100 History Facts that Will Shock You

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @Sideprojects
    @Sideprojects  Месяц назад +46

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  • @lohwenli
    @lohwenli Месяц назад +271

    Bro stopped narrating for TopTenz, now does Top Hundreds 😁

  • @caodesignworks2407
    @caodesignworks2407 20 дней назад +39

    People literally lifted half a city block of office buildings and somehow there are still people out there who believe we couldn't build the pyramids

    • @jeniyoung918
      @jeniyoung918 16 дней назад +3

      I know, right? We've never collectively been stupid; yet people stubbornly want to believe past societies were moronic. They make me see some of the wrong thinking behind eugenics. (I do not support eugenics in any way. I simply see why some idiots would be better off not contributing to the gene pool. But even idiots have value and basic human rights.)

    • @JonBennet
      @JonBennet 14 дней назад +1

      I'm not saying I don't believe humans built the pyramids but there is thousands of years between these 2 events. That's like saying Romans could of made a iPhone

    • @caodesignworks2407
      @caodesignworks2407 14 дней назад +8

      @JonBennet they used jacks and man power to move a whole office block without damaging it. Thousands of years don't change that capability. Especially when you're talking about individual stone blocks versus an entire city block

    • @markkarasik2211
      @markkarasik2211 13 часов назад

      @JonBennetand a felon with dozens of convictions could never be elected president again

  • @xenialafleur
    @xenialafleur Месяц назад +65

    There were also 3 Presidents in 1841. Van Buren finished his term in March, William Henry Harrison died in April, and then Tyler became President.

  • @juggalowildwings
    @juggalowildwings Месяц назад +67

    I was disappointed when Simon left Visualpolitik but with all this content he now provides he made up for it tenfold. This guy is a treasure.

    • @noth606
      @noth606 28 дней назад +12

      A few years behind the ball on that eh... He's had 19469 channels since man harnessed fire in the caves more or less. By the time the Pharaohs whipped people to stack stones on top of each other you could have daily hours of Simon 'TV' and he has a buffer of tons of stuff already recorded ready to go in case he's sick or something. ;-)

    • @anthonydelange4128
      @anthonydelange4128 28 дней назад

      Yeah and i hear ppl say oh but he's just reading a script uhhm yeah try reading long ass script for hours while remaining entertaining , like I haven't picked up a book since finishing high school 2 years ago not even I can see myself reading a script.

