50 Historical Facts That Will Shock You
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Uncover the hidden gems of history with 50 mind-blowing facts! From Arctic Camels to the Original Computer Bug and the Great Emu War, explore fascinating tidbits that will leave you in awe!
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I love how it's so difficult for some people to realize that people who have lived before us might have actually been highly intelligent...
I feel like you’ve had a conversation or two about how smart and sophisticated human society would have been for nomads/natives prior to western contact… only to have the person your speaking with to immediately think you’re referencing some Graham Hancock ancient apocalypse conspiracy 😅
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People who built the Pyramids. Pretty damn smart to do that with the limited technology/economy.
Roman Empire. Lots of smart people kept that thing running.
Even your most "primitive" of people. Have an excellent understanding of their own environment, have seasons, animals and plants memorized, they know the land of hundreds of square kilometers like you would in your own home.
The brain found in people 100 to 200 thousand years ago is no different to the one in your own head.
Humans are pretty smart.
Humans WERE pretty smart
In a way yes, but most of them also believed in a talking snake, which I suppose over half the population believes that nowadays too, so I guess nothing has really changed 🤔
The idea of Plato and Abraham Lincoln just absolutely dominating fools in a wrestling ring is an image I didn't know I needed until today. Good stuff.
I'm surprised this Lincoln factoid isn't a movie yet. If Lincoln can be a vampire killer in a fiction movie, how much better is a one loss 100 bout wrestler in real life? Or a young Plato writing and discussing his philosophy between bouts?
The reports that Plato used to stand up and enforce his opinion in debates by literally flexing his muscles, is so wild.
@@algini12 Luchador Lincoln 🤔
I met Rear Admiral (then Captain) Grace Hopper at a lecture in the early 1970's and was honored to be given by her a "nanosecond" an insulated wire 30 cm long. The distance an electrical signal travels in one nanosecond. I have it famed in my study and is one of my most prized possessions
That is so cool!
Nice wire 👍🏻
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sadly, the cable is to long.
I know where the idea comes from 1/1 000 000 000 s for 1/1 000 000 000 the distance light travels in a second. But c is slightly below 300 000 km/s and the transfer in a cable is slower than c (which is light in a perfect vacuum)
still a nice gesture.
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Australia not only fought, and lost, a war against emus. They also built a fence to prevent rabbits from getting into farmlands.
Rabbits can dig...
Yeah, under the fence. We had two dig under our fence to get into our yard from our neighbors behind us and dug under the fence to get to our next door neighbors back yard. They stayed between our 3 houses 😊.
Not under a fence that's a couple of feet deep in sand.
😂
My border terrier went Hannibal Lector on a couple rabbits in my yard, haven't seen any since
The 'war' was 3 people, with 1 vehicle, and 2 lewis guns, the fence actually went 6 inches under ground, the issue with the fence wasn't rabbits digging under it, it was them spreading faster then construction
Absolutely love this format. An hour long fire hose of fascinating random facts? Yes please. Well done with the script and research, @ThatWriterKevin !
I like this format, too!
you should check out Matthew Santoro. his account used to be quite popular for this format some years ago
So agree!
I loved this episode! Well done Kevin and Simon, I was bummed when it ended!
I would enjoy more of these sprinkled into the regular scripts, Kevin.
Just about all of them are already regular scripts. This was like a highlight of Simons story telling - most enjoyable though.
I LOVE this. Nice short stories with enough back story and not too much fluff info around it.
WTF 1200 ships and 70k crew under the queen of pirates? thats like insane right?
Girl had rizz, and an army of simps apparently
And her alleged terms to the Chinese Emperor at the time were amnesty and a brothel for her to run, in exchange for her fleet.
It’s also notable that she kept incredibly detailed ledgers of what they plundered, and how everyone was paid.
