Historical Misconceptions | Sam O'Nella | History Teacher Reacts
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I can actually explain the Einstein one:
The Swiss school system has grades 6 - 1, where 6 is the best grade and 1 means you've failed.
Obviously Einstein, who went to school in Switzerland, had a 6 in Maths.
In Germany, where I believe the rumor started, has the reversed grades, tho. In Germany a 1 is the best grade, and if you've failed the class you get a 6.
So that's where the confusion came from. Germans heared Einstein had a 6 in Maths and assumed that meaned he failed
Makes a lot of sense if that's the case.
Math is vital in physics, so there's no way Einstein would have come up with all his theories if he's bad at it.
XD
Or... have we ruled out that your just wrong??
Not saying you are just that it’s a possibility
Seems like a mistake like that would have been corrected way earlier
I am in Germany in a Gymnasium and 3 people from my class believe that, sad.
It doesn't help that Einstein went to school in Munich, Germany until he was about ~15 years old. So he has a German grading system in those years, and then went to study in Switzerland, where as you've mentioned the grading system is opposite. If you put his grades from Elementary school until he Graduates all next to each other, to see the progression of his education, without context of the grading system being different suddenly then TADA, this common 'fact' gets even more widespread.
The stone thing is called pressing I believe. As for why the guy never confessed to end his suffering, the property of confessed witches could be seized. By refusing to confess, he made sure that his family inherited his property rather than having it seized by the very people who killed him.
Wasn't that stoning? I thought stoning was the process of laying heavy stones on the victim gradually until they're crushed to death, rather than throwing stones.
@@jayd8091 Well, stoning didn't have to be just throwing rocks at someone. I believe it also included beating them with rocks. Pressing was piling the rocks on top of them a bit at a time. It was meant to force a confession out of a person, as they would typically stop every so often to give them a chance to confess as the pain and fear of impending death intensified.
Also, I think that if he plead guilty, he would be assumed to be a witch, and if he plead innocent, he would be assumed to be lying. Only other option is to go out like a badass.
Even more of a badass!
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One thing I'm disappointed Sam didn't bring up is that Giles Corey was exploiting a loophole by which his property would not be seized and his children would have a inheritance
And the fact that because of his last words, every single sheriff of Salem, MA has had heart trouble end their careers.
@Christyan Carroll witches don't exist
@@moblinmajorgeneral it's because the sheriff family line has history of heart problem
Indeed. If you was found guilty of being a witch, your family was run out of town and your property was seized by the sheriff and witchhunters. He wanted his family to remain safe, so he prefered dying by torture over execution.
Jonathan Simms well he was a lawyer earlier in life
You should do more Sam O’Nella videos. I have basically died laughing with a lot of his videos.
basically died laughing ? that makes zero sense.
How are you making this comment then? Are you a ghost?
@Duded Dude irony of that statement. hilarious.
Duded Dude big ol’ whoooosh
@Duded Dude 1. Your'e
2. Were all imperfect
3. Ironic
From what I heard, Giles was a guy who liked the trials until his wife was accused and executed, he spoke out and was then also executed.
They thought he was working with Satan from what I was told.
Jacob Hogan I read a comment that he found a loophole where his property would not be seized and his children would have inheritance..
Big Weenie JrTakemikazuchi because he never said if he was a witch, so they couldn’t take his property
I think
@@brett9044 close. the rule was if he WAS found a witch his property would be forfeited. seeing the writing on the wall and rather than admit adn get a swift death by hanging or defend a lost cause lose your life your property and good name. he opted out to protect his family the only way he could.
I believe there was a clause (because laws are just) that even just entering a plea on a charge ov heresy and witchcraft constituted your land being seized for the duration ov the trial. something about since he didnt enter a plea the trial technically never started so he was never technically tried for the "offence."
the last line ov defense is 'fuck you fuck your laws... more weight.'
As we say here in my country: pepper in somebody else's ass is a refreshment.
A bit late, but as an Italian I can expand a bit on the whole "trains running on time under Mussolini" thing:
it was not a metaphore, actually! Punctuality was hugely pushed in fascist propaganda as it helped paint the image of an efficient, working regime. I understand that, in retrospect, it really is kinda of a silly thing, but Mussolini was obsessed with appearance. Even fascist architecture takes on the idea of rigid, almost "crude" efficiency with its straight lines and no room for ornaments.
Thing is, trains didn't actually rain on time! Accidents and delays were as frequent as ever, only main lines where actually functional, it's just that no one gave a crap if a random train coming from a random small town with random workers in it got delayed into oblivion.
