Heard of this myth?

[photopat]

Never heard of it. There’s no mention of this myth on Snopes either.

[kellner]

I found something reasonably similar in a German version of those “useless fact” lists.

Most tropical fish could survive in an aquarium filled with human blood.

Google-translated page

[Fiver]

@DustyButt

** (Man steps forward, and begins to roll up his sleeve.) **
No, but you can take my blood.**

Of course, it wouldn’t have to be human blood if someone wanted to bust the myth. Isn’t beef blood, pork blood, or most other sorts of mammalian blood similar enough to human blood, for purposes of sustaining goldfish respiration?

[DustyButt]

@Fiver

Of course, it wouldn’t have to be human blood if someone wanted to bust the myth. Isn’t beef blood, pork blood, or most other sorts of mammalian blood similar enough to human blood, for purposes of sustaining goldfish respiration?

10 points awarded to Fiver for leaving the box.

[photopat]

@kellner

I found something reasonably similar in a German version of those “useless fact” lists.Google-translated page

And I’ll bet you didn’t know this either:

The first well-known Verhütungsmittel was crocodile muck. He was used before 2000 years with the old Egyptians.

Thanks Google translation!

[levdrakon]

@photopat

And I’ll bet you didn’t know this either:

Thanks Google translation!

You know, when I looked that up I was thinking it was going to mean “fertilizer” or something. Bwa, ha, ha!