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The world is full of surprises, and sometimes the most amazing things are hidden in plain sight. Whether it's a priceless painting in a thrift store, a rare coin in a pocket change, or a fossil in a backyard, these incredible finds will make you want to explore the world and see what treasures you can uncover. In this video, we will share some of the most astonishing discoveries that people have made around the world, and how they changed their lives. #brightside #brightsideglobal TIMESTAMPS: 0:01 Wonders of Japan 2:32 Australia and its surprises 6:29 Wanna try a fermented shark? 09:21 Underwater structures discovered in Europe This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00Spotted in Japan, these private egg-like sleeping pods allow you to travel by overnight bus and stay in your
00:08own shell at the same time.
00:10Perfect choice for introverts, huh?
00:13Tokyo-based bus company Willer Express introduced this feature in 2020.
00:18Each bus has 18 spacious reclining seats with rests for feet and neck, foldable tables and holders for cups, bags
00:27and smartphones.
00:28And a blanket, of course.
00:30But what's even more important, each pod is equipped with electrical outlets to charge all your devices.
00:36There are three seats in a row.
00:39Can't wait to test these private pods on your own?
00:42You can book them on Willer's line of Reborn buses.
00:45The ticket price varies from around $100.
00:49And since we're visiting Japan, don't be surprised to find this device in one of the fast food restaurants.
00:55It's implemented in a sink to provide disinfecting for the customer's smartphones while they're washing their hands.
01:03This system, named Wash, W-O-S-H, was developed by the Japanese company WOTA.
01:10All you need to do is put your gadget inside this little opening.
01:14It will disappear for a while just like cash in an ATM.
01:17But unlike the money, your phone will actually come back to you safe and clean in just 30 seconds.
01:24Don't forget to take it out.
01:27But even if you forget your phone at the sink, there's a good chance that no one will steal it.
01:33Japan is famed as one of the most low-crime nations.
01:37One Reddit user posted a touching story that proves this claim.
01:40Here's a picture of her shopping bag dropped on the streets of Osaka.
01:45When she went back to look for it later that day, she saw the bag lying next to a tree,
01:50untouched.
01:52Apparently, someone carefully put it there so that the owner could pick up the lost things.
01:57Isn't it adorable?
01:59Another cool feature from Japan is spiral escalators.
02:03Japanese company Mitsubishi still remains the only manufacturer of these twisted staircases in the entire world.
02:10This one is installed at the front entrance of Mitsubishi Electric Inozawa Works.
02:17Spiral escalators smoothly go up and down in the shape of a semicircle,
02:22while the riders enjoy the panoramic view.
02:25But this is a fairly rare occurrence.
02:27There are only 91 of these staircases globally.
02:32Can you guess a country just by looking at this picture?
02:36Australia, of course!
02:38This epic shot was made at a camping ground.
02:42I wonder how this kangaroo is going to get out of the toilet.
02:45You see, these animals are not equipped to hop or move backwards because of their long feet and a large
02:52tail.
02:53This is one of the reasons why the kangaroo appears on the Australian coat of arms along with the emu.
02:59Neither animal can move backwards easily.
03:01That's why they were chosen as symbols of a nation that's always moving forward.
03:07And this is what Tasmanian lemons look like.
03:10No, they don't actually grow without skin.
03:13But the local possums took care of it.
03:15And they didn't even bother picking the lemons from the tree.
03:19One internet user spotted these guys in the garden and noticed that they only like lemon skin and leaves.
03:25This creates a great symbiosis because people usually use the insides of a lemon.
03:32And since we're walking among the woods, be aware of golden huntsman spiders because they love this habitat.
03:40The adult huntsman spiders have leg spans that can measure up to 6 inches.
03:45These creepy guys are members of the family Sporacidae.
03:49They receive this name thanks to their speed and mode of hunting.
03:53But they have one more title.
03:55Giant crab spiders.
03:57Because of their appearance and size.
