Who is the strangest person in the history of humankind?

 An individual hailing from an unrecognized nation.

In 1954, a corporate traveler described as white landed at Tokyo's Haneda Airport to attend a commercial conference. This traveler was fluent in multiple tongues, including Japanese, and stated he had traveled to the country on numerous occasions. Everything appeared perfectly normal up until a border agent looked over his travel document and failed to recognize the nation. The passport had been printed by an unknown state named Taured.

Initially, the agent assumed it was just a lapse in his own knowledge and requested assistance from his manager. The manager was equally baffled, as were all the other personnel on duty. The document itself looked completely authentic and featured various border stamps from global destinations, including Japan. Consequently, they requested that the traveler identify his homeland on a world map.

He laid his finger right on Andorra (the tiny nation nestled between Spain and France). When the agents corrected him and explained that the territory he selected was actually Andorra, he grew incredibly furious and insisted that Taured had a recorded history spanning a millennium! The individual was highly distressed and genuinely appeared convinced that Taured was an actual sovereign state.

They placed a call to the lodging establishment he claimed to have reserved in Tokyo, but the front desk had no such reservation on file. The corporation he was supposedly visiting for his commercial meeting did exist in Tokyo, but they had never heard of any branch or contact in Taured (naturally).

Unsurprisingly, authorities feared this individual could be a fraudster. Therefore, they confined him to a local hotel room with a pair of guards positioned directly in front of the door (which served as the sole way into or out of the space). The accommodation was situated on a high level of a skyscraper hotel and completely lacked any exterior balcony.

To their absolute astonishment, when they unlocked the accommodation the following morning, they found that the traveler had vanished entirely along with his bags and his travel document. How could he have escaped given that the sole doorway was under constant surveillance throughout the night?

Certain individuals argue that this enigmatic figure truly originated from Taured, suggesting that the nation occupies a separate reality and that he had accidentally slipped through a rift in dimensions to arrive at Haneda Airport. An alternative perspective posits that the puzzling figure was a chronological voyager who had mistakenly touched down at the terminal. Most of all, plenty of skeptics argue that the entire event is merely a highly detailed digital legend.

What is the most unbelievable thing in human history?

 In the days before smartphones and video games, people devised creative ways to pass the time.

They were engrossed in blood sports.

Fox crushing

The name of the sport says it all.

In later generations, perhaps because the novelty had worn off, competitors sometimes wore costumes.

Two people wait, each holding one end of a rope. The moment an animal is released from its cage and passes over the rope, they pull the rope with all their might, sending the animal flying high into the air. The competition is to see who can send the animal the highest.

Besides foxes, rabbits, wild boars, muss rats, and wildcats are also used.

The animals that fall may attack the competitors, but they are usually severely injured and all die.

There is virtually no chance of survival.

It seems that this isn't the only blood sport enjoyed in leisure time. Goose pulling...

It's a common form of entertainment, and its content is exactly as the name suggests.

A goose is hung upside down from a large wooden frame resembling a doorway. A competitor on horseback charges at full speed and tears off the oiled goose's head with their bare hands.

It's actually still a popular sport today, but nowadays they use dead geese.

People from all walks of life have been captivated by this bizarre blood sport.

Rat bullying

A large animal (often a dog) is released into an enclosure containing rats. Spectators bet on how long it will take for the rats to be torn to pieces.

Blood sports themselves are quite familiar to modern people and are not particularly shocking. Bullfighting, cockfighting, dogfighting, octopus wrestling, and fox hunting are well-known examples.

The examples cited in this article are shocking because they involve actively harming harmless animals.

They torture animals without mercy—and laugh gleefully.

"That was so much fun the other day, Mary. You should try it too!"

"Oh, what are you talking about?"

"It's obviously to kill the fox!"

"Yes, let's take the kids with us!"

This conversation might have taken place!

In this day and age, animal cruelty leads to jail time. It's not like wealthy Americans in disguise are killing foxes.

What are the most interesting facts about human behavior?

 

1. Want some attention? Stop chasing that person and start ignoring them. They'll shower you with attention.

2. Want to get someone to confess something? Stop talking and stare at them, and they'll do what they need to.

3. Evaluate someone's words simply by looking into their eyes. Especially when they're telling a lie, they'll tend to look away from you and smile more often than necessary.

