Usually, one robs a bank for the purposes of acquiring money. This man robbed a bank for an entirely different reason, and it all went wrong for him. "Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence. This refers to robbery of a bank branch or teller, as opposed to other bank-owned property, such as a train, armored car, or (historically) stagecoach. It is a federal crime in the United States. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence or by putting the victim in fear." By contrast, burglary is "unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft."" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_robbery Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

We've all seen a pictures of ourselves where we weren't looking our best, but imagine what it was like when that picture took months to complete. "Most early representations that are clearly intended to show an individual are of rulers, and tend to follow idealizing artistic conventions, rather than the individual features of the subject's body, though when there is no other evidence as to the ruler's appearance the degree of idealization can be hard to assess. Nonetheless, many subjects, such as Akhenaten and some other Egyptian pharaohs, can be recognised by their distinctive features. The 28 surviving rather small statues of Gudea, ruler of Lagash in Sumer between c. 2144–2124 BC, show a consistent appearance with some individuality, although it is sometimes disputed that these count as portraits. Some of the earliest surviving painted portraits of people who were not rulers are the Greco-Roman funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt's Faiyum district. These are almost the only paintings from the classical world that have survived, apart from frescos, though many sculptures and portraits on coins have fared better. Although the appearance of the figures differs considerably, they are considerably idealized, and all show relatively young people, making it uncertain whether they were painted from life. The art of the portrait flourished in Ancient Greek and especially Roman sculpture, where sitters demanded individualized and realistic portraits, even unflattering ones. During the 4th century, the portrait began to retreat in favor of an idealized symbol of what that person looked like. (Compare the portraits of Roman Emperors Constantine I and Theodosius I at their entries.) In the Europe of the Early Middle Ages representations of individuals are mostly generalized. True portraits of the outward appearance of individuals re-emerged in the late Middle Ages, in tomb monuments, donor portraits, miniatures in illuminated manuscripts and then panel paintings. Moche culture of Peru was one of the few ancient civilizations which produced portraits. These works accurately represent anatomical features in great detail. The individuals portrayed would have been recognizable without the need for other symbols or a written reference to their names. The individuals portrayed were members of the ruling elite, priests, warriors and even distinguished artisans.They were represented during several stages of their lives. The faces of gods were also depicted. To date, no portraits of women have been found. There is particular emphasis on the representation of the details of headdresses, hairstyles, body adornment and face painting. One of the best-known portraits in the Western world is Leonardo da Vinci's painting titled Mona Lisa, which is a painting of Lisa del Giocondo. What has been claimed as the world's oldest known portrait was found in 2006 in the Vilhonneur grotto near Angoulême and is thought to be 27,000 years old." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The silent man tests the law in strange ways over and over - frequently getting himself in trouble - but never explains his actions or his motives... "A mute of malice is a defendant in a criminal case who willfully chooses not to speak, as opposed to one who does not speak because he is physically or psychologically unable to do so. In British jurisprudence, a separate trial is held before the main trial to determine whether the defendant is mute of malice or mute due to "visitation of God". In the past, if he was found by the jury to be mute of malice, he would be tortured until he spoke or died (see Peine forte et dure). In a criminal trial in Oxford Crown Court in 2023, the defendant was a litigant in person who refused to speak in court, whom the jury first found mute of malice, and the following day found guilty of the criminal charge. The instructing judge said it was the first instance in his 40-year career; that mute of malice meant the defendant "is deliberately faking his inability to speak", and that mute due to visitation of God did not mean that "a deity has descended upon us and struck him down". In the Netherlands, the concept is not used as in most other countries; the defendant has a constitutional right to silence and a right to refuse self-incrimination under all circumstances, such as in a court hearing or during a police questioning. The concept is practically foreign to American jurisprudence (it does not even appear in Black's Law Dictionary) because willfully choosing not to speak is a Constitutional right; the defense attorney utters the plea and the defendant does not have to testify (per the case Griffin v. California interpreting the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution)." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_of_malice Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A look at some of the most iconic moments in modern Irish political history (comically at least). "Dáil Éireann is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. It consists of 160 members, each known as a Teachta Dála (plural Teachtaí Dála, commonly abbreviated as TDs). TDs represent 39 constituencies and are directly elected for terms not exceeding five years, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other bicameral parliamentary systems and it is by far the dominant branch of the Oireachtas. Subject to the limits imposed by the Constitution of Ireland, it has power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the Taoiseach (head of government). Since 1922, it has met in Leinster House in Dublin. The Dáil took its current form when the 1937 Constitution was adopted, but it maintains continuity with the First Dáil established in 1919." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Cannibilism? Isn't that illegal? Well, it depends actually. Here's how you can get away with it. "Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food. Anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and Homo antecessor are known to have practised cannibalism to some extent in the Pleistocene. Cannibalism was occasionally practised in Egypt during ancient and Roman times, as well as later during severe famines. The Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, whose name is the origin of the word cannibal, acquired a long-standing reputation as eaters of human flesh, reconfirmed when their legends were recorded in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. Cannibalism has been well documented in much of the world, including Fiji (once nicknamed the "Cannibal Isles"), the Amazon Basin, the Congo, and the Māori people of New Zealand. Cannibalism was also practised in New Guinea and in parts of the Solomon Islands, and human flesh was sold at markets in some parts of Melanesia and of the Congo Basin. A form of cannibalism popular in early modern Europe was the consumption of body parts or blood for medical purposes. Reaching its height during the 17th century, this practice continued in some cases into the second half of the 19th century. Cannibalism has occasionally been practised as a last resort by people suffering from famine. Well-known examples include the ill-fated Donner Party (1846–1847), the Holodomor (1932–1933), and the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (1972), after which the survivors ate the bodies of the dead. Additionally, there are cases of people engaging in cannibalism for sexual pleasure, such as Albert Fish, Issei Sagawa, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Armin Meiwes. Cannibalism has been both practised and fiercely condemned in several recent wars, especially in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was still practised in Papua New Guinea as of 2012, for cultural reasons. Cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism because it challenges anthropologists "to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior". A few scholars argue that no firm evidence exists that cannibalism has ever been a socially acceptable practice anywhere in the world, but such views have been largely rejected as irreconcilable with the actual evidence." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

No, it's not a prop - that's real crack in the President's hands. How did he get it? Well, it was sold just outside the White House... "George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions. Born into a wealthy, established family in Milton, Massachusetts, Bush was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. He attended Phillips Academy and served as a pilot in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II before graduating from Yale and moving to West Texas, where he established a successful oil company. Following an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate in 1964, he was elected to represent Texas's 7th congressional district in 1966. President Richard Nixon appointed Bush as the ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. President Gerald Ford appointed him as the chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China in 1974 and as the director of Central Intelligence in 1976. Bush ran for president in 1980 but was defeated in the Republican presidential primaries by Reagan, who then selected Bush as his vice presidential running mate. In the 1988 presidential election, Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove Bush's presidency as he navigated the final years of the Cold War and played a key role in the reunification of Germany. He presided over the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War, ending the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the latter conflict. Though the agreement was not ratified until after he left office, Bush negotiated and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which created a trade bloc consisting of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise by enacting legislation to raise taxes to justify reducing the budget deficit. He championed and signed three pieces of bipartisan legislation in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Immigration Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments. He also appointed David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton following an economic recession, his turnaround on his tax promise, and the decreased emphasis of foreign policy in a post–Cold War political climate. After leaving office in 1993, Bush was active in humanitarian activities, often working alongside Clinton. With the victory of his son, George W. Bush, in the 2000 presidential election, the two became the second father–son pair to serve as the nation's president, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Another son, Jeb Bush, unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 primaries. Historians generally rank Bush as an above-average president." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

So you want someone dead, but they're far away - thankfully a gun can solve this problem. But there are other problems people of the past have tried to solve with guns - like how can I let people know I disapprove of their religion? "The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated flintlock revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724), a British inventor, lawyer and writer. It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a "machine gun", being called such in a 1722 shipping manifest, though its operation does not match the modern use of the term. It was never used during any combat operation or war. Production was highly limited and may have been as few as two guns." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Over 70 years ago, someone came up a with a pretty good idea. So good it's still used all over the world to this day. "The BIC Cristal (stylised as BiC Cristal and also known as the Bic Biro) is an inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It was introduced in 1950 and is the best-selling pen in the world, with the 100 billionth sold in September 2006. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous, to the extent that the Museum of Modern Art has made it a permanent part of its collection. Its hexagonal form and design mimics a standard pencil and it is sold in six types of point and 18 colours around the world." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Cristal Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The Green Man was spotted by multiple people travelling State Route 351 at night. And there's proof what they saw was real. "In the stories, he is the "Green Man", and as a boy, he climbed an electric pole to see into a bird's nest, and was shocked. He fell to the ground, and lost his eyes, nose, mouth, one ear, and one arm. The story states that when he grew older, he hid in an abandoned house. The famed nickname of "Green Man" came from his skin, which was purported to be green because of the electrical shock he suffered in the stories. Through several generations, Robinson's story has been passed on so many times that his name and his real history have been overshadowed by the ghost story that grew out of them." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Poland's first encyclopedia is a pretty terrible encyclopedia, but it is funny! "Nowe Ateny (New Athens) is the abbreviated title of the first Polish-language encyclopedia, authored by the 18th-century Polish priest Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski. The first edition was published in 1745–1746 in Lwów (Lviv); the second edition was updated and expanded in 1754–1764. The first part of the full title was: New Athens or the Academy full of all science, divided into subjects and classes, for the wise ones to record, for the idiots to learn, for the politicians to practice, for the melancholics to entertain issued... The book uses the Polish language as the main text, and primarily Latin for the in-line references. Chmielowski also included anecdotes in the text, and tales about strange and exotic topics." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowe_Ateny Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Mike the chicken survived for over a year without a head; could a human? "Mike the Headless Chicken (April 20, 1945 – March 17, 1947) was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, surviving because most of his brain stem remained intact and it did not bleed to death due to a blood clot. After the loss of his head, Mike achieved national fame until his death in March 1947. In Fruita, Colorado, United States, an annual "Mike the Headless Chicken Day" is held in May. Mike has the record for the longest surviving chicken without a head on Guinness World Records." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The same woman's DNA was found at 40 crime scenes, eventually leading to her identification by police, but she was never punished. Why? "The Phantom of Heilbronn, often alternatively referred to as the "Woman Without a Face", was a hypothesized unknown female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at numerous crime scenes in Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michèle Kiesewetter, in Heilbronn, Germany, on 25 April 2007. The only connection between the crimes was the presence of DNA from a single female, which had been recovered from 40 crime scenes, ranging from murders to burglaries. In late March 2009, investigators concluded that there was no "phantom criminal", and the DNA had already been present on the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples; it belonged to a woman who worked at the factory where they were made." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_Heilbronn Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This lawyer took a bullet for his client, literally! "Clement Laird Vallandigham (/vəˈlændɪɡəm/ və-LAN-dig-əm; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms for Ohio's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. In 1863, he was convicted by an Army court martial for publicly expressing opposition to the war and exiled to the Confederate States of America. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1863 from exile in Canada, but was defeated. Vallandigham died in 1871 in Lebanon, Ohio, after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a pistol, while representing a defendant in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl in Hamilton." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Vallandigham Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You've probably heard of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle before? But do you know what makes it so mysterious? "The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The idea of the area as uniquely prone to disappearances arose in the mid-20th century, but most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

McDonald's had a costly loss at the 1984 Summer Olympics, after failing to predict a fairly predictable occurrence. "With a history of using athletic prowess to sell fast food products, American restaurant chain McDonald's purchased major sponsor status for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, in addition to sponsoring several American teams competing at the event. McDonald's also invested in a major advertising campaign around the event. In addition to the sponsorships and advertising, McDonald's prepared to repeat a successful giveaway promotion they deployed during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, where customers were offered a chance to win products when the American team won a medal. In preparation for the promotion, McDonald's had scratch-off cards printed with different Olympic events. The cards were handed to customers at concessions in the United States and they could be redeemed for a specific food item if the American Olympic Team won a medal at that specific event. A gold medal was worth a Big Mac, silver an order of french fries, and bronze a Coca-Cola. The slogan "When the U.S. Wins, You Win." was adopted for the campaign. McDonald's had made their cost estimates for the promotion based on the American medal count at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was 94 medals, this included 34 gold medals. McDonald's promotion campaign was given an unexpected boost when the Soviet Union, along with the thirteen Eastern Bloc countries, boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in retaliation for the United States' boycotting of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia as a protest against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Iran and Libya also declined to participate for other reasons. With several of the Olympic powerhouse teams absent, the U.S. easily dominated the Olympic Games and walked away with 174 medals, 83 of them gold. As the Games started and the American teams conquered podiums, customers were enthusiastic about exchanging their cards for free food. More cards were being handed out with each new order, offering more giveaway opportunities. Some 6,600 outlets reportedly faced shortages of the promoted items, especially the Big Macs. McDonald's have been discreet about the cost of the promotion, saying only it was the most expensive promotion in the franchise's history to date. Marketing experts estimate it in the millions of dollars, especially since the chain normally makes a generous profit on each of the Big Macs it was now handing out for free. Despite the financial costs incurred in 1984, McDonald's repeated the "When the U.S. Wins, You Win" food prize promotion using the same game-piece format in both 1988 and 1996. McDonald's would continue its partnership with the Olympic Games until 2017." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_1984_Olympics_promotion Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This website accidentally turned into a joke, and then accidentally turned into something quite dark. "RentAHitman.com is a satirical website purporting to offer contract killers for hire. The site's domain was bought by Bob Innes in 2005 as a potential site for an information technology company to be set up with his friends (playing on the use of the word "hit" as a check on a website's security or the count of web traffic). The company was never started but Innes retained the site. Upon checking the site's email inbox in 2008, he found hundreds of messages requesting contract killing services, but he considered none to be serious. When checking again in 2010, however, he found a serious request from a woman in Canada. He passed her details to the police, and she was convicted for soliciting murder. Afterwards, Innes converted RentAHitman.com to a supposed front for a contract killing agency, though he included numerous jokes in its content to clearly signal the site is a parody. Despite this, Innes' site has resulted in several further convictions for those attempting to employ the supposed services, as he checks messages sent to him and refers any serious requests to law enforcement agencies." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RentAHitman.com Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

How did a cement company get charged for complicity in crimes against humanity? Not in the way you think! "According to The New York Times, a representative of the French construction company Lafarge S.A. met with representatives of numerous militias from northern Syria in Gaziantep in the autumn of 2012, a city in southern Turkey, to negotiate an agreement. Executives from Lafarge agreed to pay terrorist organizations like the Islamic State on a monthly basis in order to protect their business. The extremists offered to stifle competition and provided papers to the company's drivers assuring safe passage for its cargo. The company was continuing payments even though the Islamic State was capturing, torturing, and killing prisoners. In August 2014, about a month after the Islamic State executed the American journalist James M. Foley, executives arranged the delivery of financial advances to the group as part of their agreement to keep the facility operating, according to emails seized by the U.S. authorities. In June 2016, France launched an investigation into Lafarge's activities in Syria, in response to reports by a French journalist Dorothée Myriam Kellou. Kellou's reports were published by Le Monde and France 24 and revealed deals Lafarge made with a variety of armed groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group, in order to keep its cement plant in Syria operational. On September 19, 2014, ISIL took control of the factory. LafargeHolcim executives were investigated in 2017 for these claims in the civil and criminal courts. That action followed a complaint filed in November by Sherpa, a nongovernmental organization, accusing Lafarge of involvement in war crimes by conducting business with the terrorist organisation Islamic State in order to keep its Syria facility operating, despite UN sanctions against the group. The French court inquiry discovered that between 2012 and 2014, the business paid up to 13 million euros (approximately $17.5 million at the time) to various armed groups, including the Islamic State, via its Syrian subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria. According to the study, the subsidiary paid these payments to maintain its cement facility in northeastern Syria operational despite the continuous fighting, kidnappings, and security concerns experienced by its workers. Lafarge tried to dismiss the claims that the payments were made not to support ISIS, but to allow Lafarge to continue commercial operations, and stated that the business and its executives could not be held liable for the actions of its Syrian subsidiary. Initially, the Paris Court of Appeals agreed with Lafarge. In 2018, eight former firm leaders, including two former CEOs, were charged with supporting terrorists and endangering the lives of their employees in Syria. All of those executives resigned, and the firm merged in 2015 with the Swiss cement conglomerate Holcim. The former officials may face up to 10 years in jail if proven guilty of the accusation." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafarge_scandal Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Given the complexity of medical operations, it seems euthanasia would be the one procedure that couldn't go wrong. That is not the case. "Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practise of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands and Belgium, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient". Euthanasia is categorised in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is when a person wishes to have their life ended and is legal in a growing number of countries. Non-voluntary euthanasia occurs when a patient's consent is unavailable and is legal in some countries under certain limited conditions, in both active and passive forms. Involuntary euthanasia, which is done without asking for consent or against the patient's will, is illegal in all countries and is usually considered murder. As of 2006, euthanasia had become the most active area of research in bioethics. In some countries, divisive public controversy occurs over the moral, ethical, and legal issues associated with euthanasia. Passive euthanasia (known as "pulling the plug") is legal under some circumstances in many countries. Active euthanasia, however, is legal or de facto legal in only a handful of countries (for example, Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland), which limit it to specific circumstances and require the approval of counsellors, doctors, or other specialists. In some countries—such as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan—support for active euthanasia is almost nonexistent." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You've probably seen lots of prehistoric cave paintings - but have ever seen a human face depicted in them? "In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. These paintings were often created by Homo sapiens, but also Denisovans and Neanderthals; other species in the same Homo genus. Discussion around prehistoric art is important in understanding the history of the Homo sapiens species and how Homo sapiens have come to have unique abstract thoughts. Some point to these prehistoric paintings as possible examples of creativity, spirituality, and sentimental thinking in prehistoric humans. The oldest known are more than 40,000 years old (art of the Upper Paleolithic) and found in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). The oldest are often constructed from hand stencils and simple geometric shapes. More recently, in 2021, cave art of a pig found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and dated to over 45,500 years ago, has been reported. A 2018 study claimed an age of 64,000 years for the oldest examples of non-figurative cave art in the Iberian Peninsula. Represented by three red non-figurative symbols found in the caves of Maltravieso, Ardales and La Pasiega, Spain, these predate the appearance of modern humans in Europe by at least 20,000 years and thus must have been made by Neanderthals rather than modern humans. In November 2018, scientists reported the discovery of the then-oldest known figurative art painting, over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo. In December 2019, cave paintings portraying pig hunting within the Maros-Pangkep karst region in Sulawesi were discovered to be even older, with an estimated age of at least 43,900 years. This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history."" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

No human ever had to fight a dinosaur - but they probably did fight these creatures. "The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)) animal species (the Pleistocene megafauna), which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by the widespread absence of ecological succession to replace these extinct megafaunal species, and the regime shift of previously established faunal relationships and habitats as a consequence. The timing and severity of the extinctions varied by region and are thought to have been driven by varying combinations of human and climatic factors. Human impact on megafauna populations is thought to have been driven by hunting ("overkill"), as well as possibly environmental alteration. The relative importance of human vs climatic factors in the extinctions has been the subject of long-running controversy. Major extinctions occurred in Australia-New Guinea (Sahul) beginning approximately 50,000 years ago and in the Americas about 13,000 years ago, coinciding in time with the early human migrations into these regions. Extinctions in northern Eurasia were staggered over tens of thousands of years between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, while extinctions in the Americas were virtually simultaneous, spanning only 3000 years at most. Overall, during Late Pleistocene about 65% of all megafaunal species worldwide became extinct, rising to 72% in North America, 83% in South America and 88% in Australia, with all mammals over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) becoming extinct in Australia and the Americas. Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia experienced much lower extinctions than other regions." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Exploding head syndrome is a real condition, and you might have it - but don't worry, it's painless! "Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. People may also experience a flash of light. Pain is typically absent. The cause is unknown. Potential organic explanations that have been investigated but ruled out include ear problems, temporal lobe seizure, nerve dysfunction, or specific genetic changes. Potential risk factors include psychological stress. It is classified as a sleep disorder or headache disorder. People often go undiagnosed. There is no high-quality evidence to support treatment. Reassurance may be sufficient. Clomipramine and calcium channel blockers have been tried. While the frequency of the condition is not well studied, some have estimated that it occurs in about 10% of people. Women are reportedly more commonly affected. The condition was initially described at least as early as 1876. The current name came into use in 1988." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A heavyweight championship fight is probably the last place you'd expect this to happen, but it did! "Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2019. A veteran of the sport for over three decades, he is best known for winning the WBC heavyweight title in 1994 by scoring an upset knockout victory over Lennox Lewis. The next year he defended the title against Larry Holmes before losing it to Frank Bruno. McCall is known for an in-ring mental breakdown during his 1997 rematch with Lewis. McCall's son, Elijah, is also a heavyweight professional boxer. McCall is known for never being knocked down in his 74-bout professional career and possessed one of the most durable chins of his time." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_McCall Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Game shows were different back in the day, in part because the law had to step in. "The 1950s quiz show scandals were a series of scandals involving the producers and contestants of several popular American television quiz shows. These shows' producers secretly gave assistance to certain contestants in order to prearrange the shows' outcomes while still attempting to deceive the public into believing that these shows were objective and fair competitions. Producers fixed the shows sometimes with the free consent of contestants and out of various motives: improving ratings, greed, and the lack of regulations prohibiting such conspiracy in game show productions. The scandals took place at a time when television was still emerging as a medium and had yet to become the established cultural force in American society that it is today. When the behavior of the producers and contestants was exposed, the public reacted with shock. Many expressed concern about the potential for the young medium of television to influence society in negative ways. In response to the scandals, the government was widely pressured to impose stricter regulations on broadcasters. As a direct consequence, Congress amended the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit networks from prearranging the outcomes of quiz shows. In the United States, it has since become standard industry practice for game show producers to monitor their own shows closely for cheating and to ensure fairness in play and compliance with broadcasting law to the highest degree possible." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandals Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