    • @BigGahmBoss
      @BigGahmBoss 2 дня назад +1

      You're truly OG if you remember that he hosted that channel, too

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Месяц назад +35

    0:35 - N°1 - The russian baltic fleet had a disastrous voyage in 1905
    2:10 - Mid roll ads
    3:20 - N°2 - Spain used to throw platinum into the ocean
    4:35 - N°3 - Alexander the great held a drinking contest that killed several contestants
    5:25 - N°4 - Liberia once held the most rigged election in history
    6:30 - N°5 - The moon landing had to be altered at the last second
    7:50 - N°6 - Chicago once lifted the whole city
    10:35 - N°7 - The oldest grape wine ever found is 8000 years old
    11:20 - N°8 - Cortes had a unique way to communicate with the aztecs
    13:15 - N°9 - The US tricked the USSR into selling them titanium
    14:20 - N°10 - There was once a car race from new york to paris
    15:55 - N°11 - Ancient india performed the 1st ever rhinoplasties
    16:40 - N°12 - Rome loved a fruit so much they ate it to extinction
    17:40 - N°13 - Teddy roosevelt finished a speech after being shot
    19:05 - N°14 - 46 BC was the longest calendar year in history
    21:20 - N°15 - Native americans had clam garden before the pyramids were built
    22:20 - N°16 - The 1st chess engine was a hoax
    24:15 - N°17 - Ancient china designed the 1st ever earthquake detector
    25:10 - N°18 - The mystery nuke detonated in 1979
    26:35 - N°19 - Cannons were used as sun clokcs
    27:25 - N°20 - Ancient egyptians used honey to treat wounds
    28:15 - N°21 - The soviet union had an all women air force regiment in WW2
    29:55 - N°22 - Shakespeare may have the 1st recorded "your mom" joke
    30:20 - N°23 - The main cause of death in the dublin whisky fire wasn't fire
    31:10 - N°24 - The pirate capital of the world sank into the ocean
    32:30 - N°25 - Iceland is home to the world oldest parliament
    33:45 - N°26 - Greece & bulgaria went to war over a dog
    34:50 - N°27 - Wall street used to have an actual wall
    35:30 - N°28 - Georges H W Bush was almost cannibalized
    36:10 - N°29 - Chocolate was a form of currency in ancient america
    37:05 - N°30 - China exported grain throughout the great famine
    38:10 - N°31 - Typhoons defended Japan from the mongols twice
    39:20 - N°32 - In WWI, french prostitutes charged more if they had syphilis
    40:20 - N°33 - The plain of jars is a complete historical mystery
    41:35 - N°34 - A man burned the temple of Artemis just to become famous
    42:50 - N°35 - The US considered dying Mount fuji black in WWII
    43:35 - N°36 - One of history deadliest wars may have ended due to a mistranslation
    46:10 - N°37 - The largest ever chariot battle might have been a draw
    47:10 - N°38 - Andrew jackson tried to beat up his would be assassin
    48:15 - N°39 - The US stole bells from the philippines for an entire century
    49:20 - N°40 - Medieval christians were jealous of viking hygiene
    50:40 - N°41 - The great fire of london helped save the city from the Blitz
    52:05 - N°42 - Einstein biggest blunder wasn't a blunder
    53:00 - N°43 - The polynesians probably got to the americas before columbus
    56:00 - N°44 - Paper clips were a sign of resistance in Norway
    57:10 - N°45 - There were 3 US president in 1881
    58:00 - N°46 - People whipped themselves trying to cure the black death
    59:10 - N°47 - Neanderthals created art perhaps even before Homo sapiens
    1:00:15 - N°48 - The korean alphabet was invented to be easy to learn
    1:01:25 - N°49 - Napoleon was once attacked by an army of rabbits
    1:02:30 - N°50 - The pyramids used to have shiny, polished tops
    1:03:15 - N°51 - The sphink once had a nose & maybe a beard
    1:04:30 - N°52 - Gutenberg did not invent the 1st printing press
    1:05:30 - N°53 - Columbus used a lunar eclipse to scare natives
    1:06:45 - N°54 - Hitler's health was a total disaster
    1:08:35 - N°55 - India had the 1st hot tubs
    1:09:10 - N°56 - Alexander the great wasted water to inspire his troops
    1:10:05 - N°57 - The last german surrender of WWII was months after the war's end
    1:11:05 - N°58 - Early vikings may have used a sun compass
    1:12:15 - N°59 - The oldest cheese in the world was found in Egypt
    1:12:55 - N°60 - Winston churchill had a doctor's note to drink alcohol in the US
    1:13:45 - N°61 - China built an entire fleet just to show off their money
    1:15:10 - N°62 - The USSR basically deleted the aral sea
    1:16:25 - N°63 - Ancient cultures used meteors to make iron tools
    1:17:05 - N°64 - Yugoslavia had a special luxury train for foreign diplomacy
    1:17:50 - N°65 - Teddy roosevelt had a rebellious daughter
    1:18:50 - N°66 - The 1st recorded joke is a fart joke
    1:19:30 - N°67 - Paraguay allowed polygamy after the war of the triple alliance
    1:20:30 - N°68 - The mongols used psychological warfare to take cities without a fight
    1:21:40 - N°69 - The term Aspergers was coined by the Nazis (Yay, my syndrome)
    1:23:10 - N°70 - Surgeons used to wear bloody aprons to show their experience
    1:24:00 - N°71 - The buddahs of bamiyan had a tough life
    1:25:40 - N°72 - The wheel was independently invented in the ancient andes
    1:26:40 - N°73 - Bird pool used to be highly valuable
    1:28:05 - N°74 - The SS Baikal was a pretty big waste of money
    1:29:40 - N°75 - An 1857 shipwreck sparked a 1990's insurance battle
    1:31:00 - N°76 - Toronto once had clown vs firefighter riot
    1:32:10 - N°77 - The invention of the elevator safety brake made skyscrapers possible
    1:33:25 - N°78 - The ottoman had their own tulip craze
    1:34:30 - N°79 - General macarthur was fired for wanting to nuke china
    1:35:50 - N°80 - One of the aztecs's greatest warriors fell off a roof
    1:36:50 - N°81 - A newspaper once convinced americans that there were bat people on the moon
    1:38:25 - N°82 - The world oldest amputation was in southeast asia
    1:39:05 - N°83 - Pythagoras believed beans were evil
    1:39:50 - N°84 - Plato was a champion wrestler before becoming a philosopher
    1:40:30 - N°85 - Galileo's middle finger was preserved
    1:41:00 - N°86 - The 1st patents were granted in the 15th century
    1:41:55 - N°87 - Land mines date back more than 700 years
    1:42:45 - N°88 - Emperor sigismund was above the law & grammar
    1:43:40 - N°89 - The remains at skeleton lake are still a mystery
    1:44:55 - N°90 - The american revolution had battles in great britain
    1:46:15 - N°91 - Countess elizabeth bathory might have been history most prolific serial killer
    1:47:35 - N°92 - The longest marathon time in history was over 50 years
    1:49:40 - N°93 - The last egyptian hieroglyph was carved in 436 AD
    1:50:30 - N°94 - Playing cards were a currency in New france
    1:51:25 - N°95 - The washington monument was capped with aluminium because it was considered rare
    1:52:05 - N°96 - Coca cola once thwarted an assassination attempt
    1:53:00 - N°97 - Nero probably didn't "fiddle while rome burned"
    1:54:05 - N°98 - Mexico was a safe haven for escaped slaves
    1:55:00 - N°99 - In 1858 , hundreds of people were poisoned by candy
    1:56:20 - N°100 - Britain once used cemetery guns to deter grave robbers

