How the U.S. Snagged All These Islands
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2020
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I have spent a while contemplating making this video, rotating between laughing at the ridiculous concept, and contemplating the immensely substantive historical, innovative, and imperialistic impact.. of bird poop. Creating this video was a whirlwind for me, and I hope that you get a similar "What?!" feeling when watching. From now on, *I will be occasionally highlighting some of my favorite comments within the first hour of a new video being live* . Today, I am both laughing and mourning with *BK's Bullets* over this comment: _"Bites into sandwich, cue the montage of animals pooping!"_ Sorry dude.
Thank you EVERYONE for supporting this channel!
Johnny Harris can u plz make map videos on :
1. NEOM city
2. The border dispute between India and China
Did you leave vox?
You have answering my wonder....few months ago, i just got bored and google-maps-travelling finding some random places and island near that dotted that you said its owned by usa...the islan covered with white thing...makes me wonder what and why...no quick explanation...only have some 3 picture and a single mini aircraft landing...tq 😄😌
Can you make one about Alaska ?
Measuring distances between point A and point B with Google Earth and Google Maps gives two different results. Maybe that tickles your interest :)
Idk why.. this guy makes me want to take a plane to nowhere.
Flight Simulator 2020 my guy
take a plane to Bermuda triangle
and then what?
MH370 wants to know your location
The Japanese were pretty good at doing exactly that like 70-80 years back
Johnny: Look how many random islands the U.S. owns
UK and France:
when you realize france also owns a piece of south america
@@penguinpingu3807 Haitians speak french for a reason. Just like South American countries speak their respective languages.
@@ApexBaker420 Currently, Haiti is no longer under french control. I mean french guiana
Ask about the Malvinas or Falkland Island to any Argentinian out there lol
@@g__e__o Argentina tried to take the falklands back and Britain won the war in 2 months so far away from home soil is impressive.
Johnny’s a genius - the level of filmmaking, editing, storytelling and sheer depth of research in his videos blows my mind every single time.
He steals most of his ideas from other youtubers
@@SamuraiPoohBear He covers legitimate historical topics, there's thousands of videos on every subject he covers because these things actually happened in the world, imagine that.. It's not just an "idea" a RUclipsr had. Guaranteed most, if not all of these subjects had many full length docs made about them before RUclips even existed. Is only the first one to make a video on a specific subject the only one that's allowed to? If that were the case, this platform would be absolute garbage. It's not about who did it first, it's about who did it better. Ideas don't mean s*** if you don't execute it well.
I seem to remember that the original title was: “How the US stole bird sh*t”
It was...
*sobs* Just like his father!
I think he changed it because, as the islands were uninhabited, use of the word “stole” would have been inaccurate.
@@UltraVega924 lol i am from the netherlands we do not call it stealing uninhabited ilands we call it GEKOLONISEERD
I watch these videos of how the U.S. expanded, how it was all bad , we stole it, paid to little for it, over threw governments to acquire it . You think this country should not even exist it's the same self hating liberal b.s.
This man is a genius at making videos and explaining things that you never even think about.
He is a genius, period. His ability to learn anything just blows my mind.
I want to learn of every topic from him. He'd be the most kickass history teacher in the planet 🙌
Yet he refuses to address the inaccuracies in the last video. The US Postal service is not funded by taxes.
To be fair plenty of people have covered this topic, Half as Interesting covered it a couple years back as did 99% Invisible. I believe the podcast Extremeties covered it in the episode "Howland Island" :)
The channel, Rare Earth, had a video of this very topic. It's different but just as interesting. ruclips.net/video/waG7VNSUAb8/видео.html
how the US stole bird shit is honestly the kind of pillow talk I never expected to have.
N'aww, I'm disappointed this comment basically got buried.
🤭
"Stolen" isn't the right term. This isn't Louisana or Oregon, they're uninhabited and unclaimed islands in the middle of nowhere.
@@Jake-rs9nq "unclaimed land" to the empire of 6000 years basically means no grey or white people lives there. USA was unclaimed too. 👍 an if it wasn't over already you'd claim china was unclaimed an you are the real Chinese
@@ShawnJonesHellion No, I mean these islands literally had no one living on them. They were small uninhabited atolls, barely above water.
