How the U.S. Snagged All These Islands

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  • How bird poop expanded the borders of the United States
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  • @johnnyharris
    @johnnyharris  4 роки тому +1947

    I have spent a while contemplating making this video, rotating between laughing at the ridiculous concept, and contemplating the immensely substantive historical, innovative, and imperialistic impact.. of bird poop. Creating this video was a whirlwind for me, and I hope that you get a similar "What?!" feeling when watching. From now on, *I will be occasionally highlighting some of my favorite comments within the first hour of a new video being live* . Today, I am both laughing and mourning with *BK's Bullets* over this comment: _"Bites into sandwich, cue the montage of animals pooping!"_ Sorry dude.
    Thank you EVERYONE for supporting this channel!

    • @mr.nav2226
      @mr.nav2226 4 роки тому +19

      Johnny Harris can u plz make map videos on :
      1. NEOM city
      2. The border dispute between India and China

    • @manoelsantos1506
      @manoelsantos1506 4 роки тому +10

      Did you leave vox?

    • @farhysthunterz6654
      @farhysthunterz6654 4 роки тому +3

      You have answering my wonder....few months ago, i just got bored and google-maps-travelling finding some random places and island near that dotted that you said its owned by usa...the islan covered with white thing...makes me wonder what and why...no quick explanation...only have some 3 picture and a single mini aircraft landing...tq 😄😌

    • @LovelyGirl6667
      @LovelyGirl6667 4 роки тому +2

      Can you make one about Alaska ?

    • @marvinribeye
      @marvinribeye 4 роки тому +2

      Measuring distances between point A and point B with Google Earth and Google Maps gives two different results. Maybe that tickles your interest :)

  • @doanjenny3921
    @doanjenny3921 4 роки тому +4315

    This man is a genius at making videos and explaining things that you never even think about.

    • @johnisdoe
      @johnisdoe 4 роки тому +48

      He is a genius, period. His ability to learn anything just blows my mind.

    • @CogitoErgoSumFortis
      @CogitoErgoSumFortis 4 роки тому +36

      I want to learn of every topic from him. He'd be the most kickass history teacher in the planet 🙌

    • @ShaunakDe
      @ShaunakDe 4 роки тому +19

      Yet he refuses to address the inaccuracies in the last video. The US Postal service is not funded by taxes.

    • @hoixthegreat8359
      @hoixthegreat8359 4 роки тому +3

      To be fair plenty of people have covered this topic, Half as Interesting covered it a couple years back as did 99% Invisible. I believe the podcast Extremeties covered it in the episode "Howland Island" :)

    • @purple-flowers
      @purple-flowers 4 роки тому +2

      The channel, Rare Earth, had a video of this very topic. It's different but just as interesting. ua-cam.com/video/waG7VNSUAb8/v-deo.html

  • @dannicito159
    @dannicito159 4 роки тому +508

    I’m Peruvian and those guano years were an important part of our history, we’re taught at school about how it was so important for our economy in the post-independence years, and how we suddenly lost it all.

    • @brucemercer7753
      @brucemercer7753 4 роки тому +8

      There is no such country called Peruvia!!!
      /sorry South Park joke

    • @niall5821
      @niall5821 4 роки тому +3

      @@brucemercer7753 We should change it fron "República del Perú" to "Peruvia" and then tell all retirees and/or hand-out receivers to f* off and go ask their handouts to the "república del perú"

    • @juliantyrell3904
      @juliantyrell3904 4 роки тому +21

      I’m Tokelauan and peruvian slave ships came to our islands and stole half the population and took them back to peru to work the guano mines..only 1 Tokelauan man made it back home.

    • @yohaneschristianp
      @yohaneschristianp 4 роки тому +3

      @@juliantyrell3904 how's the condition over there nowadays?

    • @MetatronsRevenge613
      @MetatronsRevenge613 4 роки тому +1

      Typical neocolnialism

  • @AckshaeySingh
    @AckshaeySingh 3 роки тому +184

    Johnny’s a genius - the level of filmmaking, editing, storytelling and sheer depth of research in his videos blows my mind every single time.

    • @SamuraiPoohBear
      @SamuraiPoohBear Рік тому

      He steals most of his ideas from other youtubers

    • @shuylife
      @shuylife Рік тому +3

      ​@@SamuraiPoohBear He covers legitimate historical topics, there's thousands of videos on every subject he covers because these things actually happened in the world, imagine that.. It's not just an "idea" a UA-camr had. Guaranteed most, if not all of these subjects had many full length docs made about them before UA-cam even existed. Is only the first one to make a video on a specific subject the only one that's allowed to? If that were the case, this platform would be absolute garbage. It's not about who did it first, it's about who did it better. Ideas don't mean s*** if you don't execute it well.

  • @christianwang
    @christianwang 4 роки тому +1905

    Johnny: Look how many random islands the U.S. owns
    UK and France:

    • @penguinpingu3807
      @penguinpingu3807 4 роки тому +156

      when you realize france also owns a piece of south america

    • @ApexBaker420
      @ApexBaker420 4 роки тому +50

      @@penguinpingu3807 Haitians speak french for a reason. Just like South American countries speak their respective languages.