To become an astronaut you need to be at the top of your game - physically and mentally, but not everyone at the top stays at the top. "Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pled guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy. Born in Washington, D.C., Nowak graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1985. She was assigned to VAQ-34 at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, where she flew the EA-7L Corsair and ERA-3B Skywarrior. She earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In 1993 she was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. After graduation, she remained at Patuxent River, flying in the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler. During her Navy career she logged over 1,500 hours in more than 30 aircraft and was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. In February 2007, Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after she accosted and pepper-sprayed Colleen Shipman, a U.S. Air Force captain romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein, who had been in a relationship with Nowak. She was released on bail and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and battery. Subsequently, her assignment as an astronaut was terminated by NASA. In 2009, Nowak agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to charges of felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. She remained a Navy captain until the following year when a Naval Board of Inquiry voted unanimously to reduce her in rank to commander and to discharge her from the Navy under other than honorable conditions after 25 years of service. As of 2017, it was reported that she was working in the private sector in Texas." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Do you even realise you've seen this face before? Probably not, and the reason is really creepy. "Resusci Anne, also known as Rescue Anne, Resusci Annie, CPR Annie, Resuscitation Annie, Little Annie, or CPR Doll is a model of medical simulator used for teaching both emergency workers and members of the general public. Resusci Anne was developed by the Norwegian toy maker Åsmund S. Lærdal and the Austrian-Czech physician Peter Safar and American physician James Elam, and is produced by the company Laerdal Medical. Anne is rumored to be modeled after a dead woman who died in the Seine. The distinctive face of Resusci Anne was based on L'Inconnue de la Seine (English: The unknown woman of Seine), the death mask of an unidentified young woman reputedly drowned in the River Seine around the late 1880s. The toymaker, Åsmund S. Lærdal chose to use a woman's face on the mannequin as he thought male trainees might be reluctant to kiss a man's face. The face was sculpted by the Norwegian-Danish sculptor Emma Matthiasen. The first version of Resusci-Annie was presented by Lærdal at the First International Symposium on Resuscitation at Stavanger, Norway, in 1960. Peter Safar and James Elam were attending the conference. Together they would join Lærdal in refining the design. Later versions included a simulated carotid pulse, eye-pupils that could dilate and constrict, and a system for recording the trainee's resuscitation performance on a paper tape." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resusci_Anne Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A magician meets his match (physics) while performing a buried alive stunt. "1990: Escape artist Joseph W. "Amazing Joe" Burrus died on Halloween when the glass 'coffin' he was attempting to escape from collapsed under the weight of wet cement poured on top of it. Burrus died on the 64th anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini, who was Burrus' inspiration for the performance." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performance#Joe_Burrus Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A monster truck stunt show taking place in a public square ends in tragedy when the truck ploughs through the safety barriers and into the crowd. "The Haaksbergen monster truck accident happened on 28 September 2014 in Haaksbergen, the Netherlands, when a monster truck crashed into the attending crowd. Three visitors were reported dead, amongst them one child. According to Hans Gerritsen, the mayor of Haaksbergen, twelve people were injured." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaksbergen_monster_truck_accident Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

No one knows where this joke came from, and no one knows where it will go. ""An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman" is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or sometimes four. In Ireland, the characters are sometimes called "Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy Scotsman". Depending on who is telling the joke, one nationality fares well and the other nationalities fare poorly according to national stereotypes. For example, in England the punchline is usually based around the Irishman being stupid, the Scotsman being mean or miserly, and the Englishman being posh (or a snob but ultimately not the butt of the joke), whereas in Scotland and Ireland, the Englishman will typically be the butt of the joke. Sometimes, when the joke requires four people, a Welshman is brought in." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Englishman,_an_Irishman_and_a_Scotsman Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A parachute is the most important thing to have when going skydiving, so why did this veteran parachutist not have one? "The 35-year-old veteran skydiver was filming a jump by an instructor and student from the Franklin County Sports Parachute Center when he jumped from a plane without a parachute. Focused on the filming process, he apparently forgot to put one on, and his camera equipment may have been mistaken for one. The tape was recovered." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This bank robber thought disguising himself as Santa would be a smart idea, and maybe it was, but it didn't stop the heist from becoming spectacularly catastrophic. "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery occurred on December 23, 1927, in the Central Texas town of Cisco. Marshall Ratliff, dressed as Santa Claus, along with Henry Helms and Robert Hill, all ex-cons, and Louis Davis, a relative of Helms, held up the First National Bank in Cisco. The robbery is one of Texas' most infamous crimes, having invoked the largest manhunt ever seen in the state. Boyce House, editor of the Ranger Times, a newspaper in the county at the time, wrote that this was "the most spectacular crime in the history of the Southwest ... surpassing any in which Billy the Kid or the James boys had ever figured."" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Bank_Robbery Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The Brits need a licence to own a TV, and the government knows if they don't have one... "In the British Islands, any household watching or recording television transmissions at the same time they are being broadcast is required by law to hold a television licence. This applies regardless of transmission method, including terrestrial, satellite, cable, or for BBC iPlayer internet streaming. The television licence is the instrument used to raise revenue to fund the BBC. Businesses, hospitals, schools and a range of other organisations are also required by law to hold television licences to watch and record live TV broadcasts. The licence, originally a radio licence, was introduced in November 1923 using powers under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1904, and cost 10 shillings per annum. The licence was extended to televisions at a cost of £2 in June 1946. The radio part was abolished in February 1971. A television licence is also required to receive video on demand programme services provided by the BBC via its iPlayer service. Since April 2021, the annual cost has been £159.00 for a colour licence and £53.50 for a black and white licence. Income from the licence is primarily used to fund the television, radio and online services of the BBC. The total income from licence fees was £3.83 billion in 2017–18, of which £655.3 million or 17.1% was provided by the government through concessions for those over the age of 75 (this subsidy has now been phased out). Thus, the licence fee made up the bulk (75.7%) of the BBC's total income of £5.0627 billion in 2017–2018. In May 2016, the government's white paper announced that the licence fee would rise with inflation for the first five years of the Charter period, from 1 April 2017." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

If almost every lottery ticket is a loser, what does it take for a lottery ticket to be considered unlucky? "A lottery (or lotto) is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments. The most common regulation is prohibition of sale to minors, and vendors must be licensed to sell lottery tickets. Although lotteries were common in the United States and some other countries during the 19th century, by the beginning of the 20th century, most forms of gambling, including lotteries and sweepstakes, were illegal in the U.S. and most of Europe as well as many other countries. This remained so until well after World War II. In the 1960s, casinos and lotteries began to re-appear throughout the world as a means for governments to raise revenue without raising taxes. Lotteries come in many formats. For example, the prize can be a fixed amount of cash or goods. In this format, there is risk to the organizer if insufficient tickets are sold. More commonly, the prize fund will be a fixed percentage of the receipts. A popular form of this is the "50–50" draw, where the organizers promise that the prize will be 50% of the revenue. Many recent lotteries allow purchasers to select the numbers on the lottery ticket, resulting in the possibility of multiple winners." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Negligence in the operation of a machine this size can only spell disaster. "On July 14, 1999, at approximately 5:12 pm, the Big Blue collapsed during the construction of the Miller Park (now American Family Field) baseball stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a load of over 450 tonnes (440 long tons; 500 short tons) on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local 8 members, Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave, and Jerome Starr, were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was hit by the falling crane. A safety inspector was filming construction of the stadium on that day and captured the collapse on video as it occurred. Wind speeds were between 20 and 21 miles per hour (32 and 34 km/h), with gusts of up to 26 to 27 miles per hour (42 to 43 km/h), at the time of the collapse. The boom was rated to 20 miles per hour (32 km/h), and other workers had expressed concern at the speed of the wind. An investigation revealed that although the effects of side winds on the crane itself had been calculated, it had not been considered for the load the crane was lifting." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Crane_collapse Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Showing no fear in the face of death, this airman gives a final salute after his cable snaps. "The Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC, Spanish: Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana) is the aerospace force of the Republic of Colombia. The Colombian Aerospace Force is one of the three institutions of the Military Forces of Colombia charged, according to the 1991 Constitution, working to exercise and maintain control of Colombia's airspace and to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order. It is one of the largest air forces in the Americas (after the United States and Brazil) and has increased its activity due to important roles in the fight against narco-terrorism. Its main force includes 21 IAI Kfirs as defense fighters and 12 Cessna A-37 Dragonfly plus 24 Embraer 314 Super Tucano for counterinsurgency. The FAC has been used in observation and aerial combat missions since the Colombian-Peruvian war of 1932 and also operated during the Second World War in the islands of San Andrés. The service's name was changed from the Colombian Air Force to the Colombian Aerospace Force in 2023." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_Aerospace_Force Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This horse (maybe) isn't as smart as you, but he does have a skill you wish you had. "Muhamed was a German horse reportedly able to mentally extract the cube roots of numbers, which he would then tap out with his hooves. Raised in the town of Elberfeld by Karl Krall in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries, he was one of several supposedly gifted horses, the others being Kluge Hans, Zarif, Amassis, and later Bento, a blind stallion. Muhamed, the most gifted of the animals, could also allegedly perform music and even distinguish between harmony and discord. While all the horses raised by Krall could demonstrate an apparent ability to read and do basic arithmetic, Muhamed could seemingly perform complicated calculations. When tested by psychologists and scientists, a number was written on a blackboard, and Muhamed was asked to extract the cube root. His left foot represented the tens, while his right foot represented the ones, so that in order to give the answer sixty-five, he would tap six times with his left foot and five times with his right. This method of tapping was also used to demonstrate the horse's spelling, although according to reports, they did not correctly handle German orthography. Krall himself professed disbelief in the notion that Muhamed might be some sort of genius, arguing that human idiot savants are also able to perform mathematical functions rapidly in their heads. Scientists examining the horses attempted various tests to prove that the horses were being signaled the answers by Krall, and even attempted to blindfold the horses by tying sacks over their heads, and by observing them in the stable through peepholes. According to Krall, Muhamed, the most intelligent of the horses, eventually began to communicate spontaneously, sometimes even tattling on the other horses for being lazy, or even on the grooms for beating them. Among the scholars who tested the horses and came away impressed by them were psychologist Edward Claparède, who claimed that they were genuine, and Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck, who claimed that Krall had "humanized" the horses. Muhamed disappeared in World War I, in which he served as a draft animal." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamed_(horse) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Running over a child is terrible enough, but what happens if it's the child of a mob boss? "On March 18, 1980, John Gotti's middle son, 12-year-old Frank Gotti, had met with a friend who owned a minibike, who was allowing his friends to take turns borrowing it. When the friend permitted Gotti to take his turn, Gotti took the bike immediately, to the surprise of his friend, who had not yet given his instructions on appropriate handling of the motorized bike. Gotti darted out into the street and was hit by a car driven by John Favara, Gotti's backyard neighbor. Due to Gotti's failure to wait for his friend's tutorial and entering the street at a blind spot, his death was ruled an accident and criminal charges were never filed against Favara. However, Favara subsequently received death threats and was attacked with a baseball bat by Victoria Gotti Senior, the deceased's mother, when Favara visited the Gottis to apologize. When the Gotti children grew up and had children of their own, each of them named one of their sons Frank in honor of their brother." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_John_Favara Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You've seen the footage - but did you notice this strange figure? The FBI certainly did. "The "umbrella man", is a figure who appears in several films and photographs of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. He was one of the closest bystanders to the president when he was first struck by a bullet, near the Stemmons Freeway sign within Dealey Plaza. The figure's behavior raised suspicion among investigators due to his maneuvering of an umbrella as Kennedy was passing him, despite clear skies. Louie Steven Witt came forward to the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978, identifying himself as the "umbrella man" in the footage. Witt said he brought the umbrella that day to heckle Kennedy, as an indirect reference to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.'s support of Neville Chamberlain." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_man_(JFK_assassination) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Beware the man in the chicken suit, and also free giveaways. "Operation Flagship was a sting operation jointly organized by the United States Marshals Service and the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. that resulted in the arrest of 101 wanted fugitives on December 15, 1985. The fugitives voluntarily went to the Washington Convention Center, responding to an invite sent by law enforcement posing as a fictitious television company, to claim two free tickets to watch the Washington Redskins home game against the Cincinnati Bengals and for a chance to win tickets to Super Bowl XX. A total of 166 marshals and police officers were involved in the operation, several of whom were disguised as tuxedo-wearing ushers, cheerleaders, emcees, caterers, mascots, and maintenance staff. The operation has been hailed as one of the largest and most successful mass arrests of fugitives by American law enforcement." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flagship Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Ever wonder what a medieval melee might look like? Well, people still take part in them today! "The International Medieval Combat Federation is a global historical full contact sport fighting revival movement, in which combatants use historically accurate reproduction medieval and early modern armour and blunted weapons to engage in competitive fights according to authentic historical tournament rules. Founded in 2013, the organisation now attracts hundreds of fighters from 26 countries at various fighting competitions around the world. Most events are open to the public and major competitions are regularly seen by tens of thousands of spectators. The league holds dozens of smaller events throughout the year as well as a world championship competition in which national teams, selected from local or regional clubs in their respective countries, assemble at a suitably historical venue to compete. These events take the character of a medieval tournament, with historical attractions and exhibits beside the competition, as well as market stalls selling historically-themed foods, goods and souvenirs. Competing teams are billeted in reproduction medieval camps and must wear authentic clothing. Somewhat unlike the medieval competition, fighting is exclusively on foot, and strict rules are enforced to ensure the safety of competitors and fairness in the competition. The fighting can be between individuals or teams of up to 16 fighters per side." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Medieval_Combat_Federation Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A mouse? In MY soda? Well, it might be better luck than you think - at least monetarily. "Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew in some countries, is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, and the distribution expanded across the United States and Canada. Between the 1940s and 1980s there was only one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and discontinued in 1988. In 2001, a cherry-flavored variant called Code Red debuted. Expansions of the product line have continued to this day, including specialty offerings, limited time productions, region-specific and retailer-specific flavors of Mountain Dew. Production was extended to the United Kingdom in 1996, but was phased out in 1998. A similarly named but different-tasting product, with a recipe more similar to the original American product has been sold in the U.K. under the name "Mountain Dew Energy" since 2010 and in Ireland since the spring of 2011. As of 2017, Mountain Dew represented a 6.6% share of the carbonated soft drinks market in the U.S. Its competition includes the Coca-Cola Company's Mello Yello and Surge, and Keurig Dr Pepper's Sun Drop; Mountain Dew accounted for 80% of citrus soft drinks sold within the U.S. in 2010." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

While following a police chase, the Channel 15 news helicopter pilot seemingly got distracted by the drama on the ground, and paid for it with his life. "On July 27, 2007, two AS-350 AStar helicopters from television stations KNXV-TV and KTVK collided in mid-air over Phoenix, Arizona, while covering a police pursuit. On board the two aircraft were four people in total – pilot Craig Smith and photographer Rick Krolak from KNXV-TV, and pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox from KTVK – all of whom were killed, while no casualties were reported on the ground." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_news_helicopter_collision Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The 1950's Deep South was not overly hospitable to this strange man and his stranger ideas. "John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey through the Deep South in order to see life and segregation from the other side of the color line first-hand. He first published a series of articles on his experience in Sepia magazine, which had underwritten the project, then later published an expanded account in book form, under the title Black Like Me (1961). This was later adapted into a 1964 film of the same name. A 50th anniversary edition of the book was published in 2011 by Wings Press." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Griffin Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Ever hear the saying; "if it sounds dumb, but it works, it ain't dumb"? "On the morning of December 10, 1968, four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (Nippon Trust Bank) were transporting 294,307,500 yen (about US$817,520 at 1968 exchange rates) in the trunk of a Nissan Cedric company car. The metal boxes contained bonuses for the employees of Toshiba's Fuchu factory. A young man in the uniform of a motorcycle police officer blocked the path of the car, a mere 200 meters from its destination, in a street next to Tokyo Fuchū Prison. The bogus police officer informed the bank employees that their bank branch manager's house had been destroyed by an explosion, and a warning had been received that an explosive device had been planted in the car. After the four employees exited the vehicle, the police officer crawled under the car. Moments later, he rolled out, shouting that the car was about to explode, and smoke and flames appeared underneath it. As the employees retreated from the vehicle, the police officer got into it and drove away." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This poet did not take criticism well, in the rare instances he even acknowledged it. "William Topaz McGonagall (March 1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish poet of Irish descent. He gained notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern for, his peers' opinions of his work. He wrote about 200 poems, including "The Tay Bridge Disaster" and "The Famous Tay Whale", which are widely regarded as some of the worst in English literature. Groups throughout Scotland engaged him to make recitations from his work, and contemporary descriptions of these performances indicate that many listeners were appreciating McGonagall's skill as a comic music hall character. Collections of his verse remain popular, with several volumes available today. McGonagall has been lampooned as the worst poet in British history. The chief criticisms are that he was deaf to poetic metaphor and unable to scan correctly. His only apparent understanding of poetry was his belief that it needed to rhyme. McGonagall's fame stems from the humorous effects these shortcomings are considered to generate in his work. Scholars argue that his inappropriate rhythms, weak vocabulary, and ill-advised imagery combine to make his work amongst the most unintentionally amusing dramatic poetry in the English language. His work is in a long tradition of narrative ballads and verse written and published about great events and tragedies, and widely circulated among the local population as handbills. In an age before radio and television, their voice was one way of communicating important news to an avid public." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

So you know how to use the oxygen mask, and how to put on the lifejacket, but what about the ashtray, or the secret toilet unlock? "Airlines are required to orally brief their passengers before each take-off. This requirement is set by their nation's civil aviation authority, under the recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organization. All airline safety videos are subtitled or shown secondarily in English as it is the lingua franca of aviation. Sometimes a video briefing is subtitled with the primary language of the country the airline is based in or the language of the city where the plane originates or flies to. This is up to the airline, but most (if not all) elect to do this through a safety briefing or demonstration delivered to all passengers at the same time. A safety demonstration typically covers all these aspects, not necessarily in this order: The brace position, which must be adopted on hearing the "Brace, Brace" command during an emergency landing. The use of the seat belt; most airlines recommend or require that passengers keep their seat belt fastened at all times in case of unexpected turbulence. The location and use of the emergency exits, evacuation slides and emergency floor level lighting. A diagram or description of the location of exits on that particular aircraft, or that they are being pointed out by crew and are described in the safety card. A reminder that all passengers should locate (and sometimes count the number of rows to) their nearest exit, which may be behind them the requirements for sitting in an emergency exit row (varies by country and airline); in some countries (including the United States) it must also be stated that exit row passengers may be required to assist the crew in an evacuation. That all passengers must leave all carry-on bags behind during an evacuation. Some demonstrations also mention that high heeled shoes and/or any sharp objects must be removed (this is to ensure that evacuation slides are not punctured). The use of the oxygen mask (not included on some turboprops which do not fly high enough to need supplemental oxygen in a decompression emergency) with associated reminders: That the passenger should always fit his or her own mask on before helping children, the disabled, or any persons requiring assistance that even though oxygen will be flowing to the mask, the plastic bag may not inflate (required in the United States after a woman fatally removed her mask thinking it was not working); some planes such as the Boeing 787 or Boeing 777-300ER do not include plastic bags in the oxygen masks. If applicable to the aircraft in question, that the passenger must pull down on a strap to retrieve the mask. This part of the safety demonstration is sometimes technically permitted to be done after take-off, since it is not applicable while the aircraft is at low altitude. The location and use of the life vests, life rafts and other flotation devices, like floatable seat cushions (not always included if the flight does not overfly or fly near vast masses of water although is required by the FAA on any aircraft equipped with life vests). Restrictions enforced by law and/or airline policies, which typically include requirements that passengers must comply with lighted signs, posted placards, and crew members instructions (generally only included in safety demonstrations on Australian, New Zealand, and American carriers as the CASA (AU), CAA (NZ) and FAA (US) require it to be stated). That smoking is not allowed on board, including in the lavatories (though most airlines now refer to them as restrooms); on all domestic flights in the United States and international flights going to or from that country, a warning that prohibits the use of e-cigarettes is also announced. On flights where smoking was permitted, a reminder was often issued that smoking was only acceptable in smoking sections, but not when the no-smoking sign was illuminated nor anywhere else on board; another reminder warned that in case of deployment of the oxygen masks, any lit cigarettes must be extinguished; airlines which prohibited smoking on all their flights usually reminded passengers of such carrier-wide restriction; smoking was banned on all domestic and international flights in 2000. That United States federal law prohibits tampering with, disabling or destroying lavatory smoke detectors" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-flight_safety_demonstration Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This chain reaction explosion at a fireworks market is dazzling but deadly. "The cause of the explosion is unknown, but sources preliminarily claimed that gunpowder from the fireworks ignited the explosion. Up to 300 tonnes of fireworks were reported to have been present at the market. The explosion occurred at approximately 15:00 CST (21:00 UTC). As of 24 December, at least 36 people died, with at least 84 more injured. Of the dead, 26 died at the site of the explosion and the remaining at the hospital. Of the injured, 46 individuals were hospitalized, five of whom were in critical condition. Six children were among the injured, including a girl with burns to over 90% of her body. Once they were stable and guardians had been contacted, these children were planned to be transferred to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, United States, to be treated. Nearby homes were damaged significantly and much of the market was leveled in the explosion." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_San_Pablito_Market_fireworks_explosion Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You'd think an armed military vehicle could easily bully a civilian ship, but apparently it's not so easy... "In a statement released by Venezuela on 31 March, RCGS Resolute was accused of committing an act of "aggression and piracy" by intentionally ramming and sinking Naiguatá while the patrol boat was conducting a maritime traffic control operation, as well as of acting "cowardly and criminal" for not participating in the search and rescue of the patrol boat's crew of 44, all of which were rescued by other Venezuelan vessels. An illustration of the incident released by the Venezuelan Navy describes RCGS Resolute turning hard starboard to ram Naiguatá while the patrol boat was sailing alongside the cruise ship. Video footage later released by the Venezuelan Navy first show a Naiguatá crewman firing warning shots with an AK-47 assault rifle, followed by the patrol boat taking water after colliding with the RCGS Resolute's visibly damaged bow. In addition, Venezuela has also alleged that Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute was carrying mercenaries for attacking the country's military bases and that the ship's inflatable Zodiac boats were intended to transport them to shore. According to a statement released on 1 April by Columbia Cruise Services, the company responsible for technical management of RCGS Resolute, the cruise ship was approached by Naiguatá in international waters, about 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) from La Tortuga Island, Venezuela, shortly after midnight. RCGS Resolute, which had left Buenos Aires on 5 March, had been adrift in the open sea for a day while carrying out routine maintenance on the starboard main engine before reaching her next destination, Willemstad in Curaçao. After having questioned her intentions over radio, the Venezuelan Coast Guard vessel ordered RCGS Resolute to follow her to Puerto Moreno on the eastern side of Margarita Island. While the master was in contact with the company's head office and designated person ashore (DPA), warning shots were fired from Naiguatá and, shortly afterwards, the Venezuelan patrol boat purposely rammed the cruise ship's starboard bow. During an apparent attempt to change the heading of RCGS Resolute towards Venezuelan territorial waters, Naiguatá came in contact with the cruise ship's ice-strengthened bulbous bow, started to take water, and eventually sank. RCGS Resolute, which had a crew of 32 onboard but was not carrying passengers, survived the encounter with superficial damage and remained on site for over an hour to provide assistance until being allowed to continue towards Willemstad by Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Curaçao." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Adventurer Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What dangers does the plane stowaway face? More than you may think. "Wheel-well stowaways are people who attempt to travel in the landing gear compartment, also known as the wheel bay or undercarriage of an aircraft. Between 1947 and June 2015, a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) researcher had documented 113 such attempts on 101 flights. These 113 people were all male and predominantly under age 30. There were 86 deaths, a 76 percent fatality rate, with many unidentified decedents. There may be additional undocumented cases of wheel-well stowaways. A further 19 incidents, identified since 2015, are listed here. Wheel-well stowaways face considerable risk of death during all phases of flight. Some have been unable to remain in the well during takeoff and landing and have fallen to their death. Immediately after takeoff, the landing gear retracts into the wheel wells, with the potential to crush the stowaway. If the stowaway is able to avoid physical injury, they still face hypothermia and hypoxia risks at the extremely low temperatures and low atmospheric pressure at high altitude, as well as hearing damage from prolonged exposure to the dangerously high noise levels outside the cabin." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel-well_stowaway Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Think sonar is harmless? Think again! "Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels. "Sonar" can refer to one of two types of technology: passive sonar means listening for the sound made by vessels; active sonar means emitting pulses of sounds and listening for echoes. Sonar may be used as a means of acoustic location and of measurement of the echo characteristics of "targets" in the water. Acoustic location in air was used before the introduction of radar. Sonar may also be used for robot navigation, and SODAR (an upward-looking in-air sonar) is used for atmospheric investigations. The term sonar is also used for the equipment used to generate and receive the sound. The acoustic frequencies used in sonar systems vary from very low (infrasonic) to extremely high (ultrasonic). The study of underwater sound is known as underwater acoustics or hydroacoustics. The first recorded use of the technique was in 1490 by Leonardo da Vinci, who used a tube inserted into the water to detect vessels by ear. It was developed during World War I to counter the growing threat of submarine warfare, with an operational passive sonar system in use by 1918. Modern active sonar systems use an acoustic transducer to generate a sound wave which is reflected from target objects." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You'd have to be out of your mind to jump into the lion's enclosure - and this guy is! "The Taipei Zoo, sometimes referred to as the Muzha Zoo, is a public zoological garden in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the most famous zoological garden in Taiwan and a leader in conservation, research and education, and recreation. It is one of the largest zoos in Asia, with a total area of 165 hectares, of which more than 90 ha are developed." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Zoo Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You probably wouldn't want to undergo surgery with no anesthesia - but how would you feel if your surgeon asked everyone in the room to time him? "Robert Liston FRCSE, FRCS, FRS (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) was a Scottish surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital in London and performed the first public operation utilizing modern anaesthesia in Europe." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Some of these galaxies are mind-blowing, some of them are beautiful, and some of them are both. "A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek galaxias (γαλαξίας), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. Galaxies, averaging an estimated 100 million stars,[3] range in size from dwarfs with less than a hundred million stars, to the largest galaxies known – supergiants with one hundred trillion stars,[4] each orbiting its galaxy's center of mass. Most of the mass in a typical galaxy is in the form of dark matter, with only a few percent of that mass visible in the form of stars and nebulae. Supermassive black holes are a common feature at the centres of galaxies. Galaxies are categorized according to their visual morphology as elliptical, spiral, or irregular. Many are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centers. The Milky Way's central black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, has a mass four million times greater than the Sun. As of March 2016, GN-z11 is the oldest and most distant galaxy observed. It has a comoving distance of 32 billion light-years from Earth, and is seen as it existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang. It is estimated that there are roughly 200 billion galaxies (2×1011) in the observable universe. Most galaxies are 1,000 to 100,000 parsecs in diameter (approximately 3,000 to 300,000 light years) and are separated by distances on the order of millions of parsecs (or megaparsecs). For comparison, the Milky Way has a diameter of at least 26,800 parsecs (87,400 ly) and is separated from the Andromeda Galaxy (with diameter of about 152,000 ly), its nearest large neighbor, by 780,000 parsecs (2.5 million ly.) The space between galaxies is filled with a tenuous gas (the intergalactic medium) with an average density of less than one atom per cubic meter. Most galaxies are gravitationally organized into groups, clusters and superclusters. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group, which it dominates along with Andromeda Galaxy. The group is part of the Virgo Supercluster. At the largest scale, these associations are generally arranged into sheets and filaments surrounded by immense voids.[9] Both the Local Group and the Virgo Supercluster are contained in a much larger cosmic structure named Laniakea." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This jet hasn't responded to radio or made any movement for hours - what can be done about this? "On October 25, 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 business jet was scheduled to fly from Orlando, Florida, United States to Dallas, Texas, United States. Early in the flight, the aircraft, which was climbing to its assigned altitude on autopilot, lost cabin pressure, and all six on board were incapacitated by hypoxia, a lack of oxygen in the brain and body. The aircraft continued climbing past its assigned altitude, then failed to make the westward turn toward Dallas over North Florida and continued on its northwestern course, flying over the southern and midwestern United States for almost four hours and 1,500 miles (2,400 km). The plane ran out of fuel over South Dakota and crashed into a field near Aberdeen after an uncontrolled descent. The two pilots were Michael Kling and Stephanie Bellegarrigue. The four passengers on board were PGA golfer Payne Stewart; his agent, and former Alabama football quarterback, Robert Fraley; president of the agency, Van Ardan; and Bruce Borland, a golf architect with the Jack Nicklaus golf course design company." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

