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