"More Weight"
Top 10 most epic last words in history.
Courageous up there with “let’s roll”
Up there with "Nuts!"
THE BANANA REPUBLICS!!!! MUST SEE!!!!
Banana Republics was a total mind-blower for me! That's one of Sam's best videos!
oh yeah he's gotta do that one
@@consumebeef5900 worldstar
Absolutely
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more Sam O'Nella please. I love these reactions
Einstein didn't fail his math grades, but Sam isn't quite right with "Oh, thats just made up!". Einstein went to school in switzerland, were a 6 is the best grade and a 1 is the worst, but was born in germany, were 1 is the best grade and 6 is the worst. So it probably came from somebody who didn't know that the grading system in switzerland is reversed to that in germany.
Or it really was just made up. Unless there's solid proof that it was a misunderstanding.
@@mrflip-flop3198 IT was probaly Made Up by parent with a struggling Kid in school telling the kid If even Einstein can fail in school system IT does Not mean that the child is stupid and wouldnt do far better in a different Environment.
Actually he explains this in his video
He failed the entrance exam to the University at age 15 or 16. The earliest you can normaly go to university in Switzerland is age 17/18.(you can still take this exam today and speaking from experience it's still really hard) In Switzerland you can go to University with just your Matura diploma but he didn't have it at the time. he took the test because he didn't finish regular school by this time. He got really good grades an math/physics but failed in the others(like history). When he got the Matura Diploma he had exceptional grades exept in French. Since the German grading system it the other way as the Swiss one there was confusion.
I love his way of doing reaction videos. He gives commentary, shouts out the original creator, and even lets their ads play to help support them.
Keep up the good work!
I honestly hope ur students love ur lessons as much as we all do here! You’re honestly a great content creator for people that love delving into history, i always look for stuff to watch when it comes to history being that i struggled in school as my teachers didnt really understand how to teach me as i have mental health issues.. (part of the reason i never went to classes) I’ve learned a lot from these videos and have probably binged all of ur videos by now lol, have been recommending ur videos to my friends who are also into history topics etc, keep them coming my dude! And thank you, it’s honestly a huge help to have someone like you on youtube providing insight to all of these topics, and helping people like me have a better understanding of them
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@@ijemand5672good job
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7:11 Washington had multiple sets of dentures throughout his life. The ones we have still were 1) base made of lead and a mixture of donkey or horse and human teeth and 2) a full set of dentures, base made of hippo ivory and all human teeth.
So yeah. No wood, some animal teeth but between the two of them, mostly human teeth. And ones probably from his slaves, too.
Yes and crazy thing is during the Napoleonic wars people made money by searching out teeth from (basically) young, healthy men to make dentures out of.
Masive respect for the hunters that provided the hypo teeth. You have to be brave or inasane to face a "water demon" and take his teeth
pretty much all of Sam O'Nella's vids are great, you should check more of em out
One of his students: “going through RUclips” hey is that my 7th grade history teacher?
I think he teaches APWH or APUSH
Either way, it's probably a high school class
Sorry to burst your bubble, bucko, but "fun ruiner" is my middle name
Alright, I'll be taking my leave now, farewell.
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Dream Salad wtf is this. Bro you’re wild.
@@jjnn2 What them letters mean
@Krepid Kl0wn that's fair
@@LickMyMusketBallsYankee APWH is AP World History, APUSH is AP US history
Enjoying your reaction videos, just a little thing about the Buddha, in Southeast Asia he is depicted as slim not overweight and also Hindus see the Buddha as an avatar of the God Vishnu, so he's as much a god as Krishna is
Source: i'm a Hindu from Indonesia
I live in the Merrimack Valley in New England, I grew up hearing the story of Hannah Dustin and Giles Corey. Do not mess with Old School Settlers.
P.S. He refused to confess because Salem representatives would seize all of his land and property (The most likely reason he was accused) He died without confessing and his family received all his property, as they should have upon his death. He was a real Renegade against corrupt politicians.
This is the only reaction channel that I enjoy. I really like how you actually have insightful commentary about the video
7. They got beer that had low alcohol high protein and other nutrients, someone used an discovered recipe to make an old Egyptian beer.
The myth that Einstein failed math grew from the story that once a teacher (I forget whether maths or physics) told him that he'd "never amount to anything" or words to that effect. Somehow this has grown over the years to Einstein failing math.