03:59Although huntsman spiders are venomous and their bites can be painful to humans,
04:04usually they don't require any hospital treatment.
04:07Check this out.
04:09Can you guess the country where this thermometer picture was taken?
04:13Australia again.
04:15The highest temperature ever recorded in this country was 123 degrees Fahrenheit.
04:21But it's not a world record.
04:23The hottest day in history happened in 1913 in California.
04:27It reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
04:32And here's another bus feature for introverts.
04:35Some city buses in Finland have this thumbs up button to thank the driver when leaving.
04:41Too bad they don't have a thumbs down button for balance.
04:44What if the ride wasn't so nice?
04:47How about riding a Ferris wheel instead?
04:50In Finland, you can do it in a personal sauna gondola.
04:54The first sky sauna in the world began operation in 2016.
04:59Many tourists and locals have been enjoying this feature over the years.
05:03This little gondola allows you to enjoy the warmth of a real sauna while riding 131 feet off the ground
05:10and looking at the breathtaking view over Helsinki.
05:14After landing, the bathers can relax in a jacuzzi and take a shower afterwards.
05:20Of course, manufacturers had to be creative when it came to power sources in the gondola.
05:26As a result, they built a custom electric heater to provide constant energy supply.
05:32Did you know that kebab pizza is a national food of Sweden?
05:37Surprisingly, it's one of the most popular fast food dishes in the country.
05:41This pizza is topped with kebab meat and other ingredients such as tomato sauce, cheese, onion, peppers, and kebab sauce.
05:50The toppings may vary between restaurants, but in general, this meal combines both Italian and Turkish cuisine.
05:58It was invented by Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden.
06:02But the original creator of the kebab pizza is unknown as well as the precise time of its invention.
06:08But it's believed to appear in the 1980s when kebab and falafel restaurants began to open across Sweden.
06:16In some regions, it became common to offer both pizza and kebab.
06:21And at some point, someone got a genius idea to mix it all in one disgustingly delicious course.
06:28Please welcome another weird national dish, fermented shark, called hakarl.
06:35It's a traditional food in Iceland.
06:37Many people wonder why Icelanders eat it rotten, and the reason is quite simple.
06:42Otherwise, the Greenland shark is poisonous when fresh.
06:46The process of fermentation is rather long and complicated, but it helps to get rid of all the poisonous substances.
06:54The traditional method begins with placing the shark in a shallow hole dug in gravelly sand.
07:00The shark is then covered with sand and stones to press the fluids out of the body.
07:05The further fermentation process takes from 6 to 12 weeks, depending on the season.
07:11Then the shark is cut and hung to dry for several months.
07:15And after that, all you need to do is to remove the brown crust and cut the fatty shark paste
07:21into small pieces.
07:22Bon appetit!
07:25So, Peru has the highest sand dune on the planet, Cerro Blanco.
07:29Located in the arid Nazca region of southwest Peru, it's known as the Everest of the desert.
07:35It covers almost 4,000 feet from base to summit, and the view is absolutely stunning.
07:41This dune can be found near another curious feature, the Nazca Lines.
07:48Located in southern Peru, this group of geoglyphs was discovered etched into the desert sands.
07:54Geoglyphs are basically large-scale drawings made on the ground by arranging lines of stones.
07:59They had astronomical purposes and served as pilgrimage sites.
08:04Nazca Lines cover an area of nearly 190 square miles and include about 70 images of animals and plants,
08:12and more than 300 geometric figures.
08:15Some of them are 1,200 feet long.
08:18That's why the figures are most visible from the air or nearby hilltops.
08:24Scientists believe that the lines were drawn by the Nazca people, who flourished from around AD 1 to 700.
08:31And since we're talking about Instagram-friendly deserts, check this out.
08:36This isn't a prehistoric giant.
08:38It's a sculpture called Mano del Desierto, the desert hand in the middle of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
08:45A giant hand reaching for the sky has a base of iron and concrete.
