Hello my curious! Be all welcome to a new video.
In today's video I have prepared a list for you
with 10 rather strange products created by famous brands.
From the famous honey made by Porsche
to a Samsung brand military robot
that is equipped with a machine gun.
This sounds curious, right?
But before starting the topic I have a small question for you.
In my previous video, the one about the 10 plants and trees
that you should not touch under any circumstances,
I told you about a small bush covered in stinging hairs
that will make you scream if you touch it.
Do you happen to remember its name?
If you watched my previous video, you probably already know the answer.
And if not, well, you're screwed.
To make it more fun, here I am going to give you these 4 options on your screen,
choose the option that you think is correct
and write it down here in the comments right now.
At the end of the video I am going to tell you the name of that unfortunate bush
and let's see if you got it right with your answer, okay?
Now we're all set, sit back and enjoy it, bro.
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In 1986, the Apple company gave life to one of its strangest products in its history,
they created their own line of clothing and accessories,
which they called the Apple Collection.
This collection consisted of t-shirts, jerseys, caps,
belts, vests and even shoes.
In case you're wondering, Steve Jobs had nothing to do with this idea.
Steve had been fired from Apple a year before this collection was released.
The person responsible for the idea was John Sculley,
who was by that time the CEO of the company.
Apple believed that the success they were having in the world of technology
could also be transferred to the world of fashion and accessories,
but they were totally wrong.
The collection only lasted a couple of years.
until they finally stopped producing it
because sales never reached the desired targets.
Today there are many collectors
who pay a lot of money for these accessories
and they are considered very valuable relics due to their rarity.
In the 70s, the Toyota company released one of its most curious products,
they were custom built modular homes.
and that they could be assembled in less than two months.
As surprising as it sounds, Toyota is still making these houses,
but they only build them in Japan.
The Toyota company is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers in the world
and I think few people imagine that houses are also included in its product catalogue.
This concept was born in 1975
and it seems to have been very well accepted by consumers.
Almost 50 years have passed since its creation and it is still running.
These modular homes have a cost close to $200,000 USD minimum
and they can be as expensive as you want,
it all depends on the number of finishes, luxuries and extension of the modules.
The construction of these modules is carried out in 45 days
and they are so resistant that they can even withstand strong earthquakes.
To build trust in their buyers
Toyota offers a 30-year warranty period for these houses.
According to company figures,
about 5,000 units of Toyota houses are sold in Japan every year.
Although the company is known for its quality and durable vehicles,
they also make houses with the same guarantee.
Almost 50 years ago, Volkswagen company launched a product
that has nothing to do with vehicles,
it was about some pork sausages
which turned out to be a bestseller.
The product is so delicious that they now sell millions of packs of sausages each year.
The idea of ​​this business began in the 70s
when the cooks at the Volkswagen headquarters in Germany
offered a special breakfast for their employees.
This is how they gave life to their own sausages,
which they decided to call 'Currywurst'.
The main ingredient of these sausages is pork
and they say that its taste is very delicious.
Although at first they were only sold inside Volkswagen offices,
they became so popular that the company decided to sell them
to the general public in supermarkets.
Within a few weeks sales began to grow a lot
and now they sell more than 7,000,000 packages of sausages annually.
You could say that Volkswagen sells more sausage packs than cars each year.
Almost 20 years ago, Samsung company decided to bring to life
one of the strangest items they have ever invented,
it is about a military robot equipped with a long range machine gun.
That sounds crazy, right?
Samsung is one of the most famous technology companies in the world, but...
Has it ever crossed your mind that they also manufacture military weapons?
Most of us when we see the Samsung logo think of smartphones,
televisions or household appliances,
not in a robot equipped with a machine gun.
This robot was designed in 2006 by this company
in collaboration with Korea University
and they named it Samsung SGR-A1.
It is equipped with a machine gun that can automatically fire at targets
at a considerable distance.
It has optical sensors and high-definition cameras with infrared lenses
that are capable of detecting even the slightest movement within a radius of 3 km.
We are talking about a precise and lethal weapon
capable of annihilating any target they want.
Obviously this robot is an exclusive invention for military use,
you won't be able to find it in your nearest store.
Currently it is only used in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Considering that you know Samsung for other types of inventions
I think this is one of their craziest products.
- Bullsh*t
Benny, why are you looking for a submachine gun on the Samsung website?
In the year 2017,
the Porsche company began to sell a very curious product in its sales rooms,
fresh honey extracted from their own bee farm.
The name of this honey is 'Turbienchen'
and apparently people love it
because several years after they began their sale
the product continues to sell like hot cakes.
In 2017 Porsche installed a bee farm
right next to one of their branches in Saxony, Germany.
This gigantic farm is home to more than 1,500,000 bees
living in 25 different colonies.
Each month these bees produce tens of kilos of honey
which are sold in small jars
at Porsche Customer Service stores throughout the country.
The success of this honey was so great that the first month it went on sale
they sold it in just a few days.
You may wonder why a company like this,
who is already very famous and earns a lot of money,
start producing honey to sell in their stores, right?
According to them the only objective was the conservation of bees.
These insects are a fundamental part of German agriculture,
but as you probably know,
every year large numbers of bees die from diseases or insecticides.