She is the real Big Mom
Her last words were "The One Piece is Real"
About to smoke and this gem came across my phone. I say " don't mind if I do "
😂😂
Yup, light up, Bro😂😅
I want to start or get involved in channels like this. No politics, no agenda, no bs. Just interesting and factual content. Kudos to you and your team, all of your channels are great.
At this world of "alternative facts" and "beliefs counter facts", bs is inescapable
@@Cara-39not to mention that politics still finds its way into his videos in the form of his and his writers' unexamined assumptions, because, oh, they're human and have worldviews that can't be 100% fact based because we all have to fill in gaps in the narratives about things in our heads
@@minagica This specific channel isn't about narratives with gaps or assumptions; it's just presenting informational facts in a storytelling manner. Maybe some of Simon's other 479 channels are speculative but Side Projects isn't, so political bias isn't really a factor.
@original post. The Famous, well intentioned, (although blissfully ignorant), words of 3689532799 prior channels boasted before being completely corrupted by our, self-preservation driven nature. Fully Displaying it's incredible sway and effective influence over our final destination, regardless of how pure intentions had originally been....first post...Just figured I'd toss my thoughts out there
Alternative title "The Factboy lullaby"
It's absolutely mindblowing how effortlessly this guy pumps out quality content. Never seen him put out a bad video on any of the channels he has been on and he always looks so relaxed
Hope you all enjoy this! Let's see how longer Sideprojects do...
alt title 50 historical facts that Simon did another video on.
Good format, now let the basement throw up a 4K camera
keep up the great work
Writer type takes a certain type of person. And as lovable as Simon is he's nothing without writer-type friends
Thanks Kevin!
I often find lists like this to be hit-or-miss, but this one was more hits than misses for me. Some of that is because I enjoy listening to Simon so much that even the facts I already knew were interesting to hear, but there were plenty that were new to me and I found the overall result to be engaging.
My biggest complaint would be that with some of the facts, I felt like there was a lot more to be said but the narrative ended abruptly, leaving me wanting more. While frustrating, this isn't necessarily a bad thing!
i think maybe a list of 25 facts that went into more detail with a similar watch time to this video would be perfect
I agree. I like the detail that is usually in a Whistler video. But I do like mass random facts.
I agree. Even though it's overall a good video as to be expected, it's the little things or addendums that might be missing. Such as the correct pronunciation of Ca-lee-GOO-lah. /jk
That just means there is the opportunity to make another video that goes into depth.
And Simon has many years of experience in offering lists
already an hour long vid bruh. lol But, if there were stories you wanna hear more about, say so in the comments, they listen and might do a whole episode on it, either here or maybe on another simon channel.
Small point: several pirate crews did not share the spoils equally. The captain had 2 shares, as did the quartermaster. Mates and specialized crewmen such as coopers or carpenters had a share and a half.
What about pirate health insurance and captain elections?
That's quite fair. The captain only gets 2x what the cabin boy gets!
@h2oteen you realize that pirates also impressed (forced) many to join them? Like cabin boys, skilled tradesmen, etc?
@ianmacdiarmid1249 they were considered better than the navy, and had volunteers.
@@h2oteen and many among pirate crews were deserters and escaped slaves. People who were in service against their will. so it's only natural that they do a more fair system of sharing.
I'm part yuchi and since our tribe is not federally recognized and was blended into another tribe there's not many fact videos I've found talking about the yuchi. It was a nice surprise to hear Simons fact about the tribe. We are not from California though
Where are your tribe from?
And by “it’s important for people to get enough sleep”, you mean “it’s important for companies not to work there are people into exhaustion”. Pretty much every example of a spill from an oil derrick is due to overwork.
@@pandapounce huh?
@@user-pz9pu6us2s eastern Tennessee
@@pandapouncejust casually leaving a crazy unrelated comment? 😂 might need to contact a specialist
Challenge accepted, but I'm thrilled to have a 50 minute Sideprojects regardless of how shocked I am or am not!
