Hello my curious! Be all welcome to a new video.
Now I have prepared a list for you with several interesting curiosities
that will blow your head off.
From the strangest tree you may never have seen,
to the most expensive bottle of water in the world.
This sounds interesting, right?
Just before I start with the topic I have a question for you,
in my previous video, the one about the 10 valuable objects that are still missing,
I told you about some valuable eggs that nobody finds
and they are worth $40,000,000 USD.
Do you happen to remember the name of those eggs?
If you saw that video, this will be super easy for you.
And if you haven't seen it... Well, you're screwed.
Anyway, here I am going to leave these four options on your screen,
choose the one you think is right
and write it down here in the comments right now,
at the end of the video I'm going to tell you the name of those eggs
and we're going to see if you got your answer right, okay?
All right, make yourself comfortable
and enjoy it, my friend.
I'm Curious Ben, and… How curious are you?
Have you ever heard of the Frankenstein tree?
It is a tree that produces up to 40 different types of fruit,
from plums, peaches or almonds, to name a few.
It flowers and produces fruits at different times of the year,
depending on the time of the fruit.
The idea came from this sculptor named Sam Van Aken,
he has created another 20 of these trees,
most of them are planted in community gardens,
museums or private collections.
In this photograph you can see one of the tallest players in the entire history of the NBA
taking a bath, his name was Manute Bol
and played for major NBA teams
during the 80s and 90s.
Manute Bol measured 2 meters and 31 centimeters,
and weighed about 202 pounds.
He was extremely tall,
but also extremely thin for his size.
On the list of the tallest players in the NBA
Manute has only been surpassed by the Romanian Gheorghe Muresan
with a difference of just millimeters.
Have you ever seen a Tibetan fox?
Its face looks like it's suspicious of someone.
These animals are endemic to Nepal, China and India,
so it is very likely that you have never seen it before in your life.
These two men were supposedly abducted by an alien spacecraft.
In 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were abducted by an alien spacecraft
while fishing near Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The case was investigated by the authorities
and it was concluded that these two men were not lying,
that they had really been abducted by aliens.
His story is full of many curious details,
so if you want to know more about his case, search for 'Pascagoula Abduction' in Google.
Did you know that female octopuses die after having their young?
And it's not pretty at all, it's actually quite scary.
They do not eat for several weeks, beat their bodies against rocks,
whole limbs are ripped off until completely mutilated.
When the eggs finally hatch, they are already dead.
For a mother octopus, having those eggs means dying mutilated.
This is a hyper realistic Homer Simpson mask,
Homer would probably look like this in real life.
After working for so many years in a nuclear plant
and because of the bad habits he had...
I have no doubt that this would be the look of him.
It is made of silicone and is life size, only one was made,
but I think they could have made a lot of money on these skins.
This is the lake with the clearest water in the world, its name is 'Blue Lake',
it is located in the 'Nelson Lakes' National Park, in New Zealand.
The water is so clear that you can see absolutely everything under the surface.
the tribes of the area consider it a sacred place,
so they don't let absolutely anyone take a dip.
- I'm hungry! - Benny, get out of there, it's a sacred lake.
This piece of land is the third smallest country in the world,
its name is Nauru, second only to Monaco and the Vatican
as smaller countries.
About 12,000 people live here,
they speak the Nauruan language and English.
They have poor communication with the outside world,
the internet doesn't work very well,
there are few hotels for tourists,
so it's not a paradise island
and most of its inhabitants have low economic resources.
Thousands of people claim to have dreamed of this man, have you seen him before?
He appears in the dreams of people around the world offering friendship and comfort.
In January 2006 the patient of a famous psychiatrist drew the face of this man
because he appeared in his dreams on a recurring basis,
over time it was discovered that other people had also seen it in their dreams
and he offered them advice about his personal life.
To date, it has not been possible to identify this mysterious man,
not even because so many people have seen him in their sleep.
In the year 2012 this boy found a thing that looked like a rock on a beach in Great Britain,
it had a curious shape, a very intense smell and a texture similar to wax.
It turns out that the boy had found 'ambergris',
he was paid $65,000 USD for finding it.
'Ambergris' is basically whale vomit,
a highly prized substance used in the perfume industry.
If one day you go to the beach
and find something that looks like a rock, and smells like poop,
maybe you should send it to a lab.
Did you know that a tablespoon of honey is equivalent
to the work of 12 bees throughout their lives?
A single bee sip about 7,000 flowers a day,
4,000,000 sips are necessary to produce just one kilogram of honey.
Making calculations, to produce a single tablespoon of honey
it takes a lifetime's work of at least 12 bees.
In a primary school located in India
students can pay their tuition fees with plastic waste.
Akshar Primary is one of the few schools in the world
where students can pay for their classes by carrying garbage.
The only requirement they ask for
is that each child brings at least 25 recyclable items per week,
such as plastic bottles, containers or wraps.
