Darwin Awards: Guinness World Records Edition

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  • Discover the bizarre origins of the Guinness Book of World Records, from resolving bar bets to deadly stunts. Explore tales of tug-of-war tragedies, hair-raising records, and the grim fate of those who pushed the limits.
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  • @jasons6021
    @jasons6021 8 місяців тому +574

    UA-camr who has yelled "COOOCCCAAIINNNEE!" the most times in videos. That way Guinness will have to watch literally every video Simon has made.

    • @sakurakitsunestar
      @sakurakitsunestar 8 місяців тому +20

      Let's go with this one

    • @karinrandall855
      @karinrandall855 8 місяців тому +9

      Absolutely 😊

    • @harleyjo4875
      @harleyjo4875 8 місяців тому +9

      Honestly, I think Joe Rogan has him beat if we’re just counting it being yelled on the show.

    • @Kerosene.Dreams
      @Kerosene.Dreams 8 місяців тому +3

      @@harleyjo4875 Wouldn't that be MDMA?

    • @1st2nd2
      @1st2nd2 8 місяців тому +6

      Most active channels?

  • @Thromash
    @Thromash 8 місяців тому +64

    The Mythbusters younger crew dying is still sad, it wasn't just the one.
    We used to watch it in Science class. Everyone I knew was just devastated every time.

    • @Vee_of_the_Weald
      @Vee_of_the_Weald 8 місяців тому +18

      I only just learnt that Grant died too. I’m devastated. I loved those guys 😢

    • @lesleygraham5927
      @lesleygraham5927 8 місяців тому +14

      ​@@Vee_of_the_WealdAdam, talked about losing Grant it was tragic on his YT channel. Yes really awful to lose them both.

    • @MorbinNecrim86
      @MorbinNecrim86 8 місяців тому +5

      I only heard last year that Grant died, don't know how, but really sad

    • @Trumpisscum-420
      @Trumpisscum-420 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@MorbinNecrim86I'm pretty sure Grant died from a brain aneurysm.

    • @MorbinNecrim86
      @MorbinNecrim86 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Trumpisscum-420 oh. Thank you, either way it really sucks

  • @phoenixmercurous884
    @phoenixmercurous884 8 місяців тому +381

    Google says the record for most channels with over 100,000 subscribers owned by a single person is 11. Seems like a record up Simon's alley.

    • @saywhoamiimanobody.freeasa3782
      @saywhoamiimanobody.freeasa3782 8 місяців тому +4

      You mean jacksucksatlife

    • @infinidominion
      @infinidominion 8 місяців тому +13

      Woulda thought Simon has that beat

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 8 місяців тому

      highest number of sister channels, thinning the quality down to the depths this video. first minute was all cringe.

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 8 місяців тому +5

      I was going to say, the best records are ones you already hold and don't know it, and "most channels owned by a single person with over X-amount of subscribers" is surely something Simon has achieved. We just have to pay the money grubbers at Guinness.

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 8 місяців тому +10

      @@joejoe2658 The first minute had me sputtering with laughter. I went to school with a kid named Hugh Dickerson, and you better believe he went by "Huge" while emphasizing the first syllable of his surname. 🤣

  • @Fabala827
    @Fabala827 8 місяців тому +14

    14:43 Simon’s continued shock/confusion at the simple answer of “because sexism” 😂

    • @mp4986
      @mp4986 7 місяців тому +3

      And believing that driving in F1 requires no physical strength and that men wouldn't have an advantage on that front, especially before the introduction of power steering in the series, which wasn't until the 90s for most teams.
      F1's Commercial RIghts holders have been trying to find a successful female driver for decades because they know it will attract views.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 3 місяці тому

      @@mp4986 There is still very much the uphill battle against cultural stereotypes that dissuade young girls from even expressing an interest in such activities, That does a good job of stamping out any passion a lot of young girls may have harboured for the sport and still makes so many others reluctant to express that passion at an early age. This is really bad when it comes to actually discovering candidates with the passion and talent to develop into professional competitors at the highest level early enough that they can develop and compete alongside their peers. Professionals at the pinnacle of any sport achieve by having the training and resources to enable them to devote their life to get where they are starting at an early age. A difference of a few years in realising that the path to that dream is one you have the option to try and take is enough to basically guarantee you will not be competitive with your peers anymore. If we ever want this to change we would need to change the cultural barriers that discourage young girls from showing a passion for motorsport and instead encourage them to share that and provide them with the resources and opportunity to develop their talents.

  • @danicorvin
    @danicorvin 8 місяців тому +541

    Guinness world record for most hair products readouts presented by a bald man?

    • @JekriNachyev
      @JekriNachyev 8 місяців тому +4

      @EveryFairyDies. You should make a picture of one of the awards with this for the next Darwin Awards BB

    • @ku8721
      @ku8721 8 місяців тому +13

      Damn son thats brutal... but accurate

    • @olanmills64
      @olanmills64 8 місяців тому +2

      😂

    • @jasonbouvette1077
      @jasonbouvette1077 8 місяців тому

      I was going to say the shiniest head, but yeah.

  • @Rangifulla
    @Rangifulla 8 місяців тому +36

    Jessi was nearly killed when she crashed an Audi R8 on the autobahn a few years earlier.
    She was a legend in the car world.

    • @rogerj412
      @rogerj412 4 дні тому

      I remember hearing of her death. All I could think was how much that really sucked.

  • @NymphieJP
    @NymphieJP 8 місяців тому +238

    Record idea: The most number of writers locked in the basement.

