- [Narrator] What would you do if you won the lottery tomorrow
and became absurdly rich? Would you have one of your
hands replaced with a chainsaw? Build a room composed
entirely of marshmallows? No? Just me? Well, whatever crazy
idea came into your head, it's likely that some rich guy somewhere has already done something just as crazy. So, from searching for
the secrets of immortality to dumping 100 horses' worth of poop on a giant Christmas tree, here are some of the craziest things the rich have ever done. (soft music) Nut-gate. Flying economy can be rough. Cramped seats and long flights
are a recipe for frustration, but most of us get by without
some kind of major meltdown. For the obscenely rich, however, even first-class treatment can be enough to warrant a temper tantrum. In 2014, the vice president
of Korean Air, Heather Cho, was taking a flight back to
South Korea from New York. As a first-class passenger, she was given some
complementary macadamia nuts before the plane took off. Sounds lovely, right?
Well, Cho didn't think so. See, these nuts were provided to her in their original packaging, but she'd expected to be
served them on a plate. Shock horror. Furious, she commanded the cabin
crew chief, Park Chang-jin, to beg for forgiveness on his knees. Not content with just demeaning him, she proceeded to repeatedly strike his knuckles with a tablet before firing the poor guy on the spot and kicking him off the plane. Man, what a piece of work. The kicker? The nuts were actually properly served in accordance with Korean Air protocol. She was just being a diva. Despite her attempts
to cover up the fiasco, the so-called nut rage
incident eventually went public and Cho was rightly
lambasted for her behavior. Park was reinstated and awarded $18,000 and Cho served five months in prison for violating aviation safety,
coercion, and abuse of power. Aww, nuts. A Saudi Celebration. Everybody knows that the Saudi
elite are very, very rich and they love to show it. So, when Saudi prince Fahd Al-Saud finished his degree in 2013, he wanted to go big to celebrate. Instead of holding a traditional party, he decided to drop over $16 million to book entire sections
of Euro Disney in Paris for himself and 60 guests. Whoa. I didn't even
know that was possible. But money talks. Tailor-made events were set up
for the prince and his group, and apparently rare Disney characters made appearances for him. I don't know what classifies
as a rare Disney character, but hell, for $16 million I bet you could use Pluto as a footstool. That said, Fahd did
allow the general public to enter and meet some
of these characters too, so fair play to him on that front. Astonishingly, that's
pretty much all we know about the colossal shindig. Turns out that staff at the park were under strict orders not
to speak about the prince, so your guess is as good as mine on what confidential Disney
secrets he was privy too. Maybe they even thawed big Walt out for a go on Thunder Mountain? Clive Palmer's Jurassic Park. Picture an eccentric, gray-haired old man obsessed with the idea
of creating a theme park populated by dinosaurs. Now, get rid of that image of
Jurassic Park's John Hammond. I'm talking about real-life Australian billionaire Clive Palmer. Our boy is an absolute oddball, responsible for pumping
hundreds of millions of dollars into an as-yet-unfinished second Titanic before he had a go at a
prehistoric wonderland as well. Yep, ol' Clive set up a sprawling park filled with 160 animatronic
dinos named Palmersaurus. Overinflated ego aside, it sounds like that
would've made a fun day out if it hadn't sucked. Yep, far from the sprawling
dino-polis that was promised, the park was tiny, overpriced,
and shoddily built. The animatronics moved as
sluggishly as, well, slugs, and the place was severely understaffed. Before long, people stopped
visiting and it was left to rot. But Clive had a plan. He contacted the scientists responsible for the first
successful cloning of a mammal, Dolly the sheep, and began discussing the idea of resurrecting real-life dinosaurs. I'm dead serious. Not like we've had several movies explaining why that's a terrible idea. Besides, he couldn't even take
care of the animatronic ones. Lo and behold, these grand plans for
Palmersaurus seem extinct for now, but Clive is apparently
planning a $100 million revamp of the attraction regardless. Hmm, I'm sorry, but
just like Jurassic Park, I can only see this ending in disaster. You know what won't
end in disaster though? Hitting those Like and
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Colombian crime kingpin. He's not around anymore, but back when he was, he
made a name for himself as the wealthiest criminal in history. Just how rich is that though? Well, while on the run from
the law in the early 90s, he casually offered to pay off all $10 billion of