    • @Know_Your_Enemy
      @Know_Your_Enemy 29 дней назад +6

      *YOU ARE A HERO AMONG US MERE MORTALS!!!!!*

    • @richardpeterson9702
      @richardpeterson9702 26 дней назад

      You use AI for this or you type it out your self and took notes

    • @ignitionfrn2223
      @ignitionfrn2223 25 дней назад +7

      @@richardpeterson9702 The old fashionned way : text file , a few snacks and a LOT of patience !!!

    • @CrisMind
      @CrisMind 24 дня назад +1

      Dedicated

    • @Purumal1337
      @Purumal1337 19 дней назад +1

      Obviously you didn't pay enough attention :D Number 41 used the (previously unknown) word "elped" not "helped".. at least according to the text on the screen ^_^

  • @namelesscare7982
    @namelesscare7982 27 дней назад +7

    History can be really fascinating. Sometimes it can shock you, sometimes it can amaze you, sometimes it can captivate you. History always be full of surprises.

  • @jackvos8047
    @jackvos8047 Месяц назад +36

    Indigenous Australians were farming eels 6,600 years ago, before the construction of both Stonehenge and the Pyramids.

    • @marcbeebee6969
      @marcbeebee6969 Месяц назад +3

      And now emus rule the nation. 😅

    • @spinnymathingy3149
      @spinnymathingy3149 Месяц назад +8

      😂 and that was the height of their civilisation.

    • @dylandwyer2295
      @dylandwyer2295 Месяц назад +1

      No the emus now farm the eels

    • @spinnymathingy3149
      @spinnymathingy3149 Месяц назад +1

      @@dylandwyer2295 emus love colourful mushrooms too

    • @rjhrjh3
      @rjhrjh3 Месяц назад +3

      @@marcbeebee6969 Correct. They won the war against the Australian Army. A funny part of Australian history.

  • @pierrevaillancourt1803
    @pierrevaillancourt1803 Месяц назад +30

    The fart joke was a blast from the past

    • @tarapittman2976
      @tarapittman2976 4 дня назад +2

      Nicely done! That's blew me away. Lol

    • @NoahSteel-wx8ry
      @NoahSteel-wx8ry 3 дня назад +1

      History is made from such powerful winds of change 🙃

    • @sharonpollock9543
      @sharonpollock9543 12 часов назад

      It’s a current blast over here😂

  • @02whitelaw
    @02whitelaw Месяц назад +32

    I have to say thank you to Simon's better half.
    Thanks for sharing your man with all us freaks. Hahaha

  • @Caleb1874ya
    @Caleb1874ya Месяц назад +36

    Shakespeare invented the name Jessica… idk why but that one gets me for some reason… like really??? Yes….

    • @MimiYuYu
      @MimiYuYu Месяц назад +2

      Also the word assassination. Dr Seuss invented nerds

    • @cococreates26
      @cococreates26 29 дней назад +4

      Didn't Shakespeare invent like 600 new words? I can't imagine trying to write a story with words I'm making up, whilst making it completely understandable by a reader who also doesn't know what the words mean! 😮 I don't think we give Shakespeare enough credit!

    • @ethanb2224
      @ethanb2224 26 дней назад +4

      @@cococreates26we give shakespeare all the credit. he’s like the greatest story writer of all time

    • @Caleb1874ya
      @Caleb1874ya 26 дней назад +3

      What if he just legit COULD NOT SPELL??? Could tell a hell of a story but NEVER won a spelling bee… then just made words up??? Hmmm

    • @ThePoopsmith-12345
      @ThePoopsmith-12345 24 дня назад

      He invented “impossible” as well

  • @_Ben___
    @_Ben___ Месяц назад +11

    13 liters of anything, you'll die.
    It could've been water and he'd die of hyponatremia.

  • @lostNtx
    @lostNtx 26 дней назад +3

    Thank you for talking about Henry Morgan!! He was more than a rum 😂 he was interred in Port Royal and the quake took him home to the ocean. A huge portion of the town is underwater. I fell down a wormhole doing my ancestry 🤷‍♀️😂

  • @MS-io6kl
    @MS-io6kl Месяц назад +14

    1:07 it's going to be a good list if it starts with Kamchatka. For deeper insights into the journey of the 2nd Russian Pacific Squadron and its unfortunate end in the Battle of Tsushima, I recommend Drachinifel.

