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Fake Video Still Suckering Millions
It's amazing to see how far and wide bad information will spread. On youTube you can find a video that claims to show you how to charge an iPod with an onion that's been soaked in a sports drink. It's now been seen 7 million times.
The video is pretty obviously a hoax. Onions don't exactly drink up a whole cup of liquid and a USB cable won't get much of a charge and Mythbusters has proven it wrong. But it keeps on going around and around until this mind worm claims everyone I suppose.
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The video is pretty obviously a hoax. Onions don't exactly drink up a whole cup of liquid and a USB cable won't get much of a charge and Mythbusters has proven it wrong. But it keeps on going around and around until this mind worm claims everyone I suppose.
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Discussions
11 years ago
The method shown - plugging the usb directly into the onion - clearly won't work, but it should be possible by a slightly different method. Somebody buy me an iPod and I'll prove it...
Reply 11 years ago
I have an Ipod nano that I dont use now that I have an iphone. you want it?
Reply 11 years ago
(That was a joke, DJ)
Reply 11 years ago
You did sound a bit factual about the matter.....
Reply 11 years ago
Deadpan humour is frequently my style. Watch for the trailing ellipse...
Reply 11 years ago
Im not familiar with deadpan humor, sorry about that.....
Reply 11 years ago
british humor! haha very dry
Reply 9 years ago
XD
Reply 11 years ago
. Shaken, not stirred
Reply 11 years ago
Google is your friend.
Reply 11 years ago
:-D
11 years ago
Ahah, I do believe it's another topic for me to abuse, getting some stuff together for a show...
11 years ago
How very ironic, a kid in my class claims that he did this for his science fair. I am Soooo throwing this in his face! (well, not literally, a laptop would hurt him!)
Reply 11 years ago
He claims however that it did turn it on, it had some charge....
11 years ago
Lol, That is stupid, Common sense should tell everyone that these tricks damage your ipod, and void its already horrible warranty.....
Reply 11 years ago
. How would this damage the iPod? Doesn't look like it will work, but I don't see how it would damage the unit.
Reply 11 years ago
there all vampires over at apple, oh wait thats garlic ... um never mind
Reply 11 years ago
just the USB cable, not the ipod....