WHY do we blow to cool something down but breathe to warm it up? WHY shouldn't you put your hands in wet cement? WHY do we get goosebumps? WHY is yawning contagious? WHY do birds suddenly appear every time you are near? WHY do we have leap years? WHY is it called Bluetooth? Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Why would someone plant bombs across the country in the shape of a smiley face? "Lucas John "Luke" Helder (born May 5, 1981) also known as the Midwest Pipe Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist and former University of Wisconsin–Stout student from Pine Island, Minnesota. He was arrested in 2002 as a suspect in pipe bombings in mailboxes, which injured several people. In 2004 he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and is still incarcerated in a federal medical facility." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Helder Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

There's no aircraft in the world quite like this one - because it's too dangerous. "The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me 163 can be traced back to 1937 and the work of the German aeronautical engineer Alexander Lippisch and the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). Initially an experimental programme that drew upon traditional glider designs while integrating various new innovations such as the rocket engine, the development ran into organisational issues until Lippisch and his team were transferred to Messerschmitt in January 1939. Plans for a propeller-powered intermediary aircraft were quickly dropped in favour of proceeding directly to rocket propulsion. On 1 September 1941, the prototype performed its maiden flight, quickly demonstrating its unprecedented performance and the qualities of its design. Having been suitably impressed, Nazi officials quickly enacted plans that aimed for the widespread introduction of Me 163 point-defence interceptors across Germany. During December 1941, work began on the upgraded Me 163B, which was optimized for large-scale production. During early July 1944, German test pilot Heini Dittmar reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), an unofficial flight airspeed record that remained unmatched by turbojet-powered aircraft up until 1953. That same year, the Me 163 began flying operational missions, being typically used to defend against incoming enemy bombing raids. As part of their alliance with Empire of Japan, Germany provided design schematics and a single Me 163 to the country; this led to the development of the Mitsubishi J8M. By the end of the conflict, roughly 370 Komets had been completed, most of which were being used operationally. However, some of the aircraft's shortcomings were never addressed, and the type was not as effective in combat as had been hoped. Being only capable of a maximum of seven and a half minutes of powered flight, its range fell short of projections and greatly limited its potential. Efforts to improve the aircraft were made (most notably the development of the Messerschmitt Me 263), but many of these did not see actual combat due to the sustained advancement of the Allied powers into Germany in 1945. For a dedicated interceptor aircraft that achieved operational status, the track record of the Me 163 is somewhat underwhelming, having been credited with the destruction of between nine and 18 Allied aircraft against ten losses. Aside from the actual combat losses incurred, numerous Me 163 pilots had been killed during testing and training flights. This high loss rate was, at least partially, a result of the later models' use of rocket propellant, which was not only highly volatile but also corrosive and hazardous to be around. One noteworthy fatality was that of Josef Pöhs, a German fighter ace and Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe, who was killed in 1943 through exposure to T-Stoff in combination with injuries sustained during a failed takeoff that ruptured a fuel line. Besides Nazi Germany, no nation has ever made operational use of either the Me 163 specifically, or rocket planes in general; however, a few captured Me 163s were flown for evaluation and research purposes." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Forming a human chain of people from coast to coast seems impossible - but it's been tried, so is it? "Hands Across America was a public fundraising event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when 5 to 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States. The attempt to have a complete line of people across the country failed, although the number of participants would have been sufficient to succeed if they had been spread out over the full length of the planned course. The various gaps in the line between participants were filled using ribbons, ropes, or banners. Many participants donated $10 each to reserve their place in line. The proceeds were donated to local charities to fight hunger and homelessness and help those in poverty. The event raised about $15 million for charities after operating costs." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

These hitmen turned a contract killing into a pyramid scheme, with hilarious results. "Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization. Contract killing has been associated with organized crime, government conspiracies, dictatorships, and vendettas. For example, in the United States, the Italian- and Jewish-American organized crime gang Murder, Inc. committed hundreds of murders on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and '40s. Contract killing provides the hiring party with the advantage of not having to carry out the actual killing, making it more difficult for law enforcement to connect the hirer with the murder. The likelihood that authorities will establish that party's guilt for the committed crime, especially due to lack of forensic evidence linked to the contracting party, makes the case more difficult to attribute to the hiring party. Contract killers may exhibit serial killer traits, but are generally not classified as such because of third-party killing objectives and detached financial and emotional incentives. Nevertheless, there are occasionally individuals that are labeled as both contract killers and serial killers. A contract killer is colloquially known as a hitman. Contract killers who work for criminal organizations are often known as enforcers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_killing Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Everyone who's tried to beat this 1978 record was killed in the attempt - why is it so dangerous? "The world unlimited Water Speed Record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle, irrespective of propulsion method. The current unlimited record is 511.11 km/h (317.59 mph), achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia in 1978. The record is one of the sporting world's most hazardous competitions. Of the thirteen people who have attempted the record since June 1930, seven have died. There have been two official attempts to beat Ken Warby's 1978 record, and both resulted in the death of the pilot; Lee Taylor (1980) and Craig Arfons (1989). Despite this, there are several teams currently working to make further attempts. The record is ratified by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM)." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_speed_record Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

'De Grote Donorshow' is perhaps the most controversial game show of all time, ending with just one episode. "De Grote Donorshow (The Great Donor Show) was a reality television program which was broadcast in the Netherlands on Friday, June 1, 2007, by BNN. The program involved a supposedly terminally ill 37-year-old woman donating a kidney to one of twenty-five people requiring a kidney transplantation. After a first selection, three people remained. Viewers were able to send advice on whom they thought she should choose to give her kidney to via text messages. The profit made by the text messages was given to the Dutch Kidney Foundation. The program, due to its controversial nature, had received heavy international criticism in the run-up to the broadcast. In the end, it was revealed during the course of the show that the "terminally ill" woman was, in reality, an actress, although the three candidates were, in fact, real kidney patients; they were aware that Lisa was an actress, and participated because they were supportive of BNN's cause to give awareness to the limited number of organ donors in the Netherlands. In a press statement after the show, Paul Römer, the director of the program's creator Endemol, stated that the show was necessary in order to get the shortage of donors back on the political agenda." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grote_Donorshow Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 lost a large section of fuselage during its journey, exposing passengers to the elements at 24,000 ft. So what happened to them? "Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue. The plane was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui. The one fatality, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, was ejected from the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. The substantial damage inflicted by the decompression, the loss of one cabin crew member, and the safe landing of the aircraft established the incident as a significant event in the history of aviation, with far-reaching effects on aviation safety policies and procedures." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Not only did he have the size, strength and speed to dominate his opponents - he also had the smarts. "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Karelin (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kɐˈrʲelʲɪn]; born 19 September 1967) is a Russian politician and retired athlete. Karelin competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, representing the Soviet Union and Russia between 1987 and 2000. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", "Russian King Kong", "Alexander the Great" and "The Experiment", he is widely considered to be the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time. Karelin won gold medals at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games under a different flag each time (Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia respectively), and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. His wrestling record is 887 wins and two losses, both by a single point. Prior to his last match versus Rulon Gardner in September 2000, a point had not been scored on him within the previous six years. He went undefeated in the world championships, having never lost a match. Karelin was the national flag bearer at three consecutive Olympics: in 1988 for the Soviet Union, in 1992 for the Unified Team, and in 1996 for Russia. Karelin entered politics in 1999, being elected a deputy of the State Duma that year. He sat in the Duma through various convocations until 2020, when he entered the Federation Council as a senator." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Karelin Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Methanol burns with an invisible flame, making accidents involving it absolutely terrifying. "Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). It is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odour similar to that of ethanol (potable alcohol). Methanol acquired the name wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly by the destructive distillation of wood. Today, methanol is mainly produced industrially by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. Methanol consists of a methyl group linked to a polar hydroxyl group. With more than 20 million tons produced annually, it is used as a precursor to other commodity chemicals, including formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl tert-butyl ether, methyl benzoate, anisole, peroxyacids, as well as a host of more specialised chemicals." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This train driver's carelessness cost many lives, but did he deserve the death penalty? "In the early morning of 27 February 2019, in Cairo's main train station, Ramses Station, a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform 6 at high speed, causing an explosion that sparked a major blaze and fireball that blackened the walls of the station. The locomotive could later be seen inside, leaning to one side next to a platform. One eyewitness said: I saw a man pointing from the locomotive as it entered the platform, and screaming, ‘There are no brakes, there are no brakes’ before he jumped out of the locomotive. He was probably the driver, but I don’t know what happened to him. It was later confirmed that the driver was not inside the locomotive during the accident. According to Egypt's Prosecutor General, Nabil Sadek, one train driver had left his train to fight with another train driver; thereafter, the unmanned train struck the barrier. Transport Minister Hisham Arafat resigned after the incident. An Egyptian member of parliament publicly called for the employees that were responsible for the accident to face the death penalty." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_Station_rail_disaster Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

If you make it, they will break it. This is true for virtually everything, but especially so with the security features present in banknotes. After all, who doesn't want to print their own money? "Arthur "Art" Williams Jr. is an American-born artist and former counterfeiter, who counterfeited the 1996 hundred dollar bill, and was subject of the book The Art of Making Money by Jason Kersten. His notoriety came as being the first to break all the security features within the 1996-issued $100 bill. Williams would serve twelve years in various prisons throughout his life." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_J._Williams_Jr. Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You know the Mona Lisa, but do you know WHY you know the Mona Lisa? "Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October 1881 – 8 October 1925) was an Italian museum worker, artist, and thief, most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris on 21 August 1911." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Peruggia Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You've never seen a driver as out of control as this. Watch as he rants nonsensically while speeding and weaving through traffic. "In United States law, reckless driving is a major moving violation that generally consists in driving a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. It is usually a more serious offense than careless driving, improper driving, or driving without due care and attention, and is often punishable by fines, imprisonment, or the suspension or revocation of one's driver's license. In Commonwealth countries, the offense of dangerous driving applies. Reckless driving has been studied by psychologists who found that reckless drivers score high in risk-taking personality traits. However, no one cause can be assigned to the mental state. Depending on the jurisdiction, reckless driving may be defined by a particular subjective mental state that is evident from the circumstances, or by particular driver actions regardless of mental state, or both." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless_driving Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Nils Olav had the body of a penguin, the heart of a lion and the job of a Norwegian King's Guard. This is a list of his many achievements. "Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III (Norwegian: [ˌnɪls ˈôːlɑv]) is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. The name 'Nils Olav' and associated ranks have been passed down through three king penguins since 1972 – the current holder being Nils Olav III." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This man disappeared for over 20 years, and not even he knows what happened to him during this time. ""Benjaman Kyle" was the alias chosen by an American man who had severe amnesia. On August 31, 2004, he was found, naked and injured, without any possessions or identification, next to a dumpster behind a Burger King restaurant in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Between 2004 and 2015, neither he nor the authorities had determined his identity or background, despite searches that had included television publicity and various other methods. In late 2015, genetic detective work, which had gone on for years, led to the discovery of his identity as William Burgess Powell, born August 29, 1948. A gap of more than 20 years in his life history still remains without any documented records. With the rediscovery of his Social Security number, he has again become eligible for employment and has received public assistance." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Grief is something most of us have had to endure at some point, but must of us didn't deal with it by bringing a gun into the hospital... "Tomball (/ˈtɒmbɔːl/ TOM-bawl) is a city in Harris County in the U.S. state of Texas, a part of the Houston metropolitan area. The population was 12,341 at the 2020 U.S. census. In 1907, the community of Peck was renamed Tomball for local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who had a major role in the development of the Port of Houston." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomball,_Texas Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Shouting "fire!" in a crowded place is probably more dangerous than you think, and sadly there are real-life examples of this. "The Italian Hall Disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States. Seventy-three men, women, and children – mostly striking mine workers and their families – were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas party." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You want an army of giants, so what do you do? Breed tall people, of course - but don't forget to treat them like crap. "The Potsdam Giants was the name given to Prussian infantry regiment No 6. The regiment was composed of taller-than-average soldiers, and was founded in 1675. It was eventually dissolved in 1806, after the Prussians were defeated by Napoleon. Throughout the reign of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688–1740), the unit was known as the "Potsdamer Riesengarde" ("giant guard of Potsdam") in German, but the Prussian population quickly nicknamed them the Lange Kerle ("long fellows")." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Giants Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Death row inmates may not be known for their selflessness, but many wonder if this man should have been on death row at all... "Philip Ray Workman (June 1, 1953 – May 9, 2007) was a death row inmate executed in Tennessee on May 9, 2007. He was convicted in 1982 for the murder of a police officer following a robbery of a Wendy's restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, and sentenced to death by lethal injection." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Workman Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A mistake in the 1994 World Cup ended up getting a player killed, just a week later. "Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga; 13 March 1967 – 2 July 1994) was a Colombian footballer who played as a defender. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nicknamed The Gentleman, he was known for his clean style of play and calmness on the pitch. On 2 July 1994, Escobar was murdered in the aftermath of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, reportedly as retaliation for having scored an own goal which contributed to the team's elimination from the tournament. His murder tarnished the image of the country internationally. Escobar himself had worked to promote a more positive image of Colombia, earning acclaim in the country. Escobar is still held in high regard by Colombian fans, and is especially mourned and remembered by Atlético Nacional's fans." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Escobar Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What could you buy with this SEXTILLION banknote? Well, not much as it turns out... "The pengő (Hungarian: [ˈpɛŋɡøː]; sometimes written as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between 1 January 1927, when it replaced the korona, and 31 July 1946, when it was replaced by the forint. The pengő was subdivided into 100 fillér. Although the introduction of the pengő was part of a post-World War I stabilisation program, the currency survived for only 20 years and experienced the most serious case of hyperinflation ever recorded." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_peng%C5%91 Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The V-sign has led many unfortunate US representatives to accidentally make an obscene gesture in different parts of the world - so what makes it unique to these countries? "The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted to make a V shape while the other fingers are clenched. It has various meanings, depending on the circumstances and how it is presented. When displayed with the palm inward toward the signer, it can be an offensive gesture in some Commonwealth nations (not dissimilar to showing the middle finger), dating back to at least 1900. When given with the palm outward, it is to be read as a victory sign ("V for Victory"); this usage was introduced in January 1941 as part of a campaign by the Allies of World War II, and made more widely known by Winston Churchill. During the Vietnam War, in the 1960s, the "V sign" with palm outward was widely adopted by the counterculture as a symbol of peace and still today in the United States it is commonly called the "peace sign". Shortly thereafter, it also became a gesture associated with fun used in photographs, especially in East Asia, where the gesture is also associated with cuteness." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The Zambian space program is worth a look for a few laughs - but does it hide a darker secret? "From 1960 until sometime after 1969, Nkoloso's "space program" sought to accomplish the launching of a rocket that would send 17-year-old Matha Mwambwa and two cats to the Moon. There were also plans for a trip to Mars. Nkoloso hoped to beat the United States and Soviet Union's respective space programs at the height of the Space Race. To train the astronauts, Nkoloso set up a makeshift facility on an abandoned farm 11 kilometres (7 mi) from Lusaka, where the trainees would be rolled down a rough hill in a 200-litre (44 imp gal) oil drum. This, according to Nkoloso, would train them in the feeling of weightlessness in both space travel and re-entry. In addition, they used a tyre swing to simulate weightlessness. Nkoloso stated that the goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the seventh heaven of interstellar space". However, he reportedly instructed the missionary in the space program not to force Christianity onto native Martians. The rocket, named D-Kalu 1 after President Kenneth Kaunda, was a 3-metre by 2-metre (10x6 ft) drum-shaped vessel.[3][10] Nkoloso claimed that it was made of "space-worthy" aluminium and copper. The planned launch date was on Independence Day, 24 October 1964 and would take place from the Independence Stadium, but the launch was purportedly denied permission due to being inappropriate. It is said that he then asked UNESCO for a grant of £7,000,000 in Zambian pounds to support his space program. It is also said he requested $1.9 billion from "private foreign sources". However, the Ministry of Power, Transport and Communication is reported as stating those requests had not been made on the behalf of Zambia. The term "Afronauts", coined by Nkoloso, refers to the participants of this program with hopes of bringing not just Zambia, but also the entire continent of Africa, to space. Interviewed in 2016, President Kenneth Kaunda said of the space program that "It wasn't a real thing ... It was more for fun than anything else."" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

It's the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history - and there's a picture from a passenger's point of view. "Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (JAL123) was a scheduled domestic Japan Air Lines passenger flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Itami International Airport in Osaka. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747SR operating this flight suffered a sudden decompression 12 minutes into the flight, and crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) from Tokyo 32 minutes later. The crash site was on Osutaka Ridge, near Mount Osutaka. Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) concluded,[1]: 129  agreeing with investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, that the rapid decompression was caused by a faulty repair by Boeing technicians after a tailstrike incident during a landing at Osaka Airport in 1978 as JAL Flight 115. The rear bulkhead of the plane had been repaired with an improperly installed doubler plate, compromising the plane's airworthiness. Cabin pressurization continued to expand and contract the improperly repaired bulkhead until the day of the accident, when the faulty repair failed, causing a rapid decompression that ripped off a large portion of the tail and caused the loss of hydraulic controls to the entire plane. The aircraft, which was configured with increased economy-class seating, was carrying 524 people. All 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers died in the accident. Some of the passengers survived the initial crash but died of their injuries hours later while awaiting rescue. Surpassing the fatalities of All Nippon Airways Flight 58, which crashed 14 years earlier with 162 fatalities, it is the deadliest single-aircraft accident both in Japan and global aviation history. The event is known in Japan as The crash accident of Japan Air Lines Jumbo Jet (Japanese: 日航ジャンボ機墜落事故)." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123 Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Occurring in 2018, this spectacular (and deadly) incident was caught on camera. "Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge), officially Viadotto Polcevera (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a road viaduct in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, constructed between 1963 and 1967 along the A10 motorway over the Polcevera River, from which it derived its official name. It connected Genoa's Sampierdarena and Cornigliano districts across the Polcevera Valley. The bridge was widely called "Ponte Morandi" after its structural designer, engineer Riccardo Morandi. On 14 August 2018, a 210-metre (690 ft) section of the viaduct collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The collapse led to a year-long state of emergency in the Liguria region, extensive analysis of the structural failure, and widely varying assignment of responsibility. The remains of the original bridge were demolished in August 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Morandi Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What does an AI think heaven and the angels look like? And what happens when we feed the AI verses from the Bible? "Stable Diffusion is a deep learning, text-to-image model released in 2022. It is primarily used to generate detailed images conditioned on text descriptions, though it can also be applied to other tasks such as inpainting, outpainting, and generating image-to-image translations guided by a text prompt. Stable Diffusion is a latent diffusion model, a variety of deep generative neural network developed by the CompVis group at LMU Munich. The model has been released by a collaboration of Stability AI, CompVis LMU, and Runway with support from EleutherAI and LAION. In October 2022, Stability AI raised $101 million dollars in a round led by Lightspeed Ventures and Coatue. Stable Diffusion's code and model weights have been released publicly, and it can run on most consumer hardware equipped with a modest GPU. This marked a departure from previous proprietary text-to-image models such as DALL-E and Midjourney which were accessible only via cloud services." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Diffusion Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Fanta can trace its origins back to dark times in world history - although they've inexplicably referred to these as "the good old times" in recent years, prompting backlash. "Fanta is an American-owned German brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks created by Coca-Cola Deutschland under the leadership of German businessman Max Keith. There are more than 200 flavors worldwide. Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola alternative in 1940 due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany, which affected the availability of Coca-Cola ingredients. Fanta soon dominated the German market with three million cans sold in 1943. The current formulation of Fanta was developed in Italy in 1955." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Of all the things the US Government could be stockpiling in underground caves, cheese seems the least likely - but they've got over a billion pounds of the stuff! "Government cheese is processed cheese provided to welfare beneficiaries, Food Stamp recipients, and the elderly receiving Social Security in the United States, as well as to food banks and churches. This processed cheese was used in military kitchens during World War II and has been used in schools since the 1950s. Government cheese is a commodity cheese that was controlled by the US federal government from World War II to the early 1980s. Government cheese was created to maintain the price of dairy when dairy industry subsidies artificially increased the supply of milk and created a surplus of milk that was then converted into cheese, butter, or powdered milk. The cheese, along with the butter and dehydrated milk powder, was stored in over 150 warehouses across 35 states." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Artificial intelligence seems to think hell is as scary as it's made out to be. "Stable Diffusion is a machine learning, text-to-image model to generate digital images from natural language descriptions. The underlying approach was developed at LMU Munich and then extended by a collaboration of StabilityAI, LMU, and Runway with support from EleutherAI and LAION. The model can be used for other tasks too, like generating image-to-image translations guided by a text prompt. It can run on most consumer hardware equipped with a modest GPU and was hailed by PC World as "the next killer app for your PC". Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, is in talks to raise capital at a valuation of up to one billion dollars as of September 2022." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Diffusion Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