    • @rentonfreak
      @rentonfreak Месяц назад +3

      That's my thought.
      "Do you see torpedo boats?"

  • @Indyofthedead
    @Indyofthedead Месяц назад +5

    Silphium was actually possibly rediscovered very very recently.

  • @benverdy1893
    @benverdy1893 Месяц назад +7

    I knew most of these facts. Admittedly from watching other videos from Simon lol

  • @BigMobe
    @BigMobe Месяц назад +7

    1st rule of war: Do not invade Russia.
    2nd rule of war: Russia do not invade others.

  • @jeromebarrette954
    @jeromebarrette954 Месяц назад +4

    Love these longer videos

  • @PewPewPark
    @PewPewPark Месяц назад +7

    In regards to silphium, they think the plant has been rediscovered in Turkey.

  • @jmmahony
    @jmmahony Месяц назад +5

    Speaking of the Julian calendar, you said "such corrections were never needed again". Wrong- the Julian calendar assumed the year was 365 1/4 days long, so a leap day was added every four years. But as you accurately stated, the year is actually about 365.2422 days. That slight .0078 days per year added up over the centuries and after about a millennium and a half the calendar was off by 10 days, leading Pope Gregory to skip 10 days to re-sync the calendar to the seasons, and to introduce the new Gregorian calendar, which had a slight modification in the use of leap days.

    • @nicholasjones7774
      @nicholasjones7774 Месяц назад +1

      he was referring to the point of the fact he was sharing; that about 90 days were added. it is not wrong to say that has not happened again, it would also be fair to suggest that nothing so drastic has been done since.

    • @jmmahony
      @jmmahony Месяц назад

      @nicholasjones7774 one correction added 90 days, the other subtracted 10.

  • @petergarner5991
    @petergarner5991 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you so much, it was a hard slog but got there in the end. Very enjoyable video.

  • @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou
    @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou Месяц назад +2

    Dude falling to his death changed the outcome of that battle lmao

  • @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou
    @TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou Месяц назад +4

    LOL imagine waking up one day and the mountains turned blood red 🤣

  • @Paul_Ch52
    @Paul_Ch52 Месяц назад +2

    Yes, rest now, Simon. You only have three more videos to make before taking a break for dinner.

  • @pr0cr4st1na7or
    @pr0cr4st1na7or Месяц назад +1

    A few comments on specific numbers:
    30: The same thing happened during the Irish Famine in the 1800s, the English forced the Irish to continue exporting beef and other commodified foods and largely left them to starve.
    40: Japan is much more seismically active than England, so without modern building techniques and materials, low wooden structures make much more sense and they are more resilient to the stresses of earthquakes than stone and brick.
    45: It hasn't happened since, but it had happened before. In 1841, Martin Van Buren left office, having lost to William Henry Harrison, who died of illness a month after taking office (the first president to die in office) and was succeeded by his Vice President John Tyler.
    95: The Library of Congress also has aluminum fittings and decorations for the same reason.

  • @koitsenka
    @koitsenka 29 дней назад +2

    Simon getting all buff.

  • @AnotherPointOfView944
    @AnotherPointOfView944 Месяц назад +3

    An index to each topic would be handy!

  • @kenn82draw
    @kenn82draw Месяц назад +1

    Clowns vs Firefighters would be crazy to see.

  • @totherarf
    @totherarf Месяц назад +4

    The moon landing was indeed remarkable as they had 3 seconds of fuel left!

    • @marcbeebee6969
      @marcbeebee6969 Месяц назад +1

      Pff story of my life

    • @jmmahony
      @jmmahony Месяц назад

      a little under 30 second actually.

    • @totherarf
      @totherarf Месяц назад

      @@jmmahony I am getting old and my mind is feeble .... you may be right! ;o) It was just an interview I remember.

  • @NoahSteel-wx8ry
    @NoahSteel-wx8ry 2 дня назад

    1:40:01 “Plato (the famous philosopher) was a nickname given to him by his wrestling coach derived from the Greek word ‘platos,’meaning broad.This name likely referred to Plato’s broad shoulders or physique”
    What a Chad gentleman!! 😮😂

  • @stancil83
    @stancil83 28 дней назад +4

    52:53 Being so smart you think you're wrong about something you're not wrong about. Yes that look of confusion on your face is Justified.

  • @batticusmanacleas510
    @batticusmanacleas510 Месяц назад +3

    A well placed fart was probably making humans laugh long before we had speech, let alone writing.