    • @penguinpingu3807
      @penguinpingu3807 4 роки тому +110

      @@ApexBaker420 Currently, Haiti is no longer under french control. I mean french guiana

    • @g__e__o
      @g__e__o 4 роки тому +26

      Ask about the Malvinas or Falkland Island to any Argentinian out there lol

    • @lewissheehan8468
      @lewissheehan8468 4 роки тому +42

      @@g__e__o Argentina tried to take the falklands back and Britain won the war in 2 months so far away from home soil is impressive.

  • @IzHarris
    @IzHarris 4 роки тому +178

    how the US stole bird shit is honestly the kind of pillow talk I never expected to have.

    • @andrewswanborough7076
      @andrewswanborough7076 3 роки тому +5

      N'aww, I'm disappointed this comment basically got buried.

    • @holkzok7675
      @holkzok7675 3 роки тому +1

      🤭

    • @Jake-rs9nq
      @Jake-rs9nq 3 роки тому +9

      "Stolen" isn't the right term. This isn't Louisana or Oregon, they're uninhabited and unclaimed islands in the middle of nowhere.

    • @ShawnJonesHellion
      @ShawnJonesHellion 2 роки тому

      @@Jake-rs9nq "unclaimed land" to the empire of 6000 years basically means no grey or white people lives there. USA was unclaimed too. 👍 an if it wasn't over already you'd claim china was unclaimed an you are the real Chinese

    • @Jake-rs9nq
      @Jake-rs9nq 2 роки тому +4

      @@ShawnJonesHellion No, I mean these islands literally had no one living on them. They were small uninhabited atolls, barely above water.
      No need to bring your racialism into this.

  • @kennethjimenez9561
    @kennethjimenez9561 4 роки тому +576

    I seem to remember that the original title was: “How the US stole bird sh*t”

    • @piojeet
      @piojeet 4 роки тому +8

      It was...

    • @fallenangel_899
      @fallenangel_899 4 роки тому +6

      *sobs* Just like his father!

    • @UltraVega924
      @UltraVega924 4 роки тому +22

      I think he changed it because, as the islands were uninhabited, use of the word “stole” would have been inaccurate.

    • @ErwinBax3905
      @ErwinBax3905 3 роки тому +11

      @@UltraVega924 lol i am from the netherlands we do not call it stealing uninhabited ilands we call it GEKOLONISEERD

    • @eddiekulp1241
      @eddiekulp1241 3 роки тому +3

      I watch these videos of how the U.S. expanded, how it was all bad , we stole it, paid to little for it, over threw governments to acquire it . You think this country should not even exist it's the same self hating liberal b.s.

  • @TheTrainmobile
    @TheTrainmobile 4 роки тому +924

    Wow, this guano stuff was some serious shit back then.

    • @johannlindstrom5948
      @johannlindstrom5948 4 роки тому +4

      :o

    • @coolguyishere8851
      @coolguyishere8851 4 роки тому +26

      I see what you did there

    • @nicolastenorioperez6150
      @nicolastenorioperez6150 4 роки тому +6

      Dude, in Perú we could've been the Dubai of South America!

    • @Jazzmarcel
      @Jazzmarcel 4 роки тому +2

      What a pun!🤣

    • @WencesIao
      @WencesIao 3 роки тому +6

      @@nicolastenorioperez6150 Antonio Raimondi an Italian explorer once said “Peru is a homeless man sitting on top of a bank full of gold”

  • @ashbae4048
    @ashbae4048 4 роки тому +474

    Yes "welcome to quality UA-cam ," UA-cam should create a space like " UA-cam create"( like they have UA-cam music) for such high quality good videos and docu series like for reals man

    • @rakibshah
      @rakibshah 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @JiMMyCalrissian
      @JiMMyCalrissian 4 роки тому +14

      I agree. But you know they’ll promote BS as the top trending videos. Just like with the music

    • @johansigurddahl8089
      @johansigurddahl8089 4 роки тому +9

      Nebula! It is a youtube-similar space made by creative youtubers like Wendover Productions, Tom Scott, Real Engineering and a lot more. It is cheap to support, and will help them a lot!

    • @byronco3561
      @byronco3561 4 роки тому +1

      They tried that with UA-cam Red once

    • @mohamedabshirdhore9437
      @mohamedabshirdhore9437 4 роки тому

      Agreed

  • @kostathomas8732
    @kostathomas8732 4 роки тому +99

    When you're the last person to tech up in a civ game and have to take whatever land is left

    • @jayus2033
      @jayus2033 3 роки тому +1

      Roblox rise of nations

  • @mateoperez6540
    @mateoperez6540 4 роки тому +1501

    Idk why.. this guy makes me want to take a plane to nowhere.

    • @alihaleem8264
      @alihaleem8264 4 роки тому +42

      Flight Simulator 2020 my guy

    • @vikranttyagiRN
      @vikranttyagiRN 4 роки тому +12

      take a plane to Bermuda triangle

    • @SilverWave64
      @SilverWave64 4 роки тому +1

      and then what?

    • @user-vg1fu1xb5l
      @user-vg1fu1xb5l 4 роки тому +6

      MH370 wants to know your location

    • @benas_st
      @benas_st 4 роки тому +10

      The Japanese were pretty good at doing exactly that like 70-80 years back

  • @aster___4103
    @aster___4103 4 роки тому +331

    Just imagine what the birds were thinking at that time.
    They'll be like: dude someone just claimed our toilets!

