Un homme a été choqué lorsqu'il a trouvé une pierre précieuse super rare valant 600 000 $ à l'intérieur d'un cochon. La pierre est appelée ambre gris, une substance précieuse formée dans l'estomac d'une baleine, mais parfois elle peut finir dans des animaux qui mangent du poisson. Ce gars est simplement tombé dessus en nettoyant le cochon ! L'ambre gris est utilisé dans la fabrication de parfums coûteux, c'est pourquoi il vaut autant d'argent. Imaginez tomber sur quelque chose d'aussi précieux dans un endroit si inattendu ! Animation créée par Sympa.
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00:00If you still haven't made a fortune, don't be too sad.
00:04There are considerable sums of money that only ask to be discovered.
00:08Look at this humble Chinese villager.
00:10At 51 years old, he accidentally won 4 million yuan,
00:14that is more than 600,000 dollars, without doing anything special.
00:18With his son, he found a stone in a pig while they were doing their daily tasks.
00:24This stone is called Bezoar, and I bet you've never heard of it.
00:29They are not very common in the West, but they are very important for traditional Chinese medicine.
00:35By examining this stone, you might say that it is absolutely disgusting.
00:40This 10 cm long and 7 cm wide treasure is covered with hair,
00:46and is indeed a bit repulsive at first glance.
00:49After finding it, the father and son took it to Shanghai to evaluate it,
00:53which cost them about 6,000 dollars.
00:56But these initial expenses only corresponded to a small percentage of the value of the stone,
01:00so it was worth it.
01:02Everything in the belly of an animal will not make you rich,
01:05but the Bezoar can hide real treasures.
01:09Women can very well buy flowers on their own and write their names in the sand,
01:14but let's be realistic, they love to be offered beautiful bouquets.
01:18However, today it is much easier to do it than in the 17th century.
01:23At the time, an ordinary citizen had to spend his life trimming to afford a single flower.
01:28Around 1630, there was a real tulipomania.
01:32The bulbs of these flowers then cost more than gold.
01:35But this price was not real, it was simply a speculative bubble,
01:39like the one we regularly know in our modern economy.
01:42We have not yet learned the lesson.
01:45At the time, a single bulb of tulips was sold for more than what a qualified craftsman earned in a whole year.
01:51And it was not just any bulb of tulips,
01:54but bulbs with colors and rare and sought-after fanciful motifs.
01:59The tulip market looked like the stock market.
02:01Negotiators made business in the taverns and signed contracts between them.
02:06It was a matter of supply and demand.
02:08And like with any bubble, prices ended up collapsing in February 1637,
02:14leaving everyone speechless, pockets empty and morale down.
02:19Moreover, when we felt a little down in the 15th century Europe,
02:24we turned to Egyptian mummies to relieve our headaches, stomach problems
02:29and even more serious ailments that modern medicine still does not know how to treat today.
02:34It was thought that embalmed bodies had powers of magical healing.
02:38But why did people eat mummies?
02:41It all started with a translation error.
02:44There was a substance called mumia, which was considered very precious for its healing properties.
02:50But when Western Europeans, by means of letters sent from other countries,
02:55thought wrongly that this substance came from Egyptian mummies.
02:59This is how we began to consume mummies for medical purposes.
03:03People thought that eating pieces of mummies could heal all kinds of wounds.
03:07They therefore began to plunder Egyptian tombs and mummies were sold like little breads.
03:13The demand was so strong that creepy characters even began to make fake mummies
03:19with « trust me, you don't want to know ».
03:23I'll let you imagine that.
03:25You can write your ideas in the comments.
03:28At the Victorian era, enthusiasm for mummies was at its peak.
03:32Egyptomania was in full swing and mummy unpacking parties had become a popular pastime.
03:38It was only at the end of the 19th century that medical mummies became fashionable.
03:45One day, a dead duck fell on a beach in Palma, Spain.
03:50And a professor was sent on a mission to clarify the matter.
03:53In the middle of the waves and the huge carcass, he came across something surprising.
03:58A 9.5 kg stone stuck in the duck's intestines.
04:02But it was not an ordinary stone.
04:05It was grey amber, also called floating gold.
04:08And its value was estimated at 500,000 euros.
