THIS IS A MYTH! Sad to see Veritasium which literally means "element of truth" in Latin, retelling this lie. In the Mario 64 community it's widely accepted that the height change probably wasn't caused by a bit flip, but caused by a glitch or a faulty console (not completely solved). Like science theories and understanding evolve while journalists keep spreading outdated misinformation..
2026-04-23 12:47:54
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001alix :
Private equity is bad business
2026-04-23 12:10:57
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Intifada Now! :
PRIVATE EQUITY SLOP
2026-04-26 17:41:11
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CarlDrogoo :
Private Equity is ruining businesses
2026-04-23 21:34:40
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milk🐄🥛 :
i can finally use this image i have 🥹✌️
2026-06-01 08:44:29
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︎ :
Hey, somebody that actually know what they're talking about here.
The upwarp was most likely caused by faulty hardware, as dotateabag had previously said that he had to tilt his cartridge to get the game to boot from his console.
Depending on what way the cartridge is tilted it can have different effects like warping Mario's model or just straight up crashing the game.
While rare it's not uncommon to see strange events happen on original consoles, so something like this isn't really a once in a lifetime event, just hardware oddities.
2026-04-24 01:46:32
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CJP :
This is not true
2026-04-24 05:06:10
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serro2cs :
channel owned by private equity company btw
2026-05-12 12:47:44
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nuno :
a cosmic flare didn't cause it, the most plausible explanation is the cartridge which was later confirmed to be faulty by the creator
2026-04-24 17:08:58
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Sherlock Homo :
yall are mad that he thinks it was a sunray but I'm mad that he mispronounced pannenkoek.
2026-06-14 04:46:42
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Nils 🇪🇺 :
Look it’s private equitasium
2026-04-23 22:17:36
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Miles Edgeworth :
it was actually most likely a mix of an outside force (like construction which is a leading theory iirc) which happened to flip the bit, iirc there have only been like 2 cases of the cosmic ray happening because it's so unbelievably rare. Though it's technically possible, it's more likely the construction force or a simple glitch of the console/cartridge (if this is on an emulator then idk)
2026-07-22 02:11:12
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user9570317840086 :
aliens trying to communicate with us by flipping bits
2026-04-28 22:33:40
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Mr,Skullface :
This is caused by rays from outer space
2026-04-24 22:44:36
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Max ✌︎㋡ :
Pannenkoek12 the goat
2026-05-10 12:15:26
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Tyler Clibbon :
i love that veritasium gets fact checked by gamers who are smarter than him at this, but i also love that he's aware of this amazing glitch
2026-04-29 02:26:37
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jacky_batts :
DOTA teabag lol
2026-04-24 21:38:55
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Noncha rutger😶🌫️ :
Hahaha pannenkoek2012 -> pancake 2012✌️✌️✌️
2026-04-23 12:07:27
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LosvikeN :
not a bit flip, cartridge tilt
2026-04-23 12:44:20
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Anderson2890 :
Nobody knows if that’s what caused it that’s like having a glitch in any game where you don’t know what cussed it and just saying oh a cosmic ray did that. There’s a million other things that would happen before that
2026-04-24 13:58:55
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Emiliano :
i heard this wasn't true and was actually a side effect of this guy messing around with cheats earlier
2026-04-30 00:45:15
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Cho Thái Công thông cái :
Miracle Sort 😂😂
2026-04-23 16:16:38
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. :
a yt vid explained how it was NOT a cosmic ray
2026-05-09 14:26:18
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Dorem3m3 :
Neutrino
2026-04-23 18:02:39
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Disv :
bitflip
2026-04-23 12:08:04
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