    • @benjefferson856
      @benjefferson856 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/tUPWSMQpjt8/v-deo.html

    • @abibnoor
      @abibnoor 4 роки тому +1

      @@benjefferson856 this Greg guy wasted my time :)

  • @akaemmaclaire
    @akaemmaclaire 4 роки тому +18

    he's such a captivating person to listen to, like idk the way he speaks and uses his eyes is so watchable. it's just his aura i swear

    • @WencesIao
      @WencesIao 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah some people just have an aura that makes people want to listen or follow them

    • @WencesIao
      @WencesIao 3 роки тому +1

      I’ve met a couple people like that

    • @WencesIao
      @WencesIao 3 роки тому

      @Heinous Anus this is beyond charisma and it would be nearly impossible for either examples you mentioned to sway me towards them

    • @anantambisht4895
      @anantambisht4895 3 роки тому +1

      Actually you want his d say it openly lol

    • @akaemmaclaire
      @akaemmaclaire 3 роки тому

      @@anantambisht4895 .... actually no. seems like a self report to me

  • @farkasambrus5741
    @farkasambrus5741 4 роки тому +429

    This guy can literally talk about shit staight up for 16 min and I'm still enjoying it

  • @senthilkumarn4u
    @senthilkumarn4u 3 роки тому +276

    If ever my school teachers were this good in explaining geography i would have topped my subject..

    • @dfct9494
      @dfct9494 3 роки тому +10

      I mean most of the stuff he talks about could be found in an 8th grade textbook. Just read more.

    • @celathianaaron6057
      @celathianaaron6057 3 роки тому +2

      That’s why Johnny Harris is my favorite human on Earth

    • @GamingwithBlaze
      @GamingwithBlaze 3 роки тому +2

      This is more political and historic than geography , they won’t teach this in geography , change your subject first

    • @hamzahhazmy468
      @hamzahhazmy468 3 роки тому +2

      @@dfct9494 yeah but school make it like a chore but Johnny make it fun

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 2 роки тому

      Don't blame school for your shortcomings. The problem is that you want music and pretty graphs along with the content which schools often don't provide. You want history to be told as a movie rather than a story that you read in a textbook. But whatever.

  • @MituButChi
    @MituButChi 4 роки тому +802

    Is this becoming a series? “HOW THE US STOLE...” well, everything?

    • @raccoon9023
      @raccoon9023 4 роки тому +14

      I see this as a good thing, damn, I always have room for the hunger of knowledge that I don't really need

    • @calebcorpus4469
      @calebcorpus4469 4 роки тому +20

      Fr all this man makes is how US stole this stuff like wars were fought and the victors win stuff like this man makes no sense 😂

    • @ijulesy
      @ijulesy 4 роки тому +57

      kinda like how china is currently stealing islands in the south china sea?

    • @trackmaniaIIDX
      @trackmaniaIIDX 4 роки тому +2

      @Nick Arjomand ok? and?

    • @benjefferson856
      @benjefferson856 4 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/tUPWSMQpjt8/v-deo.html

  • @GarrettWease
    @GarrettWease 4 роки тому +113

    Fascinating. History is so weird. P.S. I love the theme for this series--sort of an anthology rather than a direct linear narrative. It's great.

  • @rr.in.the.cosmos
    @rr.in.the.cosmos 4 роки тому +190

    The founders of US in early 1800s condemned European imperialism.
    A century later, US is the definition of imperialism.

    • @Gekumatz
      @Gekumatz 4 роки тому +7

      Ok and?

    • @alonelyz1981
      @alonelyz1981 4 роки тому +25

      @@Gekumatz its hypocracy

    • @mussicanttakegreece7296
      @mussicanttakegreece7296 4 роки тому +14

      @@Gekumatz Is that your argument? Nutcase.

    • @i_like_chomp6382
      @i_like_chomp6382 4 роки тому +15

      @@mussicanttakegreece7296 the sad part is Europe or should I say the West is still doing imperialist shit. France still has a stranglehold on its African colonies, Britain has a neo empire, hell even turkey is on the action.

    • @mussicanttakegreece7296
      @mussicanttakegreece7296 4 роки тому +7

      @@i_like_chomp6382 Some things never truly change, same old shit, different era.

  • @rajathooda5734
    @rajathooda5734 4 роки тому +380

    USA: hippy hoppity every important resource is my property
    using force tho

    • @zarathustra4649
      @zarathustra4649 4 роки тому +13

      Руакий ‘by suppressing other people democracy’

    • @sidjtd
      @sidjtd 4 роки тому +6

      Yes that was quite forceful, how we invaded those islands where birds literally didn’t even move out of the way even when we were right up on them.

    • @warbler1984
      @warbler1984 4 роки тому +2

      @@sidjtd yeah did you not hear the bit about Peru and gunboats

    • @KaleunMaender77
      @KaleunMaender77 4 роки тому +1

      I heard there's public unrest and the government's using force to quell protests. Someone should invade the US... Hmmmm...

    • @rajathooda5734
      @rajathooda5734 4 роки тому

      @Yieri I had to wash my eyes after reading this...according to your logic, why isn't the USA following this policy now, why is it preaching democracy and sovereignty today...

