just to clarify, "dinner" was, at the time, the word they used for "lunch" and they commonly would eat later in the afternoon then we do now. So, what we consider "dinner" today, they called "supper"
Actually dinner was, and still is, defined as the main meal of the day. It is just a cultural shift that that meal is now supper (the evening meal) and was the midday meal then. Not just a synonym for lunch. I would guess the cost of lighting to illuminate a large evening meal was part of the reason the midday meal was the main one. Eating a smaller meal wouldn't require the ceremony and associated lighting in the dark.
Can we talk about "Your excellency, they burned your whole palace" real quick? Already very deep but there's a lot more to it. Washington specifically said that people should call the president "Mr. President" so that he was not treated like royalty in order to help establish the republic. The fact that they called Madison "your excellency" and referred to the White House as a "palace" shows how fed up they are with Madison. He's being childish asking about his library(without asking how his wife was, might I add) and these people were fed up with how self-absorbed he was. So much so, that they compared him to a king, whom they vehemently hated! Truly badass!
@Humble beginnings invaded is definitely the wrong term considering the americans were the ones who lived in the colony. if anything you invaded your own colonies in an attempt to stop a succession which was a response to tyrannical rule by the monarch. you were massacring citizens for no reason at all commiting war crimes left and right before the revolutionary war even broke out.
I thought it was blue. My dad told me the story when I was little and he said it was blue. It could've been pink, but I'm glad that someone knew it wasn't white.
it is funny how afraid so many Americans are of ghosts, when a. they can't be proven there's no physical evidence of them (footage and photos can be doctored), and b. there's even less evidence they can actually do us any harm. and yet, whenever i think there might be a ghost around, i start praying and get afraid lol. i guess its just fear of the unknown being stronger than fear of what we've already faced, the mind is a funny thing. love the name Ariana btw
@@m1ssmessy yeah, and very active religion stories, and beliefs about what's ok and not about sex, and race, and what kind of food we eat, or what kind of job is good to have. people believe what they want, but nobody knows. we all just make it up as we go. life is a rollercoaster.
Ashley Moon they're best friends now cuz of Unsolved lol Imagine that. They probably started Unsolved as just colleagues doing a new part of the same old job. And then that series made them become best friends.
@@realcanadiangirl64 Oh, are we playing "Say the opposite"? If so, what a brilliant summation of what really happened that isn't the slightest bit insane.
@@Coolgiy67 Actually the peace had already been signed and so technically the battle of New Orleans isn't part of the war of 1812, but just a random fight. Although both forces involved were unaware the war was over so in that sense yes
Josiah Coney yah I would say it is apart of the war because that’s what the 2 sides were fighting for. But I see what you mean cause the war had ended like a month before the battle took place lol so everyone died for no reason basically.
my history teacher: so this leads us into the war of 1812 dur- me: [maniacal laughter mixed with internal crying because when is ruining history coming back]
Sarah Dowling nope, he could have been president for life but he didn’t want to be president anymore after 2 terms. it wasn’t officially a rule that a president can’t serve for more than 2 terms until like the 1900
I think it works really well! Having Ryan and Sara alongside Shane in each episode gives the series consistency, yet having two random guests also makes every episode unique and allows for some amazing commentary on these events. And yes, I also wish I could be one of those random guests.
Jean Deibert I’m sorry, it’s the wrong war to reference this, and I know HE was dead at this point, but. “One last time... teach em how to say goodbye”
It was so funny to watch them all know nothing about this war... As a Canadian, I learned about this war pretty much every two years in elementary school
I'm also Canadian and learned about this war a few times in history class, and one history teacher told us "If you ever ask an American about this war they probably won't know anything because Americans want to deny that it ever happened"
@@hollymathews3264 lmao I'm an American and I deadass didn't know that the White House ever burned down. I wish they would teach this in school, it's kind of important.
We don't learn about wars where we weren't a clear winner, like Vietnam, Korea, anything in the middle east, etc etc. Just the Revolution, WW I & II, and the Civil War (not sure what they learn about that one in the south though).
@@hollymathews3264 We went over it when I was in middle school. It was taught that we burned York, the British burned D.C.- and then the Battle of New Orleans happened after the treaty had been signed, with both forces unaware.
American here. Learned about it briefly in middle school, talked about the impressment, White House burning down, George Washington’s portrait being saved, star spangled banner, Native Americans having to pick sides (from what I remember). High school ed. had slightly more but mainly focused on how afterwards America was taken more seriously as an independent nation.
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Coopa2002 Gaming British biscuits are nothing like the American version. The Canadian (as I am Canadian) biscuits, much like the rest of Canada, are a solid mix of an American and British biscuit.
