3 Facts About Dust Mites You'll Wish You Never Knew

Once you learn these facts about dust mites, you may never want to sleep in your bed again. Consider yourself warned.
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[IvaNiftyChannel]

As someone with dust alergy, I chose to fight fire with fire; if they're pooping on my stuff, i'll just poop on them! don't visit me anymore since i started doing that, but nobody said victory would come without a price.

[NoChillMan]

What the fuck. 100, 000 of these guys are living in my bed and dont even pay rent. I'm going to go wash my sheets in hot water now.

[ALegitimateYoutuber]

So if i understood all this right, I have to burn my bed with everything on it.

[Trancecend]

Hurraaayyy, I'm not longer sleeping alone!

[nerdbot]

So... you say I´m sharing my big bed with dozens of nymphs every night? Tell me something new...

[puckrocker]

Im probably still the most disturbing thing that sleeps in my bed

[HannahTarr]

"Honey, I've got something I need to tell you." "...?" "I've been sleeping with someone." "What?!" "Actually, quite a few someones." "WHAT?!" "100, 000 someones, to be exact."

[AvianFluu]

Jokes on scishow, I don't have a bed.

[firedevil]

if there is anything i hate in the world is dust, it's not fun to clean, if there is a lot of it it sucks to breath, it builds up pretty fast, at least in my home 

[ainoakeisari]

Just watched this in bed... I'm not afraid dust mites, come at me!

[geertje]

I am allergic to dust mites this are some tips for other people:

1. Get anti- mite bedding
2.Only have cotton fabric curtains and pillows
3. Open up windows and don't make the room too hot

Greets from 11 year old Sub :)

[JKennedy]

The way he explains this is absolutely hilarious. I friggin love this channel.

[nihilgeist]

Does anyone else have carpets in their house, but wishes to get hardwood floors instead? Can't wait to get rid of my carpets.

[SomeDudeOnline]

As far as Vacuums with special filters is concerned, the Rainbow Vacuum is incredibly expensive but it's filter is tap water and is very powerful and effective. You can put your pillows in a plastic bag and stick the vacuum hose in the bag and suck out a ton of the dust/mites/mite poop.

[pickering]

Anyone else start itching like crazy while watching this?

[yamban]

I'm glad I washed my sheets yesterday! I'm not too happy about this dust mite information.

[Xidnaf]

Wouldn't it be nice if youtube had an "unwatch" button?

[cloverhighfive]

"...all the ways the world is terrifying." That's what I love about this show. It's science, but told with a human perspective. Usually, science shows are very neat, devoid of emotion, stating facts. I guess Hank can't do that. And I thank thee (Hank and Michael and the gang) :D

[fuliajulia]

Isn't it heartwarming to learn that no one will ever truly be forever alone...

[meixlcu]

Random comment about Hank Green - I know Hank gets a lot of credit for how busy he always is but oh my lord! The amount of videos posted to his many channels is crazy! He's definitely the YouTuber I spend the most amount of time I spend watching, simply because of how many videos he does all the time. Also, if they weren't of such a brilliant quality I definitely wouldn't watch so many of them and that's something in it's self.