No need to bring your racialism into this.
When you're the last person to tech up in a civ game and have to take whatever land is left
Roblox rise of nations
If ever my school teachers were this good in explaining geography i would have topped my subject..
I mean most of the stuff he talks about could be found in an 8th grade textbook. Just read more.
That’s why Johnny Harris is my favorite human on Earth
This is more political and historic than geography , they won’t teach this in geography , change your subject first
@@dfct9494 yeah but school make it like a chore but Johnny make it fun
Don't blame school for your shortcomings. The problem is that you want music and pretty graphs along with the content which schools often don't provide. You want history to be told as a movie rather than a story that you read in a textbook. But whatever.
Wow, this guano stuff was some serious shit back then.
:o
I see what you did there
Dude, in Perú we could've been the Dubai of South America!
What a pun!🤣
@@nicolastenorioperez6150 Antonio Raimondi an Italian explorer once said “Peru is a homeless man sitting on top of a bank full of gold”
Just imagine what the birds were thinking at that time.
They'll be like: dude someone just claimed our toilets!
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@@benjefferson856 this Greg guy wasted my time :)
I'm extremely surprised the video didn't mention gunpowder which at the time required guano for its manufacturing which obviously made it incredibly important in strategic terms, making guano become even more critical and than fertilizer.
The founders of US in early 1800s condemned European imperialism.
A century later, US is the definition of imperialism.
Ok and?
@@canofsouls282 its hypocracy
@@canofsouls282 Is that your argument? Nutcase.
@@mussicanttakegreece7296 the sad part is Europe or should I say the West is still doing imperialist shit. France still has a stranglehold on its African colonies, Britain has a neo empire, hell even turkey is on the action.
@@i_like_chomp6382 Some things never truly change, same old shit, different era.
Yes "welcome to quality RUclips ," RUclips should create a space like " RUclips create"( like they have RUclips music) for such high quality good videos and docu series like for reals man
Exactly
I agree. But you know they’ll promote BS as the top trending videos. Just like with the music
Nebula! It is a youtube-similar space made by creative youtubers like Wendover Productions, Tom Scott, Real Engineering and a lot more. It is cheap to support, and will help them a lot!
They tried that with RUclips Red once
Agreed
I’m Peruvian and those guano years were an important part of our history, we’re taught at school about how it was so important for our economy in the post-independence years, and how we suddenly lost it all.
There is no such country called Peruvia!!!
/sorry South Park joke
@@brucemercer7753 We should change it fron "República del Perú" to "Peruvia" and then tell all retirees and/or hand-out receivers to f* off and go ask their handouts to the "república del perú"
I’m Tokelauan and peruvian slave ships came to our islands and stole half the population and took them back to peru to work the guano mines..only 1 Tokelauan man made it back home.
@@juliantyrell3904 how's the condition over there nowadays?
Typical neocolnialism
he's such a captivating person to listen to, like idk the way he speaks and uses his eyes is so watchable. it's just his aura i swear
Yeah some people just have an aura that makes people want to listen or follow them
I’ve met a couple people like that
@Heinous Anus this is beyond charisma and it would be nearly impossible for either examples you mentioned to sway me towards them
Actually you want his d say it openly lol
@@anantambisht4895 .... actually no. seems like a self report to me
Amazing video as always I love how you actually educate people on the real themes and outcomes of historical events... forever watch your videos John keep it up...
Also the beat at the end when you introduced squarespace was amazing lol
This guy can literally talk about shit staight up for 16 min and I'm still enjoying it
Valuable shit tho....
Same but I am eating
Lmao 😂 😂
🤣😅
Is this becoming a series? “HOW THE US STOLE...” well, everything?
He’ll have content for years lol
I see this as a good thing, damn, I always have room for the hunger of knowledge that I don't really need
Fr all this man makes is how US stole this stuff like wars were fought and the victors win stuff like this man makes no sense 😂
kinda like how china is currently stealing islands in the south china sea?
@@nickarjoma5350 ok? and?
