19 Facts You Didn't Know Five Minutes Ago

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00:00Fun fact – Olympic synchronized swimmers, now renamed artistic swimmers, don't usually

00:05wear swim caps.

00:07When they compete, they put Knox gelatin in their hair.

00:10The result resembles unflavored Jell-O. Athletes mix the gelatin with water, and it turns into

00:16a gooey mixture.

00:17After that, they comb and brush the substance into their hair, pull it into a bun, and put

00:22a headpiece over it.

00:24When it all dries, it becomes really hard, and swimmers' hair doesn't fall out when

00:28they swim.

00:29They often add glitter and other decorations to make their hairstyles even more exciting.

00:35The blanket octopus is called this way because of the females of the species.

00:39They're super-sized and rarely seen.

00:42They have a long, fleshy cape which encloses their tentacles.

00:46Female octopuses are large, up to 6.5 feet in length.

00:49Thanks to this cape, they look even larger, and much more intimidating to potential predators.

00:55But the coolest thing about these creatures is that the male blanket octopus grows to

00:59be a mere 1 inch in length, which is smaller than a walnut!

01:03This makes the blanket octopus a species with the largest gender-size difference in the

01:08entire animal kingdom.

01:10Red Bull has published a video showing the so-called world's fastest camera drone following

01:16a racing car around Silverstone's Grand Prix circuit.

01:19The Dutch Drone Gods are a company that custom-built the manually piloted drone designed specifically

01:25for keeping up with cars moving at speeds of over 186 mph.

01:31It took more than a year for Red Bull and the Dutch Drone Gods to create a drone that

01:35could accelerate twice as fast as a Formula 1 car, reaching this breakneck speed in just

01:404 seconds.

01:41The drone's top speed is almost 220 mph.

01:46Recently, scientists have concluded that water might not be wet.

01:51You see, wetness is usually defined as a liquid's ability to maintain contact with a solid surface.

01:57It means that the water itself isn't wet, but it can make other objects wet.

02:02Okay…

02:03The Maldives' 1,000 Rufia banknote has captured the attention of people from all over the

02:10world and received a lot of praise for its stunning design.

02:14The note features the striped pattern of the skin of a majestic whale shark and a green

02:18sea turtle against a vibrant blue backdrop.

02:22It's already been called the prettiest currency in the world.

02:28Wearing a tie might be more dangerous than you think.

02:30It can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5%, making you dizzy and nauseous, and causing

02:37headaches.

02:38Ties can also increase the pressure in your eyes if it's too tight.

02:41Plus, they're great at transporting germs.

02:44But think again whether following that dress code is so necessary.

02:50A young girl from Washington broke a Guinness World Record by putting on 45 sweaters at

02:55a local library.

02:57Sophia Hayden pulled on each sweater individually all the way down to her waist before moving

03:02on to the next one.

03:03It was done to comply with Guinness World Record rules.

03:06She also had to make sure that none of those sweaters was ripped since damaged items didn't

03:11count.

03:12As a result, she broke the record for the most sweaters worn at once.

03:16The previous record was 40 sweaters, and it was set by a French 11-year-old boy in 2022.

03:22Later, Sophia's mother admitted that it had been tricky to gather enough sweaters

03:26for that attempt.

03:27The sweaters were then donated to charity.

03:31It was Louis XIV of France who is believed to have brought salt and pepper together,

03:36forming the basis for modern cooking.

03:38At that time, only rich people could afford to add pepper to their meals, and the king

03:43liked his food to be lightly seasoned with just salt and pepper.

03:52Our sun produces a sound, but sadly, we can't hear it.

03:56It's emitted in the form of pressure waves, and their wavelength is measured in hundreds

04:00of miles.

04:01It means they're far beyond the range of human hearing.

04:07While we're on the topic of space, let's discuss the fact that our solar system has

04:11a wall surrounding it.

04:13Well, kind of.

04:14It's called the heliothode, and it's the region of space where solar wind isn't

04:18hot enough to push back the wind of particles coming from distant stars.

04:23That's why this region is often considered the boundary between the solar system and

04:28interstellar space.

04:30Another space fact for you – comets smell like rotten eggs.

04:35Other smells that might surround them are those of burning matches, and even almonds.

04:39That's because of the traces of hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen

04:45cyanide found in the makeup of some comets.

04:49In 2016, promotional postcards were even made, carrying the pungent scent of a comet.

04:56In any career field, the average worker is productive for around 60% of their working

05:01time each day.

05:02If we talk about office workers, this percentage drops drastically.

05:07One study determined that the average office worker is productive for a mere 2 hours and

05:1223 minutes per day.

05:14The thing is, employees are interrupted in general every 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

05:19And it takes people a whopping 23 minutes to get refocused after an interruption.

05:24It means that employees get 3 minutes of work done for every 26 minutes they spend at their

05:29workplace.

05:30Unbelievable.

05:31No wonder that, statistically, people working remotely are much more productive.

05:38Scottish soccer team Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club is known for using cameras

05:43with AI ball tracking to live-stream their matches on YouTube.

05:47Well, once, in a 2020 match against R-United to be precise, when a camera repeatedly tracked

05:54an official's bald head, mistaking it for the soccer ball.

05:58Uh-oh, what a blunder!

06:01Now, speaking of sports, football teams wearing red kits reportedly play better.

06:07Accordingly, the color of your attire affects not only how you're perceived by others,

06:12but also how you feel.

06:13A review of football matches in the past 55 years has shown that teams wearing red consistently

06:19play better in home matches than teams dressed in any other color.

06:25One more awesome story connected to sports.

06:28In order to draw some of the most wanted criminals out of hiding, the U.S. Marshals Service once

06:34came up with an offer crooks couldn't resist – they invited them to the Super Bowl.

06:39In December 1985, more than 100 people came to the Washington Convention Center after

06:45receiving a letter informing them that they had won tickets to the largest sporting event

06:50in the country.

06:51According to the invites, they had been selected randomly from a clearinghouse list of DC residents

06:57and were supposed to receive two tickets to the Redskins vs. Bengals game that day.

07:02But to get in, they had to come to a pre-game party to collect their tickets.

07:06And guess what?

07:07The plan worked like a charm.

07:10Over 100 criminals were arrested, which made Operation Flagship one of the most successful

07:15in U.S. police history.

07:18Now moving on, your brain is eating itself non-stop.

07:21Wait, don't panic yet.

07:23It's a totally normal process known as phagocytosis.

07:28During this process, cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them

07:33from the system.

07:34Luckily, phagocytosis isn't harmful – it actually helps preserve your gray matter,

07:39keeping it in top shape.

07:40Boy, I could use more of that.

07:43Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.

07:48Between 1996 and 2010, there were just 5 documented lightning strikes on giraffes that

07:53ended tragically.

07:55But if we consider the fact that the population of the species was just 140,000 at that time,

08:01it makes for around 0.003 lightning casualties per 1,000 giraffes each year.

08:07This is 30 times more than the number of tragic accidents involving lightning strikes that

08:12happen to people.

08:15Snails experience time differently from us humans.

08:18To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly.

08:22For instance, salamanders and lizards experience time not as fast as, let's say, dogs and

08:27cats.

08:29All because of the perception of time, which depends on how quickly the brain can process

08:33incoming information.

08:36And finally, snails do have teeth – between 1,000 and 12,000 to be precise.

08:42These teeth aren't like ours, though, so there's no need to picture snails with silly

08:46toothy grins.

08:48Snails' minuscule teeth are all over their file-like tongues.

08:52So there.

08:53That's it for today!

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