#  @qxir Qxir
Qxir posts on YouTube about funny, animated, in the, history the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Top Social Posts
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"Evolution's Strangest Tactic Tales From the Bottle If natural selection favours traits that increase an organism's ability to survive how did self-destruction evolve as one of these traits "Autothysis (from the Greek roots autos- "self" and thysia "sacrifice") or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in [----] to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0In9q_N8FSc) 2025-05-23T21:13Z 1.2M followers, 638.3K engagements
"Single-Handedly Taking on the Yakuza Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9D4qJMueWrk) 2019-09-30T17:01Z 1.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"One Stupid Mistake RUINS Elaborate Bank Heist Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 1980) is an American author public speaker and convicted robber. In [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1fSToWcN8Ac) 2021-04-30T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"How the World's Worst Swimmer Conquered the Olympics Tales From the Bottle You've done it. You've made it to the Olympics. The only problem is you can't compete. "Eric Moussambani Malonga (born [--] May 1978) is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media Moussambani won brief international fame at the [----] Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before swam his heat of the [---] m freestyle on September [--] in the unprecedentedly slow time of 1:52.72. This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7dV7TqY_kbg) 2022-06-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 649.1K engagements
"Zambia's Laughable Space Program Tales From the Bottle The Zambian space program is worth a look for a few laughs - but does it hide a darker secret "From [----] until sometime after [----] 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 [--] kilometres (7 mi) from"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QMIgcm2ygTE) 2022-11-11T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.5M engagements
"Every Honour Earned by Nils the Military Penguin Tales From the Bottle 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: nls lv) 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 [----] the current holder being Nils Olav III." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav Join"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g0Hh9a7cok8) 2023-01-27T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 333.4K engagements
"Not a Toy: World's Scariest Aircraft Last Moments There's no aircraft in the world quite like this one - because it's too dangerous. "The Messerschmitt Me [---] 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 [----] kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me [---] can be traced back to [----] and the work of the German aeronautical engineer"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1pWmHeikZxQ) 2023-05-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.9M engagements
"NEVER Hire a Stupid Hitman Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZETvtplK-uM) 2023-04-21T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Mad Sam Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] April [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bqGxEdae_4w) 2019-07-28T19:41Z 1.2M followers, 2.1M engagements
"What Do They Do if You Survive Your Execution Tales From the Bottle 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. [----] [--] July 1976) was a Mexican man who was captured on March [--] [----] suspected of taking part in the Mexican Revolution. He was sentenced to death without a trial and was shot [--] times by a firing squad in the body and received the "coup de grce" or one final shot to the head point-blank range to ensure death." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Moguel"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJvtMKS1WwI) 2021-11-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.2M engagements
"Homo Sapiens Were Not Alone 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 [---] ka. Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) from southern Ethiopia (196 [--] ka) and the remains from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco (about [---] ka) and Florisbad in South Africa (259 ka) are the earliest remains of Homo sapiens. The term typically"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sVxxylhOgBw) 2021-01-15T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 741.8K engagements
"What Happens if Youre Hit by Sonar 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_QSs5oLdPa4) 2023-07-07T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.3M engagements
"A Brief History of the Goat Tower Tales From the Bottle You may have seen a photo of the goat tower before but what really is it how did it come to exist and which came first; the goats or the tower "The first goat tower was built in Portugal in the 19th century and modeled on a garden folly. Known as Torre das Cabras (Tower of the Goats) it was built by Fernando Guedes da Silva da Fonseca (18711946) at Aveleda near Penafiel one of the oldest wineries in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal. The tower is three stories with stone walls and a rightward (climbing counter-clockwise) spiral wooden"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sOSVEL7j8I4) 2026-02-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 99.9K engagements
"What Happens When the Referee Scores a Goal Tales From the Bottle Does a goal count if the last person to touch the ball was the referee Does the referee get in trouble "In association football the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match. At most levels of play the referee is assisted by two assistant referees"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t4Z-4uSP560) 2025-01-17T21:54Z 1.2M followers, 704K engagements
"The Highest Radiation Dose in Any Human (Who Survived) Tales From the Bottle This man survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human - and he had no clue what was happening to him. "Albert Stevens (18871966) 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 [--] [----] he was injected with [---] kBq (3.55 Ci) of plutonium without his knowledge or informed consent. Plutonium remained present in his body for the remainder of his life"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vLp-TL29t8k) 2022-04-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.7M engagements
"The Bomb That Killed People WITHOUT Exploding Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-2ayVMf6Xmc) 2017-10-14T01:35Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Magician Makes Fatal Mistake 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-OoN4p4ajZU) 2024-05-19T16:00Z 1.2M followers, 76K engagements
"How Pepsi's Mouse Lawsuit Turned Out Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in [----]. 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0d9b3Hck9E0) 2023-09-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 365.1K engagements
"Railway Employs Baboon Tales From the Bottle 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 TownPort 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 [----] and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railways signals under supervision. An official investigation was initiated after a concerned member"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0hxTPFq-idc) 2020-09-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 501.8K engagements
"Why Do Ships Disappear in the Bermuda Triangle Enigma Files 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1eQOQSi03RY) 2024-05-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 259.6K engagements
"Suspected Female Serial Killer Caught But Not Punished Tales From the Bottle The same woman's DNA was found at [--] 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 [----] to [----]. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michle Kiesewetter in Heilbronn Germany on [--] April [----]. The only"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1nXAevDZuxI) 2024-07-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 263.6K engagements
"Germany Loses Battle to No One Tales From the Bottle 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 [----]. 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2GcY_xkHDMo) 2020-07-31T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Switzerland Invades (Accidentally) Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] October [----] 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 [--] August [----] just before midnight [--] members of the Swiss militia and a number of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6FAPm8HahLE) 2020-05-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 758.2K engagements
"World's Most Dangerous Aircraft Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1pWmHeikZxQ&t=39s There's no aircraft in the world quite like this one - because it's too dangerous. "The Messerschmitt Me [---] 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 [----] kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me [---] can be traced back to [----] and the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Llh0-GZkw4) 2023-10-18T18:00Z 1.2M followers, 413.1K engagements
"Why There's ONLY [--] Blimps Left Tales From the Bottle 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9NV0ecrQR08) 2022-07-01T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 604.8K engagements
"Massive Crane Kills Iron Workers Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zplY7WGRK2w Negligence in the operation of a machine this size can only spell disaster. "On July [--] [----] 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 [---] tonnes (440 long tons; [---] short tons) on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local [--] members Jeffrey Wischer William DeGrave and Jerome Starr were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BmWAaLfsdsE) 2024-01-14T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 40.8K engagements
"KILLDOZER: How a Man Made His Own Tank Tales From the Bottle '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 [--] [----] June [--] 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 [--] [----] to demolish the town hall the former mayor's house and other buildings in Granby Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9Vu_X6lKw) 2018-03-16T23:55Z 1.2M followers, 6.4M engagements
"Father TAKES OVER Hospital to Protect Comatose Son Tales From the Bottle 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 (/tmbl/ 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 [-----] at the [----] U.S. census. In [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E0clnraNU1M) 2023-01-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 464K engagements
"Rare Dangerous Sport You've Never Heard of Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gk3NnUh7K2U) 2022-05-20T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 670.2K engagements
"The Government Claimed This Man Did Not Exist (They Were Right) Tales From the Bottle This man disappeared for over [--] 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 [--] [----] 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 [----] and [----] neither he nor the authorities had determined his identity or background despite searches that had included television publicity and various"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HOfHc7rmd2g) 2023-01-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 811.5K engagements
"Lifting up an Entire City With Jacks Tales From the Bottle 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJDbwUka0JM) 2020-10-02T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 615.5K engagements
"The [---] Incident Tales From the Bottle Life death and lottery. Go to https://nordvpn.com/qxirvpn to get a 2-year plan plus [--] additional months with a huge discount "Pepsi Number Fever also known as the [---] incident was a promotion held by PepsiCo in the Philippines in [----] 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IX3ey3lFfQ4) 2021-10-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 991.8K engagements
"The BIGGEST Animals That Existed Alongside Humans 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 [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LO1nB2aNI-k) 2024-03-15T21:07Z 1.2M followers, 505K engagements
"Can Chimps Wage War Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] to [----]. The two groups were once unified in the Kasakela community. By [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MvOjQAL7q6U) 2020-04-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 906.3K engagements
"Hijacking to Escape Communism Tales From the Bottle Sometimes you just gotta get the boys together and escape communism. "In [----] 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 [--] March the three aircraft landed near Munich instead of at Prague; the first from Brno at 08:20 the second from Moravsk Ostrava at 08:40 and the third one from"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NhYvDhUXAWA) 2020-12-11T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The Theft of the Coronation Stone Tales From the Bottle The difficulty in stealing from the English is that most of their valuables don't belong to them in the first place. "The Stone of Scone (/skun/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fil Scots: Stane o Scuin)also known as the Stone of Destiny and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stoneis an oblong block of red sandstone that has been used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland. It is also known as Jacob's Pillow Stone and the Tanist Stone and as clach-na-cinneamhain in Scottish Gaelic. Historically the artefact was"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P76BH5XN_Wk) 2021-04-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 496.2K engagements
"This Business Tries to (Legally) Kill You Tales From the Bottle 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""
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pv7wIAMq3TE) 2022-04-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The War that Outlived Jesus Tales From the Bottle 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) (149146 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QXjyOL-2mHA) 2019-08-31T15:51Z 1.2M followers, 746.4K engagements
"The Legendary Joke Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R6o66AUV0bE) 2024-01-12T21:42Z 1.2M followers, 392.2K engagements
"When an Imposter Is Put On the Spot Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RJswROlixow) 2021-10-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Danzig's Evil Bricks 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RaLO-QgZudw) 2019-08-23T16:54Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Bank Robber Dresses as Santa Has Terrible Experience Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UHL0vgDqpIs) 2023-12-22T22:58Z 1.2M followers, 483.6K engagements
"How a Medieval Bucket Killed [----] People Tales From the Bottle '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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X30LZYglM-k) 2018-01-26T00:08Z 1.2M followers, 907.3K engagements
"The FBI's Most Controversial Operation Tales From the Bottle A dark day in American history. But was the tragedy beyond control or a result of Federal mishandling Today we look at the [----] 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 [--] and April [--] [----]. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Axtell Texas [--] miles (21 kilometers)"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=asuU2TmA4-Y) 2020-05-08T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Secrets of the Cat's Eyes Tales From the Bottle The eyes are always watching - but why "The cat's eye design originated in the UK in [----] 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."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dnUSSAUlK0M) 2022-09-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 870.5K engagements
"Convicted Murderer Tries to Give His Last Meal to the Homeless Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] May [--] 2007) was a death row inmate executed in Tennessee on May [--] [----]. He was convicted in [----] 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=flcZPb286dI) 2022-12-16T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 369.8K engagements
"How Booth SAVED Lincoln's Life Booth killed Lincoln but Booth saved Lincoln's life. #shorts #TheSearch #CreatorDAO @creatordao "Edwin Thomas Booth (November [--] [----] June [--] 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe performing Shakespearean plays. In [----] he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor and the greatest Prince Hamlet of the 19th century. His achievements are often overshadowed by his relationship with his younger brother actor John Wilkes Booth who assassinated"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=juiQst5HHxY) 2022-11-28T22:29Z 1.2M followers, 365.8K engagements
"Terrorists Mess With the Wrong People Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] June [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kufqdyH4r2c) 2021-05-21T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Every Official "Broken Arrow" Incident 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mglpxNid5sc) 2020-11-06T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 895.2K engagements
"The Cement Company Found Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mlwIZNhXjvk) 2024-04-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 575.7K engagements
"McDonald's [----] Summer Olympics Gamble (And Loss) Tales From the Bottle McDonald's had a costly loss at the [----] 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pLsSCrInXvs) 2024-05-03T20:22Z 1.2M followers, 343.5K engagements
"Creepy Things About Prehistoric Cave Paintings Enigma Files 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pZcXcqVtt8A) 2024-03-29T21:19Z 1.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Conman Impersonates Missing Children Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] at the time he went missing was last seen playing basketball with his friends in his home town of San Antonio Texas on [--] June [----]. Barclay never made it home and has not been seen or heard from since. In [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q3N_ijmIbNA) 2021-04-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 730K engagements
"WATCH: Fire Breaks Out in Rocket Fuel Plant Last Moments 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 [--] [----] 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 [---] injuries and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qJvwiPxob2I) 2022-08-26T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 454.2K engagements
"Disgruntled Taxpayer Launches Suicide Attack on IRS Tales From the Bottle Most of us probably have some gripes with the taxman. Though you probably wouldn't give your life over it. would you "The [----] Austin suicide attack occurred on Thursday February [--] [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=siPyQUak4pM) 2021-06-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.8M engagements
"How to Become a Ruler Tales From the Bottle Ever thought about ruling your own nation Well of course you have And you're not the only one. "Joshua Abraham Norton (February [--] [----] January [--] 1880) known as Emperor Norton was a resident of San Francisco California who in [----] proclaimed himself "Norton I. Emperor of the United States". In [----] 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 [----] he arrived in Boston via Liverpool in March 1846"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xTRqjyuYH94) 2021-11-12T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 621.4K engagements
"Two Planes Collide Mid-Air Becoming Stuck Tales From the Bottle In [----] after an accidental collision two planes found themselves lodged together a thousand feet in the air. So what happened to the crew "On [--] September [----] 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. [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yPqWIexyE2s) 2022-07-15T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 371.6K engagements
"The Devil's Bible Tales From the Bottle The Codex Gigas is otherwise known as the Devil's Bible - but why "The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Ob kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world at a length of [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yemQLu2ym-4) 2022-08-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"The Worst Poet in History Tales From the Bottle This poet did not take criticism well in the rare instances he even acknowledged it. "William Topaz McGonagall (March [----] [--] 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 [---] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ke_Nta-F8gA) 2023-08-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 642.2K engagements
