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  • @Berserkaholic
    @Berserkaholic 5 років тому +3759

    I give her so much credit for actually going in that cold water in a wool tudor dress.

    • @e8root
      @e8root 5 років тому +178

      I had worse reaction to a water in much warmer water. Would immediately drown in this muddy river

    • @qtexasbrumley
      @qtexasbrumley 5 років тому +75

      @@e8root yep I'm sorry to hear that , I thought I could swim in some pants and shoes one time. Nothing nearly as bad as she was wearing.

    • @Amphitera
      @Amphitera 5 років тому +206

      even today, few realize how dangerous cold water is. Even the best or floatiest swimmer who is trained to swim in full clothing and gear can go into shock and drown if the water is too cold.
      Cold resistance can be trained though! Hence ice swimmers exist.

    • @ecuadordada9874
      @ecuadordada9874 5 років тому +92

      @@Amphitera Thank YOU. Keep warning people. I have live on the Cooper River, Yukon & Kuskokwim
      Rivers in Alaska will kill you within 10 minutes from body reaction to cold. Thank you!

    • @someone3187
      @someone3187 5 років тому +82

      This also reminds me of how people died from the cold water during the sinking of the Titanic :_(

  • @CosmicDimensionsArt
    @CosmicDimensionsArt 5 років тому +4930

    Idk why these have showed up on my feed, but I can't stop watching them now.

    • @fordmustang769
      @fordmustang769 5 років тому +32

      OCDRobot same

    • @laurajenadam
      @laurajenadam 5 років тому +20

      Me too 👍

    • @nola211
      @nola211 5 років тому +21

      OCDRobot so well made looks like a real tv show

    • @drewdurant3835
      @drewdurant3835 5 років тому +33

      OCDRobot right. I am not even British

    • @NVM_S
      @NVM_S 5 років тому +12

      Same but i love it

  • @jamesdrrr
    @jamesdrrr 4 роки тому +4662

    tudors: why is everything infected
    victorians: why is everything poisonous
    edwardians: why is everything exploding

    • @tatiaromero
      @tatiaromero 4 роки тому +370

      Modern us: (or would this gen be called elizabethians??) why does everything gives me anxiety

    • @kimgrattage2395
      @kimgrattage2395 4 роки тому +92

      @@tatiaromero. We are the second wave of Elizabethan's in the UK, the first were governed by Elizabeth The 1st, daughter of King Henry The VIII, Henry was a Tudor King. Elizabeth The 2nd is our Queen, so in effect we ARE Elizabethan's. Next in line will be Prince Charles, then William. Luckily we won't experience Victorian and Edwardian times again in our lifetime. My late grandmother lived through the Edwardian era being born in 1907, she passed away in 2004 under the Elizabethan second wave, far more civilized than the first you will be glad to hear?

    • @kimgrattage2395
      @kimgrattage2395 4 роки тому +25

      Check out the Ist Elizabethan wave. Elizabeth the 1st had a very colourful life. The daughter of Henry The VIII. In the UK we are part of the 2nd wave as you may call it due to our Queen Elizabeth The 2nd. Now in her mid 90s in age.

    • @texantexaningintexas7189
      @texantexaningintexas7189 4 роки тому +137

      2020: why is everything racism

    • @Lukos0036
      @Lukos0036 4 роки тому +118

      @@texantexaningintexas7189 Also 2020: Why is that man orange?

  • @doglover8596
    @doglover8596 5 років тому +1259

    This channel is fantastic. It's not just fluff, you actually learn something. I love it.

    • @SyobonPro
      @SyobonPro 5 років тому +4

      excuse me, but what do you mean by fluff?

    • @oddeyes9413
      @oddeyes9413 5 років тому +18

      @@SyobonPro read any textbooks lately? The ones written in 2005 vs. 2015 are absurdly changed. Like, The Trail of Tears, and all of that is removed. Mostly because they think knowing what Americans and others did would *upset* current generations.

    • @electricbuttercup7954
      @electricbuttercup7954 5 років тому +22

      @@oddeyes9413 American textbooks sound pretty crap from that

    • @josephinediaz1416
      @josephinediaz1416 4 роки тому +3

      Electric Buttercup that statement wasn’t true at all

    • @leafymintaj8610
      @leafymintaj8610 4 роки тому +6

      Odd Eyes94 if it makes you feel better, in the state of Florida we still learn a lot about the atrocities in history. We go into lots of detail about the trail of tears and slavery, as well as colonization and the negative affects it brought. I’m not sure about other states though

  • @sammysoppy3361
    @sammysoppy3361 5 років тому +3985

    “Teeth are pretty deadly” aaaaand yet most insurance doesn’t cover dental care because it’s not considered medical and any dental plans out there only cover the most basic things. Ridiculous.

    • @carlosmarte3154
      @carlosmarte3154 5 років тому +109

      steph soppanish The reasoning for that is because it’s easy and relatively cheap to keep your teeth healthy. It’s as simple as brushing, flossing, and rinsing twice a day while making sure to stay away/limit caustic foods. The same cannot be said of infectious diseases that one usually has no control over avoiding.

    • @carlosmarte3154
      @carlosmarte3154 5 років тому +51

      Alejandro - Healthcare is most certainly not a right. The reasoning is solid from the insurance company’s standpoint. They shouldn’t have to pay out for something that, barring rare circumstances, is easily avoidable in the 21st Century.

    • @carlosmarte3154
      @carlosmarte3154 5 років тому +58

      Alejandro - Not all, but a great deal of dental issues are due to poor habits. The same can be said of obesity. Companies should not have to bear the brunt for negligent clients that smoke, eat caustic foods, or fail to brush twice-daily and floss between meals. All of those brought dental disease on to themselves. People tend to think that corporations are these otherworldly entities; they’re nothing more than a collection of people (you know, those things you care so much about?) who need that profit to pay their mortgage and keep their lights on.
      You are correct on my assumption of the homeless. I come from a country where socioeconomic mobility is genuinely impossible. America truly is the land of opportunity, and anyone who is able-bodied can carve out a decent life for themselves here. This privileged capitalist ass came to this country at 19, worked 2 (sometimes 3) jobs, and lived out of a rented room in a basement. I eventually gathered enough for Community College, graduated, and found a nice job for myself. Fast forward 20 years and I’m living a life that would’ve been impossible for someone born to what you would call sharecroppers. Now it’s time to come full circle with my anecdotal story. As a broke immigrant working in a factory, I ran into plenty of those same underprivileged people you speak of. There’s a reason why many (not all, but a *great* deal) of them continue to live in mediocrity...and it isn’t because of some invisible force keeping them there. Poor life decisions lead to mediocrity, and poor dental hygiene leads to dental issues.
      My source for my original claim:
      www.dentalone-va.com/a-guide-to-dental-disease-prevention/

    • @pennynorthcutt5833
      @pennynorthcutt5833 5 років тому +54

      Especially Medicare. You've gotta get really sick from an infected tooth, where the infection spread to other parts of the body, before Medicare will pick up the bills.

    • @hwren9845
      @hwren9845 5 років тому +266

      @@carlosmarte3154 you Americans are wild lmao

  • @delcie______r2431
    @delcie______r2431 4 роки тому +3814

    Imagine dying while trying to poop in a river, then being called out by name in a UA-cam video over 400 years later

    • @sshy_indigoo
      @sshy_indigoo 4 роки тому +76

      😬

    • @audreyhead3948
      @audreyhead3948 4 роки тому +275

      I was thinking the same thing 😂 like damn dude immortalized for taking a shit and falling 😂

    • @lorabetht9206
      @lorabetht9206 4 роки тому +146

      My Nannie told me about a cousin of hers who died because he got bit on the behind by a black widow spider 🕷 while “going” outside... poor guy 😕

    • @diaryofseresha
      @diaryofseresha 4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @kyle18934
      @kyle18934 4 роки тому +48

      @@lorabetht9206 that is just unfortunate.

  • @Anmatgreen
    @Anmatgreen 5 років тому +488

    I love how that one guy in every episode has a maniacal smile every time he talks about ways people could die.