@@theonethingwealladore You're both right though. The value of the dollar was higher in 1899 than it was in 1812 for some reason. Go to in2013dollars.com and see how $1 in 1812 is worth about $19 today but in 1899 its 30
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Laura Secord in this. She was a Canadian during 1812 who's the reason the British forces were able to push the American troops out of their territories. Story goes, while she was living in a section of now-Canada that had been recently taken over by America's army, she overheard a bunch of soldiers boasting about a secret upcoming attack against the British army that would gain them the rest of Upper now-Canada (in their defence, the soldiers were drunk and had been in her house at the time, eating her food). Upon hearing this, Secord proceeded to trek through 20 miles of enemy territory (with her cow in some versions), and managed to outrun the American army and warn the British to get their butts into gear for the surprise attack that was coming their way. Because of her, the British were able to prepare their forces and managed to push the Americans out of now-Canada completely. Sources vary, but some people believe that if it was not for her, America might have won 1812, and Canada as a country would not exist today.
BRING THIS BACK! Why do you guys do this with the best series?? Every video in the first season has MILLIONS of views, so please bring it back. I genuinely love this series. P.S. WHEN you do bring it back, make sure Shane is still the host. Love that guy. ;)
I'm pretty sure that when they said, "your excellency they burned down your whole palace." it was mocking him. He's the emperor with no clothes asking about his library in a time like this. I think that was the context, not that they regularly referred to him as your excellency.
That's because at this time there was still probably a lot of British humour in America (such as sir, i appear to have lost my leg... yes, it seems you have... ya know... stay calm and carry on), and the art of back handed compliments. Now it seems like Americans take a lot of things very literally and have kinda lost the art of being able to read between the lines (over generalisation obviously). Irony doesn't seem to be funny over there. I think in 1812 the rest of the worlds humour hadn't yet moved over to take the monty python vibe out of the culture.
They do now! It’s called Watcher and boy oh boy do they post their shenanigans. Their Puppet History series is kind of like a reboot of Ruining History 😁😁
Rockets were invented by the ancient chinese. They fired rockets into the air on festive occasions and to ward off spirits. To whit: en.chinaculture.org/created/2005-07/21/content_70826.htm
I think it’s Jeremy Smolik. He’s labeled as Asset Designer in the description. I don’t know what that actually means though 😂 pretty sure it’s a type of digital arts.
Dolly Madison saved much more than just one photo of George Washington, including the Declaration of Independence (yes, she did that not Monroe). And she threw the dinner party knowing that the British were closing in so as to show her resolve and help make those still in Washington feel a bit more safe. She deserves more credit than she gets
Shane!! you should make an episode on the destruction of the Aztec Empire (trust me there’s guns and ships and deceit and spies and human sacrifice and disease, you’ll love it)
ya boi I said woebegone to my English teacher and she didn’t know what it meant and was going to ask other English teachers at my school but forgot what the word was.
fun fact: dolly actually ordered a fifteen year old black slave to save it and then she frickin bolted. a Frenchmen tried to help but then other servants, that were saving stuff bc dolly just grabbed silverware and ditched, ran in to the burning White House and told the Frenchmen and 15 year old Paul Jennings that the British were like ten miles out. so then, the French servant just left along w other slaves while Jennings had decided to break the frame to save the canvas. Dolly saved herself w these “letters” and the Madison family had a painting made to portray dolly all elegant and fancy and on the left side there’s Jennings but he looks like a middle aged man instead of the 15 yr old he was
i remember they taught us that canadians burned down the pink house and its a monumental time in canadian history. we are the reason why they turned the white house from pink-white LOL ur welcome americans
Fun facts about James Madison! 1) He was the shortest president to date, standing at 5’4! 2) James would tell the same jokes all the time, the the point that people would be far more interested in the different ways he’d tell them. 3) Speaking of his jokes, he had a pretty dirty sense of humour. 4) He really liked ice cream!
1. James' wife would also make jokes about his height (in a good way) and often give him piggy back rides. 2. He squealed when he was served cream puffs at dinner. Thats adorable.
You should talk about the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, which was an alleged theoretical state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. Read about it, it's hilarious.
JustSarah the Isles of Scilly are part of Britain, it was a result of the English Civil war. The Royal Navy were on the Parliamentarians side therefore Charles’ attempts to gain support from European countries failed. The Dutch engaged the Royal Navy off the Isles of Scilly and lost a treaty was signed in 1985z
beeharbour you know he just cheated on his wife then exposed himself, and would never shut up so he got shot. Nothing wrong with him 100% an amazing guy.
@@lilhinata_02 You are 100% correct EXCEPT during the James Madison administration the Treasury Secretary was Gallatin. Hamilton served from September 11, 1789 - January 31, 1795. Gallatin served Jefferson and Madison from May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814*. Hamilton was our very first and that's a fact. But he was the first. Not the present at the time of the burning nor the intervening Treasury Secretaries either.
I love how each episode has Sarah in it, like obviously there's the stars Ryan and Shane, but I find it cute that Shane is just like "yeah I don't really care who else is in it other than my girl has to be in every episode" 😍 Also, Shane and Ryan are the backbone of not only buzzfeed blue but just Buzzfeed in general 💗
Ryan and Shane are not at Buzzfeed anymore. They have their own channel called Watcher. Shane actually has his own series on that chanal about history and he kind of makes it like this, but as almost like a gameshow and he took like a whole week to make puppets for the show.