"Weird Guns From History Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] by James Puckle (16671724) 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 [----] shipping manifest though"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z1-kzRQCYow) 2024-08-30T20:57Z 1.2M followers, 959.4K engagements
"How Agents Hide Things Deadly Survival Skills Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal Clint Emerson. This video discusses skills [--] to [--]. "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." [---] Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-SoLxYQRrx4) 2020-05-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 489.6K engagements
"Ireland's Hilarious Kung Fu Movie - Fatal Deviation (1998) 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0isg0OlrPAQ) 2020-06-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 500.8K engagements
"The Best/Worst of Shane MacGowan Televised ireann 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 [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Xr06vxzbh0) 2021-09-10T20:00Z [--] followers, 1.2M engagements
"The television licence is the instrument used to raise revenue to fund the BBC. Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QC7PJwIl2lY The Brits need a licence to own a TV and the government knows if they don't have one. More: 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2sz-XIPERT8) 2024-04-21T18:30Z 1.2M followers, 140.8K engagements
"Why Is Yawning Contagious A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To) 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.phpid=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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4_1mQX_oRjM) 2024-07-31T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 20.1K engagements
"MS DHONI'S LOVE STORY #MAHI #msdhoni #csk #indian #YOUTUBE #ytshorts #youtubeshorts #Mahendt"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AB6N4kTiW1c) 2025-08-12T20:32Z [---] followers, 1.2M engagements
"Hostage Rescue Training Fails Spectacularly Tales From the Bottle In [----] 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 [--] November [----] 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 [----] ASIS had begun training a covert"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AULuafYqcnk) 2021-05-14T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 860.8K engagements
"Losing Power on the Seabed Last Moments 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 Atomnaya Podvodnaya Lodka "Kursk" (APL "Kursk")) sank in an accident on [--] August [----] in the Barents Sea during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years and all [---] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3u46Qi9PE) 2020-12-04T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Think sonar is harmless Think again Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_QSs5oLdPa4 "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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HvKs_7UDcy4) 2023-12-17T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 63.7K engagements
"The FBI's Most Controversial Operation Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=asuU2TmA4-Y A dark day in American history. But was the tragedy beyond control or a result of Federal mishandling Today we look at the [----] 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 [--] and April [--] [----]. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I9-VgEi3FLg) 2023-12-06T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 40.6K engagements
"The Civilian Who Hit John Gotti's Child Last Moments Running over a child is terrible enough but what happens if it's the child of a mob boss "On March [--] [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KFB8GzM003k) 2023-10-27T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 934.7K engagements
"Band's Hilarious Incident With Chicago River Costs Them Thousands Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] over the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago Illinois a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated [---] 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 $300000 in settlements donations and fines. The band's bus driver Stefan Wohl pleaded"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KOEiCL-90Bw) 2021-09-17T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 326.3K engagements
"The Most Dramatic Legal Defence Ever Tales From the Bottle This lawyer took a bullet for his client literally "Clement Laird Vallandigham (/vlndm/ v-LAN-dig-m; July [--] [----] June [--] 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L4HKjwK_6iA) 2024-07-05T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Rocket Takes Off Horizontally Devastates Village Last Moments Many Chinese launch centres are situated inland which has sometimes been disastrous for the people living in the area. "Intelsat [---] was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on [--] February [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAyOhUYIbd4) 2022-06-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"1950s Game Shows Were LAWLESS Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiwPa0pqrsc) 2024-02-16T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 584.8K engagements
"What Happened to the Crew of This Train Last Moments 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O0TxKH6eYQw) 2022-04-01T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 6.9M engagements
"USMC Jet Crashes Cable Car Last Moments 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 [--] [----] near the Italian town of Cavalese a ski resort in the Dolomites some [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OEgpbkikgcA) 2022-05-06T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 745.2K engagements
"From Space to Jail: NASA's Craziest Story Tales From the Bottle 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 (ne Caputo; born May [--] 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 [--] in [----] qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P1240pBzz2w) 2024-02-09T21:41Z 1.1M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Britain's Controversial TV Licence Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QC7PJwIl2lY) 2023-12-15T22:29Z 1.1M followers, 427.5K engagements
"Diver Records Doom Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=X-6HeB1olp8 What's it like to see through the eyes of a man looking at death "David John Shaw (20 July [----] [--] 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 [----] until his death in [----]. 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SJk2l55ZisM) 2023-11-15T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Why Do NASCAR Cars Have FAKE Lights Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] and his son Jim France has been the CEO since August [----]. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach Florida. Each year NASCAR sanctions over [----] races at over [---] tracks in [--] US states as well as in Canada Mexico and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1yXr1xVOQQ) 2023-10-24T02:33Z 1M followers, 388K engagements
"British Man Defrauds Iraq For Millions Tales From the Bottle Can one man scam a government out of millions Yes - but at what cost "The ADE [---] 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$60000 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VqR2tM7M_jQ) 2021-09-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"The World's Unluckiest Lottery Ticket Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WbWF05Hz9zM) 2023-12-08T22:12Z 1.2M followers, 386.7K engagements
"Can This Water REALLY Turn Frogs Gay In [----] 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 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=azcTv1itI_4) 2024-07-25T19:00Z 1.1M followers, 25.1K engagements
"Rampaging Driver Films High-Speed Crash Last Moments 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=azdMdLISJ90) 2023-02-03T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 1M engagements
"Galaxies to Fill You With Existential Dread 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 () literally 'milky' a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. Galaxies averaging an estimated [---] million stars3 range in size from dwarfs with less than a hundred million stars to the largest galaxies known supergiants with one hundred trillion stars4 each orbiting its"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d-JK-2MnUCA) 2023-06-16T20:15Z 1.2M followers, 195.5K engagements
"The Conspiracy Theorist Who Predicted His Own Death Tales From the Bottle He made a lot of predictions some came true some yet to be seen but one cost him everything. "Milton William "Bill" Cooper (May [--] [----] November [--] 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist radio broadcaster and author known for his [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eLyyaT2w4pc) 2020-10-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.1M engagements
"I Asked an AI to Show Me Hell (And It Terrified Me) 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gFKTqfcATrY) 2022-09-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Private Jet Stops Responding Changes Course Last Moments This jet hasn't responded to radio or made any movement for hours - what can be done about this "On October [--] [----] a chartered Learjet [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=giC1AjAwDIM) 2023-06-09T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 564.4K engagements
"The Peculiar Medical Condition We Don't Understand Enigma Files 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gwjFaoAXJK4) 2024-03-01T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 382.7K engagements
"Did This Train Driver Deserve the Death Penalty Last Moments This train driver's carelessness cost many lives but did he deserve the death penalty "In the early morning of [--] February [----] in Cairo's main train station Ramses Station a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hdXGmREYpJ8) 2023-03-10T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 309.4K engagements
"The Only People to Die in Space Last Moments A video looking at the tragic fate of the only people to ever perish in the vacuum of space. "Soyuz [--] (Russian: [--] Union 11) was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station Salyut [--] (Soyuz [--] 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 [--] June [----] and departed on [--] June. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for reentry killing the three-man crew. The"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=odyuofnhNgM) 2020-01-12T15:26Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Euthanising the Wrong Person Tales From the Bottle 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: lit. 'good death': eu 'well good' + 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s6KSWXJnQj8) 2024-04-05T20:01Z 1.2M followers, 407.4K engagements
"News Chopper Gets Distracted Crashes on Live TV Last Moments While following a police chase the Channel [--] news helicopter pilot seemingly got distracted by the drama on the ground and paid for it with his life. "On July [--] [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vL-McBl5taQ) 2023-09-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5M engagements
"Artist With Alzheimer's Disease Draws Himself as Condition Progresses 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 [----]. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from [----] to [----] and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 1957-58. In [----] he settled in London where he met and married the art historian Patricia Redmond. In [----] he received his first"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wC-EjPLW9fI) 2021-02-26T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Tower Bridge Fighter Jet Incident Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] April [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x1DbN_S2h2o) 2021-11-26T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Artist With Alzheimer's Disease Draws Himself as Condition Progresses Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=wC-EjPLW9fI 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 [----]. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from [----] to [----] and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 1957-58. In [----] he settled in London where he met and married the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zOXWqcg0-3M) 2023-11-08T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 45.3K engagements
"The Only Ghost Story PROVEN To Be True Enigma Files The Green Man was spotted by multiple people travelling State Route [---] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1LrhHtc4URg) 2024-08-16T20:20Z 1.2M followers, 445.1K engagements
"The 1960s Terrifying Method to Board a Flying Plane Tales From the Bottle The Fulton Skyhook was a less-than-pleasant method to travel from ground to airborne plane. It's as impressive and terrifying as you would imagine. "The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) also known as Skyhook is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon with an"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3po7FDrRn1c) 2025-06-14T00:55Z 1.2M followers, 373.1K engagements
"WWII's Paratrooper Chicken Tales From the Bottle This chicken did more for the world than you likely ever will. Thank you for your service chicken. "Over the summer of [----] Lt. Pat Glover and some of his fellow soldiers of the British 1st Airborne Division had a short debate among themselves over whether or not chickens could fly. Glover took it upon himself to prove that they could obtained a chicken which he named Myrtle and began to bring her along during his paratrooper training jumps in a haversack. On the first jump he released Myrtle at a height of [--] feet and she performed a safe"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6T-8E-dEbwc) 2025-04-18T23:44Z 1.2M followers, 224.3K engagements
"Student Gets Law Changed to Give Him a Better Grade Tales From the Bottle Never get on the bad side of someone who is willing to dedicate years of their life to the most inane and trivial matters. "The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred. It is the most recently adopted amendment but was one of the first proposed. The 1st"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dd6lq42uDGE) 2024-12-20T22:03Z 1.2M followers, 272.1K engagements
"The Deadman's Switch Hostage Crisis Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] in Cokeville Wyoming United States when former town marshal David Young [--] and his wife Doris Young [--] took [---] children and [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E2ltIkWNy_8) 2020-07-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Last Moments caught on camera Last Moments Caught on Camera: A look at chilling stories of untimely demises. Check the 'Last Moments' playlist on my channel for more"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FBZyCNFwlVc) 2024-09-09T14:06Z 1.2M followers, 17.9K engagements
"The Legendary Exploits of Bum Farto Tales From the Bottle If your name was Bum Farto would you try to keep a low profile or would you make sure history would remember the name Bum Farto "Joseph "Bum" Farto (July [--] [----] January [--] 1986) was a fire chief and convicted drug dealer in Key West Florida who disappeared in [----]. He was one of several politically connected Key West individuals arrested as part of a sting operation known as Operation Conch. Farto disappeared shortly after his conviction and was declared dead in absentia in [----]. His life and disappearance has been the subject of a 2020"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QbuizFv4jZA) 2025-03-07T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 765.5K engagements
"The Miracle Material Behind the Largest Ship Ever Tales From the Bottle The biggest ship in history Made from an unusual and obscure building material How'd that go "Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete a mixture of wood pulp and ice for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. The plan was to create what would have been the largest ship ever at [---] metres (1969 ft) long which would have been much bigger"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QcD2BiSx6sI) 2025-06-20T22:32Z 1.2M followers, 221.9K engagements
"The True Power of Russia's Tsunami Bomb Mankind has reached a point in its destructive capabilities that it is literally beyond our comprehension. So what is it we really have to fear "The Poseidon (Russian: "Poseidon" GRAU index 2M39 NATO reporting name Kanyon) previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: -6) is an autonomous nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle reportedly in production by Rubin Design Bureau capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear warheads. The Poseidon is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons announced by Russian President Vladimir"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zrn3ebGb-48) 2024-12-13T23:18Z 1.2M followers, 356.2K engagements
"The tale of the KILLDOZER '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 [--] [----] June [--] 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 [--] [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dcrnZ7Im3EM) 2024-09-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 16.7K engagements
"The Ironic Punishment of the World's Worst Bank Robber Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dtgeO1pZ5zU) 2024-11-08T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 261.9K engagements
"World Cup Mistake Gets Player Killed Last Moments A mistake in the [----] World Cup ended up getting a player killed just a week later. "Andrs Escobar Saldarriaga; [--] March [----] [--] July 1994) was a Colombian footballer who played as a defender. He played for Atltico 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 [--] July [----] Escobar was murdered in the aftermath of the [----] FIFA World Cup reportedly as retaliation for having scored an own goal which contributed to the team's elimination from"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iljYpPDBNBs) 2022-12-09T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.7M engagements
"Why the US Government Hoards Millions of Cheese Wheels in Underground Caves 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=miFTqY9Y5rU) 2022-09-30T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 595.7K engagements
"Why Do We Have Leap Years #shorts A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To) Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=GhxvBL85Pig 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.phpid=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pkIRv3a5YKY) 2024-08-21T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 13.4K engagements
"Why Is the V-Sign ONLY Offensive in Certain Countries Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qgQxoXay3tM) 2022-11-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 325.4K engagements
"You Can Become a Billionaire by Exploiting This Man Tales From the Bottle Today we hello this is a description "In [----] Welsh computer engineer James Howells mistakenly disposed of a laptop hard drive containing the private key for [----] Bitcoin in the Docksway landfill in Newport Wales. Howells subsequently assembled a team of specialists and secured funding to excavate the site but Newport City Council refused permission citing the cost and environmental impact of the search. If the coins are discovered Howells proposes distributing 30% of the proceedings among the council and the population"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9aRkX3hIVss) 2025-07-11T22:35Z 1.2M followers, 266.8K engagements
"Ancient Rome's Sea Beast Problem Tales From the Bottle Byzantine historian Procopius documented many details from the empire's numerous wars but he also mentions something that modern historians can't quite figure out. "Porphyrios is mentioned in the writings of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius both in the History of the Wars (VII 29) and The Secret History. According to Procopius Porphyrios measured [----] meters (45 ft) long and [---] meters (15 ft) wide. Whales were not well understood in antiquity or in the Middle Ages and were often seen simply as great monsters. It is not"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AOmIptmOxRk) 2025-11-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 120.2K engagements
"Is This History's WORST or BEST Book Tales From the Bottle 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 [--------] in Lww (Lviv); the second edition was updated and expanded in [--------]. 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N2KO-qVmUMs) 2024-08-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 480.9K engagements
