The given text is a transcript of a video featuring 50 fascinating facts. Here's a concise summary:
The video covers a wide range of topics, including:
* The Apollo 11 crew being quarantined upon their return to Earth in 1969
* The color pink being associated with boys in the early 20th century
* The Pentagon studying the body language of world leaders
* A poisonous animal called the rough-skinned newt
* North Korea's counterfeiting of US currency
* A tree being made up of 99% dead cells
* Great white sharks not being able to digest humans
* A boat designed to look like it's perpetually sinking
* An elephant making friends with a sea lion
* A study finding that falling in love can lead to losing close friends
* A travel agency in Tokyo that takes stuffed animals on vacation
* The transformation of Davao City in the Philippines from a murder capital to a peaceful city
* The discovery of a secret swimming pool in the Mojave Desert
* Colonel Sanders' dislike of the food at KFC franchises
* A law in Switzerland requiring guinea pigs to be kept in pairs
* A businessman spending $14.3 million on a license plate
* Bears in Russia becoming addicted to sniffing jet fuel
* The history of the handshake dating back to the 5th century BC
* The unique characteristics of the avocado fruit
* A man in New York City who mines for gold in sidewalk cracks
* A town in Morocco covered entirely in blue paint
* The American street gang, the Crips, originally formed as a neighborhood watch
* Walt Disney's plans for a utopian city
* Dubai's plans for an indoor city
* A man who gets drunk from eating carbohydrates due to a rare medical condition
* The longest recorded sniper kill
* Taco Bell's successful sales of Doritos Locos tacos
* The video ends with an announcement about the creator's new merchandise line.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each numbered and in a short sentence:
1. In 1969, the Apollo 11 crew was quarantined in a special facility for three weeks after returning to Earth.
2. In 1918, pink was considered a stronger color for boys, while blue was reserved for girls.
3. The Pentagon spends $300,000 per year to study the body language of world leaders.
4. The rough-skinned newt's skin produces a toxin called tetrodotoxin, which is approximately 10,000 times stronger than cyanide.
5. The North Korean government is one of the largest counterfeiters of US $50 and $100 bills.
6. The average tree is made up of about 99% dead cells, with only about 1% actually being alive at any given time.
7. Great white sharks are not adapted to digesting human flesh, making humans an unsuitable prey.
8. In 2007, an elephant named Chendra befriended a sea lion named Gus at the Oregon Zoo.
9. A 2010 study found that for every person you fall in love with, you lose two close friends.
10. Unagi Travel in Tokyo offers a service where they take your stuffed animal on vacation for a fee.
11. During his time in office, Rodrigo Duterte transformed Davao City in the Philippines from the murder capital to the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia.
12. The unbroken seal on Tutankhamen's Tomb from 1922 remained untouched for 3,245 years.
13. In 2012, a cat named Pudding saved its owner's life by bringing her back to consciousness and alerting her son to call for medical assistance.
14. The average person shares only 100 surnames in China, with Li and Zhang covering 13% of the population.
15. In the late 1970s, serial killer Richard Chase only broke into houses that were unlocked.
16. Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri spent $14.3 million to buy a license plate labeled "one" at an auction in 2008.
17. In 2013, it was discovered that some bears in Russia have become addicted to sniffing jet fuel.
18. The modern handshake dates back to the 5th century BC.
19. In the 1960s, Alcatraz was the only federal prison to offer hot water showers for its inmates.
20. Switching from one dollar bills to one dollar coins would save American taxpayers approximately $4.4 billion over the next 30 years.
21. In 2014, New York City announced plans to turn old phone booths into WiFi hotspots.
22. In Switzerland, it's illegal to keep a lone guinea pig because they are sociable animals.
23. Colonel Sanders disliked the food served at KFC franchises and described it as the worst fried chicken he had ever had.
24. In 2008, a businessman spent $14.3 million to buy a license plate labeled "one" at an auction.
25. In 2012, Amy Jung and her son rescued a cat named Pudding from a shelter.
26. The North Korean government is one of the largest counterfeiters of US $50 and $100 bills.
27. Albert Einstein's brain was kept and dissected after his death.
28. The American street gang, the Crips, was originally formed in 1969 as a neighborhood watch.
29. Hitler planned to rebuild Berlin after World War II into a Neo-Roman cosmopolitan city.
30. The avocado is the world's most nutritious fruit, with over 25 essential nutrients.
31. Raffi Stepanian mines sideways cracks for gold in New York City.
32. Since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing signaled intersections with roundabouts, resulting in a 40% drop in accidents and a 125,000 dollar drop in construction costs per intersection.
33. In Medieval Ireland, murderers were given to the deceased family as slaves if they failed to pay the hefty fine to buy their freedom.
34. The average cumulus cloud weighs approximately 500,000 kilograms.
35. Coyotes and badgers hunt together, with the badgers digging up prey and the coyotes running it down.
36. In 2012, an elderly couple in China refused to sell their home to make way for a road, so the government built it around them.
37. A pet king penguin in Japan named Lala walks into town by itself with a backpack to collect fish from the local market.
38. In 2005, the DEA reported seizing $1.4 billion in drug trade-related assets and $477 million worth of drugs.
39. After his success in the Harry Potter films, Rupert Grint bought a 1974 ice cream truck to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an ice cream man.
40. A man named Bob Kerstein traded his domain "windows2000.com" with Microsoft for the domain "bob.com".
41. In northwestern Venezuela, there's a storm that's been raging for centuries, known as the Everlasting Storm, which strikes at 280 times an hour.
42. The British Navy uses Britney Spears' music to scare off Somali pirates.
43. Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising company $13,000 to come up with a name for his popcorn company, and they advised him to call it Orville Redenbacher.
44. In 1993, a Missouri man named James Scott purposefully damaged a levy on the Missouri River to delay his wife from coming home, causing the river to flood 14,000 acres of land.
45. Nick Hess suffers from auto-brewery syndrome, which means his stomach has an overgrowth of yeast that turns any carbohydrates he eats into alcohol.
46. The longest ever recorded sniper kill was shot from 2,475 meters away by British soldier Craig Harrison.
47. Taco Bell sold 100 million Doritos Locos tacos in the first ten weeks after launch.