One of the world's foremost currencies has a stickman on the back - but why? "The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens as of 2019. The euro is divided into 100 cents. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by four European microstates that are not EU members, the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo. Outside Europe, a number of special territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency. Additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. As of 2013, the euro is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. As of December 2019, with more than €1.3 trillion in circulation, the euro has one of the highest combined values of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world. The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995 in Madrid. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743). Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002, making it the day-to-day operating currency of its original members, and by March 2002 it had completely replaced the former currencies. Between December 1999 and December 2002, the euro traded below the US dollar, but has since traded at or above the US dollar, peaking at US$1.60 on 18 July 2008 and since then returning near to its original issue rate. On 13 July 2022, the two currencies hit parity for the first time in nearly two decades" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Watch this court's reaction to the judge challenging the attorney to a physical fight, before the two get into it! "The Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial". The Clause protects the defendant from delay between the presentation of the indictment or similar charging instrument and the beginning of trial." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_Trial_Clause Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The eyes are always watching - but why? "The cat's eye design originated in the UK in 1934 and is today used all over the world. The original form consisted of two pairs of retroreflectors set into a white rubber dome, mounted in a cast iron housing. This is the kind that marks the centre of the road, with one pair of cat's eyes showing in each direction. A single-ended form has become widely used in other colours at road margins and as lane dividers. Cat's eyes are particularly valuable in fog and are largely resistant to damage from snow ploughs. A key feature of the cat's eye is the flexible rubber dome which is occasionally deformed by the passage of traffic. A fixed rubber wiper cleans the surface of the reflectors as they sink below the surface of the road (the base tends to hold water after a shower of rain, making this process even more efficient). The rubber dome is protected from impact damage by metal 'kerbs' – which also give tactile and audible feedback for wandering drivers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye_(road) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

With the Space Shuttle fleet temporarily grounded after the Challenger Disaster, this production plant was left with two years worth of excess ammonium perchlorate - which is unstable and highly flammable. Watch what happens when the plant catches fire. "On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a 10-mile (16 km) radius of the plant was affected, and several agencies activated disaster plans." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The Codex Gigas is otherwise known as the Devil's Bible - but why? "The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). Very large illuminated bibles were a typical feature of Romanesque monastic book production, but even within this group, the page-size of the Codex Gigas is noted as exceptional. The manuscript is also known as the Devil's Bible, due to its highly unusual full-page portrait of Satan, and the legend surrounding its creation. The manuscript was created in the early 13th century in the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice in Bohemia, now a region in the modern-day Czech Republic. The manuscript contains the complete Vulgate Bible, as well as other popular works, all written in Latin. Between the Old and New Testaments are a selection of other popular medieval reference works: Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews and De bello iudaico, Isidore of Seville's encyclopedia Etymologiae, the chronicle of Cosmas of Prague, and medical works: an early version of the Ars medicinae compilation of treatises, and two books by Constantine the African. Eventually finding its way to the imperial library of Rudolf II in Prague, the entire collection was taken as spoils of war by the Swedish in 1648 during the Thirty Years' War, and the manuscript is now preserved at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm, where it is on display for the general public." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A plane isn't going to make it very far after losing both its wings - but how could the wings just fall off? "In 2002, two large airtankers – a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer – crashed about a month apart while performing aerial firefighting operations. These crashes prompted a review of the maintenance and use of the entire U.S. large airtanker fleet. Ultimately, the whole fleet (33 aircraft in all) was grounded, dramatically reducing the resources available to fight major wildfires. Both aircraft were owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming and operated under contract to the United States Forest Service (USFS). The crashes occurred in one of the worst fire seasons in the last half century, one in which 73,000 fires burned 7.2 million acres (29,000 km2) of land." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_airtanker_crashes Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Not having real lights is one thing - but what's the deal with the stickers? "The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and his son, Jim France, has been the CEO since August 2018. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Each year, NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 48 US states as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Europe." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

It's the siege you've probably never heard of; find out why Rainbow Farm found itself under attack by the law, and why it wouldn't happen today. "Rainbow Farm was a pro-marijuana campground in Newberg Township, Cass County, Michigan, United States, that was involved in a fatal police standoff on September 3, 2001. The campground was run by Tom Crosslin and his life partner Rolland "Rollie" Rohm, and was home to two annual festivals, "HempAid" and "Roach Roast", which ran from 1996 through 2001. The operation ended with the burning down of all the structures on the property and the deaths of both Crosslin and Rohm." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Farm Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A boisterous game commentated by a hilarious, hungover legend of a man. "Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar, signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net, signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to those in other football codes, and comprise one goalkeeper, six backs, two midfielders, and six forwards, with a variable number of substitutes. Gaelic football is one of four sports (collectively referred to as the "Gaelic games") controlled by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the largest sporting organisation in Ireland. Along with hurling and camogie, Gaelic football is one of the few remaining strictly amateur sports in the world, with players, coaches, and managers prohibited from receiving any form of payment. Gaelic football is mainly played on the island of Ireland, although units of the Association exist in Great Britain, mainland Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The final of the All-Ireland Senior Championship, held every year at Croke Park, Dublin, draws crowds of more than 80,000 people. Outside Ireland, football is mainly played among members of the Irish diaspora. Gaelic Park in New York City is the largest purpose-built Gaelic sports venue outside Ireland. Three major football competitions operate throughout the year: the National Football League and the All-Ireland Senior Championship operate on an inter-county basis, while the All-Ireland Club Championship is contested by individual clubs. The All-Ireland Senior Championship is considered the most prestigious event in Gaelic football. Under the auspices of the GAA, Gaelic football is a male-only sport; however, the related sport of ladies' Gaelic football is governed by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Similarities between Gaelic football and Australian rules football have allowed the development of international rules football, a hybrid sport, and a series of Test matches has been held regularly since 1998." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

In 1940, after an accidental collision, two planes found themselves lodged together a thousand feet in the air. So what happened to the crew? "On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School, remained locked together after colliding, and then landed safely. The collision stopped the engines of the upper Anson, but those of the machine underneath continued to run, allowing the aircraft to keep flying. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out. The pilot of the upper Anson found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft with his ailerons and flaps, and made an emergency landing in a nearby paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-air_collision Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Blimps are going extinct! But what's causing this to happen? And is there any hope for the future of the airship? "A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g. Zeppelins), blimps rely on the pressure of the lifting gas (usually helium, rather than hydrogen) inside the envelope and the strength of the envelope itself to maintain their shape" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The bridge has collapsed - but in the nighttime fog, some motorists don't realise until it's too late... "The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when a bulk ore carrier travelling up the Derwent River collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge, causing a large section of the bridge deck to collapse onto the ship and into the river below. Twelve people were killed, including seven crew on board the ship, and the five occupants of four cars which fell 45 m (150 feet) after driving off the bridge. Hobart was cut off from its eastern suburbs, and the loss of the road connection had a major social impact. The ship’s master was officially penalised for inattention and failure to handle his vessel in a seamanlike manner." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge_disaster Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You've done it. You've made it to the Olympics. The only problem is, you can't compete... "Eric Moussambani Malonga (born 31 May 1978) is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before, swam his heat of the 100 m freestyle on September 19 in the unprecedentedly slow time of 1:52.72. This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far, and Moussambani had trouble finishing the race, but he won his heat after both his competitors were disqualified due to false starts. Although Moussambani's time was still too slow to advance to the next round, he set a new personal best and an Equatoguinean national record. He later became the coach of the national swimming squad of Equatorial Guinea." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Many Chinese launch centres are situated inland, which has sometimes been disastrous for the people living in the area... "Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle veered off course immediately after liftoff and struck a nearby village, officially killing at least six people. The accident investigation identified a failure in the guidance system of the Long March 3B. After the Intelsat 708 accident, the Long March rockets greatly increased in reliability and did not experience another mission failure until 2011. However, the participation of American companies in the Intelsat 708 and Apstar 2 investigations caused great political controversy in the United States. A U.S. government investigation found that the information in the report had been illegally transferred to China. Satellite technology was subsequently reclassified as a munition and placed under ITAR restrictions, blocking its export to China. In 2002, Space Systems/Loral paid US$20 million to settle charges of violating export controls." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708 Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You probably wouldn't want the ghost of the person you murdered consulting the jury at the trial, but that's exactly what happened in this case - well, if you believe in ghosts... "The ouija, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to spell out messages during a séance. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. "Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro, but is often used generically to refer to any talking board. Spiritualists in the United States believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board at their camps in the U.S. state of Ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits. Following its commercial introduction by businessman Elijah Bond on 1 July 1890, the Ouija board was regarded as an innocent parlor game unrelated to the occult until American spiritualist Pearl Curran popularized its use as a divining tool during World War I. Paranormal and supernatural beliefs associated with Ouija have been criticized by the scientific community and are characterized as pseudoscience. The action of the board can be most easily explained by unconscious movements of those controlling the pointer, a psychophysiological phenomenon known as the ideomotor effect. Mainstream Christian denominations, including Catholicism, have "warned against using Ouija boards", holding that they can lead to demonic possession.[8][9] Occultists, on the other hand, are divided on the issue, with some saying that it can be a tool for positive transformation; others reiterated the warnings of many Christians and caution "inexperienced users" against it." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Kevin from Galway causes a children's TV presenter to lose his composure live on air - but who is Kevin from Galway? Grab the t-shirt here: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/listing/where-d-ya-get-your-shades?product=389 "The Den was a long-running popular children's television strand of Ireland's public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. First broadcast on 29 September 1986 on RTÉ1, it moved to Network 2 two years later. Initially a continuity strand for weekday afternoon programmes, The Den later expanded during the late 1990s and the 2000s until it became synonymous with RTÉ's children's output. At various times during its run, it was known as Dempsey's Den, Den TV and Den2. In mid-2010, RTÉ Television announced an overhaul of its children's output, with the launch of RTÉjr and TRTÉ. The Den aired for the last time on 19 September 2010. It returned for six weeks from November 2020." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Den_(TV_programme) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

An ancient classic revived in the modern age to be more dangerous than ever. "Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing. The sport was extant in the 1920s and 1930s, having been inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur. It went largely (although not entirely) extinct after that, although exhibition rigs are still made and driven. The sport was developed in Australia in the 1920s and quickly spread to Europe and America. Motorcycle chariot races were, for instance, probably held at the old Charlotte, North Carolina motor speedway (the old speedway at 35°5′52.8″N 80°52′52.51″W, not the modern Charlotte Motor Speedway). A typical early vehicle configuration was a rider on a motorcycle, pulling a chariot and charioteer who were essentially ornamental. A 1922 short piece in Popular Mechanics describes this configuration. This soon developed into a configuration with two riderless motorcycles steered by a single charioteer using reins. Steering was sometimes done with reins attached to the throttles (the charioteer steered by controlling the relative speed of the two motorcycles), and sometimes with rigid extensions attached to the handlebars. Modern rigs may have foot pedals for speed control, the reins used for steering the front wheels." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_chariot_racing Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Breaking world records is sometimes a dangerous endeavor, especially when you don't take the necessary precautions... "Verrückt (German meaning "crazy" or "insane", listen) was a water slide located at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City water park in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. At a height of 168 feet 7 inches (51.38 m), Verrückt became the world's tallest water slide when it opened on July 10, 2014, and surpassing Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort in Brazil. The ride was designed at the park, led by John Schooley with assistance from park co-owner Jeff Henry. It was featured on an episode of Xtreme Waterparks on the Travel Channel in June 2014 shortly before the ride opened. Verrückt permanently closed in 2016 following a fatal incident involving the decapitation of a ten-year-old boy. Verrückt was originally scheduled to open in June 2013, but difficulties during various stages of construction and testing resulted in several delays. Sandbags loaded into rafts during testing went airborne. The ride's final design made rafts reach a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h). Verrückt was well-received upon opening, winning a Golden Ticket Award from Amusement Today in 2014. After Caleb Schwab, the 10 year old son of Kansas state legislator Scott Schwab, died on the ride in 2016, amusement park safety laws were updated to require state inspection of all attractions. It was later revealed that at least thirteen other people had suffered non-fatal injuries from hitting the netting above the slide. Criminal charges led to the arrests of several individuals, including Schooley and Henry. The charges were ultimately dismissed with the finding of multiple procedural issues with the case's presentation by the Kansas Attorney General. The incident's aftermath, however, resulted in a rapid decline of Schlitterbahn's reputation and financial standing, leading to the closure of its Kansas City waterpark in September 2018. Verrückt was dismantled two months later." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verr%C3%BCckt_(water_slide) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Will a jet be destroyed when it crashes into the cable car system, or will it shear through the cable and destroy the cable car? Perhaps neither will survive the encounter? "The Cavalese cable car crash, also known as the Cermis massacre (Italian: Strage del Cermis), occurred on February 3, 1998, near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort in the Dolomites some 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Trento. Twenty people were killed when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft, flying too low and against regulations, in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut a cable supporting a cable car of an aerial lift. Joseph Schweitzer, one of the two American pilots, confessed in 2012 that he had burned the tape containing incriminating evidence upon returning to the American base. The pilot, Captain Richard J. Ashby, and his navigator, Captain Joseph Schweitzer, were put on trial in the United States and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Later they were found guilty of obstruction of justice and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman for having destroyed a videotape recorded from the plane, and were dismissed from the Marine Corps. The disaster, and the subsequent acquittal of the pilots, strained relations between the U.S. and Italy." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This is one world record I wouldn't recommend attempting to break - and neither would its accidental holder! "Vesna Vulović (3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi). She was the sole survivor after a briefcase bomb exploded in the baggage compartment of JAT Flight 367 on 26 January 1972, causing it to crash near Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia. The Yugoslav authorities suspected that Croatian nationalists were to blame, but no one was ever arrested. Following the bombing, Vulović spent days in a coma and was hospitalised for several months. She suffered a fractured skull, three broken vertebrae, broken legs, broken ribs, and a fractured pelvis. These injuries resulted in her being temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. She made an almost complete recovery but continued to walk with a limp. Vulović had no memory of the incident and had no qualms about flying in the aftermath of the crash. Despite her willingness to resume work as a flight attendant, Jat Airways (JAT) gave her a desk job negotiating freight contracts, feeling her presence on flights would attract too much publicity. Vulović became a celebrity in Yugoslavia and was deemed a national hero. She was fired from JAT in the early 1990s after taking part in anti-government protests during the breakup of Yugoslavia, but avoided arrest as the government was concerned about the negative publicity that her imprisonment would bring. She continued her work as a pro-democracy activist until the Socialist Party of Serbia was ousted from power during the Bulldozer Revolution of October 2000. Vulović later campaigned on behalf of the Democratic Party, advocating for Serbia's entry into the European Union. Her final years were spent in seclusion and she struggled with survivor guilt. Having divorced, she lived alone in her Belgrade apartment on a small pension until her death in 2016." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This man survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human - and he had no clue what was happening to him. "Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1, was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. On May 14, 1945, he was injected with 131 kBq (3.55 µCi) of plutonium without his knowledge or informed consent. Plutonium remained present in his body for the remainder of his life, the amount decaying slowly through radioactive decay and biological elimination. Stevens died of heart disease some 20 years later, having accumulated an effective radiation dose of 64 Sv (6400 rem) over that period, i.e. an average of 3 Sv per year or 350 μSv/h. The current annual permitted dose for a radiation worker in the United States is 0.05 Sv (or 5 rem), i.e. an average of 5.7 μSv/h." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Stevens Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://qxir.creator-spring.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This business' customer service is to DIE for! Well, not really, but they DO try to kill you! "The Heart Attack Grill is an American hamburger restaurant in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly located in Chandler, Arizona). It makes a point of serving food that is very unhealthy and high in fat, sugar, and cholesterol; in other words, food that, if eaten frequently, will increase the chance of a heart attack, hence the name. The menu is generally themed around items that are exceptionally high in calories and fat. It includes "Single", "Double", "Triple", "Quadruple", all the way up to "Octuple Bypass" hamburgers, ranging from 8 to 32 ounces (230 to 910 g) of beef (up to about 8,000 calories (33,000 kJ)), all-you-can-eat "Flatliner Fries" (cooked in pure lard), beer and tequila, "butterfat milkshakes," and soft drinks such as Mexican-bottled Coca-Cola made with cane sugar. Customers can also order unfiltered cigarettes, or candy cigarettes for children. Customers over 350 lb (160 kg) in weight eat for free if they weigh in with a nurse waitress before eating. Beverages and to-go orders are excluded and sharing food is also not allowed for the free food deal. One of the restaurant's promotions is a reward for customers who finish a Triple or Quadruple Bypass Burger, after which they are placed in a wheelchair and wheeled out to their vehicle by their "personal nurse"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This decades old picture remains intensely creepy but the reality was much worse than even the grim image suggests. "A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. There are two types of boiler explosions. One type is a failure of the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. There can be many different causes, such as failure of the safety valve, corrosion of critical parts of the boiler, or low water level. Corrosion along the edges of lap joints was a common cause of early boiler explosions. The second kind is a fuel/air explosion in the furnace, which would more properly be termed a firebox explosion. Firebox explosions in solid-fuel-fired boilers are rare, but firebox explosions in gas or oil-fired boilers are still a potential hazard." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_explosion Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This encounter between a hot air balloon and a high-voltage wire goes about the way you'd expect. "On 7 January 2012, a scenic hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a high-voltage power line while attempting to land, causing it to catch fire, disintegrate and crash just north of the town, killing all eleven people on board. An inquiry into the accident by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) concluded that the balloon pilot had made an error of judgement when contact with the power lines became imminent, trying to outclimb the power lines rather than using the rapid descent system to drop the balloon quickly to the ground below. Toxicology analysis of the balloon pilot, Lance Hopping, after the accident tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), suggesting he may have been under the influence of cannabis at the time of the crash, which ultimately led to the error in judgement. The crash was the sixth transport accident in ten years the TAIC had investigated which involved key people testing positive for drugs or alcohol, and the commission has called for the government to enact stricter measures in regards to drug and alcohol use in the aviation, marine and rail industries. The crash is the deadliest ballooning disaster ever to occur in New Zealand. It was also the deadliest air disaster to occur in mainland New Zealand since the 1963 crash of New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441, and the deadliest crash involving a New Zealand aircraft since 1979 crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Carterton_hot_air_balloon_crash Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Being a real life giant comes with a few downsides. "Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was a man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) while his weight reached 439 lb (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH). Even by the time of his death, there was no indication that his growth had ended." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The movie that traumatised generations of Irish people. But why? "An exhausted business woman named Catherine is sitting on a train reading a romantic novel. It is established that this is the only time in the day where she has time for herself, as she is otherwise caring for her aging mother. A blind man with asthma called Pól sits across from her. He proceeds to annoy her and prevent her from reading her book in peace by making loud noises, asking peculiar questions and telling inane stories. When Catherine gets sick of Pól constantly annoying her, she begins to taunt and confuse him. Eventually, she tells him that a piece of the sweet cake that he is eating has a worm in it. When she tells him this he panics and begins to suffer from an asthma attack. He attempts to find his inhaler on the table, but Catherine quietly takes it and hides it from Pól. As he suffocates, she places the inhaler back down on the table just out of his reach. Pól slumps over in his seat as Catherine disembarks from the train." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1ca_Milis Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

No human can drive this badly. ""Prawo Jazdy" was a supposed Polish national who was listed by the Garda Síochána, the national police service of the Republic of Ireland, in a police criminal database as having committed more than 50 traffic violations in Ireland. A 2007 memorandum stated that an investigation revealed prawo jazdy to be Polish for 'driving licence', with the error arising due to officers mistaking the phrase, printed on Polish driving licences, to be a personal name while issuing traffic tickets." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawo_Jazdy_(alleged_criminal) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Who thought this was a good idea, even as a joke? "Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 116, (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff'd 210 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000), more widely known as the Pepsi Points Case, is a contracts case tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999, in which the plaintiff, John Leonard, sued PepsiCo, Inc. in an effort to enforce an "offer" to redeem 7,000,000 Pepsi Points for an AV-8 Harrier II jump jet (valued at $33.8 million at the time) which PepsiCo had shown in a portion of a televised commercial that PepsiCo argued was intended to be humorous." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc. Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Two steam locomotives crash directly into eachother at high speed in Texas, USA 1896. "The Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place on September 15, 1896, in which two unmanned locomotives were crashed into each other head-on at high speed. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, conceived the idea in order to demonstrate a staged train wreck as a public spectacle. No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site – called Crush, set up as a temporary destination for the event – were offered at the reduced rate of US$2 (equivalent to $62.22 in 2020) from any location in Texas. As a result, an estimated 40,000 people—more people than lived in the state's second-largest city at the time—attended the event. Unexpectedly, the impact caused both engine boilers to explode, resulting in a shower of flying debris that killed two people and caused numerous injuries among the spectators." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_at_Crush Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Looking for the "killer" karaoke song for your performances? Well, unless you mean that in the literal sense, maybe stay away from this song... "The "My Way" killings are a social phenomenon in the Philippines, referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose due to the singing of the song "My Way", popularized by Frank Sinatra (peaking at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969), in karaoke bars (more commonly known as "videoke" in the Philippines). A New York Times article estimated the number of killings to be about six up to 2010. Between 2002 and 2012, numerous people were killed for singing this song. Explanations for these incidents differ from the song being simply frequently sung among the nation's karaoke bars where violence is common or to perceived aggressive lyrics of the song." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_killings Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

It's the greatest "what if" of our time; what if bin Laden was an elephant? Well, wonder no more. "Osama bin Laden was a rogue bull elephant named after the eponymous designated terrorist of the same name. It was responsible for at least 27 deaths and destruction of property in the jungled Sonitpur district of the Indian state of Assam. After a two-year rampage from 2004 to 2006, the elephant was eventually shot; but some were doubtful that the correct animal was killed." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden_(elephant) Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