@@jtadros16 well technically they don't work for Buzzfeed anymore, but they do work with them, there's a distinction there so i let her comment slide. and she's right about puppet history existing
@@carnuatus It was burnt out and ashen gray after it was burned. it looked so bad that they did paint it white but it would revert back to gray and yes i did peel to reveal its pink origins. Today it is painted white continuously by a crew who does nothing but paint the building and the grounds buildings to match it.
If there’s a reboot, you HAAAVE to bring back Sara. She’s so cute. I really enjoy her commentary along with Ryan and of course Shane’s. But Sara is nonnegotiable! I love her
@@dromie5059 hey good for you! It's really good to have a variety of opinions and as long as everyone is respectful of everyone else's opinions there is a lot to be learned!
Why does Ryan look so done in the picture at 22:44 ? 😂😂 It's like Ruining History is the opposite of Unsolved - Shane getting really deep into research and observations and Ryan just regretting the life decisions which lead him to the point.
As a Canadian, I can tell you that we did learn about the war of 1812. It’s one of the few times New England/Canada fought against the US, other than the revolutionary war.
Colin I’m not really getting in on this, but I feel compelled to point out that one comment was encompassing many, while the other was many encompassing one.
We need to acknowledge that Cockburn's stealing of all the c letters was a master troll move
This comment has nowhere near enough likes.
Can’t call ppl cunts without c’s!!!
okburn
"kokburn"
You sure he didn't steal the 'U's as well, thus causing such a difference between Brit and American spellings?
Shane loves history so much he really looked offended that aliens were brought up lmaoooo I feel that tbh
undergroundsoul94 the older version of me
Betrayed by his girlfriend and his best friend lol.
i can't believe this happened twice
That's me talking about mythology with my family
But it was def aliens tho
Dolly's like, "If you had fought like a man!"
"Then you wouldnt have got shot like a dog!"
Yaaaaaas 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Then you wouldn’t have gotten hung like a dog
just to clarify, "dinner" was, at the time, the word they used for "lunch" and they commonly would eat later in the afternoon then we do now. So, what we consider "dinner" today, they called "supper"
Here in Wales we still call it supper
They had tea in the UK
Thank you, I was hoping one of them knew that, but nobody said anything
Actually dinner was, and still is, defined as the main meal of the day.
It is just a cultural shift that that meal is now supper (the evening meal) and was the midday meal then. Not just a synonym for lunch. I would guess the cost of lighting to illuminate a large evening meal was part of the reason the midday meal was the main one. Eating a smaller meal wouldn't require the ceremony and associated lighting in the dark.
"Do you think they burned my library?"
YOU'RE WIFE'S FINE BTW!
Destiny Overton I think she was with him at the time he said that
your*
YOUR PFP
I read this comment both before and after watching the video and it drastically changed how I read it lol.
Can we talk about "Your excellency, they burned your whole palace" real quick? Already very deep but there's a lot more to it. Washington specifically said that people should call the president "Mr. President" so that he was not treated like royalty in order to help establish the republic. The fact that they called Madison "your excellency" and referred to the White House as a "palace" shows how fed up they are with Madison. He's being childish asking about his library(without asking how his wife was, might I add) and these people were fed up with how self-absorbed he was. So much so, that they compared him to a king, whom they vehemently hated! Truly badass!
Hah hilarious! Love that!(Fuckin’ Madison)
Oh! Thanks for that context!
@Humble beginnings invaded is definitely the wrong term considering the americans were the ones who lived in the colony. if anything you invaded your own colonies in an attempt to stop a succession which was a response to tyrannical rule by the monarch. you were massacring citizens for no reason at all commiting war crimes left and right before the revolutionary war even broke out.
That was even Quaker Shade. So, it's even more shade considering you killed a Quaker's patience.
Good take. But I doubt they knew sarcasm then…
*"Thunder and lightning signified something...significant."*
*_- Shane, an intellectual_*
Job 12 :23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Very very frightening.
@@viceman8152 Is this about thunder and lightning, or are you just spamming people with bible verses?
"He didn't even ask about his wife!"
"Dolly's fine, by the way."
Kinda sad they failed to mention that the White House was actually pink at the time
Dumblekitty Wha- wait really?
What
i wanna see a pink house
I thought it was blue. My dad told me the story when I was little and he said it was blue. It could've been pink, but I'm glad that someone knew it wasn't white.
IKR
BUZZFEED I WANT MORE WEIRD HISTOR SO I DONT HAVE TO KEEP REWATCHING THE SAME 8 VIDEOS
M N THIS^^
YSBKSKSKS EXACTLY OH MY GOD
this still stands ^^^
SAAMMMEEEE!!!! I'VE WATCHED THESE VIDEOS 20 TIMES EACH!!!!!
SOMEONE SAID IT
The sheer tenacity in Ryan’s face when he said “...ghosts are scarier” is *BOLD*
Shane discussing facts & history
Ryan cranking his spirit box 😂
it is funny how afraid so many Americans are of ghosts, when a. they can't be proven there's no physical evidence of them (footage and photos can be doctored), and b. there's even less evidence they can actually do us any harm. and yet, whenever i think there might be a ghost around, i start praying and get afraid lol. i guess its just fear of the unknown being stronger than fear of what we've already faced, the mind is a funny thing. love the name Ariana btw
@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 you know every other culture, like Asia and such, has very very active ghost stories
@@m1ssmessy yeah, and very active religion stories, and beliefs about what's ok and not about sex, and race, and what kind of food we eat, or what kind of job is good to have. people believe what they want, but nobody knows. we all just make it up as we go. life is a rollercoaster.