4. Intelligent people tend to have fewer friends.

5. Look at his feet while you're talking. If they're not pointing at you, he's probably not interested in what you're saying.

6. Are you sad? You can trick your mind into pretending to smile, and in no time, you might actually be smiling.

7. Your body language changes with the person you're talking to. Your body language tends to be relaxed and fluid when you're talking to someone you like, while it tends to be stiff if it's someone you're not very fond of.

8. You can sustain that high level of concentration for no more than 10 minutes.

9. Talk to yourself online daily about what you want to do or become. You might see it come true.

10. Your brain has much more potential than you think. Never give up on your dreams.

What happened on the most dangerous day in human history?

 "Compared to this attack, Pearl Harbor was like a Sunday picnic."

November 9, 1979.

On a cold winter morning in Colorado, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) alarms began to sound.

As the Cold War began to take a turn for the worse, the analysts instinctively felt a pang of guilt when they witnessed the 250 Soviet-made missiles that had triggered the alarm heading towards the United States.

Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski (right)

At 3 a.m., less than minutes after the alarm was issued, Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, was awakened by a call from NORAD informing him that a nuclear attack was imminent. Every second was more precious than gold. He was told he only had three minutes to inform President Jimmy Carter of the situation and ask for his decision.

However, Brzezinski handled the situation cautiously, not reporting to the president immediately. He told the military aide who called him to "check the situation first and then call back." His wife was sleeping beside him, but he didn't wake her, thinking, "They'll all be dead in 30 minutes anyway."

B-52 of the Strategic Air Command

Soon after, a phone call came in informing him that the number of missiles had increased to 2,200, and he thought it was utter annihilation. Brzezinski believed America should retaliate and requested confirmation of preparations for retaliation. Ten Strategic Air Force aircraft then prepared to take to the skies towards the Iron Curtain to carry out American-style retaliation.

As time ticked by, and with less than a minute to spare before the crucial phone call to the president that would transform the war from a cold war into a scorching one, Brzezinski received his third call.

Neither radar nor satellites showed any signs of an approaching missile, and other warning systems had detected nothing. This was a false alarm, caused by someone accidentally loading a training simulation into NORAD headquarters' operations computer.

In retrospect, those bright spots on the radar meant that Earth was just one minute away from World War III!

The opening quote, spoken years later by a congressional investigator about the events, illustrates how the world nearly conflated simulation with reality.

Are there any objects or designs that represent human madness?

 "Deconstructivist" architecture. The designers may not have intended to express madness, but it evokes a kind of madness or terror in the viewer. One example is the UFA Cinema Center in Dresden, Germany, a 1998 work by the Austrian architectural firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU.

It's very steep.

It looks different depending on the viewing angle, but the left angle is the scariest.

The Dalian International Convention Center in China in 2013 was dynamic and energetic.

The "pressure" is so overwhelming it's off-putting.

The framework looks like this. The construction costs seem high.

Deconstructivism is an architectural style that stands in stark contrast to the horizontally-oriented, linear "modernist architecture" of the first half of the 20th century, exemplified by Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. It is characterized by its unbalanced and fluid forms. While many of its works have a somewhat questionable aesthetic, it is surprisingly popular and has been adopted in numerous large-scale buildings in major cities.

The most prominent example of deconstructivism is Zaha Hadid. This is probably the Zaha Hadid building that's most familiar to Japanese people...

Looking at it now, the horseshoe crab architecture brings back nostalgic memories.

In 2012, the same year the competition for the new National Stadium took place, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University in the United States was completed.

Its shape looks like it could pierce you.

This building has a stylish and cool interior. I wouldn't want to be here every day, but it's nice to have a sense of the extraordinary once in a while.

Zaha Hadid was apparently inspired by Russian Constructivism, an art movement of the early 20th century, and also drew inspiration from the sculptures of Naum Gabo, which are well-known at the Hakone Open-Air Museum.

On the left is a work by Naum Gabo located in Hakone. Personally, I feel a commonality between Zaha Hadid's style and Umberto Boccioni's "Unique Form of Continuity in Space" (image on the right), a Futurist work that also emerged in Italy in the early 20th century.

Also, although he's not strictly a deconstructivist architect, I find the work of OMA, led by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, to be insane.

The Performing Arts Centre in Taipei (2012). I can't tell if it's good or bad. I thought it was a rip-off of the Hinomaru Driving School designed by Taro Ashihara Architects in 1996.