    • @h.r.9563
      @h.r.9563 4 роки тому +42

      That or he seems extremely hurt by the trauamas of our amcestors. He has no in between. Lol

    • @amandabr9562
      @amandabr9562 4 роки тому +20

      Yea that dude cracks me up. Do British people have a twisted sense of humor?😆

    • @yepthatsme83
      @yepthatsme83 4 роки тому +1

      yap :D

    • @gardenwillow
      @gardenwillow 4 роки тому +2

      You are hilarious. And spot on accurate.

  • @Lemanic89
    @Lemanic89 5 років тому +719

    "Page after page suggest different cures, which indicates somewhat that none of them worked"
    If 5-minutes Crafts did healthcare, this is how it would turn out, sadly.

    • @JA-pm5yl
      @JA-pm5yl 4 роки тому +17

      This comment is criminally underrated.

    • @TopFurret
      @TopFurret 4 роки тому +26

      I can see their handiwork now.
      Break a bone? Boy do I have a glue gun hack for that

    • @note_6956
      @note_6956 4 роки тому +8

      They have videos for turning strawberries white by literally soaking them in bleach overnight. The kicker is, most their audience are kids under 16-18 so we all know how THAT’S going to inevitably turn out.
      PS: the first sentence rhymes.

    • @matt3570
      @matt3570 4 роки тому +8

      ​@@note_6956 I have yet to meet one person over 14-15 that will actually watch their videos for anything but ridicule. Sadly the audience put at risk is likely even younger than that estimate. It's quite horrendous frankly.

    • @gypsierose3611
      @gypsierose3611 4 роки тому

      Hmmm just like today

  • @Sayerdify
    @Sayerdify 4 роки тому +158

    Kudos to Dr. Lipscomb for her brave water display. Goes to show us how fortunate we are to be here in modern times and how incredibly tough people were way back in those days before modern times. Tudor homes are beautiful.

    • @JeNn0mic0n
      @JeNn0mic0n Рік тому +3

      Makes you wonder if ppl back then thought they were fortunate to be what was considered to be “modern” for their time.

    • @maloryj7165
      @maloryj7165 Рік тому +3

      ​@@JeNn0mic0nof course they did and they talked about how people were becoming spoiled and lazy compared to their ancestors and "kids these days" and all that. People have mostly always been the same.

  • @SaraS-jq1ln
    @SaraS-jq1ln 5 років тому +5497

    I always wonder what people 500 years from now will be having a documentary on us about.

    • @KittyHerder
      @KittyHerder 5 років тому +863

      The oxy epidemic, obesity, diabetes...

    • @Patchuchan
      @Patchuchan 5 років тому +830

      The use of fossil fuels, and pollution such as the Pacific garbage patch come to mind.

    • @ElloLoJo
      @ElloLoJo 5 років тому +699

      Anti vaxxers, climate change denial, and definitely seconding the other two replies

    • @MasterGeekMX
      @MasterGeekMX 5 років тому +535

      Sleep pattern alterations due light coming from our screens.

    • @diahan9896
      @diahan9896 5 років тому +222

      our SELFIES... different poses in every era 👌🏻

  • @sh115067
    @sh115067 5 років тому +3275

    Funny how about a thousand years prior, the romans had aquaducts indoor plumbing and heating

    • @teresaellis7062
      @teresaellis7062 5 років тому +377

      Sad how technology is lost.

    • @niwtru
      @niwtru 5 років тому +198

      J Smith Same with the Native Americans

    • @johnreeves2016
      @johnreeves2016 5 років тому +100

      @Hannah Dyson Romans also used a lot of lead piping

    • @Fsrjtyttzma
      @Fsrjtyttzma 5 років тому +65

      We didnt invite the Romans as I remember they invaded...

    • @mats7492
      @mats7492 5 років тому +40

      @J Smith obviously untrue.. the use of plumbing spread across europe but was lost over time

  • @ThePointlessBox_
    @ThePointlessBox_ 3 роки тому +330

    Romans: ''hey having water handy is pretty nice, lets create majestic structures to create artificial flow and bring water to the people''
    The british: *WOMAN AND BUCKET*

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark 2 роки тому +19

      Lol. The Romans advanced our nation by a thousand years, then left and we forgot most of it during the Dark Ages until.... The Roman Renaissance.

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 2 роки тому +11

      @@JK_Clark
      forgot most of it during the fall of Rome
      and no the Renaissance wasn't roman
      it was european

    • @FreeFalling2d
      @FreeFalling2d Рік тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @robbinlynnspencer-buchtel6896
    @robbinlynnspencer-buchtel6896 5 років тому +435

    The Tudor era was (is) equal parts amazing, inspiring, jaw droppingly stupid & head scratching of what the heck. We've come a very long way since then, although at times it sure doesn't seem like it. The sad part is how many skills have been lost.

    • @crazeddonkey
      @crazeddonkey 5 років тому +8

      Well said

    • @idkwhattoputhere4695
      @idkwhattoputhere4695 5 років тому +14

      Pretty much how we will be looked back on in hundreds of years: ambitious, forward thinking but pretty self destructive comparing to later generations

    • @lorrainewadsworth9019
      @lorrainewadsworth9019 5 років тому +7

      If there were ever to be a time machine i would love to return to the Tudor times., ive always loved it, and im 56 now. I would have to be very rich and infertile..... couldnt go through childbirth in those times.. no thankyou.

    • @violetdivinespiritualreadi1824
      @violetdivinespiritualreadi1824 5 років тому +7

      We haven't come far enough tho its actually much worse cause we're polluting the earth more making animals endangered and wiping out cultures all for greed money power precious resources and minerals we're depleting the earth destroying our marine life too sadly we haven't learned yet what natives been warning about that's why i respect nature my native American ancestors believe we're one with nature not superior to it.. Just to have our technology like cellphones is making others suffer who mine for cobalt and other minerals not to mention blood diamonds that's why i don't wear diamonds im very spiritual i don't want a nice shiny diamond if someone had to suffer to mine it i rather have a precious rare crystal on my wedding ring

    • @oddeyes9413
      @oddeyes9413 5 років тому +5

      I'm actually taking the time to learn how to do some homemade breads and the like. I know it's not a lot or really anything, but learning how to cook some stuff is really cool.

  • @untetheredsoul
    @untetheredsoul 5 років тому +1792

    ... what kind of games were they playing at Christmas that resulted in death from crushed testicles?!🤔😲

    • @joek7762
      @joek7762 5 років тому +770

      The Nutcracker!

    • @ladyravenmoon666
      @ladyravenmoon666 5 років тому +14

      Lol

    • @vlo123veronica
      @vlo123veronica 5 років тому +91

      I haven't even gotten to that part but I'm not surprised 😧😧😧

    • @BaskiHighT
      @BaskiHighT 5 років тому +145

      Jingle balls

    • @Dylanquinn666
      @Dylanquinn666 5 років тому +84

      Before 'pass the parcel' they had 'toss the lead'.

  • @AlphaSniperAcademy
    @AlphaSniperAcademy 4 роки тому +49

    Props to you for actually getting into the water with that dress on. Real dedication to the depiction of the past

  • @MTBR077
    @MTBR077 5 років тому +68

    Watching this documentary will spread a newfound respect of the highest caliber for dentists worldwide.

  • @veran.8661
    @veran.8661 5 років тому +218

    1:03 - she sounds so cute saying 'naughty'! ^^ I'm really starting to admire Dr Lipscomb, she's so intelligent and warm and seems so kind and she's also super pretty.

    • @robertsistrunk6631
      @robertsistrunk6631 5 років тому +11

      She looks like a wet meerkat

    • @gggggggggggggggggg161
      @gggggggggggggggggg161 5 років тому +35

      Says the 12 year old with a truck for his profile pic. @@robertsistrunk6631

    • @SoramimiKeiki
      @SoramimiKeiki 5 років тому +23

      @@gggggggggggggggggg161 Guess we have an incel in the making here.

    • @chrislong8571
      @chrislong8571 5 років тому

      You're pretty too 😉

    • @parkchimmin7913
      @parkchimmin7913 5 років тому +1

      SoramimiKeiki burn it with fire!