    • @noth606
      @noth606 28 дней назад

      I'd venture to say farts were likely crackin some up before humans, but depending on your definition speech also came before that. Writing not really unless you get very flexible with the definition of it.

  • @sean-ve6do
    @sean-ve6do Месяц назад +1

    Solid content as per nice one fella

  • @Ulfhednir9
    @Ulfhednir9 Месяц назад +3

    Sabaton has a great song about the Night witches

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 Месяц назад +1

      Sabaton has a lot of great songs about that time period in general

  • @NoahSteel-wx8ry
    @NoahSteel-wx8ry 3 дня назад

    37:51 Jackson; what a legendary Gigachad!! 😮

  • @Roguefem76
    @Roguefem76 24 дня назад

    "fluffy onslaught" and "relentless wave of bunnies" are some of the greatest phrases I've ever heard. 😆🐇🐰🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇

  • @StephyShadows27
    @StephyShadows27 19 дней назад

    I was worried that they wouldnt do the LONG episodes since they take so much time to create and edit. But they are some of my favourite videos that he creates.
    Listen/watch while I work and makes my day,

  • @bikkies
    @bikkies 27 дней назад

    The first item had me casting my memory back almost 40 years. For 4.5 years I'd have to walk past a pub in Liverpool called The Baltic Fleet, a few hundred yards from where I worked. I vaguely recalled there being quite some history behind the pub, so I nipped into my local branch of Google to refresh my fading memory. One of the first results proudly included the text "Patrons today are said to include several ghosts." Now, if that one isn't rich pickings for our Factboi then I don't know what is.

    • @davidpretorius7285
      @davidpretorius7285 12 дней назад +1

      "Nipped into my local branch of Google" had me! 😂

  • @CoryWaldon
    @CoryWaldon Месяц назад

    Simon giving info on sunstones is giving me One Piece flashbacks from 2 weeks ago

  • @christinebrown3359
    @christinebrown3359 Месяц назад +1

    I feel like the facts I know in this list I learned from Simon's channels!

  • @3m0rta1
    @3m0rta1 Месяц назад

    Not only enjoyed learning but the comic icon erm humor is awesome laughed on and off for 2 hours at work thank you

  • @ALA9E
    @ALA9E Месяц назад

    I always mis interpreted the “fiddling” as “fiddling around” not playing a violin 😂😂😂

  • @okok-kn6ee
    @okok-kn6ee Месяц назад +1

    Now i need a part 2

  • @pennyspencer450
    @pennyspencer450 Месяц назад

    Great as usual, but i find these exhausting and relentless

  • @SpectrumofSmarts
    @SpectrumofSmarts Месяц назад +2

    Simon I knew all of this, because I've seen every video you've ever made

  • @Khanjikai
    @Khanjikai Месяц назад +2

    Oh, what a perfect gift for me... Simon tells the best bedtime stories. 🥱🥱🥱

  • @abebee1383
    @abebee1383 25 дней назад

    The grape vine design on the jars could be our ancestors branding their products.

  • @stancil83
    @stancil83 28 дней назад

    9:00 When pressure is spread out over a larger surface area, the force per unit area (pressure) decreases, making it easier to lift or support objects.

    • @AschenDog
      @AschenDog 20 дней назад +1

      The same reason snowshoes work.

  • @kevinfoster1138
    @kevinfoster1138 Месяц назад

    F yeah I was very happy to hear about our ancestors Clam gardens. They are still in practice today with some small upgrades.

  • @sabrinafelber
    @sabrinafelber Месяц назад +1

    Love the long ones! You deserved that voice rest!

  • @jwremmerts846
    @jwremmerts846 14 часов назад

    Obelix broke off the nose of the sphinx while climing it

  • @HoundMonkey
    @HoundMonkey 20 дней назад

    3:00 "Huel it's got what plants crave."

  • @kingivar702
    @kingivar702 11 дней назад

    the army of rabbits that attacked Napoleon were secretly the seventh coalition that failed to take down the MAN

  • @Rascilon25
    @Rascilon25 Месяц назад +1

    As an American learning Korean I really liked the segment about Hangul.

  • @NeysaNerich
    @NeysaNerich 23 дня назад

    I live in Central Il, Abe Lincoln had a law office here, and our town was literally built on a swamp and they did the same thing

  • @bettyswallocks6411
    @bettyswallocks6411 20 дней назад

    The statue of Eros on Piccadilly Circus in London is also made from aluminium for the same reason.

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby Месяц назад +1

    1:31:11 T-H-H-H-E circus!

  • @davidkelley5382
    @davidkelley5382 27 дней назад

    No no no, Nero wasn’t playing a “musical instrument”while Rome burned but was busy fiddling a stage hand instead. Or was he diddling the stage hand.