If you could take a sword through the torso without a problem, you'd probably feel pretty invincible right? Well, so did Mirin Dajo - and that's what killed him. "Arnold Gerrit Henskes (6 August 1912 – 26 May 1948), known by the pseudonym Mirin Dajo, was a Dutch performer. He became famous for radically piercing his body with all kinds of objects apparently without injury, even surprising the medical community at the time." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin_Dajo Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Well if you're going to make the biggest improvised bomb the FBI has ever seen, you'd better make sure it's the most complex too, right? "The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort Hotel (now "Harveys") in Stateline, Nevada, United States. After an attempt to disarm the bomb, it exploded, causing extensive damage to the hotel but no injuries or deaths. The total cost of the damage was estimated to be around $18 million. John Birges Sr. was convicted of having made the bomb with a goal of extorting money from the casino after having lost $750,000 there. He died in prison in 1996, at the age of 74." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The last thing any non-deviant individual wants to see is a foot that is not their own, particularly one that is no longer attached. As such, it is advised you stay away from this region in the Pacific Northwest "Since August 20, 2007, at least 20 detached human feet have been found on the coasts of the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, US. The first discovery, on August 20, 2007, was on Jedediah Island in British Columbia. Feet have been discovered on the coasts of islands in British Columbia, and in the US cities of Tacoma and Seattle. In Canada, the BC Coroners Service said in December 2017 that foul play had been ruled out by authorities in all investigations and that the feet came from people who were killed either in accidents or by suicide, and the feet detached during the normal decomposition process. The feet were usually found in sneakers, which the coroner thought were responsible for both keeping the feet buoyant enough to eventually wash ashore, and for giving the feet enough protection from decomposition to be found relatively intact. Prior to the recent seeming rush of feet washing ashore, there have been earlier instances going back more than a century, such as a leg in a boot that was found on a Vancouver beach in 1887. The most recent discovery was on January 1, 2019, when people on Jetty Island in Everett, Washington called police to report a boot with a human foot inside, which the coroner was able to match to Antonio Neill, missing since Dec. 12, 2016." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Soccer's worldwide popularity has inevitably led to it being the centre of many events and incidents that have gone down in history; some for all the wrong reasons... "On 30 June 2013, da Silva was refereeing an amateur football match in Pio XII, Maranhão. He sent off player Josemir Santos Abreu, 31, who refused to leave the field and began a fight with the referee. Abreu threw a punch, which prompted da Silva to draw a knife from his pocket and repeatedly stab Abreu. Abreu died on the way to the hospital. When fans watching the game, including Abreu's friends and family, found out about his death, they invaded the pitch and stoned the referee, before decapitating him, quartering him, and putting his head on a stake in the pitch. Police chief Valter Costa was quoted as saying "one crime will never justify another"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ot%C3%A1vio_Jord%C3%A3o_da_Silva Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This jet pilot decided to stage a protest in the skies of London, but his actions became more well known for an incident that occurred on his journey home. "The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968 when Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hunter pilot Alan Pollock performed unauthorised low flying over several London landmarks and then flew through the span of Tower Bridge on the Thames. His actions were to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the RAF and as a demonstration against the Ministry of Defence for not recognising it. Upon landing he was arrested and later invalided out of the RAF on medical grounds, which avoided a court martial." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_incident Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

He was a legendary daredevil, with an incredible career; but at 73 years of age, he had cheated death for the last time "Karl Wallenda (January 21, 1905 – March 22, 1978) was a German-American high wire artist and founder of The Flying Wallendas, a daredevil circus act which performed dangerous stunts, often without a safety net. He was the great-grandfather of current performer Nik Wallenda." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallenda Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Ever thought about ruling your own nation? Well of course you have! And you're not the only one... "Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880), known as Emperor Norton, was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself "Norton I., Emperor of the United States". In 1863, after Napoleon III invaded Mexico, he took the secondary title of "Protector of Mexico". Norton was born in England but spent most of his early life in South Africa. Leaving Cape Town, probably in late 1845, he arrived in Boston, via Liverpool, in March 1846 and San Francisco in late 1849. Nothing is known of his whereabouts or occupations in the intervening three-and-a-half years. For the first few years after arriving in San Francisco, Norton made a successful living as a commodities trader and real estate speculator. However, he was financially ruined following a failed bid to corner the rice market during a shortage prompted by a famine in China. He bought a shipload of Peruvian rice at 12 cents per pound; but more Peruvian ships arrived in port, causing the price to drop sharply to 4 cents. He then lost a protracted lawsuit in which he tried to void his rice contract, and his public prominence faded. Norton re-emerged in September 1859, laying claim to the position of Emperor of the United States. Though Norton received many favors from the city, merchants also capitalized on his notoriety by selling souvenirs bearing his name. "San Francisco lived off the Emperor Norton", Norton's biographer William Drury wrote, "not Norton off San Francisco". Norton had no formal political power; nevertheless, he was treated deferentially in San Francisco, and currency issued in his name was honored in the establishments that he frequented. Some considered him insane or eccentric, but citizens of San Francisco celebrated his imperial presence and his proclamations, such as his order that the United States Congress be dissolved by force and his numerous decrees calling for the construction of a bridge and tunnel crossing San Francisco Bay to connect San Francisco with Oakland. On January 8, 1880, Norton collapsed at the corner of California and Dupont (now Grant) streets and died before he could be given medical treatment. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, upwards of 10,000 people lined the streets of San Francisco to pay him homage at his funeral. Norton has been immortalized as the basis of characters in the literature of Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christopher Moore, Morris and René Goscinny, Selma Lagerlöf, G.S Denning, and Neil Gaiman." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

They've stood you straight against the nearest wall, lined up the firing squad and fired. But you survived! What now? "Wenceslao Moguel Herrera (c. 1890 – 29 July 1976) was a Mexican man who was captured on March 18, 1915, suspected of taking part in the Mexican Revolution. He was sentenced to death without a trial, and was shot 8–9 times by a firing squad in the body, and received the "coup de grâce", or one final shot to the head point-blank range to ensure death." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Moguel Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

From the script to the screen to reality; this is true horror. "On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed three people on the ground and injured the six helicopter passengers; those killed were actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. The incident led to years of civil and criminal action against the personnel overseeing the shoot, including director John Landis, and was responsible for the introduction of new procedures and safety standards in the filmmaking industry." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This imposter managed to con his way into a pretty high ranking position, but what happened when he was forced to do his job? "Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (1921 – June 7, 1982) was an American impostor. He was the subject of a movie, The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis. Demara's impersonations included a naval surgeon, a civil engineer, a sheriff's deputy, an assistant prison warden, a doctor of applied psychology, a hospital orderly, a lawyer, a child-care expert, a Benedictine monk, a Trappist monk, an editor, a cancer researcher, and a teacher. One teaching job led to six months in prison. There are not many facts that have been proven about Demara, only speculation, as there are only a few articles and movies about him that were created during his lifetime. Demara was said to possess a true photographic memory and was widely reputed to have an extraordinary IQ. He was apparently able to memorize necessary techniques from textbooks and worked on two cardinal rules: The burden of proof is on the accuser and When in danger, attack. He described his own motivation as "Rascality, pure rascality"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

For many in Aberfan, mining was their life, and unfortunately, it would also be their death. "The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring. A period of heavy rain led to a build-up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry, killing 116 children and 28 adults as it engulfed Pantglas Junior School and a row of houses. The tip was the responsibility of the National Coal Board (NCB), and the subsequent inquiry placed the blame for the disaster on the organisation and nine named employees. There were seven spoil tips on the hills above Aberfan; Tip 7—the one that slipped onto the village—was begun in 1958 and, at the time of the disaster, was 111 feet (34 m) high. In contravention of the NCB's official procedures, the tip was partly based on ground from which water springs emerged. After three weeks of heavy rain the tip was saturated and approximately 140,000 cubic yards (110,000 m3) of spoil slipped down the side of the hill and onto the Pantglas area of the village. The main building hit was the local junior school, where lessons had just begun; 5 teachers and 109 children were killed in the school. An official inquiry was chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies. The report placed the blame squarely on the NCB. The organisation's chairman, Lord Robens, was criticised for making misleading statements and for not providing clarity as to the NCB's knowledge of the presence of water springs on the hillside. Neither the NCB nor any of its employees were prosecuted and the organisation was not fined. The Aberfan Disaster Memorial Fund (ADMF) was set up on the day of the disaster. It received nearly 88,000 contributions, totalling £1.75 million. The remaining tips were removed only after a lengthy fight by Aberfan residents, against resistance from the NCB and the government on the grounds of cost. Clearing was paid for by a government grant and a forced contribution of £150,000 taken from the memorial fund. In 1997 the British government paid back the £150,000 to the ADMF, and in 2007 the Welsh Government donated £1.5 million to the fund and £500,000 to the Aberfan Education Charity as recompense for the money wrongly taken. Many of the village's residents suffered medical problems, and half the survivors have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder at some time in their lives." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Life, death and lottery. Go to https://nordvpn.com/qxirvpn to get a 2-year plan plus 4 additional months with a huge discount! "Pepsi Number Fever, also known as the 349 incident, was a promotion held by PepsiCo in the Philippines in 1992, which led to riots and the deaths of at least five people." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Number_Fever 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Become an internet power user 2:29 - The full story Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

As billions went about their day in blissful ignorance, one man made sure it wasn't their last. "Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in the Third World War and a large-scale nuclear war which could have wiped out half of the population of the countries involved. An investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned. Because of this incident, Petrov is often credited as having "saved the world"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You'd probably give up a substantial amount of your wealth in exchange for the life of a loved one, but would the mega rich do the same? "Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976), known widely as J. Paul Getty, was an American-born British petrol-industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approx. $7.4 billion in 2019). At his death, he was worth more than $6 billion (approximately $21 billion in 2019). A book published in 1996 ranked him as the 67th richest American who ever lived, based on his wealth as a percentage of the concurrent gross national product. Despite his vast wealth, Getty was famously frugal, notably negotiating his grandson's kidnapping ransom in 1973. He had five children and divorced five times. Getty was an avid collector of art and antiquities. His collection formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles; more than $661 million of his estate was left to the museum after his death. He established the J. Paul Getty Trust in 1953. The trust, which is the world's wealthiest art institution, operates the J. Paul Getty Museum Complexes: the Getty Center, the Getty Villa and the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, as well as the Getty Conservation Institute." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Grab Atlas VPN for $1.39/mo before the deal expires: https://atlasv.pn/Qxir This tour gave its passengers a real taste of Chicago. "On August 8, 2004 over the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago, Illinois, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds of human waste from the bus's septic tank onto a passenger sightseeing boat on the Chicago River below. The resulting controversy led to more than $300,000 in settlements, donations, and fines. The band's bus driver, Stefan Wohl, pleaded guilty to dumping the waste in March 2005." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_River_incident 0:00 - Intro 0:40 - Online privacy is important 2:34 - The full story Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A beautiful mind seemingly bent on destroying itself. These are Shane MacGowan's best and worst moments; sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between the two. "Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an English-born Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He was also a member of the Nipple Erectors and Shane MacGowan and the Popes, as well as producing his own solo material and working on collaborations with artists such as Kirsty MacColl, Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Sinéad O'Connor, and Ronnie Drew." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_MacGowan Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Can one man scam a government out of millions? Yes - but at what cost? "The ADE 651 is a fake bomb detector produced by the British company Advanced Tactical Security & Communications Ltd (ATSC). Its manufacturer claimed it could detect bombs, guns, ammunition, and more from kilometers away. However, it was a scam, and the device was little more than a dowsing rod. The device was sold for up to US$60,000 each, despite costing almost nothing to produce. It was widely used in the Middle East, and may have led to numerous deadly bombings in Iraq due to its inability to detect explosives. Its inventor, James McCormick, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2013 for fraud." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What are the chances of two 747's colliding? Extremely low, as this video will explain, but it still happened. "On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, operating KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Resulting in 583 fatalities, the Tenerife airport disaster is the deadliest in aviation history. A terrorist incident at Gran Canaria Airport had caused many flights to be diverted to Los Rodeos, including the two aircraft involved in the accident. The airport quickly became congested with parked airplanes blocking the only taxiway and forcing departing aircraft to taxi on the runway instead. Patches of thick fog were drifting across the airfield; hence visibility was greatly reduced for pilots and the control tower. The collision occurred when the KLM airliner initiated its takeoff run while the Pan Am airliner, shrouded in fog, was still on the runway and about to turn off onto the taxiway. The impact and resulting fire killed everyone on board KLM 4805 and most of the occupants of Pan Am 1736, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the aircraft. The subsequent investigation by Spanish authorities concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the KLM captain's decision to take off in the mistaken belief that a takeoff clearance from air traffic control (ATC) had been issued. Dutch investigators placed a greater emphasis on a mutual misunderstanding in radio communications between the KLM crew and ATC, but ultimately KLM admitted that their crew was responsible for the accident and the airline agreed to financially compensate the relatives of all of the victims. The disaster had a lasting influence on the industry, highlighting in particular the vital importance of using standardized phraseology in radio communications. Cockpit procedures were also reviewed, contributing to the establishment of crew resource management as a fundamental part of airline pilots' training." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

With the official version of events being so strange, do we really know what happened here? "Ursula Eriksson and Sabina Eriksson (born 3 November 1967) are Swedish twin sisters who came to national attention in the United Kingdom in May 2008. The twins had been in Ireland before travelling to the UK and boarding a bus for London in Liverpool. Their odd behaviour after exiting the bus at a service station on the M6 motorway caused the driver not to allow them back on board. The two were later seen on the central reservation of the M6 motorway. When Highways England traffic officers arrived to assist the women, they ran across the busy motorway, as captured by a small television crew. Ursula managed to dodge traffic, but Sabina was knocked over. Shortly after police arrived, the women again dashed onto the motorway and were struck by oncoming vehicles. Ursula suffered serious injuries, and when Sabina regained consciousness, she refused medical aid and attacked a police officer, at which point she was arrested and sedated. Appearing calm, though behaving unusually, Sabina was processed by police in Stoke-on-Trent and was later released from custody. Shortly afterwards, she was seen and taken in by Glenn Hollinshead, of Fenton, Staffordshire, whom she suddenly stabbed to death the next day. Sabina was then pursued running from the scene and arrested in hospital after jumping from a bridge onto a busy trunk road. Despite these incidents, there was no evidence that drugs or alcohol were involved in the incidents on the M6 or the killing of Hollinshead. Sabina later pleaded guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility, after an apparent episode of folie à deux (or "shared psychosis"), a rare psychiatric disorder in which delusional beliefs are transmitted from one individual to another. Ursula was released from the hospital after recovering, but Sabina was sentenced to five years imprisonment and released on parole in 2011 before returning to Sweden." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_and_Sabina_Eriksson Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

We all hate a cheat - but what this boxer did in the ring was criminal. "On June 16, 1983 Resto unexpectedly beat undefeated prospect Billy Collins Jr. at Madison Square Garden in New York City in a 10-round unanimous decision. The fight was the undercard for a bout between Roberto Durán and Davey Moore. However, when Collins' father and trainer, Billy Sr., came to shake Resto's hand, he discovered that Resto's gloves felt thinner than normal. Screaming that he thought the gloves had no padding, Collins Sr. demanded that the New York State Athletic Commission impound the gloves. An investigation revealed that someone had removed an ounce of padding from each of his gloves then filled them with chalk. Collins' eyes were swollen shut by the end of the 10th round, and the rest of his face was so badly swollen that it was impossible to believe a light puncher could have inflicted such damage. Collins suffered a torn iris and permanently blurred vision, ending his career. He died only months later when he drove his car into a culvert while intoxicated. Some commentators have speculated that the loss of his livelihood drove him into a downward spiral. Collins' father has since speculated that his son committed suicide. After a month's investigation, the New York State Boxing Commission determined that Resto's trainer, Panama Lewis, had removed the padding from Resto's gloves. It also determined that Resto should have known the gloves were illegal. The commission suspended Resto's boxing license for at least a year. Since most state boxing commissions honor sanctions from other states, this effectively banned Resto from boxing in the United States for the duration of the ban. The commission subsequently changed its rules to prevent anything like what happened to Collins from ever happening again. Resto's win was subsequently changed to a no contest. In 1986, Lewis and Resto were both put on trial and found guilty of assault, criminal possession of a weapon (Resto's hands) and conspiracy. Prosecutors charged that Resto had to have known the gloves were illegal, and therefore the bout amounted to an illegal 10-round assault. Prosecutors also argued that the plot was centered on a large amount of money bet on Resto by a third party, who had met with Lewis prior to the fight. Resto served 2 and a half years in prison. After 15 years of trying to regain his license, he was finally allowed to work as a cornerman by New York State. For many years, he has lived in an apartment near the gym where he once trained, and has worked with youngsters there as well. For almost a quarter-century, Resto publicly denied knowing that Lewis had tampered with the gloves. However, in 2007, Resto apologized to Collins' widow, Andrea Collins-Nile, who attempted to sue the state of New York for not protecting her late husband. Resto also told Collins-Nile that in addition to removing padding from the gloves, Lewis soaked his hand wraps in plaster of Paris. This caused the wraps to harden into plaster casts similar to those used to set broken bones, which greatly—and illegally—increased Resto's punching power. The hand wraps have never been confiscated. Resto also disclosed that Lewis would break apart pills used to treat asthma and pour the medicine into his water bottles, giving Resto greater lung capacity in the later rounds of a fight. Resto also visited Collins' gravesite and said, "I'm sorry for what I did to you." At a 2008 press conference, Resto said that he knew Lewis had taken the padding out of his gloves and had done so at least twice before. Resto said he did not protest at the time even though he knew it was wrong. "At the time, I was young," he said. "I went along." The 1983 incident and subsequent aftermath is covered in the HBO documentary Assault in the Ring. During this documentary, Resto appeared to confirm law enforcement's theory that the incident was rooted in large bets on him." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Resto_(boxer) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The Irishman is dead, but he's not done yet. "Frank Hayes (1901 – June 4, 1923) was a jockey who, on June 4, 1923, won a steeplechase despite suffering a fatal heart attack in the later part of the race at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, New York, US. The twenty-two-year-old Hayes had never won a race before and in fact by profession was not actually a jockey but a horse trainer and longtime stableman. The horse, a 20–1 outsider called Sweet Kiss, was owned by Miss A. M. Frayling. Hayes apparently died somewhere in the latter part of the race, but his body remained in the saddle throughout. Sweet Kiss eventually crossed the finish line, winning by a head with Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far, the only jockey known to have won a race after death." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hayes_(jockey) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

If you tried to kill a political figure, you could probably expect to only be known for that, right? "Peter Raymond Kocan (born Peter Raymond Douglas, 4 May 1947) is an Australian author and poet, best known for his attempted assassination of Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell on 21 June 1966. He fired a shot at point-blank range through a car window, but Calwell escaped with only minor facial injuries from broken glass. Kocan, 19 years old at the time, was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was transferred to the Morisset Mental Hospital and released in 1976. He began writing in prison and has published several volumes." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kocan Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

They say love is blind, and so are toy designers. "Earring Magic Ken is a model of the Ken doll introduced by Mattel in 1993 as a companion to its Earring Magic Barbie figure, one of six dolls in the Earring Magic Barbie line. This generation of the Ken doll featured an updated look, including blonde highlights in his traditionally brown hair, outfits including lavender mesh shirt, purple leather vest, a necklace with a circular charm and, as the name indicates, an earring in his left ear. The doll is historical for being the highest-selling Ken doll in history, and for the controversy that ensued upon its debut." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earring_Magic_Ken Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Sure boxing's cool - but a race is never going to break out in the middle of a boxing match. "The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979. Sports pundits consider the 1979 Daytona 500 to be the most important race in stock car history. The race was televised live from beginning to end, a rarity in the era, and the first for a 500-mile race in the United States. Camera angles such as the "in-car" view were introduced to viewers from all over the United States. On the final lap, race leaders Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison collided with each other on the Daytona International Speedway's backstretch. Both drivers' races ended in Daytona's grass infield. The wreck allowed Richard Petty, then over one-half lap behind both, to claim his sixth Daytona 500 win. As Petty made his way to Victory Lane to celebrate, a fight erupted between Yarborough, Donnie Allison and his brother, Bobby, at the site of the backstretch wreck. Both events were caught by television cameras and broadcast live. The race brought national publicity to NASCAR. Motorsports announcer and editor Dick Berggren said, "Nobody knew it then, but that was the race that got everything going. It was the first 'water cooler' race, the first time people had stood around water coolers on Monday and talked about seeing a race on TV the day before. It took a while – years, maybe – to realize how important it was." Chip Warren was Chief Starter, according to CBS's Ken Squier." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Daytona_500 Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What does high-impact claustrophobia look like? "The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 at 8:46 am on the London Underground's Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured after a train failed to stop at the line's southern terminus, Moorgate station, and crashed into its end wall. It is considered the worst peacetime accident on the London Underground. No fault was found with the train, and the inquiry by the Department of the Environment concluded that the accident was caused by the actions of Leslie Newson, the 56-year-old driver. The crash forced the first carriage into the roof of the tunnel at the front and back, but the middle remained on the trackbed; the 16-metre-long (52 ft) coach was crushed to 6.1 metres (20 ft). The second carriage was concertinaed at the front as it collided with the first, and the third rode over the rear of the second. The brakes were not applied and the dead man's handle was still depressed when the train crashed. The London Fire Brigade, Ambulance Service and City of London Police attended the scene. It took 13 hours to remove the injured from the wreckage, many of whom had to be cut free. With no services running into the adjoining platform to create the piston effect pushing air into the station, ventilation was poor and temperatures in the tunnel rose to over 49 °C (120 °F). It took a further four days to extract the last body, that of Newson; his cab, normally 91 centimetres (3 ft) deep, had been crushed to 15 centimetres (6 in). The post-mortem on Newson showed no medical reason to explain the crash. A cause has never been established, and theories include suicide, that he may have been distracted, or that he was affected by conditions such as transient global amnesia or akinesis with mutism. The subsequent inquest established that Newson had also inexplicably overshot platforms on the same route on two other occasions earlier in the week of the accident. Tests showed that Newson had a blood alcohol level of 80 mg/100 ml—the level at which one can be prosecuted for drink-driving, though the alcohol may have been produced by the natural decomposition process over four days at a high temperature. In the aftermath of the crash, London Underground introduced a safety system that automatically stops a train when travelling too fast. This became known informally as Moorgate protection. Northern City Line services into Moorgate ended in October 1975 and British Rail services started in August 1976. After a long campaign by relatives of the dead, two memorials were unveiled in the vicinity of the station, one in July 2013 and one in February 2014." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Most of us probably have some gripes with the taxman. Though, you probably wouldn't give your life over it... would you? "The 2010 Austin suicide attack occurred on Thursday, February 18, 2010, when Andrew Joseph Stack III deliberately crashed his single-engine Piper Dakota light aircraft into Building I of the Echelon office complex in Austin, Texas, United States, killing himself and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) manager Vernon Hunter. Thirteen others were injured, two severely. The four-story office building housed an IRS field office occupying the top three floors, along with a couple of private businesses on the first floor. Prior to the crash, Stack had posted a suicide note to his website, expressing his disillusionment with corporations and government agencies such as the IRS. Stack is also suspected of having set fire that morning to his two-story North Austin house, which was mostly destroyed. In the aftermath, there was increased debate over the policies of the IRS, and different forms of protest. In response to the attack, the IRS spent more than $38.6 million, with $6.4 million spent to recover and resume work at the building, and over $32 million spent to increase security at other IRS sites in the U.S. However, the spending on security changes was questioned as being ineffective. The building was repaired by December 2011." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Austin_suicide_attack Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A river of whiskey flowing freely through the Irish streets. There's just one problem - the whole thing is on fire. "The Dublin Whiskey Fire took place on the 18th of June, 1875 in the Liberties area of Dublin City. It lasted a single night but killed 13 people, and resulted in €6 million worth of damage in whiskey alone (adjusted for inflation), None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself, but from alcohol poisoning after drinking from the 6-inch (15.24 cm) deep river of whiskey that is said to have flowed as far as the Coombe." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