  • @euanc1459
    @euanc1459 4 роки тому +32

    best thing about this woman’s documentaries are her ‘walking in the background’ scenes. i love her

  • @oddeyes9413
    @oddeyes9413 5 років тому +530

    The Tudor period sounds like: *Final Destination: 1500s Edition* Dear God, it's honestly surprising people survived.

    • @meandoriandragon
      @meandoriandragon 4 роки тому +24

      Victorian times were worse it looks like

    • @leafymintaj8610
      @leafymintaj8610 4 роки тому +13

      meandoriandragon god Victorian times were truly awful

    • @alilordoftheskies5079
      @alilordoftheskies5079 4 роки тому +24

      It's surprising that anyone survived any time period, truly. My god, times were rough.

    • @ericag5346
      @ericag5346 4 роки тому +8

      But, they didn't survive... They're all dead... Am I missing something? 🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @actionjackson3522
      @actionjackson3522 4 роки тому +23

      @@ericag5346 Survived long enough to reproduce and not leave the resulting offspring as a bunch of helpless orphans.

  • @tracycarmack9714
    @tracycarmack9714 5 років тому +467

    Can I just say that I am OBSESSED with this woman's hair? I want her curls so badly!!

    • @smilessantana2049
      @smilessantana2049 5 років тому +23

      Same! Curls are angelic😍

    • @nothingbutthetruth2145
      @nothingbutthetruth2145 4 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @zoehanekom4671
      @zoehanekom4671 4 роки тому +4

      Me to!

    • @TherealDanielleNelson
      @TherealDanielleNelson 4 роки тому +7

      My sister has curls like that.

    • @AshesAshes44
      @AshesAshes44 4 роки тому +28

      With me, the tough part is getting *all* your hair to curl the same. Nothing more fun than random waves instead of curls. Then you get to fuss over a patch, cursing as it refuses to behave. Just because. Yesterday it curled just fine. 🤯

  • @vintxgesappho2114
    @vintxgesappho2114 4 роки тому +877

    The 533+ people who disliked this are secretly Tudors who are furious that their sugar is to blame for their teeth, not the witch that they accused and killed.

    • @Mehrunes86
      @Mehrunes86 4 роки тому +25

      Sssh!, they got friends, maybe they are gathering for TudorCon😂

    • @nerdgeekcosplay909
      @nerdgeekcosplay909 3 роки тому

      @@Mehrunes86 are there any dresses from that era ?

    • @cleobinx
      @cleobinx 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @darkfireeyes7
      @darkfireeyes7 3 роки тому

      Or those who see parallels to all the preservatives and artificial colors etc. used today.

    • @SerpentBreath
      @SerpentBreath 2 роки тому +3

      I fear those are my neighbors down here in hazard county!!

  • @Apryltaurus
    @Apryltaurus 5 років тому +721

    So basically if you lived to be old age back then it was because of Gods mercy

    • @aengusog3415
      @aengusog3415 4 роки тому +14

      2020 it is what it is

    • @Beans.and.mystery_meat
      @Beans.and.mystery_meat 4 роки тому +4

      It is what it is

    • @mariahperrin9296
      @mariahperrin9296 4 роки тому +3

      God's mercy for common sense, before science :)

    • @thomasb.2506
      @thomasb.2506 3 роки тому +2

      It's also Gods mercy if we survive these days 😉

    • @Mtz2604
      @Mtz2604 3 роки тому +8

      Eduardian hitting their 50th birthday, Woooo
      Eduardian hitting it's 60s birthday, achievement unlocked.

  • @beth-rg8bm
    @beth-rg8bm 4 роки тому +141

    29:40
    I live in the Pacific Northwest and my parents demanded that I learn to swim in both warm and cold, fresh and saltwater!
    It saved my life more than once and the life of one other!
    Thank you mom and dad!

    • @P3trarch
      @P3trarch 3 роки тому +3

      I'm still surprised to see that a lot of people don't know how to swim... Crazy

    • @melissacoulter708
      @melissacoulter708 3 роки тому +3

      I live in Florida have been able to swim my whole life and I’m confused. Isn’t swimming, swimming? I’ve swam at the beach, a pool, a spring, a river…and I wouldn’t say that it’s different from one to the other?

    • @P3trarch
      @P3trarch 3 роки тому

      @@melissacoulter708 I have no idea why this is not taught to young kids.

    • @dbseamz
      @dbseamz 3 роки тому +2

      @@melissacoulter708 I would hope they'd start with the more comfortable, warmer water...I think the basic movements are the same, maybe it's just remembering what to do even if you're cold? I'm not sure what the difference would be either. I do know saltwater is denser than fresh, and cold water is denser than warm, so the same person will be the most buoyant in cold saltwater and the least buoyant in warm freshwater, but the difference isn't big enough to change how you'd swim. Unless it's really salty water like the Dead Sea.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart Рік тому +1

      ​​​@@P3trarch Because not everyone has access to the water. I took a three day swimming lesson as a kid, but even in those three days I couldn't get it down (the instructor literally had to jump in and save me at one point because I just kept sinking and treading water instead of moving through the water), and since I go years most of the time without getting to go "swimming," which for me is just wading in shallow water, I still can't swim well enough to save my life if I had to. Honestly don't think I would be able to even if I got in the water every day, as my body only sinks. Which is why I won't go in water that is so deep I can't touch the bottom with my head out of the water.

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 4 роки тому +28

    Also Dr. Lipscomb is amazing. Being able to read a Tudor English book with such ease is not a simple thing.

  • @bonnierussell7824
    @bonnierussell7824 5 років тому +365

    Thank you do much for a documentary on actual history instead of just more aliens and vampires or worse, modern politics.

    • @agabas
      @agabas 5 років тому +30

      To be fair, a documentary surrounding the people believing in vampires and such myths and folklore, does sound pretty interesting.

    • @bonnierussell7824
      @bonnierussell7824 5 років тому +16

      @@agabas Obviously. I'd take ghosts, vampires, and fairies or even cartoons over modern politics any day of the week. Although vampires and politicians may be related they are definitely not as cool.

    • @ladybrisen777
      @ladybrisen777 5 років тому +4

      @@bonnierussell7824 Yea I love anything on the paranormal too. but I love British royal history too! Any of it really.. Civil war.. Versailles Marie Antoinette. I do wish they would have more documentaries on ALLLLLL of the Kings and Queens.. if there isn't enough history on one to fill an hour.. then put two together.. 30 min on one.. 30 on the other.. I personally love the Tudors.. Henry his wives.. and Elizabeth but I have seen soo much on them there isn't much that I don't know.. However, info on his father and the monarchs before them would make a GREAT show.. shows..

    • @shaunyjimenez9637
      @shaunyjimenez9637 5 років тому +1

      Ugh p o l i t i c s

    • @angelikaskoroszyn8495
      @angelikaskoroszyn8495 4 роки тому +2

      Tbf it's difficult to make a documentary without injecting some modern politics. For example when talking about the horrible air pollution during the industrial revolution it's impossible to avoid talking about the regulations which made it safer and healthier to live in cities
      A documentary about the rise of Hitler inevitably becomes a cautionary tale about how easy it is to radicalize whole nation, that it really can start with just concentration camps for refugees (btw concentration camps are not death camps)

  • @BrattyCaffy
    @BrattyCaffy 5 років тому +197

    “To go somewhere with a diet virtually sugar free and be given a table full of sugar”
    Real crackhead hours back then weren’t they

  • @colleta2400
    @colleta2400 3 роки тому +147

    There is a Documentary I watched once where a Makeup artist showed what these people actually looked like. The wealthier the worse...I mean the people with the $$$ had no teeth from sugar, gout, no eyebrows or hair from the beauty rituals. The poor were no beauty contenders, however, in terms of physical appearance they won the lottery...for these times.

    • @Klmp13
      @Klmp13 3 роки тому +3

      What Documentary? I must know

    • @colleta2400
      @colleta2400 3 роки тому +4

      @@Klmp13 it was about 2years ago I do not remember the name. I found it here on youtube and it was a Brit doc

    • @notathletic4171
      @notathletic4171 2 роки тому

      @@Klmp13 search for queen Victoria's makeup routine.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 2 роки тому +3

      Reminds me of King Henry VIII gorging himself on an old equivalent of Burger King with 2 gallons of Soda and 2 gallons of Ice Cream. (I might be exaggerating a bit.) He died in his 50s with an infected, maybe gangrenous leg.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart Рік тому

      ​@@101Volts That's what the fat bastard gets.