  • @siddhantgupta2056
    @siddhantgupta2056 4 роки тому +161

    You need to keep making videos in this series on Puerto Rico, Phillipines, Cuba etc

    • @benjefferson856
      @benjefferson856 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/tUPWSMQpjt8/v-deo.html

    • @aeroxtreme15
      @aeroxtreme15 4 роки тому +6

      As a filipino, I really would like to know his insight about this. :D

    • @mndsph4530
      @mndsph4530 4 роки тому +5

      Yes, try making some about former territories like my country, the Philippines, and Cuba... since you haven't let go of Puerto Rico and Guam yet. It always fascinates us Filipinos when some Americans from the mainland States are not totally aware that both Cuba and the Philippines were under American jurisdiction for decades, some even didn't know the the Philippines is an actual country in the Far East.
      Would truly appreciate knowing your perspective.

    • @ajich782
      @ajich782 4 роки тому +3

      I freaked out when he said Philippines cus I am a Filipino, I hope he makes "How US stole the Philippines"

    • @johnnyharris
      @johnnyharris  4 роки тому +25

      yep those are all on the list!

  • @charlesferdinand422
    @charlesferdinand422 3 роки тому +11

    I'm extremely surprised the video didn't mention gunpowder which at the time required guano for its manufacturing which obviously made it incredibly important in strategic terms, making guano become even more critical and than fertilizer.

  • @jipbroens6692
    @jipbroens6692 4 роки тому +118

    4:35 can we all just appreciate the use of the metric system here 👏🏽

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 роки тому +2

      Even side to side _Imperial / SI_ is good!

    • @chairde
      @chairde 4 роки тому +1

      Here in the US we know the metric system because all medical and military measures are metric. They always have been.

    • @willemdezeeuw5918
      @willemdezeeuw5918 4 роки тому

      @@chairde USA The last of the Metricans.... :o}

    • @chairde
      @chairde 4 роки тому +1

      Willem de Zeeuw , Actually I like F measure for temperature because it is more accurate than the metric. The rest is easy in metric. Drug dealers use metric also. Our money is metric by the way. 100 pennies equal a dollar. Ten dimes equal a dollar. There is ten dollar bill and a hundred dollar bill.

    • @willemdezeeuw5918
      @willemdezeeuw5918 4 роки тому

      @@chairde About F... C is 5/9th F, we only use more decimals and similar to K. sceintific. Once read that F was invented by a drunk glassblower in Amsterdam.... I'm Dutch too but prefer C... Be happy!

  • @robertbennett1487
    @robertbennett1487 4 роки тому +267

    “Why do we own all these weird islands?” Said every British person in History.

    • @TheKavo97
      @TheKavo97 4 роки тому +8

      Because youre country was/is ran by genocidle maniacs who want nothing but money/resources so they can hold onto their power. Hope this helped

    • @danielcarthy9250
      @danielcarthy9250 4 роки тому +1

      Pat Mustard nice pfp!

    • @comradepolarbear6920
      @comradepolarbear6920 4 роки тому +6

      @@TheKavo97 ahhh, your Irish

    • @armitylekhona585
      @armitylekhona585 4 роки тому +1

      @@comradepolarbear6920 the Irish will get their revenge someday mark my words

    • @pascalpoussin1209
      @pascalpoussin1209 4 роки тому

      @@comradepolarbear6920 Irish are the best people in the world.

  • @machinshin2253
    @machinshin2253 4 роки тому +1

    I've watched a bunch of your videos and i love it.. but I think this is the first one that made me realize why I love your style & content.. this feels like the modern-day "Connections" .. start with a thing, then walk it back in time & show many .... connections .. it has to your everyday lives.

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan 4 роки тому +85

    For some reason, this man makes me want to take pictures of random things.

    • @benjefferson856
      @benjefferson856 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/tUPWSMQpjt8/v-deo.html

    • @GraceYobel
      @GraceYobel 4 роки тому +1

      Ikr!! That sounds weird but agree tho

  • @cakewritings
    @cakewritings 4 роки тому +293

    Okay, so the US got independence from the British and became Britain 2.0! Huh

    • @campkira
      @campkira 4 роки тому +29

      just white man do white man thing...

    • @elijaha773
      @elijaha773 4 роки тому +7

      Are you surprised?

    • @olefella7561
      @olefella7561 4 роки тому +9

      These islands, along with Hawaii and Samoa and Guam are part of military out-reach plan to help fellow Anglo clans in Australia/New Zealand in Asia-Pacific region.
      A website with 4 million views says it all at, blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1795128

    • @carbon5362
      @carbon5362 4 роки тому +1

      @@campkira Yes, but remember the largest empire that ever existed was an Asian one.

    • @mohammadeqbalpopal3974
      @mohammadeqbalpopal3974 4 роки тому

      @@olefella7561 hahahahahah

  • @deathinflctor
    @deathinflctor 3 роки тому +27

    Your hair looks amazing for not having shampooed in 4 years.

  • @RAM_Tv
    @RAM_Tv 4 роки тому +128

    11:51 In Peru, the Chinese were in charge of extracting the guano. Those who came to the islands with false promises of progress.

    • @sudeshthapa7099
      @sudeshthapa7099 4 роки тому +9

      Same like US. They came as to spread the word of jesus, then the rest is history

    • @flashsssky
      @flashsssky 4 роки тому +8

      according to wiki "Guano mining also involved the poor treatment and enslavement of workers such as Chinese immigrants, Native Hawaiians, and African diaspora."
      what year were you referring to? could you please give me some leads. thank you.

