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Now I have prepared for you a video with 10 things that you probably did not know.
From an object that can kill you if you approach it for only a few seconds,
to the city where no one can enter or leave since the 50's.
So I'm sure you'll love this video!
Only before I start with the topic I have a small question for you.
In my previous video I told you about a shark that has a very special ability...
living in fresh water without any problem.
Unlike other shark species,
for this particular one it is not difficult to take a walk along rivers or lakes.
Do you happen to remember the name of this species?
If you saw my previous video you know for sure what is the correct option,
so write it down here in the comments right now.
At the end of the video, I'm going to tell you what the name is
and we'll see if you guessed right, okay?
Now we are ready! Make yourself comfortable!
And enjoy it my friend!
I'm the Curious Ben. And… how curious are you?
The Most Dangerous Object In The World
With this title we know this great mass of radioactive waste
that was found by a team of Russian scientists in December 1986.
Among the experts, they call it "Chernobyl Elephant's Foot" fondly
because of what it looked like when they found it; similar to an elephant's foot.
But the way it looks is not the most remarkable thing about this thing,
but rather what it is capable of doing if you approach it even for just a few seconds.
The radiation sensors say that if you approach for about 30 seconds
you will start to feel nauseous and headaches.
If you expose yourself to The Elephant Foot 2 minutes it will cause internal bleeding,
and with 5 minutes of exposure you would have so many internal injuries
that you would inevitably die within 48 hours or less.
To show its power you have the case of the scientist who appears in this photograph,
who despite wearing a protective suit died a few hours later
because he did not know what was being exposed.
In the world there is no known more deadly substance than The Elephant Foot of Chernobyl,
so the title is well earned, don’t you think?
-Bullshit! -Stop touching that thing, Benny.
Did not you hear what I said?
Even now that 32 years have passed since The Elephant's Foot was formed
during the Chernobyl disaster,
experts say it remains as deadly as the first day it was found.
Number 9
City 40
With that name is known a closed city that is located in the northern area of the Ural Mountains,
about 1,800 kilometers from the capital of Russia to be more exact.
What makes it special and different from any other city you know
is that the Russian government does not allow anyone to enter or leave it.
Is totally prohibited!
The story goes that the first people who moved here did so during the 1940s
to work in factories in the Soviet Union, on top secret projects.
What many of these people did not know is that they would never leave the fenced area again,
and that both they and their descendants would be destined to live here without the possibility of leaving.
Currently, very little is known about what they do in there and how people live.
It is impossible to enter and as you get closer to the city
you will find several signs that alert you that you are entering a prohibited area.
So... If you are ever asked which is the most inaccessible city in the world,
do not be afraid to answer that it is City 40 in Russia.
Number 8
The Sad Life Of The Male Marine Demons
The life of the sea creatures that live in the abyssal zone...
We can’t say that it is the most beautiful that exists.
Surrounded by total darkness and in complete solitude all the time,
there is not much you can do, except to wait for your death.
But among all the marine creatures that live in that area of the ocean,
I think that the species that has the saddest life is the male of the marine demons,
known as “Ceratiidae” by the scientists.
The life of the males of this species
is reduced to being born and looking for a female as soon as they can,
because otherwise they do die of hunger.
Basically, the male can only feed and live if it joins the back of the female as if it were a parasite.
You saw it?
It's that little guy there.
The sad thing is that since he joins her, his whole life will depend on what the female does.
He will never be able to separate again and he will accompany her wherever he goes.
his diet, his care and his life in general will depend on it...
In return, the female only asks for one thing...
That when his sexual desire is activated, the male segregates the magical substance to satisfy it.
For living in one of the most inhospitable areas of the ocean
and for lacking autonomy since he is small,
the male sea demons are the animals with the saddest life that is known.
Number 7
Globster
Have you ever seen those videos that show a strange unknown mass lying near a beach,
and no one knows what it is or what animal it is.
Although many of these cases turn out to be the remains of whales or sharks,
a good part of them can never be identified by the experts
because they are already very decomposed or for other reasons.
What you may not have known is that these things are known as Globster.
A Globster is basically the name that is used to refer to all those bodies or remains that lack form,
that do not resemble any animal that we know or that scientists could not identify
because they have no idea what it is.
What I want to achieve with this is that considering that humans
have only explored about 5% of what is in the oceans,
it would not be unreasonable to think that a good percentage of Globster
are actually the remains of marine monsters that we do not know...
Don’t you think?
At least that's my theory!
Number 6
The Largest Statue In The World
Throughout history, humans have built statues of all kinds
that have served to remember some important event, or some important person.
From the Buddha of the Spring Temple built in China,
to the Christ the Redeemer of Rio de Janeiro that surely you already know.
But something that very few people know is that the world of statues has a new king
that they will hardly overcome.
It is the Sardar Patel Statue,
a man considered to be the father of Modern India
and who has been built a 240-meter-high statue by the Narmada River in India.
If you want to give you an idea of how big it is,
it will be enough for us to compare its height
versus the ones that until now were the 3 largest statues in the world.
The Buddha of the Spring temple in China, which until now was the largest,
measures only 153 meters.
The statue liberty, which is the one that follows, measures 93 meters.