    • @lukemacdonald1161
      @lukemacdonald1161 8 місяців тому +8

      Conflict of interest the competition to beat his number will be criminalist or into the shadows content maybe both😂😂

    • @ryproar11
      @ryproar11 8 місяців тому +5

      No one can beat EA at that one. 😂

    • @marvinsteven3874
      @marvinsteven3874 8 місяців тому +5

      @@ryproar11 I'm sure a certain mouse can top that.

    • @lazorbheeemz
      @lazorbheeemz 8 місяців тому +2

      at what point does that become an investigation?

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 8 місяців тому +1

      highest number of sister channels, thinning the quality down to the depths this video. first minute was all cringe.

  • @jakelecroy5553
    @jakelecroy5553 6 місяців тому +9

    My mom had a heart attack last week from fear. A wild animal was under her car growling and it scared her so much she ran into the house. Granted she's 85 and has had 2 heart attacks previously.

    • @jakelecroy5553
      @jakelecroy5553 6 місяців тому +1

      Now that I think about it, her second heart attack was from fear. She was driving and it started snowing. The car started sliding suddenly but after regained control. When she got home she realized she was having a heart attack (and at the hospital found out she had one 6 weeks before) crazy.

  • @goosenotmaverick1156
    @goosenotmaverick1156 8 місяців тому +82

    Kevin, man, that intro and the huge beaver thing was absolutely GOLD!

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому

      I had to re-start the video because I couldn't stop laughing at Huge Beaver. I don't why.... It was really Simon's reaction... So, I re-started the video. Still laughing... 😂😂😂

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 8 місяців тому +1

      Oh gosh, I was listening while washing dishes and had to stop the video and turn off the water as I laughed so hard. I went to school with a kid named Hugh Dickerson, and you better believe he went by "Huge" while emphasizing the first syllable of his surname.

  • @WeirdExplorer
    @WeirdExplorer 8 місяців тому +13

    fun fact: burying yourself alive used to be an old sideshow stunt you might see at a fair. Tod Browning, the director of Dracula made his living doing this before becoming a director.

  • @SaguaroBlossom
    @SaguaroBlossom 8 місяців тому +135

    Surely Simon could get an award for highest number of monetized UA-cam Channels with over #### subscribers owned ( or created, hosted, etc.) by a single presenter. Just keep narrowing it down until he wins a category.

    • @sakurakitsunestar
      @sakurakitsunestar 8 місяців тому +13

      Look there's a record and it's currently 11 therefore, Simon needs to make one more successful channel

    • @justdaveh5860
      @justdaveh5860 8 місяців тому +6

      Most words spoken on the internet and he’d probably win tbh

    • @SuzysRedStripes
      @SuzysRedStripes 8 місяців тому

      That one could work, actually.

    • @rodepet
      @rodepet 8 місяців тому +2

      most fact video's with incorrect facts. There must be quite some stuff that has been proven wrong.
      Longest intro's. (GO Danny!)
      Most skipped intro's
      Most script slaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Per video! Bring back the slapping of the scripts!!!!! Or slap something that is more sustainable and reusable but has the same look and feel just for the visual and auditory effect

    • @aaronaaronsen3360
      @aaronaaronsen3360 7 місяців тому

      Most channels over 100k subscribers by a bald Englishman living in Prague?

  • @rileyhogan5196
    @rileyhogan5196 8 місяців тому +40

    Today I Found Out Simon has never experienced a true panic attack.

    • @edwardfletcher7790
      @edwardfletcher7790 8 місяців тому +6

      Yeah that was a bit So Dunning Kruger, he's never experienced it so doesn't think it can happen !? WTH

  • @kaiza94
    @kaiza94 8 місяців тому +150

    Simon getting trolled by the script writers is peak Brain Blaze. 😂

  • @danielriley7380
    @danielriley7380 8 місяців тому +10

    Once again Lorelei’s editing is 🔥

  • @doctorlolchicken7478
    @doctorlolchicken7478 8 місяців тому +113

    Guinness world record idea: Longest tangent by someone reading a script out loud.

    • @rachelhansen2417
      @rachelhansen2417 8 місяців тому +5

      Trump might have that one.

    • @613aristocrat
      @613aristocrat 8 місяців тому +4

      @@rachelhansen2417 You would think. Except I've seen professional politicians at play, and he doesn't hold a candle to their expertise on waffling.

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@613aristocrat Waffling isn't the same as word salad.

    • @613aristocrat
      @613aristocrat 8 місяців тому +1

      @@pioneercynthia1 A waffle salad. Hmm. Actually, I would go for that. A dash of syrup and cream with some strawberries. Yum.

    • @mlee6050
      @mlee6050 4 місяці тому

      Most physical script smacks

  • @atashgallagher5139
    @atashgallagher5139 8 місяців тому +5

    There was a guy who fell into a drain thing, except instead of a regular drain it was the drain for an industrial boiler. He was stuck in there, alive, for over half an hour. They lowered a rope in but he was too badly burned at that point to hold on. The fun thing about boiling water is that it isn't hot enough to destroy pain neurons like how fire can, so you fully feel everything the entire time.
    You just get boiled alive for potentially hours.

  • @AnotherPointOfView944
    @AnotherPointOfView944 8 місяців тому +79

    Carbon Dioxide poisoning : You eventually pass out. But first you choke and choke and choke whilst gasping for air. So not nice.
    I think Simon was thinking of Carbon Monoxide poisoning, from which you *do* just quietly pass out.