We all love to see some instant karma. Here's some terrorists trying to kill a bunch of people and getting their asses whooped. "The Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven at the glass doors of the Glasgow Airport terminal and set ablaze. The car's driver was severely burnt in the ensuing fire, and five members of the public were injured, none seriously. Some injuries were sustained by those assisting the police in detaining the occupants. A close link was quickly established to the 2007 London car bombs the previous day. Both of the car's occupants were apprehended at the scene. Within three days, Scotland Yard had confirmed that eight people had been taken into custody in connection with this incident and that in London. Police identified the two men as Bilal Abdullah, a British-born, Muslim doctor of Iraqi descent working at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and Kafeel Ahmed, also known as Khalid Ahmed, an Indian-born engineer and the driver, who was treated for fatal burns at the same hospital. The newspaper The Australian alleged that a suicide note indicated that the two had intended to die in the attack. Kafeel Ahmed died from his injuries on 2 August. Bilal Abdullah was later found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 32 years. The attack was the first terrorist incident to take place in Scotland since the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. It also took place three days after the appointment of Scottish MP Gordon Brown as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but Downing Street dismissed suggestions of a connection." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_attack Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

In 1983, Australia's version of the CIA conducted a mock hostage rescue scenario in the Sheraton Hotel. The problem? The hotel was operating as normal, and none of the staff or guests had a clue what was about to happen. "On 30 November 1983, ASIS garnered unwanted negative attention when a training operation held at the Sheraton Hotel, now the Mercure (Spring Street), in Melbourne went wrong. The exercise was to be a mock surveillance and hostage rescue of foreign intelligence officers. In March 1983, ASIS had begun training a covert team of civilians, including a female, at Swan Island in Victoria whose role was to protect or release Australians who may be threatened or captured by terrorists overseas. The military in 1981 had established a counter terrorist unit for operations only in Australia. The personnel involved in the training operation included ten operators, four ASIS officers and six ASIS civilian trainees, and two commandos from the Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment with only the sergeant participating as an observer in the hotel foyer. The training operation involved junior officers who had undergone three weeks prior training and who were given considerable leeway in planning and executing the operation. The mock hostage rescue was staged on the 10th floor of the hotel without the permission of the hotel's owner or staff. When ASIS operators were refused entry into a hotel room, they broke down the door with sledgehammers. The hotel manager, Nick Rice, was notified of a disturbance on the 10th floor by a hotel guest. When he went to investigate, he was forced back into the lift by an ASIS operator who rode the lift down to the ground floor and forcibly ejected Rice into the lobby. Believing a robbery was in progress, Rice called the police. When the lift started returning to the ground floor, ASIS operators emerged wearing masks and openly brandishing 9mm Browning pistols and Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns, two of them with silencers. They forced their way through the lobby to the kitchen, where two getaway cars were waiting outside the kitchen door. Police stopped one of the cars and arrested the occupants, two ASIS officers and three ASIS civilian trainees, who refused to produce any form of identification. Within two days the Minister for Foreign Affairs Bill Hayden announced that an "immediate and full" investigation would be conducted under the auspices of the second Hope Royal Commission on Australian Security and Intelligence Agencies, which was still in progress. A report was prepared and tabled by February 1984. It described the exercise as being 'poorly planned, poorly supervised and poorly run' and recommended that measures be taken in training to improve planning and eliminate adverse impacts on the public. Ultimately, in executing the operation, the operators were found to have used considerable force, menacing a number of the staff and guests with weapons and physically assaulting the hotel manager. Hope found Ryan to be at fault for authorising the training operation in a public place using concealed weapons. Ryan resigned in February 1984. Hope said it was not part of his Terms of Reference to make findings or recommendations on whether any individual had committed any offence. However he did note that the individuals could potentially be prosecuted by the State of Victoria with a long list of criminal offences, including possession of firearms without a licence, possession of prohibited implements (including machine guns, silencers and housebreaking tools), aggravated burglary in possession of a firearm, common assault, wilful damage to property, possession of a disguise without lawful excuse and numerous motor vehicle offences. More than a year after the raid, the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions concluded that while certain offences had been committed, including criminal damage and assault with a weapon, there was insufficient evidence to charge any person with a specific offence. Victorian Holdings Ltd, the company managing the hotel, subsequently took legal action against the Commonwealth on behalf of itself and 14 hotel staff. The matter was settled out of court with the hotel being offered $300,000 in damages. The total payout to the hotel and staff was $365,400." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

It sounds like a bad dream - the nightclub is on fire and when you reach the exits, they're locked. "The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine's Day) 1981. Some 800 people had attended a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a result of the fire. The club was located where Butterly Business Park now lies, opposite Artane Castle Shopping Centre." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_fire Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Just imagine - you spend months meticulously planning a bank robbery and the perfect getaway. Then you end up in jail anyway thanks to random circumstance. "Anthony J. Curcio (born September 1, 1980) is an American author, public speaker, and convicted robber. In 2008, Curcio was responsible for one of the most elaborately planned armored car heists in U.S. history. He was eventually arrested and sentenced to six years in federal prison. Upon his release from prison he has devoted his life to working with youth in the field of drug abuse and crime prevention, speaking to students and athletes across the U.S. He has been featured in GQ, Esquire, 20/20, Fox News, NPR and NBC among others." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Curcio Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A man impersonates a missing child and fools his family into thinking he's still alive. It sounds bad, but it somehow gets worse. "Nicholas Barclay, aged 13 at the time he went missing, was last seen playing basketball with his friends in his home town of San Antonio, Texas, on 13 June 1994. Barclay never made it home and has not been seen or heard from since. In 1997, Bourdin took Barclay's identity and was flown to the United States. Although Bourdin had brown eyes and a French accent, he convinced the family he was their blue-eyed son, saying he had escaped from a child prostitution ring and the ring had altered his eye color. Bourdin lived with the family for almost five months until 6 March 1998. In late 1997, a local private investigator grew suspicious while he was working with a TV crew that had been filming the family. The investigator compared a photo of Bourdin's ears to Nicholas's ears and discovered that they did not match. In February 1998, the FBI obtained a court order to take the young man's fingerprints and DNA, which were later identified as belonging to Bourdin. In September 1998, Bourdin pleaded guilty to passport fraud and perjury in a San Antonio federal court. He was imprisoned for six years, more than twice as long as recommended by the sentencing guidelines. When Bourdin was returned to France from the U.S. in 2003, he moved to Grenoble and assumed the identity of Léo Balley, a 14-year-old French boy who had been missing since 1996; DNA testing proved he was not Balley. In August 2004, he was in Spain, claiming to be an adolescent named Rubén Sánchez Espinoza whose mother had been killed in the Madrid bomb attacks. When the police found out the truth, they deported him to France. In June 2005, Bourdin passed himself off as Francisco Hernandes-Fernandez, a 15-year-old Spanish orphan, and spent a month in the Collège Jean Monnet (a junior high school) in Pau, France. He claimed that his parents had been killed in a car accident. He dressed as a teenager, adopted a proper walking style, covered his receding hairline with a baseball cap and used depilatory face creams. On 12 June, an administrator from his school unmasked him after seeing a television program about his exploits. On 16 September, he was sentenced to four months in prison for possessing and using the previous false identity of Léo Balley. According to interviews, Bourdin has been looking for "love and affection" and attention he never received as a child. He has pretended to be an orphan several times." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

When you're stranded at sea, it's only a matter of time before you perish. But how do you go? "Thomas Joseph Lonergan (born December 28, 1964) and Eileen Cassidy Lonergan (née Hains; born March 3, 1969) were a married American couple who were unintentionally abandoned in the Coral Sea off Australia's northeast coast on January 25, 1998, during a group scuba diving trip on MV Outer Edge. Their absences were not noted by the boat crew until two days later on January 27 and while search efforts resulted in the discovery of personal effects presumed to be those of the Lonergans, they did not lead to their discovery. Their whereabouts are unknown, though both are presumed dead. The couple's disappearance and deaths resulted in "a crisis of confidence in north Queensland's dive industry" and resulted in tighter mandatory safety regulations for diving boats in Australia. Their disappearances also served as the inspiration for the 2003 film Open Water." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tom_and_Eileen_Lonergan Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This crash wiped out whole families, even war veterans were horrified by its brutality. The disaster at Le Mans 1955 remains the deadliest motor racing crash in history. "The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Bouillin (who raced under the name Pierre Levegh) and injuring nearly 180 more. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history, and it prompted Mercedes-Benz to retire from motor racing until 1989. The crash started when Jaguar driver Mike Hawthorn pulled to the right side of the track in front of Austin-Healey driver Lance Macklin and started braking for his pit stop. Macklin swerved out from behind the slowing Jaguar into the path of Levegh, who was passing on the left in his much faster Elektron magnesium-alloy bodied Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. Levegh rear-ended Macklin at high speed, overriding Macklin's car and launching his own car through the air. Levegh's car skipped over a protective earthen berm at 200 km/h (125 mph) and made at least two impacts within the spectator area, the last of which caused it to disintegrate, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed, and sending large pieces of debris into the packed spectator area in front of the grandstand, including the engine block, front suspension, and bonnet. The rear of Levegh's car landed on the berm and exploded into flames. There was much debate over blame. The official inquiry held none of the drivers specifically responsible and criticised the layout of the 30-year-old track, which had not been designed for cars of this speed." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Hilariously, in Brazil, the number 24 is considered "gay". Why? It's an unusual story. "Jogo do bicho ("animal game") is an illegal gambling game in Brazil, prohibited by federal law since 1946, but nevertheless very popular throughout the country. It is a lottery-type drawing, operated on a regional basis using the daily state lottery draw, by mobsters known as bicheiros or banqueiros ("bankers"). Despite its popularity, especially in Rio de Janeiro, it is illegal in 25 of the 26 states of Brazil plus the Federal District and those involved may be prosecuted. Paraíba is the only state where the game is legal and regulated by the state, even though federal law prohibits gambling. Unlike most state-operated lotteries, in Jogo do bicho any amount can be wagered." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogo_do_Bicho Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Who was Kaspar Hauser? His life is a complete mystery, probably lost to time forever. Only a small portion of his life is known for a fact, so let's take a look. "Kaspar Hauser (1812? – 17 December 1833) was a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. Hauser's claims, and his subsequent death by stabbing, sparked much debate and controversy. Theories propounded at the time identified him as the grand ducal House of Baden, hidden away because of royal intrigue. These opinions may or may not have been documented by later investigations. Other theories proposed that Hauser had been a fraud." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This hunt for Hitler's personal diaries broke into an international scandal - but not for the reasons you might think. "The Hitler Diaries (German: Hitler-Tagebücher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.33 million or $3.7 million) by the West German news magazine Stern, which sold serialisation rights to several news organisations. One of the publications involved was The Sunday Times, who asked their independent director, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, to authenticate the diaries; he did so, pronouncing them genuine. At the press conference to announce the publication, Trevor-Roper announced that on reflection he had changed his mind, and other historians also raised questions concerning their validity. Rigorous forensic analysis, which had not been performed previously, quickly confirmed that the diaries were fakes. Kujau, born and raised in East Germany, had a history of petty crime and deception. In the mid-1970s he began selling Nazi memorabilia which he was smuggling from the East, but found he could raise the prices by forging additional authentication details to link ordinary souvenirs to the Nazi leaders. He began forging paintings by Hitler and an increasing number of notes, poems and letters, until he produced his first diary in the mid- to late 1970s. The West German journalist with Stern who "discovered" the diaries and was involved in their purchase was Gerd Heidemann, who had an obsession with the Nazis. When Stern started buying the diaries, Heidemann stole a significant proportion of the money. Kujau and Heidemann spent time in prison for their parts in the fraud, and several newspaper editors lost their jobs. The story of the scandal was the basis for the films Selling Hitler (1991) for the British channel ITV and the German cinema release Schtonk! (1992)." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_DeS... Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

William Utermohlen, an artist who suffered with Alzheimer's, has provided the world with perhaps its clearest visual representation of the effects of the disease - one that is both fascinating and chilling. "William Utermohlen was born in south Philadelphia in 1933. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1951 to 1957 and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 1957-58. In 1962 he settled in London, where he met and married the art historian Patricia Redmond. In 1967 he received his first important London show at the Marlborough gallery. London life and London characters have most particularly marked his numerous portraits which constitute one of the richest aspects of his work. In the 1980s he painted two major murals for two great North-London institutions, the Liberal Jewish Synagogue at Saint John’s Wood and the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. Apart from portraits, still lives and drawings from the model Bill's art can be arranged in six clear thematic cycles: The "Mythological" paintings of 1962-63, the "Cantos" of 1965-1966 inspired by Dante's Inferno, the "Mummers" cycle of 1969-1970 depicting characters from South Philadelphia's New Year’s Day parade, the "War" series of 1972 alluding to the Vietnam war, the "Nudes" of 1973-74 and finally the "Conversation Pieces", the great decorative interiors with figures, of 1989-1991. In 1995 Bill Utermohlen was diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Signs of his illness are retrospectively apparent in the work of the early 90s notably in the “Conversation Pieces”. These works, which can be seen as a celebration of Patricia and William’s life together, describe the warmth and happiness of their apartment and the joy they took in the companionship of friends. However, signs of the disease that is about to strike William are also apparent in the shifting perceptions of space, objects, and people. They are premonitions of a new world of silence and sensory deprivation about to close in on the artist. Clearly the artist’s most openly biographical pictures, this cycle centers on his wife, his friends, and his immediate environment: the objects, books, and paintings that have made his life meaningful and towards which he feels the greatest attachment. In his last works, the self-portraits of 1995-2000 William's style changes dramatically. Terror, sadness, anger and resignation are expressed as the artist fights to preserve his artistic consciousness against the gradual progress of dementia. In Blue Skies 1995, his last large painting, William paints his reaction to his diagnosis: a devastated figure holding on to a table as on to a raft in the blue bleakness of an empty studio. The artist was admitted to the national hospital for neurology and neurosurgery at Queen Square and supervised by a team led by Dr. Martin Rossor and nurse Ron Isaacs. While at the hospital, William was encouraged to continue drawing and to portray himself. These drawings became the subject of a notable article published in June 2001 in the British medical journal The Lancet. Patricia Utermohlen comments on this time: “as each small self-portrait was completed, William showed it to his nurse, Ron Isaacs. Ron visited the studio, photographing every new work. Ron’s conviction that William’s efforts were helping to increase the understanding of the deeply psychological and traumatic aspects of the disease undoubtedly encouraged William to continue.” The last self-portraits, painted between 1995 and 2001, are indeed unique artistic, medical, and psychological documents. They portray a man doomed yet fighting to preserve his identity and his place in the world in the face of an implacable disease encroaching on his mind and senses. With courage and perseverance, the artist adapts at each point his style and technique to the growing limitations of his perception and motor skills to produce images that communicate with clarity and economy from within his predicament. To the very end, color, brushwork, and line retain their artistic and expressive vocation, the result of a lifetime dedicated to visual and psychological observation and the faithful rendering of facts. William Utermohlen made his last drawings in pencil from 2000 to 2002. He was taken care of by his wife, friends, and caregivers at home until his deterioration made his admission to the Princess Louise nursing home necessary in 2004. He died in Hammersmith hospital in London on March 21, 2007." More: http://www.williamutermohlen.org Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The final episode in the series takes a look at the last tips of the book, and how to evade capture. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

We hear about "Stockholm Syndrome" a lot (despite it being a fairly rare condition, and not actually officially recognized as a disorder), but did you know the reason it's called "Stockholm Syndrome" originates from a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden? "The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. It occurred at the Norrmalmstorg Square in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1973 and was the first criminal event in Sweden to be covered by live television. Jan-Erik Olsson was a convicted criminal who had disappeared while on furlough from prison and then held up a bank and took four hostages. During the ensuing negotiations, Swedish Minister of Justice Lennart Geijer allowed Olsson's former cellmate and friend Clark Olofsson to be brought from prison to the bank. Although Olofsson was a long-time career criminal, it is doubtful he was in league with Olsson. Famously, the hostages then bonded with their captors and acted to protect them despite their repeated threats to kill them all. Police finally mounted a tear gas attack five days into the crisis, and the robbers surrendered. Olsson was sentenced to 10 years for the robbery, and Olofsson was ultimately acquitted. The paradoxical actions of the hostages led to a great deal of academic and public interest in the case, including a 2003 Swedish television film, a 2018 Canadian film and a Swedish Netflix television series premiering in 2021." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A tale both beautiful and strange emanating from WWII - but lasting for decades afterwards. "The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt Charles "Charlie" Brown's B-17 Flying Fortress (named "Ye Olde Pub") was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the crippled bomber but did not do so, and instead escorted it over and past German-occupied territory so as to protect it. After an extensive search by Brown, the two pilots met each other 50 years later and developed a friendship that lasted until Stigler's death in March 2008. Brown died only a few months later, in November of the same year." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_and_Franz_Stigler_incident Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A fascinating tale of deception, guilt and madness at sea. Unusually, it was all captured in logbooks and tapes, but the man behind them all disappeared forever. "Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Soon after starting the race, his ship began taking on water and he wrote it would probably sink in heavy seas. He secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually doing so. His ship's log books, found after his disappearance, suggest that the stress he was under and an associated psychological deterioration possibly led to his suicide. Crowhurst's convoluted and ultimately tragic participation in the race has exerted a fascination over subsequent generations of commentators and artists. It has inspired a number of books, stage plays and films; among the latter a factual 2006 documentary Deep Water and the films Crowhurst (2017) and The Mercy (2017), in which his part is played by the actors Justin Salinger and Colin Firth, respectively. His innovative but ill-prepared boat, the Teignmouth Electron, ended its days as a dive boat in the Caribbean and its decaying remains can still be found in the dunes above a beach in the Cayman Islands." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

No, it's not from a movie - this couple really did rig their farmhouse with a shotgun door trap. And a burglar really triggered it! "Katko v. Briney, 183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971), was a court case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court, in which two homeowners (Edward and Bertha Briney) were held liable for battery for injuries caused to a trespasser (Marvin Katko) who set off a spring gun set as a mantrap in an abandoned house on the homeowners’ property." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

There were other humans before us, and even some at the same time as us. Now, Homo sapien is the only human left. But who were the others? "A number of varieties of Homo are grouped into the broad category of archaic humans in the period that precedes and is contemporary to the emergence of the earliest early modern humans (Homo sapiens) around 300 ka. Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) from southern Ethiopia (196 ± 5 ka) and the remains from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco (about 315 ka) and Florisbad in South Africa (259 ka) are the earliest remains of Homo sapiens. The term typically includes Homo neanderthalensis (430+–25 ka), Denisovans, Homo rhodesiensis (300–125 ka), Homo heidelbergensis (600–200 ka), Homo naledi, Homo ergaster, and Homo antecessor. There is no universal consensus on this terminology, and varieties of "archaic humans" are included under the binomial name of either Homo sapiens or Homo erectus by some authors. Archaic humans had a brain size averaging 1,200 to 1,400 cubic centimeters, which overlaps with the range of modern humans. Archaics are distinguished from anatomically modern humans by having a thick skull, prominent supraorbital ridges (brow ridges) and the lack of a prominent chin. Anatomically modern humans appear around 300,000 years ago in Africa, and 70,000 years ago (see Toba catastrophe theory), gradually supplanting the "archaic" human varieties. Non-modern varieties of Homo are certain to have survived until after 30,000 years ago, and perhaps until as recently as 12,000 years ago. Which of these, if any, are included under the term "archaic human" is a matter of definition and varies among authors. Nonetheless, according to recent genetic studies, modern humans may have bred with "at least two groups" of ancient humans: Neanderthals and Denisovans. Other studies have cast doubt on admixture being the source of the shared genetic markers between archaic and modern humans, pointing to an ancestral origin of the traits which originated 500,000–800,000 years ago. Another group may also have been extant as recently as 11,500 years ago, the Red Deer Cave people of China. Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London has suggested that these people could be a result of mating between Denisovans and modern humans. Other scientists remain skeptical, suggesting that the unique features are within the variations expected for modern human populations." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_humans Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Can you really steal an aircraft and fly it straight to the White House? No, but back in the seventies you could! They were better times... "On February 17, 1974, U.S. Army Private Robert K. Preston took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois "Huey" helicopter from Tipton Field, Maryland, and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in a major breach of security. Preston had enlisted in the Army to become a helicopter pilot, but he did not graduate from the helicopter training course and lost his opportunity to attain the rank of warrant officer pilot. He was bound by his enlistment to serve four years in the Army, and he was sent to Fort Meade as a helicopter mechanic. Preston believed that this situation was unfair and later said that he stole the helicopter to show his skill as a pilot. Shortly after midnight, Preston, on leave, was returning to Tipton Field, south of Fort Meade. Thirty helicopters at the base were fueled and ready to fly; he took off in one without anti-collision lights on or making the standard radio calls. The Maryland State Police were alerted, and Preston flew southwest toward Washington, D.C., where he hovered close to the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument and over the South Lawn of the White House. He then flew back toward Fort Meade, with two Bell 206 JetRanger police helicopters and police cars in pursuit. After a chase over Maryland, he reversed course toward Washington again and entered the White House grounds. This time, the Secret Service opened fire. Preston was lightly wounded, landed the helicopter, and was arrested and held in custody. In the plea bargain at his court-martial, Preston pleaded guilty to "wrongful appropriation and breach of the peace" and was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of US$2,400 (equivalent to $12,442 in 2019). He had already been in prison for six months, and had to serve six additional months. After his release, Preston received a general discharge from the army, then lived a quiet life, married, and died of cancer in 2009." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_White_House_helicopter_incident Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What's better than winning a war? Well, not much really... But what's better than losing a war? Pretending it never happened and continuing fighting! "Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田 寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo, 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender at the war's end in August 1945. After the war ended Onoda spent 29 years hiding out in the Philippines until his former commander travelled from Japan to formally relieve him from duty by order of Emperor Shōwa in 1974. He held the rank of second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the penultimate Japanese soldier to surrender, with Teruo Nakamura surrendering later in 1974." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Sometimes you just gotta get the boys together and escape communism. "In 1950, CSA became the world's first victim of a mass hijacking. Three Czechoslovak Douglas DC-3 airliners flown to an American airbase in Erding, near Munich, stirred the world on both sides of the "burnt through" Iron Curtain and the case intensified the Cold War between East and West overnight. On the morning of 24 March the three aircraft landed near Munich instead of at Prague; the first from Brno, at 08:20, the second from Moravská Ostrava at 08:40, and the third one from Bratislava at 09:20. Two-thirds of the people on board were involuntary passengers who later returned to Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak Communist government commissioned a 'flight to freedom' book, stage play, and film (all bearing the name Kidnap to Erding) which celebrated the kidnapped returnees as heroes who had not allowed themselves to be swayed by promises of capitalist opulence. The non-returnees who requested political asylum in West Germany were, on the other hand, proclaimed criminals and the Prague government vigorously requested their extradition – although in vain. The pilot from Brno was Josef Klesnil, a former Royal Air Force pilot with 311 squadron, who flew from Brno to Erding with a pistol at his head." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Airlines Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