"WWII Soldier Fought Until [----] Tales From the Bottle 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: Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo [--] March [----] [--] 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 [----]. After the war ended Onoda spent [--] years hiding out in the Philippines until his former commander travelled from Japan to formally relieve him from duty by order of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SS5FPeEC9kQ) 2020-12-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 740.4K engagements
"How to Enjoy Cannibalism Legally Tales From the Bottle 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."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SeSQRtaOtuw) 2024-09-20T20:20Z 1.2M followers, 270.7K engagements
"The Bank Heist Origins of Stockholm Syndrome Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] and was the first criminal event in Sweden to be covered by live television. Jan-Erik"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gsUTKEbIn_0) 2021-02-12T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"How President Bush Trolled a Drug Dealer With NO MERCY Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] November [--] 2018) was an American politician diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from [----] to [----]. A member of the Republican Party he also served as the 43rd vice president from [----] to [----] under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions. Born into a wealthy established family in"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hSKw5w6y-p4) 2024-09-13T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 425.3K engagements
"The Horror of Methanol Fires Last Moments 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lmEsU-QYxNk) 2023-03-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.8M engagements
"The Horrific Story of Mary the Elephant Tales From the Bottle Elephants are beautiful intelligent and sensitive creatures but they also possess a size and strength that makes it advisable not to provoke them. "Mary (c. 1894September [--] 1916) also known as "Murderous Mary" was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter Red Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September [----] in Kingsport Tennessee she was hanged in nearby Erwin." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(elephant) Join membership:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tIb9Y9spo18) 2025-04-25T20:58Z 1.2M followers, 204.2K engagements
"Why Brazilian Men Don't Celebrate Their 24th Birthday Tales From the Bottle Hilariously in Brazil the number [--] 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 [----] 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 [--] of the [--] states of Brazil plus the Federal District and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2T0exrll7Zg) 2021-03-19T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 414K engagements
"The "Smiley Face" Bomber Tales From the Bottle Why would someone plant bombs across the country in the shape of a smiley face "Lucas John "Luke" Helder (born May [--] 1981) also known as the Midwest Pipe Bomber is an American domestic terrorist and former University of WisconsinStout student from Pine Island Minnesota. He was arrested in [----] as a suspect in pipe bombings in mailboxes which injured several people. In [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0u39knkHlwI) 2023-05-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 778.2K engagements
"The Bizarre Deception of Hitler's Diaries Tales From the Bottle 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-Tagebcher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler but forged by Konrad Kujau between [----] and [----]. The diaries were purchased in [----] for [---] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1fFk6EEAQsU) 2021-03-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The [---] Million Yen Robbery Was Stupidly Perfect Tales From the Bottle Ever hear the saying; "if it sounds dumb but it works it ain't dumb" "On the morning of December [--] [----] four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (Nippon Trust Bank) were transporting [---------] yen (about US$817520 at [----] 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 [---] meters from its destination in a street next to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=33KAMUrv_8g) 2023-09-01T20:06Z 1.2M followers, 406.2K engagements
"Do Billionaires Pay Ransom Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] June [--] 1976) known widely as J. Paul Getty was an American-born British petrol-industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in [----] and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In [----] Fortune magazine named him the richest living American while the [----] Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3MgTIfnGwSI) 2021-09-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 745.4K engagements
"The Joke That Corrupted Europe's Currency 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 [--] out of the [--] member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or officially the euro area and includes about [---] million citizens as of [----]. The euro is divided into [---] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3_9r8G02lEQ) 2022-09-16T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"The Incident That Made the Mona Lisa So Famous Tales From the Bottle You know the Mona Lisa but do you know WHY you know the Mona Lisa "Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October [----] [--] October 1925) was an Italian museum worker artist and thief most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris on [--] 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Oqz1O_nLMg) 2023-02-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 301.6K engagements
"Irish People TERRIFIED of Fairies Televised ireann Beautiful archive footage of Irish people freaking out about fairies. Yes the mythological creature. Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=4zIWizf_FOg Clip 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=GIN5aTyy5MA&t=36s 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/ ireland irish fairies faeries fairy"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=80PvtSId9DU) 2021-06-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 818.4K engagements
"Why Pepsi Had its Own Military Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8d3xwEgjah4) 2020-04-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 639.7K engagements
"Fanta's Regrettable Origins Tales From the Bottle 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 [---] flavors worldwide. Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola alternative in [----] due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany which affected the availability of Coca-Cola"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BKATyrxez8A) 2022-10-07T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 507.1K engagements
"The Tragedy We Don't Understand Enigma Files We only know how this story ended and it doesn't seem to have been a happy story. "In [----] five boys hunting for rabbits found a set of [--] miniature coffins containing small wooden figures in a cave on the crags of Arthur's Seat. The purpose has remained a mystery ever since the discovery. A strong contemporary belief was that they were made for witchcraft though more recently it has been suggested that they might be connected with the murders committed by Burke and Hare in [----]. There were [--] known victims of the serial-killers plus the first"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2xg6RfKHc) 2025-08-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 239.9K engagements
"How the $100 Bill Prevents Counterfeiting And How Its Counterfeited Anyway Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CtD1-CJHq4Q) 2023-02-24T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 538.5K engagements
"Is This the Most EVIL Figurine in History Tales From the Bottle The pooper looks pretty funny but is this figurine comedy or tragedy "A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: kne) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra Valencia Balearic Islands and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most popular and widespread in these areas but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia) Portugal and Southern Italy (Naples). The name "El Caganer" literally means "the pooper". Traditionally the figurine is"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0m8u_ddHI) 2025-10-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 192.9K engagements
"Testing the Law Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E1W0IfgVHCo) 2024-10-04T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 482.3K engagements
"The Unhinged World of DIY Guns Tales From the Bottle Who needs a precisely machined firearm The ammunition is where all the magic happens anyways. "Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns pipe guns or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1NvEcjB4Q) 2025-11-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 855.8K engagements
"Venezuelan Navy Attacks Cruise Ship Loses Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] March RCGS Resolute was accused of committing an act of "aggression and piracy" by intentionally ramming and sinking Naiguat 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 [--] all of which were rescued by other Venezuelan vessels. An"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HE4gJZGKxtM) 2023-07-28T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.4M engagements
"The Most Grim Forms of Kamikaze Attacks Tales From the Bottle Even in the small chance you'll succeed in your mission you'll never know. "During World War II Japanese Special Attack Units ( tokubetsu kgeki tai often abbreviated to tokktai) also called shimbu-tai were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for doomed missions. They included kamikaze aircraft fukuryu frogmen and several types of boats and submarines. Weapons similar in effect to these self-destructing weapons are used today by modern militaries though as drones or otherwise"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1k_WNEoC5I) 2025-05-17T01:42Z 1.2M followers, 450.4K engagements
"The First Bank Robber to Discover Crazy Trick Tales From the Bottle This bank robbery was the first of its kind - and in all likelihood the last. "On January [--] [----] McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. At 2:47 p.m. at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank one of them stuck up the teller with a semi-automatic handgun while the other waited in line. They left together after obtaining US$5200 (equivalent to $10730 in 2024). The other robbery took place at Fidelity Savings Bank in Brighton Heights. Neither robber wore a mask or"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LHkR-BN4u1c) 2025-10-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 380K engagements
"The Soviet Union's "SHOCK" Workers Tales From the Bottle Productivity down Send for the Udarniks The Soviet Bloc's most committed diligent and industrious workers. "In the terminology of the Soviet Union the Eastern Bloc and other communist countries an udarnik (/udrnk/ plural udarniks or udarniki; Russian: IPA: darnk) also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades3 or a shock labor team) is a high productivity worker. It derived from the expression "udarny trud" for "superproductive enthusiastic labor"." More on Wikipedia:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LSrw8jGi0OE) 2025-05-30T20:27Z 1.2M followers, 463.6K engagements
"Soldier OD's on Meth Has Crazy Adventure Tales From the Bottle Some had more fun during history's deadliest conflict than others. "Koivunen was assigned to a ski patrol on [--] April [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MRHm26fKKb8) 2020-09-04T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5.4M engagements
"The Many Design Flaws of the Atomic Landmine Tales From the Bottle Was the nuclear mine a good idea Maybe but its development revealed some issues. "Blue Peacock was designed after the free-falling Blue Danube and weighed [---] long tons (7300 kg). A total of two firing units were built: the casing and the warhead. Due to its large steel casing it had to be tested outdoors in a flooded gravel pit near Sevenoaks in Kent. Since the bomb would be unattended anti-tampering devices were also used. The casing was pressurized and pressure and tilt switches were added. The warhead could be detonated"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8Hv1ResAU) 2025-05-02T20:38Z 1.2M followers, 332.6K engagements
"The License Plate Trick and Its Disastrous Consequences Tales From the Bottle Who knew a vanity license plate could cause so much trouble "In each of the [--] U.S. states and the District of Columbia motorists are given the option of extra-cost vanity plates (also known as personalized or prestige plates) which are license plates with a custom serial (sequence of letters and/or numbers). Generally vanity plates may not contain profane or obscene messages although standards as to what constitutes an unacceptable message vary widely among issuing jurisdictions. Namely the state of Maine has no"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Myd3aRMZabY) 2025-01-31T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 378.4K engagements
"Why New Zealand Fired its Official Wizard Tales From the Bottle This country had an official wizard for decades then they fired him. "In [----] the Wizard migrated to Christchurch in New Zealand and began to speak on a ladder in Cathedral Square. The city council attempted to have him arrested but he became so popular that they made the square a public speaking area. Wearing his costume as a false prophet of the Church of England or his wizard's pointy hat he has spoken there at lunchtimes in the summer months. He confronted Telecom over the colour of public telephone boxes played for the local"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OJS0oXsO0iA) 2025-09-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 299.9K engagements
"Spider Sabotage in the Automobile Industry Tales From the Bottle Spiders In MY fuel line It's more likely than you might think "On March [--] [----] around [-----] Mazda6 vehicles from the [------] model years were recalled in the United States with another [-----] in Canada Mexico and Puerto Rico after it was found that Yellow Sac Spiders were building nests in the fuel line of the vehicles. The Mazda6 has two pipes coming from its gas tank an extremely rare configuration. The amount of gasoline vapor in the fuel line is just strong enough to draw the spider in but not strong enough to kill it. On"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OnI9DTnUBfo) 2024-11-22T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 269K engagements
"Strange Terrifying Helmets From History Tales From the Bottle There are many surviving examples from history of the "grotesque" helmet - but who made them and why "The horned helmet of Henry VIII (more properly called the parade armet) is the surviving part of a full suit of armour made by Konrad Seusenhofer between [----] and [----]. The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to the English king Henry VIII following their alliance in the War of the League of Cambrai. The suit was elaborate and intended for display at tournament parades. It is unclear who was the intended"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PZWO7sXH6xg) 2025-07-04T20:29Z 1.2M followers, 302.1K engagements
"Insane Irish Priest Ruins Life (Worse Than You Think) Tales From the Bottle Today we take a look at the many incidents of notorious Irish former priest Neil Horan. "Cornelius "Neil" Horan sometimes referred to as The Grand Prix Priest The Dancing Priest or The Armageddon Priest (born [--] April 1947) is a laicised Irish former Roman Catholic priest who is noted for his interference with the running of the [----] British Grand Prix and the [----] Summer Olympics men's marathon in order to promote his religious belief that the end times are near. He was arrested and spent some time in jail in Germany"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc0vhMxP6Y) 2025-03-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 471.7K engagements
"They Changed the Name (It's Still Funny) This village was forced to change their name due to unruly English-speaking tourists. Thankfully the new name is still funny. "Fugging spelt Fucking until [----] is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is [--] km (21 mi) north of Salzburg and [--] km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river which forms part of the German border. Despite a population of only [---] in [----] the village has drawn attention in the English-speaking world for its former name which was spelled the same as an inflected"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcKIVcaq5Ss) 2023-02-08T19:06Z 1.2M followers, 676.7K engagements
"Drugs & Guns: Rainbow Farm's Last Stand Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----]. 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 [----] through [----]. The operation ended with the burning down of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RyuGZr_VAwA) 2022-07-29T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 747.1K engagements
"BURNING River of Whiskey Too Much to Resist [--] Killed Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] in the Liberties area of Dublin City. It lasted a single night but killed [--] people and resulted in [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S1hvvTm85UY) 2021-05-28T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 724.4K engagements
"History's Most Crucified Man (Is Still Alive) Tales From the Bottle This man has been crucified an astonishing number of times but he's still alive "The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites are a re-enactment of Christs Passion and crucifixion held in Barangay San Pedro Cutud San Fernando Pampanga. It includes a passion play culminating in the actual nailing of at least three penitents to wooden crosses atop a makeshift Calvary. Ruben Enaje has been crucified [--] times as of [----]. He began his yearly rite after surviving a fall from a three-story billboard in [----]. Other penitents crucified with Enaje"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ShVFOntZhCE) 2025-02-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 206.8K engagements
"The WORST Inflation in History Tales From the Bottle What could you buy with this SEXTILLION banknote Well not much as it turns out. "The peng (Hungarian: p; sometimes written as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between [--] January [----] when it replaced the korona and [--] July [----] when it was replaced by the forint. The peng was subdivided into [---] fillr. Although the introduction of the peng was part of a post-World War I stabilisation program the currency survived for only [--] years and experienced the most serious case of hyperinflation ever recorded." More on"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TkZByIgOXSo) 2022-11-25T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"People Who HATED Their Portraits Tales From the Bottle 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UFVUumuVmVA) 2024-10-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 214.1K engagements
"Skydiver FORGETS Parachute Films Fatal Fall Last Moments 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W0iI7CWVMCw) 2024-01-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Diver Records Doom Last Moments What's it like to see through the eyes of a man looking at death "David John Shaw (20 July [----] [--] 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 [----] until his death in [----]. 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 [--] January 2005"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X-6HeB1olp8) 2020-04-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5.2M engagements
"UNBROKEN: The Curse of the Colonel Tales From the Bottle In [----] 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 ( Kneru Sandsu 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 Dtonbori"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XLGPWtWdC10) 2019-04-22T19:36Z 1.2M followers, 646.1K engagements
"Meth Addict Steals Tank Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] May [--] 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 [--] 1995; he destroyed numerous cars fire hydrants and an RV before being shot and killed by a policeman." More on Wikipedia:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XQMfK4fHHGk) 2020-11-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 884.8K engagements