When Ryan says, "well maybe next time do alittle more research" 😂😂😂
Shane is always saying that in unsolved
I just have a mental image of Madison crying will cannons are firing and Alexander Hamilton's ghost just dying of laughter
I love this comment
Yes oml
HAHA
And Laurens drawing mustaches on the sleeping soldiers while Philip and Washington looked on.
Well, we all know what would have happened if Ham was there... And alive
Ryan and Shane keep working together so often lately and I’m living for it
the only reason why I watch this particular series from buzzfeed haha
I'm crying my poor heart can't take it
The reason I clicked the vid lol
Ashley Moon they're best friends now cuz of Unsolved lol
Imagine that. They probably started Unsolved as just colleagues doing a new part of the same old job. And then that series made them become best friends.
It's because separation is bad for a relationship.
"Don't tell me what to do"
Whoooaaa that editor is salty-
The editor is my fav. Especially in the Darmius (i think?) video
where?
Cornelia Li 6:20
Miyo-Naise yes
"imagine the Whitehouse burning" *cue January 2021 nervous laughter*
this is about the rioters and how the situation could possibly get out of Hand idk
Those rioters were sent by the Democrats who refuse to send security when Trump requested
@@realcanadiangirl64 Oh, are we playing "Say the opposite"? If so, what a brilliant summation of what really happened that isn't the slightest bit insane.
@@realcanadiangirl64 really? Seriously? You actually believe that
@@realcanadiangirl64 no
"They year was 1812...obviously"
Later:
"It was 1814..*
Yeah i was confused about that.. so what is it?
The war started in 1812, but ended in 1814 with the events described here.
Broadway Bri 31 actually in 1815 was the battle of New Orleans where Andrew Jackson only lost 71 men while killing 2,000 British soldiers
@@Coolgiy67 Actually the peace had already been signed and so technically the battle of New Orleans isn't part of the war of 1812, but just a random fight. Although both forces involved were unaware the war was over so in that sense yes
Josiah Coney yah I would say it is apart of the war because that’s what the 2 sides were fighting for. But I see what you mean cause the war had ended like a month before the battle took place lol so everyone died for no reason basically.
my history teacher: so this leads us into the war of 1812 dur-
me: [maniacal laughter mixed with internal crying because when is ruining history coming back]
Just Liza ☝️
"we are born of idiocy" is def true and a mood
And it couldnt even be more accurate of her description! In fact, she was born and will die of idiocy!
Idiocy? Our country? Founded on idiocy?
Elijah McCormick yeah lowkey
@@gennavievegwenn4564 no
That is the most wrong statement ever
Actually, George Washington was like “I’m tired and want to go sit under my trees.”
Leah Bee Walker| 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜
Sarah Dowling that actually wasn’t a rule at that time
Sarah Dowling nope, he could have been president for life but he didn’t want to be president anymore after 2 terms. it wasn’t officially a rule that a president can’t serve for more than 2 terms until like the 1900
"Everyone get out of my way, I just wanna sit and feed my birds"
C.o.R (Lex) omg😂 I was gonna quote Hamilton than I saw this comment
They just mention aliens just to upset Shane hahaha poor guy
WHOA another one is here already? I’m so exciteddd, please make this an ongoing seriess~
Yea! There's going to be four more for this season and it's gonna be uploaded every Sunday :)
It is an ongoing series
Lee Jia Wei it is a series search for the rest of the episodes of buzzfeed blue
reeeeEEEEEETTTTTTTT
Yes
Everyone: aliens
Shane: *nO*
Welcome To Neptune
Shane:what's in your hand?
Everyone: Aliens!
Shane:NO
Shane: Hey Ryan, what topic are we doing next Buzzfeed Unsolved?
Everyone: Aliens!
Shane: *_NO_*
🇺🇲 are, aliens they got area 51😂 they got area 51 Many respects from 🇬🇧
I love how dolly saved washington’s portrait and now her own portrait is across his always watching out for him.
I love that Ryan and Sara are always with Shane and then whoever is lucky to get thrown in with them. I'm jealous.
I think it works really well! Having Ryan and Sara alongside Shane in each episode gives the series consistency, yet having two random guests also makes every episode unique and allows for some amazing commentary on these events. And yes, I also wish I could be one of those random guests.
“was there ever a president who went ‘eh, too much work’?”
well, our good old friend George
went “i am tired. goodbye”
so like,,,, sorta
George Washington was a good president, til one day he said:
“I’m tired, I want to go home.”
And Richard Nixon kinda. He grew up in the town I live in so I have basically memorized that museum.
Not presidents but David Cameron and Theresa may bottled it
Jean Deibert
I’m sorry, it’s the wrong war to reference this, and I know HE was dead at this point, but.
“One last time... teach em how to say goodbye”
"Be our king!"
George: "No."
"Stay and be president till you die!"