I've watched a bunch of your videos and i love it.. but I think this is the first one that made me realize why I love your style & content.. this feels like the modern-day "Connections" .. start with a thing, then walk it back in time & show many .... connections .. it has to your everyday lives.
Your hair looks amazing for not having shampooed in 4 years.
5 actually
Yes but No, this Video is almost 1 yr old sir.
Lol. Smoke meth much? Lmao
Wait... What,
@@Clickbait86 watch the video "shampoo is a lie" ruclips.net/video/T-_HKFjxVl0/видео.html
“Why do we own all these weird islands?” Said every British person in History.
Because youre country was/is ran by genocidle maniacs who want nothing but money/resources so they can hold onto their power. Hope this helped
Pat Mustard nice pfp!
@@TheKavo97 ahhh, your Irish
@@comradepolarbear6920 the Irish will get their revenge someday mark my words
@@comradepolarbear6920 Irish are the best people in the world.
Fascinating. History is so weird. P.S. I love the theme for this series--sort of an anthology rather than a direct linear narrative. It's great.
they invented crop rotation pretty quick after figuring out that there wasn't enough nutrients in the soil it's not like everybody was out here looking for poop
Rediscovered correct millennia old farming practices*
Yeah I smh when thinking of the sheer quantities of crack cocaine it would take for a president to get up and say such a preposterous thing.
Great videos man. Love the detail and topics discussed. These things should all be included in standardized school curriculum. I was fortunate enough to have An amazing advanced placement US history teacher in high school who opened my eyes to the details behind our countries many challenges and triumphs.
USA: hippy hoppity every important resource is my property
using force tho
Руакий ‘by suppressing other people democracy’
Yes that was quite forceful, how we invaded those islands where birds literally didn’t even move out of the way even when we were right up on them.
@@sidjtd yeah did you not hear the bit about Peru and gunboats
I heard there's public unrest and the government's using force to quell protests. Someone should invade the US... Hmmmm...
@Yieri I had to wash my eyes after reading this...according to your logic, why isn't the USA following this policy now, why is it preaching democracy and sovereignty today...
For some reason, this man makes me want to take pictures of random things.
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Ikr!! That sounds weird but agree tho
History is full of interesting stuff.
Thank you for this strange but insightful story.
Continued to be amazed by your projects, Johnny.👍
You need to keep making videos in this series on Puerto Rico, Phillipines, Cuba etc
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As a filipino, I really would like to know his insight about this. :D
Yes, try making some about former territories like my country, the Philippines, and Cuba... since you haven't let go of Puerto Rico and Guam yet. It always fascinates us Filipinos when some Americans from the mainland States are not totally aware that both Cuba and the Philippines were under American jurisdiction for decades, some even didn't know the the Philippines is an actual country in the Far East.
Would truly appreciate knowing your perspective.
I freaked out when he said Philippines cus I am a Filipino, I hope he makes "How US stole the Philippines"
yep those are all on the list!
4:35 can we all just appreciate the use of the metric system here 👏🏽
Even side to side _Imperial / SI_ is good!
Here in the US we know the metric system because all medical and military measures are metric. They always have been.
@@chairde USA The last of the Metricans.... :o}
Willem de Zeeuw , Actually I like F measure for temperature because it is more accurate than the metric. The rest is easy in metric. Drug dealers use metric also. Our money is metric by the way. 100 pennies equal a dollar. Ten dimes equal a dollar. There is ten dollar bill and a hundred dollar bill.
@@chairde About F... C is 5/9th F, we only use more decimals and similar to K. sceintific. Once read that F was invented by a drunk glassblower in Amsterdam.... I'm Dutch too but prefer C... Be happy!
Another great video. I love your shows. Keep up the great work✨
I appreciate you so much please do not stop what you're doing please keep going!!! I'm pretty sure you can help us all uncover more secrets about the entire world. You are so awesome!
A very much unexpected video but his edits are so good!
I'd watch anything.
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This topic sounds a lot like “How to hide an Empire” by Daniel Immerwahr
thanks for the refference.
Yup
I wonder if he used this as a main source. Many of the stories seem to be the same stories in the book. Great read, I couldn’t put it down.
