From why we use green screens to if it’s possible to control the weather, we answer
several of your most important questions about life!
· Hey there, my name is Melissa and I will be reading out the questions and answers.
· I'm Danger Dolan and I’m here to blow your mind with truth!
10 – BethanyJay VA Why do people use green screens rather than another color?
- Well, we tried using other colours first but none of them were see-through.
Green works the best - I even have my own green suit, ready to disappear in the blink
of an eye!
BEHOLD!
- * - Nothing happened.
- Oh no?
Look closer.
You can clearly see, I dropped at least two shades of green.
On the right background I would be invisible.
- Woooooooooow.
Amazing.
Chroma-keying is a visual effects technique that replaces a chosen colour with a different
colour or background.
Green screens are used predominantly for Chroma-keying because green is the colour that conflicts
the least with clothing, human skin and hair tone.
9 – Arty Harty Why do we have “sand” on our eyes when we wake up?
- That “sand” comes from the sandman who visits you in the night.
He’s the one who ensures you have a good night’s sleep.
Just - don’t open your eyes and look at him.
- * - Erm - hello?
What are you doing?!
Why are you covering people in sand?!
- IT’S JUST MY THING, OK!?
- * - *
- I LOVE SAAAAAND!
The sand-like substance that builds up in the corner of your eyes when you sleep is
called eye discharge or rheum.
It is a combination of mucus, oil and skin cells and it serves to protect your eye by
removing waste products that could be harmful to it.
The reason it doesn’t build up while we are awake is that as we blink we flush away
the rheum before it can harden.
8 – ChiefSurgeon Can cockroaches actually Survive a Nuclear blast?
- Of course, they survived both World Wars didn’t they?
It’s why I feel bad when I step on a roach, I probably crushed a veteran.
You can tell by how many medals they have.
- * - Got ‘em!
How do these things keep getting in here?
- Nooooooo, Melissa!
You just crushed Oliver!
Do you know what he had been through?
- * - I don’t care, it’s a pest.
- Wow!
You’re cold.
Cockroaches would not be able to survive the blast of a nuclear bomb, the intense heat
of the explosion would incinerate them.
However, Cockroaches are naturally resilient to radiation due to the simple design of their
bodies and because they have a much slower cell cycle than humans.
They would have a much easier time surviving the aftermath of an explosion than we would.
7 – Rick2tails Is it possible to die from eating spicy food?
- If you eat some mild spice, it will make your mouth tingle.
If you eat some hot spice it will let you breathe fire like a freakin’ dragon!
Then if you eat the hottest spice that you can find in existence…
You - combust and die.
- *
A lot of spicy dishes are often made with chili peppers which contain a chemical called:
capsaicin.
Capsaicin is a neurotoxin and in large enough doses it can cause seizures, heart attacks
and death.
Thankfully, we would have to eat about three pounds of the world’s hottest chili peppers
in one sitting for it to be fatal, but you should still be careful.
6 – Nabs Why do cars drive on the opposite side in some countries?
- Well in other countries they do all sorts of strange things, like speak other languages!
Sometimes they get things right but in this case they are wrong.
I for one think there should only be a single lane on roads and everyone just has to deal
with it.
- That would be chaos!
- Naaah, it would weed out the bad drivers.
- Bad drivers?
You mean like you?
- What are you talking about?
- * - GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU DRONGOS!
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
- DOLAN!
YOU’RE IN THE WRONG LANE!
- …lanes?
Most countries that drive on the left side of the road are former British colonies, although
there are some exceptions.
The idea of travelling on the left side of the road goes back to the time of horse riders,
who would keep their right arm free for their weapon.
In later years, when wagons became popular, many countries began travelling on the right
as it was easier for the wagon rider to avoid collisions with passers by while holding the
horse whip in their right hand.
5 – andritolion Is it possible to control the weather?
- Well, Nixxiom can freeze things by touching them so I’m sure he could conjure up a blizzard
if he wanted.
He might also be able to make corpses rain from the sky but I don’t think that’s
the kind of weather people get excited for.
Both would ruin your trip to the beach.
- * - (Dolan drives in, hitting the zombie shattering
it into a million pieces) - Bloody beach is as hectic as the ROAD!
We are not able to summon lightning storms or blizzards but scientists over the last
century have been working on a form of weather modification known as cloud seeding.
Cloud seeding is the process of spreading substances into the air, such as silver iodide,
in order to produce rainfall.
So far it seems that the process is far from reliable and not considered very effective.
4 – Thor Heitmann Can sharks swim backwards or go upside down?
- Some say it’s impossible but I know that sharks can do much more than swim backwards,
with the right motivation they can break the laws of physics!
Here, I’ll show you.
- * - Come on, Sharky!
Come get the treat!
- * - … I don’t think he’s coming back.
- * - Hey Dolan, where’s the shark I was looking
after?
I can’t see it in the tank.
- * - He’s moved on...
Sharks do not have the ability to swim backwards since their pectoral fins cannot bend upwards
like a fish.
This means sharks are limited to swimming in a forward motion, while turning to avoid
collisions.
Sharks also cannot swim upside down as they will enter state of paralysis when flipped
over, which some predators, like Orcas, will take advantage of when hunting them.
3 – Dash 1022 What would happen if we lost our Adam’s apple?
- Well fellas, if you lose your Adam’s apple you’ll end up sounding like a girl.
- Oh I don’t think that’s quite true, Dolan.
- Oh, you don’t think so?
- * - What are you going to say now, Melissa?
Hmmmmmmmm?
Both men and women have Adam’s apples, also known as the laryngeal prominence.
However, a man’s Adam’s apple grows much more during puberty which causes his voice
to deepen far more than a woman’s.
If for some reason we no longer had them, it’s likely that both men and women’s
voices would be higher.
2 – CattricityMeow KawaiiChloe1111 If you cry in space will the tears stick to your
face or float away?
- * - I think that’s the least of your problems,
I’d be more concerned about not being able to breathe or your brain leaking out.
Either of those would make me cry.
- * - Dolan, my good ally!
I didn’t know you had a space station!
- … How - how did you get up here?
- Oh, I tripped and fell up here.
- Heh - ha!
Ok then.
Because there is no gravity in space, tears will not fall or float away from your eyes
when you cry.
Instead they will cling to your eyes and face until wiped away.
This can cause visibility issues for Astronauts as the clinging tears make it hard to see.
Thankfully they are well trained to deal with any stray tears.
1 – PoptartTwins What would happen if our elbows were backwards?
- You know that saying “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”?
Well forget about that!
Now you’ll be able to scratch your own back with ease!
- * - Ooooooooh yeah, that’s the spot right
there.
Good stuff!
Well, besides being able to scratch your back more easily, it would probably be quite inconvenient
for us, since the rest of our body would be forward facing.
Devices and objects that we interact with would have to be redesigned but it’s likely
that we would adapt given enough time, however odd it might be at first.
- Well anyway, I have to head out.
I have a meeting to get to.
- Oh no problem!
I can drive you.
- * - Even with these backwards arms I’m pretty
good, right Melissa?
- * - YEAH GET STUFFED YA ZOMBIE