An episode on all sleep deprived man made accidents could be neat
First, love the length. Second, I like the format. Pretty sure Simon has talked about a bunch of these before but it’s good reinforcement and it’s fun to watch.
"Love the length", that's what she said. AM I RIGHT, PETER?
The fact that the Emperor of France once got his royal derriere kicked by thousands of playful fluffy bunnies has made my day a little brighter.
As a student of history, this was a great brush up on so many great topics. Thank you Simon and your team for a great episode as always. I so want a sequel
Officially requesting more videos like this, randomly dispersed throughout Simon's channels, with apropos quick facts!!! (yes, Casual Criminalist included!)
42:50 Says the woman pulled out a revolver, then shows a pistol. But nobody's perfect. Simon's channels are high among the best on the platform, with the best writers and editors. Thanks for a great collection of interesting info!
In the case of Sipple you said Sarah used a "revolver" yet you showed a photo of a Colt 1911 semiautomatic 45 ACP.
Fact boi with the hour long video, LETS GOOOOO
I thoroughly enjoyed this longer form content that contained short factoids, I would love to see more like it. thanks fact boy and crew.
"Patron saint of chefs" queue food commercial. Absolutely brilliant! Lmao 10/10 would watch again!
I can never get enough longform content. I understand it takes a lot of work though. These channels are great stuff. Thanks!
50 facts by Simon in 54 mins.... That's got to have been alot of editing
Tangents have been deleted
Hence why there is a team.
I didn’t realize it had been an hour long wow impressive
T. rex was born closer to the I phone than the stegosaurus
So what - they can't type and never have friends or credit 😂
I know. I saw them live. Top band
I just discovered your discontinued podcast. Some of these, I remembered from the podcast, but I was happy to have them again. Love you Fact Boy and Daven's research.
Simon is really going to flip his lid when he finds out we still use pumice in dentistry. Like, every day. On most patients. You know the polishing part that happens at the end of a cleaning that makes your teeth nice and slick? Yup, pumice.
I believe that when they finally killed the tiger they found it had a broken fang and some other issues with the mouth which led it to killing and eating the first human. Easier prey than the elusive dwindling supply of the normal prey.
"Pulled out a revolver..."
*shows a semi-automatic slide action pistol*
As an American, I'm dying laughing. 😂
Oliver Sipple, 42:27
I was wondering which one when I read your comment. Definitely an editor fail. Also a sad commentary on how politicians won't let anyone stand in the way of their agendas and political policies & pressures can destroy lives.
"Derrr. Pistols aren't revolvers. Derr"
Gun = gun. Pretty straightforward to anyone but the insufferably pedantic. As an American I'm shaking my head. 😂
@@a.nobodys.nobody No, it really isn't, since a lot of proposed "assault weapon bans" are written such that anything the has a mechanism that brings another cartridge to the chamber is an "assault weapon", all semi-autos would fall under it. Revolvers have individual chambers and would be treated differently. Details and accuracy matter.
@@GryphonBrokewing oh , i agree, but legislation and bans are a million miles and years away from Oliver Sipple and whatever stock image they used for 1 second in this instance.
@@a.nobodys.nobody The stock image is the actual gun from the second assasination attempt targeted at Ford by Lynette Fromme.
I like this experimental form of video, and you should make more.
Not really experimental.. it’s set like toptenz
I like this format. You keep things longer and give a better insight instead of just giving a 1 sentence fact and then leave with a picture that's usually vaguely related. I hope you do these every now and then but hour normal format is still *chefs kiss*
man the only thing that makes me mad about your channel is my dad is no longer alive to discuss all your fun facts with, thank you simon
Narcissist goat
is that directed at me@@seekerofthemutablebalance5228
God you’re really the worst OP
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History in general has always fascinated me. I never took it further than high school but for most even a college setting will be skewed by the fact that "the winners write the history". It's the same for ancient civilizations, was Caligula as perverse as we are lead to believe by the ones that killed him? What was Egypt truly like during the rule of the Pharaoh's?, What was the earliest city in Europe? So many questions with no real answers, just guesses. I love it because any little new thing can open worlds of new thought
Thanks again ,Simon. Your shows are interesting and informative. Keep it up! More side projects, please.