    • @alisaurus4224
      @alisaurus4224 6 місяців тому +4

      Yes, because the buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood is what triggers the “breathe now” reflex, not lack of oxygen. If carbon monoxide or something else is building up, your body doesn’t notice while your blood oxygen levels are dropping

    • @Guy-z6o
      @Guy-z6o 5 місяців тому

      I tried to top myself by sitting in a closed garage with the windows down, engine running for three hours... I guess life and death are not that different...
      OH SHIT, IT WAS A TESLA, fuck I'm an idiot. (Although the Tesla (as a car) is dying).

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 8 місяців тому +12

    12:10 I am a big fan of Jessie's :) .. The "Metal Work" she did was PART of her "TV Personality" job .. it's described in Canada as a "Master Fabricator" ... or something like an Automotive, "Master Fitter / Welder" in the UK ??
    But yeah the main bit , is she welded and modified cars and trucks for off road use on the TV Show.

  • @MattRNewcomb
    @MattRNewcomb 8 місяців тому +51

    RIP Jessi Combs (the person in the thumbnail), she was great on Mythbusters

  • @joeyj5538
    @joeyj5538 8 місяців тому +52

    Been re-watching the Myth Busters, and I’m at the season where Jesse comes in for the year, I had no idea she was killed in a crash years ago

    • @danihall8396
      @danihall8396 8 місяців тому +17

      Jessie and Grant have both passed since the show ended

    • @Vee_of_the_Weald
      @Vee_of_the_Weald 8 місяців тому +5

      @@danihall8396😮 Grant too?! wtf 😢

    • @Vee_of_the_Weald
      @Vee_of_the_Weald 8 місяців тому +12

      Grant died of an aneurysm. He was 49 😕

    • @donaldliverance2597
      @donaldliverance2597 8 місяців тому +2

      Ya was a big deal in the car world most of us grew up watching her career grow

    • @Direkin
      @Direkin 8 місяців тому +1

      Damn! I didn't even know they had gone.

  • @jimservu
    @jimservu 8 місяців тому +8

    The caving disaster Simon is referring to at 18:10 is the Nutty Putty Cave incident.

    • @SilverYuffie
      @SilverYuffie 7 місяців тому +2

      I can't believe how long I had to scroll to find this comment... Nutty Putty Cave incident is terrifying, harsh reminder that things can go wrong really really fast. :( Rest in peace, John.

    • @melanie0971
      @melanie0971 5 місяців тому +1

      Sadly this isn't the only death of this nature. I knew someone who died this way. Very sad.

    • @SilverYuffie
      @SilverYuffie 5 місяців тому +1

      @@melanie0971 and most likely won't be last, sadly. So many things that can go wrong in a blink of an eye. :(

  • @EggsOverCheesy
    @EggsOverCheesy 8 місяців тому +265

    Jessi Combs (thumbnail) was a legend.

    • @AeroGuy07
      @AeroGuy07 8 місяців тому +57

      Yes, she was. Certainly not Darwin Award material.

    • @eskamobob8662
      @eskamobob8662 8 місяців тому +44

      Yah. She doesn't realy fit the Darwin award criteria imo

    • @Sammmeow
      @Sammmeow 8 місяців тому +34

      Yes she wasn't dumb.

    • @iggywow
      @iggywow 8 місяців тому +15

      @@AeroGuy07 Simon seems to agree, even he found it weird to be included

    • @timforsher4766
      @timforsher4766 8 місяців тому +26

      Yeah, Jessie was a true automotive legend.

  • @SicknessOnCan
    @SicknessOnCan 8 місяців тому +5

    The "Sir Huge Beaver" google search at the end had me in tears, best closing edit ever

  • @HomebrewHorsepower
    @HomebrewHorsepower 8 місяців тому +638

    Jessi Combs was no Darwin award contender. She was just a badass and a legend.

    • @deannelson7027
      @deannelson7027 8 місяців тому

      You do understand that Darwin awards are handed out to people that manage to remove themselves from the gene pool before they have any children, usually in an ironic way, right?

    • @Boethius4748
      @Boethius4748 8 місяців тому +76

      And the metalworking mentioned because she was pretty damn awesome at it

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 8 місяців тому +75

      Yeah, she wasn't doing anything particularly "dumb", it was just bad luck really

    • @richkelleher8281
      @richkelleher8281 8 місяців тому +72

      Simon pretty much nailed it: "There's nothing amusing about this."

    • @torhne
      @torhne 8 місяців тому +6

      facts

  • @MisF1998
    @MisF1998 8 місяців тому +7

    Lorelie the best as always. I love her high effort edits. Too bad Australian internet is slow we can't see her more.

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +4

      Aw, thanks! And my internet has been mad at me the last few days over that Aussie video... 🤣

  • @alexlongfur2515
    @alexlongfur2515 8 місяців тому +35

    Minecraft UA-camr ibxtoycat did a piece on this. Basically a video game streamer payed Guinness to certify his “most stair blocks stacked diagonally in 30 seconds” record (17 or so?). ibxtoycat, being a dedicated Minecraft player, easily beat it by 4 and submitted the video to Guiness’s free record update queue; shockingly it didn’t get updated. (His video goes into more detail, I’m just going off of memory)

  • @gyver8448
    @gyver8448 7 місяців тому +4

    You can absolutely have a heart attack from fear. There's a well known case of this woman who was terrified of bunjee jumping but her boyfriend convinced her to try it. She misheard the person who was hooking her up and jumped too early. The autopsy said she died of a heart attack on the way down because of how scared she was once she realized what she had done.

    • @jonatanrullman
      @jonatanrullman 6 місяців тому

      Are heart attacks really that fast? Even for the tallest bungy jump in the world sudden geological deceleration is going to be around 15s after jumping. Are you saying she could realise what she did, have a heart attack and already be dead in that time?