  • @Diesunddas24
    @Diesunddas24 4 роки тому +1264

    A salad of lemon and sugar. That's literally teeth's nightmare fuel.

    • @Snake3yesEddie
      @Snake3yesEddie 4 роки тому +94

      IKR and if they had access to ice cream, I couldn’t imagine how painful it would have been if they ate something that cold after a lemon and sugar salad lol.

    • @roseblood7529
      @roseblood7529 4 роки тому +16

      Eddie G I’m pretty sure they had ice cream (or they would have it soon)

    • @harrietbryant7772
      @harrietbryant7772 4 роки тому +22

      I know it’s about as bad as it gets for teeth, but it sounds absolutely delicious!

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 4 роки тому +55

      Lemonade. Add water and its lemonade.

    • @punkybrewstar83
      @punkybrewstar83 4 роки тому +15

      @@constancemiller3753 Exactly my thought. Minus most of the fibre and add a bit of water.

  • @MrJasonshores364
    @MrJasonshores364 5 років тому +846

    In these days of everything on television being scripted and fake I am completely obsessed with watching these or anything about history.

    • @scotshabalam2432
      @scotshabalam2432 5 років тому +34

      TV Shows usually have scripts. It gets terrible confusing when the actors just do what ever they want with no guidance.

    • @npcgray5480
      @npcgray5480 5 років тому +26

      @@scotshabalam2432 hes talking about those documentaries that go though the talking points in five minutes and just repeat them after ever commercial break

    • @scotshabalam2432
      @scotshabalam2432 5 років тому +16

      @@npcgray5480 I'm being a smart ass, but I did thumb up your comment for calling me out on being a smart ass so I hope you don't mind :)

    • @elderlypoodle9181
      @elderlypoodle9181 5 років тому +5

      jason Shores Yes!! I need to see the real thing. I just have to know the truth. I agree with you completely

    • @froznanus
      @froznanus 5 років тому +2

      I absolutely agree!!

  • @alistairborland4680
    @alistairborland4680 9 місяців тому +4

    Dr Lipscomb does a superb job, presenting this series of hidden killers in the home , not only is she knowledgeable regarding her series , but presents extremely well .

  • @jacquelinemarie7418
    @jacquelinemarie7418 4 роки тому +146

    I jumped in a really cold lake once and I was breathing just like her. I couldn’t catch my breath and I became dizzy from trying to actually breathe. I had trouble swimming out. In that moment you feel like you’re panicking and barely able to keep your head above water.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 роки тому

      Wouldn't it be smarter to float on your back?

    • @queenskyline1238
      @queenskyline1238 4 роки тому +1

      I do swimming in December and I don’t mean indoors in a pool I mean the sea at 3 am it’s nice night swim in freezing Walter not to bad really

    • @bigimskiweisenheimer8325
      @bigimskiweisenheimer8325 3 роки тому +5

      Poor Walter, should have gave him a coat.

    • @cleobinx
      @cleobinx 3 роки тому

      It’s just a terrible feeling !

    • @heinzbeanz3343
      @heinzbeanz3343 3 роки тому

      @@bigimskiweisenheimer8325 Lmfao

  • @itgetter9
    @itgetter9 5 років тому +297

    You know the woman demonstrating chimney fires was a super rebellious kid -- she has a lovely wicked grin. Probably gave her parents a few scares over the years, with her mad scientist pyro ways! ;-)

    • @kingkat_
      @kingkat_ 3 роки тому +4

      bro i used to burn shit all the time as a kid and gave my parents a couple of scares, i couldn't imagine what she could've done lolol

    • @24934637
      @24934637 3 роки тому +2

      @@kingkat_ Same here....I was still doing that sort of thing until 9/11 happened and playing with chemicals was liable to get you arrested for terrorism even if you were only playing in your own garden!

    • @sarahstrong7174
      @sarahstrong7174 3 роки тому +2

      My Uncle burnt down Grandads shed & hedge when a lad. Later he worked for Thorn Fire Prevention.

  • @seonghyunae
    @seonghyunae 3 роки тому +72

    My dad actually has periodontal disease, and he never went to the dentist so we didn't actually know until he went into septic shock. Had to have all but four teeth pulled and wears dentures now.

    • @nyghtmoon
      @nyghtmoon 3 роки тому +9

      I am glad he survived. It must have been terrifying.

    • @jenlfpotter3870
      @jenlfpotter3870 Рік тому

      That is crazy. How can you not know? wasn't there an awful lot of toothache or pain when it was close to nerves or bleeding or discolouration? There must have been if he attended regular dental checks every 3 to 6 months. I've had bleeding inflamed gums and I have very small gaps between my teeth. Even fairly deep cleaning doesn't fix the problem gums for me.

  • @caidalee1994
    @caidalee1994 5 років тому +512

    “Elizabeth Bennet drowned” Me, reading Pride and Prejudice: 😨

    • @Great_Lake_Surfer
      @Great_Lake_Surfer 4 роки тому +7

      ? I'm confused. I've never read this book, could someone please fill me in?

    • @XyliaLi
      @XyliaLi 4 роки тому +19

      Gracie Anne in p&p, Elizabeth didn’t drown. It’s a romantic novel.

    • @sarahkohlhagen9057
      @sarahkohlhagen9057 4 роки тому +30

      @@XyliaLi well .. who knows how her marriage with Mr Darcy went on ..

    • @vjapple3083
      @vjapple3083 4 роки тому +24

      Gracie Anne Elizabeth Bennet is the main character in Pride and Prejudice and its worrying seeing an actual person with her name that died from drowning

    • @Hawkfire360
      @Hawkfire360 4 роки тому +14

      I had the same reaction. “LIZZIE?!”

  • @geoffreydeniscrawford7296
    @geoffreydeniscrawford7296 5 років тому +511

    The tooth ache must have been awful

    • @ginam5683
      @ginam5683 5 років тому +26

      And no proper dentistry can you imagine?! 😳

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 5 років тому +44

      I don't even wanna begin to imagine how bad tooth pain was back then.
      I just had a really bad cavity, hurt like hell. Had to get my tooth pulled because of it (it was a wisdom tooth anyways, why I never got it filled instead)
      So I cannot even begin to imagine how bad a fully rotted tooth would feel. Ughhhh

    • @UmmYusrah1
      @UmmYusrah1 4 роки тому +2

      Tooth infection s caused death

    • @MrJesus-jp1zv
      @MrJesus-jp1zv 4 роки тому +10

      I wouldn't wish dental issues on anybody.

    • @leafymintaj8610
      @leafymintaj8610 4 роки тому +2

      LB Abstract Art my older brother has extremely deep tooth roots. He had to get several root canals, but they had to inject so much numbing that the injection sites became infected and then infected his teeth and abscessed.. he has lots of chronic jaw pain now and can’t eat his favorite candy, gummy bears :(

  • @FellowTravelerVlog
    @FellowTravelerVlog 4 роки тому +13

    Watching this documentary made me immediately schedule an appointment with my dentist and I now have another cleaning in 6 months. Just wanted to update everyone. I never realized how scary sugar is

  • @danicalielle
    @danicalielle 5 років тому +1462

    She said “white gold” then leans towards a flame with a pipe... girl I did not think that was tobacco 😂

  • @SabeLoTodox3
    @SabeLoTodox3 5 років тому +285

    The drowning scene gave me anxiety

    • @laurieb3703
      @laurieb3703 4 роки тому +6

      Me too. Almost had to skip it

    • @ericag5346
      @ericag5346 4 роки тому +7

      There was a camera guy in there with her for sure but more than likely a few people for safety behind the camera guy...

    • @nora__
      @nora__ 4 роки тому +2

      Especially since this woman probably only weighs 100-110 pounds. 😰 I’m surprised they didn’t have her on some sort of tether for that.

    • @captainmorgan123
      @captainmorgan123 7 місяців тому

      Loved every second of it

  • @saramarie5744
    @saramarie5744 4 роки тому +13

    This Host and the experts make something I never thought I would care about the most interesting thing I have seen in ages .

