- [Sam] As this video will show you, not everything is what,
at first, they seem to be. From the truth about Bear
Grylls and the Carlton Dance to what Hello Kitty actually is, here are 10 everyday things
that pretty much prove that many things we believe
in, are not at all true. - Amazing! - [Sam] Number 10, the Magic
8-Ball is practically hollow. The Magic 8-Ball is one of
those classic pointless toys that you likely had growing up. It claims to be a fortune-telling device that would respond when
you ask it a question. In reality, all of us older than about 12 knew that it was just chucking out a load of random statements much like those hidden in fortune cookies. Even so, surely it must
have been utilizing every last bit of space in that ball in order to compute its
complex predictions. Well, you'd be wrong to assume so. All it is, is a hollow plastic sphere, which inside houses a
cylindrical reservoir containing some blue dye
and a piece of white plastic which has the responses embossed on it. When you shake it and then turn it upward all that happens is that the
liquid, and the piece inside, is set into motion and when
the dye floats to the top one of the faces of the white piece is pressed against the window, with the raised letters
displacing the liquid showing you the response. Number nine, Bear Grylls. Bear Grylls is everyone's
favorite adventurer and survival presenter. He served in the Elite SAS and
has come out the other side to present TV as a genuinely
captivating personality capable of stomaching insects
and drinking his own wee like a true champ. And whilst we watch him teach
us extreme survival tips we'll probably never use, we can't help but wonder if there's really just a backstage buffet ready for him once the cameras turn off. Well, it seems the rumors
are unfortunately true, as this picture pretty much catches him and his TV crew red-handed. On top of that, there was a public outcry over allegations that he
spent some of his time during the production of
his Born Survivor series staying in a nearby hotel. Instead of surviving unaided
in the hellholes of the world, a crew member was reported saying that after the camera stopped Grylls would often stay in hotels where he'd eat blueberry pancakes. Number eight, The Weasley
twins don't have ginger hair. James and Oliver Phelps, the two actors who portrayed
the hilarious redhead twins Fred and George Weasley
in the Harry Potter films, are not natural redheads. It may come as a surprise
to some Harry Potter fans, but it's true. During filming of the Harry Potter movies their hair was dyed and
their roots were touched up every three weeks for years. According to the twins, the
worst part of becoming gingers was bleaching the eyebrows. Apparently, during filming, one time an intern was on
set dying Oliver's eyebrows and left the bleach on for too long. Later, he walked onto
the set in a cross mood. His eyebrows were so white afterwards that they apparently had to
drew them on for several weeks. Number seven, Carlton's dance isn't entirely his own creation. Fans of the 90's sitcom hit,
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, will immediately, recognize this dance performed by Alfonso Ribeiro, who plays Carlton Banks in the show. The Carlton Dance is so iconic
it remains talked about, GIF'd and cracked out
at parties to this day, with Ribeiro even working it into his Dancing With the Stars routine. So, how did he come up with it? Apparently, he didn't. He sort of copied it. It's more like the
product of a venn diagram of moves by Courtney Cox, Bruce Springsteen, and Eddie Murphy. According to Ribeiro during
an interview with Variety, the dance was improvised
because the script simply read, 'Carlton dances.' He confessed that the basis of the dance was inspired by Courtney Cox in the Bruce Springsteen
video Dancing in the Dark. He also noted that it was inspired by Eddie Murphy's Delirious video in which he called this
dance The White Man Dance. But, my question to you Mr. Murphy, is if white people really had bad moves, then explain this kid. Number six, Hawaiian pizza. If you're a fan of our foods
that are a lie series of videos then you'll like this one. Now, Hawaiian pizza is
quite controversial, as a fierce debate still goes on about whether pineapple
actually belongs on pizza. A lot of people have gone public about it. Last February, the Icelandic President even publicly proposed
banning pineapples on pizzas. Others like Gordon Ramsey, agree with him. Regardless, at least
one thing is for sure, that Hawaiian pizza, the iconic pizza featuring pineapple rings or chunks with bacon and other toppings, is at least from Hawaii, right? Actually, it isn't, nor is it liked by the Hawaiian population more than any other population! It's a culture-spanning lie! This pizza variety was
actually invented in Canada! It was invented by a
Greek-born Canadian immigrant named Sam Panopoulos, who in 1962, made the first ever Hawaiian pizza. The invention placed him
in the pantheon of history, and although he sadly died last month, I'm sure he's currently
dining on an 18 inch, thin crusted pepperoni and
pineapple glory in the afterlife. So, how did it get its name? Apparently, it was again
all Panapoulos' idea. From the start he called
his creation Hawaiian pizza, though he didn't patent the name. The reason for this? It's just the place most people think of when they think of pineapple. Number five, wooden paver
aren't at all what they seem. You've likely seen wooden
pavers like these before without batting an eyelid. They're just wooden planks for paving patios and the like, right? Of course not. These ones, like many out there, are in fact made from concrete. Many pavers like this
