maintained fairly regularly for this reason. If the wheel is worn and you studied enough of the results over the period of a few hours. You could start to bet strategically based on observed data and win with higher frequency.

  118. parawizo says:

    fat? hahaha she is godddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
    i love you molly. please marry me.
    i want to have childrens with you.
    more videos!!!! you will be a celebrity some day.
    HI from SPAIN

  119. petitesalade says:

    The Mayan one is true, she says they “predicted” and they did predict it, doesn’t mean it will happen…

  120. formless777 says:

    This is one of the best puzzle videos I have seen. Well done Molly & Rocketboom. I think I have the answer but I am FAR from certain.

  121. konikula says:

    birds are speaking and Obama is formatting Libya harddrives… thats the same equivallence… but why people don’t understand their language when sang…? I don’t know. E.g. birds told me about sonic laser and hologram…

  122. mtalve says:

    Well, ones that i have heard about before are:
    first one (gum), cockroach, 2012 one..(which will be like…2012th end of the world :D ?), China and jumping one, spider swallow and the egg one.

  123. renov93 says:

    @psb1964 it’s a known phenomenon when some people eat asparagus to gets slightly odd-colored and smelling urine…

  124. tyrellarson says:

    @WHATtheFuuuuuuu lol! “fucking idiot” now “cunt”? So much anger over a simple guess i made at which the 1 truth was? You have a problem dude… you should check yourself. I didn’t even present any facts…

  125. renov93 says:

    rubik’s cube has forty-three quintillion possible permutations. 22% of people can smell asparagus pee, but everyone produces it. an egg can be balanced during the year too. washington/cherry tree story is a myth. skull shape/intelligence link was disproven. cellphones are not as powerful as a microwave, and the heat required to pop popcorn would boil the blood in your fingers while using them and burn you. you would have to swallow more than a spider a day to get a pound (~20000) in you lifetime

  126. janpansa says:

    The one about China must be true . . . 1.3 Billion people is a lot of power , but that is , if they jump and land exactly on the same time . . .but then again , the force is so widely distributed that it shouldn’t have a major impact , unless they all stand in a very small radius.

  127. renov93 says:

    a triangle has three angles equaling 180, so it can’t have to right angles (try to draw it). roulette is completely random, i.e., the previous result have no impression on future spins. munchkin in oz is a myth. if loud enough, a ducks quack will indeed echo. mad cow disease does not transfer through gelatin, only brain tissue and spinal fluid which are illegal to use in food production. my girlfriend got pregnant our first time :’(. the earth’s axis can not be affected by mass on the earth.

  128. renov93 says:

    the last supper is the disciples, not includes mary. the heat from a cellphone, again can’t ignite gasoline. nigeria does not have a monarchic rule, therefore no such thing as a nigerian prince. a misinterpretation of a mayan calender “ending” in 2010 has led to the belieft han the mayans predicted the end of the world then. cockoroaches are slightly more resistant to radiation than humans, but will not survive the nuclear holocaust.obama birther myth?gum stays in our system a few weeks maximum.

  129. Hashime777222 says:

    A gambler can predict the next spin on a roulette wheel (to a certian degree) by observing the wheel / person who operates it and constructing probability plots.
    Each table does have a slight bias.

  130. barrusDemonPlucker says:

    @Hashime777222 Each spin of the roulette wheel is independent, a previous number has no barring on the next number

  131. Gothtecdotcom says:

    its the aaparagus, as only 22% has the gene that can identify the smell… then again that means we all do but only 22% can smell it!!!

  132. tf2godlikespy says:

    @probsmonkeybro its sometime in 2013 idiots cant fucking read calanders…molly had a video up about it

  133. BPoe07 says:

    @juggermeat Yep I think so. If you count the rest of her statements in the video, there’s only 19 of them, which makes the title itself a lie, eliminating it from consideration. Not to mention, Molly _tried_ to make the gelatin comment seem “fake” with the code-switch on her dialect. That’s a deliberate throw-away people commonly do while lying–or making the truth seem like one more falsehood.

  134. BPoe07 says:

    @BPoe07 Crap, just double-checked, there are 20 there. Miscounted. Sorry. And if the British gelatin thing falls through…there’s the cell-phone thing at gas pumps. They do have batteries that _can_ be sources of _sparks_.