"Were Ancient People Funny (Or Just Weird) Tales From the Bottle How far has comedy come since the ancient days of early civilisation You'd be surprised "Although the Philogelos is the oldest surviving joke book there are known to be prior joke books that have since become lost. Athenaeus wrote in the Deipnosophistae that Philip II of Macedon paid for a social club in Athens to write down its members' jokes for him and joke books are mentioned by characters in Persa and Stichus two comedies by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Plautus. Authorship of the Philogelos is traditionally attributed"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xczn1PcDzD8) 2025-08-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 308.7K engagements
"Mascot Sends Mentally Ill Man Over the Edge Tales From the Bottle This fast food mascot had an "unhinged" personality and an unfortunate name - which was too much for one mentally unwell man to handle. "On January [--] [----] Kenneth Lamar Noid a mentally ill man who believed that the "Avoid the Noid" campaign was personally directed towards him and was antagonizing him entered a Domino's restaurant in Chamblee Georgia. Armed with a .357 Magnum Noid then held two employees hostage for over five hours. After ranting to the employees that the then-owner of Domino's Tom Monaghan was fraudulent and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aKAqqdTVKiI) 2025-01-10T21:31Z 1.2M followers, 347K engagements
"The Weaponisation of Horror Tales From the Bottle Why kill your enemy when you can terrify him and then kill him "Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It was an attempt to increase desertions and defections from Vit Cng forces and weaken their morale. It was also to coerce the Vit Cng forces into leaving and going home weakening their numbers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gffING0BDxU) 2025-09-05T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 190.9K engagements
"China's Insane Battles With India Tales From the Bottle You and your enemy both have nukes - so maybe it's a good idea to just use sticks when you fight. "The SinoIndian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large and several smaller separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial disputes between the two countries result from the historical consequences of colonialism in Asia and the lack of clear historical boundary demarcations. The first of the territories Aksai Chin is administered by China and claimed by India; it"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hKySUKcAO-E) 2024-10-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 256.3K engagements
"Pepsi's Fighter Jet Was a Legal Disaster Tales From the Bottle Who thought this was a good idea even as a joke "Leonard v. Pepsico Inc. [--] F. Supp. 2d [---] (S.D.N.Y. 1999) aff'd [---] F.3d [--] (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 [----] in which the plaintiff John Leonard sued PepsiCo Inc. in an effort to enforce an "offer" to redeem [-------] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i0porXZnUdI) 2022-02-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"FBI vs Un-Defuseable Bomb Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] [----] when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing [----] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kGo959uECTM) 2021-12-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.6M engagements
"Yoink: How the US Brazenly Stole the Soviet Unions Best Helicopter Tales From the Bottle How do you steal a helicopter With another helicopter of course "On [--] May the order was given to proceed. An advance party arrived on [--] May at N'Djamena the capital city of Chad. In the second week of June a single C-5 Galaxy flew directly from Fort Campbell Kentucky to N'Djamena International Airport carrying both the MH-47's that were to be used and over sixty personnel. Only one helicopter would be needed; the second was to be a backup in case of technical problems. The transport aircraft landed at"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=liDhPCV4rkE) 2025-04-11T20:45Z 1.2M followers, 595.8K engagements
"Worlds Loneliest Existence Caught on Camera Tales From the Bottle Rolling cameras stumble across the world's loneliest man hidden from the world for decades but did he want to be found "The Man of the Hole (c. 1960s c. July 2022) or the Tanaru Indian was an Indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondnia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory a protected Indigenous territory demarcated by the Brazilian government in [----]. It is not known what language the Man of the Hole spoke what his people called themselves or what his"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nHsU0MgvMpY) 2025-07-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 456.3K engagements
"Gay Bomb What Were the US Military Thinking In [----] 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 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:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ozDgXtyp3qg) 2024-08-16T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 169.6K engagements
"The Life Death and Resurrection of Lawnchair Larry Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] Larry Walters made a 45-minute flight in a homemade airship made of an ordinary patio chair and [--] helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of over [-----] feet (4600 m) and floated from the point of takeoff in San Pedro California into and violating controlled airspace"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pR2vCHYHwt8) 2020-03-14T20:15Z 1.2M followers, 834.3K engagements
"HEAR the Sound of Ancient Pharaohs 3000-Year-Old Trumpets Tales From the Bottle Incredibly these trumpets survived over [----] years - more incredibly; some madmen decided to play them to hear what they sound like. "Tutankhamun's trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets one of sterling silver and one of bronze or copper are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in [----] by Howard Carter during the excavation of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s4ISiIxvMxs) 2025-12-12T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 116.2K engagements
"Homeless Man Hilariously Makes a Living From Tourist Attraction Tales From the Bottle Genius or deranged This man made a living from a fountain for over four decades completely unauthorised. "The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome Italy designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in [----] and several others. Standing [----] metres (86 ft) high and [-----] metres (161.3 ft) wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world." More on Wikipedia:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ssqPTS1qcU0) 2026-02-06T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 84.5K engagements
"The Nobel Prize Winners With Crazy Theories Tales From the Bottle These men have contributed so greatly to their area of study that they have significantly advanced human progress so why does everyone laugh when they start talking about their other ideas "Nobel disease or Nobelitis is an informal term for the embrace of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners usually later in life. It has been argued that the effect results in part from a tendency for Nobel winners to feel empowered by the award to speak on topics outside their specific area of expertise although"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tHZsyMeC2XI) 2025-02-28T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 254.2K engagements
"How Are Runaway Trains Stopped Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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 [--] [----]. Locomotive #8888 an EMD SD40-2 was pulling a train of [--] cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals and ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to [--] kilometers"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tcNb3sN0BiE) 2020-05-29T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.3M engagements
"This Ancient Chinese Poem is a Machine Tales From the Bottle This 1600-year-old poem has never been replicated in English because it would be virtually impossible. "The Star Gauge (Chinese: ; pinyin: xun j t) or translated as "the armillary sphere chart" is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Chinese poem written by the Sixteen Kingdoms poet Su Hui for her husband. It consists of a [--] by [--] grid of characters forming a reversible poem that can be read in different ways to form roughly [----] smaller rhyming poems. The outer border forms a single circular poem thought to be both the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v6-XA7_iUXs) 2025-12-19T21:03Z 1.2M followers, 299.5K engagements
"DO NOT Mess with the Paddington Bear Bench Tales From the Bottle The British are very serious about Paddington Bear - not even members of the armed forces are shown mercy when it comes to Paddington. "Paddington Bear is among the most popular characters in children's literature. The actor Stephen Fry who narrated Paddington audiobooks stated "Michael Bond's bear is a Great British icon with his charm humour spirit of adventure and generosity". Devan Coggan writing for Entertainment Weekly saw a similarity between Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh referring to them as two "extremely polite"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wwILgA5Q3Qo) 2025-11-28T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 197.6K engagements
"Bird Wreaks Havoc on Dominoes World Record Attempt Tales From the Bottle A domino world record expo is no place for a wild sparrow but this sparrow cared not. "The domino sparrow (Dutch: dominomus) was a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that was shot and killed by a hunter from the company Duke Faunabeheer in the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden Netherlands during preparations for Domino Day on [--] November [----]. With only four days to go until Domino Day [----] the bird flew into the building and landed on several domino bricks eventually causing [-----] of them (out of [---] million) to fall."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlWOPzEBr2g) 2025-01-24T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 297.4K engagements
"Simple but Brilliant: Is This the Greatest Modern Invention Tales From the Bottle Over [--] 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 Socit Bic of Clichy Hauts-de-Seine France. It was introduced in [----] and is the best-selling pen in the world with the [---] billionth sold in September [----]. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous to the extent that the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yKTglEMyWB0) 2024-08-23T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 965.8K engagements
"The Unlawful Activities of Batman bin Suparman Tales From the Bottle What's the cost for having a great name Batman bin Suparman knows all too well. "Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over [-----] islands in the Indonesian archipelago. The world's fourth most populous country Indonesia is home to numerous ethnic groups each with their own culture custom and language. The naming customs by no means are consistent and may differ by ethnic group. For example most western Indonesians do not have surnames (exceptions: Bataks Nias Mentawai"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zBUVJ-ctOJU) 2025-03-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Massive Crane Kills Iron Workers Last Moments Negligence in the operation of a machine this size can only spell disaster. "On July [--] [----] 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 [---] tonnes (440 long tons; [---] short tons) on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local [--] 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zplY7WGRK2w) 2023-11-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"A Brief History of the Goat Tower Tales From the Bottle You may have seen a photo of the goat tower before but what really is it how did it come to exist and which came first; the goats or the tower "The first goat tower was built in Portugal in the 19th century and modeled on a garden folly. Known as Torre das Cabras (Tower of the Goats) it was built by Fernando Guedes da Silva da Fonseca (18711946) at Aveleda near Penafiel one of the oldest wineries in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal. The tower is three stories with stone walls and a rightward (climbing counter-clockwise) spiral wooden"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sOSVEL7j8I4) 2026-02-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 99.9K engagements
"Homeless Man Hilariously Makes a Living From Tourist Attraction Tales From the Bottle Genius or deranged This man made a living from a fountain for over four decades completely unauthorised. "The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome Italy designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in [----] and several others. Standing [----] metres (86 ft) high and [-----] metres (161.3 ft) wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world." More on Wikipedia:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ssqPTS1qcU0) 2026-02-06T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 84.5K engagements
"This Ancient Chinese Poem is a Machine Tales From the Bottle This 1600-year-old poem has never been replicated in English because it would be virtually impossible. "The Star Gauge (Chinese: ; pinyin: xun j t) or translated as "the armillary sphere chart" is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Chinese poem written by the Sixteen Kingdoms poet Su Hui for her husband. It consists of a [--] by [--] grid of characters forming a reversible poem that can be read in different ways to form roughly [----] smaller rhyming poems. The outer border forms a single circular poem thought to be both the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v6-XA7_iUXs) 2025-12-19T21:03Z 1.2M followers, 299.5K engagements
"HEAR the Sound of Ancient Pharaohs 3000-Year-Old Trumpets Tales From the Bottle Incredibly these trumpets survived over [----] years - more incredibly; some madmen decided to play them to hear what they sound like. "Tutankhamun's trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets one of sterling silver and one of bronze or copper are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in [----] by Howard Carter during the excavation of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s4ISiIxvMxs) 2025-12-12T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 116.2K engagements
"DO NOT Mess with the Paddington Bear Bench Tales From the Bottle The British are very serious about Paddington Bear - not even members of the armed forces are shown mercy when it comes to Paddington. "Paddington Bear is among the most popular characters in children's literature. The actor Stephen Fry who narrated Paddington audiobooks stated "Michael Bond's bear is a Great British icon with his charm humour spirit of adventure and generosity". Devan Coggan writing for Entertainment Weekly saw a similarity between Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh referring to them as two "extremely polite"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wwILgA5Q3Qo) 2025-11-28T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 197.6K engagements
"Ancient Rome's Sea Beast Problem Tales From the Bottle Byzantine historian Procopius documented many details from the empire's numerous wars but he also mentions something that modern historians can't quite figure out. "Porphyrios is mentioned in the writings of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius both in the History of the Wars (VII 29) and The Secret History. According to Procopius Porphyrios measured [----] meters (45 ft) long and [---] meters (15 ft) wide. Whales were not well understood in antiquity or in the Middle Ages and were often seen simply as great monsters. It is not"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AOmIptmOxRk) 2025-11-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 120.2K engagements
"The Unhinged World of DIY Guns Tales From the Bottle Who needs a precisely machined firearm The ammunition is where all the magic happens anyways. "Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns pipe guns or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1NvEcjB4Q) 2025-11-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 855.8K engagements
"The First Bank Robber to Discover Crazy Trick Tales From the Bottle This bank robbery was the first of its kind - and in all likelihood the last. "On January [--] [----] McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. At 2:47 p.m. at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank one of them stuck up the teller with a semi-automatic handgun while the other waited in line. They left together after obtaining US$5200 (equivalent to $10730 in 2024). The other robbery took place at Fidelity Savings Bank in Brighton Heights. Neither robber wore a mask or"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LHkR-BN4u1c) 2025-10-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 380K engagements
"Is This the Most EVIL Figurine in History Tales From the Bottle The pooper looks pretty funny but is this figurine comedy or tragedy "A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: kne) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra Valencia Balearic Islands and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most popular and widespread in these areas but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia) Portugal and Southern Italy (Naples). The name "El Caganer" literally means "the pooper". Traditionally the figurine is"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0m8u_ddHI) 2025-10-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 192.9K engagements
"Why New Zealand Fired its Official Wizard Tales From the Bottle This country had an official wizard for decades then they fired him. "In [----] the Wizard migrated to Christchurch in New Zealand and began to speak on a ladder in Cathedral Square. The city council attempted to have him arrested but he became so popular that they made the square a public speaking area. Wearing his costume as a false prophet of the Church of England or his wizard's pointy hat he has spoken there at lunchtimes in the summer months. He confronted Telecom over the colour of public telephone boxes played for the local"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OJS0oXsO0iA) 2025-09-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 299.9K engagements
"The Weaponisation of Horror Tales From the Bottle Why kill your enemy when you can terrify him and then kill him "Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It was an attempt to increase desertions and defections from Vit Cng forces and weaken their morale. It was also to coerce the Vit Cng forces into leaving and going home weakening their numbers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gffING0BDxU) 2025-09-05T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 190.9K engagements
"Were Ancient People Funny (Or Just Weird) Tales From the Bottle How far has comedy come since the ancient days of early civilisation You'd be surprised "Although the Philogelos is the oldest surviving joke book there are known to be prior joke books that have since become lost. Athenaeus wrote in the Deipnosophistae that Philip II of Macedon paid for a social club in Athens to write down its members' jokes for him and joke books are mentioned by characters in Persa and Stichus two comedies by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Plautus. Authorship of the Philogelos is traditionally attributed"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xczn1PcDzD8) 2025-08-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 308.7K engagements
"The Tragedy We Don't Understand Enigma Files We only know how this story ended and it doesn't seem to have been a happy story. "In [----] five boys hunting for rabbits found a set of [--] miniature coffins containing small wooden figures in a cave on the crags of Arthur's Seat. The purpose has remained a mystery ever since the discovery. A strong contemporary belief was that they were made for witchcraft though more recently it has been suggested that they might be connected with the murders committed by Burke and Hare in [----]. There were [--] known victims of the serial-killers plus the first"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2xg6RfKHc) 2025-08-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 239.9K engagements