04:11According to legend, this substance can be found floating on the oceans
04:15or, more rarely, fallen on the beaches.
04:18It has been known since the 18th century.
04:21It is actually made up of indigestible pieces that ducks swallow when they feast on squids,
04:26for example their beaks.
04:28Over the years, these pieces agglutinate in their intestines,
04:31a bit like a kidney stone,
04:33and end up forming this precious grey amber ball.
04:36You may be wondering why the excretions of a duck cost a lot,
04:40much more expensive than your house.
04:42But the answer is simple.
04:44They smell good.
04:46Not only good.
04:47Divinely good.
04:48Their aroma has sweet and musky notes.
04:51And perfumers love it.
04:53Because it allows the perfume to last longer.
04:56The higher the embryonic content, the higher the price.
04:59Color is also important.
05:01Black usually contains less embryo,
05:04while white contains a lot.
05:06There are also synthetic alternatives,
05:09but high-end perfumes always contain authentic substances.
05:13If the use of grey amber in perfumes is forbidden in the United States,
05:17the French continue to use this magical ingredient.
05:20Moreover, 500,000 euros is not a limit.
05:24Lucky fishermen once snatched a piece of grey amber worth 1.5 million dollars in the Gulf of Aden.
05:30Cachalots really have luxury intestines.
05:36The next time you go shopping,
05:38don't complain about the prices.
05:40Know that you can get any spice you want.
05:43Your ancestors of the Middle Ages wouldn't believe you
05:45if you told them that cinnamon and black pepper are quite affordable.
05:49Spices are worth their weight in gold and precious stones,
05:52and strongly stimulated the economy.
05:54At the time, food was damaged faster than milk in the sun,
05:58and spices were therefore a very popular food
06:01to hide the unfresh flavors.
06:03The different European nations fought for the control of the spice trade,
06:08which led to crazy expeditions in India and other Asian countries.
06:12The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Spanish and the English
06:17all wanted to dominate this market.
06:20Let's now come to the exact price.
06:22In 1393, saffron was as expensive as a horse,
06:27ginger as expensive as a sheep,
06:29and corn as expensive as a cow.
06:31In medieval Germany,
06:33a pound of nutmeg was worth seven fat beefs.
06:36The black pepper we consume every day was not only used for seasoning.
06:40The grains of pepper were used as currency in exchange in Europe.
06:43Cities kept records.
06:45Young married people received it as a dowry,
06:48and some owners even accepted loans in grains of pepper.
06:52Can I pay my electricity bill with this little packet of cinnamon, sir?
06:56No?
06:57You want me to go find a real job?
06:59Okay.
07:02Hey, this t-shirt is not bad.
07:04But does it also exist in purple?
07:06What?
07:07It costs ten times more in this color?
07:09This question would seem insensitive to people today,
07:12used to diversity.
07:14But if our shopping malls had existed several centuries ago,
07:18it would be a common thing.
07:20The manufacture of the purple t-shirt was so expensive,
07:23that it cost a nice sum of money.
07:26It is said that the purple dye had as much value as the money itself.
07:30This is how the purple fabrics became symbols of prestige,
07:34with fanciful laws dictating who could wear them.
07:37The great Roman leaders displayed their importance
07:40by wearing white t-shirts embroidered with purple,
07:43while the victorious generals wore the most magnificent t-shirt of all,
07:47entirely purple, with magnificent gold ornaments.
07:51In the 4th century, it was forbidden to anyone in Rome
07:54to wear purple, except for the emperor.
07:57It is said how exclusive this color was.
08:00It was even said that he dressed in purple
08:03to mean that a man had become emperor.
08:06The Byzantine Empire exercised strict control over the production of purple t-shirts,
08:10and only used it for its most refined silk fabrics.
08:13Funny fact, being born in a royal family
08:16was literally being born surrounded by purple.
08:19The purple of Tire may have been worn by the nobility,
08:22the origins of this fantasy dye are far from being noble.
08:25It comes from the viscous matter of three different sea snails.
08:29Each of these snails produces a unique shade.
08:32The hexaplex trunculus gives us a blueish purple,
08:35the bolinus brandaris, a reddish purple,
08:37and the stramonita haemastoma,
08:39allows us to produce a vivid red shade.