  135. peeps2142 says:

    The phone gas one is true, i know because it happened to a friend of mine, he suffered 3rd degree burns, but he didnt die…

  136. sishong says:

    i say the Mayan Calendar which has a specific end date of December 21, 2012 is true. true the they predicted it not that it will happen

  137. moronicweirdo says:

    im assuming its the spiders. i know we all swallow spiders in our sleep but idk how much. probably not a lbs but what they hey.

  138. justinehler says:

    Well, from the tags “Obama” and “birthcertificate” on this video, I’m going with the fact that Obama was not born in Kenya…

    Allow the debate to begin ;)

  139. conorisawsome says:

    @christiangoth84 that was what people thought during the early cold war, but most people scientists dont actually believe that anymore. since nuclear war never happened, we cant be sure, but it probably would not last for years, it would be much shorter than that.

  140. meluhneh says:

    Crap. :-/ My boyfriend and I guess the cockroach thing. Only because the president would have to be born in the US, I read somewhere that the munchkin thing is a myth, my science teacher told me the gum thing was false, and everything else seems too technical… :P

  141. lucye90 says:

    @meluhneh Cockroaches can stand high levels of radiation, but not that of a nuclear winter. They’ve done experiments (*:

  142. httprover says:

    A spherical triangle can have three right angles but this is not possible for a plane triangle since the sum of its interior angles is 180 degrees.

  143. RogueCulture says:

    @sishong The Mayans didn’t predict the end of the world. That date is just when their calendar ends with no recorded prophecy of apocalypse.

  144. RogueCulture says:

    You can have a triangle with two 90 degree angles in non-planar geometry, using spherical geometry for example.

  145. meluhneh says:

    @lucye90 When I read this, at first I thought you had done experiments. My jaw dropped. :P lol. Well, I guess we’re all out of ideas then.

  146. rbekers26 says:

    Guys, RocketBoom already commented the answer: triangle can have two 90 degrees angles in spherical geometry.

  147. Greywolf831 says:

    There are only three I’m not sure of. Sure I’m on the internet and could find most of these on snopes, but…..like you know, whatever.

  148. darkseraph2009 says:

    @kleinesmaenchen Yeah, but most people assume euclidean geometry when asked a question like that.

  149. 1ockedand1oaded says:

    i’ve heard about the egg equinoux thing from my further maths teacher but i don’t get it. >.<

  150. CompactDisc7227 says:

    The popcorn one is true, using 3 cellphones (when calling to them) can pop popcorn :p it’s funny

  151. kamuinoyume says:

    So only George Washington, then what are the other earthly beings that can survive a nuclear winter? Or is one of the lies the fact that there are 20 lies and 1+ truths.?

  152. censordis says:

    @kleinesmaenchen It is sufficient for the space to have a positive curvature… which is to say all sphere like surfaces.

  153. dreuthanasia1 says:

    It’s the triangle with two right angles, but it must be on a spherical plane. A line from the North Pole to the equator on two longitudes, then connect the other two ends of those lines.

  154. doggybag71 says:

    Hmm, I wanted to know about the OZ suicide but it seems to be fake according to watch?v=rQECeV5nwzA “The Wizard of OZ Munchkin Suicide Debunked!”

  155. esfelectra says:

    1 nope
    2 nope
    3 nope mythbuster prooved others can survive too
    4 nope its just their an end of age not the end of the world
    5 scam
    6 TRUE! if you bring static to your car seat and touch the gas punch while its at the hole of the car it will blow up. there is a video on youtube about it
    7. davinci code bullshit
    8. it would take 215 billion people to shift the world out of its axe
    9 ??
    10 mad cow does not affect humans
    11 nope
    12 its a bird in the back
    13 random
    the rest is a lie :)

  156. Roadrunner1761 says:

    “The Mayans predicted the world will come to an apocalyptic end in 2012″

    Technically this is true; they DID predict that the world will come to an end in 2012.

  157. Tupster says:

    Rubiks Cube is a lie, there are actually 43 quintillion permutations, so saying it is billions is off by a factor of more than a million.

  158. donfolstar says:

    @esfelectra
    4. “end of an age” is very similar to the original meaning of Apocalypse
    7. shitty books/movies aside, it certainly looks like a lady- just sayin’
    10. vCJD? The Altoids part is BS, but people certainly can die from eating a diseased animal.
    14. draw a triangle on a globe

  159. PixelOverload says:

    @esfelectra

    6 says cellphones, not bum static. Cellphones will NOT cause gas pumps to ignite. (Bum static WILL ignite it, it just wasn’t relevant to the list. Also Mythbuster tested.)