Fun video, I love talking and learning about historical misconceptions! It makes history feel dynamic and alive. Like how Napoleon was actually average sized (being short was only English propaganda) or how the vikings didn't have big horns on their helmets (those were just their drinking horns)
Sam O'nella is pure legend, I hope you make more reactions to his videos as I love both of you.
Great work mr terry
You should also check out his video about "terarre". it's very funny and interesting.
Tararre look at me. did you eat a F****ng BABY?
Emigdiosback ah yeah.....that too.
Should watch count dankulas video on him
Your wish has been fulfilled :)
Tarrare*
I don't know how i got here but this is great
Mister Terry is awesome, great channel. No idea how I found him either but glad I did.
Stay Hydrated.
Orbama
Now tell us your last name
What’s ur last name?
My favorites (most likely to infuriate me) are studded armor, the use of swords on the battlefield during the high middle ages(as primary weapons) and use of torches inside, as opposed to the far less messy candle.
I remember the Giles Corey execution from the movie version of “the Crucible “
i was today years old when i found out a history teacher watches my favorite youtuber
“Very elegant way of speaking.”
*proceeds to show clip of straight up yelling*
At 3:10 you begin to talk about the different Buddha depictions; the different sizes of the Buddhas’ stomach would depend on which particular Buddha they are referencing - as Buddha is not just one person but whomever has achieved enlightenment. However, the correct depiction of the first Buddha should be a slimmer version, as he was a Hindu prince and ate very healthily and then went on to sit under a tree to avoid temptation and avoided eating.
Slàn leat agus latha math leat.
So Buddha is a title?
@@rawrdino7046
Yes. The OG Buddha's name was Siddhartha Gautama. "Buddha" just means "awakened one".
Giles Corey is an idol of mine. He wasn't just so done with Salem he didn't want to grace the judges with his plea. He wanted to die silent.
Another man who was killed during the trials was one John Proctor. He was put on trial for Witchcraft and Adultery because Abigail Williams (the main character of the whole shebang) was trying to have his wife killed so she could marry him. John was about to confess and save his life before throwing it away because he "Would rather die with (his) name" than give it to the judges. He died because he would rather be hanged in front of all who loved him than sell his friends for himself.
"What would I teach my sons?" -John Proctors line from Arthur Miller's book about the trials.
May I recommend “Germany could not win WW2” by Potential History?
Yeeeeh anything by potential history - I like Johnny
So guys we did it
'CGP Grey' has some fantastic history misconception videos. I would highly recommend every one of his videos, but only a few are history related.
this is dope because i love sam’s comedy but i also love your more in depth commentary, none of it is too aggressive or overly corrective it’s purely your insight, love it
Sam did a video about thorium, very interesting. Definitely recommend
But he's history teacher and not science :|
Yes! You finally did his channel!
Religious depictions depend on local culture: My pastor was invited to an event at a Black church during the 1970s. He said that their picture of Jesus had the largest Afro he'd ever seen.
I mean, it's as ridiculous as depicting him as a white dude
@@THEPELADOMASTER No more and no less.
With the George Washington cutting down a tree in his youth, I heard a law in the early 1800s that if you moved to Oregon, built a house and cut down a tree there that land would he claimed as yours, so maybe the myth grew around that time.
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History vs Richard Nixon
History vs Napoleon
History vs Genghis Khan
Subbed yesterday and I’m loving all of this
the colloseum is amazing. i highly recommend watching some of the documentaries here on youtube. the level of engineering is insane.
Siddhartha was a great novel. I just wish my class actually cared. My teacher and I were the only ones who actually analysed it.
Beer was created in Egypt because the Nile’s water was too filthy. They didn’t have much in the way of potable water, so fermenting nasty stuff to make weak beer helped Egyptians stay hydrated
Can confirm, the whole "trains used to run on time" thing has always been used like a joke here in italy, something like "Hey he did a lotta nasty stuff, but atleast the trains run on time"
I think the slaves thing comes from people trying to figure out the Hebrew trip out of Egypt. I think today the consensus is Pharaoh was Ramses the Great, who was indeed a renowned monument builder but was many centuries after the Pyramid Age IIRC
do you live with James Rolfe or is that just a green screen
I had a History professor that said the Pharaoh paid the workers with beer for 2 reasons:
1: Beer at that time was as thick as cream based soup so it had a ton of calories.
2: It's hard to start a rebellion when you're drunk.
I’ve been waiting for Sam since i started watching these videos but the wait is worth it
7:10 As a European, I only kinda knew about that stuff.
