Welcome back everyone to Most Amazing Top 10 everyone, today Im back again with another
Time Capsules video.
This is gonna be another casual one, its not gonna be a list, theres no 1 to 10, its just
me sharing some good stories I found.
If you havent seen any of my time capsule videos then check them out - there should
be one floating right up there.
Check that out if you find time capsules scary or interesting - but do it after this video
- my name is Danny Burke and these are the scary time capsules we should open in 2019!
Alright starting off now then lets talk about the Cyclotron Time Capsule[a].
Cool name right?
So imagine the scenario - you find a 130 year old time capsule with all kinds of unknown
secrets inside it.
You go to dig it up but oh no - theres 18 ton magnet on top of it.
How did that happen?
Well, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, otherwise known as MIT, a time capsule was
buried in 1889.
In the decades that followed, everyone forgot the time capsule existed.
It fell out of time and memory.
50 years later, the University build their cyclotron particle accelerator right on top
of the time capsules burial spot.
For those of you wondering what exactly a Cyclotron is - I went to the MIT website and
they said a cyclotron is a charged particle accelerator that uses a magnetic field to
confine particles to a spiral flight path in a vacuum chamber.
Don't worry if that doesnt make total sense to you, it doesnt to me either - all you need
to know is that is essentially a massive magnet.
It was right on top of the time capsule and so by the time anyone remembered it was there,
it was already too late.
Eventually, the Cyclotron was deactivated but that didnt really help the situation - the
18 ton magnet was still sitting on top of the time capsule.
Its too big to move right now, nobody knows whats inside it and its been like that for
130 years and counting.
At this rate, it may go on to be the oldest time capsule in America.
Moving on now we have the Baltimore Box[b].
This is a 104 year old time capsule found in Baltimore in 2014.
It was discovered during the renovation of the original Washington Monument.
It had been placed behind a plaque in a small enclosed space on September 12th 1915.
Monument officials discovered it while restoring the interior of the monument.
They wanted to know what the original plaster looked like and so they looked behind the
plaque and there, to their surprise, was the time capsule.
They believe the time capsule contains commemorative programs from an event and copies of the local
newspaper, The Baltimore Sun.
Naturally, the next step was to open this up.
However, there was a catch.
The reason for the initial renovation was because the monument was suffering from water
damage - the time capsule was also in danger.
Conservationists feared that as the time the time capsules content has been exposed to
the dampness for nearly a century, it may not survive an opening.
The box was moved to the nearby Walters Art Museum for safekeeping while restoration continued
on the Washington Monument.
It was thought the box might never be opened but then - in 2015 - they went for it.
To their surprise, the contents were in much better condition than they had originally
feared.
Moving on now we have Kalpaatra[c].
Thats the name of a very famous time capsule from India
that many people want to open - but first theyll have to find it.
In the 1970s, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the much loved leader of India.
It was somewhat of a golden age, at least for her career.
She wanted a way to solidify this moment forever, to capture it so that future generations would
know what that time in India was like.
It was also 25 years since India gained independence from the British Empire.
The government was keen on documenting the first 25 years of this new independent India.
Because of all of this, they decided to build a time capsule.
They named it Kalpaatra.
The Indian Council of Historical Research were tasked with coming up with the most important
moments in Indian history to put in the time capsule.
Professor Krishnawamy led the team and set about getting a huge manuscript ready.
Everything looked good, but then things took a turn for the worst.
The proffesseur sent his manuscript to famous historian T Badrinath for his opinion.
Badrinath said that the manuscript had misrepresented historical facts about India.
It was back to the drawing board.
Meanwhile, things were kicking off for the prime minister.
Critics said that she was trying to exalt herself in the time capsule.
The arguments continued until the capsule was finally buried in 1973.
It was intended to buried for a thousand years - it didnt last that long.
Four years later, the prime minister and her government were overthrown.
Within a few days, the time capsule was dug up - it cost more than 7 times the cost to
dig it up than it did to bury it.
Some journalists claim to have witnessed what was inside but soon after, the capsule disappeared.
To this day, nobody knows where the time capsule is or what exactly is inside it.