And the Motherland Calls statue of Russia, which now occupies the fourth place, measures 91 meters.
They were dwarfed, right?
As you can imagine, building it was not an easy task...
To mold the statue, about 210,000 cubic meters of cement, 25,000 tons of gold,
1,700 tons of bronze, and the untiring work of 2,500 workers were used.
It's amazing, do not you think?
-Humbugs! -I'm not going to build your own statue, Benny.
We already talked about this!
Number 5
Project Blue Book
Throughout history, governments have initiated confidential projects to achieve all kinds of objectives.
And perhaps one of the most curious and less known by the people
is a project of the Air Force of the United States, officially known as Project Blue Book.
Do you know what it was about and why is it so curious?
Because its objective was to discover if UFOs were a potential threat to the nation's security.
It sounds crazy, right?
The story goes that during the 40's and 50's dozens of UFO reports were coming to the US authorities.
Not only on the part of ordinary people,
but also on the part of high-ranking military personnel in the air force.
This motivated them to start a project to find out if those strange objects
that many reported were real, and if they were, how dangerous were they for the nation?
In the 17 years that the Project Blue Book lasted,
from 1952 to 1969,
about 12 thousand cases of UFOs that had been reported throughout the country were analyzed,
reaching the conclusion that they were not a threat to the nation at all.
What I find most interesting is not the final report, but that a project like this really existed...
Number 4
Fight Against Octopuses
The fight against octopuses was one of the strangest sports of the last century,
or perhaps one of the strangest sports in history.
It basically consisted of catching an octopus and taking it to the surface.
The group that got the largest octopus won the competition.
Octopuses, like any other animal you know, do not like to be bothered,
much less try to get them out of their natural habitat.
So it was not an easy task as you can imagine.
The fight against octopuses was very popular in the decade of the 50s and 60s in the United States.
And to give you an idea, one of the last events involved 111 competitors
and 25 giant octopus were caught.
The biggest one weighed 57 pounds!
Something very curious about the competition is that when the prizes had already been distributed,
each participant decided between eating the octopus or releasing it in the ocean again.
Fortunately for the octopus, this sport is no longer practiced.
Number 3
Ball Lightning
The Ball Lightning is one of the rarest natural phenomena on our planet,
and one of the least known!
In case you did not even know of its existence,
which is very likely!
The Ball Lightning is a luminous ball that appears during electrical storms
and that according to reports, behaves intelligently, as if it had a life of its own.
Reports say that it moves and stops at will
and emits sounds similar to whistles until it gradually fades and disappears.
That sounds weird, right?
The first reports of this phenomenon date back to the year 1638,
and throughout history many have been lucky enough to see it live and in full color.
The only problem is that so far no expert has been able to give a convincing explanation
about how they are formed or why.
Not much less is it known if it is deadly or harmless to humans.
Being a phenomenon that lasts only a few seconds,
it has been very difficult to record it on video and less to study it to know it more in detail.
And now it is considered as one of the strangest phenomena of nature.
Number 2
Breviceps Macrops
In case you're wondering what you just heard,
that is the sound that a desert rain frog emits when they are angry.
Terrifying, right?
The scientific name of the species is Breviceps macrops,
they measure about 4 centimeters and live exclusively in a small coastal area
between the countries of Namibia and South Africa.
They do not live in any other part of the world so it is very likely that you did not even know of their existence.
Something interesting about these frogs
is that they spend all day hiding at 10 or 15 centimeters under the sand
and the night is the only time to look for food.
They love eating insects!
When they are upset or feel threatened, they emit that powerful roar capable of intimidating anyone.
Unfortunately, being very fragile and small,
their species has been reduced every year to place them on the list of threatened species.
Number 1
Groom Of The Stool One of the worst jobs in history.
If you do not feel comfortable with your current work,
it may be good for you to hear how some people in the past earned their living.
The story goes that during the 16th and 17th century
there was a rather unusual work place known as “Groom Of The Stool”.
Due to its characteristics, it is said that it was one of the worst works in history.
Do you have any idea what it was about?
The work of a “Groom of the stool” consisted of assisting the king whenever he felt like doing the 2.
It's crazy, right?
Every time the king got the urge, the “Groom Of The Stool” came to the royal room
and had a deposit similar to this.
Then it was just a matter of waiting for the king to finish doing his thing
so he could clean his ass.
Do you still complain about your work?
The most curious thing is that despite being considered one of the worst jobs in history,
for having to face the king when he met his needs and having to clean his ass...
In reality it was also a very prestigious one.
It is said that the king took advantage of these moments to share his worries and to ask for advice,
and that could not be done by anyone, but by someone in whom the king really confers.
So being a “Groom of the Stool” was not a job for everyone.
Interesting, right?
Seeing it that way, it's not so bad, is it?
-Damn crap! -Benny, I'm not going to clean your ass.
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The answer of the riddle is option C.
The Zambezi Shark or “Bull Shark” is one of the few sharks that has the ability
to live in fresh or salt water without any problem,
all thanks to a special gland that they have in their kidney.
It's cool, right?
If you would like to see a video about terrifying animals found in rivers,
among which is the “Bull shark”, I will leave a link here above...
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