George: "No. I want to grow tobacco and command my modest amount of slaves."
The fact that Ryan and Sara are a staple to the series has me so happy. I love their banter!
It was so funny to watch them all know nothing about this war... As a Canadian, I learned about this war pretty much every two years in elementary school
I'm also Canadian and learned about this war a few times in history class, and one history teacher told us "If you ever ask an American about this war they probably won't know anything because Americans want to deny that it ever happened"
@@hollymathews3264 lmao I'm an American and I deadass didn't know that the White House ever burned down. I wish they would teach this in school, it's kind of important.
We don't learn about wars where we weren't a clear winner, like Vietnam, Korea, anything in the middle east, etc etc. Just the Revolution, WW I & II, and the Civil War (not sure what they learn about that one in the south though).
@@hollymathews3264 We went over it when I was in middle school. It was taught that we burned York, the British burned D.C.- and then the Battle of New Orleans happened after the treaty had been signed, with both forces unaware.
American here. Learned about it briefly in middle school, talked about the impressment, White House burning down, George Washington’s portrait being saved, star spangled banner, Native Americans having to pick sides (from what I remember).
High school ed. had slightly more but mainly focused on how afterwards America was taken more seriously as an independent nation.
I wish history class was as entertaining as this. Probably would've actually payed attention . Nice video 🙏
Yeah
INVESTING HUSTLER - Stocks and money making videos i wish you would stfu in every video you watch
INVESTING HUSTLER - Stocks and money making videos you must get some really boring teachers. All of my history teachers make history funny and awesome!
There’s a podcast called “Stuff You Missed in History Class” that’s very interesting in a similar way! 10/10 would recommend
SAME.
"It's Lara, Ryan."
Give your editor a damned raise.
S.M. Carrière Seriously! I correct my husband all the damn time. Including this morning. 😂
huh?
I think they edit the vids themselves
Isn't it pronounced the same?
Also Lara is a turkish name?
*we’re all going to die… maybe we shouldn’t have tea today*
We don't have tea. JK we binge drink tea
Yeah but British biscuits are like cookies
Ah ok. Yeah I thought you might have been american and I wanted to clarify that american biscuits and british biscuits are different
Coopa2002 Gaming British biscuits are nothing like the American version. The Canadian (as I am Canadian) biscuits, much like the rest of Canada, are a solid mix of an American and British biscuit.
Sounds interesting a mix of both
Shane gave SUCH “high school history teacher” vibes with the “I am not going to entertain this any further” 😂
$9,230.25 each ear and $18,460.51 for his head when you calculate USD from 1812 to 2018.
You're welcome.
Yeah I would have totally starting chopping people's ears off
Damn time to find some ears
google exists... but thanks still!
Morbjørn damn
How many ppl that were not Cockburn do you think lost their ears?
Also, 1812 money to 2019 money for the $1000 head is about $19,112 now.
No it wouldn’t. In 1899, $1 was around $30.50 today.
@@theonethingwealladore You're both right though. The value of the dollar was higher in 1899 than it was in 1812 for some reason. Go to in2013dollars.com and see how $1 in 1812 is worth about $19 today but in 1899 its 30
So he was offering a used car for the head of the general that was invading their country
@@aryannaherasme5569 inflation didn't exist
anything Shane touches becomes pure gold
essentially He's Midas
I guess you are a shaniac
Michael Eyob I mean I think ghosts are real but Shane is too great of a guy to not like over Ryan
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Laura Secord in this. She was a Canadian during 1812 who's the reason the British forces were able to push the American troops out of their territories. Story goes, while she was living in a section of now-Canada that had been recently taken over by America's army, she overheard a bunch of soldiers boasting about a secret upcoming attack against the British army that would gain them the rest of Upper now-Canada (in their defence, the soldiers were drunk and had been in her house at the time, eating her food). Upon hearing this, Secord proceeded to trek through 20 miles of enemy territory (with her cow in some versions), and managed to outrun the American army and warn the British to get their butts into gear for the surprise attack that was coming their way. Because of her, the British were able to prepare their forces and managed to push the Americans out of now-Canada completely. Sources vary, but some people believe that if it was not for her, America might have won 1812, and Canada as a country would not exist today.
So a bunch of American a-holes were being cocky and a pain and it bit them in the butt hard. Yeah that checks out.
THE ICE CREAM LADY???
@@noiiya9242
Chocolate, Laura Secord chocolate, although they do serve ice cream now too but chocolate made her business famous.
When in any American history has Americans been “calm and collective”
@@smellasepam4854 neither do we (Germans)
@@smellasepam4854 wth
I feel like we'd have to really do some digging to find that small time we were if it exists
NEVER!
Hey at least were not boring
This series and Buzzfeed Unsolved are the only reasons I’m subscribed
Shannon Jones same
Shannon Jones Same here 😂
Shannon Jones yes 100%
In 1812, $500 is roughly $7317.21 today, and $1000 is about $14634.41.
I have 27,054.84
www.in2013dollars.com/1814-dollars-in-2018?amount=2000
And you put 1815, not 1814.