  160. cafity says:

    Spherical geometry. It is possible to draw a triangle with two right angles in a sphere, go to wikipedia and search for it, you will find it :)

  161. Jordacar says:

    Y’know, last time I checked, India’s population and China’s population passed each other in opposite directions. I don’t know if it’s still the case, but maybe the tall tale about everyone jumping should be updated (especially as India has a lot more people in a MUCH MUCH smaller area.) Just a thought.

  162. greymaster4 says:

    @esfelectra actually 6 is also false she states that only talking on a cell phone will make you blow up and if you are going to use Mythbusters as a reliable source they also did that one and found it to be “busted.”

  163. XeindiorulezFTW says:

    PROBLEM SOLVED: THERE ARE 19 QUESTIANS AND THE 1 TRUTH IS A LIE, 20 LIES, 0 TRUTHS……THE CAKE IS A LIE TOO!!!!!

  164. GaiashKetoji says:

    Will there be a video explaining why the lies aren’t true? I’m quite interested in hearing about it.

  165. ReliableInsider says:

    They’re all lies! Rocketboom has turned into Fox “News”!!!

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    Even the implication that there is one truth is a lie. :O

    Now we have no where to turn for guidance. No candle to lead us out of the darkness.

    We’ll have to start reading the New York Times now. :( And the Times has hard words.

  166. pcgodwin says:

    @Seweberwad Obama Jr. was born in Hawaii. Obama Sr. was born in Kenya. They surely mean Obama Jr., so no. :pcgodwin’s child

  167. 1acroyear1 says:

    Oh, okay. It’s the triangle one.

    Another truth is that Molly has an outstanding cherubic beauty.

    I wonder if she ever gets tired of hearing that?

  168. RHawkeyed says:

    @esfelectra it’s not actually the cell phone then is it? The static is most likely from the persons clothes rubbing against the seat, nothing to do with the phone.

    The truth is a triangle can have two right angles if you draw it on a sphere.

  169. RHawkeyed says:

    @engelixe You can blow up at a gas pump due to static electricity, it has nothing to do with the cell phone.

  170. zorgtheoverlord says:

    @esfelectra Mad Cox disease can and has occured in humans. However it is a prion disease and like all prion disease has no know root cause although ingesting certain contaminated bodily fluids can cause the disease.

  171. Hashime777222 says:

    @barrusDemonPlucker No, there has been definitive research showing that each table does have a bias. The degree of which varies mostly due to the age of the table, but no table is perfect and this can be exploited if the bias is extreme enough.

  172. LittleMsPanda says:

    @1acroyear1 No, Triangle sum therom:
    3 angles in a triangle have to add up to 180 degreese. If there are two right angles then that’s 180 and there’s no room for a third angle.

  173. 1acroyear1 says:

    @LittleMsPanda Yeah but if you draw it on a sphere you can make a triangle with two right angles.
    Haven’t you ever looked at a dam globe?

  174. 1acroyear1 says:

    Nigerian prince thing is true. In fact, there’s still a few million that needs to be moved. Please send me your name, bank account information and credit card number for full details.

  175. effyleven says:

    @effyleven … that is, experiments indicate only 22% of people “get” asparagus pee by sniffing. The rest can’t smell it, even though we ALL pee it. So, this one depends a lot on how you understand the “get” part of Molly’s statement. Similarly the triangle CAN have two 90 degrees in it, but only in spherical geometry, where the triangle is made on the surface of a globe.

  176. ReliableInsider says:

    @1acroyear1

    Even one with three.

    Life . . . is good.

    Fox “News” can even make a triangle with four right angles. By lying.

  177. ReliableInsider says:

    @piskovrules

    When the lines aren’t all in a single plane, they’re called ‘non-planar triangles’.

    Why is it that people who engage in name-calling are ALWAYS wrong?

  178. 1acroyear1 says:

    @piskovrules Maybe you’d better look up the definition of a triangle before you show off your stupidity any further.
    I swear, it it absolutely PONDEROUS how people don’t even know things that children learn in kindergarten.

  179. MrIpenguin12 says:

    The triangle thing is true. If you draw it on a spherical surface, it is very possible (Wikipedia it)

  180. piskovrules says:

    @1acroyear1 the definition of a triangle:
    A closed figure consisting of three line segments linked end-to-end.
    A 3-sided polygon.