08:50The sculpture is 36 feet tall and is located around 3,600 feet above sea level.
08:56It's the work of the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarazabal, inaugurated in 1992.
09:03The sculpture is known as a symbol of the human soul's vulnerability and its path through adversity to the stars.
09:10You can find it 46 miles south of the city of Antofagasta.
09:15Make epic shots and take a moment to reflect on your own path.
09:20Ever since Plato wrote about the allegory of Atlantis,
09:24humanity has been fascinated with the possibility of the discovery of a thriving underwater civilization.
09:32Fancy joining me on a trip to a few historic underwater sites?
09:36Let's see what we can find out about ancient civilizations.
09:41The first one on our list is what is being called the underwater stonehenge.
09:47Scientists have recently discovered a mysterious pile of cairns that stretch for miles under the shimmering waters of Lake Constance
09:55at the borders of Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
10:01Archaeologists began to explore the site back in 2015, and they haven't been able to understand yet what it was
10:07actually used for.
10:09What they do know is that there is a 12-mile line of 170 human-made stone cairns under Lake
10:17Constance.
10:19Scientists say this was most likely the result of a combined work of several villages.
10:24The cairns site was probably used for some collective purpose.
10:29The formations are huge.
10:31Some of them are several dozen feet wide.
10:34The most amazing discovery so far is that the site dates back to around 5,500 years ago.
10:42Now, what were we humans doing back then?
10:45We were living in the prime years of the so-called Stone Age.
10:49We were beginning to make artifacts from stone and use them to hunt and eat.
10:54Can you imagine what a knife and fork might have looked like back in those days?
11:00It's no coincidence that scientists call this site the underwater Stonehenge, though.
11:05Both sites are believed to have been built around the same period of time.
11:10You see, Stonehenge dates back to around 3,100 BCE.
11:15Both sites carry the distinct characteristic of stone monuments built in a circle.
11:20Not to mention the fact that scientists also haven't figured out why on Earth our early ancestors would feel the
11:28need to build a monument such as Stonehenge.
11:31Well, the mystery of Lake Constance hasn't been solved yet.
11:36Who were the Neolithic people from this area?
11:38And for what purpose did they go through such an amount of work and effort to build this huge stone
11:45site?
11:46Next, we're taking you on a tour of the Ryukyu Islands just off the coast of Japan.
11:52You're diving deep down to an archaeological site.
11:56But I should warn you, the waters of the Pacific Ocean are far from smooth.
12:01It doesn't take long before you see a huge structure, thanks to the sunlight shining down on the seabed.
12:09At first, it looks like Machu Picchu's ruins located across the globe in Peru.
12:15As you approach the site, you slowly figure out its forms.
12:19A pyramid-shaped structure, arches, staircases.
12:23It's something that could have easily been a palace or a castle.
12:26Could this be a sign of human activity?
12:31What you've just seen is known today as the Yonaguni Monument.
12:35It also goes by the name of Japan's Atlantis.
12:38The entire monument is about the size of five soccer fields and the height of a five-story building.
12:45Its most surprising feature is its expanse of terraces.
12:50Explorers and scientists believe that Yonaguni might be 10,000 years old.
12:55But whether it's a human-made structure or a natural formation is still under debate.
13:02For Japan's top marine geologist, Professor Masaki Kimura, Yonaguni is the heritage of a lost civilization.
13:11Kimura has dived to the bottom of the ocean to explore the ruins over 100 times over the past 10
13:18years.
13:18According to him, there are clear signs of human activity down there.
13:24On the monument's surface, there is a triangle-shaped concave that is a historical symbol of water fountains in the
13:32region.
13:33There is also a giant turtle carved on the eastern side of the structure.
13:38And, according to Kimura, turtles have an important cultural meaning.
13:42Several pieces of stone tools have been recovered from the site.
13:46Their estimated age is around 10,000 years.
13:51However, not all scientists support this theory.
