Goldfish DON'T have a 3-second memory
The Professor swears a goldfish forgets everything in three seconds. Fact Check brings the proof that it doesn't.
Watch on YouTubeDreadful Science
Confidently wrong about weird science.
A manic professor gets everyday myths gloriously wrong. Then Fact Check interrupts with the real answer. New animated Shorts every day.
Episodes
Lightning DOES strike twice
The Professor insists lightning never strikes the same place twice. Fact Check shows it does, all the time.
Watch on YouTubeYour stomach can dissolve a razor blade
The Professor is horrified by what stomach acid can do. Fact Check explains the catch.
Watch on YouTubeCharacters
The Weird Professor
Your host. Manic, certain and wrong about everything.
Fact Check
The bar that cuts in with the sourced answer.
More characters are on the way.
About
Dreadful Science is a series of short animated episodes. Each one takes a gross, strange or frightening claim, lets the Weird Professor run with it, then corrects him with a sourced answer. Sources are listed in every video description.
Episodes are made with AI. The characters are fiction. The facts are checked.