- [Presenter] What's up, sleuths?
We're about to launch all 21 random factoids
while deviously hiding one lie,
based on the Netflix Original Series Space Force.
If you can spot the lie, let us know in the comments
and give us a thumbs up if you love learning.
(rocket launching)
- Shit.
- [Presenter] Off we go.
Much of Space Force takes place within the Pentagon,
the world's largest office building, with 7754 windows
and over 23,000 employee birthday parties to avoid.
- [John] POTUS wants complete space dominance.
- [Presenter] As of 2019,
109 countries signed and ratified the Outer Space Treaty,
prohibiting the placement of weapons of mass destruction
on the moon.
Slight loophole though, it does not prohibit anyone
from blowing up the moon.
To do that, we would merely need to drill into the core
and drop 600 billion nukes.
Who's with me?
To control space, you're gonna need a lot of satellites
and the typical geosynchronous satellite orbits
at 36,000 kilometers.
That's like driving between LA and New York 12 times,
during which you could listen
to Wheels on the Bus 30,204 times
and most assuredly go insane.
- Are you running?
- Keep up!
- [Presenter] As if running on Earth wasn't hard enough,
Tim Peake became the first astronaut to complete
a marathon in space.
Peake ran the 26.2 miles in three hours, 35 minutes
and 21 seconds, while the London Marathon occurred on Earth.
NASA chose international orange for its space suits
because it stands out against the landscape.
Personally, I think
it's the bold fashion statement 2020 needs.
- It's Hungry Hungry Hippos at best.
- [Presenter] John Malkovich is more than just an actor,
he's also a hero.
On June 6th 2013, Malkovich saved the life
of an injured 77 year old man on the streets of Toronto.
(explosion)
- Cost as much as four new middle schools.
- Fuck.
- [Presenter] Since the median cost
of a middle school in 2014 was $26.5 million,
that means Naird's rocket cost at least £100 million.
(cash register ka-ching)
Yikes!
- Space is hard.
- [Presenter] NASA is developing
new habitats for other worlds but when it comes to Earth,
one of the harshest habitats is Oymyakon, Russia.
The approximately 750 residents live in temperatures
that dip as low as -96.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Saturn V remains the most powerful rocket ever built.
It creates 34.5 million Newtons of thrust at launch,
that's more power than 85 Hoover Dams.
In 1995, Space Shuttle Columbia partnered with
the University of Wisconsin
and grew the first vegetable in space, a potato.
And speaking of potatoes, the world's largest potato
weighed in at 18 pounds four ounces
and was discovered in England in 1795.
- That's a lot of weight.
- [Presenter] You see a lot of gold fringed flags
in the background of Space Force.
While the exact purpose of the gold fringe is unknown,
all regiments of the US Army began using gold fringed flags
in the late 1800s and it's now generally accepted
as proper flag etiquette.
- [Mark] It has always been my dream
to command a service branch.
- [Presenter] I wonder what position Naird is in
when he's having those dreams.
Sleep experts have discovered a direct link
between people's favorite sleeping positions
and their personalities.
Me, I sleep standing outside while screaming.
(screaming)
Totally normal, right?
When you're running a military branch,
you need to know exactly what time it is.
D.E. Protzmann patented the digital clock
on October 23rd 1956.
It was until the 1970s that the first LED wristwatch
was mass produced.
- Let's get it on!
- [Presenter] Wait, who's that woman in the back?
Oh she's a stenographer.
In order to pass the United States
Registered Professional Reporter Test,
stenographers must be able to type at speeds
up to 225 words per minute.
When you do good stuff in the military,
you're bound to earn yourself some medals.
With over 90 medals, Robert Lewis Howard is
the most decorated soldier in US history.
If Howard was to wear all his medals,
their weight would total over five pounds.
- [Mark] This is a great adventure
we are embarking on today.
- [Presenter] For Neil Armstrong
and the crew aboard Apollo 11, the American flag they took
with them was priceless but actually it wasn't.
The cost of the flag on the moon was about $80 in materials,
that breaks down to $75 for the tubing
and a tidy $5.50 for the flag itself.
- Yeah it is a complete shit show.
- [Presenter] The phrase "shit show" originated in the 1970s
when a German anti-government radical insulted a judge
by saying, "we don't want this shit show any longer."
- Give us money and don't look.
- [Presenter] With a proposed budget of $15.4 billion,
Space Force could buy 130 million Lego Saturn V rocket kits.
That's a lot of tiny bricks to step on.
The character Mark Naird got his name
from military scientist, Arthur Naird.
The historical Naird was not only responsible for
the invention of Velcro but also that little plastic ball
that breaks off when you use a new pen for the first time.
- [Mark] Oh dammit, it's the Air Force.
- [Presenter] Naird must've been a hell of a pilot
if he handled that F-16.
With a top speed of 1500 miles per hour,
the airplane can fly over twice the speed of sound.
In an F-16, nobody can hear you scream
because they're moving too fast
and your scream technically won't catch up
and you get the point, science.
And we have touchdown, the backed rocket has landed.
That's 21 facts and one hidden lie.
We hope you learned something
and were you able to spot the lie?
First one to guess it gets a flicks bump
and for watching all the way to the end,
you get one more fact.
Did you know the planet Neptune radiates more heat
than it receives from the sun?
Damn, Neptune, you hot.
Comment below with a favorite fun fact of your own.
You might just end up at the end of our next episode.
Bye.