    • @RAM_Tv
      @RAM_Tv 4 роки тому +17

      @@flashsssky In Peru there was not much labor, so the "Chinese immigration law" was passed. Some data indicate that 100,000 Chinese workers, called "Culies", were brought in. It was these workers who, deceived by the promise of work, were forced to work on the islands in poor conditions.

    • @tbishop4961
      @tbishop4961 4 роки тому +1

      I think many people in China would happily trade places with Peruvian Chinese today🙄

    • @universe.factory
      @universe.factory 3 роки тому

      @@tbishop4961 why would you think that

  • @thesevenstudent
    @thesevenstudent 4 роки тому +4

    Johny has a superpower for making videos about topics I would normally find boring and making them incredibly interesting. There’s not one of his videos I don’t watch the whole way through!!!! :)

  • @simpleasliam657
    @simpleasliam657 4 роки тому +9

    Amazing video as always I love how you actually educate people on the real themes and outcomes of historical events... forever watch your videos John keep it up...
    Also the beat at the end when you introduced squarespace was amazing lol

  • @avalazem
    @avalazem 4 роки тому +93

    Me: Expecting Middle East or Philippines
    Johnny: Bunch of Birdsh*t

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 роки тому +2

      Say birdshit

    • @Amidat
      @Amidat 4 роки тому

      Yeah - the Marshall Islands weren't taken by the US for fertilizer

  • @gm2851
    @gm2851 4 роки тому +38

    Johnny Harris:Why the US owns so many tiny islands
    *Laughs in British*

  • @jwwwdot
    @jwwwdot 4 роки тому +19

    they invented crop rotation pretty quick after figuring out that there wasn't enough nutrients in the soil it's not like everybody was out here looking for poop

    • @MrLoobu
      @MrLoobu 3 роки тому

      Rediscovered correct millennia old farming practices*

    • @diecast4125
      @diecast4125 3 роки тому

      Yeah I smh when thinking of the sheer quantities of crack cocaine it would take for a president to get up and say such a preposterous thing.

  • @RoamingwithJasmina
    @RoamingwithJasmina 4 роки тому +7

    I started using Johnny’s videos to educate my kids about some subject matters when I run out of words. Seriously though the subjects you cover are so important and interesting! Thank you

  • @audriiiiroberts3030
    @audriiiiroberts3030 4 роки тому +52

    I’m shocked more people aren’t watching this channel! I’m so glad I found it and I have to show my family (:

  • @richardivonen3564
    @richardivonen3564 3 роки тому +21

    History is full of interesting stuff.
    Thank you for this strange but insightful story.

  • @connorbarker1352
    @connorbarker1352 4 роки тому +122

    10:30 So what you’re saying is that the moon is officially American territory? Sweet!

    • @ErnieKings27
      @ErnieKings27 4 роки тому +10

      Only if they actually landed

    • @sirbutterz37
      @sirbutterz37 4 роки тому +29

      M. Ernesto Reyes so you one of those who believe the moon is real

    • @Prosper_Dean
      @Prosper_Dean 4 роки тому +26

      @@panda3792 look at your username

    • @thomasthedankengine3492
      @thomasthedankengine3492 4 роки тому +2

      @@sirbutterz37 So you one of those who believes the moon is fake?

    • @mateuscoelho8331
      @mateuscoelho8331 4 роки тому +11

      only if there is bird poop on it

  • @straightouttacompston3179
    @straightouttacompston3179 4 роки тому +19

    I've recently just discovered your channel and I'm blown away! Unbelievable editing skills! I'm taking some tips for my own channel, thank you!

  • @Notapizzathief
    @Notapizzathief 3 роки тому +1

    Whoever drew that poster for guano at 5:01 looked like he had never seen a bird before

  • @Gloomdrake
    @Gloomdrake 4 роки тому +31

    Reading the title, part of me asked, “why would they do that?” but another part of me was thinking, “Of course they would.”

  • @52Tele
    @52Tele 4 роки тому +7

    You have Pewdiepie, MKBHD, Unbox Therapy who have millions of subscribers and I'm not doubting their credibility of the work they put into their stuff but when I compare them to Johnny, it's like comparing commercial ads advertising mindless products to high budget spectacular motion pictures. I learn so much from these 15-20min videos. Thank you for putting this together and giving this information for free. Your a legend Johnny!

  • @rossrreyes
    @rossrreyes 4 роки тому

    It took 17 min just to say the US needed Islands for fertilizer. I’m glad there’s a fast forward button on UA-cam

  • @shrikaranbeecharaju6676
    @shrikaranbeecharaju6676 4 роки тому +19

    I'm a simple person, I see Johnny Haris video I click. But, eating and watching the video was difficult to process.

  • @Andi1simple
    @Andi1simple 4 роки тому +8

    Huge fan of this series and your style of storytelling, keep’em coming Johnny !!

  • @pnoens3509
    @pnoens3509 3 роки тому +5

    Continued to be amazed by your projects, Johnny.👍

  • @dasaasadaris3675
    @dasaasadaris3675 4 роки тому +13

    "Thank you for watching my video about bird shit"
    😂😂😂 LMAO

  • @pathfinderjan
    @pathfinderjan 4 роки тому +6

    I really love watching your videos with my headset on, every small details you put into it is really impressive. Not to mention the actual information we got from it. Keep it up Johnny! :)

  • @Woody_Florida
    @Woody_Florida Рік тому +1

    He made this sound like only the U.S. Wanted guano and only the U.S. fought for that commodity that everyone needed. Well, actually most European and south American nations did the same thing and claimed as many islands as they could get away with in the pursuit of fertilizer that would allow them to feed all their people (workers) and produce enough to allow exports of food stuffs. Of course all this ended up not amounting to diddly after the Germans developed a way to extract nitrogen from air.