You could honestly do this same video format, but with each fact leading to an episode on one of your various channels. In case anyone wanted a “deeper” dive. Good content!
I like this idea
I think he's already made videos on most of these topics. This list seems almost like a summary of content across all his channels over the years.
You forgot Abe Lincoln zombie hunter! LoL no but really I'd love to see more fact videos like this.
Yes! More like this!
I am a 46 year Hoosier. Crane has something sinister you failed to mention. Yes they stored munitions, including the wonderful VX gas. It was banned for use in warfare when I was a boy in the late 80's. It was slated to be destroyed soon after....in Texas. All of it was shipped in Semi's and by rail. I fondly remember seeing rail cars full of liquefied VX speeding through my town. Such a stress free feeling that was😂
12:30 Another thing we miss about Vlad the Impaler is that his cruelty was directed at the nobles and foreign invaders. Most likely the peasants saw him as the one ruler who was actually on their side.
No, Vlad's cruelty was just as often directed at the Wallachian people as it was the Ottomans and other foreigners. He spent much of his adult life fighting for the Wallachian throne and it was his treatment of the locals that his reputation for cruelty and impaling began. It was only in the 19th century, with the rise of Romanian nationalism, that he was looked at as a romantic national hero and defender of Romania but moder scholars agree that had he ruled in the present day, his acts would be considered war crimes and genocide.
@@Cara-39 Sadly, more proof that everything is subjective...
@@ifIOnlyHadABrian Historical evidence, archeological remains and contemporary reports are not subjective, they tell us what really happened in the past, oftentimes by the people that experienced the events first hand. Speculation is the absence of evidence but in the case of Vlad Dracul, we know that he treated his own subjects just as cruelly as he did his enemies because there are plenty of detailed accounts that still survive
Love the format. Good way to change it up.
Love the longer format! Keep up the great work Simon and team!! 🤗🤗
The Antikythera mechanism challenges our notions of ancient technology, showcasing a sophistication that rivals modern engineering marvels.
Loved this vid and this format, listened to it throughout my day and it was the perfect thing to have on while doing chores. Don't have to pay a ton of attention as each fact is about a minute, but all of them were interesting and I hadn't heard of many.
Barely started and I already want more of this!
You know there’s some kid in a classroom out there, bragging about how his great grandfather beat Abraham Lincoln in a wrestling match
I breathed a sigh of relief when Simon finished talking about the origins of Mary Had A Little Lamb. I was expecting the lamb to be slaughtered or some other horrific thing but it was actually a wholesome story
Simon is the only UA-camr I have to drop down to normal speed.
I love this video format make MORE Simon
I always forget the Australian army got bested by Emus 😂 the reminder is always hilarious
All the while, the wombats are sitting there, waiting patiently for their time to rise up.... sneaky buggers
@@mattyt1961 I once went out with a girl from Wombat. Hi Jane, if you are watching.
@@Pearcewreck Hi Pearce! Long time no see, miss those times we had
“….pulled out a revolver” - shows a picture of a semi-auto pistol. COME ON, MAN!
we will not be stopped, the emus will rise again!
I was waiting to see this comment 😅😅😅
More content like this, please!
So if her breath doesn't smell like onions but her husband's breath does...
Top notch. Maybe 25 instead of 50 at a time.