  • @diy_cat9817
    @diy_cat9817 4 роки тому +1226

    Women: drown while washing clothes
    Man: dies while trying to take a dump

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 4 роки тому +115

      I no longer have a reason to complain about folding laundry that has been washed, cleaned, properly rinsed, and fully dried indoors while I lay around watching UA-cam videos ;)

    • @meetvirginia7023
      @meetvirginia7023 4 роки тому +12

      daffers234 Yes me too! Tuff times

    • @Cortesevasive
      @Cortesevasive 4 роки тому +8

      @@daffers2345 who the hell folds laudry lol

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 4 роки тому +27

      @@Cortesevasive Uh ... me? Especially undergarments like my sport bras.

    • @Cortesevasive
      @Cortesevasive 4 роки тому

      @@daffers2345 U clearly a neat women or a geh.

  • @oopsie_daisy8625
    @oopsie_daisy8625 5 років тому +72

    I watched the Victorian video and I’m already in love with this account

  • @Clara-ph7my
    @Clara-ph7my 4 роки тому +14

    "Just a spoonful of sugar, makes the medicine go down"
    I love looking at these periods which our ancestors lived in.
    I love Tudor design, old cottages, old farm houses. The upkeep to restoring these beautiful listed buildings, is something else

  • @TheBioExplorer
    @TheBioExplorer 4 роки тому +223

    Funny how I remember us playing with mercury from a broken thermometer as a child in school. Now as a science department head I am on constant lookout for old thermometers cached around the school so we can have them professionally removed. Still they are randomly found every few years.

    • @scatdog1
      @scatdog1 3 роки тому +11

      Me and my brother used to chase the mosquito vector trucks down the alley back in the late sixties and seventies. Good times 😆

    • @animequeen78
      @animequeen78 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for your service in removing hazardous materials.

    • @TheBioExplorer
      @TheBioExplorer 2 роки тому +10

      @@scatdog1 That's funny. I grew up on military bases and in the late 60s & early 70s we did the same thing. We'd ride behind them on our bikes and pretend we were riding in the clouds. No telling how much DDT we absorbed.

    • @scatdog1
      @scatdog1 2 роки тому +5

      @@TheBioExplorer lol yeah … things were a lot different back then. Both parents smoked with 3 kids in the car barreling down the road with no seatbelts on. We swam in the canals all summer going through pitch black tunnels under the road barely having enough oxygen to make it out. We dove off of the bridge That connects California and Arizona into the Colorado River. Didn’t even know what bike helmets were. I wouldn’t change it for all the video games and cell phones in the world.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart Рік тому

      ​@@scatdog1 My brother and I*

  • @Ladybug-uf7uh
    @Ladybug-uf7uh 5 років тому +71

    What a lot I've learned watching this upload. I've done some reading about Tudor times, but I had no idea they people were so close to dying untimely deaths all the time. Thank You.

    • @ladybrisen777
      @ladybrisen777 5 років тому +4

      O yea think about it.. Every time we need an antobiotic.. every broken bone.. a bout of food poisoning.. an allergic reaction.. I broke my left arm when I was 7 my right when I was 9.. then when I was 19 I broke my left ankle.. THEN I had to have an emergency C section with my son at 20.. THEN I had another emergency c section when my daughter was born.. I was 27...THEN I broke my left hip at 28..I had to have what they call a partial hip replacement.. it was extremely invasive.. I have a scar that goes down the side of my leg. from the side of my upper hip to my knee. I have had countless issues with teeth needing antibiotics.. Sore throats that needed antibiotics. Im on blood pressure meds.. Think about that.. Just about every one of these situations could have ended my life. Probably most def would have had it not been for modern medicine you know, we were in better shape back then.. we did more.. we moved more.. we were more active. but we didn't have the medicine to help take care of us.. Now that we have the medicine.. we hardly move ..a good deal of us just sit behind a computer all day.. If we could mix the two, . have the clean air and water that they had then, the unprocessed foods, hardly any sugar and then the medicine and health care that we have today.. I wonder how long we would live?

    • @elvingearmasterirma7241
      @elvingearmasterirma7241 5 років тому +1

      @@ladybrisen777 You do realize unprocessed foods would result in us chucking out a good chunk of even ye olde recipes?
      Cheese is just a method of processing. Salt is also used for processing. We call it preserving.
      It also helps us keep food fresh longer and thus distribute it better. So uh, without that, we would probably starve a lot more? You can also rip biltong out of my cold dead hands.
      Its less that we have medicine. Its our culture, especially the ease of life that industrialism brought about. And even back in the ye olde days there were sedentary people. Especially your richer ones who lived in a region that did very well with crops and economy. Exercise is key.
      Also, thank you, someone who says barely any sugar but not cutting it out at all. Sugar is still needed, glucose. Our modern issue is that we overindulge today.

  • @johnwebsterwallace4884
    @johnwebsterwallace4884 4 роки тому +74

    "Crushed testicle's, caused by playing games at Christmas." Well, some things never change...except the technology.

  • @MissMysteryMusic
    @MissMysteryMusic 5 років тому +155

    Am I the only one that was like "Mr. Darcy save her"! When they mentioned Elizabeth Bennett drowned. 28:30

    • @Vale-gy7ym
      @Vale-gy7ym 5 років тому +2

      No, you're not hahaha

    • @stahppls2293
      @stahppls2293 5 років тому +1

      I have it screencapped hahaha

  • @snarkspawner
    @snarkspawner 5 років тому +619

    .... Excuse me while I watch this episode with floss pickers and mouthwash in hand instead of snacks.

    • @elvingearmasterirma7241
      @elvingearmasterirma7241 5 років тому +2

      I have weak teeth. And I can feel one of my back teeth starting to tinge in the way that screams Will need a root canal soon
      I dunno if I can catch it in time due to needing to do other stuff and living in the middle of nowhere... So, root canal tis. At least we have antibiotics these days :/
      Id have perished.
      Anyways I have my toothbrush at the ready

    • @charlottemartin4715
      @charlottemartin4715 5 років тому

      ElvinGearMaster Irma omg never related more 🤣 I’ve had multiple fillings 2 molars taken and out and I have an implant canine cos I decided to be lazy with brushing my teeth AFTER my big teeth came through 🙄. When I tell you my entire jaw started hurting watching that part omg 😖😣

    • @shaunyjimenez9637
      @shaunyjimenez9637 5 років тому +4

      I feel called out

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 роки тому

      @@elvingearmasterirma7241 Try Care Credit card. See if the dentist will take it. You can get several months interest free if you keep your payments current.
      They even give you the most points without an annual fee of anyone.

  • @MrGlennJohnsen
    @MrGlennJohnsen 4 роки тому +149

    "Death from crushed testicles."
    Literally closed my legs to protect myself.

    • @lenasamzelius5530
      @lenasamzelius5530 3 роки тому +25

      Me too, and I don't even have them.

    • @jerrycottrell302
      @jerrycottrell302 3 роки тому +1

      Right on , Lena !!!

    • @ms.annthropic6341
      @ms.annthropic6341 3 роки тому +3

      When I heard that part I was like
      "Yeah, that'd do it..." 😂

    • @wmdkitty
      @wmdkitty 3 роки тому +1

      @@lenasamzelius5530 Same. Crotch damage is crotch damage, man.

    • @Kneekneee
      @Kneekneee 3 роки тому +1

      @@lenasamzelius5530 Me too!!

  • @tc2334
    @tc2334 5 років тому +464

    The name for the color orange up until the 1540s was “yellow-red” (though spelled much differently)...hence why people with “orange” hair were then and are now called “redheads”.

    • @mczenk5095
      @mczenk5095 5 років тому +52

      Yep, spelled like geoluread

    • @wilmafistfit4788
      @wilmafistfit4788 5 років тому +36

      Yes orange only became a color name after the fruit

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 5 років тому +23

      Leave it to my favorite color to be a weirdo

    • @alphaplenn
      @alphaplenn 5 років тому

      @@mczenk5095; ??????

