The First American In Space Smelled Like Pee The Entire Time (Drinking and Toilet Habits)

There aren't many ways to describe astronauts other than absolute heroes. So it's weird to think about how an American astronauts first trip to space was accompanied by him smelling like pee. Behind The Facts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7WZBdzeJ_0CfdgBmREssFA ----------------------------------------- Join us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/karlswood Fact Fiend Merchandise available at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/factfiend ----------------------------------------- Starring Karl Smallwood https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUaBEY5s2anSFnsX5oEvjdg https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood https://www.instagram.com/karlswood/ Featuring (via phone call) and edited by Nisha Revill https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHY9c2Tm4Ufu56hxYUklPbw https://twitter.com/midnight_neesh https://www.instagram.com/midnightneesh/ ----------------------------------------- Original Article: http://www.factfiend.com/first-american-space-smelled-like-piss-entire-time/ Sources: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/nasa-inventions/nasa-change-diapers1.htm https://theweek.com/articles/462382/brief-history-astronauts-urinating-space https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/06/the-science-and-history-of-space-urination.html https://www.popsci.com/weird-apollo-11-facts/ https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/02/the-u-s-army-has-developed-a-near-silent-version-of-velcro/ https://theuijunkie.com/british-army-underwear/ Images: Alan Shepard, NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Maximum Absorbency Garment, NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Velcro, Alexander Klink, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Alan Shepard on the moon, Edgar D. Mitchell / NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons American Pie, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(film) Jurassic Park, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film) Naked Gun, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/ Tom Hanks, John Bauld from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Space suit, Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg: NASAderivative work: Scott MacDonald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Videos: American Pie (1999), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163651/ Jurassic Park (1993), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ Naked Gun (1988), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/ Music: "Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/