  • @nomaddave
    @nomaddave 4 роки тому +13

    If you ever want to see what one of these islands looks like today go to Nauru (just south of the equator in the Western Pacific). It is fascinating. Surprised this video didn't include pictures from there just to show what it looks like.

  • @firstordercommandergames2542
    @firstordercommandergames2542 4 роки тому +55

    Ever hear of "finders keepers?"

    • @mrsoshadabaadman
      @mrsoshadabaadman 4 роки тому +10

      That explains so much. Who can call finders keepers? Do you need a gun to enforce it. So many questions!

    • @jesusecheverria1310
      @jesusecheverria1310 4 роки тому +12

      Can't call yourself a finder when someone else was already in possession.

    • @bravoseis1937
      @bravoseis1937 4 роки тому +1

      No

    • @19ars92
      @19ars92 3 роки тому

      @@vitalybroshchak4512
      Well when you’re the judge ...

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 роки тому

      @@jesusecheverria1310 But who possessed the bird shit though?

  • @sudhakarreddy1453
    @sudhakarreddy1453 2 роки тому

    I haven’t seen anyone telling a story better than this man ❤❤

  • @seoulglo1999
    @seoulglo1999 4 роки тому +19

    6:34 Had me going, then "OH DAMN!"

    • @ayushsharma881
      @ayushsharma881 4 роки тому +1

      You made me wait and watch till 6:34

  • @domicreator
    @domicreator 4 роки тому +10

    That heart shaped island he showed (4:11) is called Galešnjak in Croatia. Its in the Zadar city county. 🇭🇷🤗

  • @markonguyen1273
    @markonguyen1273 4 роки тому +4

    2000s America: OIL ! OIL ! OIL !
    1800s America: hey, this bird sh*t stuff is kinda cool so im gonna take yo land

    • @nexus_infinityimv
      @nexus_infinityimv 4 роки тому

      Actually the US makes most of its oil domestically, and has no need for middle eastern oil

    • @terminator8361
      @terminator8361 4 роки тому

      @@nexus_infinityimv no, there is...

    • @nexus_infinityimv
      @nexus_infinityimv 4 роки тому

      @@terminator8361 what? Your response to my comment makes no sense

  • @ibekbolot
    @ibekbolot 4 роки тому +21

    “And it all started with the hunt for bird shit”

  • @shinchanthebest
    @shinchanthebest 4 роки тому +19

    He protecc,
    He attacc,
    But most importantly,
    He doesn't give your islands back 12:56

  • @cindybogart6062
    @cindybogart6062 3 роки тому +1

    Another great video. I love your shows. Keep up the great work✨

  • @inbasicterms-popculturevid1704
    @inbasicterms-popculturevid1704 4 роки тому +24

    "I remember, my very first day at a new school, a bird pooped all down my back. It was like any other day of school except everyone was like, 'Oh my God, you're from the movie 'Big Daddy,'' and I had bird poop all over me."
    -Cole Sprouse

  • @agustinceruti
    @agustinceruti 4 роки тому +23

    GREAT VIDEO, I loved it! By the way, that building in Argentina is in Tigre, the city where I live ❤️
    I’m so shocked 😮🥰

  • @regthebackyardjackofalltrades
    @regthebackyardjackofalltrades Місяць тому

    Johnny Harris! Thanks for being here. I’m a first time listener to your podcast. I have one question. Do you think the extinction of the passenger pigeon contributed to the decline in the soil in the U.S.?

  • @diegodominguez5735
    @diegodominguez5735 4 роки тому +7

    I found your channel yesterday, i have been watching nonstop. Greetings from Mexico

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 роки тому

      Let me guess? You saw his video of how you guys lost the Mexican American war, and he flipped the story into remorse and sympathy for you losing. lol.

    • @diegodominguez5735
      @diegodominguez5735 3 роки тому

      @@seanbrummfield448 sure bud

  • @NinjaAlien100
    @NinjaAlien100 4 роки тому +52

    Small correction: The inventor of artificial fertilizer was Kristian Birkeland, a famous Norwegian scientist, not German. He is also well known for his research on the northern lights:)

    • @christinaaguila4764
      @christinaaguila4764 4 роки тому +25

      He's referring to German scientist Fritz Haber of the Haber-Bosch process. The invention of this process was so impactful that it's still the primary production of ammonia to this day. The Birkeland-Edye process came about around the same time, but Haber-Bosch is what we think of as the game-changer that reduced demand for guano.

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 4 роки тому +1

      And he made an electromagnetic canon!

  • @andrewwilkinson5220
    @andrewwilkinson5220 3 місяці тому

    I had no idea about this. Great to learn. Good thing there weren’t any locals who had a use for this stuff

  • @denniskelley2697
    @denniskelley2697 4 роки тому +28

    Johnny Harris (Aug 26th): Makes a video about bird poop
    Vox (Sept 2nd): We also make a bird poop video......