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 3 місяці тому

      @@jonatanrullman You have to remember that death certificates list all of the factors present that could or would most likely have been sufficient to cause death in their own right. Under these circumstances the cardiac arrest absolutely would make that list because that was in fact actively killing her before it got interrupted by the collision with the ground. Had there been enough height available like if they had jumped for the cruising altitude of an airliner the cardiac arrest would have been able to do the job, so both it and the ground collision were in fact both sufficient to cause death under the circumstances. A heart attack in circumstance where resuscitation is impossible or is ineffective absolutely qualifies as sufficient clause to merit inclusion on the death certificate because without effective resuscitation is is indeed a fatal event in it's own right.

  • @diyeana
    @diyeana 8 місяців тому +120

    Me: Watching a Simon video from another channel
    YT: Brain Blaze video drops
    Me: "Sorry, Simon, it's a BB video" _click_

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 8 місяців тому +16

      Simon isn't upset with you for allowing that dastardly Simon to distract you from his good friend Simon. He is disappointed though. 😢

    • @aprosper
      @aprosper 8 місяців тому +3

      Samzies

    • @ku8721
      @ku8721 8 місяців тому +3

      Yeah he wants a world record but he already has one "Most UA-cam Channels"

  • @0o0ification
    @0o0ification 8 місяців тому +8

    One of the few things that I like more than listening to this Factboy, is watching Lorelei's editorial take on that Factboy. 😆

  • @NickVanRegenmorter
    @NickVanRegenmorter 8 місяців тому +109

    Guinness world record idea: most money ever spent to get a Guinness word record.

    • @Username18981
      @Username18981 8 місяців тому +5

      Most money taken by a youtube copyright claim.

    • @katrinareads
      @katrinareads 8 місяців тому +6

      I believe the Guinness Word Record is held by pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, so you'd have to figure out what the bribe is for OED and Webster to approve your new longer word, and that would probably be the world record for the most money spent for a word record.

    • @jodycarter7308
      @jodycarter7308 8 місяців тому

      ​@@katrinareads you must read a lot to have facts like that off the top of your head.

    • @crazydinosaur8945
      @crazydinosaur8945 8 місяців тому

      it's just gonna be Turkistand and other dictatorships

    • @s2e130
      @s2e130 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@katrinareadsthis hill in New Zealand has a longer name...Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu 85 letters long I believe, I also believe a places name is still a word, Maybe they should rethink that record.

  • @JameTek
    @JameTek 8 місяців тому +13

    "Getting answers from ChatGPT hosted by Simon Whistler" new SW channel inbound

  • @tommctear4672
    @tommctear4672 8 місяців тому +69

    I remember Jessie being on Mythbusters, she was really good.

    • @krisfinley6706
      @krisfinley6706 8 місяців тому +21

      Yeah she wasn't Darwin award level stupid, she was well trained and taking a calculated risk. Sadly just didn't pan out, RIP Jessie😞

    • @womble321
      @womble321 8 місяців тому

      Taking any risk above normal life deliberately is ignorant and stupid unless it's to save others.

    • @tommctear4672
      @tommctear4672 8 місяців тому

      @@womble321 that just, like, your opinion. Man.

  • @maurer3d
    @maurer3d 8 місяців тому +8

    When I was young, a guy my dad knew a guy, who tried to get in the Guinness Record book, but they refused to acknowledge his record, because they deemed it to dangerous and feared someone trying to beat the record.
    The record was laying on a bed of nails with the least number of nails, he used 4 nails and was a professional magician/side show performer.

    • @SaltyBeach1038
      @SaltyBeach1038 8 місяців тому +2

      I physically cringed reading this. 4 nails? Ughhhh that’s terrible

    • @DefileOdds
      @DefileOdds 6 місяців тому

      Jesus Christ: hold my wine.

  • @EmmanuelBrito
    @EmmanuelBrito 8 місяців тому +15

    I love how this show allows you guys to showcase your talents and skills. It’s lightening in a bottle .

  • @Tiger351
    @Tiger351 8 місяців тому +12

    Simon's potential Guiness World records:
    Most tangents by a single youtube creator.
    Most mispronunciations by a single youtube creator.
    Most channels by a single youtube creator.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 8 місяців тому +17

    I love that everyone knows Scranton as the setting of "The Office" and not as the birthplace of the current president of the United States.

    • @wedgie502
      @wedgie502 8 місяців тому

      because "The Office" makes more sense than our current President and when Steven Carell makes strange noises or mumbles words, the world knows that it's SUPPOSED to be funny, lol.

    • @Rowebot15
      @Rowebot15 7 місяців тому

      I thought they were from Diddler Mufflin

    • @danelisslow3269
      @danelisslow3269 Місяць тому

      I'd say it's most famous for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh

  • @Caphalem
    @Caphalem 8 місяців тому +3

    A Brain Blaze that's edited by Lorelei. Top tier content. Also, guinness world record for most UA-cam channels owned or most successful channels owned (after figuring out what "successful" means)

  • @Unfortunately_Mickey
    @Unfortunately_Mickey 8 місяців тому +192

    Careful with their logo in the thumbnail, they've been known to claim videos for as little as that.

    • @amandam8609
      @amandam8609 8 місяців тому +6

      Oh man that’s true…

    • @NightridingDoom
      @NightridingDoom 8 місяців тому +9

      Oh I am sure Simon would either just delete the video or sue guiness xd

    • @aaronfine734
      @aaronfine734 8 місяців тому +5

      ​@@NightridingDoom That's one way to set a world record

    • @BergenDev
      @BergenDev 8 місяців тому

      They are shit. And need money from somewhere.