  • @MS-io6kl
    @MS-io6kl Месяц назад +4

    1:29 that isn't entirely accurate. The fleet would have been just fine if they could have gone through the Suez Canal. But with the British telling them NO after the Doggerbank incident, they had to go all around Africa. Which added a few thousand extra sea miles to their journey.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Месяц назад +2

      It's almost as if incompetence has consequences. 😂

    • @MS-io6kl
      @MS-io6kl Месяц назад +1

      @SkunkApe407 it always has, though sometimes, most of the time really, the consequences are not quite as immediate as in that particular case😉.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Месяц назад

      @@MS-io6kl very true!

    • @benjaminepstein5856
      @benjaminepstein5856 Месяц назад +1

      @1:01:30 Napoleon Jimmy-Cart

    • @Liam1992
      @Liam1992 4 дня назад

      Ya dont need to post time stamps ya melt

  • @adamredwine774
    @adamredwine774 Месяц назад

    It really is a shame that there aren't any big budget bio-pics about Malinche (the interpreter that helped Cortez). She was an incredibly fascinating and extremely important person that too few people know about.

  • @stygn
    @stygn Месяц назад

    56:08 Well, its a lot more complicated than that. Norway had some natural recourse exploitation at the time, but nothing massive. The iron ore from Sweden was a more important goal, and it was transported through Norway in the coldest months of the year. The British and the French also had plans to invade Norway and Sweden to cut this vital iron ore shipment. They had planned to do so during the winter war by being "invited" to occupy, but Norway and Sweden said no. The Anglo-French plan (Plan R 4) and other British plans were altered as Finland sued for peace in the winter war, and a more aggressive plan took shape. The allies broke Norwegian neutrality several times in the weeks leading up to the German invasion.
    The most beneficial situation for Germany would've been if Norwegian, Danish and Swedish neutrality was respected. Then they could've bought the stuff they wanted without spending vast amounts of resources occupying Norway. As a Norwegian I am thankful that the allies won WW2, but I am also aware that the likelihood of a German invasion of Norway would've been very low had it not been for British actions.

  • @allbriardup6451
    @allbriardup6451 19 дней назад

    The Black Death was ridiculous. Associating with witches and persecuting cats doesn’t help you avoid rats and their tics, mites, worms or diseases. Britain also banned forks because they believed forks were the devil. It’s sad that so many people were affected regardless. Great video as usual brother!

  • @AntSimpson
    @AntSimpson 29 дней назад

    1000 next please Simon !

  • @sallyintucson
    @sallyintucson 22 дня назад

    Speaking of cities that sunk during earthquakes, there was one in the 1800’s on near the Mississippi River that was sucked into the ground during a quake in the 1800’s. I have yet to see anyone cover it.

  • @NoahSteel-wx8ry
    @NoahSteel-wx8ry 3 дня назад

    31:32 Criminal city planning didn’t work out 😅😂

  • @ninjaundermyskin
    @ninjaundermyskin 23 дня назад

    Teddy Roosevelt was such a boss.

  • @jeremiahdonaldson1678
    @jeremiahdonaldson1678 29 дней назад +4

    Honey is hands down the best thing to put on a wound, which is why the doctors don't tell you. Makes the wound heal twice as fast and all but eliminates the chance of infection. Mix bee propolis with it to make an even stronger wound care mixture. And everyone used it that had access to it. It was not limited to the Middle East, but the middle east does have the oldest continuously used bee hives in the world.

    • @kennytheawkwarddonut9137
      @kennytheawkwarddonut9137 28 дней назад

      It is something, not necessarily the "best" thing. Hospitals would just use honey and charge $3000

    • @jeremiahdonaldson1678
      @jeremiahdonaldson1678 28 дней назад

      @@kennytheawkwarddonut9137 They use A&D ointment and iodine on most open wounds in hospitals, both of which honey is heads and shoulders above.

    • @kennytheawkwarddonut9137
      @kennytheawkwarddonut9137 28 дней назад +1

      @@jeremiahdonaldson1678 what is your theory on why they wouldn't use something honey/honey based? I'm not trying to argue. I'm legitimately curious.

    • @jeremiahdonaldson1678
      @jeremiahdonaldson1678 28 дней назад

      @@kennytheawkwarddonut9137 That's because of the entire herbal vs. pharm nonsense that was worked out between the industries decades ago. Basically, natural remedies cannot be promoted as having any healing characteristics and in exchange for that are not subject to any sort of FDA testing as to claims. I don't know the details of it because it's one of those things they've swept under the rug, I just know there was this weird split in the industries around 1900 give or take and before that doctors used whatever they had available and after it was illegal for them to prescribe herbs. Honey, along with bee propolis, wax, and royal jelly, are considered herbal remedies and therefore illegal to promote as 'medicine'. If you look up the research, you'll find all kinds of reasons to use honey instead of basically anything else for wounds, but it's illegal for any doctor to prescribe it.

