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Join us on a journey through extraordinary tales, including a man's record-setting 100 days underwater, the haunting legacy of Captain Kidd and his ghostly treasure protector, and the inspiring story of Phoenix Jones, Seattle's real-life superhero. Discover the remarkable adventures and intriguing legends that shape our world.
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00:00Let's talk about some deep stuff, shall we?
00:02A scientist spent 100 days below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
00:07Dr. Joseph Duturi, or Dr. Deep Sea as he likes to call himself,
00:11was living underwater as part of Project Neptune 100.
00:15After 74 days of the mission, he officially set a new Guinness World Record
00:20for the longest time living in an underwater fixed habitat.
00:24But he didn't leave the experiment and stayed the plan 14 weeks.
00:28You can test yourself and stay in the exact same place where Duturi lived.
00:32It's called Jules' Undersea Lodge, after Jules Verne, author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
00:39The idea of Project Neptune 100 is to study how pressure affects humans,
00:44both physiologically and psychologically.
00:47Dr. Deep Sea, who is a biomedical engineer and associate professor at the University of South Florida,
00:53stayed so long underwater to see if increased pressure can help humans live longer
00:58and prevent health problems that come with old age.
01:01From day one of the mission, Duturi actively shared what was going on on social media.
01:07He mentioned that another important goal for him was to inspire scientists from different generations
01:12to study life under sea.
01:14It was quite different from living on a submarine.
01:17Subs are sealed when they go underwater and have sea-level pressure,
01:20so people on it don't feel an enormous difference in pressure, even deep down.
01:25Duturi's underwater home didn't have any solid hatches or airlocks between the ocean and the living space.
01:31It was like a glass of water turned upside down and pushed into a sink full of water.
01:36There was still a pocket of air at the top of the living space
01:40and a pool of water on the floor of one room coming from the ocean.
01:43So the air inside the lodge was squeezed by the ocean's weight
01:47and was about twice higher than on land.
01:51There isn't much research on what happens when we're exposed to hyperbaric pressure for a long time.
01:56There's only some data from submariners.
01:58Even after just two months under the sea,
02:01they had disturbed sleep patterns
02:03and problems with the levels of certain hormones that had to do with sleep.
02:06They also lost bone and muscle mass.
02:09Our bodies are built for sea-level conditions.
02:11But as pressure mounts, hydrogen sneaks into our bloodstream, causing chaos.
02:17Between 30 and 100 feet down, you might feel some euphoria.
02:21But dive deeper, and you'll feel like you've hit the bar too hard.
02:25Scientists think it has something to do with messed-up signals between neurons in our brains.
02:30Luckily for Duturi, he was only staying 30 feet deep, so it wasn't an issue.
02:35Still, he only got half the amount of sunlight we're used to on land,
02:39and not nearly the same amount of vitamin C.
02:43During the 100 days of the experiment,
02:45the scientists collected data, collaborated with other researchers,
02:49virtually taught a biomedical engineering course at his university,
02:53and reached out to thousands of students from different countries online.
02:57He stayed in the two-bedroom apartment,
02:5930 feet below the surface of a lagoon in Key Largo, Florida.
03:02It's attached to the seabed by leg structures.
03:05There are three windows with a direct ocean view, and some marine life outside.
03:10There's a command center that keeps oxygen, water, and power levels under control.
03:14An AC keeps the temperature comfortable,
03:17and a chef dives in to cook meals for whoever stays inside.
03:21When he was done with his mission, Dr. Duturi got back on the surface.
03:25His family and friends, the media,
03:27and many fans who were following his work online were waiting for him.
03:31He's now 55 years old, and he claims that living underwater has made him feel 10 years younger.
03:37The doctors who greeted him and the results of the tests they ran on him
03:41have demonstrated the anti-aging effect.
03:44Dr. Deepsea noticed some improvement in his sleep and metabolism.
03:48He also noted that his body had shrunk by half an inch.
03:51He doesn't plan to stop his studies of how isolated environments affect humans.
03:56He's going to take a flight on a modified airliner where you can experience zero gravity multiple times.
04:02It's the next step to his dream of becoming a civilian astronaut and traveling into space by 2026.
04:10Meanwhile, Tim Yarrow in South Africa went even further
04:14and spent an impressive 10 days in the water, inside a tank at a shopping mall.
04:19He broke a world record, but his goal was just to find out what would happen to him.
04:24At the end of the experiment, his hands looked absolutely terrible.
