A User's Guide to the Human Body: Fun Facts You Should Know

Have you ever wondered why you crave certain foods, or what your appendix actually does for your body? If so, this is the episode for you! Join Michael Aranda and learn why our bodies do the weird and amazing things that they do!

Hosted by: Michael Aranda

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Original episodes and sources:

Why Is My Body Temperature 37 Degrees?

Can You Get Too Much Sleep?

What Causes Food Cravings?

Your Appendix Isn’t Useless, After All

There Are Millions of Blood Types

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[cinderball]

If all else fails, remember to power down and restart. The reboot process can take up to 10 hours, particularly if it needs to run an update, but the results are worth it.

[emmanuelsanchez]

"There's s such a thing as sleeping too much"

I don't need that kind of negativity in my life

[OmgEinfachNurOmg]

Finally a manual. My human is not functioning lying in the garage for 2 months. Can't seem to get him running again

[BigfootWithMemes]

As a bigfoot, I always find it interesting to learn more about humans

[faramund]

I oversleep because I’m depressed, not the other way round.
When I had a good day (where I actually do something with people that interests me) and/or did some exercise I usually wake up earlier and more refreshed the next morning.

[moosemaimer]

Bug report: eyelashes that are supposed to protect the eyes instead fall directly onto the eyeball.

[julianwillis]

“That’s sweet, it’s doing its best.”
The sneakiest diss the Appendix has ever received. 😂

[HeavyMetalMomma]

THANK YOU for explaining the different blood group systems in simple terms that can be understood by the average Joe and ACTUALLY GETTING IT RIGHT! As a Transfusion Scientist I get annoyed with people explaining it wrong. Also thank you for calling it the Rh system not the Rhesus system, it drives us potty when people do that! 🖤❤️

[KooblyK]

About time a guide was officially released... Piloting this thing has been a nightmare.

[virglibrsaglove]

Michael is just one of those people who looks good at any weight or hairstyle. Maybe it's his personality that makes him beautiful.

[heathermarie]

"You don't want to spend all your time finding food and eating it"
*sweats in fast food convenience*

[stephenbachman]

Aliens are like.

"Write this down, write this down"
"Humans have easily injured knee's."

[Spacedog_]

Timestamp(s): Hope This Helps
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• ( 0:52 ) Why Body Temperature Is 37°C?

• ( 3:16 ) Can You Get Too Much Sleep?

• ( 5:36 ) What Causes Food Cravings?

• ( 8:38 ) Your Appendix Isn’t Useless, After All...

• ( 11:35 ) There Are Millions Of Blood Types...

• ( 16:35 ) Kids Doses VS. Adult Doses...

SciShow can use these timestamps if they want to.
(It is their video after all. Lol)

[Potatobrains_]

When you get hungry, your stomach starts Ghrelin.
Makes sense.

[shmorkshmire]

When I was in Afghanistan eating MRE's everyday I used to crave fresh fruits and vegetables. I've never craved vegetables before or since, I always assumed it was because I needed vitamins and minerals

[claytonharring]

Finally! An instruction manual. God forgot to include it in the box and has been ingnoring my customer service calls!

[conure]

I just gotta say, Scishow, thank y’all for being around and producing such consistently great material all these years. My childhood curiosity has been nurtured by info-shows on the internet like this and I really can’t thank all of you guys enough for it. DFTBA

[ambymilo]

Aliens right now: Hmmm, I see. So thats how *writes in note pad"

[billdanbury]

They keep calling me to renew my body’s warranty.

[anyawillowfan]

As someone with a chronic illness I'm well aware of how much most people take their body for granted until something goes wrong. And once things go wrong it can be impossible to fix it, and you may need to adapt what works (eg. Change types of food, length of sleep) to something different than what may work in a 'normal' body.