This video presents 50 interesting and surprising facts, covering a wide range of topics such as science, history, nature, and pop culture. Some of the facts include: a dog completing a 688 km race after being given a meatball, the Han Dynasty drilling for natural gas as far back as 200 BC, and a Russian suicide bomber being foiled by a text message from her wireless carrier. Other facts include: the world's first lagers being born in 2013, a species of octopus being named "Opus Thottie" due to its cute appearance, and a cereal cafe in London offering hundreds of different kinds of cereal. Additionally, the video mentions that Google Chrome's dinosaur Wi-Fi error message is also a game, and that a man has been eating pizza for 26 years. The video concludes with a shout-out to Audible for sponsoring the video and offering a free 30-day subscription to the audience.
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1. On average, a person produces 72 million red blood cells, sheds 174,000 skin cells, and has 25 thoughts per minute.
2. Humans put a man on the moon before they put wheels on luggage.
3. A stray dog named Arthur completed a 688-kilometer race with a Swedish racing team in 2014.
4. The Han Dynasty of China drilled for natural gas, transported it in pipelines, and used it for cooking as far back as 200 BC.
5. There are many castles in France that are cheaper than two-bedroom apartments in cities like New York and Sydney.
6. Bearded vultures rub their necks and heads in iron-rich soil to change their white feathers to a bright reddish-orange color.
7. One giant container ship can emit the same amount of cancer-causing chemicals as 50 million cars.
8. The top 15 largest container ships together may be emitting as much pollution as all 760 million cars on earth.
9. The human heart has three types of blood vessels: arteries, veins, and capillaries.
10. 7% of the population triggers a sneeze reflex when they stare at a bright light, and 94% of those people are Caucasian.
11. Arthur, a stray dog, completed a 688-kilometer race with a Swedish racing team in 2014 after being given a meatball by one of the team members.
12. Russia opened a military Disneyland called Patriot Park in 2015, where visitors can ride in tanks and shoot guns.
13. A woman participated in a search for a missing tourist in Iceland, only to realize hours later that she was the missing person.
14. A Russian suicide bomber's plan was foiled when her wireless carrier sent her a text message wishing her a happy new year, which triggered her belt bomb.
15. In 2014, a whistleblower named Bradley C. Birkenfeld received $104 million as a reward for reporting tax evasion by a Swiss bank.
16. A man in Michigan switched his house numbers with his neighbor's, and the crew ended up demolishing the wrong house.
17. It's possible to die from drowning up to 24 hours after leaving water due to a condition called dry drowning.
18. Chinchilla fur is so thick and soft that fleas suffocate if they try to live in it.
19. The Piggo Stat is a device used to immobilize babies and young children during x-ray procedures.
20. Researchers found that people with dark eyes are more agreeable, while people with blue eyes tend to be more competitive.
21. An unnamed species of octopus is being considered for the name "Opus Thottie" due to its cute appearance.
22. The town of Fucking, Austria, has a problem with tourists stealing their road signs.
23. A diving craze called "Dinner in the Sky" allows people to eat while suspended 60 meters above ground.
24. McDonald's opened a ski-through fast food restaurant in Sweden in 1996.
25. Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, had to be accompanied by crew members dressed in brightly colored vests while filming in the Pacific Northwest to avoid being mistaken for Bigfoot.
26. The Center for Retail Research found that cheese is the most stolen food item in the world.
27. Miniature guide horses can be used as an alternative to seeing-eye dogs for the blind.
28. In 1967, both sides of the Nigerian civil war agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire to watch an exhibition soccer game featuring Pele.
29. London has a cereal cafe where customers can eat hundreds of different kinds of cereal from around the world.
30. A Doberman Pinscher named Khan saved a baby girl from a deadly king brown snake attack in 2007.
31. Kyoto, Japan, was originally at the top of the atomic bomb target list during World War II but was removed by US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson due to his personal connection to the city.
32. The Spanish town of Móstoles declared war on Denmark in 1809 but forgot about it for 172 years.
33. Google Chrome's dinosaur Wi-Fi error message is actually a game.
34. General Motors unveiled the Camaro name in 1966, and automotive press asked what it meant, to which they were told it was a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.
35. Being clean-shaven only became popular in the US after World War I, when troops returned home as heroes and had been required to shave for gas masks.
36. Steve Jobs refused to let his kids have iPads and limited their use of technology.
37. LSD was first synthesized in 1938, but its hallucinogenic properties were not discovered until five years later.
38. The world's first lager was created in 2013 by breeding a white lion and a tiger.
39. Physicist Richard Feynman was named the world's smartest man by Omni magazine in the 1960s.
40. In the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
41. Howard Hughes bought an entire casino, the Silver Slipper, just to tear down its neon sign, which was visible from his bedroom and kept him awake.
42. Scientists in Florida plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild to reduce cases of dengue fever and other diseases.
43. A 39-year-old man named Dan Jannsen from Maryland, USA, has lived exclusively on pizza for the last 26 years.
44. Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, met his wife on his first pizza delivery in 1962.
45. Violet Jessop was a ship nurse on the Britannic, Olympic, and Titanic, and survived all three ships' disasters.
46. Mike Tyson first snorted cocaine at age 11 and was given alcohol as an infant.
47. China invented fireworks, but Italy gave them their colors.
48. The same gene that gives humans the urge to travel is also responsible for ADHD and thrill-seeking behavior.
49. Paper cuts hurt so much because the cut often bleeds very little, leaving the skin's pain receptors open to air.
50. White sharks have only attacked people 280 times between 1876 and 2013 globally, resulting in 77 fatalities.