    • @Unfortunately_Mickey
      @Unfortunately_Mickey 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@NightridingDoom deleting a video doesn't lift the claim, and a court process is long and expensive and you don't even profit from the video till its over.

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman 8 місяців тому +44

    Fun fact: 5 women have competed in official Formula One Grand Prixs.
    Lella Lombardi, Giovanna Amati, Desiré Wilson, Divina Galica, and Maria Teresa de Filippis.
    Lombardi was the only one to score points.

    • @hybrid9mm
      @hybrid9mm 7 місяців тому +5

      Prix there’s no s on the end 👍

    • @mp4986
      @mp4986 7 місяців тому +1

      @@hybrid9mm Yes, the plural of Grand Prix is Grands Prix.

    • @aaronaaronsen3360
      @aaronaaronsen3360 7 місяців тому +1

      Half a point exactly

    • @badgers1975
      @badgers1975 7 місяців тому

      Then we have Michel mouton who is a rallying legend

    • @sanctionh2993
      @sanctionh2993 5 місяців тому

      Fun Facts are supposed to be fun, otherwise it's just a fact.

  • @randalthor741
    @randalthor741 8 місяців тому +16

    Are they sure the rope in that tug of war one never broke the sound barrier? The sound of a whip cracking is literally caused by the movement of the whip breaking the sound barrier and causing a miniature sonic boom, so if a rope breaking causes a loud crack, it's not exactly unlikely that the same thing is happening there...

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому +2

      It was definitely a sonic boom. It doesn't have to be a jet, obviously. That one after the Beirut explosion a few years ago was quite astonishing, though, and yet, many people believed it was a *second* explosion. #science #smh

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому

      Also, that needs to be a new T-shirt in the Whisterzon.

    • @wagnerrp
      @wagnerrp 8 місяців тому

      A whip can break the sound barrier because it's tapered. You can impart a lot of energy into that wave, and it gets funneled down to a very small mass at the tip. High energy and small mass means high velocity. It's unlikely a constant diameter rope would break in a way to produce the same effect.

  • @Sir_Uncle_Ned
    @Sir_Uncle_Ned 8 місяців тому +6

    How about “Most Shakespearean insults hurled at a Guinness employee in 10 minutes”

  • @Thomas-VA
    @Thomas-VA 8 місяців тому +17

    when i was a youngster, the internet was printed in a series of books that a door to door salesman convinced my parental figures to buy at least 27 regular and 4 special editions of . . . for money amount I did not know, but it was a world of printed amazement (nothing as good as the swimsuit edition of National Geographics) but still awing and heavy . . . and committed to a trash heap at some point.

    • @HorrorHermitofHell
      @HorrorHermitofHell 8 місяців тому +1

      FUNK AND WAGNALLS ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOUT OUT!!

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому +2

      As a child, I stored my Britannica Printed Internet on shelves in my room.

    • @MorbinNecrim86
      @MorbinNecrim86 8 місяців тому

      Read each one front to back, a couple of times.​@@pioneercynthia1

  • @kevinfoster1138
    @kevinfoster1138 8 місяців тому +2

    I was just watching a Blaze from a month ago and reading the comments, thought id pop on over to the newest one to say BIG THANKS to all the writers and editors I hope y'all see and hear the love from everyone who watches Brain Blaze.

  • @Hathur
    @Hathur 8 місяців тому +6

    Dying from fear is absolutely a thing, it happens FAR more frequently than people think. Firefighters rescue people frequently who still die.. not from smoke inhalation or burns, but heart attacks from the fear of dying in the fire.

    • @retsaMinnavoiG
      @retsaMinnavoiG 8 місяців тому

      Nah

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 3 місяці тому

      Indeed, granted there is usually some underlying condition often that the person may not even be aware of which makes their body less able to to tolerate the biological effects of extreme stress. But it absolutely does happen as a lot of people do have cardiac or respiratory problems that cannot handle the sudden added pressure of the sudden release of high doses of adrenaline and stress hormones like cortisol. May not always be a heart attack either, could be something like an aneurism rupturing or similar. Anything that lowers your bodies ability to handle spikes in heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, or any one of many other effects of intense stress could prove fatal if subjected to an extremely stressful situation. Granted one could argue it was in fact the underlying condition ultimately responsible and yet these people would have been fine potentially for years were it not for that triggering stress event. Years in which any hidden condition would have had a lot more opportunities to be detected and diagnosed with plenty of time for treatment to take effect. Most of these are things that years down the line likely would progress to the point they would start to exhibit mild but manageable symptoms triggered by everyday stresses but because the person was subjected to such intense stress it was immediately fatal when it first presented itself.

  • @Emily_Charley
    @Emily_Charley Місяць тому +1

    Simon you would win the host of the most UA-cam channels

  • @Durp-E-Derp
    @Durp-E-Derp 8 місяців тому +47

    Simon wonders what he can enter for the world record.... heres a lazy suggestion that you already have, "The most UA-cam Channels, Simon Whistler, Number of official channels - 6969"

    • @nickmiller8131
      @nickmiller8131 8 місяців тому

      Nice

    • @callysto11
      @callysto11 8 місяців тому

      I thought Simon already had the most channels on UA-cam 🤷‍♀️ Problem solved 😊

    • @icarus_falling
      @icarus_falling 8 місяців тому

      Nice

    • @Kerosene.Dreams
      @Kerosene.Dreams 8 місяців тому

      The people who own the 5 minute craft videos and farm using probably hundreds of channels by now would sadly win. Currently someone named Jack Massey Welsh holds the title.