"Worlds Loneliest Existence Caught on Camera Tales From the Bottle Rolling cameras stumble across the world's loneliest man hidden from the world for decades but did he want to be found "The Man of the Hole (c. 1960s c. July 2022) or the Tanaru Indian was an Indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondnia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory a protected Indigenous territory demarcated by the Brazilian government in [----]. It is not known what language the Man of the Hole spoke what his people called themselves or what his"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nHsU0MgvMpY) 2025-07-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 456.3K engagements
"You Can Become a Billionaire by Exploiting This Man Tales From the Bottle Today we hello this is a description "In [----] Welsh computer engineer James Howells mistakenly disposed of a laptop hard drive containing the private key for [----] Bitcoin in the Docksway landfill in Newport Wales. Howells subsequently assembled a team of specialists and secured funding to excavate the site but Newport City Council refused permission citing the cost and environmental impact of the search. If the coins are discovered Howells proposes distributing 30% of the proceedings among the council and the population"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9aRkX3hIVss) 2025-07-11T22:35Z 1.2M followers, 266.8K engagements
"Strange Terrifying Helmets From History Tales From the Bottle There are many surviving examples from history of the "grotesque" helmet - but who made them and why "The horned helmet of Henry VIII (more properly called the parade armet) is the surviving part of a full suit of armour made by Konrad Seusenhofer between [----] and [----]. The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to the English king Henry VIII following their alliance in the War of the League of Cambrai. The suit was elaborate and intended for display at tournament parades. It is unclear who was the intended"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PZWO7sXH6xg) 2025-07-04T20:29Z 1.2M followers, 302.1K engagements
"The Miracle Material Behind the Largest Ship Ever Tales From the Bottle The biggest ship in history Made from an unusual and obscure building material How'd that go "Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete a mixture of wood pulp and ice for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. The plan was to create what would have been the largest ship ever at [---] metres (1969 ft) long which would have been much bigger"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QcD2BiSx6sI) 2025-06-20T22:32Z 1.2M followers, 221.9K engagements
"The 1960s Terrifying Method to Board a Flying Plane Tales From the Bottle The Fulton Skyhook was a less-than-pleasant method to travel from ground to airborne plane. It's as impressive and terrifying as you would imagine. "The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) also known as Skyhook is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon with an"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3po7FDrRn1c) 2025-06-14T00:55Z 1.2M followers, 373.1K engagements
"The Soviet Union's "SHOCK" Workers Tales From the Bottle Productivity down Send for the Udarniks The Soviet Bloc's most committed diligent and industrious workers. "In the terminology of the Soviet Union the Eastern Bloc and other communist countries an udarnik (/udrnk/ plural udarniks or udarniki; Russian: IPA: darnk) also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades3 or a shock labor team) is a high productivity worker. It derived from the expression "udarny trud" for "superproductive enthusiastic labor"." More on Wikipedia:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LSrw8jGi0OE) 2025-05-30T20:27Z 1.2M followers, 463.6K engagements
"Evolution's Strangest Tactic Tales From the Bottle If natural selection favours traits that increase an organism's ability to survive how did self-destruction evolve as one of these traits "Autothysis (from the Greek roots autos- "self" and thysia "sacrifice") or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in [----] to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0In9q_N8FSc) 2025-05-23T21:13Z 1.2M followers, 638.3K engagements
"The Most Grim Forms of Kamikaze Attacks Tales From the Bottle Even in the small chance you'll succeed in your mission you'll never know. "During World War II Japanese Special Attack Units ( tokubetsu kgeki tai often abbreviated to tokktai) also called shimbu-tai were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for doomed missions. They included kamikaze aircraft fukuryu frogmen and several types of boats and submarines. Weapons similar in effect to these self-destructing weapons are used today by modern militaries though as drones or otherwise"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L1k_WNEoC5I) 2025-05-17T01:42Z 1.2M followers, 450.4K engagements
"The Many Design Flaws of the Atomic Landmine Tales From the Bottle Was the nuclear mine a good idea Maybe but its development revealed some issues. "Blue Peacock was designed after the free-falling Blue Danube and weighed [---] long tons (7300 kg). A total of two firing units were built: the casing and the warhead. Due to its large steel casing it had to be tested outdoors in a flooded gravel pit near Sevenoaks in Kent. Since the bomb would be unattended anti-tampering devices were also used. The casing was pressurized and pressure and tilt switches were added. The warhead could be detonated"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8Hv1ResAU) 2025-05-02T20:38Z 1.2M followers, 332.6K engagements
"The Horrific Story of Mary the Elephant Tales From the Bottle Elephants are beautiful intelligent and sensitive creatures but they also possess a size and strength that makes it advisable not to provoke them. "Mary (c. 1894September [--] 1916) also known as "Murderous Mary" was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter Red Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September [----] in Kingsport Tennessee she was hanged in nearby Erwin." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(elephant) Join membership:"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tIb9Y9spo18) 2025-04-25T20:58Z 1.2M followers, 204.2K engagements
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"Evolution's Strangest Tactic Tales From the Bottle If natural selection favours traits that increase an organism's ability to survive how did self-destruction evolve as one of these traits "Autothysis (from the Greek roots autos- "self" and thysia "sacrifice") or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in [----] to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T21:13Z 1.2M followers, 638.3K engagements
"Single-Handedly Taking on the Yakuza Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2019-09-30T17:01Z 1.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"One Stupid Mistake RUINS Elaborate Bank Heist Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 1980) is an American author public speaker and convicted robber. In [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-04-30T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"How the World's Worst Swimmer Conquered the Olympics Tales From the Bottle You've done it. You've made it to the Olympics. The only problem is you can't compete. "Eric Moussambani Malonga (born [--] May 1978) is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media Moussambani won brief international fame at the [----] Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before swam his heat of the [---] m freestyle on September [--] in the unprecedentedly slow time of 1:52.72. This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far and"
YouTube Link 2022-06-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 649.1K engagements
"Zambia's Laughable Space Program Tales From the Bottle The Zambian space program is worth a look for a few laughs - but does it hide a darker secret "From [----] until sometime after [----] 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 [--] kilometres (7 mi) from"
YouTube Link 2022-11-11T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.5M engagements
"Every Honour Earned by Nils the Military Penguin Tales From the Bottle 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: nls lv) 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 [----] the current holder being Nils Olav III." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav Join"
YouTube Link 2023-01-27T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 333.4K engagements
"Not a Toy: World's Scariest Aircraft Last Moments There's no aircraft in the world quite like this one - because it's too dangerous. "The Messerschmitt Me [---] 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 [----] kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me [---] can be traced back to [----] and the work of the German aeronautical engineer"
YouTube Link 2023-05-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.9M engagements
"NEVER Hire a Stupid Hitman Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2023-04-21T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Mad Sam Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] April [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2019-07-28T19:41Z 1.2M followers, 2.1M engagements
"What Do They Do if You Survive Your Execution Tales From the Bottle 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. [----] [--] July 1976) was a Mexican man who was captured on March [--] [----] suspected of taking part in the Mexican Revolution. He was sentenced to death without a trial and was shot [--] times by a firing squad in the body and received the "coup de grce" or one final shot to the head point-blank range to ensure death." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Moguel"
YouTube Link 2021-11-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.2M engagements
"Homo Sapiens Were Not Alone 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 [---] ka. Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) from southern Ethiopia (196 [--] ka) and the remains from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco (about [---] ka) and Florisbad in South Africa (259 ka) are the earliest remains of Homo sapiens. The term typically"
YouTube Link 2021-01-15T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 741.8K engagements
"What Happens if Youre Hit by Sonar 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"
YouTube Link 2023-07-07T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.3M engagements
"A Brief History of the Goat Tower Tales From the Bottle You may have seen a photo of the goat tower before but what really is it how did it come to exist and which came first; the goats or the tower "The first goat tower was built in Portugal in the 19th century and modeled on a garden folly. Known as Torre das Cabras (Tower of the Goats) it was built by Fernando Guedes da Silva da Fonseca (18711946) at Aveleda near Penafiel one of the oldest wineries in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal. The tower is three stories with stone walls and a rightward (climbing counter-clockwise) spiral wooden"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 99.9K engagements
"What Happens When the Referee Scores a Goal Tales From the Bottle Does a goal count if the last person to touch the ball was the referee Does the referee get in trouble "In association football the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match. At most levels of play the referee is assisted by two assistant referees"
YouTube Link 2025-01-17T21:54Z 1.2M followers, 704K engagements
"The Highest Radiation Dose in Any Human (Who Survived) Tales From the Bottle This man survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human - and he had no clue what was happening to him. "Albert Stevens (18871966) 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 [--] [----] he was injected with [---] kBq (3.55 Ci) of plutonium without his knowledge or informed consent. Plutonium remained present in his body for the remainder of his life"
YouTube Link 2022-04-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.7M engagements
"The Bomb That Killed People WITHOUT Exploding Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2017-10-14T01:35Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Magician Makes Fatal Mistake 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"
YouTube Link 2024-05-19T16:00Z 1.2M followers, 76K engagements
"How Pepsi's Mouse Lawsuit Turned Out Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in [----]. 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"
YouTube Link 2023-09-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 365.1K engagements
"Railway Employs Baboon Tales From the Bottle 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 TownPort 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 [----] and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railways signals under supervision. An official investigation was initiated after a concerned member"
YouTube Link 2020-09-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 501.8K engagements
"Why Do Ships Disappear in the Bermuda Triangle Enigma Files 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"
YouTube Link 2024-05-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 259.6K engagements
"Suspected Female Serial Killer Caught But Not Punished Tales From the Bottle The same woman's DNA was found at [--] 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 [----] to [----]. The six murders among these included that of police officer Michle Kiesewetter in Heilbronn Germany on [--] April [----]. The only"
YouTube Link 2024-07-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 263.6K engagements
"Germany Loses Battle to No One Tales From the Bottle 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 [----]. 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:"
YouTube Link 2020-07-31T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Switzerland Invades (Accidentally) Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] October [----] 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 [--] August [----] just before midnight [--] members of the Swiss militia and a number of"
YouTube Link 2020-05-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 758.2K engagements
"World's Most Dangerous Aircraft Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1pWmHeikZxQ&t=39s There's no aircraft in the world quite like this one - because it's too dangerous. "The Messerschmitt Me [---] 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 [----] kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. Development of what would become the Me [---] can be traced back to [----] and the"
YouTube Link 2023-10-18T18:00Z 1.2M followers, 413.1K engagements
"Why There's ONLY [--] Blimps Left Tales From the Bottle 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:"
YouTube Link 2022-07-01T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 604.8K engagements
"Massive Crane Kills Iron Workers Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zplY7WGRK2w Negligence in the operation of a machine this size can only spell disaster. "On July [--] [----] 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 [---] tonnes (440 long tons; [---] short tons) on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local [--] members Jeffrey Wischer William DeGrave and Jerome Starr were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was"
YouTube Link 2024-01-14T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 40.8K engagements
"KILLDOZER: How a Man Made His Own Tank Tales From the Bottle '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 [--] [----] June [--] 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 [--] [----] to demolish the town hall the former mayor's house and other buildings in Granby Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer"
YouTube Link 2018-03-16T23:55Z 1.2M followers, 6.4M engagements
"Father TAKES OVER Hospital to Protect Comatose Son Tales From the Bottle 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 (/tmbl/ 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 [-----] at the [----] U.S. census. In [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-01-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 464K engagements
"Rare Dangerous Sport You've Never Heard of Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-05-20T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 670.2K engagements
"The Government Claimed This Man Did Not Exist (They Were Right) Tales From the Bottle This man disappeared for over [--] 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 [--] [----] 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 [----] and [----] neither he nor the authorities had determined his identity or background despite searches that had included television publicity and various"
YouTube Link 2023-01-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 811.5K engagements
"Lifting up an Entire City With Jacks Tales From the Bottle 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:"
YouTube Link 2020-10-02T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 615.5K engagements
"The [---] Incident Tales From the Bottle Life death and lottery. Go to https://nordvpn.com/qxirvpn to get a 2-year plan plus [--] additional months with a huge discount "Pepsi Number Fever also known as the [---] incident was a promotion held by PepsiCo in the Philippines in [----] 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:"
YouTube Link 2021-10-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 991.8K engagements
"The BIGGEST Animals That Existed Alongside Humans 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 [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-03-15T21:07Z 1.2M followers, 505K engagements
"Can Chimps Wage War Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] to [----]. The two groups were once unified in the Kasakela community. By [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-04-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 906.3K engagements
"Hijacking to Escape Communism Tales From the Bottle Sometimes you just gotta get the boys together and escape communism. "In [----] 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 [--] March the three aircraft landed near Munich instead of at Prague; the first from Brno at 08:20 the second from Moravsk Ostrava at 08:40 and the third one from"
YouTube Link 2020-12-11T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The Theft of the Coronation Stone Tales From the Bottle The difficulty in stealing from the English is that most of their valuables don't belong to them in the first place. "The Stone of Scone (/skun/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fil Scots: Stane o Scuin)also known as the Stone of Destiny and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stoneis an oblong block of red sandstone that has been used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland. It is also known as Jacob's Pillow Stone and the Tanist Stone and as clach-na-cinneamhain in Scottish Gaelic. Historically the artefact was"
YouTube Link 2021-04-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 496.2K engagements
"This Business Tries to (Legally) Kill You Tales From the Bottle 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""
YouTube Link 2022-04-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The War that Outlived Jesus Tales From the Bottle 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) (149146 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"
YouTube Link 2019-08-31T15:51Z 1.2M followers, 746.4K engagements
"The Legendary Joke Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2024-01-12T21:42Z 1.2M followers, 392.2K engagements
"When an Imposter Is Put On the Spot Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-10-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Danzig's Evil Bricks 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"
YouTube Link 2019-08-23T16:54Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Bank Robber Dresses as Santa Has Terrible Experience Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-12-22T22:58Z 1.2M followers, 483.6K engagements
"How a Medieval Bucket Killed [----] People Tales From the Bottle '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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2018-01-26T00:08Z 1.2M followers, 907.3K engagements
"The FBI's Most Controversial Operation Tales From the Bottle A dark day in American history. But was the tragedy beyond control or a result of Federal mishandling Today we look at the [----] 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 [--] and April [--] [----]. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Axtell Texas [--] miles (21 kilometers)"
YouTube Link 2020-05-08T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Secrets of the Cat's Eyes Tales From the Bottle The eyes are always watching - but why "The cat's eye design originated in the UK in [----] 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."