    Line segments CANNOT be curved
    and you really shouldn’t exercise your ignorance on youtube

  181. firemblemrules9 says:

    @MrIpenguin12 Bro, it’s not possible, I can’t even believe that people are arguing for this one.

  182. MrIpenguin12 says:

    @firemblemrules9 The angles don’t add up to 180 on a sphere. Here, look at this:
    en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Spherical_geometry

  183. firemblemrules9 says:

    @MrIpenguin12 But then its not a true triangle because the lines curve. I’m sure if you drew a triangle in the 4th dimension, its properties would be different too, but your working under a different set of laws that apply to the word “triangle.” While it’s really cool, it says on the article that you linked me too, that such a triangle can only exist in elliptic geometry, where as the triangle that Molly is referring too must work under the assumptions of plane geometry.

  184. MrIpenguin12 says:

    @firemblemrules9 Actually, in elliptic geometry, the lines would be straight. They seem to be curved on the diagram due to our perspective of it.

    She said that it’s “possible” for a triangle, not that it “can have two 90degree angles.” While that essentially means the same thing, when the word “possible” is used, it means that such laws (euclidean) can be used. Also, the picture of the triangle, was the ONLY one that had a question mark on it AND didn’t have a picture that showed it happen.

  185. MrIpenguin12 says:

    @firemblemrules9 (continuation from my last post). It would make sense that she was trying to divert our attention away from it, by showing it to be false, but the other ones as true. For example, she shows the man swallowing the spiders, and the asparagus pee but nothing like that for the triangle. Either I’m crazy, or this is a clue :P

  186. firemblemrules9 says:

    @MrIpenguin12 I don’t think the random ass background pictures constitute clues. To be completely honest, I find it really hard to believe that Molly cares enough to put that much work into a crappy video, anyways. Also, it’s not that it “seems to be curved on the diagram due to perspective” the Earth’s surface is curved! Any lines on the surface of a globe, have to be curved. Spheres’ surfaces are curved, triangles on curved surfaces have curved lines, meaning its not a real triangle. FACT.

  187. r4z0r84 says:

    Everything is a lie apart from when she says “and the other 78% of you” thats the truth :D lol at everyone going into fine detail on all the other lies

  188. Mycroft420 says:

    Don’t we have to define “truth” before we can determine whether one “truth” exists? For instance, the triangle thing, as an abstract mathematical construct, is dependent on a basically arbitrary definition created in order to support a system we use to approximate our limited perceptions of reality. The real question is, “is Molly true?” Perhaps she is a figment, an Idoru, or a cranky old man from Hoboken prettied up for the cameras.

  189. ZeraFang says:

    @esfelectra Mad cow disease CAN affect humans. Just because it has the word ‘cow’ in it doesn’t mean anything. It’s a prion disease, literally a misfolded protein that resists being destroyed by the body. This misfolded protein can also ‘infect’ the working form of that protein causing it to then become misfolded. Although, the chance of a person being infected from an altoid? Theoretically it ‘may’ be possible, but in reality the chance of it occurring is nill.

  190. waterbabydoll says:

    Well…I have heard most of those before but i dont know which ones are true or not. BUT I do know one is true for sure and that is the one about balancing an egg. Me and my friend tried it and believe it or not it works. So that means all the others are lies…huh…

  191. nudoetcrudo says:

    The only true is the trinagle one (search for ‘spherical geometry’ on wikipedia). The other are all false, whatever anyone says (just use google).

  192. newjsb123 says:

    Did’nt George Washington cut his father cherry tree and told the truth about it? Or is that another presidential not inhaling story?

  193. AutoStigmata says:

    @A1cheeze No it can’t. Cockroaches can only survive a relatively low level of radiation. There are plenty of bugs that can survive more. It was on mythbusters

  194. randomxnp says:

    A triangle can have not just two but three right angles; not in euclidean geometry it is true, but that is just one of an infinite variety of geometric sets. On a spherical surface a triangle connecting one point with another through a 90-degree arc and a third through a 90-degree arc at 90-degrees to that arc will have three right angles.

  195. zigzagman779 says:

    Such a triangle can be formed on the surface of a sphere, and perhaps in an infinite number of other curved spaces. Consider, for example, the triangle bounded by
    – the Prime Meridian
    – 90o W longitude
    – the equator.

