What Are The LIMITS of HUMAN SURVIVAL? #SURVIVAL #MYTHS #DEBUNKED

How long can you survive without SLEEP, WATER, FOOD and AIR? How HOT or COLD can you go? What is the MAXIMUM HUMAN AGE LIMIT?

#debunked #mythsdebunked #funscience

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A Classified Bibliography of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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[earlcabusao]

Let’s appreciate the fact that he uses Celsius as well as Fahrenheit

[WolfMan-hcey]

Fun fact, as of may 13th 2020 the oldest human alive is a man from Japan named Kane Tanaka aged 117 years and 149 days.

[nick]

"Don't try this at home."

Fine, I'll do it in my backyard.

[thegoldenkeys]

Death: die
That last woman: no
Death: _understandable, have a good day_

[lougou]

“Don’t do this at home” it’s hard not trying to be the oldest man or woman in the world since a I am getting older every second lmao

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Longest life span is "122"

Queen Elizabeth: Am I a joke to you?

[squiddiot]

Cannot believe humans heard stories of impossible survival and thought “wait, we can use that to heal others!” Absolutely amazing, absolutely insane.

[travisscott]

david blaine held his breath for 16 minutes 17 seconds
edit: and he fasted for 44 days

[ethangause]

Didn’t the woman who survived being the coldest also survive holding her breath the longest? (80 minutes under water)

[ElHPE]

“What’s the longest we can survive after death?”

Jesus: 3 days give or take

[dreadwolfrising]

Cases like Anna Bagenholm's are the reason why in my paramedic course we were taught that hypothermia (alongside pediatric cases) is one situation where you administer CPR as long as possible until told to stop, instead of just stopping after 20mins. There's been many a situation like hers where hypothermia has inadvertently saved people's lives

[loonyt]

"You are not dead until you are warm and dead". A mantra when treating apparently dead but hypothermic patients.

[Subpar]

You know, we were all once the youngest person in the world

[giovannigiorgio]

Imagine a doctor telling you your mother is dead and 2 minutes later she comes trough the door

[tanziyu]

"how long can you go without sleep?"

Me and me 3 brain cells about to set a new world record

When that lady was 100 she still had 22 years left. I'm not even 20 yet. Wtf

[DebunkedOfficial]

Hey All, please note where we say CORE TEMPERATURE this is very different to the external/environmental temperature. This is your internal body temperature and usually sits at 98.6°F / 37°C but it can have quite a wide range of 97°F / 36.1°C to 99°F /37.2°C

[TsarDragon]

"Normal human: Dies at 25°C core body temperature"
Anna: "And this is to go even further beyond!"

[subswithnovids-mkgi]

Longest life span is 122
Queen Elizabeth II: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

[Dervraka]

The funny thing about not sleeping is after several days you begin having waking dreams (or hallucinations). I had in friend in college who claimed he could go a week without sleep, but quit after three days when a cat jumped on his lap and asked for a bowl of milk in a French accent. He didn't even own a cat....