YouTube Link 2022-09-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 870.5K engagements
"Convicted Murderer Tries to Give His Last Meal to the Homeless Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] May [--] 2007) was a death row inmate executed in Tennessee on May [--] [----]. He was convicted in [----] 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:"
YouTube Link 2022-12-16T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 369.8K engagements
"How Booth SAVED Lincoln's Life Booth killed Lincoln but Booth saved Lincoln's life. #shorts #TheSearch #CreatorDAO @creatordao "Edwin Thomas Booth (November [--] [----] June [--] 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe performing Shakespearean plays. In [----] he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor and the greatest Prince Hamlet of the 19th century. His achievements are often overshadowed by his relationship with his younger brother actor John Wilkes Booth who assassinated"
YouTube Link 2022-11-28T22:29Z 1.2M followers, 365.8K engagements
"Terrorists Mess With the Wrong People Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] June [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-05-21T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Every Official "Broken Arrow" Incident 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"
YouTube Link 2020-11-06T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 895.2K engagements
"The Cement Company Found Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-04-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 575.7K engagements
"McDonald's [----] Summer Olympics Gamble (And Loss) Tales From the Bottle McDonald's had a costly loss at the [----] 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-05-03T20:22Z 1.2M followers, 343.5K engagements
"Creepy Things About Prehistoric Cave Paintings Enigma Files 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"
YouTube Link 2024-03-29T21:19Z 1.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Conman Impersonates Missing Children Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] at the time he went missing was last seen playing basketball with his friends in his home town of San Antonio Texas on [--] June [----]. Barclay never made it home and has not been seen or heard from since. In [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-04-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 730K engagements
"WATCH: Fire Breaks Out in Rocket Fuel Plant Last Moments 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 [--] [----] 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 [---] injuries and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas"
YouTube Link 2022-08-26T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 454.2K engagements
"Disgruntled Taxpayer Launches Suicide Attack on IRS Tales From the Bottle Most of us probably have some gripes with the taxman. Though you probably wouldn't give your life over it. would you "The [----] Austin suicide attack occurred on Thursday February [--] [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-06-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.8M engagements
"How to Become a Ruler Tales From the Bottle Ever thought about ruling your own nation Well of course you have And you're not the only one. "Joshua Abraham Norton (February [--] [----] January [--] 1880) known as Emperor Norton was a resident of San Francisco California who in [----] proclaimed himself "Norton I. Emperor of the United States". In [----] 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 [----] he arrived in Boston via Liverpool in March 1846"
YouTube Link 2021-11-12T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 621.4K engagements
"Two Planes Collide Mid-Air Becoming Stuck Tales From the Bottle In [----] after an accidental collision two planes found themselves lodged together a thousand feet in the air. So what happened to the crew "On [--] September [----] 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. [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-07-15T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 371.6K engagements
"The Devil's Bible Tales From the Bottle The Codex Gigas is otherwise known as the Devil's Bible - but why "The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Ob kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world at a length of [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-08-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"The Worst Poet in History Tales From the Bottle This poet did not take criticism well in the rare instances he even acknowledged it. "William Topaz McGonagall (March [----] [--] 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 [---] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-08-18T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 642.2K engagements
"Weird Guns From History Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] by James Puckle (16671724) 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 [----] shipping manifest though"
YouTube Link 2024-08-30T20:57Z 1.2M followers, 959.4K engagements
"How Agents Hide Things Deadly Survival Skills Taking a look at the book "100 Deadly Skills" written by former Navy Seal Clint Emerson. This video discusses skills [--] to [--]. "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." [---] Deadly Skills: https://100deadlyskills.com/ Second Channel:"
YouTube Link 2020-05-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 489.6K engagements
"Ireland's Hilarious Kung Fu Movie - Fatal Deviation (1998) 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-06-12T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 500.8K engagements
"The Best/Worst of Shane MacGowan Televised ireann 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 [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-09-10T20:00Z [--] followers, 1.2M engagements
"The television licence is the instrument used to raise revenue to fund the BBC. Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QC7PJwIl2lY The Brits need a licence to own a TV and the government knows if they don't have one. More: 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:"
YouTube Link 2024-04-21T18:30Z 1.2M followers, 140.8K engagements
"Why Is Yawning Contagious A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To) 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.phpid=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:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-31T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 20.1K engagements
"MS DHONI'S LOVE STORY #MAHI #msdhoni #csk #indian #YOUTUBE #ytshorts #youtubeshorts #Mahendt"
YouTube Link 2025-08-12T20:32Z [---] followers, 1.2M engagements
"Hostage Rescue Training Fails Spectacularly Tales From the Bottle In [----] 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 [--] November [----] 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 [----] ASIS had begun training a covert"
YouTube Link 2021-05-14T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 860.8K engagements
"Losing Power on the Seabed Last Moments 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 Atomnaya Podvodnaya Lodka "Kursk" (APL "Kursk")) sank in an accident on [--] August [----] in the Barents Sea during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years and all [---] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-12-04T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Think sonar is harmless Think again Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_QSs5oLdPa4 "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"
YouTube Link 2023-12-17T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 63.7K engagements
"The FBI's Most Controversial Operation Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=asuU2TmA4-Y A dark day in American history. But was the tragedy beyond control or a result of Federal mishandling Today we look at the [----] 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 [--] and April [--] [----]. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of"
YouTube Link 2023-12-06T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 40.6K engagements
"The Civilian Who Hit John Gotti's Child Last Moments Running over a child is terrible enough but what happens if it's the child of a mob boss "On March [--] [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-10-27T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 934.7K engagements
"Band's Hilarious Incident With Chicago River Costs Them Thousands Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] over the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago Illinois a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated [---] 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 $300000 in settlements donations and fines. The band's bus driver Stefan Wohl pleaded"
YouTube Link 2021-09-17T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 326.3K engagements
"The Most Dramatic Legal Defence Ever Tales From the Bottle This lawyer took a bullet for his client literally "Clement Laird Vallandigham (/vlndm/ v-LAN-dig-m; July [--] [----] June [--] 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-07-05T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Rocket Takes Off Horizontally Devastates Village Last Moments Many Chinese launch centres are situated inland which has sometimes been disastrous for the people living in the area. "Intelsat [---] was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on [--] February [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-06-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"1950s Game Shows Were LAWLESS Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2024-02-16T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 584.8K engagements
"What Happened to the Crew of This Train Last Moments 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"
YouTube Link 2022-04-01T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 6.9M engagements
"USMC Jet Crashes Cable Car Last Moments 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 [--] [----] near the Italian town of Cavalese a ski resort in the Dolomites some [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-05-06T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 745.2K engagements
"From Space to Jail: NASA's Craziest Story Tales From the Bottle 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 (ne Caputo; born May [--] 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 [--] in [----] qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July"
YouTube Link 2024-02-09T21:41Z 1.1M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Britain's Controversial TV Licence Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2023-12-15T22:29Z 1.1M followers, 427.5K engagements
"Diver Records Doom Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=X-6HeB1olp8 What's it like to see through the eyes of a man looking at death "David John Shaw (20 July [----] [--] 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 [----] until his death in [----]. 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"
YouTube Link 2023-11-15T19:30Z 1.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Why Do NASCAR Cars Have FAKE Lights Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] and his son Jim France has been the CEO since August [----]. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach Florida. Each year NASCAR sanctions over [----] races at over [---] tracks in [--] US states as well as in Canada Mexico and"
YouTube Link 2023-10-24T02:33Z 1M followers, 388K engagements
"British Man Defrauds Iraq For Millions Tales From the Bottle Can one man scam a government out of millions Yes - but at what cost "The ADE [---] 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$60000 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"
YouTube Link 2021-09-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"The World's Unluckiest Lottery Ticket Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2023-12-08T22:12Z 1.2M followers, 386.7K engagements
"Can This Water REALLY Turn Frogs Gay In [----] 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 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:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-25T19:00Z 1.1M followers, 25.1K engagements
"Rampaging Driver Films High-Speed Crash Last Moments 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"
YouTube Link 2023-02-03T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 1M engagements
"Galaxies to Fill You With Existential Dread 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 () literally 'milky' a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. Galaxies averaging an estimated [---] million stars3 range in size from dwarfs with less than a hundred million stars to the largest galaxies known supergiants with one hundred trillion stars4 each orbiting its"
YouTube Link 2023-06-16T20:15Z 1.2M followers, 195.5K engagements
"The Conspiracy Theorist Who Predicted His Own Death Tales From the Bottle He made a lot of predictions some came true some yet to be seen but one cost him everything. "Milton William "Bill" Cooper (May [--] [----] November [--] 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist radio broadcaster and author known for his [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-10-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.1M engagements
"I Asked an AI to Show Me Hell (And It Terrified Me) 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"
YouTube Link 2022-09-23T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.7M engagements
"Private Jet Stops Responding Changes Course Last Moments This jet hasn't responded to radio or made any movement for hours - what can be done about this "On October [--] [----] a chartered Learjet [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-06-09T20:00Z 1.1M followers, 564.4K engagements
"The Peculiar Medical Condition We Don't Understand Enigma Files 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"
YouTube Link 2024-03-01T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 382.7K engagements
"Did This Train Driver Deserve the Death Penalty Last Moments This train driver's carelessness cost many lives but did he deserve the death penalty "In the early morning of [--] February [----] in Cairo's main train station Ramses Station a locomotive hit the buffers at the end of the track at platform [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-03-10T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 309.4K engagements
"The Only People to Die in Space Last Moments A video looking at the tragic fate of the only people to ever perish in the vacuum of space. "Soyuz [--] (Russian: [--] Union 11) was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station Salyut [--] (Soyuz [--] 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 [--] June [----] and departed on [--] June. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for reentry killing the three-man crew. The"
YouTube Link 2020-01-12T15:26Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Euthanising the Wrong Person Tales From the Bottle 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: lit. 'good death': eu 'well good' + 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"
YouTube Link 2024-04-05T20:01Z 1.2M followers, 407.4K engagements
"News Chopper Gets Distracted Crashes on Live TV Last Moments While following a police chase the Channel [--] news helicopter pilot seemingly got distracted by the drama on the ground and paid for it with his life. "On July [--] [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-09-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5M engagements
"Artist With Alzheimer's Disease Draws Himself as Condition Progresses 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 [----]. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from [----] to [----] and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 1957-58. In [----] he settled in London where he met and married the art historian Patricia Redmond. In [----] he received his first"
YouTube Link 2021-02-26T21:00Z 1.1M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Tower Bridge Fighter Jet Incident Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] April [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-11-26T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"Artist With Alzheimer's Disease Draws Himself as Condition Progresses Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=wC-EjPLW9fI 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 [----]. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from [----] to [----] and on the G.I. bill at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford in 1957-58. In [----] he settled in London where he met and married the"
YouTube Link 2023-11-08T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 45.3K engagements
"The Only Ghost Story PROVEN To Be True Enigma Files The Green Man was spotted by multiple people travelling State Route [---] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-08-16T20:20Z 1.2M followers, 445.1K engagements
"The 1960s Terrifying Method to Board a Flying Plane Tales From the Bottle The Fulton Skyhook was a less-than-pleasant method to travel from ground to airborne plane. It's as impressive and terrifying as you would imagine. "The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) also known as Skyhook is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon with an"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T00:55Z 1.2M followers, 373.1K engagements
"WWII's Paratrooper Chicken Tales From the Bottle This chicken did more for the world than you likely ever will. Thank you for your service chicken. "Over the summer of [----] Lt. Pat Glover and some of his fellow soldiers of the British 1st Airborne Division had a short debate among themselves over whether or not chickens could fly. Glover took it upon himself to prove that they could obtained a chicken which he named Myrtle and began to bring her along during his paratrooper training jumps in a haversack. On the first jump he released Myrtle at a height of [--] feet and she performed a safe"
YouTube Link 2025-04-18T23:44Z 1.2M followers, 224.3K engagements
"Student Gets Law Changed to Give Him a Better Grade Tales From the Bottle Never get on the bad side of someone who is willing to dedicate years of their life to the most inane and trivial matters. "The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred. It is the most recently adopted amendment but was one of the first proposed. The 1st"
YouTube Link 2024-12-20T22:03Z 1.2M followers, 272.1K engagements
"The Deadman's Switch Hostage Crisis Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] in Cokeville Wyoming United States when former town marshal David Young [--] and his wife Doris Young [--] took [---] children and [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-07-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Last Moments caught on camera Last Moments Caught on Camera: A look at chilling stories of untimely demises. Check the 'Last Moments' playlist on my channel for more"
YouTube Link 2024-09-09T14:06Z 1.2M followers, 17.9K engagements
"The Legendary Exploits of Bum Farto Tales From the Bottle If your name was Bum Farto would you try to keep a low profile or would you make sure history would remember the name Bum Farto "Joseph "Bum" Farto (July [--] [----] January [--] 1986) was a fire chief and convicted drug dealer in Key West Florida who disappeared in [----]. He was one of several politically connected Key West individuals arrested as part of a sting operation known as Operation Conch. Farto disappeared shortly after his conviction and was declared dead in absentia in [----]. His life and disappearance has been the subject of a 2020"
YouTube Link 2025-03-07T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 765.5K engagements
"The Miracle Material Behind the Largest Ship Ever Tales From the Bottle The biggest ship in history Made from an unusual and obscure building material How'd that go "Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete a mixture of wood pulp and ice for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. The plan was to create what would have been the largest ship ever at [---] metres (1969 ft) long which would have been much bigger"
YouTube Link 2025-06-20T22:32Z 1.2M followers, 221.9K engagements
"The True Power of Russia's Tsunami Bomb Mankind has reached a point in its destructive capabilities that it is literally beyond our comprehension. So what is it we really have to fear "The Poseidon (Russian: "Poseidon" GRAU index 2M39 NATO reporting name Kanyon) previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (Russian: -6) is an autonomous nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle reportedly in production by Rubin Design Bureau capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear warheads. The Poseidon is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons announced by Russian President Vladimir"
YouTube Link 2024-12-13T23:18Z 1.2M followers, 356.2K engagements
"The tale of the KILLDOZER '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 [--] [----] June [--] 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 [--] [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2024-09-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 16.7K engagements
"The Ironic Punishment of the World's Worst Bank Robber Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2024-11-08T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 261.9K engagements
"World Cup Mistake Gets Player Killed Last Moments A mistake in the [----] World Cup ended up getting a player killed just a week later. "Andrs Escobar Saldarriaga; [--] March [----] [--] July 1994) was a Colombian footballer who played as a defender. He played for Atltico 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 [--] July [----] Escobar was murdered in the aftermath of the [----] FIFA World Cup reportedly as retaliation for having scored an own goal which contributed to the team's elimination from"
YouTube Link 2022-12-09T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.7M engagements
"Why the US Government Hoards Millions of Cheese Wheels in Underground Caves 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"
YouTube Link 2022-09-30T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 595.7K engagements
"Why Do We Have Leap Years #shorts A Question You've Never Asked (But Want the Answers To) Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=GhxvBL85Pig 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.phpid=100091768766293 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qxiryt/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qxiryt Discord:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-21T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 13.4K engagements
"Why Is the V-Sign ONLY Offensive in Certain Countries Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2022-11-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 325.4K engagements
"You Can Become a Billionaire by Exploiting This Man Tales From the Bottle Today we hello this is a description "In [----] Welsh computer engineer James Howells mistakenly disposed of a laptop hard drive containing the private key for [----] Bitcoin in the Docksway landfill in Newport Wales. Howells subsequently assembled a team of specialists and secured funding to excavate the site but Newport City Council refused permission citing the cost and environmental impact of the search. If the coins are discovered Howells proposes distributing 30% of the proceedings among the council and the population"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T22:35Z 1.2M followers, 266.8K engagements
"Ancient Rome's Sea Beast Problem Tales From the Bottle Byzantine historian Procopius documented many details from the empire's numerous wars but he also mentions something that modern historians can't quite figure out. "Porphyrios is mentioned in the writings of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius both in the History of the Wars (VII 29) and The Secret History. According to Procopius Porphyrios measured [----] meters (45 ft) long and [---] meters (15 ft) wide. Whales were not well understood in antiquity or in the Middle Ages and were often seen simply as great monsters. It is not"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 120.2K engagements
"Is This History's WORST or BEST Book Tales From the Bottle 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 [--------] in Lww (Lviv); the second edition was updated and expanded in [--------]. 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"
YouTube Link 2024-08-02T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 480.9K engagements
"WWII Soldier Fought Until [----] Tales From the Bottle 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: Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo [--] March [----] [--] 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 [----]. After the war ended Onoda spent [--] years hiding out in the Philippines until his former commander travelled from Japan to formally relieve him from duty by order of"
YouTube Link 2020-12-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 740.4K engagements
"How to Enjoy Cannibalism Legally Tales From the Bottle 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."
YouTube Link 2024-09-20T20:20Z 1.2M followers, 270.7K engagements
"The Bank Heist Origins of Stockholm Syndrome Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] and was the first criminal event in Sweden to be covered by live television. Jan-Erik"
YouTube Link 2021-02-12T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"How President Bush Trolled a Drug Dealer With NO MERCY Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] November [--] 2018) was an American politician diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from [----] to [----]. A member of the Republican Party he also served as the 43rd vice president from [----] to [----] under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions. Born into a wealthy established family in"
YouTube Link 2024-09-13T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 425.3K engagements
"The Horror of Methanol Fires Last Moments 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"
YouTube Link 2023-03-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.8M engagements
"The Horrific Story of Mary the Elephant Tales From the Bottle Elephants are beautiful intelligent and sensitive creatures but they also possess a size and strength that makes it advisable not to provoke them. "Mary (c. 1894September [--] 1916) also known as "Murderous Mary" was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter Red Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September [----] in Kingsport Tennessee she was hanged in nearby Erwin." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(elephant) Join membership:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-25T20:58Z 1.2M followers, 204.2K engagements
"Why Brazilian Men Don't Celebrate Their 24th Birthday Tales From the Bottle Hilariously in Brazil the number [--] 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 [----] 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 [--] of the [--] states of Brazil plus the Federal District and"
YouTube Link 2021-03-19T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 414K engagements
"The "Smiley Face" Bomber Tales From the Bottle Why would someone plant bombs across the country in the shape of a smiley face "Lucas John "Luke" Helder (born May [--] 1981) also known as the Midwest Pipe Bomber is an American domestic terrorist and former University of WisconsinStout student from Pine Island Minnesota. He was arrested in [----] as a suspect in pipe bombings in mailboxes which injured several people. In [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-05-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 778.2K engagements
"The Bizarre Deception of Hitler's Diaries Tales From the Bottle 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-Tagebcher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler but forged by Konrad Kujau between [----] and [----]. The diaries were purchased in [----] for [---] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-03-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"The [---] Million Yen Robbery Was Stupidly Perfect Tales From the Bottle Ever hear the saying; "if it sounds dumb but it works it ain't dumb" "On the morning of December [--] [----] four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (Nippon Trust Bank) were transporting [---------] yen (about US$817520 at [----] 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 [---] meters from its destination in a street next to"
YouTube Link 2023-09-01T20:06Z 1.2M followers, 406.2K engagements
"Do Billionaires Pay Ransom Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] June [--] 1976) known widely as J. Paul Getty was an American-born British petrol-industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in [----] and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis he was the son of pioneer oilman George Getty. In [----] Fortune magazine named him the richest living American while the [----] Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's"
YouTube Link 2021-09-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 745.4K engagements
"The Joke That Corrupted Europe's Currency 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 [--] out of the [--] member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or officially the euro area and includes about [---] million citizens as of [----]. The euro is divided into [---] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-09-16T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"The Incident That Made the Mona Lisa So Famous Tales From the Bottle You know the Mona Lisa but do you know WHY you know the Mona Lisa "Vincenzo Peruggia (8 October [----] [--] October 1925) was an Italian museum worker artist and thief most famous for stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris on [--] 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:"
YouTube Link 2023-02-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 301.6K engagements
"Irish People TERRIFIED of Fairies Televised ireann Beautiful archive footage of Irish people freaking out about fairies. Yes the mythological creature. Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=4zIWizf_FOg Clip 2: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=GIN5aTyy5MA&t=36s 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/ ireland irish fairies faeries fairy"
YouTube Link 2021-06-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 818.4K engagements
"Why Pepsi Had its Own Military Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-04-10T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 639.7K engagements
"Fanta's Regrettable Origins Tales From the Bottle 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 [---] flavors worldwide. Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola alternative in [----] due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany which affected the availability of Coca-Cola"
YouTube Link 2022-10-07T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 507.1K engagements
"The Tragedy We Don't Understand Enigma Files We only know how this story ended and it doesn't seem to have been a happy story. "In [----] five boys hunting for rabbits found a set of [--] miniature coffins containing small wooden figures in a cave on the crags of Arthur's Seat. The purpose has remained a mystery ever since the discovery. A strong contemporary belief was that they were made for witchcraft though more recently it has been suggested that they might be connected with the murders committed by Burke and Hare in [----]. There were [--] known victims of the serial-killers plus the first"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 239.9K engagements
"How the $100 Bill Prevents Counterfeiting And How Its Counterfeited Anyway Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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."