Lofty and you put 1814, not 1812
can someone pin this please
$14634.42.*
BRING THIS BACK! Why do you guys do this with the best series?? Every video in the first season has MILLIONS of views, so please bring it back. I genuinely love this series. P.S. WHEN you do bring it back, make sure Shane is still the host. Love that guy. ;)
Shane and Ryan have their own channel called watcher now, and they have a series called puppet history. :) It's similar, and it's quite fun.
I'm pretty sure that when they said, "your excellency they burned down your whole palace." it was mocking him. He's the emperor with no clothes asking about his library in a time like this. I think that was the context, not that they regularly referred to him as your excellency.
Brandy R
The emperor has no clothes
That's because at this time there was still probably a lot of British humour in America (such as sir, i appear to have lost my leg... yes, it seems you have... ya know... stay calm and carry on), and the art of back handed compliments. Now it seems like Americans take a lot of things very literally and have kinda lost the art of being able to read between the lines (over generalisation obviously). Irony doesn't seem to be funny over there. I think in 1812 the rest of the worlds humour hadn't yet moved over to take the monty python vibe out of the culture.
"It's a scary scene that's unfolding--"
"--Ghosts are scarier!"
Shane and Ryan need their own channel of their shenanigans!
Ruining history and Unsolved are my 2 most favorite series on youtube.
They do now! It’s called Watcher and boy oh boy do they post their shenanigans. Their Puppet History series is kind of like a reboot of Ruining History 😁😁
Gadiel: There's no way they had rockets back then
Me: Rockets were invented in the Song Dynasty
Edit: Fact checked the dynasty name.
Rockets were invented by the ancient chinese. They fired rockets into the air on festive occasions and to ward off spirits. To whit: en.chinaculture.org/created/2005-07/21/content_70826.htm
@@KevinHandydfw That's what I said.
Congreve rockets
i think he was thinking about the metal rockets they use to free countries.
Independence Wars 2 - the empire strikes back
Yolo Swaggins underrated comment
why isn’t this a top comment
I vote this top comment.
Something something something dark side something something complete lol
underrated af
Who animates these? I wanna be their best friend
SAME. PLEASE BE SENPAI, O GREAT ANIMATER/EDITOR!!
I think it’s Jeremy Smolik. He’s labeled as Asset Designer in the description. I don’t know what that actually means though 😂 pretty sure it’s a type of digital arts.
I wanna know who edits these videos and then marry them
shane and one other guy i think
Shane does! :)
there's a link in the description that gives you all the info on the producer, editor, cast, etc.
I thought it was Ryan and Shane.
Meia Krage it's not Ryan. This isn't his show. It's some other guy. Name starts with a T. I remember seeing him in a comments section.
It was Thomas Jefferson who started the tradition of calling the President “ Mr. President”
Omg another one so soon! What did I do to deserve this?
I think they're planning on having a new one every Sunday!
Being loyal
Hope it lasts!
Fajiyeol ii ii
YES!!!
"There's no way they had rockets back then"
Ever heard of the Star Spangled Banner?
That guy was kind of an idiot so I dont know what your expecting
@@desertranger3199 Yet you just used "your" when "you are" is "you're." 🤔
@@35mm21 It wasn't.
but wasnt that song made after pearl harbor....
@@lmao0192 Sigh. No. It comes from a poem written about the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
the editing made this 50000000x funnier
Yeah cause the two panel guests were lame. And what happened to Shane? He is looking uncharacteristically basic.
Emily O'Brien uiiii
Emily O'Brien m n n
I'm your 900th like
Welp, this video got very relevant really quick
LMAOO
Can you guys PLEASE do the Great Emu War? It is the single funniest piece of Australian history I’ve ever heard.
KatAltaria lol they lost a declared war against a bunch of birds!!! LOL
OH MY GOD YES. PLEASE.
This. Yes please..
This comment is kinda old but on Shane’s new series “Puppet History” he just did a video on it !
@@SpyV1 I saw and it made me SO HAPPY
Dolly Madison saved much more than just one photo of George Washington, including the Declaration of Independence (yes, she did that not Monroe). And she threw the dinner party knowing that the British were closing in so as to show her resolve and help make those still in Washington feel a bit more safe. She deserves more credit than she gets
Chloe Davis yeah but she's a woman in America so... haha this country is fucked
A woman anywhere. British women weren't exactly getting recognition at the time so I guess they're fucked too?
Shane!! you should make an episode on the destruction of the Aztec Empire (trust me there’s guns and ships and deceit and spies and human sacrifice and disease, you’ll love it)
Yolanda Vizitiu no
Fernando Corona Yes
Yolanda Vizitiu eh
Guns and ships, you say?
So the balance shifted?
4:53
can we just talk about how george washington's literal reason for retirement was 'i'm tired. i want to go home.'
I LOVE THIS SERIES
SAME!!!!!!!
Emily O'Brien it’s so great right!!
YES! This series is altogether magical magnificent and mythical and I AM SO GLAD THEY ARE CONTINUING IT.
IKR this is amazing!
Hey Emily 😂😂
FACT FROM TITANIC: They ACTUALLY ate snacks like chocolate as the ship was going down
Honestly I would do this to
Please continue with this series or I'll be very woebegone
same profile pic!!