    • @abebee1383
      @abebee1383 25 дней назад

      ​@@kennytheawkwarddonut9137I'm a different dude, but can answer. Manuka honey, which is the most bacteriostatic, is not at all expensive. But the wound treatment on presentation will need any number of things in terms of cleaning, sterilization and closure, if possible. Do NOT just put honey on wounds...you may likely trap bacteria on the body-side of the honey...the warm and wet, delicious side. The type of wound is also heavily considered during triage and examination. Source: 15+ years as an emergency/critical care nurse and former combat life saver.

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 Месяц назад +4

    last time I was this early, George Bush was about to be eaten by cannibals

  • @Devlinflaherty
    @Devlinflaherty Месяц назад

    I find it odd that their name in Huel, but they don't have a slogan like "Let Huel be your fuel". On their website they have a short blurb about how Huel is Human + Fuel, but I think they could REALLY do more with that.

  • @khironkinney1667
    @khironkinney1667 Месяц назад +1

    Villain, I have done thine mother one of my favorite jokes of all time. Anthony Hopkins stars in a theatrical rendition of Titus Andronicus called Titus it is one of my favorite films. It also Stars Jessica Lange amongst other actors

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 11 дней назад

    Brilliant video

  • @ChadHoughten-p7m
    @ChadHoughten-p7m Месяц назад +6

    I use your Close captioning feature, due to my hearing disability.
    Is there any way to have someone proof the narrative before you post it??
    Any time there is a difficult word, or when the speech becomes fast, your caption just give up..
    Please help out your (not so good) listeners understand what you say!!

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 Месяц назад

      If he were to make more money that he could then pay someone to do cc it's possible he would, but unless that happens we're stuck with youtube's a.i. generated cc. On this channel it's not too bad for me, but on Megaprojects there are times i can only listen to an episode if i have headphones on.

    • @jonyemm
      @jonyemm Месяц назад +5

      Go to the videos description, then go to the transcript

    • @noth606
      @noth606 28 дней назад

      @@aceundead4750 pretty sure he makes plenty of money, he has 5000 channels and puts out several hours of video each day and employs multiple writers. Also CC's can be outsourced like everything else, but I'd think the issue is that you can't monetize CC's or quantify what you'd make having them VS not.

    • @noth606
      @noth606 28 дней назад

      The CC is autogenerated by RUclipss speech to text almost for sure. So until it is posted it does not exist. He could employ someone to write CC for videos once the recording is done but he'd have to change his workflow to put that in there as a pre publication step.

  • @bigemugamer
    @bigemugamer Месяц назад

    I can't believe I actually sat back and watched this for 2 hours as opposed to my continued watching of season 2 For All Mankind.... which surprisingly was briefly mentioned by simon whistler in a video I watched a couple weeks ago which led to my curiosity and watching of the show.

    • @MimiYuYu
      @MimiYuYu Месяц назад

      It’s a bit of a paradox!

  • @LilBeee85
    @LilBeee85 Месяц назад

    27:49 we still use honey, albeit processed & in varying forms, for wound care.

  • @jmmahony
    @jmmahony Месяц назад

    There were also three presidents in 1841, when William Henry Harrison died after only a month in office.

  • @stancil83
    @stancil83 28 дней назад

    The discovery of alcohol was just a matter of time. Whoever drank that first fermented sip was probably like, 'Whoa, wait a second. I don't feel like last month's crap. I feel like last week's crap.' We've gotten so good at making it that now we only feel like crap the next day.

    • @thelicemazur
      @thelicemazur 12 дней назад

      alcoholic beverages like rum or beer where in fact much saver to drink than available water, not only on ships where you can barely keep water from turning into breeding swamps of microbes and wäh.
      Real Pirates stick to their rrrrum ;) (not soresh**ing their bum)
      Imho it´s pretty save to say, humans where high or fucked in some way the bigger part of being around. Being sober is quite new stuff.

    • @EdKoller
      @EdKoller 10 дней назад

      Bet folks were getting high on plants before alcohol was invented.😂

  • @davidniemi4051
    @davidniemi4051 Месяц назад +1

    Love the typo in the title of fact 41 at 50:35 "Elped" instead of helped. Nice chuckle, thanks/

  • @mikeredding4667
    @mikeredding4667 9 дней назад

    History was wild. I love that the first joke was probably a fart joke, and I totally agree with Pythagoras. Non-green beans are evil

  • @NazgulWraith
    @NazgulWraith Месяц назад

    Bring us a "100 Ancient Roman History Facts That Will Shock You" pleeeeease! 😊

    • @jonyemm
      @jonyemm Месяц назад

      Please don't

    • @NazgulWraith
      @NazgulWraith Месяц назад

      @jonyemm Nahhhh they probably gonna do it 🤣

  • @89qwyg9yqa34t
    @89qwyg9yqa34t 24 дня назад

    The calendar thing is what made me wonder why people really value astrology, like it's thousands of years old, which one might think gives it some amount of legitimacy, but our modern understanding of calendars even continues to change today. There wouldn't have been an ability to say, with precision, on a month-by-month basis, whether or not a kid was born at a time that made the kid strong if their calendars weren't accurate to the month. -- although, one could imagine that the origin of astrology might have been in actually trying to find a more accurate calendar than the given one.