  • @Zeus2371
    @Zeus2371 4 роки тому +4

    Your content is of a next level!! Thank you for your great quality work. It shines a light into darken times. Very well done!!! 👍

  • @verbronze
    @verbronze 4 роки тому +2

    The Bush bits just got me😂😂

  • @tonecukon91
    @tonecukon91 4 роки тому +7

    4:11 heart like shaped island (Galešnjak) is located in Adriatic sea in Croatia..nothing to do with Peru

  • @MrBagusbah
    @MrBagusbah 4 роки тому +5

    Glad I found this mind-opening channel. Thank you so much!

  • @andereastjoe
    @andereastjoe 3 роки тому

    Great content bro. Really enjoy it

  • @colepihl9617
    @colepihl9617 4 роки тому +11

    Really like all of these videos, Johnny! Since you have been doing videos recently about the borders of the U.S. and how they came to be, I was wondering you considered to make a video on Alaska. What is the overall history behind it? What deals were made? It's rather odd that it is disconnected from the contiguous U.S. and bordered by Canada and with Russia nearby. Thanks!

    • @kappadarwin9476
      @kappadarwin9476 4 роки тому +2

      To give you a cliff notes version. Russia did not like the British and knew it was only a matter of time before the British would try to size Alaska via Canada so Russia who was an ally of the US at the time sold Alaska to America to keep it out of British hands and to pay off the debts it had accumulated due to the Crimea war.

  • @arkabhbiswas2458
    @arkabhbiswas2458 4 роки тому +5

    All the birds there at that time: hey some hoomans are messing with our shit

  • @jayfron6012
    @jayfron6012 4 роки тому +2

    Great videos man. Love the detail and topics discussed. These things should all be included in standardized school curriculum. I was fortunate enough to have An amazing advanced placement US history teacher in high school who opened my eyes to the details behind our countries many challenges and triumphs.

  • @TatusMglaitus
    @TatusMglaitus 4 роки тому +6

    Johnny: Thanks for watching my video about bird crap
    Me: Anytime buddy

  • @santruptip
    @santruptip 4 роки тому +5

    do you ever watch a video and think "I wanna watch the whole ad for this video".

  • @nativitymusic
    @nativitymusic 4 роки тому +4

    Never thought a video about bird sh_t would be that much interesting until now. Thank you for making these. Looking forward to the next videos in the series!

  • @shreenathjraman3619
    @shreenathjraman3619 4 роки тому +4

    This is.. terrific content. Creative, original and historically accurate storytelling, par excellence. Johnny is the man.

  • @AustonHolleman
    @AustonHolleman Рік тому

    Your videos are amazing

  • @simonbennatan8257
    @simonbennatan8257 4 роки тому +5

    Well, I don't have guano, but my cat poops on the Kiribati. - ahhh you liked my joke, yes you did-

  • @berval7719
    @berval7719 4 роки тому +4

    I just finished The Alchemy of Air, a book dealing with exactly this, and I was so surprised to see this somewhere! Like, the fact that you can even remotely trace the US's use of the atomic bomb on Japan to mountains of bird poop in Peru is both ridiculous and scary.

  • @jonjonleija
    @jonjonleija 2 роки тому

    Excellent video! I love all your videos!

  • @daanishhydri
    @daanishhydri 4 роки тому +21

    6:50 is controversial 😂
    I hope UA-cam doesn't delete this video 😂

    • @MrNicoJac
      @MrNicoJac 4 роки тому +1

      There's nothing controversial about what happened
      Unless we get Iraq-War deniers soon too...!

    • @hassooonnn6504
      @hassooonnn6504 4 роки тому

      Nothing controversial, just facts.

  • @thetropicaldream5933
    @thetropicaldream5933 4 роки тому +7

    I am dyslexic and I read "shagged" and not snagged lmao

  • @fablehaven24
    @fablehaven24 3 роки тому

    Who knew I needed this in my life! You make amazing documentaries!

  • @robberonbrent
    @robberonbrent 4 роки тому +27

    *Sees the title
    Oh this will be a great video to watch while eating my Sandwich
    *22 seconds into the video
    Shhhhhiiiiii.....

  • @danweiner3742
    @danweiner3742 4 роки тому +37

    I went thru my America hating phase from 2005-2008. You'll grow out of it when you get the rest of the information.

    • @chingyfl2tx793
      @chingyfl2tx793 4 роки тому +1

      What's the rest of the info?

    • @hulado
      @hulado 4 роки тому +10

      @@chingyfl2tx793 after the spanish american war that we won we acquired cuba and islands in the pacific ocean. and some others as i remember. it was a different time in the world. the working classes weren't respected by wealthy people even less so than today. there is much more to learn than this small description. the trick is to read enough and cross check to get an idea who the writers are that have an agenda beyond the facts. this johnny harris is a lefty. you can usually spot them because they seem bitter. thats my opinion.

    • @satyricon65
      @satyricon65 4 роки тому +7

      He probably never lived in another country and can see how great this country really is. Just another entitled millennial who doesn't know hardship.

    • @focusstudios1296
      @focusstudios1296 4 роки тому +5

      @dansy Kral takes a certain type to think that because someone has the nerve to point out crimes committed by the American government they are entitled. I think your an entitled prick because your denying the suffering of others, how about that BOOMER?!

