- [Narrator] Do you have a
sudden craving for random trivia? Are you in need of some
killer pub quiz questions? Fear not my friends. Coming up are some of
the best random facts the internet has to offer
courtesy of yours truly (upbeat music) The longest human poop ever
recorded was 26 feet long. You might feel an immense sense of pride after passing a monumental
turd, but what I'm about to tell you about the world's
actual longest poop will scare the crap out of you, literally. Back in February, 1995,
an unnamed woman from the city of Ann Arbor in
Michigan decided it was her duty to set such a record
and boy did she commit. To ensure her digestive health
was in tip-top condition nutritionists from the University
of Michigan first placed the woman on a super fiber rich diet. Instead of relying on pure
willpower to hold it all in she was also fitted with his
specialty design butt plug that would prevent any
premature excretions. After a week of painful endurance
the time had finally come. The record breaking poop was the length of the woman's entire colon
at a massive 26 feet long and was passed in one
uninterrupted sitting. The best part, the event took place at the Cranbrook-Kingswood
High School bowling alley in Bloomfield Hills because it was the only surface long
enough to measure it at. They say the smell has
haunted the alley ever since. A manhole is the fastest thing on earth. If I were to ask you what the fastest thing ever
recorded on earth was, what would you say? A cheetah, speeding bullet. The answer is in fact, a manhole. The manhole in question
didn't just grow legs and start sprinting like Usain bolt, it was exploded into space. On July 26, 1957 astrophysicist
Robert Brownlee designed the Pascal A bomb test to
contain nuclear fallout. The bomb was placed at the
bottom of a hollow column, which was three foot wide, 486 feet deep, and sealed with a four
inch thick iron cap. In the ensuing explosion
the cap was blasted off the torn of fire at an unthinkable speed. Brownlee was so impressed that he decided to repeat
the test renamed Pascal B, so he could record the speed
of the cap using a camera that shot at one frame per millisecond. Although the recording remains classified, Brownlee estimated that
the cover was launched at a speed of 125,000 miles per hour, which is about five
times the escape velocity an object needs to leave
earth's atmosphere. Though Brownlee expected the
cap to fall back to earth it never did. Which means that when you're
gazing up at the stars you might be looking at
a floating manhole cover. On October 4th, 1957, the
Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. So the U.S. technically won the space race with their unusual entry, a manhole. Forks were once considered evil. Back in the 11th century
Byzantine-born princess Theodora Anna Doukaina
was wed to Domenico Selvo, the Doge of Venice. This dude was the duke, so such an arrangement hardly
seemed out of the ordinary, until it came to dinner time. Among the few possessions the
princess had brought with her to Italy were some gold forks. Although the ancient Greeks used forks to stop food from wriggling about, the tool hadn't yet got on in Europe. So she was a trendsetter. What's wrong with that? Well, the Italians were pretty
appalled by the whole thing because food was
considered a gift from God and eating with cutlery implied
that God's gift was unfit to be touched by human hands. To make matters even worse
the princess unexpectedly died from the plague soon afterwards. Venice clergyman decided that her use of the two-pronged utensil
was the work of the devil and said she'd been punished accordingly. Word quickly spread through Europe and it took another 500 years
before the Italians accepted that the fork was not evil. In France it wasn't until the 1700s that the fork was adopted
after people realized it was actually kinda
useful for reading peas. A Peppa Pig episode was
banned in Australia. Anyone with young kids
will be well acquainted with the haunting snorts of the animated swine Peppa
Pig and her family. They might be irritating, but they're totally harmless, right? Back in 2012 the Australian government didn't only ban an episode
of the British TV show, they also had it removed from all streaming
services in the country. What could possibly warrant
such extreme measures? Did someone sneaks some adult content into the background of a scene? Did Peppa drop the F-bomb ? Not quiet, the episode titled
Mister Skinny Legs happened to focus on something Australia has an unfortunate abundance of, spiders. The moral of the episode
is Daddy Pig tells Peppa is that there's no need to be afraid. Spiders are very, very small
and they can't hurt you. - There's no need to be be afraid Peppa. (pig snorting) Spiders are very, very small
and they can't hurt you. - [Narrator] That's all
fine and dandy in England, but in a country where many of the eight legged creepy crawlies
could easily kill a child, not so much. Smart move Peppa. The goat's tongue was a popular
form of medieval torture. There are plenty of gruesome
forms of medieval torture, but few are as strange
as the goats tongue, which is surprisingly
exactly what it sounds like. Anyone unfortunate enough to suffer this unique style of torture would have their legs tied to a tree and their feet moistened with salt water. Eyes widening with fear, the
victim would then be greeted by the sight of one very
thirsty tethered goat. The goat would then be released upon the poor unfortunate soul who would have their feet
licked without mercy. It may not sound particularly unpleasant, but as the initial
tickling sensation subsided it would be replaced by
the sheer discomfort of the goat's rough tongue. Eventually the licking
would become unbearable as the soles of the feet
were worn away completely. Who knew goats could be so deadly? Pirates never made treasure maps. Hollywood has taught us
that pirates love nothing more than drawing up a good treasure map to lead them back to their
stash, but that's all lies. Not a single genuine pirate treasure map has ever been found. And there's no evidence to prove that they even made
them in the first place. This isn't to say they
never buried their treasure, which definitely did happen, but maps played no part in it, why? Firstly, map-making isn't
an easy thing to do, especially when it comes
to accurately recording the exact location of buried treasure. Although pirates were expert navigators the art wasn't really perfected until famous cartographer Captain Cook studied charts in the late 1700s. What's more, pirates were hardly the most trustworthy people. So unwittingly leading a
thieving pillaging ship made to your own personal loot was
hardly a risk worth taking. The myths probably
originated from Captain Kidd, a 17th century pirate