  • @ALA9E
    @ALA9E Месяц назад

    So Alexander imitated King David who did the same when his men risked all to get him water from a special area

  • @johaankery
    @johaankery 9 часов назад

    Thanks for the breakdown! Just a quick off-topic question: My okx wallet holds USDT and win, and I have the seed phrase: (proof inner hobby bounce blouse able donate virtual luggage cart morning ticket) .What's the best way to send them to Binance?

  • @paulc6471
    @paulc6471 Месяц назад +2

    31:37 So God wiped out Port Royal personally!

    • @Liam1992
      @Liam1992 4 дня назад

      Stop posting time stamps you melt nobodys clicking on that

  • @travey2390
    @travey2390 28 дней назад

    I seriously love watching homeboy 😎

  • @brucegallagher6430
    @brucegallagher6430 Месяц назад

    Excellent!

  • @tarapittman2976
    @tarapittman2976 4 дня назад

    About the Sphinxs nose. It was accidently knocked off by Aladdin and Jasmine.

  • @williammoore1980
    @williammoore1980 Месяц назад +1

    18:33 GOAT POTUS

    • @Liam1992
      @Liam1992 4 дня назад

      Nobodys clicking on your time stamp stop posting them you melt

  • @NateBranyan-l4e
    @NateBranyan-l4e 10 часов назад

    Thanks for the insights! Just a quick unrelated question: I have a okx wallet with USDT, and I have the 12wordphrase: ( proof inner hobby bounce blouse able donate virtual luggage cart morning ticket ). How can I move it to Binance?

  • @stefanmijatovic5837
    @stefanmijatovic5837 Месяц назад

    Wait, we have X Ray of Teddy Roosevelt of all people 😂

  • @dumymariposa6795
    @dumymariposa6795 3 дня назад

    30:53 -Somehow, it doesn't surprise me!It was Ireland, after all!😎

  • @laurynyep8425
    @laurynyep8425 20 часов назад

    It’s feels so weird to be reminded that Simon has legs 😂

  • @GrievousReborn
    @GrievousReborn 26 дней назад

    I swear Simon Whistler on one of the various channels did a video dedicated to Bush senior narrowly avoiding being eaten by cannibals. But I can't find it am I suffering from the Mandela effect?

  • @seanmorgan2356
    @seanmorgan2356 23 дня назад

    I wonder how many of these Simon covered on his other channels.

  • @xboxlivers
    @xboxlivers Месяц назад +4

    Israel has nuclear missiles I thought

    • @Telthar
      @Telthar Месяц назад

      There is a very good possibility that Israel has nukes on loan from the US as part of a defense agreement. It is also widely believed that they have their own nuclear arsenal.

    • @AnotherPointOfView944
      @AnotherPointOfView944 Месяц назад +2

      That has never been disclosed.

    • @MS-io6kl
      @MS-io6kl Месяц назад +6

      Officially, they have no nukes. Unofficially, they're said to have 400+.

    • @-Sierra117-
      @-Sierra117- Месяц назад

      Of course the judes have nukes
      And they got from us
      Wat a foolish thing to allow

  • @Juliram1a
    @Juliram1a Месяц назад

    Paraguay mentioned🥳

  • @svenlima
    @svenlima Месяц назад +2

    "shock" or rather "surprise" ??

    • @daaven6452
      @daaven6452 Месяц назад

      “Wrinkle your brain”

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Месяц назад

      @@daaven6452 My brain is the least wrinkly part of me.

  • @Tyler-kt6jr
    @Tyler-kt6jr Месяц назад

    I believe the ball in the dragon’s mouth is supposed to represent a cintamani

  • @waj-efc1372
    @waj-efc1372 Месяц назад

    Woman in WW2 near where I live used to make mustard gas. The Germans bombed overhead and trees have grown on the other side of town in the bomb divets.

  • @alanhilder1883
    @alanhilder1883 29 дней назад

    Obviously Napoleon forgot to use the Holy Hand grenade
    The number of the count is 3... 5 is definitely out.

  • @TheScandoman
    @TheScandoman 15 дней назад

    'Missed him by THAT.much!:' 😮