    • @tiredlocke
      @tiredlocke 4 роки тому +3

      @@hulado Yeah, "lefties" seem bitter. Because governments are usually run by the rich and powerful, for the benefit of the rich and powerful at the expense of the rest of us. We lefties think that isn't the way it should be.

  • @thomascepeda86
    @thomascepeda86 4 роки тому

    That building at 4:32 is at Tigre train station, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I used to take that train on summers to visit the tiny islands in Tigre when I was growing up.

  • @NepaliinGermany
    @NepaliinGermany 4 роки тому +29

    jonny haris 2120: How US stole Mars

  • @unitedairco.5140
    @unitedairco.5140 3 роки тому +6

    Good god, Johnny! You seriously work and do so much research into these unique topics! Inspiring dedication

  • @h0ckeyd
    @h0ckeyd 3 роки тому +2

    There's a line in the north of England that kinda fits this one: "where there's muck, there's brass".

  • @Jaxsf1
    @Jaxsf1 4 роки тому +17

    This would be a better video if it wasn’t soooo politically BIASED to show the US as an evil empire.
    - The US was forced to respond because other countries were monopolizing the supply of this natural resource needed to GROW FOOD so people wouldn’t starve.
    *Original title changed- Like how even creator had to change from “US stole these islands” because the US certainly didn’t “steal” these unclaimed uninhabited islands. The Guano Act clearly stated that these islands had to be uninhabited and unclaimed by another country in order to qualify.
    There was certainly exploitation of workers on islands after the claim, but that was done by private companies/people.

    • @zachbrannigan3184
      @zachbrannigan3184 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah, the U.S. Has done a lot of bad things but colonizing uninhabited, unclaimed islands to prevent famine and starvation isn't one of them

    • @kevinlification
      @kevinlification 4 роки тому

      Well the US is a destructive imperialistic shithole so your criticisms are invalid.

    • @ginsubrown
      @ginsubrown 4 роки тому

      Grace The US can be a destructive imperialistic shithole and Jaxsf1’s comment be true at the same time.

  • @misanthropicmusings4596
    @misanthropicmusings4596 4 роки тому +3

    This may have been one of the most interesting videos I've ever seen about bird shit. Thanks Johnny!

  • @lemster101
    @lemster101 3 роки тому

    Found your videos yesterday and I'm quite addicted now

  • @casdenblanken8804
    @casdenblanken8804 4 роки тому +4

    Before I clicked the vid I thought: man, you’re gonna upset so many people by calling an old part of their country “bird shit”
    Me after 2 mins: oh lol wat

  • @mohamedhoosain6266
    @mohamedhoosain6266 Рік тому

    I agree I love the way Johnny explains the stuff

  • @ricardoguanipa8275
    @ricardoguanipa8275 4 роки тому +20

    If Microsoft buys Tik Tok
    "How the US Stole Tik Tok"

    • @focusstudios1296
      @focusstudios1296 4 роки тому +1

      You’re hilarious my friend. You conveniently forget that this is not called how America stole, and that all of the videos he did called “how America stole” were instances of them stealing. America has continued the legacy of imperialistic abuse of native peoples and theft of lands that Britain began.

    • @ricardoguanipa8275
      @ricardoguanipa8275 4 роки тому

      @@focusstudios1296 like every other empire in History even pre-columbian Empires like the Aztecs and Incas but I guess "Imperialist Expansion" is as like saying the N-word: it's only bad when White people do it....

    • @ricardoguanipa8275
      @ricardoguanipa8275 4 роки тому

      @Cavior Samhain still hurting people today? "Latin america" wouldn't exist if it wasn't for The Spanish and the Portuguese and before they arrives the Incas and Aztec had stablished themselves by conquests and dominion over smaller indigenous group for centuries and Latin America has has been independent for over 200 years what it's hurting are corrupt politician and inept internal economic policies and in the middle east The French and the English only ruled for less than 40 years before that there were 700 years of Ottoman Ruled...but hey "let's pretend everything is white people fault"

  • @eurasiaacaci.-110
    @eurasiaacaci.-110 4 роки тому +8

    Note : all countries “stole” land from others

    • @francislance7969
      @francislance7969 4 роки тому

      not china

    • @josef-peterroemer6235
      @josef-peterroemer6235 3 роки тому +1

      Then why is the USA bitching about China building artificial islands and occupying others????. They have no room to bitch, about this and Nazi genocide,they did the same to the native americans, didn't wholely succeed, because they faught back and the USA didn't have the money to continue.

    • @jackshen5093
      @jackshen5093 3 роки тому

      This argument sounds like from a kindergartner

    • @eurasiaacaci.-110
      @eurasiaacaci.-110 3 роки тому

      @@josef-peterroemer6235 because its happening right now ... we still have the ability to stop it

    • @deshnath
      @deshnath 3 роки тому

      Not india

  • @nicoleedgreen9527
    @nicoleedgreen9527 2 роки тому

    It should be mandatory that his videos are shown in schools EVERYWHERE!

  • @himanshusingh-qg2su
    @himanshusingh-qg2su 4 роки тому +4

    And I was thinking that US only wanted sweet ol' dinosaur juice.
    😝

  • @healtheworldforabetterplace
    @healtheworldforabetterplace 4 роки тому +26

    He surely love “Talk by Khalid & disclosure”

  • @michaeltabotbesong8256
    @michaeltabotbesong8256 3 роки тому

    man your videos are very educative. You deceserve millions of subscribers. Keep educating us