    • @rodepet
      @rodepet 8 місяців тому

      Most with original made content?

  • @Tracy-xe9zu
    @Tracy-xe9zu 8 місяців тому +1

    Oh jesus, I knew exactly what was coming with the tug o war when you mentioned the loud crack... in the Navy we have PLENTY of horror stories about what happens when a line (rope) breaks

  • @davidgirkin7733
    @davidgirkin7733 8 місяців тому +18

    Simon always talks about how he reads a script then forgets it. He hasn’t forgot that Pedro Lopez script and it’s been like 2 years now.

    • @gennystout8952
      @gennystout8952 8 місяців тому +4

      And his scale of 1 to Pedro Lopez 😂😂😂😂

    • @Vee_of_the_Weald
      @Vee_of_the_Weald 8 місяців тому +6

      To be fair, there’s every reason why he wouldn’t forget Pedro Lopez. The level of depravity of the guy is staggering. Simon’s big empathy means he physically “felt” it

    • @613aristocrat
      @613aristocrat 8 місяців тому

      I avoided that video for good reason.

    • @KS-PNW
      @KS-PNW 8 місяців тому

      I can't blame him. That's the one video I wish I'd skipped.

  • @pixiesouter9461
    @pixiesouter9461 8 місяців тому +3

    That story you watched was about Nutty Putty Cave.
    I heard that story years ago and it traumatized me so bad I will never forget the details. I had a vague interest in cave diving, that story completely eradicated my interest in the subject.

  • @ilajoie3
    @ilajoie3 8 місяців тому +55

    Liam, Simon should resurrect some of his dead UA-cam channels and become the person with the most active UA-cam channels

    • @DeronJ
      @DeronJ 8 місяців тому +10

      Bring back xplrd.

    • @overredrover9430
      @overredrover9430 8 місяців тому

      Including Visualpolitik?

    • @rodepet
      @rodepet 8 місяців тому +1

      Wait, which ones are gone and which ones are left?
      I am a prime example of out of sight out of mind unfortunately.

    • @Marc83Aus
      @Marc83Aus 8 місяців тому

      @@rodepet The ones he didnt own are still around, top tenx, biographics, geographics etc, the owner died and his daughter took over and there was a bit of drama.
      I believe simon left visualpoliticEN because he was swamped with his own channels and wanted to concentrate on those,
      then thers xplrd which was simons IIRC as well as the 'simon whistler' channel which had a single upload.

  • @tomhardyofmaths2594
    @tomhardyofmaths2594 8 місяців тому +1

    The cave guy was HERE in Utah, Kevin! He was a student at the School of Medicine. The whole thing was nuts. And super sad. His whole family came in to town here over the several days where there was thought to be a chance that the poor soul could be freed.

  • @mikea1714
    @mikea1714 8 місяців тому +13

    Worlds longest tangent making fun of the Guinness World Record adjudicators

  • @Nastyn1nja808
    @Nastyn1nja808 8 місяців тому +3

    21:59 i absolutely love all.the edits in these videos.

  • @CrvrMb
    @CrvrMb 8 місяців тому +23

    Guinness World Record for Most Tangents in UA-cam videos.

  • @alberon554
    @alberon554 8 місяців тому +5

    digital cat face during the fat cat running "demonstration" won the episode

  • @42Oregon
    @42Oregon 8 місяців тому +6

    Lorelei's editing is Killer!

  • @cgoad
    @cgoad 8 місяців тому +3

    Lorelei takes it up to a whole other meme level. Again! Well done, Madam Editor! EFD rocks and rules!

  • @silvenimoy3115
    @silvenimoy3115 8 місяців тому +9

    Most unique (i.e. not the same clip repeated) uses of the word “allegedly” in a single UA-cam video or channel by single presenter (some combination of those factors would probably qualify) 😹

  • @thedarkknight1971
    @thedarkknight1971 8 місяців тому +1

    13:41 - HECK! ChatGPT sounds SURREAL! The way it opens up with "Yeah you've touched on a...", plus pauses, and inflections... Sheesh! 😎🇬🇧

  • @Ouros24
    @Ouros24 8 місяців тому +37

    Welcome to another Installment of "ChatGPT and Me" Simon's ongoing human on AI romance.

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +5

      I may have to make a new meme for it next time Simon uses ChatGPT….

    • @Ouros24
      @Ouros24 8 місяців тому +3

      @@EveryFairyDies That'd be Amazing

    • @thegreenbee83
      @thegreenbee83 8 місяців тому +2

      @@EveryFairyDiesplease call it the Simon and ChatGPT show like a sitcom lol

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +4

      @@thegreenbee83 I will ask ChatGPT to come up with a suitably sitcom-y name!

  • @carlacook5181
    @carlacook5181 8 місяців тому +3

    I had a friend who had a poor cat that was so fat she couldn’t put all four paws on the floor at the same time, she sort of hopped and when she was still, she sat on her two back paws like a statue, I don’t know how she managed to eat and drink, but the friend would take her outside every few hours to relieve herself, no amount of pleading would convince them to put the cat on a diet or take her to the vet. Poor thing was found dead on the kitchen floor one morning, some people don’t deserve pets.

  • @VegemiteWizard
    @VegemiteWizard 8 місяців тому +4

    Darwin Awards, you know em, you love em. Thank you Simon and Kevin.

  • @TheSecretChateau
    @TheSecretChateau 8 місяців тому +3

    Simon: What is the worst way to die?
    Me: Pedro Lopez.