04:28People who helped him fed Yarrow through a tube,
04:31and all his waste went out of the tank through a different tube.
04:34Good thing.
04:35Tim managed to survive the experiment, but he said he wouldn't like to do it again.
04:40Tim, a British biologist, explained that if he had stayed underwater longer,
04:44his skin would have broken down, and he would have gotten seriously ill.
04:49Luckily for Yarrow, his hands went back to normal after a while,
04:52and he didn't get any permanent injuries from this weird experience.
04:56Now, if you're looking for more comfortable accommodations under the sea,
05:00you might want to stay at the world's first and most expensive underwater hotel in the Maldives.
05:06Guests of the Maraca Hotel wake up surrounded by the Indian Ocean
05:10with bright coral reefs and exotic marine life.
05:13This luxurious suite was designed by top architects from New York and the Maldives.
05:18It's a two-story construction with an upper level that has spacious bedrooms,
05:23a sun deck, and an infinity pool.
05:25The lower level is submerged over 16 feet below sea level.
05:29Guests of the Maraca get the royal treatment,
05:32which includes private butler and chef services,
05:35complimentary jet skis, on-call massage and spa treatments,
05:39and cooking dishes with chefs.
05:40But before you start packing to the Maldives for your unique underwater experience,
05:46you must know it all costs almost 14,000 bucks per night.
05:50Now, one of the most exciting things humans have ever found underwater
05:54is the Yanaguni Monument off the coast of Japan.
05:58This structure is the closest we've ever been to finding Atlantis,
06:02and still one of the world's biggest mysteries.
06:04In 1986, a diver was looking for hammerhead sharks not far away from Yanagumi Island.
06:10He noticed a huge, unusual structure in the shallow water that resembled a pyramid
06:16with multiple steps or layers leading to the top with clear symmetrical edges, angles, and even steps.
06:23As it turned out later, it was made of shale and sandstone 20 million years old.
06:28No one knows how the construction got there in the first place,
06:31but one researcher is sure that humans built it 10,000 years ago
06:35and was part of the lost continent of Mu.
06:38This mythical continent, something like the Atlantis of the Pacific,
06:42was destroyed by a huge earthquake or hurricane and went under the sea.
06:47Its survivors moved across the Earth and found civilizations,
06:50including the ancient Egyptians and Maya.
06:53Academics often say this theory is nothing but a fairy tale.
06:57But the scientist who proposed it says only humans could have carved such straight lines,
07:02sharp corners, steps, avenues, and even statues that look like animals.
07:07Since earthquakes happen so often in Japan,
07:10the construction could have gone from the ground into the sea.
07:14The more widely accepted theory is that the monument is a work of nature.
07:18It explains the amazing symmetry with well-defined parallel bedding planes
07:22along which the layers easily separate.
07:25You can find similar 90-degree angles occurring in sandstone when erosion takes place.
07:31The area's naturally strong currents could also have shaped it.
07:34It's possible that over thousands of years,
07:37major tectonic activity could have fractured the sandstone into geometric patterns.
07:42During the Miocene period,
07:44tectonic activity collected vast amounts of sandstone in the area.
07:47Geologists think the monument could be part of a much larger underlying rock from this event.
07:53And earthquakes that often happen here have shaped the rocks into what they look like now.
08:00Just like Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies,
08:04Captain Kidd was a pirate who sailed around looking for treasure.
08:08Only he was less charming and more dangerous.
08:11As the legend goes,
08:13he was so protective of his loot that he is still out there, guarding it as a ghost.
08:22William Kidd, who became famous as Captain Kidd, was born around the 1650s.
08:28He told people his birthplace was Dundee, Scotland, but many people think it was a lie.
08:33When he was a young man, Kidd settled in New York City.
08:37He became friends with powerful people, including three governors.
08:41Some stories suggest he started his maritime adventures as a rookie on a pirate ship
08:46before becoming a well-known sailor.
08:49By 1689, Kidd had already become part of a pirate crew.
08:54When they were sailing in the Caribbean, Kidd and other men on the ship rebelled.
08:59They overpowered the captain and renamed their ship Blessed William, making Kidd the new captain.
09:06Kidd gained experience and even assisted certain countries during battles.
09:11Once, the governor didn't pay the crew for their services,
09:14and Kidd and his team attacked a French island, Marie Gallant, and looted it, collecting a huge amount of money.
09:22In 1691, Kidd married a woman named Sarah Bradley, who was one of the richest women in New York.
09:29She had been married twice before him and was a widow.
