25 Dark Secrets of Everyday Objects Revealed

potatoes can do your system a lot of damage they can even kill if you eat enough of them bananas do more than just make people slip these objects are handy yes but they also have a dark backstory that'll surprise you this video will blow your mind about many of the everyday objects you take for granted I was surprised at some of the dark histories these things have we're bringing you some pretty warped origin stories here objects that are in your homes in your Gardens your sheds your cupboards under your sinks everywhere you won't believe the scale of it all I'm Mike with list 25 and this is 25 dark secrets of everyday objects revealed 25 scented products everyone wants to smell nice but at what cost could there be a nasty surprise lurking with even the most fragrant of products I'm sorry to tell you but there is the dark secret behind some of these sweet smelling objects will get under your skin well on it anyway and there's a kicker coming at the end that you certainly won't expect first let's talk about the big issue here the chemicals and things like air fresheners and scent and candles once those chemical smells are floating around you they react with the air and create fahid does that word ring a bell well they use FAL hind in funeral homes to keep those dead bodies looking their best it's not something you want in your lungs felhide plays havoc with your Airways and can burn you internally some also believe it leads to cancer for extra fun it can really irritate you whether the amount is big or small now what about that kicker I mentioned here it comes saving energy when you install things like energy efficient Windows to keep heat in you're also sealing yourself inside with potentially harmful chemicals as reported back in 2016 the factor of indoor pollution could play a key role in these problems could someone please open a window here I'm uh getting a little nauseous although marshmallow marshmallow Fireside is this oh the best scent 24 Cosmetics when we're not trying to make the air around us smell good we're putting Cosmetics on our faces and bodies so we look nice and give off a pleasant odor but what's the dark secret behind cosmetic brands a report from 2015 details how they leave a lasting impression and that's an understatement can you believe molecules from Cosmetics stay on your skin for 3 days or more after you've applied them if that maybe doesn't sound so bad then you're going to want to listen to this scientific studies revealed a possible connection between cosmetic chemicals and bacteria do the things that keep you smelling nice and looking fabulous actually boost the nasty stuff on our epidermis that's not all for added ick an enormous 60% of skincare products not only enter your bloodstream but can do so in under 30 seconds we need to get away from this biological warfare and focus on something happier more innocent what could be more innocent than toys fueling the imaginations of children there surely isn't anything Sinister here right right 23 Barbie Barbie has never been more popular the movie with Margo Robbie has made over a billion dollar at the box office yet is this squeaky clean doll as wholesome as she sounds well not if you look at who or rather what inspired her I'm of course talking about Lily the call girl this popular German character wasn't originally a dolly but a racy tabloid cartoon character created in the 1950s by one Reinhard boy 18 Lily's job was that of a secretary though she also had a reputation for um enjoying the company of men when a plastic version of Lily was produced it wasn't intended as a children's toy what took this x-red character into the big leagues was when Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler spotted the shapely doll whilst on vacation in the Swiss city of lucern Lily then went from maneer to Shell filler and an American icon the Lily doll itself stopped production in 1964 her Legacy lives on in the movie where the big screen Barbie wears the same outfit as her German predecessor 22 lawn darts you may be old enough to remember lawn darts or jarts they had metal points and were throning Gardens all across America kids having fun metal spikes with weights on them you can probably see where this is going and it's pretty dark introduced to the public in the 1950s laart seemed especially popular in the 880s however the roots of the game where you try to pitch a dart to land in the middle of a circle stretch back to 500 BCE the time of ancient Greeks and Romans they weren't playing a game but wielding an ancient weapon known as a plumbata with connections to extreme violence you can see how things unfolded in the 20th century in 1987 7-year-old Michelle snow was accidentally struck in the head by a lawn dart she passed away and the heartbreaking tragedy led to her Father David to campaign against the sale of lawn darts he was successful getting the product banned in the US and Canada if you're not safe out in your garden or yard you're surely in trouble everywhere let's go back inside to focus on the inner reaches of your home I'm talking about drawers cupboards and wardrobes what dangerous history lurks inside these places 21 Listerine as we all know Listerine or in my case Crest Pro Health goes in your mouth and then you swirl it around before spinning out minty fresh breath job done however is that all you can do with Listerine it's been around since the late 19th century and was named after a pioneering