Fairly Odd Parents portraying Washington as a lumberjacking addict was very funny. And then he got a look at his own wooden teeth... and hesitantly starts lifting his axe.
Hehehe
7:50 Ah! But it is the Word of God, tho!(Nope. Word of infallible fallus hat popes.)
So what you are telling me is the people that build the pyramids are the ancient version of paying your buddy in beer and pizza to build something for you lol
the einstein one is because when he went to a school in switzerland he had a "5" in maths, which is the best grade there, but in germany, where he later moved to, "1" is the best grade and "5" is the second worst grade and a guy saw the "5" and though hes bad at maths when infact he wasnt
The wooden teeth part is partially true. Due to Washington's size, the common dental prosthetics of the time were a tad small, so he swapped between different dentures constantly; it's one of the reasons he rarely smiled in portraits - they were rather painful and he could just stand a neutral grimace. He did, however, consistently use a set of wooden dentures between new fittings, often to no avail.
I love the iron maiden, not the band the actual device I have a little figure of it on my desk It's such a crazy brutal scary looking thing that I can't help but respect it and think it looks awesome.
It's called a pressing and he didn't enter a plea because if he did his property would have been taken and his family left in poverty.
I'm pretty sure that they burnt 'witches' outside of Salem in different witch trials around the world
ok so first dude in salem... in the modern day they made stone benches to honor those who died in the Salem witch trials and they gave that dude the biggest stone bench out of all of those included...
Really like the Egyptian one
Like these people are building your eternal tomb, and you want it built well
So you might as well give them nice lives so you can have a nice tomb
Love your reactions! Your students are lucky you are their teacher! 😊
These are the only good reaction videos. You actually give information about the topic and you are entertaining.
I think most people know these facts if they ever studied history, but I still like the video. And your commentary made it better!
Depends on the person, my school district hasn't really updated the education regarding egypt and india. It's shakey at best.
Sam O'nella is one of the best channels. We need more of these reactions
I aswell recently achived nirvava
Specifically heart shaped box
The Colosseum is named after a statue that used to stand outside it. It was called the Flavian Amphiteatre, from the family name of the emperors who ‘built’ it (Titus Flavius Vespasianus x 2, known as Vaspasian and Titus)
I can't help but wonder what his students would think if they came across this channel and saw their history teacher casually having 80k+ subscribers. Now I see my ap world teacher and question if he has a double life that we don't know of 😂
I’ve definitely seen the History Channel depict #6. They definitely get more things wrong than you think they would.
Also, I’m fuming about #10. Why would anyone make that up?! That’s aweful!
1600s
Girl : does card trick
“Now I’m gonna stop you right there”
Montemayor and his recount of The Battle of Midway. Or frankly any of the historic battles he's covered.
Another misconception I heard was that Vikings never wore horned helmets, they just got that image from Viking operas centuries ago where the actors would wear horned helmets when portraying them
The mussolini train on time thing was a publicity stunt for foreign journalists, where they ran on a train that was made to skip basically all stations apart from the ones they were going to with mussolini
I know battles aren’t too interesting but BazBattles and Kings and Generals are quite good. Kings and General has better visuals with a better voice over and it also does overall campaigns like Alexander the Great’s conquests
But BazBattles series about Alexander the Great is still the best series about him on RUclips.
He didn't laugh at the "only one could wonder" joke :(
Isaiah Koufos Actually lots.. DAMN THIS NO FUN
What’s the joke?...
@@comradeofallcorvids5056 Yeah, how are we supposed to know he's a witch?
The misconception about Einstein comes from the grading System. He was born and went to school in Germany for the most time, but he got his Last school diploma in switzerland. In switzerland the best grade was 6, the worst 1. In Germany the best grade is 1 and the worst is 6. People later confused the swiss and german System, making it seem like Einstein was a terrible student
Fun Fact: the Iron Maiden was actually used as a torture device by one of Sadam's sons. It may not have actually been a torture device in ancient times, but it sure was during the first Gulf War.
Love how I could immediately tell that it was Uday who used the iron maiden
8:00 IDK if it's different on whatever device you're using, but for me at 8:02 Sam's legs line up perfectly with the video progression bar
There was a device similar to the iron maiden in ancient Greece.
The so called Apega of Nabis
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named after the spartan king Nabis (207 to 192 BC.)
oh, hello there, fellow skeleton working for settra, the king of kings
You are a good teacher. You go and look at what your students look at. Good on you
Egyptian calendars were separated into 4 parts: 1st flood, 2nd flood, 3rd flood, and a five day intermediate period after the 3 flood periods. Each flood period was an 120 days or 4 months of 30 days each. This gave their calendar 365 days to a year. They had no leap year day but were closer than most civilizations before and after their time. Lol, I love puns.
