From comedy.org.uk:

There are at least two known "Truths" which have appeared on The Unbelievable Truth which are in fact false. One is that you if remove the fleas from a hedgehog, then the hedgehog dies. The other is the cricket did not exist during Shakespeare's time. Both of these were corrected when David Mitchell appeared on an episode of QI.

Source: QI, Series F, Episode 11 - Film

>> ^MaxWilder:
From comedy.org.uk:
There are at least two known "Truths" which have appeared on The Unbelievable Truth which are in fact false. One is that you if remove the fleas from a hedgehog, then the hedgehog dies. The other is the cricket did not exist during Shakespeare's time. Both of these were corrected when David Mitchell appeared on an episode of QI.
Source: QI, Series F, Episode 11 - Film


Even more relevant (to me) is the fact that I did not know of either of these facts until they were proven false.

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So what happens if you remove the hedgehog's fleas?

>> ^dag:
So what happens if you remove the hedgehog's fleas?


The fleas die.

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Why the fuck would anyone with any degree of intelligence believe that a hedgehog would die if it didn't have fleas? I've had hedgehogs as pets, and they never had fleas, and they lived a very long time. Where do stupid idiotic myths like this come from? The Bible?

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Well bread and milk probably isn't the best thing for a humans digestive system. I'll go with that, with people have digestive problems it kinda makes sense to go back to basics. I don't get why David won't believe it though, just because you live a long time doesn't mean your body operated perfectly with what you were giving it.