  • @masjuggalo
    @masjuggalo 8 місяців тому +76

    I dont feel Jessie deserves a darwin award

  • @nicholaseakin2900
    @nicholaseakin2900 8 місяців тому +1

    Your Guinness Book of World Records entry is really easy. Most UA-cam channels hosted by a single freaking host. Love you Simon but seriously.

  • @marklondon9004
    @marklondon9004 8 місяців тому +13

    Guinness idea: most luxurious beard on a UA-camr.

  • @vexvoltage6456
    @vexvoltage6456 8 місяців тому +1

    Oh! That's tangent was the story of John Edward Jones that got stuck in the narrow opening of the Nutty Putty cave called the birth canal! Wild story.

  • @EveryFairyDies
    @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +31

    World Record Idea: most viewers Pavlov'd into hearing the Mesothelioma Can-Can when someone around them coughs or clears their throat. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME!

    • @eeik5150
      @eeik5150 8 місяців тому +2

      I told my wife and friends about how often that gag shows up…and then it vanished and I was all heartbroken. And then it came back. YAY!!!

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +1

      @@eeik5150 Don't worry, it may disappear for a while, but I'll always bring it back. Just to annoy people.

  • @gypsyjew420
    @gypsyjew420 8 місяців тому +1

    I live 20 mins away from Harrisburg. Nobody has ever heard of it and it's the capital of Pennsylvania. And yes Scranton is in Pennsylvania.

  • @Treadswax
    @Treadswax 8 місяців тому +2

    The neon genesis intro to a tanget (6:47) is fantastic.

  • @rexpayne7836
    @rexpayne7836 8 місяців тому +1

    World's longest podcast. Love the channel. 🇦🇺 😊

  • @sassanada
    @sassanada 8 місяців тому +7

    Awwww, so excited to see both Lower Decks and Horrible Histories edited in 😂

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +1

      Two excellent shows I love to watch!

    • @santa1563
      @santa1563 8 місяців тому +1

      rip lower decks 😢

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +2

      @@santa1563 Ugh, I know. So sad they're gonna end it next season. But I have hope they'll do the series justice.

  • @the-chillian
    @the-chillian 8 місяців тому +1

    I'm old, and my elementary school had was was, even then, an old, obsolete copy of the Guinness Book of World Records -- but it was old enough that the title was actually the Guinness Book of Superlatives.

  • @DanWright051691
    @DanWright051691 8 місяців тому +3

    The intro for "getting answers from GPT" was solid!

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +1

      A collaborative effort between myself and Julian!!! Unless... we really are the same person...

  • @kandreasworld4374
    @kandreasworld4374 8 місяців тому +1

    UA-camr with the most channels posting weekly. You nailed it! No extra effort required. 😆

  • @DanzoTheManzo13
    @DanzoTheManzo13 8 місяців тому +5

    Guinness suggestions:
    - Most channels hosted by a single person?
    - Most new members gifted/gained in a single livestream? (From one of the grateful giftees 😎)

    • @DanzoTheManzo13
      @DanzoTheManzo13 8 місяців тому +1

      P.s. the cat filter over Simon was hilarious, thank you editor!! More of that please 🙏😂

  • @FriendlyChemist907
    @FriendlyChemist907 8 місяців тому +1

    That huge beaver bit was great. I bet Kevin knew you'd look it up.

  • @brian_phipps
    @brian_phipps 8 місяців тому +21

    Guiness award: Most UA-cam channels. Come on

    • @tomholroyd7519
      @tomholroyd7519 8 місяців тому +1

      I was going for the channel with as much stupid crap as possible. It could be a dual award

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas 8 місяців тому

      Yeah not sure rewarding this particular behavior is anything other then Big Media Networks, 1000000000 teens in their room or neighborhoods creating a shit ton of channels everyday, and Simon.

  • @kateschmid2889
    @kateschmid2889 8 місяців тому +1

    Simon with the cat face was hilarious! Please do it more often!

  • @idrathernot_2
    @idrathernot_2 8 місяців тому +7

    Yes Simon, I am. Now hold still, I can't hold the cheese grater and the bottle of lemon juice and you at the same time.

  • @bazzingabomb
    @bazzingabomb 8 місяців тому

    Presenter with the most UA-cam channels would be an easy win, and you wouldn't have to do anything. Perfect for you Simon.

  • @pullt
    @pullt 8 місяців тому +6

    How do you not have the "Nice beaver" joke from The Naked Gun in the intro?

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому

      I haven't seen that movie since the 90s, my bad!

  • @padoco73
    @padoco73 8 місяців тому +1

    Most euphimisms for erictile dysfunction included in a 5 minute UA-cam video.
    Pretty sure Daven has that one on lock.

  • @darkermatter125.35
    @darkermatter125.35 8 місяців тому +9

    Dear Lorelei (Not-Sam), I have had such a bad week, thank you for the memes. Especially the first one (Dr. Who) 💙 And the Monty Python one was fitting, considering Simon's recent rant about that exact line in a member's stream. Not sure if it lines up in real life with the release schedule, but in my head cannon, you did it on purpose lol.

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +2

      Hey Darker! Sucks you've been having a bad week, but I'm glad I was able to make you smile! You got this, my friend. Hold the line, it'll get better. ❤🤘

    • @darkermatter125.35
      @darkermatter125.35 8 місяців тому +2

      @@EveryFairyDies Thanks! Soon as I saw Dr. Who I knew things were looking up! Lol

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@EveryFairyDies Edits are beyond on fire this week.

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому

      @@pioneercynthia1 Thank you!

