20 Amazing Facts It’s Hard to Believe Are True

[Music] hey get yourself ready for 20 unexplained facts about the world it's hard to believe are true well it's impossible for anyone to know absolutely everything except maybe my brother-in-law the development of the Internet has definitely brought some interesting facts to light in this video you'll find a collection of fascinating tidbits that will surely manage to blow your mind number 20 dolphins get high on pufferfish dolphins and humans have more in common than you'd think the creators of a documentary called dolphins spy in the pod notice something weird during filming they saw young dolphins carefully chewing on puffer fish and passing it to each other these fish release a nerve toxin that can actually be deadly but in small amounts it has a narcotic effect and dolphins have learned to take advantage of this talk about puff puff pass number 19 the internet speed at NASA is 91 gigabits per second this means that you'd be able to download all the episodes of all your favorite series in a split second don't get too excited though because you'll only find this super duper high-speed internet on a private network shared by scientific institutions in the u.s. number 18 Japan changed its flag in 1999 Japan has one of the most easily recognizable flags out there a white rectangle with a red circle on it known as the Hinomaru or circle of the sun this symbol has a long and rich history but perhaps you didn't notice that in 1999 Japan decided to shift the circle on the flag ever so slightly towards the center no it slipped by you well now you know number 17 JK Rowling's generosity got her kicked off Forbes list of billionaires the first female billionaire novelist who brought us the magical world of Harry Potter is living proof that money can't spoil good people Rowling's huge income has landed her on all kinds of lists of the world's richest people except in 2012 that is she didn't make it on Forbes list of billionaires that year because she donated about a hundred and sixty million to different charity organizations 16 in East Asia personal stamps are used like signatures if you're in China Japan or Korea and you need to sign an official document don't worry if you can't find a pen because you won't need it in these countries people use a special rubber stamp designating their name some do write their signature but these personal seals remain the main tool to verify the identity of an individual an official business or a government body the handles of these stamps are ornately carved and often depict mysterious beasts number 15 being struck by lightning leaves a person temporarily tattooed not many people survive being struck by lightning but those lucky few who come out alive also come out with strange patterns on their skin known as Lichtenberg figures or lightning flowers these tattoos occur on any surface or material damaged by high voltage unfortunately there's no scientific explanation as to why these patterns occur on lightning strike victims number 14 a fetus can use its own stem cells to heal its mother's heart in an incredible act of self-preservation scientists have found that a fetus will promote its own survival by protecting its mother's heart this phenomenon could explain why half the women who develop heart weakness during or just after pregnancy recover spontaneously 13 the Philippines is home to Island ception in other words if you want to see an island within a lake on an island within a lake on an island book a trip to the Philippines alright first off you've got the Philippines Luzon island within that there's Lake Taal there you'll find volcano island that in turn is home to main crater lake keep diving deeper to find Vulcan Point Island within that Lake who did you catch all that 12 Steve Jobs made the impossible possible a former Apple employee shared a story that shows just how much of a genius Steve Jobs really was when engineers working on their very first ipod finished the prototype they presented their work to the boss mr. Jobs examine the device for a bit but ultimately rejected it saying it was too big the engineers claimed it was impossible to make it any smaller so job stood up walked over to a fish tank and dropped the iPod in the water as the device sank to the bottom jobs pointed to the tank and exclaimed to his team those are air bubbles that means their space in there make it smaller number 11 life would be very different for humans if we had eagle vision imagine how awesome it would be to be able to notice an ant on the ground from the roof of a 10-story building to make out the expression on basketball players faces from the worst seats in the arena and to have a three hundred forty degree visual field versus the puny 180-degree one we humans have now life with eagle vision sounds great and all but how would you like to have your eyes on the sides of your head number 10 the record for the longest uninterrupted stay in space is over a year Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the record for the longest single stay in space in human history in just one trip he spent four hundred thirty seven days and eighteen hours aboard the MIR space station from January 8th 1994 to March 22nd 1995 number 9 there are no McDonald's restaurants in Iceland Iceland got its first McDonald's in 1993 but the fast-food chain didn't do so well there so the last one closed its doors in 2009 what's really interesting is that the person who bought the last McDonald's hamburger ever sold in Iceland didn't eat a souvenir he kept the burger along with the fries that came with it in a plastic bag for three years during this time the hamburger didn't change at all it didn't mold or decompose or anything scary number eight one guy went from fit to overweight to fit again in just a year American fitness coach drew Manning decided to conduct an experiment so he could better understand people who struggle to lose weight and perhaps help them with this battle he quit exercising and started eating junk food and drinking soda in six months he gained 66 pounds yet when he went back to his previous diet and exercise regimen he lost all this extra weight within another six months well so much for my endless excuses number seven Australia's first police force was formed from convicts for a long time the British government exiled criminals to its Australian colony but as you can imagine crime rates started growing there and something needed to be done about it so when the first police force was formed in Australia in 1788 it consisted entirely of the most well behaved convicts living there this force was also called the Night Watch mmm sounds familiar [Music] number six Germany counts its trees if you visit Germany you might notice that all the trees in the parks are numbered that's because specialists there count trees and collect data on their age condition and so on they're also very careful about providing the trees with proper care so that they don't fall down way to set an example Germany number five the loneliest creature on earth is a whale the most lonesome creature on the planet is a whale that lives in the North Pacific Ocean it's been calling for a mate for 20 years unfortunately the frequency of its call is unusually high-pitched so none of the other whales in the area will answer it boy it's a really long time to be single number four earthquakes make our days shorter extremely powerful earthquakes shorten the day on our planet oh and these changes are permanent major tremors actually shift the planets spin on its axis for example the earthquake that happened in Japan in 2011 robbed us of 1.8 microseconds of the day as for the Sumatra earthquake in 2004 it cost us about 7 microseconds number 3 the longest concert ever will last 639 years this record-breaking musical performance is happening right now in st. Roch Rd church in Halberstadt Germany it started in September 5th 2001 and is planned to end in 2640 the piece being played is American composer John Cage's work called as slow as possible and yes it's pretty slow the last change of a note was in 2013 and the next is set for 2020 Wow are the musicians Union what a gig number two there is such a thing as laughter epidemics well at least one epidemic of uncontrollable laughter broke out in 1962 in Tanzania it affected several thousands of people in different villages and one school even had to be closed this strange condition also included symptoms like pain fainting rashes and crying and number one people have died from dancing in 1518 Strasbourg was affected by a bout of inexplicable dancing it lasted for one month and was dubbed dance fever aha there was no clear reason why people were dancing non-stop but some actually died from exhaustion well what fact did you find the most surprising tell us in the comments below if this video was fun for you then give us a like and remember to subscribe to our channel to stay with us on the bright side of life [Music]

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Length: 11min 50sec (710 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 21 2018