Bugs in computers? In the early 80s, I worked at area 51, assigned to the telemetry system computers that processed radar information on aircraft flying there at the time. One morning, when boarding our flight, we were advised that the site had been invaded by a massive swarm of locusts (grasshoppers) All the locusts were dead and on the ground and floors. We were sweeping them up with brooms. Then we fired up the Data General MV8000 computer for another day of work, but the 80G Winchester multi-platter disk drive started, it made one god-awful noise. Winchester drives use airflow to make the read/write head "fly" above the disk surfaces. Well, locusts had made their way up the exhaust ports of the air system, and destroyed the disk pack and the read/write heads. We had multiple bugs in our computer that day.
Love love love this Simon!!
What happened to the... I'm going to stop reading at 2500 words!
No problem here! I love this style!
Loved the mush mash of topics. Incredible amount of information for each subsection. Thank you, I would certainly watch other videos and share them.
25:54 I have Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Within 48 hours, I went from totally fine (just had the flu) to being on life support because I couldn't breathe on my own. It felt like my body was dying around me and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it. Spent a couple weeks in a medically-induced coma, another few in the ICU, another couple of months in a regular hospital room, and had to stay at my mom's for *another* three months because I still needed around-the-clock care. I was paralyzed for almost a year and it felt like I was trapped in a corpse. Just the weight of a sheet hurt so much that I wanted to scream, but I couldn't move at all or make any sounds. I kept hoping that I would just die and get it over with.
It's been six years and I still have nerve damage, mobility issues, and nightmares about it relapsing or me just waking up still in the hospital like my recovery was just a dream.
GBS is *terrifying* and *painful.*
Great video,.Simon! I love the quality content you continue to put out across all of your channels. The new video format was highly entertaining and immensely engaging. Keep up the great work! Cheers!
I like this format.
Close your eyes when Simon talks. Imagine a young Tyrion giving you his wisdom council. I cannot undo this
I was hoping for at least 51 facts, but I guess 50 will have to do .
Sir, you are legend. Fascinating stuff-- thank you.
Simon, a cosmopolitan fact giver pronouncing the Ls in guillotine.
Isn’t that how it’s pronounced?
I really like this format and hope for more
My last Navy active duty station was the Naval Historical Center in DC. I had the great fortune to meet and chat with Admiral Hopper about a year before she died. She said everyone always want to hear the bug story. She handed out 11" peices of wire saying, "Here's a nanosecond." Cheers....
This honestly might be one of the best videos yet, keep up the great work!!!
That's a lot of facts for one video, and I for one approve!
"Boatswain" is often spelled, and usually pronounced, "bo'sun".
I learned more about Ancient Egypt from Stargate SG1 than I did in School and Going to museums.
Fabulous compilation. Great work!
Fun fact: the base 12 and base 60 system work by counting each of the 12 joints in your fingers with your thumb. Then, you can use the fingers of your second hand to track how many 12s you’ve counted. With this system, you could comfortably count to 60 using just two hands. It’s honestly brilliant.
Actually, while you can count to 60 in this fashion, you can more than double that using finger segments. You count singly 1-12 on one hand, and the number of 12s counted on the other. Since there are twelve segments on each hand (not including the thumb which is used to mark which segment you are on) you can count twelve twelves (144) which is why there is a named unit of measure for 144 of something: a gross; the highest number easy to count on your fingers.
I think that counting in binary (like a computer) is pretty neat. You can count really high with it. :)
@@TheHunterWulf Just tried this! Super cool!
8:32 fun fact, it's speculated that base 12/60 came about by counting knuckles. Discounting the thumb and provided you haven't lost one, you have 12 knuckles on one hand. If you use the other hand to count thru all twelve with each finger (thumb included) you get 60.