09:32Her money came as an inheritance from her previous husbands.
09:39A few years later, the man in charge of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire asked Captain Kidd to go
09:45after some pirates.
09:47This wasn't just any request.
09:49It had the support of the king and carried a lot of importance.
09:54If Kidd had said no, people would have thought he was disloyal and looked down on him.
10:00This was the start of the journey that made Captain Kidd famous as a pirate and a character in stories.
10:07This trip was funded by a few noble lords, who were some of the most powerful people in England at
10:13that time.
10:14The king himself signed a letter that gave Kidd permission to be a privateer,
10:19which is basically a pirate who can do all piratey things with a legal license.
10:24This letter said that 10% of the treasure he may find would go to the king.
10:29To get some extra cash for the trip, Kidd had to sell one of his ships, the Antigua.
10:34And for his special voyage, Kidd got a new ship called the Adventure Galley.
10:40It was perfect for chasing pirates, with 34 cannons, oars, and a crew of 150 men.
10:47The oars were handy because they let the ship move, even when the wind wasn't blowing.
10:52Kidd was very picky about his crew, choosing only the best and most loyal officers.
11:01But as the Adventure Galley sailed, something strange happened.
11:06Kidd was expected to salute a Navy yacht, but he did not.
11:11So, the Navy yacht fired a shot to show Kidd he needed to pay respect.
11:16But Kidd and his crew decided to do the opposite.
11:20They turned around and slapped their backsides in disrespect.
11:24After this, the Navy captain got angry and took many of Kidd's crew members to work for the Navy,
11:29even though privateer crews were usually free from this obligation.
11:34Kidd, short of men, sailed to New York, where he captured a French ship.
11:38To replace his lost crew, he hired a lot of known criminals,
11:42some of whom were likely former pirates.
11:46In September 1696, Captain Kidd set sail for the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
11:52His journey faced troubles right from the start.
11:56Chalera caused many of his crew to get sick and pass away.
11:59Even worse, their brand new ship started to have lots of leaks.
12:04Kidd was also on a mission to catch some pirates in the Indian Ocean,
12:08but he couldn't find them.
12:13As his big plan started falling apart,
12:15Kidd got desperate to make money to cover his costs.
12:19The worst happened a few months later.
12:21Kidd attacked one of his own crew members because the man wanted to board a Dutch ship.
12:26But it would have been considered an act of piracy.
12:29The man passed away due to his injury.
12:31Things were going downhill fast for Kidd,
12:34and a Royal Navy officer declared him a pirate.
12:38Kidd changed his ship's flag to look like it was French,
12:41and captured a big Indian ship called the Quedig Merchant.
12:44It was loaded with valuable stuff like silk, gold, and silver.
12:49Kidd decided to keep the Quedig Merchant and sailed to Madagascar.
12:53There he met another pirate named Robert,
12:56who had taken Kidd's ship years ago.
12:58There are two different stories about how it went.
13:00One says Kidd was nice to him,
13:02and the other says Kidd was scared and wanted to wait for his backup to attack.
13:07But whatever the case, most of Kidd's crew left him to join Robert.
13:15Kidd decided to give up and go back home.
13:18He left his old ship, the Adventure Galley, behind as it was falling apart.
13:23Before he set it on fire, he took all valuables from it and boarded the Adventure Prize.
13:28The British authorities had a law that offered pardons to pirates in the Indian Ocean,
13:33but they made sure Kidd couldn't get one.
13:35They didn't want to forgive him because he was connected to some powerful people in England.
13:40Kidd found out he was wanted as soon as he reached Anguilla,
13:43and he couldn't use the pardon.
13:45The government had changed,
13:47and new leaders wanted to use him to make their rivals look bad.
13:51They thought Kidd would spill the beans about his powerful supporters.
13:56However, Kidd refused to reveal any names,
13:59believing that his friends would come to his rescue.
14:01But they failed him.
14:03Some say he might have escaped punishment if he had talked, but he didn't.
14:07Kidd was sent to London to stand trial before the High Court of Admiralty.
14:12They accused Kidd of piracy on the high seas and the accident with a crew member.
14:17While he waited for his trial, he was locked up in the notorious Newgate prison.
14:25They found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him to public execution,
14:29though many questioned if the evidence was enough for such a harsh verdict.
14:34He was executed on May 23, 1701.
14:38His body was displayed over the River Thames for three years
14:42as a warning to anyone thinking about becoming a pirate.