Colombia's national debt in exchange for his freedom. He was that rich. Guess you could say he
had money to burn, right? Well, you'd be surprised. See, Escobar brought his family with him while he was on the run on what must've been
the worst vacation ever. As they bounced between safe houses, their living conditions
were sometimes dire. In fact, one night it was so cold that his daughter became hypothermic. Escobar's solution? He burnt $2 million in
cash to warm everybody up. Jeez. That's absolutely outrageous. If I had that much
money to literally burn, I'd be sleeping soundly if
I was on the run or not. The Immortality Initiative. It's fair to say that one of the only things
money can't buy is time. After all, nobody's immortal. But ultra-wealthy Russian
billionaire Dmitry Itskov is looking to change that. No, seriously. In 2011, Itskov set up something he calls the 2045 Initiative, a non-profit organization
that aims to make eternal life a genuine possibility. How? By downloading human consciousness into robot bodies of course. Yep, it might sound like something out of a cheesy sci-fi
movie, but it's totally true. The plan is to transfer the human mind into an artificial brain connected to an android
or holographic body. That way, we won't be subject to aging and could theoretically live for as long as the artificial body allows. He's absolutely convinced that
this'll be a reality by 2045. He might be, but it sounds
absolutely bonkers to me. I mean, how do you go about downloading a human consciousness? Indeed, there's massive debate among the scientific community as to whether something like
that could ever be possible. Most scientists are
firmly against the idea, though eccentric billionaire Elon Musk reckons it'll happen
sooner rather than later. Do I trust his words over the majority of the
scientific community? Probably not. But if you're watching
this video in the 2040s from your epic robot body, then we can safely say it worked out. Hmm. Would you even want to
live forever in a tin can suit? Let me know your thoughts
in the comments below. Kooky Caligula. Throughout history there have been a lot of crazy-rich rulers that
were also just plain crazy. Chief among them was arguably
the Roman Emperor Caligula, who reigned from 37 to 41AD. This guy was a real piece of work. For a start, he legally changed
his name to the god Jupiter and even dressed like him in
an attempt to gain respect. It didn't work. His ego also led him to pass a law banning people from standing over him just so they couldn't catch
a glimpse of his bald spot. Talk about insecurities. Oh, and he tried to enter
a romantic relationship with the moon. Yes, the big one in the sky. This also didn't work. Side-by-side with his insanity was his obsession with wealth. As well as bathing in gold coins, the emperor was also known to dissolve precious pearls in vinegar and drink them as a display of his riches. Yuck. But despite all this madness, the thing he became most well-known for was his treatment of his
racehorse, Incitatus. Caligula loved him. Ol' Incitatus was given a stable that was more like a palace, complete with servants that fed him oats cut with flakes of gold. And whenever the pampered horse was due to participate in a race, the entire neighborhood was commanded to remain silent
for the whole day before so he could concentrate. Utter insanity. It couldn't get weirder
than that though, right? Well, according to legend, Caligula went so far as to
have his horse appointed a consul of the Roman state, essentially making him one of the big wigs in charge of things. In truth, Caligula was offed
before this could happen, but the emperor had wanted it to. Hmm. A horse for a politician. I suppose it might've done a better job than what we've currently got. Illuminati Party. We've all heard rumors of secret shindigs held
by the rich and powerful. Elusive organizations like the
Illuminati and the Freemasons are rumored to hold
confidential get togethers to influence our entire society. Spooky. But back in 1972, baroness
Marie-Hélène de Rothschild of the prominent French banking family held an exclusive party
so wild, so lavish, so downright insane it put
the Freemasons to shame. The Rothschild Surrealist Ball was a bizarre display of extravagance that was like one of those
mythical illuminati gatherings brought to life. With a seemingly endless budget,
countless celebrity guests, and an array of unsettling
décor and costumes, it had it all. And when I say unsettling, I mean it. Satanic imagery and occult decorations adorned the expensive
chateau the ball was held in. As for dinner? That was served
on a creepy old mannequin. And if guests weren't