Fun fact about the emu war we learnt how fucking hard emus are those soldiers could shoot it how most out food on the table hunting rabbits but unlike rabbits emus can take multiple 303 rounds to the chest and keep running and even live the army realised it’s a lost battle and we breed them to be afraid of human now 50% will run from you and the rest will disembowel your ass
Emus prefer base 0 (they bite off your fingers)
Love this long form content
25 seconds in...and my mind is totally blown away by "arctic camels"
The fact Simon actually pronounces emu properly when most of the time he hates trying to pronounce words makes me one happy Aussie
It's E- mew right... how did you expect him to say it? I've never heard another way
@@csonracsonra9962 Americans tend to say E-moo
@@dylandwyer2295 nah... I'm an American and I've never heard it in my life pronounced that way
@@csonracsonra9962I’ve heard Americans say E-moo many times. Never heard one pronounce it correctly actually. Must be peculiar in your part of the US that you pronounce it correctly. There are a lot of different accents across North America you know. Don’t even get me started on how Americans pronounce aluminium or caramel - makes my ears bleed lol
Australia is that island off the coast of New Zealand?
Absolutely love this video format, I'd love to see this turn into maybe a once a month 50 facts video....as always very informative, entertaining, well put together, and Simon as always well presented...keep up the great work y'all we all thank you for ur hard work and dedication to giving knowledge to the masses
I really liked this format, Simon! Much love from one of your super fans
Wow, I loved this!❤😊 Thanks Simon!
Calling all OG's
Sooooo.... Is this technically side blaze?
Without the tangents (witch is a shame) its awesome!
Edit:
Either way thank you Simon we know you lost money doing this. understanding your "slightly capitalist heart......even though its a long video (source..you pointed out out) Cheers lad
Thank youu still
I was thinking toptenz lol
ALL HAIL THE EMU EMPEROR
They’re too powerful
Fun video style. Way to shake it up! I definitely wouldn't mind watching more videos with this format
I think the Sea of Thieves developers need to watch this video.
I like the format Simon. Just don’t call it top fiftiez!
Good to know that pirates had a better health care system than us Americans do. 🙄
God you don't know how lucky we are in the US .. my Mom just had sepsis in the US and she had a private room, private bathroom and personal TV and 100% paid for by Medicaid.. Have a friend in New Zealand that just had a surgery last week and her room for several days had a carousel of 3 other men or women rotating in and out. The bathroom was down the hall that half the floor has to share and no TV or privacy. New Zealand has national healthcare like Americans think they want but the truth is I'd rather go to a voodoo Dr in New Orleans then go to see the doctor in most of the so called socialized medicine countries.. Quit whining
PS If socialized medicine is so good why do people from those countries fly to the US for their surgeries or cancer treatments etc?? Because when the govt runs your medical you get to take a number and hope you don't have to wait so long that you'll be dead before they can get to you. In the US treatment is usually available next day or very soon... You can have your govt ran medical coverage... Just ask yourself has their EVER been a single thing that the govt has ran better than the private sector can run??
Of course we love this style video, Simon...make more!!
This was a GREAT topic, with excellent delivery as always .
Syman didn't want to say what Dracula kept the people free from. Islam. It was Islam.
It was the Ottoman empire and he said that.
the ottoman empire was rather liberal with religious practices. if you paid the hefty tax.
Why does he talk so damn fast 😵
54 minutes, 26 seconds is a reason enough.
And he likes money.
I like it. It drives me nuts when people talk slow and drag things out with um and ahhh. Or read super chats. I want information directly to the point and in a timely manner.
Cause he’s FACT BOI!!! Duhh 🤷🏻♂️
Thought the same thing it’s history on crack I hate having to rewind five times to actually understand some things like do you know why they have periods and commas
Re the Camalox: Am I too late to make the "...and I thought they smelled on the outside..." quote?.. I'll get my coat.
We need more of this ASAP Simon!!!
ai "art" gross
But yet, here you are. Leaving a comment. Thereby boosting the algorithm and making the thing you dislike MORE visible..... Bold strategy, Cotton.
Love your vids Simon!! Your delivery and comical laced candour whilst slipping your educational spiel through our fact sucking letter boxes to our brains is BRILLIANT!!!! 👊🏻👊🏻
Would absolutely love to see more of the long format videos!
I love this format