Awesome TWINS!!!
ya boi I said woebegone to my English teacher and she didn’t know what it meant and was going to ask other English teachers at my school but forgot what the word was.
#BringBackWoebegone
The back ground screams at 18:27 become even funnier when I imagine Shane in a sound studio making those noises into a mic on his own 😂😂😂
*Can you guys stop talking about Star Wars?* *me* *giggles* Woebegone Kenobi 😂
i love you
Bellatrix Tudor This deserves way more likes than it has right now 😂😂
😂 thanks guys.
Bellatrix Tudor LMFAOOOOO
fun fact: dolly actually ordered a fifteen year old black slave to save it and then she frickin bolted. a Frenchmen tried to help but then other servants, that were saving stuff bc dolly just grabbed silverware and ditched, ran in to the burning White House and told the Frenchmen and 15 year old Paul Jennings that the British were like ten miles out.
so then, the French servant just left along w other slaves while Jennings had decided to break the frame to save the canvas.
Dolly saved herself w these “letters” and the Madison family had a painting made to portray dolly all elegant and fancy and on the left side there’s Jennings but he looks like a middle aged man instead of the 15 yr old he was
You learn about the war of 1812 in Canada in grade 7.
I'm in grade 7.
You just couldn't post this few weeks ago when my class was working on it.
redrose 101 I'm in grade 7 too! In Canada. And we haven't learnt about it yet
lol I’m in grade 10 and we are just now learning this. we mostly learned about local history in grades 7-9 (junior high)
i remember they taught us that canadians burned down the pink house and its a monumental time in canadian history. we are the reason why they turned the white house from pink-white LOL ur welcome americans
Yea but if they HAD kept it the 'pink house'. I dont think they would mind, It seems like they came full circle to wanting it to be pink again
Dude same
This hits differently in January 2021. Turns out you don't need to be foreign to attack the most important building in Washington.
Fun facts about James Madison!
1) He was the shortest president to date, standing at 5’4!
2) James would tell the same jokes all the time, the the point that people would be far more interested in the different ways he’d tell them.
3) Speaking of his jokes, he had a pretty dirty sense of humour.
4) He really liked ice cream!
andretheinternaut omg im taller than jimmy madmanson, who knew?
and he was a HUGE hypochondriac
1. James' wife would also make jokes about his height (in a good way) and often give him piggy back rides.
2. He squealed when he was served cream puffs at dinner. Thats adorable.
same, james madison, same
Aww, smol boyo, thomas was a giant next to him
"We were born of idiocy." -truer words have never been spoken
and the tradition continues today! What a shock LOL
"do you think they burned my library?" Omg that hurts my heart poor jemmy James
honestly, i would ask the same question(it took me a long time to collect those books and I'll sell my soul rather than burning them)
You know why you’re here today.
I love Sara and Ryan’s friendship !
they torment shane and i am here for it
You should talk about the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, which was an alleged theoretical state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. Read about it, it's hilarious.
Aiden Rose Grey yes that one:)
Bahahaha that is hilarious
JustSarah the Isles of Scilly are part of Britain, it was a result of the English Civil war. The Royal Navy were on the Parliamentarians side therefore Charles’ attempts to gain support from European countries failed. The Dutch engaged the Royal
Navy off the Isles of Scilly and lost a treaty was signed in 1985z
Y’all should make a ruining history vid about Alexander Hamilton
beeharbour probably talking about his death in new jersey
@@jacquesscott7724 or about his cheating scandal
Yessssssss
beeharbour you know he just cheated on his wife then exposed himself, and would never shut up so he got shot. Nothing wrong with him 100% an amazing guy.
No need for that, the man already ruined himself lol
War of 1812: The Redcoats are coming!
Q Coup of 2021: The Redhats are throwing a tantrum!
yep! 😭💀
Can we talk about how Shane is dating the female version of Ryan
Hahaha true! :D
Who is Shane? Also who is Ryan?
who is shane dating
A A Sara
Oh my god its true
#BRINGBACKWOEBEGONE
already there
@@paranoidandroid2098 ya we are already there
The British after burning the White House: *have s’mores (if time)*
The British don’t eat s’mores
JackSmithson alas I am mistaken. The brits do not have s’mores, though I’m sure they would enjoy them
and.rosie we do have s'mores
and.rosie and they are delightful
JackSmithson The fat commander says *Y O U A R E W R O N G*
I find it hilarious that this showed up in my recommendations today.
Hamilton's ghost crying as they burn the Treasury.
He had died 10 or so years earlier so he probably was...
He was probably the storm
Albert Gallatin was the US Treasurer: politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. He was born in Geneva and spoke French as his first language.
@@KevinHandydfw Hamilton was the treasury secretary
@@lilhinata_02 You are 100% correct EXCEPT during the James Madison administration the Treasury Secretary was Gallatin. Hamilton served from September 11, 1789 - January 31, 1795. Gallatin served Jefferson and Madison from May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814*. Hamilton was our very first and that's a fact. But he was the first. Not the present at the time of the burning nor the intervening Treasury Secretaries either.