traumatized enough by that, the dining tables themselves were decorated with decaying baby dolls, taxidermised turtles and furry plates. Gross. I don't think I'd be able to enjoy my meal with that kind of décor. What's wrong with Burger King? Hmm, were they making a
tongue in cheek reference to the secret societies that
supposedly had these parties or actually reveling in the reality? I'm not sure, but what do you think? Let me know in the comments. The Palace in the Sky. If I could avoid flying
commercial, I would. The whole experience can
be totally soul-destroying and that's without any
nut-related incidents. Point is, flying should be fun. The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, agrees with me it seems. His private plane is so decked out that he could live in the thing. Known as The Floating Palace, the jet has all the amenities
that the sultan might need. A master bedroom with en suite
bathrooms, a conference room, a formal dining room, you name it. But that all sounds way
too practical to me. Luckily, Bolkiah isn't
just about practicality. The décor is absolutely covered
in solid and plated gold right down to the toilet bowl. That's right. Everybody poops, only
some of us do it in style. But how much did all this cost? Well, the base Boeing jet and all the crazy extras like golden bogs would've cost the Brunei
official up to $520 million. Oh man. That's a whole lotta dough. Then again, this is the same guy that once dropped over
$24,000 on a haircut. Pfft, when you've got a
beautiful shiny dome like me, you don't need a haircut. I've had enough of this dude, I'm getting outta here on
my brand new Amaze-o-copter. A Lobster A Day. The luxurious, intercontinental train of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a seriously impressive ride. But it once belonged to
his father, Kim Jong Il. He was petrified of flying so he'd take the mega train everywhere. In his time, the spacious carriages were filled with comfy
furniture, bedrooms, bathrooms, and a heck of a lot of bodyguards. And if Kim or his guests got peckish, they could order food or drink sourced from a huge
selection of countries. Though, Kim had one order
he was particularly fond of. If you thought the train itself
was crazy, listen to this. Apparently, the old North Korean leader was so keen on fresh lobster that he had it airlifted
to the train by chopper every single day, no matter
where he was in the world. Jeez. We can only guess the amount
of money and effort required to pull off such a ridiculous task, but one thing's for sure, Deliveroo wouldn't have stood a chance. To this day, the train is still used
by his son, Kim Jong Un, and it's more than just fancy. The carriages are bulletproof to disappoint any potential assassins, staffed by an army of female attendants, and flanked by additional security trains filled with guards. So it's not just a
luxurious way to travel, it's also a mobile fortress. Metal. The Life and Times of Nicolas Cage. Ah, Nick Cage, probably the
most insane actor of our time. But as it happens, the madness extends far beyond
his on-screen performances. This man's entire life is absurd. He's been stalked by a mime, awoken to a naked guy in his bedroom wearing his jacket and
eating a Fudgesicle, and owns a crow that
apparently cusses him out. All wacky stuff, but it gets even weirder. The eccentric movie actor
once set out on a quest to find the holy grail, yeah, the legendary artifact that has eluded experts
for hundreds of years. Unsurprisingly, he failed to recover it. "National Treasure"
was just a movie, Nick. You can't go around
raiding priceless artifacts from ancient tombs in real life. This fact clearly irks Nick, so he's doing his part to ensure there are more tombs to
raid for future generations. And by that I mean his own. Yep, Cage purchased his own
pyramid tomb for $61,000 in preparation for the tragic day we lose this god among men. No word on whether he's chosen
to booby trap it just yet, but he definitely seems
the type to haunt it. I mean, back in 2007 he dropped
an eye-watering $3.4 million on a New Orleans mansion purported to be one of the most haunted properties in America. Built in the 1800s by a sadistic criminal
called Madame LaLaurie, it's safe to say all kinds of unspeakable horrors happened inside. So why did Cage buy it? Well, he wanted to write the next great American horror novel and figured it'd be the
perfect place to work. Only, after dropping all that moolah, he quickly gave up on writing
the book, went bankrupt, and was forced to sell the place. Ah, only Cage. Burt Reynold's Revenge. Burt Reynolds was a popular American actor and 1970s celebrity icon known for his extensive filmography, something that landed him
millions of dollars in wealth. But I'd argue there's
something far crazier he should be known for. Let me set the scene. Burty boy was fed up with
the National Enquirer, a newspaper that he said had been writing crap about him for years. So he set out to get some