14:46Some of Kidd's crewmen were supposed to be punished in the same way,
14:49but they were set free before their executions.
14:53The loot Captain Kidd had collected over the years
14:56made people believe he must have hidden it somewhere.
15:00This sparked loads of treasure hunts in different places.
15:03Some people say that Kidd might have hidden the treasure on the Rahway River in New Jersey,
15:08just across from Staten Island.
15:10Evidence suggests that Captain Kidd hid a small stash of treasure on Gardner's Island,
15:16near New York.
15:17It was supposedly found and sent to England
15:20as proof against Kidd in his trial for piracy.
15:24Around the Bay of Fundy,
15:25people have been looking for Kidd's treasure since at least 1875.
15:30They believed he hid it there during his time as a privateer.
15:33There's a place on the island called Money Cove
15:36because of these stories.
15:41Considering how Kidd met his sad and unfair fate,
15:44it's not surprising that people have claimed to see the ghost of Captain Kidd.
15:49Some people reported spotting him at Trinity Churchyard
15:53as if he was searching for his own grave.
15:55There's also a story of two men who tried to look for Kidd's jewels in 1825.
16:00They actually found a treasure box.
16:03But before they could crack it open,
16:05the ghost of Captain Kidd himself rose up from the ground next to the treasure chest.
16:11This sight was so terrifying that it made the men pass out.
16:15Both of them claimed to have seen a truly creepy figure emerge from the earth.
16:20It breathed out sulfur fumes and seemed to glide over the ground.
16:25Thankfully, there is no solid evidence that confirms these ghost stories.
16:32Every city in this world needs heroes.
16:34And superheroes would even be better.
16:36Of course, not every city has them, but Seattle does.
16:39For several years, a real superhero named Phoenix Jones walked its streets.
16:44He didn't have superpowers, but he had a cool suit and combat skills.
16:47He also had pepper spray and a stun.
16:50And his suit was a metallic vest with strong plates sewn onto it.
16:54The real name of that hero was Benjamin John Francis Fodor.
16:57He was an ordinary guy, but as often happens with superheroes,
17:01something terrible happened in his life that made him wear his black gold suit.
17:07One day, somebody broke the glass in his car.
17:10When Benjamin approached the place, his son fell down on the shards and got hurt.
17:14Several people saw that somebody had been trying to rob the vehicle, but no one intervened.
17:19But what finally convinced Benjamin to become a superhero was another incident.
17:25He and his friend were leaving a bar in the evening when they met with some bad guys.
17:29They attacked his friend, and Benjamin called the police.
17:34While the officers were on their way, Jones put on a ski mask and repelled the attack of the hooligans.
17:41It struck him that day that no one had helped him, even though many witnesses had been around.
17:49The guy decided to become a superhero to patrol the streets and fight bad people, such as car thieves, robbers,
17:55and swindlers.
17:57Benjamin created a suit with a metal vest and sharp spikes to increase his chances in fights.
18:02In addition to the stun and pepper spray, he took handcuffs and a first aid kit for each patrol.
18:07So he became Phoenix Jones.
18:11Almost every night, he fought with thieves and stopped fights.
18:15He was in serious danger several times and risked losing his life, but he continued to clear the streets.
18:21Rumors about the Avenger quickly spread throughout the city.
18:25Phoenix Jones inspired many people to become superheroes.
18:29And soon, the superhero organization Rain City appeared on the streets, and Phoenix was the leader there.
18:35The team existed from 2011 to 2014, and then Phoenix Jones faced a real supervillain who jeopardized his superhero activities.
18:43That supervillain was himself.
18:47When news about the Seattle superhero appeared in newspapers and on the internet,
18:51one journalist decided to take a big interview with him for a podcast, so he spent a few days with
18:56Phoenix.
18:58Trying to get to know Jones better, the journalist started asking different people about him and found out that he
19:04was quite a controversial figure.
19:07The journalist began to suspect the superhero of lying.
19:10Phoenix Jones said one thing, and people claimed the exact opposite.
19:14But it didn't matter.
19:16The superhero's real problems began when he started to break the law.
19:20He attacked a regular guy who hadn't offended anyone.
19:23Phoenix Jones was a semi-professional mixed martial arts fighter who could easily defeat the opponent.
19:28The people who saw it condemned him because the duel had been unequal.
19:31Then he sprayed a group of people with pepper spray, saying he was trying to stop a fight.
19:36But the police later said it wasn't a fight.