YouTube Link 2023-02-24T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 538.5K engagements
"Is This the Most EVIL Figurine in History Tales From the Bottle The pooper looks pretty funny but is this figurine comedy or tragedy "A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: kne) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra Valencia Balearic Islands and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most popular and widespread in these areas but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia) Portugal and Southern Italy (Naples). The name "El Caganer" literally means "the pooper". Traditionally the figurine is"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 192.9K engagements
"Testing the Law Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2024-10-04T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 482.3K engagements
"The Unhinged World of DIY Guns Tales From the Bottle Who needs a precisely machined firearm The ammunition is where all the magic happens anyways. "Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns pipe guns or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials."
YouTube Link 2025-11-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 855.8K engagements
"Venezuelan Navy Attacks Cruise Ship Loses Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] March RCGS Resolute was accused of committing an act of "aggression and piracy" by intentionally ramming and sinking Naiguat 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 [--] all of which were rescued by other Venezuelan vessels. An"
YouTube Link 2023-07-28T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.4M engagements
"The Most Grim Forms of Kamikaze Attacks Tales From the Bottle Even in the small chance you'll succeed in your mission you'll never know. "During World War II Japanese Special Attack Units ( tokubetsu kgeki tai often abbreviated to tokktai) also called shimbu-tai were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for doomed missions. They included kamikaze aircraft fukuryu frogmen and several types of boats and submarines. Weapons similar in effect to these self-destructing weapons are used today by modern militaries though as drones or otherwise"
YouTube Link 2025-05-17T01:42Z 1.2M followers, 450.4K engagements
"The First Bank Robber to Discover Crazy Trick Tales From the Bottle This bank robbery was the first of its kind - and in all likelihood the last. "On January [--] [----] McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. At 2:47 p.m. at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank one of them stuck up the teller with a semi-automatic handgun while the other waited in line. They left together after obtaining US$5200 (equivalent to $10730 in 2024). The other robbery took place at Fidelity Savings Bank in Brighton Heights. Neither robber wore a mask or"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 380K engagements
"The Soviet Union's "SHOCK" Workers Tales From the Bottle Productivity down Send for the Udarniks The Soviet Bloc's most committed diligent and industrious workers. "In the terminology of the Soviet Union the Eastern Bloc and other communist countries an udarnik (/udrnk/ plural udarniks or udarniki; Russian: IPA: darnk) also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades3 or a shock labor team) is a high productivity worker. It derived from the expression "udarny trud" for "superproductive enthusiastic labor"." More on Wikipedia:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-30T20:27Z 1.2M followers, 463.6K engagements
"Soldier OD's on Meth Has Crazy Adventure Tales From the Bottle Some had more fun during history's deadliest conflict than others. "Koivunen was assigned to a ski patrol on [--] April [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2020-09-04T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5.4M engagements
"The Many Design Flaws of the Atomic Landmine Tales From the Bottle Was the nuclear mine a good idea Maybe but its development revealed some issues. "Blue Peacock was designed after the free-falling Blue Danube and weighed [---] long tons (7300 kg). A total of two firing units were built: the casing and the warhead. Due to its large steel casing it had to be tested outdoors in a flooded gravel pit near Sevenoaks in Kent. Since the bomb would be unattended anti-tampering devices were also used. The casing was pressurized and pressure and tilt switches were added. The warhead could be detonated"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T20:38Z 1.2M followers, 332.6K engagements
"The License Plate Trick and Its Disastrous Consequences Tales From the Bottle Who knew a vanity license plate could cause so much trouble "In each of the [--] U.S. states and the District of Columbia motorists are given the option of extra-cost vanity plates (also known as personalized or prestige plates) which are license plates with a custom serial (sequence of letters and/or numbers). Generally vanity plates may not contain profane or obscene messages although standards as to what constitutes an unacceptable message vary widely among issuing jurisdictions. Namely the state of Maine has no"
YouTube Link 2025-01-31T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 378.4K engagements
"Why New Zealand Fired its Official Wizard Tales From the Bottle This country had an official wizard for decades then they fired him. "In [----] the Wizard migrated to Christchurch in New Zealand and began to speak on a ladder in Cathedral Square. The city council attempted to have him arrested but he became so popular that they made the square a public speaking area. Wearing his costume as a false prophet of the Church of England or his wizard's pointy hat he has spoken there at lunchtimes in the summer months. He confronted Telecom over the colour of public telephone boxes played for the local"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 299.9K engagements
"Spider Sabotage in the Automobile Industry Tales From the Bottle Spiders In MY fuel line It's more likely than you might think "On March [--] [----] around [-----] Mazda6 vehicles from the [------] model years were recalled in the United States with another [-----] in Canada Mexico and Puerto Rico after it was found that Yellow Sac Spiders were building nests in the fuel line of the vehicles. The Mazda6 has two pipes coming from its gas tank an extremely rare configuration. The amount of gasoline vapor in the fuel line is just strong enough to draw the spider in but not strong enough to kill it. On"
YouTube Link 2024-11-22T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 269K engagements
"Strange Terrifying Helmets From History Tales From the Bottle There are many surviving examples from history of the "grotesque" helmet - but who made them and why "The horned helmet of Henry VIII (more properly called the parade armet) is the surviving part of a full suit of armour made by Konrad Seusenhofer between [----] and [----]. The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to the English king Henry VIII following their alliance in the War of the League of Cambrai. The suit was elaborate and intended for display at tournament parades. It is unclear who was the intended"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T20:29Z 1.2M followers, 302.1K engagements
"Insane Irish Priest Ruins Life (Worse Than You Think) Tales From the Bottle Today we take a look at the many incidents of notorious Irish former priest Neil Horan. "Cornelius "Neil" Horan sometimes referred to as The Grand Prix Priest The Dancing Priest or The Armageddon Priest (born [--] April 1947) is a laicised Irish former Roman Catholic priest who is noted for his interference with the running of the [----] British Grand Prix and the [----] Summer Olympics men's marathon in order to promote his religious belief that the end times are near. He was arrested and spent some time in jail in Germany"
YouTube Link 2025-03-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 471.7K engagements
"They Changed the Name (It's Still Funny) This village was forced to change their name due to unruly English-speaking tourists. Thankfully the new name is still funny. "Fugging spelt Fucking until [----] is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is [--] km (21 mi) north of Salzburg and [--] km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river which forms part of the German border. Despite a population of only [---] in [----] the village has drawn attention in the English-speaking world for its former name which was spelled the same as an inflected"
YouTube Link 2023-02-08T19:06Z 1.2M followers, 676.7K engagements
"Drugs & Guns: Rainbow Farm's Last Stand Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----]. 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 [----] through [----]. The operation ended with the burning down of"
YouTube Link 2022-07-29T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 747.1K engagements
"BURNING River of Whiskey Too Much to Resist [--] Killed Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] in the Liberties area of Dublin City. It lasted a single night but killed [--] people and resulted in [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-05-28T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 724.4K engagements
"History's Most Crucified Man (Is Still Alive) Tales From the Bottle This man has been crucified an astonishing number of times but he's still alive "The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites are a re-enactment of Christs Passion and crucifixion held in Barangay San Pedro Cutud San Fernando Pampanga. It includes a passion play culminating in the actual nailing of at least three penitents to wooden crosses atop a makeshift Calvary. Ruben Enaje has been crucified [--] times as of [----]. He began his yearly rite after surviving a fall from a three-story billboard in [----]. Other penitents crucified with Enaje"
YouTube Link 2025-02-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 206.8K engagements
"The WORST Inflation in History Tales From the Bottle What could you buy with this SEXTILLION banknote Well not much as it turns out. "The peng (Hungarian: p; sometimes written as pengo or pengoe in English) was the currency of Hungary between [--] January [----] when it replaced the korona and [--] July [----] when it was replaced by the forint. The peng was subdivided into [---] fillr. Although the introduction of the peng was part of a post-World War I stabilisation program the currency survived for only [--] years and experienced the most serious case of hyperinflation ever recorded." More on"
YouTube Link 2022-11-25T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1M engagements
"People Who HATED Their Portraits Tales From the Bottle 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"
YouTube Link 2024-10-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 214.1K engagements
"Skydiver FORGETS Parachute Films Fatal Fall Last Moments 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:"
YouTube Link 2024-01-05T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Diver Records Doom Last Moments What's it like to see through the eyes of a man looking at death "David John Shaw (20 July [----] [--] 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 [----] until his death in [----]. 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 [--] January 2005"
YouTube Link 2020-04-24T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 5.2M engagements
"UNBROKEN: The Curse of the Colonel Tales From the Bottle In [----] 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 ( Kneru Sandsu 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 Dtonbori"
YouTube Link 2019-04-22T19:36Z 1.2M followers, 646.1K engagements
"Meth Addict Steals Tank Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] May [--] 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 [--] 1995; he destroyed numerous cars fire hydrants and an RV before being shot and killed by a policeman." More on Wikipedia:"
YouTube Link 2020-11-20T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 884.8K engagements
"Were Ancient People Funny (Or Just Weird) Tales From the Bottle How far has comedy come since the ancient days of early civilisation You'd be surprised "Although the Philogelos is the oldest surviving joke book there are known to be prior joke books that have since become lost. Athenaeus wrote in the Deipnosophistae that Philip II of Macedon paid for a social club in Athens to write down its members' jokes for him and joke books are mentioned by characters in Persa and Stichus two comedies by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Plautus. Authorship of the Philogelos is traditionally attributed"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 308.7K engagements
"Mascot Sends Mentally Ill Man Over the Edge Tales From the Bottle This fast food mascot had an "unhinged" personality and an unfortunate name - which was too much for one mentally unwell man to handle. "On January [--] [----] Kenneth Lamar Noid a mentally ill man who believed that the "Avoid the Noid" campaign was personally directed towards him and was antagonizing him entered a Domino's restaurant in Chamblee Georgia. Armed with a .357 Magnum Noid then held two employees hostage for over five hours. After ranting to the employees that the then-owner of Domino's Tom Monaghan was fraudulent and"
YouTube Link 2025-01-10T21:31Z 1.2M followers, 347K engagements
"The Weaponisation of Horror Tales From the Bottle Why kill your enemy when you can terrify him and then kill him "Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It was an attempt to increase desertions and defections from Vit Cng forces and weaken their morale. It was also to coerce the Vit Cng forces into leaving and going home weakening their numbers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 190.9K engagements
"China's Insane Battles With India Tales From the Bottle You and your enemy both have nukes - so maybe it's a good idea to just use sticks when you fight. "The SinoIndian border dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute over the sovereignty of two relatively large and several smaller separated pieces of territory between China and India. The territorial disputes between the two countries result from the historical consequences of colonialism in Asia and the lack of clear historical boundary demarcations. The first of the territories Aksai Chin is administered by China and claimed by India; it"
YouTube Link 2024-10-11T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 256.3K engagements
"Pepsi's Fighter Jet Was a Legal Disaster Tales From the Bottle Who thought this was a good idea even as a joke "Leonard v. Pepsico Inc. [--] F. Supp. 2d [---] (S.D.N.Y. 1999) aff'd [---] F.3d [--] (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 [----] in which the plaintiff John Leonard sued PepsiCo Inc. in an effort to enforce an "offer" to redeem [-------] 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"
YouTube Link 2022-02-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"FBI vs Un-Defuseable Bomb Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] [----] when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing [----] 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"
YouTube Link 2021-12-18T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 4.6M engagements
"Yoink: How the US Brazenly Stole the Soviet Unions Best Helicopter Tales From the Bottle How do you steal a helicopter With another helicopter of course "On [--] May the order was given to proceed. An advance party arrived on [--] May at N'Djamena the capital city of Chad. In the second week of June a single C-5 Galaxy flew directly from Fort Campbell Kentucky to N'Djamena International Airport carrying both the MH-47's that were to be used and over sixty personnel. Only one helicopter would be needed; the second was to be a backup in case of technical problems. The transport aircraft landed at"
YouTube Link 2025-04-11T20:45Z 1.2M followers, 595.8K engagements
"Worlds Loneliest Existence Caught on Camera Tales From the Bottle Rolling cameras stumble across the world's loneliest man hidden from the world for decades but did he want to be found "The Man of the Hole (c. 1960s c. July 2022) or the Tanaru Indian was an Indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondnia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory a protected Indigenous territory demarcated by the Brazilian government in [----]. It is not known what language the Man of the Hole spoke what his people called themselves or what his"
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 456.3K engagements
"Gay Bomb What Were the US Military Thinking In [----] 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 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:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-16T19:00Z 1.2M followers, 169.6K engagements
"The Life Death and Resurrection of Lawnchair Larry Tales From the Bottle 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 [--] [----] Larry Walters made a 45-minute flight in a homemade airship made of an ordinary patio chair and [--] helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of over [-----] feet (4600 m) and floated from the point of takeoff in San Pedro California into and violating controlled airspace"
YouTube Link 2020-03-14T20:15Z 1.2M followers, 834.3K engagements
"HEAR the Sound of Ancient Pharaohs 3000-Year-Old Trumpets Tales From the Bottle Incredibly these trumpets survived over [----] years - more incredibly; some madmen decided to play them to hear what they sound like. "Tutankhamun's trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets one of sterling silver and one of bronze or copper are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in [----] by Howard Carter during the excavation of"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 116.2K engagements
"Homeless Man Hilariously Makes a Living From Tourist Attraction Tales From the Bottle Genius or deranged This man made a living from a fountain for over four decades completely unauthorised. "The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome Italy designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in [----] and several others. Standing [----] metres (86 ft) high and [-----] metres (161.3 ft) wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world." More on Wikipedia:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 84.5K engagements
"The Nobel Prize Winners With Crazy Theories Tales From the Bottle These men have contributed so greatly to their area of study that they have significantly advanced human progress so why does everyone laugh when they start talking about their other ideas "Nobel disease or Nobelitis is an informal term for the embrace of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners usually later in life. It has been argued that the effect results in part from a tendency for Nobel winners to feel empowered by the award to speak on topics outside their specific area of expertise although"
YouTube Link 2025-02-28T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 254.2K engagements
"How Are Runaway Trains Stopped Tales From the Bottle 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 [----] 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 [--] [----]. Locomotive #8888 an EMD SD40-2 was pulling a train of [--] cars including some loaded with hazardous chemicals and ran uncontrolled for two hours at up to [--] kilometers"
YouTube Link 2020-05-29T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.3M engagements
"This Ancient Chinese Poem is a Machine Tales From the Bottle This 1600-year-old poem has never been replicated in English because it would be virtually impossible. "The Star Gauge (Chinese: ; pinyin: xun j t) or translated as "the armillary sphere chart" is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Chinese poem written by the Sixteen Kingdoms poet Su Hui for her husband. It consists of a [--] by [--] grid of characters forming a reversible poem that can be read in different ways to form roughly [----] smaller rhyming poems. The outer border forms a single circular poem thought to be both the"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T21:03Z 1.2M followers, 299.5K engagements
"DO NOT Mess with the Paddington Bear Bench Tales From the Bottle The British are very serious about Paddington Bear - not even members of the armed forces are shown mercy when it comes to Paddington. "Paddington Bear is among the most popular characters in children's literature. The actor Stephen Fry who narrated Paddington audiobooks stated "Michael Bond's bear is a Great British icon with his charm humour spirit of adventure and generosity". Devan Coggan writing for Entertainment Weekly saw a similarity between Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh referring to them as two "extremely polite"
YouTube Link 2025-11-28T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 197.6K engagements
"Bird Wreaks Havoc on Dominoes World Record Attempt Tales From the Bottle A domino world record expo is no place for a wild sparrow but this sparrow cared not. "The domino sparrow (Dutch: dominomus) was a house sparrow (Passer domesticus) that was shot and killed by a hunter from the company Duke Faunabeheer in the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden Netherlands during preparations for Domino Day on [--] November [----]. With only four days to go until Domino Day [----] the bird flew into the building and landed on several domino bricks eventually causing [-----] of them (out of [---] million) to fall."