well-deserved payback in the most devilishly fitting way. See, Reynolds owned a ranch, a helicopter, and no less than one hundred horses, and all those horses produced
a helluva lot of poop. One night in December 2013, he had his helicopter pilot collect a huge amount
of said poop into a net, then take off for the paper's HQ. Can you see where this is going? The pilot reached his destination and positioned the chopper
above a colossal Christmas tree outside the office building, one that they were super
proud of showing off. Then, boom, he let the
sticky payload loose. With a sickening ka-splat, the entire tree was utterly
coated in stinking manure and the chopper flew off into the night. Amazingly, nobody had any idea
who was behind the attack. That is until 2015, when Burt came clean and admitted how much
better it had made him feel. It's unclear if he faced charges for giving the Enquirer
some of its crap back, but I doubt he cared much either way. CG-Eye. There was a time in the early
2000s when Wesley Snipes was one of the most in-demand
actors in Hollywood. He helped to usher in
the superhero movie craze with his starring turn
in the "Blade" movies, but the fame and fortune would
end up going to his head. While shooting 2004's "Blade: Trinity", Snipes went full diva, and you never go full diva. He refused to come on set for
anything but his own close-ups and stayed in his trailer
smoking most of the day. Because of this behavior, he didn't exactly get along
with director David S. Goyer. In fact, he refused to talk to
him outside of Post-it notes and would demand to be
referred to only as Blade. Wow, talk about a man-child. In one fateful scene, Snipes
refused to open his eyes when Goyer directed him to, forcing the special effects
team to edit them open in post. I can't stress enough
how stupid this looks. And it went from ridiculous
to downright dangerous when Snipes allegedly
attempted to strangle Goyer. Yikes, that's a bad look. Suffice to say, Snipes
largely disappeared from film after word of his shenanigans got out. Turns out nobody wants
to work with an actor that won't even open his
eyes without a week's notice. Rich Recluse. Howard Hughes was an American
businessman, film producer, and philanthropist born in 1905. With a net worth equating to a mind-blowing $11
billion in today's money, he was comfortably one of
the richest men of his time. In his heyday, the guy
was a dapper playboy that women wanted and men wanted to be. Only, money can't buy you sanity, and the older Hughes got,
the less stable he became. He was a hypochondriac, and gradually grew into a germophobe too. It got so bad that he
started wearing Kleenex boxes on his feet to protect himself. As these bizarre behaviors
got more intense, he became increasingly reclusive, choosing to spend days
on end entirely alone. On top of this, he developed a bad case of
obsessive-compulsive disorder. And rather than a varied diet, Hughes ate the exact same
thing for dinner every night, a medium-rare steak with salad and peas. And he'd only ever eat the
very smallest of those peas, the others got pushed to the side. At one point, Hughes holed
himself up in a movie studio for four whole months. While there he sat in darkness,
alone and totally naked, watching movies on loop. He refused to eat anything
but chocolate and chicken, drank only milk, and surrounded himself with
stacks of Kleenex boxes that he repeatedly and
incessantly rearranged. Right. Allegedly, he wouldn't
even take bathroom breaks, instead opting to pee in bottles. Gross. What the heck did he do if
he needed to go number two? By the time the strange
vacation came to an end, Hughes was a shabby
shadow of his former self and all of his own volition. It's sad really. The man himself best summed it all up in his now infamous quote, "I'm not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire." Well said, Howie, well said. Basinger's Big Buy. Some celebrities splurge
on fleets of ships, others on businesses
they're ill-equipped to run, and others still on their
terrible passion projects. Looking at you, "Battlefield Earth". Kim Basinger, however,
of 80s Hollywood fame, thought all of that was too predictable, so she bought an entire town. That's right, back in 1989, Basinger purchased the
town of Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. That's $49 million today. Or, rather, she bought most of the land the town was built on. It might seem like a
ridiculous waste of money, but she had big plans for the place. The actress intended for Braselton to become a major tourist attraction, with various production
and recording studios and even its own film festival. Given that you've never heard of any such tourist spot in Georgia, you've probably already surmised that things didn't quite