The measure began to be implemented in 2017,
and not only has it helped to raise awareness about the use of plastic in the town,
but all the children of the nearby localities have been able to attend classes,
something that until a while ago was considered a luxury that could not be afforded.
'Baboons' steal cubs from lionesses
and take care of them as if they were their own children for a while, did you know that?
This strange behavior has been recorded on video in a park in South Africa,
the 'baboons' kidnap the lioness cubs when she is distracted,
and for a time they feed and protect them as if they were their own children.
It is believed that after a few months the 'baboons' eat these little lions,
although this has not been verified.
Did you know that the sixth president in the history of the United States
authorized a trip to the center of the Earth
to generate commercial deals with the 'mole' people?
It turns out that the president was a big believer in the 'Hollow Earth' theory,
this theory claims that the Earth is hollow
and that it is inhabited by all kinds of strange creatures in there,
like goblins or 'mole' people,
so the president authorized a trip to visit them.
This is the most expensive bottle of water in the world,
its name is 'Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani' and it is worth $60,000 USD.
Surely you wonder: Why is it so expensive? What's so special about it?
It is because its content comes from the cleanest waters in the world,
has been extracted from three different points on our planet,
Fiji water springs, French water springs and Icelandic glaciers,
it is the purest water you can imagine.
The liquid has been mixed with 5 grams of drinkable gold as well.
The bottle design is covered in solid 24 karat gold...
- What stupidity! - Benny, I'm not going to lend you $60,000 USD.
This is one of the strangest fish in the depths of the ocean,
it is the 'Devils scorpionfish',
they usually live in coastal areas and on reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Thanks to their appearance they blend perfectly with the environment,
hardly anyone notices their presence until they start moving.
They have poisonous spines around their body
that they use when they feel in danger.
Although its poison is not deadly to humans
can cause mild muscle paralysis in the affected area
and even loss of consciousness.
So, if one day you see a rock with fins, you better not touch it.
Did you know that panda keepers earn close to $33,000 USD a year?
The job is to feed the panda,
clean up their poop and make sure nothing is missing.
Pandas can spend up to 12 hours a day eating,
so the job of feeding them and cleaning their droppings
is not as easy as it might seem.
The good thing is that they are quite calm and playful animals,
the job can be quite demanding.
Some caregivers spend 365 days a year in these centers
without having a single day of vacation.
The 'alligator turtle' is one of the animals with the highest bite force in the world,
with the great power they have
are capable of ripping off your finger with an ease never seen before.
Fortunately, like the vast majority of animals,
these turtles don't attack if you don't disturb them.
In 2006 that man's channel was the channel with the most YouTube subscribers,
in his videos he talked about curious things that had happened to him in life,
like when he was a mechanic during the second world war and other similar anecdotes.
Unfortunately the man lost his life in 2014
and his channel was abandoned forever.
If you want to see his videos, you can search for him under the name 'geriatric1927'.
More than 100 million years ago
our planet was inhabited by the most feared crocodile of all time,
its scientific name is 'Sarcosuchus imperator',
a beast that was 12 meters long and weighed about 10 tons,
it was twice the size of today's large crocodiles.
Do you know what this monster fed on?
Dinosaurs.
It used to hide in rivers and when a dinosaur approached the area
it would attack it by surprise until it devoured it completely.
This woman discovered that a ring she had bought for only $13 USD
it was actually worth $950,000 USD.
Debra Goddard had bought this ring
at a thrift store in 1986 for only $13 USD,
years later the woman discovered that the ring had a 26-carat precious gem
with a value of $950,000 USD.
It's like winning the lottery.
Did you know that the sun is capable of housing 1,300,000 planet Earths inside it?
With this scale model you can get an idea of ​​what that means
and how tiny we are compared to the sun,
not to say how tiny we are compared to the entire universe.
Hiroyuki Arakawa is a Japanese diver
who has a rather peculiar friend, a 'sheepshead fish',
they have been friends for nearly 30 years now.
The fish recognizes him and they even take pictures together.
Until a while ago, marine biologists thought
that fish were emotionless and much less friendly animals,
but the friendship between this man and the fish shows us that this is not so.
In the year 2021 a group of scientists studying the melting in the Tibet area
discovered more than 30 viruses unknown to humanity.
As glacial ice melts, new organisms are being discovered.
Some of them are still alive despite the fact that thousands of years have passed,
this means that in the coming decades,
if the glaciers keep melting,
we will probably find some viruses so dangerous
that if they spread among humans
they could wipe out all civilization in a few weeks.
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The answer to the question at the beginning of the video is option 'B', Fabergé Eggs.
The 'Fabergé Eggs' were egg-shaped jewels
that were manufactured more than 100 years ago,
in total 69 eggs were built
and they are considered as masterpieces of jewelry.
But there are 7 of them that are still missing.
If you want to see a video about valuable treasures that are still lost
up here I am going to leave you a link so that you can go directly to see it right now.
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