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Plans That Didn’t Go As Expected – Part 4

Be Amazed

Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

From explosive miscalculations to bullying backfires, let’s explore even more plans that didn’t go as expected. 



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0:00.0

Okay, I'll admit, I make plans that go wrong all the time. I'll go out to buy milk and get the wrong kind, or I'll accidentally reveal my face in a YouTube video and have to delete it immediately.

0:12.1

You guys just aren't ready for that yet.

0:15.2

Fortunately, there are plenty of people out there whose plans have taken a much worse turn than mine.

0:21.8

From explosive miscalculations to bullying backfires, let's explore even more plans that didn't go as expected.

0:28.3

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're be amazed. In the last decade, Be amazed

0:46.3

In the last decade South Korea has become a hub for cheap professional cosmetic surgery so much so that many clinics advertise plastic surgery travel packages to encourage tourists to get a little work done abroad.

0:56.5

But back in 2017, it became clear that these travel packages came with a few hiccups.

1:03.8

Three Chinese tourists had flown over to the capital city Seoul, gotten a few facelifts,

1:08.1

and then headed back to the airport to fly back to China.

1:11.6

Only their faces had been so radically altered and heavily bandaged that they looked nothing like their passport photos.

1:19.6

Unable to confirm their identity, the three women were not allowed to board their plane and were held for questioning by airport authorities.

1:28.2

It's not that surprising, maybe not even their own mothers would have recognized them.

1:33.2

Now have you ever tossed a coin into a body of water for luck?

1:37.3

Like throwing a penny in a wishing well, or a quarter in a fountain.

1:41.7

It's a gesture that stems from ancient traditions the world over, where

1:45.8

people would symbolically pay to pray to their gods. But sometimes the answer to a prayer is a straight-up

1:52.8

no. Back in 2020, a first-time flyer in China decided to bless his plane with good luck by throwing coins right into the engine.

2:02.6

Ironically, throwing foreign objects into a plane engine is a pretty surefire way of ensuring you don't arrive safely at your destination.

2:12.6

After the ground team of the coincidentally named Lucky Air found a few coins near the plane's

2:18.5

left engine, they quizzed the passenger, who happily admitted it.

2:23.5

The flight was grounded due to safety concerns, the 162 other passengers had their flight

2:28.4

delayed, and legal action was taken against the luckless coin flinger.

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