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→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 Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: Without the use of their hands, astronauts have to rely on other means to scratch various itches. For any itch outside of the face, retired astronaut Clayton Anderson explained, “You shake, rattle and roll, baby! That’s the only thing really that you can do to alleviate that itch. Hopefully, between the incredibly bulky and stiff suit itself and the liquid cooling garment you are wearing beneath the suit, you can wiggle your body enough to effectively scratch that itch!” Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/01/astronaut-itch-space-suit-like-face-itch/ Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit_nf.html#.VlzdVWSrTL8 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/hatsman.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/52987/how-do-astronauts-scratch-their-noses-space-walks https://books.google.com/books?id=MEW8BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=If+an+astronaut+has+an+itch+when+in+a+space+suit,+like+on+their+face,+how+do+they+itch+it?&source=bl&ots=zmSnAmj3KC&sig=aSuFwp16YUMBmP4f5SeeGRpv3xM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2h__uirnJAhUJ1mMKHa43Cko4ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=If%20an%20astronaut%20has%20an%20itch%20when%20in%20a%20space%20suit%2C%20like%20on%20their%20face%2C%20how%20do%20they%20itch%20it%3F&f=false http://www.space.com/11806-nasa-spacewalk-astronauts-spacesuits-pain.html https://www.quora.com/What-would-astronauts-do-if-their-faces-itch-when-theyre-in-spacesuits http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/top-20-awesome-facts-about-space.html http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-a-spacesuit-k4_prt.htm http://www.space.com/11806-nasa-spacewalk-astronauts-spacesuits-pain.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Parmitano http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp36/16eva/index2.html#.Ueb7-qyd_z4/