For this video we're taking a trip down under the sea. And staying there... "The nuclear-powered Oscar-class submarine Kursk (Russian: Project 949A Антей Atomnaya Podvodnaya Lodka "Kursk" (APL "Kursk")) sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years, and all 118 personnel on board were killed. The crews of nearby ships felt the initial explosion and a second, much larger, explosion; yet the Russian Navy did not realise that an accident had occurred and did not initiate a search for the sub for more than six hours. Because the submarine's emergency rescue buoy had been intentionally disabled during an earlier mission, it took more than 16 hours to locate the sunken boat. Over four days, the Russian Navy repeatedly failed in its attempts to attach four different diving bells and submersibles to the escape hatch of the submarine. Its response was criticised as slow and inept. Officials misled and manipulated the public and news media, and refused help from other governments. President Vladimir Putin initially continued his vacation at a seaside resort; he authorised the Russian Navy to accept British and Norwegian offers of assistance after five days had passed since the accident. Seven days after the sinking, British and Norwegian divers finally opened a hatch to the escape trunk in the boat's flooded ninth compartment but found no survivors. The Government of Russia and the Russian Navy were intensely criticised over the incident and their responses." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

We all love a good mystery. Here's one where some people wear lead masks on their faces and die. Enjoy "The Lead Masks Case (Portuguese: Caso das Máscaras de Chumbo) was a series of events which led to the death of two Brazilian electronic technicians, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana who had last been seen by their family on August 17, 1966. Their bodies were discovered on August 20, 1966, and the cause of their deaths has never been determined." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Masks_Case Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

If you've ever played GTA you'll know that getting a tank is pretty much the ultimate thing you can do. Well it turns out, getting one in real life plays out pretty similarly... "Shawn Timothy Nelson (August 21, 1959 – May 17, 1995) was an American plumber and U.S. Army veteran who stole an M60A3 Patton tank from a U.S. National Guard armory in San Diego, California, and went on a rampage on May 17, 1995; he destroyed numerous cars, fire hydrants, and an RV before being shot and killed by a policeman." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson_(criminal) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A video looking at the US Department of Defense's "Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving US Nuclear Weapons 1950-1980". Yes, there's quite a few, unfortunately. "Broken Arrow refers to an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components that does not create a risk of nuclear war. These include: Accidental or unexplained nuclear detonation Non-nuclear detonation or burning of a nuclear weapon Radioactive contamination Loss in transit of nuclear asset with or without its carrying vehicle Jettisoning of a nuclear weapon or nuclear component Public hazard, actual or implied Broken Arrow incidents Main article: List of military nuclear accidents The US Department of Defense has officially recognized at least 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents. Examples of these events include: 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash 1956 B-47 disappearance 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision 1961 Yuba City B-52 crash 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash 1964 Bunker Hill AFB runway accident 1965 Philippine Sea A-4 incident 1966 Palomares B-52 crash 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion, Arkansas Unofficially, the Defense Atomic Support Agency (now known as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)) has detailed hundreds of "Broken Arrow" incidents." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The bodies on the frozen slopes are spread out in disarray, but what caused the panic? Some succumbed to the cold, but others have inexplicable injuries... "The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова) was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 and 2 February 1959, in uncertain circumstances. The experienced trekking group, who were all from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, had established a camp on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl, in an area now named in honour of the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov. During the night, something caused them to tear their way out of their tents and flee the campsite while inadequately dressed for the heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures. After the group's bodies were discovered, an investigation by Soviet authorities determined that six had died from hypothermia while the other three showed signs of physical trauma. One victim had a fractured skull; two others had major chest fractures, one body was missing both its eyes, and one was missing a tongue. The investigation concluded that a "compelling natural force" had caused the deaths. Numerous theories have been put forward to account for the unexplained deaths, including animal attacks, hypothermia, avalanche, katabatic winds, infrasound-induced panic, military involvement, or some combination of these. Russia opened a new investigation into the incident in 2019, and its conclusions were presented in July 2020: that the cause of death was hypothermia due to a combination of an avalanche, forcing the group to leave their camp, combined with low visibility. Andrey Kuryakov, deputy head of the regional prosecutor's office, said: “It was a heroic struggle. There was no panic. But they had no chance to save themselves under the circumstances.”" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident Source images restored by: dyatlovpass.com Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

He made a lot of predictions, some came true, some yet to be seen, but one cost him everything. "Milton William "Bill" Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 5, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving extraterrestrial life. Cooper also described HIV/AIDS as a man-made disease used to target blacks, Hispanics, and homosexuals, and that a cure was made before it was implemented. He has been described as a "militia theoretician"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_William_Cooper Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

The show didn't want to pay him, but with a flaw like that, how did this not happen sooner? "Paul Michael Larson (May 10, 1949 – February 16, 1999) was an American contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck in 1984. Larson is notable for winning $110,237 (equivalent to $271,000 in 2019) in cash and prizes, at the time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show. He was able to win by memorizing the patterns used on the Press Your Luck game board. Originally from southwestern Ohio, Larson used his cash winnings for taxes and real estate investments. However, he also had problems with the law and was involved in illegal schemes. As a result, Larson lost all of his winnings within two years of the show's taping and moved to Florida, where he later died of throat cancer at the age of 49. Since his death in 1999, Larson's game has re-aired on TV at various times and inspired two Game Show Network documentaries: Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal in 2003 and Cover Story: The Press Your Luck Scandal in 2018." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Larson Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

He was a Nazi. After the war he joined an English football club and went on to be regarded as one of the most beloved players of his time. How? "Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann EK OBE (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964. In August 1933, he joined the Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth. Trautmann joined the Luftwaffe early in the Second World War, and then served as a paratrooper. He served first in Occupied Poland. He fought on the Eastern Front for three years, earning five medals, including an Iron Cross. Later in the war, he was transferred to the Western Front, where he was captured by the British as the war drew to a close. As a volunteer soldier, he was classified a category "C" prisoner by the authorities, meaning he was regarded as a Nazi. One of only 90 of his original 1,000-man regiment to survive the war, he was transferred to a prisoner-of-war camp in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire. Trautmann refused an offer of repatriation, and following his release in 1948, settled in Lancashire, combining farm work with playing goalkeeper for a local football team, St Helens Town. Performances for St Helens gained Trautmann a reputation as an outstanding goalkeeper, resulting in interest from Football League clubs. In October 1949, he signed for Manchester City, a club playing in the country's highest level of football, the First Division. The club's decision to sign a former Axis paratrooper sparked protests, and 20,000 people attended a demonstration. Over time, he gained acceptance through his performances in the City goal, playing in all but five of the club's next 250 matches. Named FWA Footballer of the Year for 1956, Trautmann entered football folklore with his performance in the 1956 FA Cup Final. With 17 minutes of the match remaining, Trautmann suffered a serious injury while diving at the feet of Birmingham City's Peter Murphy. Despite his injury, he continued to play, making crucial saves to preserve his team's 3–1 lead. His neck was noticeably crooked as he collected his winner's medal; three days later an X-ray revealed it to be broken. Trautmann played for Manchester City until 1964, making 545 appearances. After his playing career, he moved into management, first with lower-division sides in England and Germany, and later as part of a German Football Association development scheme that took him to several countries, including Burma, Tanzania, and Pakistan. In 2004, he was appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for promoting Anglo-German understanding through football. Trautmann died at home near Valencia, Spain, in 2013, aged 89" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Sadly not a story about history's strongest man, but lifting an entire city fourteen feet with jackscrews is still pretty interesting! "During the 1850s and 1860s, engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago. Streets, sidewalks, and buildings were physically raised on jackscrews. The work was funded by private property owners and public funds." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

"100 Deadly Skills" by Clint Emerson is the gift that keeps on giving. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

All this little monkey was missing was corduroy britches. "Jack was the pet and assistant of double leg amputee signalman James Wide, who worked for the Cape Town–Port Elizabeth Railway service. James "Jumper" Wide had been known for jumping between railcars until an accident where he fell and lost both of his legs. To assist in performing his duties, Wide purchased the baboon named Jack in 1881, and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railways signals under supervision. An official investigation was initiated after a concerned member of the public reported that a baboon was observed changing railway signals at Uitenhage near Port Elizabeth. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ Jack once his job competency was verified. The baboon was paid twenty cents a day, and half a bottle of beer each week. It is widely reported that in his nine years of employment with the railway company, Jack never made a single mistake. After nine years of duty, Jack died of tuberculosis in 1890. Jack's skull is in the collection of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(baboon) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

This incident at sea shows us how uncontrolled decompression can occur, and what it can do to you. "Uncontrolled decompression is an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure, or impact, causing a pressure vessel to vent into its lower-pressure surroundings or fail to pressurize at all." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Some had more fun during history's deadliest conflict than others. "Koivunen was assigned to a ski patrol on 20 April 1944, along with several other men. Three days into their mission, on March 18th, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from which they managed to escape. Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance, but could not stop. He was also the sole carrier of army-issue Pervitin, or methamphetamine, a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty. Koivunen had trouble pulling out a single pill, so he emptied the entire bottle of thirty capsules into his hand and took them all. He had a short burst of energy, but then entered into a state of delirium, and lost consciousness. Koivunen remembered waking up the following morning, separated from his patrol and having no supplies. In the following days, he escaped Soviet forces once again, was injured by a land mine, and laid in a ditch for a week waiting for help. After skiing more than 400 km (250 miles) he was found and admitted to a nearby hospital, where his heart rate was measured at 200 beats per minute, double the average human heartbeat, and weighing only 43 kg (94 pounds). In the week Koivunen was gone, he subsisted only on pine buds and a single Siberian jay that he caught and ate raw." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunen Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Mexican cartels are infamous for their brutality - you probably shouldn't mess with them. But that's what Alejo Garza Tamez did. "Alejo Garza Tamez (1933 - November 14, 2010), better known as Don Alejo, was a Mexican businessman and hunter. Don Alejo made news when he died heroically after having a shootout against an organized crime group that demanded that he hand over his property. Garza Tamez wounded two and killed four of the criminals." More on Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejo_Garza_Tamez Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

155 Irish soldiers versus thousands of Katangese and their mercenaries. Sounds like a losing battle, right? You're correct - but what if the Irish had some whiskey...? "The siege of Jadotville was an engagement during the Congo Crisis in September 1961. "A" Company, 35th Battalion (UN service) of the Irish Army ONUC contingent was attacked by Katangese Gendarmerie troops loyal to the Katangese Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe. The lightly armed Irish soldiers, besieged in Jadotville (modern Likasi), resisted Katangese assaults for five days as a relief force of Irish, Indian and Swedish troops unsuccessfully attempted to reach the Irish force. The outnumbered Irish company was eventually forced to surrender after ammunition and supplies were exhausted, but not before inflicting heavy casualties on the Katangese and their mercenaries. They were held as prisoners of war for approximately one month, with no loss of life." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jadotville Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Another look at "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video discusses skills 71 to 80, and how to escape situations that are hazardous to your health and/or freedom. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What's the worst thing your co-workers have ever done to you? "Operation Wikinger (English: “Viking”) was a sortie into the North Sea by German World War II destroyers (1st Destroyer Flotilla) of the Kriegsmarine, in February 1940. During this operation, poor inter-service communication and cooperation between the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe and inexperience resulted in the loss of two German ships, despite the lack of Allied forces, through friendly fire bombing and German or British mines." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wikinger Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Imagine you're completely wedged in a tunnel 100+ feet underground and you can't move. How do you get out? "Nutty Putty Cave is a hydrothermal cave located west of Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah, United States. The cave, first explored in 1960 by Dale Green, is currently owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and managed by the Utah Timpanogos Grotto. In the past this cave has had four rescues of cavers and Boy Scouts, who became stuck inside the cave's tight twists, turns, and crawls. In 2006, an effort was put forth to study and severely limit the number of visitors allowed inside the cave. It was estimated the cave was receiving over 5,000 visitors per year, with many visitors often entering the cave late at night and failing to take proper safety precautions. The cave’s popularity had caused excessive smoothing of the rock inside the cave to the point it was predicted a fatality would occur in one of the cave's more prominent features, a 45-degree room called "The Big Slide". On May 24, 2006, a gate was installed, and the cave was temporarily closed. In early 2009, proper management was established and an application process was developed to ensure safety precautions were being met. On May 18, 2009 the cave was reopened to the public. On November 24, 2009, John Edward Jones died after being trapped in the cave for 28 hours. Rescuers concluded that it would be too dangerous to attempt to retrieve his body; the landowner and Jones' family came to an agreement that the cave should be permanently closed with the body sealed inside. A film about the tragedy called The Last Descent was released on September 16, 2016." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Putty_Cave Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Use the coupon code 'qxir' for 70% off NordVPN: https://nordvpn.com/qxir More from NordVPN: https://www.youtube.com/nordvpn Could you shoot something into space with a big gun? Probably not. But could an intelligent person do it? Prepare yourself for the unforeseen consequence's of Gerald Bull's dream. "The "Supergun" affair was a 1990 political scandal in the United Kingdom that involved two businesses, Sheffield Forgemasters and Walter Somers, Dr. Gerald Bull, (then) members of parliament Hal Miller and Nicholas Ridley, the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service, a failed prosecution, and components of a "supergun" (as newspaper headlines had it) that the businesses were alleged to have been exporting to Iraq that they and others had contacted the government about in 1988. The collapse of the court case preceded the Arms-to-Iraq case, that involved a different company Matrix Churchill, by four months. Canadian engineer Gerald Bull became interested in the possibility of using 'superguns' in place of rockets to insert payloads into orbit. He lobbied for the start of Project HARP to investigate this concept in the 1960s, using paired ex-US Navy 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun barrels welded end-to-end. Three of these 16"/100 (406 mm) guns were emplaced, one in Quebec, Canada, another in Barbados, and the third near Yuma, Arizona. HARP was later cancelled, and Bull turned to military designs, eventually developing the GC-45 howitzer. Some years later, Bull interested Saddam Hussein in funding Project Babylon. The objective of this project is not certain, but one possibility is that it was intended to develop a gun capable of firing an object into orbit, from whence it could then drop onto any place on the Earth.[citation needed] Gerald Bull was assassinated in March 1990, terminating development, and the parts were confiscated by British customs after the Gulf War." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergun_affair Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What do you do when any attempt to take out the hostage taker will result in the detonation of a bomb that he's attached to? "The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis occurred on Friday, May 16, 1986, in Cokeville, Wyoming, United States, when former town marshal David Young, 43, and his wife Doris Young, 47, took 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. The couple corralled a large group of students and teachers into a single classroom. David attached the bomb trigger to his wrist and threatened the group that he might, at any time, move his arm and ignite the bomb. After a two-and-a-half hour standoff, the children were becoming restless, so the teachers preoccupied the kids in the form of movies, games, prayer, and books. David became increasingly agitated, and decided to leave the room. Before leaving the room, David attached the bomb's detonation device to his wife's wrist. When the children became increasingly loud, Doris Young began begging the teachers to settle the group down. At one point she lifted her arm sharply and the bomb went off prematurely, injuring Doris while David was out of the room. Returning to the scene, David shot his wife, then himself. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were later hospitalized with burns and injuries, the majority of which were severe." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Another look at "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video discusses skills 61 to 70, and how to cause chaos. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Another day, another fight. This time a very unusual one - we're going back to World War II, and the time US and German Forces united. "The Battle for Castle Itter (German: Schlacht um Schloss Itter) was fought in the Austrian North Tyrol village of Itter on 5 May 1945, in the last days of the European Theater of World War II. Troops of the 23rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division of the US XXI Corps led by Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr., a number of Wehrmacht soldiers led by Major Josef "Sepp" Gangl, SS-Hauptsturmführer Kurt-Siegfried Schrader, and recently freed French prisoners of war defended Castle Itter against an attacking force from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division until relief from the American 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division of XXI Corps arrived. The French prisoners included former prime ministers, generals and a tennis star. It is the only known time during the war in which Americans and Germans fought side-by-side. Popular accounts of the battle have called it the strangest battle of World War II." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Castle_Itter Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Good things happen when drinks are cheap. That is, if you're a handsome, roguish troublemaker like Qxir - if you're a baseball player for the Texas Rangers in 1974, maybe stick with Carlsberg. "Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974. The idea behind the promotion was to attract more fans to the game by offering 12 fluid ounce (355 ml) cups of 3.2% beer for just 10 cents each, a substantial discount on the regular price of 65 cents, with a limit of six beers per purchase but with no limit on the number of purchases made during the game. During the game, fans became heavily intoxicated, culminating in a riot in the ninth inning which caused the game to be forfeited due to the crowd's uncontrollable rowdiness and because the game could not be resumed in a timely manner." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Qxir's been cooped up in the house for a long time, so here it is - the longest video on the channel yet. Sit down and grab a beer, we're watching a movie. A curious one, to say the least. "Fatal Deviation is a low-budget cult film produced and set in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. Produced in 1998, it enjoys the distinction of being Ireland's first full-length martial arts film. The film stars real-life martial arts enthusiast James Bennett. The film was conceived by James Bennett. Many have considered this film to be one of the worst films ever made. The movie went straight to video without a theatrical release." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Deviation Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

You may never want to fly again after hearing this story of an airliner's absolutely terrifying rollercoaster ride out of the sky, and the bizarre circumstances that led to it happening. "Aeroflot Flight 593 was a regular passenger flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. On 23 March 1994, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A310-304 flown by Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines, crashed into a mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board. No evidence of a technical malfunction was found. Cockpit voice and flight data recorders revealed the presence of the relief pilot's 12-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son on the flight deck. While seated at the controls, the pilot's son had unknowingly disengaged the A310's autopilot control of the aircraft's ailerons. The autopilot then disengaged completely causing the aircraft to roll into a steep bank and a near-vertical dive. Despite managing to level the aircraft, the first officer over-corrected when pulling up, causing the plane to stall and enter into a spin; the pilots managed to level the aircraft off once more, but by then the plane had lost too much altitude to recover and crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593 Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What happens when a big ol' train runs rampant with no one to operate it? How do you stop it? And how the hell did this happen in the first place? Qxir answers all in this episode of 'Tales From the Bottle'! "The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, was pulling a train of 47 cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals, and ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to 82 kilometers per hour (51 mph). It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a second locomotive, which caught the runaway and coupled to the rear car. As of 2018, #8888 is still in service, having been rebuilt and upgraded into a SD40-3 as part of a refurbishment program carried out by CSX, although its number is now #4389. It previously operated as Conrail #6410, being delivered to the railroad in September 1977." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX_8888_incident Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video discusses skills 51 to 60. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Switzerland is famously neutral - they don't get involved in conflict, and they would never invade another country, right? Wrong (sort of). "Switzerland has a relatively active military due to ongoing conscription. Several incidents have occurred during routine training: On 14 October 1968, five Swiss artillery shells accidentally hit Liechtenstein's only skiing resort, Malbun. The only recorded damages were a few chairs belonging to an outdoor restaurant. On 26 August 1976, just before midnight, 75 members of the Swiss militia and a number of packhorses mistakenly took a wrong turn and ended up 500 meters into Liechtenstein at Iradug, in Balzers. The Liechtensteiners reportedly offered drinks to the Swiss soldiers. On 5 December 1985, rockets fired by the Swiss Army landed in Liechtenstein, causing a forest fire in a protected area. Compensation was paid. On 13 October 1992, following written orders, Swiss Army recruits unknowingly crossed the border and went to Triesenberg to set up an observation post. Swiss commanders had overlooked the fact that Triesenberg was not on Swiss territory. Switzerland apologized to Liechtenstein for the incident. In March 2007, a company of 171 Swiss soldiers mistakenly entered Liechtenstein, as they were disorientated and took a wrong turn due to bad weather conditions. The troops returned to Swiss territory after they had travelled more than 2 km into the country. The Liechtenstein authorities did not discover the incursion and were informed by the Swiss after the incident. The incident was disregarded by both sides. A Liechtenstein spokesman said, "It's not like they invaded with attack helicopters. No problem, these things happen"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

A dark day in American history. But was the tragedy beyond control, or a result of Federal mishandling? Today we look at the 1993 Waco Siege. "The Waco siege was the siege of a compound which belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as by the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Axtell, Texas, 13 miles (21 kilometers) east-northeast of Waco. Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for Koresh and a select few of the group's members. The incident began when the ATF attempted to serve a search and arrest warrant on the ranch. An intense gunfight erupted, resulting in the deaths of four government agents and six Branch Davidians. Upon the ATF's entering of the property and failure to execute the search warrant, a siege lasting 51 days was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Eventually, the FBI launched an assault and initiated a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out of the ranch. Shortly thereafter, the Mount Carmel Center quickly became engulfed in flames. The fire resulted in the deaths of 76 Branch Davidians, including 25 children, two pregnant women, and David Koresh. The events of the siege and attack are disputed by various sources. A particular controversy ensued over the origin of the fire; an internal Justice Department investigation concluded in 2000 that incendiary tear gas canisters were used by the FBI, but maintained that sect members had started the fire. This came after a panel of arson investigators concluded that the Davidians were responsible for igniting it, simultaneously, in at least three different areas of the compound. The events 13 miles from Waco, and the law enforcement siege at Ruby Ridge less than 12 months earlier, have been cited by commentators as catalysts for the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

In 2015, for a single day, the possession and use of over 100 drugs was completely legal in Ireland. But why? "The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984, Misuse of Drugs Act 2015 and the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 are the acts of the Oireachtas regulating drugs in Ireland. The acts define the penalties for unlawful production, possession and supply of drugs. In 2015 the 1977 act was declared unconstitutional, briefly legalizing many drugs in Ireland for 24 hours before emergency legislation closing the loophole could take effect." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(Ireland) Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

Exciting update, friends! Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt93hxFmjppL5nLRAX94UrA Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qxiryt/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Qxir/

What's it like to see through the eyes of a man looking at death? "David John Shaw (20 July 1954 – 8 January 2005) was an Australian scuba diver, technical diver, and airline pilot for Cathay Pacific, flying the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, then the 747-400, and then the A330-300, A340-300, and A340-600. He flew for Cathay Pacific from 1989 until his death in 2005. Before flying for Cathay Pacific he flew for Missionary Aviation Fellowship in Papua New Guinea and Tanzania. He also flew agricultural aircraft in South Australia and New South Wales. Shaw died on 8 January 2005 while endeavoring to recover the body of Deon Dreyer. Shaw recorded his dive with an underwater camera, which allowed researchers to determine that he suffered from respiratory issues due to the high pressure. Shaw ran into difficulties when the body unexpectedly began to float. Shaw had been advised by various experts that the body would remain negatively buoyant because the visible parts were reduced to the skeleton. However, within his wetsuit, Dreyer's corpse had turned into a soap-like substance called adipocere, which floats. Shaw had been working with both hands, and so had been resting his can light on the cave floor. The powerful underwater lights that cave divers use are connected by wires to heavy battery canisters, normally worn on the cave diver's waist, or sometimes attached to their tanks. Normally he would have wrapped the wire behind his neck, but he was unable to do so; the lines from the body bag appear to have become entangled with the light head, and the physical effort of trying to free himself led to his death. Three days later, both of the bodies floated up to near the surface as the dive team was retrieving their equipment. The dive on which Shaw died was the 333rd of his career. At the time of his world record setting dive, he had been diving for a little over five years." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Shaw_(diver) Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