13:55For many, Yonaguni is the result of thousands of years of erosion.
13:59The fact that the monument is composed of one massive rock leads them to believe it's not human-made.
14:07The defined edges and flat surfaces resemble a natural formation in Northern Ireland known as the Giant's Causeway.
14:15The basalt columns look like the ruins of a palace, but they're actually the result of volcanic activity in the
14:21region.
14:24Now, you're flying to the coast of Greece, four hours away from Athens.
14:29More specifically, you're in the Peloponnese Peninsula.
14:33You dust off an old snorkel and head for a free dive on a bright sunny day.
14:39Sometime into the dive, you start noticing patterns on a seabed.
14:42Thirteen feet below the surface, outlines of familiar objects start to appear, one by one.
14:50As you continue swimming, what looks like the outline of an entire city emerges in front of your eyes.
14:57Are you wondering how water could have taken the whole city?
15:01Rocks are perfectly aligned into what appears to be the foundation of a building.
15:06This is Pavlopetri, an ancient city you've probably heard about for the first time.
15:13It was discovered by Nicholas Fleming, a British oceanographer, when he was on vacation in Greece.
15:20He had heard rumors about Pavlopetri's existence and, indeed, found several artifacts on the seafloor.
15:27He went back to the area a year later with the team.
15:30They found a site filled with pots, storage vessels, and tools.
15:36A curnstone, for instance, is a tool used for grinding grains and turning them into flour.
15:42Multiple amphoras indicate that this settlement dates back to the Bronze Age, 5,500 years ago, when people started living
15:51in towns.
15:52The settlement is believed to have existed for over 2,400 years.
15:58Today, Pavlopetri is considered the oldest submerged town ever discovered.
16:03And what's impressive is that it wasn't a simple village.
16:07It was a vibrant port city with stone buildings, a marketplace, streets, and even squares.
16:15The next stop on our voyage is one of today's most famous underwater cities that has been turned into an
16:22archaeological park.
16:24The city of Port Royal in Jamaica exists only below the surface, but in 1692, it was one of the
16:33wealthiest cities in the Western Hemisphere.
16:36Port Royal was the center of the British Empire at the time and an important trade city that attracted people
16:42from all over the region.
16:44It was also home to real-life pirates of the Caribbean.
16:48On the morning of June 7, 1692, the people of Port Royal met a different fate than they had probably
16:56expected.
16:57The city woke up shaking.
16:59People were thrown out of their beds by the power of a massive earthquake, ranking 7.5 on a Richter
17:05scale.
17:06One survivor said he had seen Earth opening up and swallowing the whole town.
17:11What he said could be true, as the city was mainly built on sand.
17:16The ground swallowed buildings, roads, you name it.
17:19Geysers erupted and finally, waves as big as 10-story buildings hit the city.
17:26About 33 acres of the city disappeared under the water.
17:30Amazingly, most of its 17th-century remains are still in good condition under 40 feet of water.
17:38Archaeologists have found taverns, storage rooms, kitchens, and recreational buildings used for diverse purposes.
17:44You can also see a grand lion statue, a submerged bridge, and many picturesque arches.
17:51Of course, I saved the best for last, India.
17:54Just off its coast lies another sunken marvel.
17:58A site known as the Lost City of Cambay is located in the Gulf with a similar name.
18:03It remained undiscovered until 2001, when the National Institute of Ocean Technology made a routine water assessment.
18:12With the help of sonar technology, which sends a wave sound to the bottom of the sea, they found something
18:19far beneath the surface.
18:21Images showed well-defined geometric shapes spread along a 5-mile stretch.
18:26The remains date to more than 9,500 years ago, meaning this civilization was lost at around the end of
18:34the Ice Age.
18:35Debris recovered from the site included construction material, pottery, beads, sculptures, and even bones.
18:44Scientists argue whether these artifacts are indeed from the site.
18:48But if they truly are, then the Lost City of Cambay might be the oldest civilization in the world.
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