So Porsche decided to open this farm to take care of them.
and all the money they generate from the sale of honey
it is intended for the maintenance of his own farm.
In 1999, Cosmopolitan magazine decided to break into new markets
and they began to sell a product that has nothing to do with magazines,
we are talking about 'Cosmopolitan' yogurt.
Unfortunately only a few months after putting it on sale
they had to take it off the market because hardly anyone was buying it.
Cosmopolitan magazine is one of the oldest and most popular in the world,
their magazine sells millions of copies all over the planet,
but despite being well known,
few people imagine that at the end of the 90's
they decided to start producing their own yogurt.
Each jar of yogurt had a value of $1.17 USD
and they sold it in supermarkets as a healthy snack.
Initially they released two flavors for sale, peach and cherry.
The magazine was sure that its yogurt would be a bestseller
since most of their clients were women who loved to take care of their figure
and yogurt is a great complement to a healthy diet,
but they were totally wrong.
Only a year and a half after its launch they decided to withdraw it from the market
because sales were not going as planned,
it was one of their biggest failures.
Apparently their target audience was not so interested in this product
and the best thing was to cancel its sale.
Lamborghini is recognized as one of the most luxurious car brands in the world,
but initially its flagship product was not sports cars,
like the ones they sell today, but they sold...
Tractors!
Its founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini,
started in the farm tractor business in 1948
and apparently they were quite good because the business started to grow very fast,
in a few months he went from manufacturing a tractor a month
to manufacture more than 200 tractors per year,
but things changed in the year 1960.
During that year Ferruccio Lamborghini had a strong discussion
with the founder of the Ferrari brand, Mr. Enzo Ferrari.
From that moment on, Mr. Lamborghini ventured into the world of sports cars
with the goal of dethroning Ferrari as the number one luxury car brand.
In a few years the Lamborghini company managed to position itself
as one of the most important in this sector
and now we all recognize it because of those luxurious cars they have.
Most of us associate the Lamborghini brand with this class of vehicles,
almost nobody thinks of a tractor when they think of this brand.
In the 90s, the Coca-Cola company had a strong competitor
that almost ends up taking them bankrupt,
it was Virgin Cola,
a carbonated drink that tasted good and was inexpensive.
For several months Virgin Cola was one of the Virgin Group's best-selling products.
Obviously, Coca-Cola did not like that competition at all and decided to boycott it.
In case you don't know, Virgin Group is a multinational conglomerate
who has several businesses,
from gyms, movie theaters and even airlines.
But in the 1990s they decided they wanted to invest in another business,
that of carbonated drinks.
At first they thought that sales would not be very high, but they were wrong.
Virgin Cola ended up being a success,
their sales started growing so fast that in a few months
they were selling their drink in countries like France, Belgium, the United States and UK.
Coca-Cola didn't like this at all,
so they came up with a plan to boycott Virgin Cola.
What they did was they visited every store where there was Virgin Cola
and they made deals with their owners to remove it from the shelves,
and that way people didn't buy them.
That was a very hard blow for Virgin,
to the point that they had to withdraw their drink from the market.
Considering that Virgin Group has all kinds of businesses,
a carbonated drink doesn't sound so crazy,
but perhaps it is one of the most curious products they have sold.
- I'm hungry!
Benny, Benny-Cola is not a million-dollar idea, we already talked about this.
Sony is a Japanese company well known to almost everyone,
produce a large number of quality electronic items
and that has made it the giant it is now.
But, in Japan, Sony also sells a product that you can't find in another country,
it's about 'insurance',
from life insurance, health and even family insurance.
This, in quotes, product, is known as Sony Life
and was created in 1979.
Since its inception, insurance has been very profitable for the company,
so much so, that according to the company's own reports,
insurance sales represent almost 5% of Sony's revenue worldwide.
We are talking about millions and millions of dollars sold in insurance every year.
By comparison, Sony says selling electronics isn't as lucrative as selling insurance,
with that you can get an idea of the large number of clients they have in this business.
Although the Sony Life product is currently only available in Japan,
maybe in the next few years they will offer it in other countries.
For this reason, few people have heard of this curious product marketed by Sony.
Peugeot is a French company that sells all kinds of vehicles,
from cars, tow trucks, bicycles and even scooters,
but that's not all, you can also buy grinders for your kitchen.
In case you didn't know, Peugeot was founded in the year 1810,
more than 200 years ago.
That means it was founded long before the first cars existed,
so in the beginning they were dedicated to manufacturing and selling coffee grinders,
that was their specialty,
they had coffee grinders of different materials and sizes.
Since the product sold so well they created other variants of grinders,
such as pepper grinders and salt grinders.
It was not until 1889 that Peugeot wanted to take a risk in the automobile world.
and began to manufacture their own vehicles,
since then the company has been gaining ground
to become one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world.
Even though the car business was doing pretty well
they never forgot their origins,
even today they continue to sell their kitchen grinders all over the world.
And, in fact, it is said that they are one of the best grinders
because they have great resistance and durability.
Seeing the logo of a car brand in a kitchen grinder is not something so common,
so I think it is one of their most curious products.
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