Top 10 Everyday Easter Eggs That Actually Exist
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Easter Eggs.
No not these Easter Eggs.
Im talking about the kind of secret Easter Eggs that you find in video games or movies.
Theyre usually little references that most people miss the first time - but did you know
they exist in real life too?
Thats right, the real world around you is filled with Easter Eggs that most people don't
notice but by the end of this video - youll know where to look for them.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Everyday Easter Eggs That Actually Exist.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Musical Roads.
Dotted around the world are roads that play music when you drive over them.
Some of the best examples of these are in Japan, where engineers have dug grooves into
roads that create different notes depending on how deep the grooves are.
This one is from a road near Mt Fuji.
PLAY CLIP.
There are also musical roads in the US, Denmark, South Korea, China, San Marino, Taiwan and
the Ukraine.
So if you live in those countries, go and find a musical road.
Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHhm0l3GLLw Coming in at number 9 we have Tesla.
In the coming years, youre gonna see a lot more Tesla cars around.
If youre ever in one, try these easter eggs.
In the newer models, you can turn the GPS screen into Rainbow Road from Mario Kart.
All you have to do is press the autopilot down 4 times, youll hear a cowbell noise and
bam - youre in rainbow heaven.
Heres another: when charging the Tesla, if you press the button on the handle down 10
times quickly, the charging port will start flashing through the colours of the rainbow.
https://youtu.be/Emh1HbfMYcw
At number 8 now we have The Micro Pictures.
Ever since the 90s, manufacturers have been leaving tiny hidden drawings on your computer
motherboards.
Back then, a photographer was inspecting silicon chips through a microscope when he found a
tiny little Waldo, Wally if youre from the UK.
People started to find more and more of these drawings on their microchips - some of which
were just 140 microns in size, a little thicker than a human hair!
Modern companies cracked down on this but some people think the artists just made their
drawings even smaller - perhaps your phone or computer has one on it right now!
Next up at number 7 we have The Oscilloscope.
I don't wish any of you guys a visit to the hospital but if you ever do go, you may see
one of these machines: an oscilloscope - its the thing that monitors your pulse and makes
that beeping sound.
Well a lot of them have hidden games on them.
By pressing the right buttons on them, you can games like Asteroids, Centipedes and Tetris.
One of them even lets you play the latest Assassins Creed game.
OK that one may have been a lie but hey, those other ones are still pretty cool.
Next up at number 6 we having Burping The Bayou.
If youre ever in Houston Texas, take a trip over to Preston Bridge.
Youll find a button.
The button will have no label and no sign.
So whats it for?
Well if you press it, a few moments later a big bubble will rise and burst out of the
river Bayou below.
Apparently its an art installation that has spread by word of mouth.
So if youve ever wanted to make a river burp but just couldnt find the right button … now
is your chance …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHls6TaSH4
Coming in at number 5 we have The Hidden Mickeys.
If you ever visit Disneyland in California, keep an eye out for the hidden mickeys.
All over the park, the architects have left tiny Mickey Mouse symbols for Disney fans
to find.
There are literally thousands of hidden Mickeys, Donalds and Goofys on rides, walls and even
woven into carpets.
Nobody has been able to find them all so far.
However, some Mickey hunters have set up a website dedicated to finding and listing every
single one!
https://youtu.be/rwh_jQchRAA
Next up at number 4 we have The Tardis.
Doctor Who fans will love this one.
If you go to Earls Court Road in London, youll see a Tardis parked up on the pavement.
If you hover your mouse over it you can click and enter the Tardis.
You can then explore it in full 360 like you would any other street!
Even if you don't watch Dr Who, its still a cool google maps Easter egg to check out
and probably the easiest one to do on this list …
https://www.google.com/maps/place//@51.4921374,-0.1928784,3a,75y,310.15h,73.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc9UMhWP_MWm9U0L48xEjYw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xad8352768ee1781a?hl=en
Coming in at number 3 we have the Red Stone.
Every year, millions of tourists visit St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City - the
home of the Pope.
On special occasions, the pope will sometimes go out and greet the crowds - just like Pope
John Paul the 2nd did on May 31st 1981.
On that day, he was shot and wounded by a would be assassin.
The pope survived and if you look carefully, you can find the exact spot where the pope
was shot.
It is marked by a tiny red brick.
Thousands of people walk over it every day, not knowing its there.
Well, now you do - so if you ever visit it - make sure you keep an eye out for this historic
easter egg ...
http://stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Square/JPII-shothere.jpg
Next up at number 2 we have Microsoft Excel.
A lot of you guys have to use this programme at school and thats because a lot of jobs
out there require you to have some sort of basic knowledge of it.
How to make spreadsheets and tables and pie charts - its pretty tedious stuff.
But hey, did you know that it contains a hidden game - well Excel 2000 does.
If you do a complicated set of button presses and clicks, excel will suddenly turn into
a racing game.
You can shoot guns, spill oil and even turn on the cars lights when it gets dark.
So next time youre at school using an old version of excel, see if theres a hidden game
- Im sure your teachers will be totally fine with that …
And finally at number 1 we have The Birds.
This one comes from user TwelveTwo on metafilter.com.
They said -If you spot a black bird, mimic their noises while staring at them head tilted.
For whatever reason, staring directly will only scare them.
Now as you repeat their calls, they will vary the sequence seeming to try to throw you off.
Keep repeating the sequence back to the bird.
Repeat the squawk as many times as they do.
Keep this up for a few more minutes.
The bird will continue to vary the sequence.
This is to identify whether or not they are hallucinating or if, you, the human down below,
really is being this strange.
Stick with it.
Eventually the black bird will make some weird noise it had picked up.
A poorly emulated car engine start, or some stray human syllable.
If you can make a decent impression of it then the bird will try another noise, or less
creatively, make the same engine noise in a vague rhythm.
Once you fail, however, the bird will likely take off.- how crazy is that?
Its like a real life game where people are trying to get to the last level - what will
be the last noise the birds make?
Are you gonna go out now and try and beat this real life video game?
Let me know how you get on …
I might try and have a go myself - in the meantime - thanks as always for watching Most
Amazing Top 10, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video.