surgeon sir Joseph liser we have him to thank for antiseptic which he used a great effect on the operating table believe it or not there was a time when people were being operated on with little regard for germs and infection List's work led to the production of Listerine back in the day this stuff wasn't just used for hosis you could clean your floors with it you could even use it for dandruff and allegedly it tackled diseases such as gonorrhea so I guess instead of swilling it around inside your mouth you you took your you know what on second that I don't want to think about that 20 Lysol Lysol is a product millions of consumers turn to for their disinfecting needs yet like Listerine it was considered suitable for some crazy purposes I'm just going to say one word douche if you don't know what it means well best you look it up after you've watched this video the familyfriendly version is that you have a really good wash before engaging in certain activities and Lysol was deemed to be an essential part of that process this advice led to a lawsuit in the 1930s filed by a female customer applying Lysol to your delicate areas was not the way to promote good Sexual Health this was due to an old ingredient in the product no longer used called cresol cresol compounds are known for their powerful properties such as dissolving other chemicals ouch 19 Hugo Boss you'll be familiar with Hugo Boss through the company's glossy ads and links to celebrities you may even have Hugo Boss items in your wardrobe in which case check you out fashionista uh go back nearly a century however and you'll see some designs that weren't so desirable unless you know you were a Nazi the company enthusiastically produced uniforms for Hitler's loyal soldiers in fact the history of the firm is tied up with the rise of Nazism Brown Shirts rolled off the production line and were joined by outfits bearing the notorious swastika workers were badly treated as demand for the fur's war machine ate up the country's resources while Hugo Boss attempted to distance himself from the Nazis it was established that he backed the Monstrous regime which fell in 1945 18 Onida limited you may not know the name onid limited but you're no doubt familiar with what it makes silverware that said the history of the company isn't so bright and shiny it started out as a religious sect that got up to all kinds of eye openening stuff founded by John Humphrey noes a preacher no less perfectionism was a new spin on being Protestant the community he went on to nurture and its followers encourage practices such as sleeping with each other's wives to further their ideals and prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ yeah good luck with that guys this faith-based endeavor later turned into a spoon manufacturing firm in 1879 funny how things work out isn't it 17 PJs are you up you feeling cozy there in your pjs maybe you just woke up and are having a scroll through YouTube and if that's why you're watching this video then and uh sorry still at least you're going to learn something interesting The Humble pair of pajamas is connected with the bombings of World War I how is that even possible you might be asking well if a zeppelin appeared overhead and rained hell down on your neighborhood you'd need to evacuate your property folks wanted to avoid embarrassment over their appearance even in this situation PJs were born from a desire to look your best ironic because I look a total wreck in PJs although my avatar PJ no I don't I look great you know it's mindblowing how the most ordinary everyday objects can have a super dark history really gives you food for thought you know speaking of which uh there's a few stories I could tell you about food and drink also 16 graham crackers this snack has a surprising Edge that may leave an unpleasant taste in your mouth the graham cracker takes its name from Sylvester Graham an American Minister and Puritan he figured people were too preoccupied with sexual matters and so produced a crunchy alternative his cracker was intended to distract sinners from pleasures of the flesh I don't think it worked although s'mores are amazing Reese's s'mores I'm going to make some normally it's Hershey's I'm going to make Reese's s'mores marshmallow graham crackers and Reese's that's my idea can't have it it's mine 15 lemons when a worldwide influenza pandemic hit America in 1918 there was one cure many frightened people relied upon lemons enterprising and Shameless business people promoted the idea that sucking a lemon could help you beat the disease eventually the influenza killed approximately 50 million an extraordinary figure which exceeded the then recent losses of World War I did lemons help keep those numbers down yeah absolutely not for 14 ramen in the Fallout from World War II Japan saw rise in a particular kind of street food Ramen this noodle broth was originally brought in by 19th century immigrants arriving from China but there was a huge surge in interest from 1945 how come the answer is because a starving public needed it with America occupying Japan and the country devastated by Allied Forces Food Supplies were running dangerously low the people faced a dark future future one that became even darker once gangsters got involved American Imports of wheat were seized by the Yakuza who used it to make ramen which was then sold on the black market this questionable business is thought to have made ramen into a popular Japanese dish 13 potatoes potatoes