    • @dasffs
      @dasffs 5 років тому +2

      @@mczenk5095 is this real? I'd love a source if so.

  • @Conan_Hibernicus
    @Conan_Hibernicus 5 років тому +83

    This is a high quality documentary! Keep it up!

  • @YuBeace
    @YuBeace 4 роки тому +292

    “Teeth are pretty deadly, actually.” Tell that to the insurance company!!!

  • @ataurus62
    @ataurus62 5 років тому +642

    Sugar is still killing folks.

    • @texastea5686
      @texastea5686 5 років тому +29

      And making us fat 😒

    • @Nirrrina
      @Nirrrina 5 років тому +19

      And making us hurt.
      Sugar is really bad for fibromyalgia. If I eat to way too much sugar I flare up like crazy.

    • @texastea5686
      @texastea5686 5 років тому +7

      @@Nirrrina
      Yes I've heard that! Watch videos from Dr. Eric Berg and Dr. Ken Berry regarding keto diet and the horrors of sugar.

    • @williamarthurfenton1496
      @williamarthurfenton1496 5 років тому +37

      @@texastea5686 I't's probably not a problem with it being naturally in foods, but the fact it is added in gross quantities to almost everything is the problem. Also people think a glass of orange juice is healthy, when one may as well drink a glass of Coca Cola because it's still sugar overdose.

    • @texastea5686
      @texastea5686 5 років тому +3

      @@williamarthurfenton1496
      Agree!

  • @h.j.peters.2891
    @h.j.peters.2891 5 років тому +44

    I'm so over joyed that I've stumbled across this channel, these are brilliant. keep up the fabulous work.

  • @claudermiller
    @claudermiller 4 роки тому +25

    My great-grandfather died of carbuncel in the nineteen-teens. It's an infection caused by an ingrown hair. Life was hard back then.

  • @brianfuller7691
    @brianfuller7691 5 років тому +65

    The Victorians still had issues with Syphilis. Mercury,widely used in Tudor times, was still considered effective in Victorian times.

    • @BVenge-pe4wi
      @BVenge-pe4wi 5 років тому +2

      Honestly it was still around Even in the 90s. I remember breaking a mercury thermometre in school.

    • @voivod6871
      @voivod6871 5 років тому +7

      @@BVenge-pe4wi Yes but not as a cure for syphilis.

    • @tuvelat7302
      @tuvelat7302 5 років тому

      It did relieve symptoms somewhat.

    • @rhaven50
      @rhaven50 4 роки тому

      @@voivod6871 it wasn't a cure

  • @aunix16
    @aunix16 5 років тому +471

    Sugar is, quite literally, a drug.

    • @robertbennett2796
      @robertbennett2796 4 роки тому +17

      Cheese has the same affect as drugs

    • @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481
      @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481 4 роки тому +62

      Food in general does. Eating is a biological imperative after all, so we're hardwired to enjoy it. Problem is that for our hunter gatherer ancestors something fatty or sugary was an incredible source of energy (slow release and fast release respectively) and our brains still go "ug ug, this giant bag of sweets help hunt mammoth!" Which considering we're more likely to be hunting for the TV remote has predictable consequences.

    • @ericag5346
      @ericag5346 4 роки тому +9

      I am addicted to sugar.

    • @generalraines1469
      @generalraines1469 4 роки тому +7

      @@ericag5346 for some reason I'm the opposite, I get tired of it easily. I can barely finish half a chocolate bar 😅

    • @ericag5346
      @ericag5346 4 роки тому +9

      @@generalraines1469 I know people like that, it's so interesting. I'll eat your portion of birthday cake 😅😉

  • @jimtalbott9535
    @jimtalbott9535 4 роки тому +186

    "Mercury Underwear" - that'd be a great name for a band.

  • @sukievw
    @sukievw 5 років тому +493

    me, in my tudor home: *guess i’ll die*

    • @laurieb3703
      @laurieb3703 4 роки тому +10

      Imma just die about it 🤷

    • @star-po3gb
      @star-po3gb 4 роки тому +16

      sukie w wait you live in a home from 500 years ago?!? europe is wild

    • @Lostouille
      @Lostouille 4 роки тому +9

      @@star-po3gb we have a lot of families that live in that kind of manors/castles ._.

    • @jd_1256
      @jd_1256 4 роки тому +19

      Please we need an update? Are you still alive?

    • @sukievw
      @sukievw 4 роки тому +32

      Josh nah man i’m dead now

  • @pennybatzoni5583
    @pennybatzoni5583 5 років тому +14

    My most beloved son Richard Roxborough (Fogtopia) passed away on may 30th 2019 this particular song was one of Richard's favourite and was played at his funeral on Friday June 14th I am numb with grief but this song is giving me a little comfort.

    • @asc.k1865
      @asc.k1865 4 роки тому +1

    • @picklep9812
      @picklep9812 3 роки тому +2

      I hope you have found some peace in 2021. 💞

  • @kburd67
    @kburd67 11 місяців тому +7

    I could learn history from Dr. Lipscomb all day long.

  • @catwilk8213
    @catwilk8213 5 років тому +114

    I still have one of those books passed down from my family pass down from generation to generation

    • @annasloan2349
      @annasloan2349 5 років тому +8

      That is awesome. I collect antique books but have never had one that old...about 1850s is the earliest i have. What is tue name of the book of you dont mind me asking?

    • @annasloan2349
      @annasloan2349 5 років тому +3

      @Sam Bacon i meant to type 1890 not 1850..i have a small prayer book...its maybe 15 or so pages of psalms and proverbs..i imagine for a woman by the ribbons being pink and the font.
      Its in good shape except the binding seems to hsve erroded a little bit. Religious books seem to be the easiest to come across from that century.

    • @kitt3813
      @kitt3813 5 років тому

      The 19th century is hardly tudor is it? 19th century books are cheaply made with acidic paper and are 10 a penny.

    • @Bas_tet
      @Bas_tet 4 роки тому +1

      @@kitt3813 Those are penny dreadfuls

    • @siennasinestra2288
      @siennasinestra2288 4 роки тому

      Amazing

  • @ohpossumplays
    @ohpossumplays 5 років тому +99

    Damn, the sugar part made me rethink my whole dental hygene.

    • @alexburnham7021
      @alexburnham7021 3 роки тому +8

      The sugar bit was playing when I was drinking my tea, which I use lots of sugar with 😳

  • @bowiechick
    @bowiechick 4 роки тому +423

    “Wow, they really had no idea they were killing themselves with sugar!” I say, chewing a mouth full of super sour Scandinavian swimmers.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому +24

      WTF are "Scandinavian swimmers?" Where I grew up, "swimmers" were slang for...something.

    • @Pomagranite167
      @Pomagranite167 4 роки тому +26

      @@bcubed72 ima guess swedish fish XD

    • @theblackgoatofthewoods
      @theblackgoatofthewoods 4 роки тому +16

      If you eat scandinavian swimmers and they taste sour...
      Don't swallow!!!
      I think that you have a relationship with a guy who needs to go to a doctor...

    • @koalakid1884
      @koalakid1884 4 роки тому +4

      I ate thise today too! I had a starfish, sea horse and something else

    • @anzemorgan-irwin8224
      @anzemorgan-irwin8224 4 роки тому +12

      I was eating a packet of nerds while watching this! 1/10 don’t recommend eating sugar while hearing how sugar kills people😂😂

  • @WeissTreufel
    @WeissTreufel 5 років тому +264

    I wish they had mentioned cocaine. Despite it's modern illegality, it too was a big craze back in the day. It took centuries for people to finally realize what that stuff did to you.

    • @pandeomonia
      @pandeomonia 5 років тому +17

      Coca wasn't really noticeable until 200-400 years later. Cocaine didn't exist before 1855. Same with opium.

    • @WeissTreufel
      @WeissTreufel 5 років тому +58

      @@pandeomonia Dude... do you even history? Opium has been used by mankind since at least 3400 BC, if not much earlier. The Mayans were chewing coca leaves at 2000 BC. The Spanish conquest of most of south america would see this drug imported to Europe post-haste. While mostly in Spanish speaking communities originally had access to it. The French eventually caught wind of it and wanted in on the trade. It didn't become well known in the English speaking world until the early Victorian era. But that surely didn't mean it wasn't around. It simply wasn't universally known such as it is today.