A grim discovery that changed how we view the animal kingdom, and ourselves. 'Tales From the Bottle' dives into the four year Gombe Chimpanzee War. "The Gombe Chimpanzee War was a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania lasting from 1974 to 1978. The two groups were once unified in the Kasakela community. By 1974, researcher Jane Goodall noticed the community splintering. Over a span of eight months, a large party of chimpanzees separated themselves into the southern area of Kasakela and were renamed the Kahama community. The separatists consisted of six adult males, three adult females and their young. The Kasakela was left with eight adult males, twelve adult females and their young. During the four-year conflict, all males of the Kahama community were killed, effectively disbanding the community. The victorious Kasakela then expanded into further territory but were later repelled by another community of chimpanzees." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

An often requested topic, today we look into the timeline of Pepsi's (yes, the cola company) naval fleet during the Cold War, which is popularly cited as having been the 6th largest military force in the world. "In 1959, the USSR held an exhibition of Soviet technology and culture in New York. The United States reciprocated with an exhibition in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, which led to the famous kitchen debate. One of the American products exhibited was Pepsi Cola. After obtaining a photo of U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sipping Pepsi, Pepsico executive Donald Kendall was able to capture the attention of the Soviet people and, in 1972, negotiate a cola monopoly in the USSR. Due to Soviet restrictions on transporting rubles abroad, PepsiCo struck a barter deal whereby Stolichnaya vodka would be exchanged for Pepsi syrup. This deal lasted until 1990, when the USSR and PepsiCo re-negotiated a $3 billion deal to exchange syrup for vodka and a small fleet of Soviet warships including 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser and a destroyer" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PepsiCo#Soviet_Union Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Tales From the Bottle takes a rare look into the supernatural, and a man whose story demands an answer to the question; "do you believe?" "Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American self-professed clairvoyant who gave 14,306 psychic readings while allegedly in a self-induced sleep state. Cayce maintained his subconscious mind (which he identified as the "mind of the soul") would leave his body and retrieve knowledge from the spiritual realm where all subconscious minds are connected. He is the most documented psychic of all time, with more than 300 books written about him and his material. A nonprofit organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment, was founded to store and facilitate the study of the Cayce material. A biographer gave him the nickname The Sleeping Prophet. Cayce is considered "the father of holistic medicine" by The Journal of the American Medical Association, most of his readings diagnosed illnesses and suggested natural remedies. He is also notable for his contributions to the notions of diet and health, particularly the issues of food combining, acid/alkaline diet, and the therapeutic use of food. Some consider him the true founder and a principal source of the most characteristic beliefs of the New Age movement" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

The topics in Tales From the Bottle videos, while bizarre to a comical extent, too often end in tragedy. This story is no different, but maybe this time the tears are bittersweet. This is the story of Lawnchair Larry "On July 2, 1982, Larry Walters made a 45-minute flight in a homemade airship made of an ordinary patio chair and 45 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and floated from the point of takeoff in San Pedro, California, into and violating controlled airspace near Los Angeles International Airport. During the landing, the aircraft became entangled in power lines, but Walters was able to safely climb down. The flight attracted worldwide media attention and inspired a later movie and imitators." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video looks at skills 41 to 50 and has thus far been Qxir's favourite. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

A video looking at the tragic fate of the only people to ever perish in the vacuum of space. "Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, Union 11) was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1 (Soyuz 10 had soft-docked but had not been able to enter due to latching problems). The crew, George Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971 and departed on 29 June. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for reentry, killing the three-man crew. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans known to have died in space." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

A lighthearted episode of Tales From the Bottle that follows the adventures of a man from Brazil who find out how to live the high life by marketing himself ingeniously. "Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker, better known as being a "farce footballer". He was selected to play with many teams in his decade-long career, but never actually played a regulation game and hid his limited ability with injuries, frequent team changes and other ruses." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Kaiser_(footballer) Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

The beginning of a new series - Last Moments, where we take a look at the ultimate fate of the USS Thresher and ask - what happens to you when you're trapped aboard a sinking submarine. "The second USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark. On 10 April 1963, Thresher sank during deep-diving tests about 220 miles (350 km) east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard in the deadliest submarine disaster ever. Her loss was a watershed for the U.S. Navy, leading to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program known as SUBSAFE. The first nuclear submarine lost at sea, Thresher was also the first of only two submarines that killed more than 100 people aboard; the other was the Russian Kursk, which sank with 118 aboard in 2000." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593) Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Try Dashlane Premium free on your first device: https://www.dashlane.com/qxir Use the coupon code ‘QXIR’ to get 10% off Dashlane Premium Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video looks at skills 31 to 40, although I have a tendency to ramble about completely unrelated things that have happened to me throughout life. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Try Dashlane Premium free on your first device: https://www.dashlane.com/qxir Use the coupon code ‘QXIR’ to get 10% off Dashlane Premium Another video, another bizarre tale; the man who single-handedly took on Japan's underworld after an unusual string of events. "The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft. The scandal caused considerable political controversy in West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan. In the U.S., the scandal nearly led to Lockheed's downfall, as it was already struggling due to the commercial failure of the L-1011 TriStar airliner." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuyasu_Maeno Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

How long can a war last? Tales From the Bottle explores with one of the longest wars in history, beginning centuries before the birth of Jesus, and lasting til modern times. "The Third Punic War (Latin: Tertium Bellum Punicum) (149–146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage and the Roman Republic. The Punic Wars were named because of the Roman name for Carthaginians: Punici, or Poenici. This war was a much smaller engagement than the two previous Punic Wars and focused on Tunisia, mainly on the Siege of Carthage, which resulted in the complete destruction of the city, the annexation of all remaining Carthaginian territory by Rome, and the death or enslavement of the entire Carthaginian population. The Third Punic War ended Carthage's independent existence, though the Punic language continued to be spoken in northern Africa until the 5th century AD." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Punic_War Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Does anyone know what Danzig was doing with these bricks in the first place? Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video looks at skills 21 through 30; focusing on stealing things and hurting people; just awful things, really. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

Today we take a peek at the darkened underworld of the Mafia, and one if it's more outrageous associates. "Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano (September 13, 1909 − April 14, 1973) was an Italian-American gangster who became one of the Chicago Outfit's most notorious loan sharks and sociopathic killers. Chicago-based Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents, such as William F. Roemer, Jr., considered DeStefano to be the worst torture-murderer in the history of the United States. The Outfit used the mentally unstable and sadistic DeStefano for the torture-murders of Leo Foreman and Arthur Adler, the murder of DeStefano's younger brother, Michael DeStefano, Outfit enforcer and many others. However, due to DeStefano's deranged mental state, the Outfit never let him become a made man. At least one Outfit insider, Charles Crimaldi, claimed DeStefano was a Devil worshipper." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_DeStefano Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir Twitter: https://twitter.com/QxirYT Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ

You asked, and asked... and asked... and asked... Finally, your annoying prayers have been answered. This episode, Tales From the Bottle looks at the United States Air Force's infamous "gay bomb" as well as various other similar weapons. "The "gay bomb" and "halitosis bomb" are formal names for two non-lethal psychochemical weapons that a United States Air Force research laboratory speculated about producing. The theories involve discharging female sex pheromones over enemy forces in order to make them sexually attracted to each other. In 1994 the Wright Laboratory in Ohio, a predecessor to today's United States Air Force Research Laboratory, produced a three-page proposal on a variety of possible nonlethal chemical weapons, which was later obtained by the Sunshine Project through a Freedom of Information Act request." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir

In 1985, an American would indirectly cause the awakening of an unlikely vengeful spirit in the world of Japanese Baseball. This is the Curse of the Colonel "Curse of the Colonel (カーネルサンダースの呪い Kāneru Sandāsu no Noroi) refers to an urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Harland Sanders. The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the Colonel's anger over treatment of one of his store-front statues, which was thrown into the Dōtonbori River by celebrating Hanshin fans following their team's victory in the 1985 Japan Championship Series. As is common with sports-related curses, the Curse of the Colonel was used to explain the team's subsequent 18-year losing streak. Some fans believed the team would never win another Japan Series until the statue had been recovered. They have appeared in the Japan Series three times since then, losing in 2003, 2005 and 2014. Comparisons are often made between the Hanshin Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, who were said to be under the Curse of the Bambino until they won the World Series in 2004. The "Curse of the Colonel" has also been used as a bogeyman threat to those who would divulge the secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices that result in the unique taste of his chicken." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/qxir Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir

This is a project I made a year or so ago for my final year of college. It's an AI that utilises the power of neural networks (specifically recurrent neural networks (specifically specifically Long Short-Term Memory or LSTM)) to study music and learn to write its own. "Artificial neural networks (ANN) or connectionist systems are computing systems inspired by the biological neural networks that constitute animal brains. The neural network itself is not an algorithm, but rather a framework for many different machine learning algorithms to work together and process complex data inputs. Such systems "learn" to perform tasks by considering examples, generally without being programmed with any task-specific rules. For example, in image recognition, they might learn to identify images that contain cats by analyzing example images that have been manually labeled as "cat" or "no cat" and using the results to identify cats in other images. They do this without any prior knowledge about cats, for example, that they have fur, tails, whiskers and cat-like faces. Instead, they automatically generate identifying characteristics from the learning material that they process. An ANN is based on a collection of connected units or nodes called artificial neurons, which loosely model the neurons in a biological brain. Each connection, like the synapses in a biological brain, can transmit a signal from one artificial neuron to another. An artificial neuron that receives a signal can process it and then signal additional artificial neurons connected to it. In common ANN implementations, the signal at a connection between artificial neurons is a real number, and the output of each artificial neuron is computed by some non-linear function of the sum of its inputs. The connections between artificial neurons are called 'edges'. Artificial neurons and edges typically have a weight that adjusts as learning proceeds. The weight increases or decreases the strength of the signal at a connection. Artificial neurons may have a threshold such that the signal is only sent if the aggregate signal crosses that threshold. Typically, artificial neurons are aggregated into layers. Different layers may perform different kinds of transformations on their inputs. Signals travel from the first layer (the input layer), to the last layer (the output layer), possibly after traversing the layers multiple times. The original goal of the ANN approach was to solve problems in the same way that a human brain would. However, over time, attention moved to performing specific tasks, leading to deviations from biology. Artificial neural networks have been used on a variety of tasks, including computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation, social network filtering, playing board and video games and medical diagnosis." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir

Tales From the Bottle is back, only a week after the last video, to spoil you with the exciting tale of a harmless publicity stunt gone awry. Qxir presents "Balloonfest '86" "Balloonfest '86 was a 1986 event in which the United Way of Cleveland in Ohio set a world record by releasing almost one-and-a-half million balloons. The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie, and land in the surrounding area, and caused problems for traffic and a nearby airport. The event also interfered with a United States Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned. In consequence, the organizers and the city faced lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages, and cost overruns put the event at a net loss." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786 Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/qxir

Qxir investigates one of the most bizarre and fascinating automobile companies the world has ever seen. "The Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation was an automobile company started by con-artist Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael, in 1974. The company's flagship vehicle was the Dale, a prototype three-wheeled two-seater sports car designed and built by Dale Clifft. It was touted as being powered by an 850 cc air-cooled engine and featuring 70 mpg‑US (3.4 L/100 km; 84 mpg‑imp) fuel economy and a $2,000 (in 1974 US dollars) price, which were popular specifications during the mid 1970s U.S. fuel crisis. Carmichael claimed to be the widow of a NASA structural engineer, a farm girl from Indiana and mother of five. In reality, she had been wanted by the police since 1961 for alleged involvement in a counterfeiting operation. She had since changed her name, as she was a trans woman. The company would ultimately prove to be fraudulent when Carmichael went into hiding with investors' money." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Motor_Car_Corporation Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon (monetary black-hole): https://www.patreon.com/qxir

Just an update video explaining where I've been and what's going on. Yes, I know you are all waiting for the next 'Tales From the Bottle'; next video, I promise. Discord: https://discord.gg/jZzvvwJ Patreon (monetary black-hole): https://www.patreon.com/qxir

Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video looks skills 11 through 20; focusing on how special agents travel "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/

Taking a look at some legislature from Ireland concerning offensive weapons. Some very bizarre stuff on here.

The Brits are invading (typical)! Plainly Difficult has ousted Qxir as the host of 'Tales From the Bottle' in an episode detailing Peter the Great's beard tax. Qxir has mounted a counter-attack on Plainly Difficult's channel by similarly taking over a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6H_FWFi3A Thanks to Plainly Difficult for collaborating with me, please check out his channel, it's great!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0MyY46T9ZYOzDHkYnIoXg "In 1698, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to bring Russian society in line with Western European models. To enforce the ban on beards, the tsar empowered police to forcibly and publicly shave those who refused to pay the tax. Resistance to going clean shaven was widespread with many believing that it was a religious requirement for a man to wear a beard. The tax levied depended upon the status of the bearded man: Those associated with the Imperial Court, military, or government were charged 60 rubles annually; wealthy merchants were charged 100 rubles per year while other merchants and townsfolk were charged 60 rubles per year; Muscovites were charged 30 rubles per year; and peasants were charged two half-kopeks every time they entered a city." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax#Russia

With Donald Trump's recent announcement of 'Space Force', 'Tales From the Bottle' takes a look at one of the United States' earliest military involvements in the final frontier. "Project A119, also known as A Study of Lunar Research Flights, was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force. The aim of the project was to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon which would help in answering some of the mysteries in planetary astronomy and astrogeology. If the explosive device detonated on the surface, not in a lunar crater, the flash of explosive light would have been faintly visible to people on earth with their naked eye, a show of force resulting in a possible boosting of domestic morale in the capabilities of the United States, a boost that was needed after the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race and was also working on a similar project. The project was never carried out, being cancelled primarily out of a fear of a negative public reaction, with the potential militarization of space that it would also have signified, and because a moon landing would undoubtedly be a more popular achievement in the eyes of the American and international public alike. A similar project by the Soviet Union also never came to fruition. The existence of the US project was revealed in 2000 by a former executive at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Leonard Reiffel, who led the project in 1958. A young Carl Sagan was part of the team responsible for predicting the effects of a nuclear explosion in vacuum and low gravity and in evaluating the scientific value of the project. The project documents remained secret for nearly 45 years, and despite Reiffel's revelations, the United States government has never officially recognized its involvement in the study." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119

Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal, Clint Emerson. This video looks at the first 10 skills, which mostly cover preparatory tactics to get you out of any situation. "You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more — all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods." 100 Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Background song: Letter Box - The Receiver

Lace up your dancing shoes, because 'Tales From the Bottle' travels back to a time when dancing til you're dead was a legitimate concern. "The dancing plague (or dance epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, in the Holy Roman Empire in July 1518. Around 400 people took to dancing for days without rest and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected collapsed or even died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518

'Tales From the Bottle' goes undercover into the covert world of intelligence and counter-intelligence, and discusses the death of codebreaker Garreth Williams. "Gareth Williams (26 September 1978 – c. 16 August 2010) was a Welsh mathematician and employee of GCHQ seconded to the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) who was found dead in suspicious circumstances at a Security Service safe house flat in Pimlico, London, on 23 August 2010. The inquest found that his death was "unnatural and likely to have been criminally mediated." A subsequent Metropolitan Police re-investigation concluded that Williams's death was "probably an accident". It is also suspected that he should be numbered amongst those who have been killed by Russian assassins on British soil. Two senior British police sources have said some of Williams's work was focused on Russia – and one confirmed reports that he had been helping the NSA trace international money-laundering routes that are used by organised crime groups including Moscow-based mafia cells." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams

'Tales From the Bottle' tells the tale of the KILLDOZER, the man who made it, and the why, the what and the how. "Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American welder and an automobile muffler repair shop owner most known for his rampage with a modified bulldozer. Outraged over zoning disputes, he armored a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete and used it on June 4, 2004 to demolish the town hall, the former mayor's house, and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer got stuck in the basement of a Gambles store he was in the process of destroying. Heemeyer then killed himself with a handgun. Heemeyer had been feuding with Granby officials, particularly over fines for violating city ordinances and a zoning dispute regarding a concrete batch plant constructed opposite his muffler shop" More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer

'Tales From the Bottle' travels back to Medieval Italy (again!) to explore the story of a killer bucket "The War of the Bucket or the War of the Oaken Bucket was fought in 1325, between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena. It took place in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It was provoked when Modenese soldiers stole the bucket from a city well, but was really an episode in the over 300-year-long struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino (the only battle of the war), and the bucket remains in Modena to this day." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket

'Tales From the Bottle' returns to bring you the tragic tale of the Weaver family and the siege of Ruby Ridge. "Ruby Ridge was the site of an eleven-day siege near Naples, Idaho, U.S., beginning on August 21, 1992, when Randy Weaver, members of his immediate family, and family friend Kevin Harris resisted agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and the Hostage Rescue Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI HRT). Following a Marshals Service reconnoiter of the Weaver property pursuant to a bench warrant for Weaver after his failure to appear on firearms charges, an initial encounter between six US marshals and the Weavers resulted in a shootout and the deaths of Deputy US Marshal William Francis Degan, age 42, the Weavers' son Samuel (Sammy), age 14, and Weaver's family dog (Striker). In the subsequent siege of the Weaver residence, led by the FBI, Weaver's 43-year-old wife Vicki was killed by FBI sniper fire. All casualties occurred on the first two days of the operation. The siege and stand-off were ultimately resolved by civilian negotiators, with the surrender and arrest of Kevin Harris on August 30, and the surrender of Randy Weaver and the surviving Weaver children the next day. Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris were subsequently arraigned on a variety of federal criminal charges, including first-degree murder over the death of Deputy US Marshal W.F. Degan. Harris was acquitted of all charges, and Weaver was subsequently acquitted of all charges except for the original bail condition violation for the arms charges and for having missed his original court date. Fined US$10,000 and sentenced to 18 months in prison, he was credited with time served plus an additional three months, and was then released. During the federal criminal trial of Weaver and Harris, Weaver's attorney Gerry Spence made accusations of "criminal wrongdoing" against the agencies involved in the incident, in particular, the FBI, the USMS, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), and the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for Idaho. At the completion of the trial, the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility formed the Ruby Ridge Task Force (RRTF) to investigate Spence's charges. A redacted HTML version of the RRTF report was publicly released by Lexis Counsel Connect, an information service for attorneys, which raised questions about the conduct and policies of all of the participating agencies. A PDF version of the report was later posted by the Justice Department. Both the Weaver family and Harris brought civil suits against the government over the events of the firefight and siege, the Weavers winning a combined out-of-court settlement in August 1995 of $3.1 million, and Harris being awarded, after persistent appeals, a $380,000 settlement in September 2000. To answer public questions about Ruby Ridge, the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information held a total of 14 days of hearings between September 6 and October 19, 1995, and subsequently issued a report calling for reforms in federal law enforcement to prevent a repeat of the losses of life at Ruby Ridge, and to restore public confidence in federal law enforcement. It was noted that the Ruby Ridge incident and the 1993 Waco siege involved many of the same agencies (e.g., the FBI HRT and the ATF) and some of the same personnel (e.g., the FBI HRT commander.) The Boundary County, Idaho, prosecutor indicted FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi for manslaughter in 1997 before the statute of limitations for this charge could expire; the Idaho v Horiuchi case was moved to federal court which has jurisdiction over federal agents, where it underwent a sovereign immunity dismissal, an en banc reversal on appeal of the dismissal, and ultimately, the dropping of charges after a change in the local prosecutor." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge

'Tales From the Bottle' goes back to the days of the Holy Roman Empire to take a look at some of the Catholic Church's shenanigans. "The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; Latin: Synodus Horrenda) is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897. The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI (sometimes called Stephen VII), who was the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen accused Formosus of perjury and of having acceded to the papacy illegally. At the end of the trial, Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy retroactively declared null." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

'Tales From the Bottle' gets in the Halloween spirit and looks at the spooky and terrifying story of Michael Taylor, the demoniac. "Michael Taylor, born circa 1944, became notable in 1974 as a result of Ossett murder case and his alleged demonic possession in England." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Taylor_(demoniac)

UPDATE 2018: New information has been revealed on this case since the video's creation. This means the currently accepted version of events differs slightly from this video's telling. At the time of its creation, the video followed the then-accepted story. Tales From the Bottle looks at possibly the most bizarre bank robbery of all time. "The Pizzabomber Heist" seems like something right out of a movie, but it all really happened in Pennsylvania in 2003 when Brian Douglas Wells entered a bank with a shotgun and an explosive collar around his neck. "Brian Douglas Wells (November 15, 1956 – August 28, 2003) was an American pizza delivery man who was killed by a remotely controlled bomb fastened to his neck, under coercion from the maker of the bomb. After he was apprehended by the police for robbing a bank, the bomb was detonated. The bizarre affair was subject to much attention in the mass media. In a July 2007 indictment, federal prosecutors alleged that Wells had been involved in the planning of the botched bank-robbery. Two of his alleged co-conspirators, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and Kenneth Barnes, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank robbery, conspiracy, and weapons charges. Kenneth Barnes subsequently pleaded guilty in September 2008 and largely confirmed that Wells was indeed involved in planning the robbery but also revealed Wells was under the impression an actual bomb would not be used. When he discovered the bomb was real, Barnes said a pistol was fired in order to force Wells' compliance, and witnesses confirmed hearing a gunshot. On December 4, 2008, U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin sentenced Barnes to 45 years in federal prison for his role in the bank robbery and use of a destructive device during a crime of violence. On November 1, 2010, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was found guilty of participating in the crime, and was sentenced to life plus 30 years on February 28, 2011." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brian_Douglas_Wells

Tales From the Bottle episode two explores the story of the 'Demon Core' - which is equal parts interesting, funny and terrifying. "The demon core was a 6.2-kilogram (14 lb) subcritical mass of plutonium measuring 89 millimetres (3.5 in) in diameter, which was involved in two criticality accidents. The core was slated for use in a third World War II nuclear bomb, but remained in use for testing after Japan's surrender. It was designed with a small safety margin to ensure a successful explosion of the bomb. The device briefly went supercritical when it was accidentally placed in supercritical configurations during two separate experiments intended to guarantee the core was indeed close to the critical point. The incidents happened at the Los Alamos laboratory in 1945 and 1946, and resulted in the acute radiation poisoning and subsequent deaths of scientists Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin. After these incidents the spherical plutonium core was referred to as the "demon core"." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core

'Tales From the Bottle' explores the story of quite possibly the most disastrous and hilarious Olympic event ever - the 1904 Summer Olympics Men's Marathon. "The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles. Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race, which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating. Instead of having the marathon begin early in the morning, St. Louis organizers started it in the afternoon, and temperatures during the marathon reached 32 °C (90 °F). The race began and ended in the stadium, but the rest of the course was on dusty country roads with race officials riding in vehicles ahead of and behind the runners, creating dust clouds. The only source of water for the competitors was a well at about the 11-mile mark." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_marathon