can do your system a lot of damage they can even kill if you eat enough of them not normal looking potatoes mind you I'm talking about those green ones that have clearly gone bad only it wasn't so clear back then when people would consume them without realizing the dangers containing the toxin solanine they've been known to cause Mass casualties including the lives of several hundred Koreans during a famine in the 1950s 12 cheese cheese can be pretty evil and I'm not talking about the smell why cheese smells amazing it's been noted that this protein Rich product has a long association with magic in witchcraft what guess we're going to learn together hundreds of years ago witches were accused of placing curses on dairy products they plus other suspicious females apparently use cheese to enchant and snare unwary victims this worked both ways with Cheese's potential for wrongdoing available to both men and women it wasn't all bad though cheese could also be fed to people in order to work out if they were a criminal or not what in an unusual move it was also good for curing impotence something else that was put down to a wi is Curse looks like cheese can be both a friend and a foe of your local neighborhood spellcaster oh man what's your favorite cheese let us know in the comments below this is a good New York extra sharp white chitar also let me know if cheese is the greatest thing in the entire world and if you say no you're wrong 11 milk if your bottle jug or if your Canadian bag of milk goes bad sure you can blame a witch or you could look at a more realistic culprit by which I mean regular human beings nearly 200 years ago milk that was unfit for human consumption was distributed to unfortunate households in America with horrific consequences this was no ordinary milk but a polluted so-called beverage known as swill milk the poor animals involved in this process reportedly didn't last long because they ate byproducts from the alcohol industry the milk turned blue and was further tainted with substance is like chalk so it appeared white and things became even more nightmarish the actions of these producers led to the deaths of thousands of children fooled into drinking something build as natural and healthy thankfully the business made from this shameful conduct was brought to a halt that said the distilleries had a help from corrupt politicians up to their utters in the whole sorry situation now I'm going to move on to the stuff you find in your toolkit or garage these objects are handy yes but they also have a dark backstory that'll surprise you 10 chainsaw full disclosure I do not have a chainsaw lying around I'm sure a lot of you do though I hope it's safely locked away in your garage if it isn't you'll definitely want to lock it away after you hear this story what would you say a chainsaw is used for that's an easy one right cutting down trees severing branches in fact it's been used for other things those of a particularly squeam disposition might want to put your fingers in your ears you see the chainsaw we know today actually comes from the medical profession ladies who are expecting might find themselves on the receiving end of a hacking blade yes indeed this was once part of Gynecology hailing from Scotland the Atkins flexible chainsaw was invented by doctors John Atkin and James Jeffrey in the 1780s operated by hand it was used when surgeons need to remove some bone I won't go into any more detail because even the thought of it makes me winse the saw developed from there to run on fuel in 1927 though you'll be relieved to hear that this version was designed for Lumberjacks and not doctors nine superglue this is one of the most convenient objects out there a tube of superglue can stick anything to anything so much so that you need to watch it on your fingers when giving it a squeeze if it's convenient in the toolbox then it's convenient on the battlefield the beginning of superglue lay in Conflict the substance was happened upon during World War II when people were trying to make guns sits not glue from there it was rediscovered by the same individual Dr Harry Wesley couver whilst working on jet production it was eventually released to the public as an adhesive by Eastman Kodak by the 1970s it and other variations became known as superglue the tube was then brought out during the Vietnam war to seal soldiers wounds blood gore and glue Eight fertilizer to the garden shed now and a familiar sight that trusty bag of fertilizer we take it for granted but before fertilizer came along we had a big problem maintaining plant growth no plants no food the stuff works by giving them a much needed dose of an essential chemical nitrogen when plants are harvested the chemical goes with them Farmers address this issue to a certain extent with manure and compost but this didn't give Mother Nature her full hit of nitrogen enter fertilizer developed by chemists Fritz Haber and car Bosch the habber Bosch process pushed plant life like never before utilizing extreme heat and pressure it took nitrogen from the air and channeled it into a mass Market product so far so ingenious if environmentally unfriendly in the case of synthetic fertilizer however there's a dark twist Fritz Haber contributed significantly to the German military during World War I he earned the Grim nickname name of the father of chemical warfare he suggested the use of chlorine gas as a weapon making him a controversial Choice when it came to saving the world through