    • @MauraAnastasia
      @MauraAnastasia 4 роки тому +30

      @@WeissTreufel They may have meant that mentioning cocaine in this program wouldn't have made sense, and that the modern version of cocaine was only created / isolated in 1855.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 4 роки тому +6

      Ah yes, "Cocaine Toothache Drops" used to be advertised in the 1880s.

    • @briandoyle6188
      @briandoyle6188 4 роки тому +9

      Cocain definitely wasn't part of 15th century Britain...if it was I'm sure they would of been using it..

  • @JohnDoe-xf8ew
    @JohnDoe-xf8ew 5 років тому +236

    I can't be the only one who thought she was lighting up a crack pipe @ 4:40

    • @cheatsheet3325
      @cheatsheet3325 5 років тому +13

      "White Gold."
      "...Oh, tobacco?"

    • @braids80
      @braids80 4 роки тому +4

      No, no, you were not.

    • @worldtraveler930
      @worldtraveler930 4 роки тому +1

      If she is freebaseing brown sugar it's more akin to dropping Acid.

  • @JackJack-wf2ly
    @JackJack-wf2ly 3 роки тому +7

    I am absolutely 💯 % addicted to absolutely history...also does anyone else have a 😍 crush on learning from
    Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb? Or is it just me?...

  • @Morrighanangel84
    @Morrighanangel84 4 роки тому +6

    It's so nice to find a UA-cam channel with proper shows

  • @ΘΩΜΑΣΑΝΑΡΓΥΡΟΣΚΑΣΣΙΝΤΥ

    I admire you, guys, for all these marvelous history productions.
    I really do.
    Regards from Greece.

  • @allylaande
    @allylaande 4 роки тому +7

    I’m only after discovering this channel it has grown into one of my absolute favourite.

  • @the-og-cerealkiller
    @the-og-cerealkiller 5 років тому +673

    Pure sugar: *Becomes popular*
    Carbohydrates: "Am i a joke to you"

    • @michelleballard.
      @michelleballard. 5 років тому +13

      CerealKiller i like your sense of humor

    • @michelleballard.
      @michelleballard. 5 років тому +12

      CerealKiller even your user name

    • @fryode
      @fryode 5 років тому +2

      I hope your name comes from Matthew Lillard's character of the same name in the movie "Hackers". That movie is a classic for being so cheesy.

    • @the-og-cerealkiller
      @the-og-cerealkiller 5 років тому +3

      Fryode Nah i just found this pun from somewhere, I don't remember where

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 5 років тому +1

      A pun that was hilarious... long ago when I was like... 12.
      Dont mind me, just an asshole cat. Lmao

  • @sophiechappell6216
    @sophiechappell6216 5 років тому +24

    I have so much respect for her for going into that water.

  • @Dedfaction
    @Dedfaction 4 роки тому +44

    Should point out as well, that most people didn't know how to swim.

  • @MrPaulMorris
    @MrPaulMorris 5 років тому +130

    Interesting to compare the super-cautious approach to mercury shown in laboratory conditions to the way it was handled even in my school days in the 1970s. Mercury was used in numerous experiments in physics classes and the main concern was the difficulty of recovering this expensive chemical if spilled. I recall in one case the tray on which the teacher was carrying out a demonstration was knocked and about half a pint of mercury spilled across the bench and onto the floor. We pupils then spent the rest of the lesson on our hands and knees helping the (not terribly happy) lab technician to collect the elusive liquid by scraping it onto folded pieces of paper drop by drop. If i recall correctly, about a quarter of the mercury was never recovered, presumably rolling into cracks and crevices to later evaporate into the school's atmosphere.

    • @rulerworld1289
      @rulerworld1289 3 роки тому +6

      😧 absolutely astounding

    • @sarawatechnology7070
      @sarawatechnology7070 3 роки тому +11

      Same thing happened in a class I was in. We were given mercury to roll around in our hand, and after we gave it back the beaker got spilled. But unfortunately the classroom floor had a slight slope to it so it all rolled to one side in little drops and disappeared under the molding at the bottom of the wall. We did not recover any of it and classes continued as normal

    • @user-mn3yk6ym2m
      @user-mn3yk6ym2m 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah I remember the class clown used 2 break the thermometers open and play with the mercury on the desk!

    • @archkull
      @archkull 3 роки тому +9

      Yikes! I hope that classroom was very well ventilated.
      Touching mercury itself is not dangerous, it cannot penetrate through your skin to get absorbed into your body. Unless you have a cut for example.
      The vapors of it however are where the biggest risk is, because it is easily absorbed into your body through your lungs.

  • @corinnefrusciante3706
    @corinnefrusciante3706 5 років тому +44

    Both my baby and myself would’ve died at any point pre safe Caesarean section. Even with all the medical interventions available i was incredibly close to losing my daughter before she was born. Every medical professional came to look at her and said ‘you’re very lucky to have a live baby! ‘ I guess it’s so rare for babies to die in childbirth that they all had to come and see us. I had absolutely no idea until afterwards, pretty legendary of them to disguise their haste and slight panic but neither of us would’ve survived childbirth. Scary to think about

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 5 років тому +3

      Well, you do know it's a Caesarean because of the Emperor Caesar, so the operation has been around

    • @lucamixes6342
      @lucamixes6342 4 роки тому +1

      It's not that rare for babies to die during childbirth they probably had more medical professionals as u said you had all the medical intervention possible

    • @picklep9812
      @picklep9812 3 роки тому +1

      Mortality in America is quite high

    • @deendrew36
      @deendrew36 2 роки тому +1

      @@lazyhomebody1356 but the original C-section was a last ditch effort. Mother’s were not expected to survive, or in fact had already died during the childbirth. It was a last ditch effort to save the baby.

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 2 роки тому +1

      @@deendrew36 No, I thought it was safer than that. Makes sense

  • @demetter7936
    @demetter7936 4 роки тому +8

    How did i only just find this channel? The videos are super high quality and frequent.

  • @seiyuokamihimura5082
    @seiyuokamihimura5082 5 років тому +77

    "And if absolutely necessary, vegetables" well someone had issues with veggies. Must have sucked.

    • @alisonbrowning9620
      @alisonbrowning9620 5 років тому +11

      they believed vegetables upset the humours, i would have hated it as i love my veg, their guts must have been so gummed up.

    • @tandiparent1949
      @tandiparent1949 4 роки тому +4

      Lol, look up & see how many years ago that people quit thinking that a red tomato was poisonous and could eat them.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 4 роки тому

      @@tandiparent1949 Tomatoes are inflammatory for the body. The seeds and the skin, supposedly.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 3 роки тому +3

      It was considered a sign of poverty. At this time they actually believed that upper society, the middling sort, and the peasants were almost three separate races. Vegetables were for the "human livestock", while fruits, meats, and fish were for the middling sorts. The upper ranks would deliberately avoid anything "poor".

  • @softfishy
    @softfishy 5 років тому +85

    Imagine having a common disease that'll probably heal within a few weeks but dying from the "cure" what a bummer

  • @constancemiller3753
    @constancemiller3753 4 роки тому +14

    If you watch the mudlarkers of the Thames they pull pottery, pipes, and the rare coins from Tudor times and the sugar gadgets. So cool.

  • @caraf8727
    @caraf8727 5 років тому +146

    Bad oral health can also affect your heart. I’m just cringing watching this episode 😖

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 5 років тому +2

      That may have been disproved. Tooth plaque does not turn into artery clogging plaque

    • @theodoralazy1941
      @theodoralazy1941 4 роки тому +4

      Sam Bacon
      It initially begins with toothache then if it is not treated in the next few months it may start eating away at the bone and the root of the teeth.
      Then it can create heart and other problems.
      Theoretically if you have a dentist’s appointment every six months for teeth cleaning procedures, possible tooth fillings etc.then you will be okay.