Yes I was wondering why the stories sounded so familiar
Who knew I needed this in my life! You make amazing documentaries!
This video was incredible! So glad I found your videos!
Okay, so the US got independence from the British and became Britain 2.0! Huh
just white man do white man thing...
Are you surprised?
These islands, along with Hawaii and Samoa and Guam are part of military out-reach plan to help fellow Anglo clans in Australia/New Zealand in Asia-Pacific region.
A website with 4 million views says it all at, blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1795128
@@campkira Yes, but remember the largest empire that ever existed was an Asian one.
@@olefella7561 hahahahahah
I just love the way you compose all of this and explain it. 👌💯🔥❤
Thank you for this very interesting and informative history. Totally fascinating.
11:51 In Peru, the Chinese were in charge of extracting the guano. Those who came to the islands with false promises of progress.
Same like US. They came as to spread the word of jesus, then the rest is history
according to wiki "Guano mining also involved the poor treatment and enslavement of workers such as Chinese immigrants, Native Hawaiians, and African diaspora."
what year were you referring to? could you please give me some leads. thank you.
@@flashsssky In Peru there was not much labor, so the "Chinese immigration law" was passed. Some data indicate that 100,000 Chinese workers, called "Culies", were brought in. It was these workers who, deceived by the promise of work, were forced to work on the islands in poor conditions.
I think many people in China would happily trade places with Peruvian Chinese today🙄
@@tbishop4961 why would you think that
Johnny Harris:Why the US owns so many tiny islands
*Laughs in British*
Normie
Your videos are super insightful, thank you
That building at 4:32 is at Tigre train station, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I used to take that train on summers to visit the tiny islands in Tigre when I was growing up.
I started using Johnny’s videos to educate my kids about some subject matters when I run out of words. Seriously though the subjects you cover are so important and interesting! Thank you
I really love watching your videos with my headset on, every small details you put into it is really impressive. Not to mention the actual information we got from it. Keep it up Johnny! :)
Great content bro. Really enjoy it
how do you come with always time after time with this amazing videos with so much info . really admire your work
Huge fan of this series and your style of storytelling, keep’em coming Johnny !!
6:34 Had me going, then "OH DAMN!"
You made me wait and watch till 6:34
this guy puts so much work in to this. keep it up
Good god, Johnny! You seriously work and do so much research into these unique topics! Inspiring dedication
I've recently just discovered your channel and I'm blown away! Unbelievable editing skills! I'm taking some tips for my own channel, thank you!
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Johny has a superpower for making videos about topics I would normally find boring and making them incredibly interesting. There’s not one of his videos I don’t watch the whole way through!!!! :)
I love your fascination with geography. I use to have a big map in my room like that lol
I loved watching this video..
Keep up the good work dude..
Glad I found this mind-opening channel. Thank you so much!
Me: Expecting Middle East or Philippines
Johnny: Bunch of Birdsh*t
Say birdshit
Yeah - the Marshall Islands weren't taken by the US for fertilizer
Excellent video! I love all your videos!
Thanks for the video Johnny. I enjoyed watching your videos esp the mapping parts.
I was wondering if you could do a video on how the Republic of the Marshall Islands are claiming back the Wake Island through the United Nations on the Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS). Happy to collaborate from my end.
Cheers
I’m shocked more people aren’t watching this channel! I’m so glad I found it and I have to show my family (:
10:30 So what you’re saying is that the moon is officially American territory? Sweet!
Only if they actually landed
M. Ernesto Reyes so you one of those who believe the moon is real
@@panda3792 look at your username
@@sirbutterz37 So you one of those who believes the moon is fake?
only if there is bird poop on it
I agree I love the way Johnny explains the stuff
I haven’t seen anyone telling a story better than this man ❤❤
I'm a simple person, I see Johnny Haris video I click. But, eating and watching the video was difficult to process.
Shrikaran Beecharaju haha I’ve been doing the same thing 😀
Same
Same
Your content is of a next level!! Thank you for your great quality work. It shines a light into darken times. Very well done!!! 👍
I love your sarcastic way of explaining stuffs... 😂❤️
Man! You're really good at this!