  • @siobhanomalley1968
    @siobhanomalley1968 8 місяців тому +1

    The Stupid Deaths clip sent me 😂 I'd forgotten about that. Horrible Histories was epic

  • @brodie65708
    @brodie65708 8 місяців тому +2

    "MOST CHANNELS OWNED/STARTED, HOSTED BY AND STILL ACTIVE FROM A SINGLE UA-camR"
    There ya go Simon!

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 8 місяців тому +8

    6:39 .. There was a wiener dog so fat in our neighbourhood in Toronto, they had t tie a roller skate to it's stomach so his belly was abraded by the pavement.
    If the skate came loose, he would just lay down until someone re-tied it! :)

    • @MattRNewcomb
      @MattRNewcomb 8 місяців тому +1

      Add a tiny tech deck skateboard to pet turtles and they zip around. Similar idea 😂

    • @jeremyborder6794
      @jeremyborder6794 8 місяців тому +2

      Poor dog. That level of obesity is cruel

  • @herstoryanimated
    @herstoryanimated 7 місяців тому +1

    Fun science fact: hair has 1/8th the tensile strength of mild steel :)

  • @madmartigan8119
    @madmartigan8119 8 місяців тому +3

    I want a Horrible Histories reboot!!!! ❤

  • @eakinnally
    @eakinnally 7 місяців тому

    When Simon mentioned Scranton, PA, the first thing to come to my mind was the Harry Chapin song "30,000 Pounds of Bananas". 😆

  • @Purumal1337
    @Purumal1337 8 місяців тому +7

    Idea for for a GWR: Most videos made by a person whose name is an anagram for "ow son, im hitler"

    • @gordonbrinkmann
      @gordonbrinkmann 8 місяців тому

      So the person's name is Simon Whitler? Or is it Imon Whistler?

    • @pioneercynthia1
      @pioneercynthia1 8 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

    • @gordonbrinkmann
      @gordonbrinkmann 8 місяців тому

      Sorry, I meant to write Soimon Whitler... or Imon Whoistler?

  • @MrBiggles53
    @MrBiggles53 8 місяців тому +1

    Jesse pulled what we OG Top Gear fans call “A Hammond”.

  • @dromnispank4723
    @dromnispank4723 8 місяців тому +5

    🤣 that Baldur's Gate 3 cutscene 🤣

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +2

      And that, my friend, is the scene that sucked me into the BG3 world... WAIT, THAT CAME OUT WRONG! Or did it?

    • @OneOfDisease
      @OneOfDisease 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, now I need to start a new playthru as a male shapechanger. And as I type this I feel dirt.

  • @batsincerealbox
    @batsincerealbox 8 місяців тому +1

    Guiness record for 1. Longest time to get to the content of a youtube video and 2. Highest time ratio of tangents to actual content

  • @Ottobon
    @Ottobon 8 місяців тому +43

    The stuff with Jesse feels out of touch and pretty low. Not less a fan of the channel but I'm confused it went through. It's not just because Jesse is known by a lot of us but also that speed records are a legitimate engineering and technological challenge. I don't see it the same as any of the silly stuff. Are we going to start counting mountaineers, astronauts etc and anyone else who braves the limits of what people can achieve as Darwin awards?
    There's the tragedy of it but also the ignorance of acting like this type of thing is the same as the guy who kept sending himself out to sea in a giant floating hamsterball.

    • @wingerding
      @wingerding 8 місяців тому

      Very well said and very fucked up, with a very hard f u c k e d.

    • @ps374249
      @ps374249 8 місяців тому +1

      I think that Kevin was the one with this take, not Simon. Simon didn't seem to like that take.

    • @rougeneon1997
      @rougeneon1997 8 місяців тому +4

      The "meme" part with her face was kinda in poor taste

    • @Ottobon
      @Ottobon 8 місяців тому

      ​@@ps374249 Im aware, not pointing fingers or trying to shame though pretty sure he's had cracker scripts. A bad take from time to time isn't a crime, we all do it, just feel this may have been a case that unnecessarily leaves a sour taste.

    • @wagnerrp
      @wagnerrp 8 місяців тому +1

      While I agree that this is in bad taste, there are those in the "same field" that deserve Darwin awards. For every group with real engineering proficiency that does their due diligence to minimize the risk of an inherently dangerous action, there's a Mad Mike or Pythom Space that have no clue what they're doing.

  • @CaffeinatedFingers
    @CaffeinatedFingers 3 місяці тому

    The edits on your vids have levelled up since last year.

  • @zarasbazaar
    @zarasbazaar 8 місяців тому +6

    Since Queen Elizabeth had such a long reign, does if feel weird to English people to now say "God save the King"?

    • @EveryFairyDies
      @EveryFairyDies 8 місяців тому +4

      It does.

    • @MrTaytersDeep
      @MrTaytersDeep 8 місяців тому +1

      Force of habit when singing the national anthem, always stutter with Queen to King

  • @kjaubrey4816
    @kjaubrey4816 8 місяців тому +1

    Simon, I used to be a DJ and a sound guy. Pick up a Logitech Bluetooth adapter. Connect it to an RCA channel on your sound board. Play with the levels to get it right and connect your tablet to it.
    It is not 1990. You don't have to hold your tablet to the microphone anymore.
    Somebody invented Bluetooth.

  • @comettamer
    @comettamer 8 місяців тому +23

    Jessi doesn't need a Darwin award. She was just a badass who died doing what she loved, and it was tragic.

  • @druidbern
    @druidbern 8 місяців тому +1

    The editing is always brilliant