I love how each episode has Sarah in it, like obviously there's the stars Ryan and Shane, but I find it cute that Shane is just like "yeah I don't really care who else is in it other than my girl has to be in every episode" 😍
Also, Shane and Ryan are the backbone of not only buzzfeed blue but just Buzzfeed in general 💗
Dilynne H. I wish they'd take her out.
I love Sara
But who's the girl in yellow!!!! hahaha
Sarah is part of the series
Shane is the star.
I love how mercilessly Sara and Ryan are always trolling Shane
Natalie Rose same. I'm a Shaniac but I approve.
ryan and sarah ganging up on Shane to claim it was aliens is my favorite running joke
PLEASE KEEP THIS SERIES BUZZFEED
"You should've said it's the other guy in the ship with Will Smith."
I lost it so bad there. My sides still hurt from laughing.
Soilders are lucky Mrs. Madison didn't have the means to poison all the food she made...
Right?? That's what i was thinking
i wish they continued this series it was so entertaining
Ryan and Shane are not at Buzzfeed anymore. They have their own channel called Watcher. Shane actually has his own series on that chanal about history and he kind of makes it like this, but as almost like a gameshow and he took like a whole week to make puppets for the show.
Marika Kutaladze they are still at buzzfeed tho, they work buzzfeed unsolved lmao
Marika Kutaladze lol have you heard of Buzzfeed Unsolved?
@@jtadros16 well technically they don't work for Buzzfeed anymore, but they do work with them, there's a distinction there so i let her comment slide. and she's right about puppet history existing
Filled with inaccuracies but yes entertaining.
Fun fact: when the white house was rebuilt the damage was so bad they HAD to paint it white
@@reagansmith5288 it was pink/red
@@carnuatus Fax?
@@carnuatus not it was black
@@carnuatus it was boring brownish grey lol
@@carnuatus It was burnt out and ashen gray after it was burned. it looked so bad that they did paint it white but it would revert back to gray and yes i did peel to reveal its pink origins. Today it is painted white continuously by a crew who does nothing but paint the building and the grounds buildings to match it.
If there’s a reboot, you HAAAVE to bring back Sara. She’s so cute. I really enjoy her commentary along with Ryan and of course Shane’s. But Sara is nonnegotiable! I love her
I really don't like her. I don't find her that funny
@@dromie5059 hey good for you! It's really good to have a variety of opinions and as long as everyone is respectful of everyone else's opinions there is a lot to be learned!
@@corvidae2741 I agree. Thank you for being respectful lol
Goodness I hadn't seen people accept they have different opinions and just move on in so long!
Shane now has a new series on their new channel, Watcher, called "Puppet History."
Why does Ryan look so done in the picture at 22:44 ? 😂😂 It's like Ruining History is the opposite of Unsolved - Shane getting really deep into research and observations and Ryan just regretting the life decisions which lead him to the point.
i love that all the voices in animations are just shane like "uh~oh"
AND I *OOP*
“i know nothing about history or why i was invited to talk about it.” ACTUALLY ME
x0x0_qirl _x0x0 the girl said it.
Yeah, that's not a good thing
and there's nothing wrong with our education system. LOL this is truly sad.
it’s called a joke, wankers
fucking ignorant
You guys are the reason why I love RUclips
or buzzfeed
Hammertime84 Try to form a proper sentence and spell right next time you leave a retarted comment, then maybe you'll sound intimidating.
ImSociallyAwkward found the normie
Noe Donis
As a Canadian, I can tell you that we did learn about the war of 1812. It’s one of the few times New England/Canada fought against the US, other than the revolutionary war.
America: We'll bs our way through everything
There are no movies about it because no Americans want to tell the story of losing 😂
THEND There are actually about four movies on it (not a lot) and there'll all pretty old. :/
To be fair you's don't really win often either.
LeePalmer95 because winning means ending the world
DeclaringPond 22 these guys are really proud of it lmao
I mean to be fair there's plenty of movies about Vietnam and we got our fuckin asses kicked in nam
"Do you think they burned my library?" 😭
Yeah 'his' library. Good job the Americans got rid of pompous monarchs eh.
I am so glad this series is getting the attention it deserves.
"The losers are writing the history as if they were victors"
Don't they always?
Er, usually the victors wrote the history books because the losers lost... their lives, or their sovereignty.
Americans certainly do
BRUHH.... HAMILTON IS ROLLING ON HIS GRAVE LAUGHING AT JAMES MADISON 😂😂😂
1812: That time Britain burned down the White House
2018: The time when The White House burned down itself
Ky Nguyen how come all you Asians have the same last name.
Colin idk man...why are all people called colin absolute pricks
brrrigid k。 Nice try at a clap back. However it falls flat on its face because Colin isn’t an all too common name when compared to the surname Nguyen.
Colin I’m not really getting in on this, but I feel compelled to point out that one comment was encompassing many, while the other was many encompassing one.
puttster3 No, I don’t think you understand his comment.
18:02 I love how Sara and Ryan team up to annoy Shane HAHAHAHAHA
the fact there's highschools in jamaica older than America is astounding
To be fair, there are high schools in America older than America, they were just founded when Americans were still British.
@@erraticonteuseso those aren't allowed to be talked about