work out for Kim's town. In 1993, she backed out of a movie she'd been verbally contracted to and wound up paying a
$3.8 million settlement to Main Line Studios,
leading her to bankruptcy. Because of this, she sold the town but only got a measly $1 million for it. Nowadays I'd be willing
to bet its residents have absolutely no memory of the debacle, and consequently, the rest of the world has no memory of Braselton. A Birthday with a Bang. At my last birthday,
my uncle Fernando and I played duck, duck goose for two hours. At professional boxer Floyd Mayweather's 43rd birthday in 2020, he had exotic dancers on tiny airplanes and a suit that probably
cost more than my house. Yep, when the wealthy do birthdays, they don't bother with pin
the tail on the donkey. After earning an incredible $275 million from his previous fight, Mayweather decided to splash
out on a colossal shindig attended by all his celebrity pals. The boxer booked an
entire Hollywood nightclub and even rained piles of
cash down on his guests throughout the party. Only, the money was fake and featured Mayweather's face on it. Crikey. Just in case anyone in attendance forgot whose party it was, I suppose. Given how extravagant
the whole affair was, and the sportsman's massive ego, I wouldn't be surprised
if Mayweather himself fired the custom cash out of a cannon. Maybe next year mom will let
me hold my party at McDonald's. The Catwoman. I'm gonna give you guys
some free life advice: don't bother with plastic surgery. You're all beautiful already. Besides, you run the risk of looking like Jocelyn Wildenstein. Oh, wait, hang on.
That's the before photo. Ah. Here we go, this is her now. Yeah, just gonna let that one hang. Wildenstein is a Swiss socialite who married a billionaire
arts dealer in 1978 and subsequently became obsessed with updating her appearance. After a messy divorce in 1999, she was awarded a whopping
$2.5 billion settlement, with an additional $100 million
every year on one condition: she wasn't allowed to use any
of the payout on her face. Now, I don't know whether
she used that payout dough or her family's cash, but she certainly didn't
stop having surgery. In 2017, she said she might
continue going under the knife well into her 90s, and reckoned she'd spent about
$6.5 million on it already. Man. You can probably see why she gained the nickname the cat woman. The super excessive surgery has left her with an
almost feline appearance. If you ask me though, the
result is a little less cat and a lot more catastrophe. Pampered Pooches. Where does your dog sleep?
At the foot of your bed? The corner of the kitchen? Out back in a cute little doghouse? All perfectly normal places. But if you're New York
socialite Paris Hilton, you'd never accept such squalid conditions for your furry friends. In 2009, she dropped a
mind-blowing $325,000 on a miniature two-story
mansion for her pet dogs. That's already mad, but keep in mind, back in 2009, the average US house price was only about $185,000. So Hilton's doggy domain wasn't far off twice the price of a
full, human-sized house. Jeez. The mansion itself spans 300 square feet, is fully air conditioned, and even houses expensive
Philippe Starck furniture. That's a big deal. These doggos have a fancier pad than me and I'm willing to bet they don't have to pay any rent either. In fact, they probably eat
better than me too. Damn. Ice Ice Baby. The United Arab Emirates has had a real drought problem of late. It's a hot place, and water
is becoming harder to come by, leaving some to devise creative
solutions to the problem. An Emirati businessman
named Abdulla Alshehi announced in 2017 that he has a plan: he's going to have an entire iceberg transported from Antarctica
to the Arabian Gulf. Okay. In fairness, the logic behind
the plan is somewhat sound. Your average iceberg contains up to 20 billion gallons of freshwater that'd go a long way to
solving the water shortage. And it is theoretically plausible that a group of ships
could tether an iceberg and drag it across the ocean. Whether or not it'll
actually work, however, is another matter. For one, the vast 5,700-mile
journey would take a year, and around 30% of the iceberg's mass would melt along the way. And what did make it back would still need to be maintained properly while it's harvested for water. That would need one huge, super high-tech cooling
system to pull off, never mind the immense cost
of attempting such a feat. There's been no word on the project since it was initially announced, so we'll just have to wait and see if the wild idea holds water. And with that impeccable pun, I've had my fill of these rich crazies. Which did you think
was the looniest story? Are there any other rich
nutjobs you want to see covered? Let me know down in the comments below and I'll see you in the next video.