Reading the title, part of me asked, “why would they do that?” but another part of me was thinking, “Of course they would.”
“And it all started with the hunt for bird shit”
Your documentary vedios are amazing and funny sometime. Thanks sir keep on going.
I hated history in school but have gotten into it in about the last 10 years never heard of this will have to learn more on it sounds really interesting thanks for teaching me some history and make me learn more 👍
If you ever want to see what one of these islands looks like today go to Nauru (just south of the equator in the Western Pacific). It is fascinating. Surprised this video didn't include pictures from there just to show what it looks like.
That heart shaped island he showed (4:11) is called Galešnjak in Croatia. Its in the Zadar city county. 🇭🇷🤗
song at 2:40?
Also been loving the videos lately! just found you. You make it easier for someone like me with ADHD to stay concentrated even when the information isn't as interesting. great job and keep it up
Great content as always
"Thank you for watching my video about bird shit"
😂😂😂 LMAO
I found your channel yesterday, i have been watching nonstop. Greetings from Mexico
Let me guess? You saw his video of how you guys lost the Mexican American war, and he flipped the story into remorse and sympathy for you losing. lol.
@@seanbrummfield448 sure bud
Found your videos yesterday and I'm quite addicted now
Johnny you are absolutely brilliant with facts and figures on the historical acquisition of islands as a part of how the US grew.
GREAT VIDEO, I loved it! By the way, that building in Argentina is in Tigre, the city where I live ❤️
I’m so shocked 😮🥰
Ever hear of "finders keepers?"
That explains so much. Who can call finders keepers? Do you need a gun to enforce it. So many questions!
Can't call yourself a finder when someone else was already in possession.
No
@@vitalybroshchak4512
Well when you’re the judge ...
@@jesusecheverria1310 But who possessed the bird shit though?
The Bush bits just got me😂😂
Lolololol
Interesting and amusing video - thanks for posting.
Really like all of these videos, Johnny! Since you have been doing videos recently about the borders of the U.S. and how they came to be, I was wondering you considered to make a video on Alaska. What is the overall history behind it? What deals were made? It's rather odd that it is disconnected from the contiguous U.S. and bordered by Canada and with Russia nearby. Thanks!
To give you a cliff notes version. Russia did not like the British and knew it was only a matter of time before the British would try to size Alaska via Canada so Russia who was an ally of the US at the time sold Alaska to America to keep it out of British hands and to pay off the debts it had accumulated due to the Crimea war.
Keep up the great work with this videos
Great video, learnt many things on these exploitation of remote islands
I am dyslexic and I read "shagged" and not snagged lmao
How Canada and US established their borders would be a great addition to this series!
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Never thought a video about bird sh_t would be that much interesting until now. Thank you for making these. Looking forward to the next videos in the series!
I agree with you about that. He's a really great at explaining
man your videos are very educative. You deceserve millions of subscribers. Keep educating us
4:11 heart like shaped island (Galešnjak) is located in Adriatic sea in Croatia..nothing to do with Peru
Johnny: Thanks for watching my video about bird crap
Me: Anytime buddy
Your music is awesome. I never heard such music before.
Great knowledge really educational and now I can use these knowledge to find some Islands if there is any left.
Small correction: The inventor of artificial fertilizer was Kristian Birkeland, a famous Norwegian scientist, not German. He is also well known for his research on the northern lights:)
He's referring to German scientist Fritz Haber of the Haber-Bosch process. The invention of this process was so impactful that it's still the primary production of ammonia to this day. The Birkeland-Edye process came about around the same time, but Haber-Bosch is what we think of as the game-changer that reduced demand for guano.
And he made an electromagnetic canon!
Thank you for making me smell bird droppings in a whole new different scent
Whoever drew that poster for guano at 5:01 looked like he had never seen a bird before
2000s America: OIL ! OIL ! OIL !
1800s America: hey, this bird sh*t stuff is kinda cool so im gonna take yo land
Actually the US makes most of its oil domestically, and has no need for middle eastern oil
@@nexus_infinityimv no, there is...
@@terminator8361 what? Your response to my comment makes no sense