→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Could Piranhas Really Turn You Into a Skeleton in a Matter of Minutes? https://youtu.be/go2op7E73C4?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2yEk58fgohft2Z1nhcmwis What is the Mechanism Behind How We Pee and Why Cant We Do It Anytime https://youtu.be/OQx3mH3HEH8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: If you’ve never heard of the Candirú, also known as the pencil fish, the toothpick fish, the vampire fish and the fish that SWIMS INTO YOUR PEE HOLE, Google any of those names above (yes, even that last one, but maybe not at work). You’ll see hundreds of pages talking about this thin, translucent fish and its nasty habit of swimming up a stream of urine and lodging itself into the urethra of an unfortunate man or woman. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/candiru-fish-dont-swim-stream-urine/ Sources: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Dxr1_iw7_s0C&pg=PA136&dq=candiru+urine+myth&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n-2AUp7WDsqV0QXdgoDgCQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=candiru%20urine%20myth&f=false http://www.perunature.com/candiru-fish.html http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1011081027565 http://books.google.ca/books?id=G03t9cWFRSsC&pg=PA281&dq=%22simultaneously+being+eaten+by+a+shark%22+candiru&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KO2AUoHhGsaX0QXuw4GABA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22simultaneously%20being%20eaten%20by%20a%20shark%22%20candiru&f=false http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/candiru.html http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2551/can-the-candir-fish-swim-upstream-into-your-urethra http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2006-02-20-fish-waterfalls_x.htm http://www.de