↑This is Hinomaru Driving School. Look for the plum-shaped sphere.

Frank O. Gehry is another leading deconstructivist architect who stands alongside Zaha Hadid, and his work is equally impressive.

The Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building (2015), which houses the business school of the University of Technology Sydney, has a distinctive, crumpled-up paper-like appearance.

This is the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, completed in Las Vegas in 2010. It's a center that researches and treats the causes of brain diseases, but looking at it might just drive you crazy.

I don't want deconstructivist architecture in my immediate vicinity, but I do think it would have been nice to have at least one building designed by Zaha Hadid in Japan. It wouldn't be suitable for the National Stadium, but I think it wouldn't feel out of place in a waterfront area like Minato Mirai.

How long would one survive on different planets without a spacesuit?

 1. Mercury

Just a few seconds, and with a lot of luck maybe a minute. Then you'll die from the extreme temperatures and suffocation. Mercury's "night side" is extremely cold, while its "day side" is extremely hot.

2. Venus

Less than a second. The very high pressure of the carbon dioxide atmosphere and the extremely high temperature will destroy and roast you within fractions of a second.

3. Earth

About 80 years old. :)

4th Moon

Maybe half a minute. You will die of suffocation.

5th of Mars

Approximately one minute due to the 95% proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

6. Jupiter

Less than a second. After you enter Jupiter's atmosphere, your carbon body will turn into diamonds.

7. Saturn

Less than a second. Just like with Jupiter.

8. Uranus

Less than a second.

9. Neptune

Less than a second.

What are some unique insights into the human body?

 I found some extraordinary insights there.

Here you can see the brain through the eyes. It clearly shows that blindness isn't necessarily caused by the eyes, because a lot can go wrong on the way to the brain.

This is what lung cancer looks like.

Here you see some human kidneys. I don't know who arranged them like this, though.

A human skull with milk teeth and the permanent teeth waiting to erupt.

A human face and what lies behind it. I suspect it's from the Body Worlds exhibition.

An eye affected by drugs and stress.

A blood vessel on the finger.

The brain with its associated spinal cord. Incidentally, it doesn't extend all the way to the bottom of the spine. Your lower vertebrae no longer have a spinal cord.

This is what a lung looks like. It consists of countless air sacs, and an injury can cause them to simply collapse. That's why lungs are light, even though they are so large.

What are some shocking facts about human psychology?

 I will write about men and women separately...

*Don't take this answer too seriously; many of the points may not apply.*

*WOMEN*

• Only 2% of women consider themselves beautiful.
• Women remember the faces of beautiful women better because they are seen as potential threats.
• If a girl is really into you, she'll secretly look at you when the people around you are laughing.
• Women are more attracted to men who pay attention, someone who remembers details about them without needing to be reminded.
• Women socialize by complementing each other, and that's really not what they want.
• Women have more taste buds than men.
• Women take longer to make decisions than men, but once they make a decision, they are more likely to follow through on it.
• Women are more easily persuaded by a man's sense of humor than by his looks.
• Women are better at lying than men.
• When a woman is attracted to a man, she speaks louder than usual.
• Most women don't like sending text messages in the first place because they feel unwanted, awkward, and annoying.
• The average number of secrets a woman can keep is 47 hours and 15 minutes.
• Girls like to playfully hit guys when they like them.

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*MEN*

• Men don't like comparisons. They hate it if a woman compares them to another man.
• Guys fear rejection, crave attention, yearn for affection, and dream of perfection.
• Most of a man's love resides in his mother, and he openly expresses his love for her, but he respects his father even more, though he cannot openly share this even with his own father due to shyness. But deep down, he has great affection for his father.
• The average man gets bored after 26 minutes of shopping.
• The average man lies to his colleagues, boss, or partner 6 times a day.
• Men stare at women for almost a year of their lives.
• According to research, men can listen to their male friends for a long time, but can only listen to a woman for 6 minutes.
• Men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
• Men tend to forget, but they never forgive.
• Most men think of women like books. If the cover doesn't grab their attention, they won't bother reading what's inside.
• Men prefer to resolve their problems without discussing them.
• Men like to make eye contact while talking to girls they like.
• Men think about marriage more than women do after they've already gotten engaged.
• According to psychological findings from male studies, most men want to be like their father.
• Men are less attracted to women who cry frequently.