whose stash of treasure, which was buried at Gardener's Island was used against him at trial. Thanks to his minor celebrity
status people assume that Kidd must have made
maps to record his bounty and speculation became myth. Chainsaws were invented for childbirth. Plenty of modern day
products were invented for not so modern uses. Just ask John Aitken and James Jeffray, the two Scottish doctors
who dreamed up the chainsaw to help deliver babies. Yes, really the tool or a weapon now so closely associated
with the timber industry and B-grade horror flicks once played a major role in
the miracle of childbirth. You see when babies couldn't
fit through the birth canal or got stuck in the
pelvis parts of the bone and cartilage were removed
to create more space. For lack of better tools before the 1780s this procedure, known as a symphysiotomy, was usually done by hand
using a small knife. As you can probably imagine
this was neither quick, painless, or mess free. Thankfully in 1785 Aitken
and Jeffray invented the first chainsaw, which kind of looked like a
regular knife with rotating jaws to speed up the process. It may have been faster, but it was certainly known less painful because anesthesia wasn't used until 1846. Women who were endured this probably make 21st century childbirth look like a walk in the park. Charles VI thought he was made of glass. Yes, you heard that right. France was once ruled by a man who truly believed he was made of glass, which admittedly makes
him more transparent than most of today's world leaders. Just to be clear, Charles
VI was no ordinary King. He famously suffered
all kinds of delusions, which often caused him
to forget his own name, run wildly through the palace, or refuse to bath for months on end. The extent of his shenanigans caused him to be nicknamed Charles the Mad by the time he reached his mid 20s. So it's safe to say that he probably shouldn't
have been ruling a country. As you might imagine, believing that you were truly made of glass is a rather stressful burden to cope with. Charles reportedly wrapped
himself in blankets, avoided anything that
could cause him to shatter, and even had his clothing
fitted with iron rods to protect his fragile body. And surprisingly Charles did not smash into a million pieces, but he did die from
malaria in 1422 aged 53. The brontosaurus never existed. Growing up the brontosaurus
was probably of the first dinosaurs you learned,
about alongside the T-Rex, velociraptor, and
stegosaurs, but this just in: it never even existed. How did a totally made up
creature get entered into the history books as having
actually walked this earth? Here's how it all went down. Back in 1879, paleontologist
O.C. Marsh dug up the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that was missing its head. Instead of just recording
the sample as it was Marsh thought no head, no problem and went off in search
of the creature's skull, which he found several miles away, except the head and the
body weren't a match at all. The skeleton belonged to a
dinosaur called the apatosaurus, which had already been discovered and named two years earlier by none other than Marsh himself. It was a similar story with the skull, except that one came
from the camarasaurus, which had been discovered
in 1877 by Oramel W. Lucas. Still that didn't stop
Marsh from just sticking the two parts together and
naming it the brontosaurus or thunder lizard instead. A for effort, buddy Until 2001 Disney
employees shared underwear. And I hate to break it to you,
but there are people inside the costumes of Mickey
Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, or a whole host of other beloved
characters at Disney parks. And they all used to share underwear. The reason for this strange
custom according to Disney is that underwear from home would bunch up and ruin the illusion. So employees were provided with specially made company
issued garments instead. When I say underwear what I technically mean is undergarments, which could be worn under the costumes and optionally over regular underwear. These articles were to be handed in and laundered at the end of each day, but things didn't always run so smoothly. Multiple workers started complaining about receiving smelly
or stained underwear and they were at least
three official cases of employees getting
pubic lice or scabies. After much campaigning
Disney eventually agreed to provide each employee with underwear they
could take home in 2001. Why does Mickey Mouse have four fingers? Speaking of Disney, is there
a more pressing question than the reason why Mickey Mouse, the very face of the company,
only has four fingers? Perhaps you've never
considered this to be unusual or maybe you just think it
would be strange for a mouse to have five digits. If that's the case, you'd be half right. Walt Disney himself even
shared the same sentiment, claiming that five fingers would look like a bunch of bananas. Mickey isn't the only one though, just take a look at SpongeBob, The Simpsons, The
Flintstones, the Looney Tunes, or pretty much any other
well-loved cartoon character. Notice the theme? As with most things it all comes down to two precious
commodities, time and money. You see early animation required thousands of hand drawn frames and believe it or not adding one extra digit per frame would require more of the animator's time and therefore more money
from the companies. What's more having four fingers is a happy medium between three, which looks a little alien and
five, which seems also human. Either way, I'll bet you'll
never noticing it now. Ants have graveyards. Humans and animals share many traits, but you'd be surprised to know
that we are almost alone in the practice of bearing
the dead in graveyards, except for ants that is. The difference is that ants don't do this out of respect like we do. In fact, it seems like dying is nothing, but an inconvenience
for these puny insects. When an ant dies its body is left where it fell for at least
two days until it starts to emit an odor known as oleic acid that alerts the colony of its passing. The corpse is then carted off and buried in a designated
area or graveyard. In a scientific experiment researchers dropped oleic
acid onto a live ant and watched as its fellow
ants swiftly came along and carried it off, despite
its best efforts to demonstrate that it was still alive and kicking. This led to a key discovery. As far as an ant is concerned if you smell dead, you are dead. It's a little more
complex than that though. The smell of decay comes
from harmful bacteria and as ants live in
such close knit colonies one dead ant could cause
a total catastrophe if it isn't quickly
removed from the equation. It's a cruel world out there. Were you able to impress
any of your friends with these facts? Let me know in the comments
below and thanks for watching. (upbeat music)
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