YouTube Link 2025-01-24T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 297.4K engagements
"Simple but Brilliant: Is This the Greatest Modern Invention Tales From the Bottle Over [--] 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 Socit Bic of Clichy Hauts-de-Seine France. It was introduced in [----] and is the best-selling pen in the world with the [---] billionth sold in September [----]. It has become the archetypal ballpoint pen and is considered ubiquitous to the extent that the"
YouTube Link 2024-08-23T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 965.8K engagements
"The Unlawful Activities of Batman bin Suparman Tales From the Bottle What's the cost for having a great name Batman bin Suparman knows all too well. "Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over [-----] islands in the Indonesian archipelago. The world's fourth most populous country Indonesia is home to numerous ethnic groups each with their own culture custom and language. The naming customs by no means are consistent and may differ by ethnic group. For example most western Indonesians do not have surnames (exceptions: Bataks Nias Mentawai"
YouTube Link 2025-03-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Massive Crane Kills Iron Workers Last Moments Negligence in the operation of a machine this size can only spell disaster. "On July [--] [----] 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 [---] tonnes (440 long tons; [---] short tons) on the hook. Three Iron Workers Local [--] 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"
YouTube Link 2023-11-17T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"A Brief History of the Goat Tower Tales From the Bottle You may have seen a photo of the goat tower before but what really is it how did it come to exist and which came first; the goats or the tower "The first goat tower was built in Portugal in the 19th century and modeled on a garden folly. Known as Torre das Cabras (Tower of the Goats) it was built by Fernando Guedes da Silva da Fonseca (18711946) at Aveleda near Penafiel one of the oldest wineries in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal. The tower is three stories with stone walls and a rightward (climbing counter-clockwise) spiral wooden"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 99.9K engagements
"Homeless Man Hilariously Makes a Living From Tourist Attraction Tales From the Bottle Genius or deranged This man made a living from a fountain for over four decades completely unauthorised. "The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome Italy designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in [----] and several others. Standing [----] metres (86 ft) high and [-----] metres (161.3 ft) wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world." More on Wikipedia:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 84.5K engagements
"This Ancient Chinese Poem is a Machine Tales From the Bottle This 1600-year-old poem has never been replicated in English because it would be virtually impossible. "The Star Gauge (Chinese: ; pinyin: xun j t) or translated as "the armillary sphere chart" is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Chinese poem written by the Sixteen Kingdoms poet Su Hui for her husband. It consists of a [--] by [--] grid of characters forming a reversible poem that can be read in different ways to form roughly [----] smaller rhyming poems. The outer border forms a single circular poem thought to be both the"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T21:03Z 1.2M followers, 299.5K engagements
"HEAR the Sound of Ancient Pharaohs 3000-Year-Old Trumpets Tales From the Bottle Incredibly these trumpets survived over [----] years - more incredibly; some madmen decided to play them to hear what they sound like. "Tutankhamun's trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets one of sterling silver and one of bronze or copper are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in [----] by Howard Carter during the excavation of"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 116.2K engagements
"DO NOT Mess with the Paddington Bear Bench Tales From the Bottle The British are very serious about Paddington Bear - not even members of the armed forces are shown mercy when it comes to Paddington. "Paddington Bear is among the most popular characters in children's literature. The actor Stephen Fry who narrated Paddington audiobooks stated "Michael Bond's bear is a Great British icon with his charm humour spirit of adventure and generosity". Devan Coggan writing for Entertainment Weekly saw a similarity between Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh referring to them as two "extremely polite"
YouTube Link 2025-11-28T21:01Z 1.2M followers, 197.6K engagements
"Ancient Rome's Sea Beast Problem Tales From the Bottle Byzantine historian Procopius documented many details from the empire's numerous wars but he also mentions something that modern historians can't quite figure out. "Porphyrios is mentioned in the writings of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius both in the History of the Wars (VII 29) and The Secret History. According to Procopius Porphyrios measured [----] meters (45 ft) long and [---] meters (15 ft) wide. Whales were not well understood in antiquity or in the Middle Ages and were often seen simply as great monsters. It is not"
YouTube Link 2025-11-21T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 120.2K engagements
"The Unhinged World of DIY Guns Tales From the Bottle Who needs a precisely machined firearm The ammunition is where all the magic happens anyways. "Improvised firearms (sometimes called zip guns pipe guns or slam guns) are firearms manufactured by an entity other than a registered firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith. Improvised firearms are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. They range in quality from crude weapons that are as much a danger to the user as the target to high-quality arms produced by cottage industries using salvaged and repurposed materials."
YouTube Link 2025-11-14T21:00Z 1.2M followers, 855.8K engagements
"The First Bank Robber to Discover Crazy Trick Tales From the Bottle This bank robbery was the first of its kind - and in all likelihood the last. "On January [--] [----] McArthur Wheeler and Clifton Earl Johnson robbed two banks in the Greater Pittsburgh area at gunpoint. At 2:47 p.m. at the Swissvale branch of Mellon Bank one of them stuck up the teller with a semi-automatic handgun while the other waited in line. They left together after obtaining US$5200 (equivalent to $10730 in 2024). The other robbery took place at Fidelity Savings Bank in Brighton Heights. Neither robber wore a mask or"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 380K engagements
"Is This the Most EVIL Figurine in History Tales From the Bottle The pooper looks pretty funny but is this figurine comedy or tragedy "A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: kne) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas such as Andorra Valencia Balearic Islands and Northern Catalonia (in southern France). It is most popular and widespread in these areas but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia) Portugal and Southern Italy (Naples). The name "El Caganer" literally means "the pooper". Traditionally the figurine is"
YouTube Link 2025-10-03T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 192.9K engagements
"Why New Zealand Fired its Official Wizard Tales From the Bottle This country had an official wizard for decades then they fired him. "In [----] the Wizard migrated to Christchurch in New Zealand and began to speak on a ladder in Cathedral Square. The city council attempted to have him arrested but he became so popular that they made the square a public speaking area. Wearing his costume as a false prophet of the Church of England or his wizard's pointy hat he has spoken there at lunchtimes in the summer months. He confronted Telecom over the colour of public telephone boxes played for the local"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 299.9K engagements
"The Weaponisation of Horror Tales From the Bottle Why kill your enemy when you can terrify him and then kill him "Operation Wandering Soul was a propaganda campaign and psychological warfare effort exercised by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It was an attempt to increase desertions and defections from Vit Cng forces and weaken their morale. It was also to coerce the Vit Cng forces into leaving and going home weakening their numbers." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wandering_Soul Join membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHDQtN_vzFYJaq_Fx1eikg/join"
YouTube Link 2025-09-05T20:13Z 1.2M followers, 190.9K engagements
"Were Ancient People Funny (Or Just Weird) Tales From the Bottle How far has comedy come since the ancient days of early civilisation You'd be surprised "Although the Philogelos is the oldest surviving joke book there are known to be prior joke books that have since become lost. Athenaeus wrote in the Deipnosophistae that Philip II of Macedon paid for a social club in Athens to write down its members' jokes for him and joke books are mentioned by characters in Persa and Stichus two comedies by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Plautus. Authorship of the Philogelos is traditionally attributed"
YouTube Link 2025-08-22T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 308.7K engagements
"The Tragedy We Don't Understand Enigma Files We only know how this story ended and it doesn't seem to have been a happy story. "In [----] five boys hunting for rabbits found a set of [--] miniature coffins containing small wooden figures in a cave on the crags of Arthur's Seat. The purpose has remained a mystery ever since the discovery. A strong contemporary belief was that they were made for witchcraft though more recently it has been suggested that they might be connected with the murders committed by Burke and Hare in [----]. There were [--] known victims of the serial-killers plus the first"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 239.9K engagements
"Worlds Loneliest Existence Caught on Camera Tales From the Bottle Rolling cameras stumble across the world's loneliest man hidden from the world for decades but did he want to be found "The Man of the Hole (c. 1960s c. July 2022) or the Tanaru Indian was an Indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondnia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory a protected Indigenous territory demarcated by the Brazilian government in [----]. It is not known what language the Man of the Hole spoke what his people called themselves or what his"
YouTube Link 2025-07-25T20:00Z 1.2M followers, 456.3K engagements
"You Can Become a Billionaire by Exploiting This Man Tales From the Bottle Today we hello this is a description "In [----] Welsh computer engineer James Howells mistakenly disposed of a laptop hard drive containing the private key for [----] Bitcoin in the Docksway landfill in Newport Wales. Howells subsequently assembled a team of specialists and secured funding to excavate the site but Newport City Council refused permission citing the cost and environmental impact of the search. If the coins are discovered Howells proposes distributing 30% of the proceedings among the council and the population"
YouTube Link 2025-07-11T22:35Z 1.2M followers, 266.8K engagements
"Strange Terrifying Helmets From History Tales From the Bottle There are many surviving examples from history of the "grotesque" helmet - but who made them and why "The horned helmet of Henry VIII (more properly called the parade armet) is the surviving part of a full suit of armour made by Konrad Seusenhofer between [----] and [----]. The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to the English king Henry VIII following their alliance in the War of the League of Cambrai. The suit was elaborate and intended for display at tournament parades. It is unclear who was the intended"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T20:29Z 1.2M followers, 302.1K engagements
"The Miracle Material Behind the Largest Ship Ever Tales From the Bottle The biggest ship in history Made from an unusual and obscure building material How'd that go "Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete a mixture of wood pulp and ice for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. The plan was to create what would have been the largest ship ever at [---] metres (1969 ft) long which would have been much bigger"
YouTube Link 2025-06-20T22:32Z 1.2M followers, 221.9K engagements
"The 1960s Terrifying Method to Board a Flying Plane Tales From the Bottle The Fulton Skyhook was a less-than-pleasant method to travel from ground to airborne plane. It's as impressive and terrifying as you would imagine. "The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) also known as Skyhook is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon with an"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T00:55Z 1.2M followers, 373.1K engagements
"The Soviet Union's "SHOCK" Workers Tales From the Bottle Productivity down Send for the Udarniks The Soviet Bloc's most committed diligent and industrious workers. "In the terminology of the Soviet Union the Eastern Bloc and other communist countries an udarnik (/udrnk/ plural udarniks or udarniki; Russian: IPA: darnk) also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades3 or a shock labor team) is a high productivity worker. It derived from the expression "udarny trud" for "superproductive enthusiastic labor"." More on Wikipedia:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-30T20:27Z 1.2M followers, 463.6K engagements
"Evolution's Strangest Tactic Tales From the Bottle If natural selection favours traits that increase an organism's ability to survive how did self-destruction evolve as one of these traits "Autothysis (from the Greek roots autos- "self" and thysia "sacrifice") or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in [----] to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles"
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T21:13Z 1.2M followers, 638.3K engagements
"The Most Grim Forms of Kamikaze Attacks Tales From the Bottle Even in the small chance you'll succeed in your mission you'll never know. "During World War II Japanese Special Attack Units ( tokubetsu kgeki tai often abbreviated to tokktai) also called shimbu-tai were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army normally used for doomed missions. They included kamikaze aircraft fukuryu frogmen and several types of boats and submarines. Weapons similar in effect to these self-destructing weapons are used today by modern militaries though as drones or otherwise"
YouTube Link 2025-05-17T01:42Z 1.2M followers, 450.4K engagements
"The Many Design Flaws of the Atomic Landmine Tales From the Bottle Was the nuclear mine a good idea Maybe but its development revealed some issues. "Blue Peacock was designed after the free-falling Blue Danube and weighed [---] long tons (7300 kg). A total of two firing units were built: the casing and the warhead. Due to its large steel casing it had to be tested outdoors in a flooded gravel pit near Sevenoaks in Kent. Since the bomb would be unattended anti-tampering devices were also used. The casing was pressurized and pressure and tilt switches were added. The warhead could be detonated"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T20:38Z 1.2M followers, 332.6K engagements
"The Horrific Story of Mary the Elephant Tales From the Bottle Elephants are beautiful intelligent and sensitive creatures but they also possess a size and strength that makes it advisable not to provoke them. "Mary (c. 1894September [--] 1916) also known as "Murderous Mary" was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter Red Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September [----] in Kingsport Tennessee she was hanged in nearby Erwin." More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(elephant) Join membership:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-25T20:58Z 1.2M followers, 204.2K engagements
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