offer a wood grain look that gives them a rustic color, texture and appearance
of weathered barn wood. They look exactly like wooden planks whereas all they are
is a block of concrete with a wooden texture
stamped onto the top. They're often used instead of
wood because they're cheaper, tougher and look extremely
similar, especially when aged. Most importantly, they don't
require as much upkeep as wood which can rot! So, next time you see garden
paving that appears like wood, you now know that it probably
isn't actually the real deal! Number four, this experiment. Back in 2013, theatlantic.com
were the first to pick up on an eye-opening experiment
about the enlarged variety of everyone's favorite cookie, the Oreo. The experiment, conducted
by high-school teacher Dan Anderson of Queensbury, New York, was an exercise in applied
consumer mathematics. He had students do some measuring, calculating, and reflecting. What they found shook
the world to the core. The Double Stuf Oreos only had 1.86 times the stuf of regular Oreos, and the Mega Oreos had
2.68 times the stuf. The Mega Stufs are an incremental step beyond the Double Stufs,
which were introduced in 1974. The Mega Stufs themselves were introduced because evidently Nabisco,
the makers of the Oreo, got concerned there was not
enough stuf on the market. Yeah, you know why? Because your underfilling
them by 0.14 times less than they should be. This is a serious concern people. Whilst Anderson's class is meant to help struggling
mathematics students, he probably had no idea he'd
be tarnishing the reputation of an iconic American sandwich cookie. But really, this shouldn't
come as much of a surprise. After all, chocolate bars
and crisps over the years are consistently under-filled. On top of that, this story came
out just a few months later than people found out that
Subway were doing a similar thing with their foot-long sandwiches. A photo by Perth teenager Matt Corby went viral on Subway's
Australia Facebook page showing a footlong sub that
was only 11 inches long, with the beautiful caption
"subway pls respond." They did, stating that
references to foot-long are not intended to explicitly
guarantee its length, instead claiming that
foot-long is just the name and metric they 'strive for.' What a disappointment! Number three, Hello Kitty isn't a cat. Hello Kitty, a brand
sporting its own TV series and even theme parks, is insanely popular, it's actually somewhat worrying
how popular it is sometimes. If you've watched a lot of our videos you'll know there are
numerous Hello Kitty houses around the world. People like the character so much they build frickin'
houses styled around it, and in japan it's a staple of
the Kawaii popular culture. And, last time I checked,
a kitty is just a kitten, or pet name for a cat. All pretty obvious right? I mean, the character has
whiskers and pointy ears, surely it's a cat. Wrong, according to the
President of Sanrio, the Japanese company that
created the character. When asked by Laura Beck
of Cosmopolitan magazine, Janet Hsu, the president of
Sanrio said, "Kitty is a girl, even though she looks like a cat. However, what we like to
say is that Hello Kitty is in a class of her own, and she is to you what she is to you." By that logic, if I were to say then that 'Hello Kitty is a fridge'
then she is exactly that. Number two, Barry Scott is a lie. If you're from the UK or Europe and you haven't been living
under a rock for years, you've seen the Cillit Bang Adverts featuring a brashly confident, cleaning enthusiast, Barry Scott. - Hi, I'm Barry Scott! - [Sam] Apparently, for
those of you outside Europe, the product is sold as Easy-Off BAM with similar packaging
and spray bottle design. The guy who presents the
Easy-Off BAM commercials clearly isn't as iconic as Barry Scott, though he definitely
is a fan of our intro. - Amazing! - [Sam] Anyways, a load of
these Cillit Bang adverts featuring Barry Scott have
played on our TV screens since 2005 featuring the catchphrase - "Bang, and the dirt is gone!" - [Sam] He basically fools around with the Cillit Bang cleaning spray, performing various
penny-dipping and cleaning tests that some of those home
experiment YouTubers would be envious of. This marketing campaign
clearly hit the spot as they later got him riding
slides, roller coasters - Barry Scott! - [Sam] And performing
his tests in front of jets like rappers do when they make it and have to spend all their money somehow. So, what's the lie here? Well, what's disturbing is that our mate Barry Scott is a lie. He doesn't exist, they made him up, probably to fool us into thinking he was a very average bloke
and not at all an actor. Turns out Barry Scott
is really Neil Burgess, an actor who, with a
simple google, isn't really the cleaning guru we've
been led to believe he was. Number one, The Powerball is a lie. You may be familiar with these
dishwasher detergent tablets that have are advertised
as having a POWERBALL centered in the middle of the tablet like some sort of ultra powerful bacteria killing explosive bomb. I for one always thought
it was spherical, I mean, the packaging clearly
displays a shiny red ball about to intimidate those
greasy glasses and plates with its explosive power. It appears that this is
actually just amazing marketing and a great fat lie which has
been fooling us for years. If you actually remove the red dot from the center of the tablet
you will see that all it is, is a sort of tablet with a domed top. I suppose it's just a lot easier
and cheaper to manufacture, so when you really think about it this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Which of these revelations
surprised you the most? Let me know in the comments
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