  196. mowingthefrontlawn says:

    @waterbabydoll It didn’t balance on its end because it was on the equinox, it balanced on its end because it’s possible for an egg to be balanced on its end. The equinox has nothing to do with it. That one’s a lie.

  197. Nayrbarr1234 says:

    @nudoetcrudo Yep, That’s what I’d say. Unless by “two right-angles” she ment only two, then I’m not sure.

  198. hunkgod says:

    @newjsb123 It is a bunch of Romanticized crap, just like the rest of early American history. Like how Paul Revere did not ride through the streets yelling “the British are coming”. Different guy altogether and there no documentation to suggest Israel Bissell even yelled that out at all either. All started because of a poem and now most of America believes it. The founding fathers were not all that amazing sorry…

  199. whiteninja04 says:

    I’m pretty sure the mayans is the truth, because it is not that it will happen, its that that’s what they predicted.

  200. katiekawaii says:

    @whiteninja04 No, they didn’t. They just didn’t make another calendar for after 2012. You know, because they figured they had plenty of time to do that later. It’s kinda like if somebody looked at our calendar and said, “Oh shit! They predict the world will end after December 2011!” No we don’t, we just get another calendar then.

  201. MissLadyViolett says:

    I really dislike people. They believe anything that anybody tells them without even checking to see if its true. I’m going to say this loud and clear.
    THE MAYANS DID NOT PREDICT THE END OF THE WORLD.
    For those of you who actually care:
    The Mayans calendar CYCLE, ends in 2012, and a new one beings right after. It is westerner’s (us) who put forth the idea that the world will end.
    If you actually do the research you will learn that the Mayans noted dates after 2012 like celebrations and such.

  202. MrIpenguin12 says:

    @firemblemrules9 Okay, while the SURFACE of a sphere my be curved, the lines drawn on it are not. They just seem to be curved. Think of it this way, if you were to draw a line from the equator to the north pole, you would draw a straight line. But, they appear curved due to the fact the surface of the earth is a sphere is curved. The surface is curved, the lines look curved, but they are drawn straight. This technically means these lines are straight.

  203. misterkleen79 says:

    A triangle CAN have two 90 degree angles if you count spherical geometry. Just google “Triangles Spherical Geometry”

  204. kidshady45 says:

    @MImsrock1 No, they are common misconceptions that have either been disproved after their initial rise to popularity or have never been true and were accepted as common truths by the ignorant public.

  205. JoeBobNX says:

    WTF how can you have to Right angles on a triangle? Because A triangle can only have 180 degrees, if all the sides are straight lines it’s just not possible

  206. zdjodz says:

    @nudoetcrudo there is a giant flaw in what you say. since all triangles have a sum of 180 degrees, and must have three angles, if there were two right angles (90 degrees), then those two alone (90 +90) would equal 180 degrees, thus leaving it impossible for there to be the needed third angle for it to be a triangle. nice try troll.

  207. nudoetcrudo says:

    @zdjodz You dumb, just look for spherical geometry. Is it difficult? The sphere is not an euclidian space, so the sum of the angles is more than 180 and because of that triangles can have 2 90 degrees angles. Since Molly states that “2 triangles can have 2 90 degreees angles”, without specifying in which kind of space we are, if we assume that we are in a not-euclidian space, the statement is true. Bye.

  208. MuddynoderMuddeen says:

    @nudoetcrudo i don’t really think that is meant with a triangle, since it has to be 3 dimensional to work

  209. nudoetcrudo says:

    @MuddynoderMuddeen “A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments.” Nothing about dimensions. In Euclidean geometry we can define it also as an intersection of 3 half plane, but it doesn’t matter since Molly doesn’t say anything about dimensions.
    Maybe this is not what Molly meant and there are all lies (April Fool), but paraphrasing her statement, that’s the only truth.

  210. xsilvernx says:

    @TheHounddog2020 uhhh… you cant be the president if you’re born in another country besides, he’s from hawaii

  211. coolbelt86 says:

    A broom can stand on its end on the spring equinox, ive heard an egg too.
    Perhaps they are all lies, that “20 lies and 1 truth” itself is a lie, so that in return makes the only truth was “that they were all lies”.

  212. fred9136 says:

    Obama is from kenya.
    The us government is currently wondering what to do as they can only have someone who was born in america as their president.

  213. laughs4charity says:

    The one about the midget hanging himself….. It’s true youtube it theres actually video evidence

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