  • @caissafrass6631
    @caissafrass6631 4 роки тому +48

    “Don’t plant deadly nightshade”
    Yeah, pretty sound advice

  • @Stephen-cr3sc
    @Stephen-cr3sc 4 роки тому +37

    I had an employee whose husband burned trash in the fireplace. I said that was a very bad idea, I mentioned creosote She went home and voiced her concerns...He rejected them out-of-hand. I called the Fire Department and asked if someone could explain this to her, I handed the phone over to her and a fireman spent a full 15 minutes telling her her husband was wrong. She eventually divorced him. This was in the 1980s.

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 Рік тому +1

      Smart woman. Sounds like a guy with a serious superiority complex.

    • @Stephen-cr3sc
      @Stephen-cr3sc Рік тому

      @@saragrant9749 ......Actually, the husband's overblown self-image led to his life going extremely wrong.
      His "Everything I do is RIGHT!" obsession with himself led to serious, and eventually fatal, health issues.

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 Рік тому +1

      @@Stephen-cr3sc oh! well then, I guess lesson learned… a lot too late. Sometimes that’s what it takes to get the message across sadly.

    • @Stephen-cr3sc
      @Stephen-cr3sc Рік тому

      @@saragrant9749 ......People with self-images far in excess of their actual abilities are widespread.
      Overblown egos writing checks their realities can't cash gets them every time.

  • @ZBott
    @ZBott 5 років тому +213

    Sugar and alcohol was eye opening for them? Imagine them downing a 4 loco.

    • @danhammond8406
      @danhammond8406 4 роки тому +11

      Or a redbull and jagermeister

    • @magickmiiror2853
      @magickmiiror2853 4 роки тому +18

      Their bodies would probably go straight into shock

  • @Nephilim0
    @Nephilim0 5 років тому +86

    A whole lot about chimneys, but they missed the opportunity to talk about Chimney sweeps' carcinoma.

    • @alabasterscarf612
      @alabasterscarf612 5 років тому +20

      I also wish they'd explained how bricks changed to become better over time.

    • @edcrichton9457
      @edcrichton9457 5 років тому +9

      Many chimneys were too small to have a naked chimney sweep climb inside. You only had Santa sized chimneys in the great houses.

    • @corinnefrusciante3706
      @corinnefrusciante3706 5 років тому +10

      I guess it would be the same as black lung that coal miners got. Maybe lots of them swept their own chimney? I guess they tried to keep the subjects relative to the home and common problems rather than workplace ones? They would need 12 episodes to cover everything, would’ve been a rough time to be poor that’s for sure

  • @Thaistickthai
    @Thaistickthai 4 роки тому +30

    Her reaction is not exaggerated. I worked at a bar and it was in our historic downtown and every spring was prone to flooding rains, well early one spring the water main in the basement burst at a joint and was filling the basement. Right away the only way to prevent substantial water filling the basement and ruining everything down there was to hold the two segments together so the water continued through on it's intended path. Well it was another employee and I struggling against this raging torrent and the water was cold, as a witch's teat. I had never experienced being exposed to water at that temp and was amazed at how uncontrollable the gasping was. I was breathing heavily from the physically demanding task of the struggle and keeping my breathing was almost more than I could manage. It made me think of sailor's or submariners drowning in frigid waters and what a terrible fate that must be...

  • @crowdedcrow3098
    @crowdedcrow3098 4 роки тому +8

    This is my new favorite program, I'm absolutely in love with it. I've been searching out documentaries about history on and off for the past few weeks and I hadn't found anything that tickled my tailfeathers until I happened upon this (not-on-purpose). It was when I stopped looking that I found exactly what I'd been searching for; Absolute History's Victorian Era hidden killers episode showed up in my youtube suggestions and I'm so glad I checked it out. This is only my second video but I know I'll likely binge everything they've ever produced. I'm not sure if the fair-browed and brilliant Dr. Lipscomb helps with the creation and production of these programs, but she has a wonderful way of presenting the material. As I mentioned, I'm only halfway through the second episode I've watched but I've been intermittently sharing interesting bits with my mom. I take care of her as she's medically fragile as well as homebound and to my delight, this kind of subject matter piques her interest (not altogether easy, these days). We're both fascinated by history in general and this in particular. Thank you, you Arbiters of Awesome, for making my mom happy!

  • @iloveseattle123
    @iloveseattle123 5 років тому +92

    God I hate when the bear escapes smh

  • @YsabetJustYsabet
    @YsabetJustYsabet 4 роки тому +7

    Love this series... I've done medieval reenactment for over 30 years, and I considered that I had a pretty good grounding in the practical elements of medieval and Tudor life, but I am learning so much from this series! It really is great.

  • @crocopie
    @crocopie 5 років тому +58

    Dr. Lipscomb does a great job of portraying British history as dreary and horrible.

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt 4 роки тому +3

      Like just about everything else in britain

  • @sybillestahl8646
    @sybillestahl8646 5 років тому +56

    A chimney built of timber? Shouldn’t be too difficult to realize that’s a problem.

    • @LoveAndSnapple
      @LoveAndSnapple 3 роки тому +5

      Is that why people yell TIMBER when something large is falling?

  • @micaelacorona1350
    @micaelacorona1350 4 роки тому +7

    why are these videos so addicting, I love them

  • @gm7285
    @gm7285 5 років тому +162

    SMH It be your own layrnx that suffocates you

  • @lucindacontent
    @lucindacontent 4 роки тому +6

    This girl deserves an award! Love this channel.

  • @I.love.chease
    @I.love.chease 3 роки тому +26

    33:28 “full of leakage from men and other abominations” dude I can’t even 🤧🤣🤣

  • @kynandesouza
    @kynandesouza 4 роки тому +16

    today i discovered not only can fire kill you, but so can bricks and laundry

  • @horae2583
    @horae2583 5 років тому +95

    lmao when she said "white gold" i thought she was about to start doing lines

  • @user-vm6oz6wt5g
    @user-vm6oz6wt5g 4 роки тому +249

    "A salad of lemons sprinkled with dusted sugar..." only the English would call that a "salad."

    • @miaclarke6859
      @miaclarke6859 3 роки тому +13

      Nah tudor English people. Americans would still call it a fruit salad cause it has the name of a fruit in it

    • @miaclarke6859
      @miaclarke6859 3 роки тому +7

      @Rulya Mórrigan Ard Mhacha typical Americans. Don't even understand a joke

    • @deloreswilson1798
      @deloreswilson1798 3 роки тому

      let them eat cake,said the French!!😏

    • @WhoTheFuck2
      @WhoTheFuck2 3 роки тому +2

      I'd consider this as a salad more than Snickers Salad from Wisconsin 😭😭😭

    • @sunnie734
      @sunnie734 3 роки тому

      Yeh, I'm English, and we'd never call this a salad nowadays, but America was the first place that sprung to mind. Those Americans and their "salads".

  • @JenIsHungry
    @JenIsHungry 5 років тому +125

    I had cheesecake for breakfast and now I'm paranoid.

    • @CraftQueenJr
      @CraftQueenJr 5 років тому +13

      I had waffles. I am now brushing my teeth.

  • @rosequill7925
    @rosequill7925 5 років тому +159

    So thanks for scaring me into brushing my teeth

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 роки тому

      floss too--my dentist told me how little people do it and what damage not dislodging bits between your teeth + at your gumlines does
      some think that alzheimer's may be caused in part to plaque as well

    • @rosequill7925
      @rosequill7925 3 роки тому

      @@k.morningstar7983 wrong kind of plaque. It's not teeth plaque that causes Alzheimer's it's clumps of misshapen proteins that form in the brain that just happen to also be called plaques. You're thinking of dental plaque, Alzheimer's is caused by amaloid plaques.

  • @heidikurz6609
    @heidikurz6609 4 роки тому +5

    The host's hair is making absolute history! So beautiful!

  • @tandiparent1949
    @tandiparent1949 4 роки тому +30

    & the saddest thing is that even in this day & age, people all over the world either don't have access to clean water or have to go for miles every day for the family's, often dirty, water n then back home 😪

    • @fedupwithfedforever4151
      @fedupwithfedforever4151 3 роки тому +1

      No the more sad thing is when ways of bringing clean water to those areas are devised the corruption of the local government destroys it !

    • @emakelley6807
      @emakelley6807 Рік тому

      Even sadder is billionaires could easily fix this but they don’t