Explore the unknown, subvert cognition!Here are 15 facts that will be revealed that may surprise you and even doubt your ears. They may seem bizarre and incredible, but they are all proven and real. Are you ready to accept these incredible facts?Let's step into this world of wonders!
1.A Brazilian priest once ran a bizarre fundraiser in which he strapped himself to 1,000 balloons that rose off the ground and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. A few months later, his body was found.
2.To protect the precious Indian one-horned rhino and reduce poaching, the Kaziranga National Park in northeastern India allows rangers to shoot poachers.
3.Well-known actor Gary Sinis, who is widely loved for his role as "Captain Dan" in the movie Forrest Gump, founded the ** Club in 2011 and has raised a staggering 1$9.4 billion.
4.It wasn't until Elton Senna's death that it was discovered that he had secretly donated an estimated $400 million in fortune to help underprivileged children.
5.In Scandinavia during the Viking Age, women enjoyed a relatively high status, having the right to own property, demand divorce, and recover dowries when their marriages broke down.
6.Given that the lifetime tourism value of a manta ray is much higher than its value after killing, Indonesia has decided to ban manta ray fishing nationwide.
7.During the filming of Jurassic Park, a hurricane hit Hawaii, causing the set to be destroyed and the cast and crew trapped. To appease the children, Steven Spielberg played cards and told them stories, and real footage of the hurricane was included in the film.
8.In 1944, a 21-year-old tail gunner of a British Lancaster bomber miraculously sprained only one leg after jumping from 18,000 feet after being shot down.
9.A pilot's 16-year-old son, sitting in the cockpit of an autonomous plane, accidentally turned off the autopilot, causing the plane to crash and killing 75 people.
10.A few days before the eruption of Mount Perre in 1902, giant centipedes and pit vipers invaded the town of Saint-Pierre, killing 50 people.
11.Teens are more willing to take risks in part because their frontal cortex is not yet mature, and their dopamine response is stronger, making new activities more attractive.
12.Uchiavik, located in Alaska, is known as the "top of the world." From November 18 to January 23 each year, the sun remains below the horizon, resulting in a 66-day polar night phenomenon.
13.The first airship to lift off with helium required most of the world's available helium to fill its volume of 59,000 cubic meters at the time.
14.During the filming of Lord of War, director Andrew Nicol bought 3,000 real AK47 rifles and a real tank for filming, because it was cheaper than making prop guns. Shortly after the end of the shooting, the tank was sold to Libya.
15.In 17th-century England, because modern medicine had not yet been born, there were frequent incidents of live burials. To solve this problem, "safety coffins" were invented, which contained bells so that the living who had been buried by mistake could call for help when they woke up.