fertilizer now we're into the worst of the worst when it comes to the dark secrets of everyday objects from objects that bring joy and laughter to completely random and weird connections these items will throw more than a few curveballs your way seven barber pole when you see a barber pole you may think of a candy cane there's something something sweet about those rotating red and white stripes the truth however is less palatable travel back to the Middle Ages and you wouldn't see a pole you would see bandages covered in blood historical hair handlers used their sharp blades for surgery I guess you could pop in for a trim and an ingrown toenail removal the red and white bandages created the spiral effect in the breeze and this inspired the design of the very first barber pole Sweeney Todd wasn't as far-fetched as it seemed six parachutes I can't recall the last time I kept a parachute lying around as an everyday object yet this story was so interesting and dark I simply had to include it plus if you're a pilot or whatever then you're bound to have one in a cover somewhere it's a life-saving measure that has its roots in a tale of ancient Intrigue China is the location for a death defying situation involving the emperor shun who lived in the 23rd Century bcee according to Legend the emperor's own father hatched a brutal plan to bump off his own son the idea was reportedly to burn him to death on a roof but Emperor shun escaped this Fate by jumping from a great height and holding up a pair of bamboo hats that built up air resistance and cushioned his fall the popular story is that Leo Da Vinci invented the parachute yet evidence of parachute likee activity exists from Far earlier in history that said the modern parachute as we know it today appears to come from the Renaissance period when D Vinci was around five kites here's something that's going to bring you back down to earth with a thud a kite may seem like a lightweight toy that floats around in the air without causing any harm in actual fact it can be pretty lethal over in Pakistan in 2004 a Kite Festival became the scene of a horror movie when no less than nine people lost their lives how is that even possible well because the string on these particular kites is serrated it's all part of the world of competitive kite flying where these objects can be weaponized to cause damage to rivals tragically this led to fatalities including the shocking case of a young girl whose throat was slit by a stray piece of string other deaths resulted from careless kite Flyers getting struck by cars the metallic string also touched power lines causing more death and destruction four treadmill treadmills are pretty boring pieces of equipment after all when something is sold destroying it's compared to being on a treadmill once you hear about the history of treadmills however you'll change your opinion it started out as a bizarre walking platform for prisoners in the 19th century quite frankly this thing wouldn't look out of place in Squid games inmates would behave like hamsters walking on the spokes of a huge wheel the aim was to generate power for the local Mill and the wheel was also used for pumping water and crushing grain you were expected to work a whole shift turning the wheel covering thousands of feet per day back breaking knee cracking labor certainly puts complaining about going to the gym in perspective or is Homer Simpson would say it the G three the CPR doll CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation which is used to jump start your heart when for whatever reason it stops ticking the doll people have practiced on for this classic life saing procedure seems weirdly lifelike doesn't it that's because it's based on a real person and a tragic figure to boot while the doll was named rasani its actual face belongs to the unknown woman of the sin who died died in 19th century France this poor individual drowned on the iconic River as a teenager no one knew who true identity but her features were forever preserved in a death mask this was then plastered onto a CPR doll not a very flattering move two bananas bananas do more than just make people slip the popular chaita brand was taken to court in 2007 over its dealings with terrorist organizations while working in Colombia during the late 20th and early 21st centuries according to reports a company connected to chaita hired the terrorist for protection purposes leading to 173 people allegedly being murdered over a period of almost 30 years one Magnetic Tape Magnetic Tape changed the face of audio recording though you might feel a bit uneasy at who developed it the Nazis with engineer Fritz fler inventing the tape the famous real toore system followed in the 1930s this recorder dub the magnetophone was used to great effect by Hitler and the recordings attracted the attention of his enemies Jack Mullen who was part of the US Army signal Corp picked up these devices in postwar Germany the fur's top secret Tech then became the property of the world it's unsettling though to think that our enjoyment of music radio and the like was a result of work by the German Reich so are those Secrets dark enough for you or do you feel we could have gone darker let us know in the comments below also don't forget to like share comment subscribe hit that notification Bell and check out our social medias including my personal ones links in the description and if 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Published: Tue Nov 28 2023