19:40Phoenix Jones made the main mistake in 2020, when he tried to sell something illegal to an undercover police officer.
19:47After that, the activity of Phoenix Jones ended.
19:51People no longer saw him patrolling the streets.
19:54Problems with the law defeated the superhero in him.
19:58Superheroes exist not only in the United States, but also in the UK.
20:01Meet Angle Grinderman.
20:03People saw this guy in a weird suit several times when he removed clamps from cars after they had been
20:08banned for illegal parking.
20:11On the one hand, he violated the law because he released vehicles punished by official parking services.
20:16But on the other hand, Angle Grinderman gained love from ordinary people for his activities.
20:21He walked the streets with a grinder and cut the iron bars of clamps on parked cars.
20:27He was first spotted on the streets of London in July, 2002.
20:32One local was driving and saw an incorrectly parked car with blocked wheels.
20:36Then Angle Grinderman asked,
20:38What are you looking at?
20:40After that, he began to remove the clips from the car's wheels using a grinder.
20:44Traffic police officers tried to find this strange superhero but couldn't.
20:48He was removing clips from cars all over the UK, and his identity still remains unknown.
20:55There are strange and even funny superheroes.
20:58There are superheroes who have problems with the law.
21:01But some tough guys don't chase fame and just fight bad people, risking their lives.
21:06One of them is Bromley Batman.
21:09He was the guardian of South London for about two years, saving people from robbers and hooligans.
21:15He was a big, trained, bearded man around 30 years old, whose identity remains unknown.
21:21He wasn't talkative, and silently did his superhero job.
21:24One day, a man who called himself Bromley Batman told one publication that he hated his nickname.
21:30He preferred to be called The Shadow.
21:33The superhero saved several residents of London from attacks, and then suddenly disappeared.
21:39One worker, Ken was grateful to Bromley Batman for saving his life.
21:44The guy met several robbers who wanted to take Ken's things.
21:47But then a big guy in a black bandana, t-shirt, and army pants appeared in front of them.
21:52He easily defeated the biggest bandit and scared the others.
21:58A guy and a girl were walking in Cornwall when a man attacked them.
22:02But then Bromley Batman appeared, twisted the attacker's arm behind his back, and put him on the ground.
22:08The superhero ordered the couple to leave that place as soon as possible.
22:13A similar incident occurred in Croydon when a married couple was celebrating their anniversary.
22:18Two robbers came on both sides of them and demanded they give up their belongings.
22:22The couple feared for their lives, but then Bromley Batman appeared out of nowhere.
22:27First, he neutralized one thief with a couple of blows, but then the other one jumped on the superhero's back.
22:33Bromley Batman kept his cool and threw the attacker to the sidewalk.
22:38In 2017, Bromley Batman saved a woman from being attacked by two thieves.
22:4431-year-old Harriet was walking down the street when a car stopped next to her, and two young men
22:49got out of it.
22:49They tried to take her purse.
22:51The woman resisted and called for help, and Bromley Batman heard her call.
22:57He handcuffed the robber who was holding the bag and dealt with the other one with one kick.
23:01There was someone else in the car.
23:03When they saw what the superhero had done to their friends, the driver pressed the gas pedal and drove away.
23:10Bromley Batman handcuffed the thief on the ground and gave the woman her purse.
23:14The same year, another lady was returning from a pub when she came across a robber.
23:19He didn't have time to grab her bag because the woman ran away.
23:23The attacker ran after her.
23:24She screamed and ran for a few seconds, and then looked around and noticed a man dressed all in black.
23:30He had already neutralized the bandit and was running after the woman to tell her that everything was fine.
23:35She later said his voice had been friendly.
23:37The woman asked his name, and he called himself Guardian.
23:41She asked if that was his real name.
23:43The superhero laughed in response and ran away.
23:48Unfortunately, after 2017, people no longer saw this tough guy.
23:53Perhaps he just got tired of his superhero activities or went to another city.
23:57Or he crossed paths with someone very dangerous and paid for this.
24:01In any case, his example inspired many people and showed that anyone could become a superhero.
24:08People in superhero costumes are a common phenomenon in many countries.
24:12Citizens who have decided to clear the streets and put on suits can be found in Canada, Australia, Argentina, France,
24:19Japan, and many other places.
24:21Basically, these people patrol the streets and inform the police if they see something suspicious.
24:27They inspire people to help each other, but don't try to follow their example.
24:32Putting on a suit and wandering around at night in search of adventures is a very dangerous and bad idea.
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