Some people think it has to be something pretty dark for the government to dig it up and hide
it so quickly.
In the years since, many people have pressed Indian governments about what happened to
this Kalpaatra time capsule and what exactly is inside it …
Next up we have the Corona capsules.
In the 1950s and 60s, time capsules were buried at the Corona High School in California..
They were supposed to opened in the future to give an insight into the life of a school
kid at that time.
Somehow though, everyone forgot where the time capsules were buried.
Oops.
In 2012, a team of archeologists used radar equipment over concrete slabs at the former
school, hoping to pick up a signal from the 17 missing time capsules.
Some of the students attended and they too could only guess as to where they are.
Some people even thought that the capsules may have been removed and moved to the new
high school during construction.
The search was pushed because of a pilot TV show for the travel channel about unearthing
unusual things.
They used the radar scans to create 3 dimensional images of the ground below.
They detected two spots that seemed unusual.
The first one was a false alarm.
An archeologist had uncovered a concrete slab only to find a heap of concrete and plaster.
Six hours later, the team found a buried surface about 12 ft long by 5 ft wide and about 3
ft below the surface.
It seemed promising but the box they found did not resemble the time capsules that had
been buried before.
The school is now the historic Civic Center and the council is reluctant to keep digging
it up to search for the time capsules.
By the end of that day in 2012, the team had given up hope.
The time capsules had to be down there somewhere, but it may be another 50 years until anybody
is able to find them.
Moving on now we have the M*A*S*H capsule.
For those of you who have never heard of MASH, it was an American war comedy drama show on
TV from 1972 to 1983.
It was a hugely popular show for over a decade and has been consistently ranked in the top
50 greatest TV shows of all time.
The final episode was filmed in January 1983.
Afterwards, the cast of the TV show buried a time capsule in a secret ceremony.
It contained props and costumes from the show.
Like I said, the burying of the capsule took place in a secret ceremony - as such, nobody
knows where it was buried.
All thats known is that it was buried somewhere under the 20th Century Fox parking lot in
Hollywood.
In the years since then, the parking lot has shrunk in size as buildings were built over
it.
This has led some people to believe that the capsule is now directly under the Marriott
Hotel now.
For many years, this was just the accepted fact - the MASH capsule was somewhere under
a car park or a building next to it - thats not much use when it comes to figuring out
where this priceless capsule it.
However, years later, Alan Alda, one of the actors on the show, wrote a book in which
he claimed that the MASH time capsule had been found.
He said it was discovered by a construction worker shortly after the show ended.
When the worker tried to return the capsule to Alda and rest of the cast, Alda told him
to keep it.
So, the capsule is either under the parking lot, under the building, or its in the hands
of a construction worker who may or may not have buried it.
Well, at least weve narrowed it down.
Alright guys, that is that!
Another time capsule video out of the way.
Which of those was your favourite?
Also, should we open time capsules or are they better left untouched?
Ive seen some of you guys say that we should leave time capsules for a long time - like
500 years or even thousands of years.
Ive seen others say that we should open time capsules as soon as we can and that no time
capsule should be left for more than 100 years!
Where do you stand on the issue?
If youve watched this far into the video, I know you have an opinion on Time Capsules
so make yourself heard!
Were gonna finish off the video today looking at a few comments from my scary locked doors
video.
Weve got this comment here that says -Why did I even think watching this at night was
a good idea- … Ive seen this comment crop up quite a lot in our videos and Im sorry
but youve got nobody to blame but yourself.
If we put scary in the title of the video, then theres a good chance that its gonna be
a bit scary.
If you see the video when you first wake up in the morning - great, watch it then.
If you don't see it until youre about to go to sleep - leave it - just leave it till tomorrow
- it will still be there in the morning …
And finally were gonna end on a funny note.
Dylan Cambier had a joke for us that reads -What did the librarian say to his son … I
had to click read more to see the punchline - and it just said read more.
The librarian told his son to read more.
Amazing.
I wanna know how long this has been a thing.
Is this joke new or have I just not been paying attention?
Either way, thanks for that Dylan and thanks to all of you for watching.
My name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!