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Hi, I'm Adam Conover, and this is Adam Ruins Everything. According to popular myth, 6 million jews were killed in the holocaust. But is that even scientifically possible? Let's find out. There are only two (!) confirmed concentration camps that used ovens to kill jews, the supposed main method of corpse disposal. But even just approaching this mathematically, 6 million is simply impossible. We will generously assume you can fit 5 jews in an oven and cook them for an hour. If you do this 24/7 without breaks for cleaning or repair, and operate them from the proposal of the final solution in 1942 to the liberation of the camps in 1945, you end up with a number that does not come even close to 6 million. Is it secret nazi technology we haven't rediscovered yet? Or have they somehow found a way to bury 6 million corpses without anyone noticing a thing to this day? I will let you figure out this one, folks. Anyways, that's it and see you in the next episode of Adam Ruins Everything!