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The Superstition of Fan Death in Korea
TLDR In Korea, there is a widespread belief that sleeping with a fan on can cause death, although there is no evidence to support this claim. The origins of this belief are unclear, but it is likely an urban legend that originated from finding dead bodies in rooms with fans.
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00:00
In Korea, there is a superstition that sleeping with a fan on in your room at night can cause death, and this belief is so widespread that fans in Korea even come with warnings about the potential danger.
02:23
In Korea, there is a belief that sleeping with a fan on can cause death, and warnings have been issued about the potential dangers, although the origins of this belief are unclear.
04:50
The belief in fan death is likely an urban legend that originated from finding dead bodies in rooms with fans, but there is no evidence to support the claim that fans can cause death.
07:05
Fans in an enclosed room could potentially dehydrate you to death, which adds some legitimacy to the theory of fan death.
09:19
One theory behind fan death is that if you sleep with a fan on you, it can dehydrate you to death overnight by cooling you off and evaporating sweat faster than normal.
12:00
Cracking a window or keeping doors open while sleeping with a fan on is a common practice in Korea to prevent suffocation or hypothermia, but experts say that fans do not actually cool the air, they only circulate it.
14:21
The fact that fan death is only attributed to Korea suggests that it is just superstition and folklore passed down through generations.
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