Y'all if you ever get the chance, go to the Salem Witch Trial Museum..Salem is just a short train ride from Boston. So worth it! such a cool little city.
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about the iron maiden thing: another problem is that a lot of old objects that we simply dont know right away what they were used for tend to get either called a torture device (if its in a culture we know a bit about) or some religious thing (in cultures we know little about).
about the Einstein thing: the reason for that misconception is most likely not just jealous people making it up. but Einstein was born in germany but moved to switzerland early on where he went to highschool and university (he also never had a german passport as he refused it when they first got issued but he did have a swiss one).
so why does that lead to this misconception? because swiss grades are different than german ones. in germany, 6 is the worst grade and 1 is the best grade. in switzerland, it is the exact opposite. so while his grades were very good (except in french if I remember right), they look terrible in the eyes of an uninformed german. so that is almost certainly where these misconceptions are from.
You should check out "Horrible Histories" and "overly sarcastic productions"
he probably did
I love the latter
I didn't even realize that the pasketti bit was from The Great Dictator until now lmaooo
They were paid in...drinks...alcoholic stuff...
Dude the word you were searching for is beer
Wine, you simpleton
@@aymuhspunj they had wine in egypt but it was an expensive drink, normal workers drank beer. The soil was perfect to grow grain so they were brewing a lot of beer.
Would be interesting to here your thoughts on video Dont Stay In School by Boyinaband
Einstein did get kicked out of at least one school (I wanna say multiple schools though) when he was growing up because he was hyperactive, disruptive, didn’t listen, etc. (Might’ve had ADHD) So I feel like that might have had something to do with the misconception that he failed math.
Couldnt wait to leave school. Now here I am watching a teacher on youtube and I love it.
I told my class that it wasn't peasants that built pyramids, nobody, not even the teacher believed me.
It was peasants. It just wasn't slaves, as they were paid. It *was* common people aka peasants.
Yes, please more Sam o nella, this is great!
About the Salem witch trials:
If you pleaded guilty, they would set you free and the State would confiscate all your lands and belongings.
If you pleaded not guilty, the court would find you guilty, kill you and the State would take all your lands and belongings.
The guy that was pressed was an old man who lived a good life. He knew that no matter how he pleaded, the State would confiscate everything he had and leave his children destitute.
But he found a loophole in the system. If you do not plea, the State cannot take your belongings. This is why the court tortured him for 3 days. They were trying to get a plea out of him. The court failed and he was the only accused whose descendants were able to inherit.
the best part of these videos is when you watch through the sponsorship ads so people can go support him
I'd really recommend "Potential History" yt channel. He tackles such topics as clearing up ww2 misconceptions, proving that a lot of ww2 "what if?" scenarios are flawed and would not change enough, He also has a series called the meme tanks where he talks about ww1,between wars,ww2 tanks characterized by some uncommon and/or funny feature. I'd love if you made reaction vid about his meme tanks series. There is also channel called alternate history hub with a lot of very interesting what if? scenarios from which I learnt quite a lot about interesting events and event chains
You should react to Knowing Better and his video on Colombus
Thanks for the videos
I always heard that Einstine failed math, not because he wasn't good at it, but because he didn't do well with the standardized testing that schools required back then, (and still require now, actually).
Also, the only reason the Flavian Amphitheater is called the coliseum is because we found a bloody great colossus out front
Seems like working on the pyramids would’ve been quite the honor. I mean, they’re awesome! Who wouldn’t wanna be a part of that?
They even had naval battles in the Coliseum.
“History is the lies about the past you choose to believe.” HIS301 - 1981 UMD European Division. Dr. Mooney
How does he not even smile at these jokes
😐
Teachers are made an a lab
This guy's bad ass colection of video games. Wow
The thing with einstein is true. In germany the grading system goes from 1-6. A 1 is the best like an A+ while 6 being the worst. He had a bunch of 6 and 5 in his grades but what people dont know is that he went to school in swizerland where the grading system us turned upside down(6 being the best and 1 the worst)
That's bullshit.
In stage tech you learn about vomitoriams (we call them voms) it's just where all the people come in, mostly at ones, but not all the time. It was named that because it looked like they were being, as the name implies, vomited out of the doors. A little gross but cool history for a word!