50 Insane Cold War Facts That Will Shock You!

50 Cold War facts you didn't know. A list of little know facts about the Cold War.
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[@TheInfographicsShow]

Some interesting facts, right? I liked the #4 🤣😂. What about you?

[@aminn4901]

The Infographics Show yes

[@andrewbarresford5983]

amin4901 1 y himiguxgig

[@samuri_warior1341]

Umm late much

[@samuri_warior1341]

I liked four, three and 1 lmao

[@commanderkangaroo2604]

Hey, IGS. At the one where you said the CIA watched them? They did not have iMacs in the 50's to the 90's

[@torvus249]

"When Mao was 69" n i c e "he had a 14 year old girlfriend." n o t n i c e.

[@shaurayasrivastava7474]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@hubertoflores1972]

Oof

[@lawrencehamilton221]

@Covington Bigglesworth also slaves

[@GlobalOutcast]

@Covington Bigglesworth he was saying nice bc 69

[@ANDROLOMA]

Our laws aren't their laws. How old are the concubines of Saudi princes?

[@Cobraclips50]

Me: accidentally made the follow me shoe-lace indication Me: wonders why they're 50 CIA and FBI agents following me

[@addewasurendra]

Why so few Likes😭

[@titians2085]

Because they know that u know they are cia and fib agents

[@rawarama8100]

"I AM A PLANE" LMAO

[@tcmmxgo]

Imagine people being around to see that

[@piotrbryjak5027]

Must’ve been really happy until he fell

[@hiredmurderer6228]

Yes he is

[@brandonstroud2226]

ME TO

[@ryanwolf2229]

Like a boss

[@ChewieTheWookie]

My introvert self trying to order a ticket at the airport Gerbil: *aggressively pulls lever*

[@celam1095]

USA: Let's destroy the moon to prove how dominant we are.

[@coreytaylor447]

actually with what we know about nuclear physics nowadays, the bomb would have most likely only create a small creator

[@rayjohnson67]

you really think one bomb can destroy the moon, it gets hit by meteors all the time, i think one bomb, will be equivalent to a meteor.

[@emeraldgeneral1]

Suite James II I think this quote from Jurassic Park sums it up: “You’ve spent so much time asking ‘Can we?’, you haven’t asked ‘Should we?’”

[@celam1095]

Corey Taylor crater, smart guy

[@celam1095]

Ray j you missed the whole point

[@colemayer5090]

3:36 actually, Kennedy proposed teaming up with Russia for the space race, and Khrushchev was going to agree with it, but after Kennedy's assassination, Khrushchev declined the offer because he didn't trust Eisenhower

[@ben-jam-in6941]

Eisenhower was president before Kennedy. It must have been Johnson that Khrushchev didn't trust.

[@buffalobigfoot7982]

@Epic Cole, I believe you are correct. Kennedy was killed a month after he agreed with the Soviets to joint space adventures. After he died America didn't follow through. It's very difficult for the M.I.C. to make money when everyone's working together.

[@zachwong3435]

ok NERD!

[@coltoncosse7674]

Makes you think that maybe Oswald was hired or working for someone to keep that from happening so the tensions would stay high

[@peterparker9286]

@@coltoncosse7674 Oswald was set up

[@lordkarasu2263]

2:20 “Superman’s currently rolling in his grave”. Maybe...but he’ll be better by the next movie, with a full cg face.

[@TheArtofFugue]

swear when i’m trippin these vids are wayyyyyyyyyy more interesting

[@acreativeeccentric.9312]

Um... okay?

[@mackey4113]

Tie your shoes next time

[@glitchunknown3882]

@Evan Corry Yea Man Listen to @blaValle

[@OppoRancisis]

You’re weak

[@seanmunoz3273]

Haha “you’re weak” is a hilarious reply! I agree

[@CreeperLadMC]

*USSR Dissolving* "I don't feel so good Mr. Gorbachev ..."

[@Kennnnyyy]

Dissolving has to something with water

[@macanduc3901]

LoL R.I.P Soviet spooderman

[@richardwade6301]

@@Kennnnyyy r/whoosh

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Cold Infinity War

[@fazluljubaid206]

This is the best comment i have ever come across in youtube!! Literally laughing my ass off!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Coolsomeone234]

Wait, if Stalin means man of steel that means That's what People in Russia call superman?

[@Omegador]

Stalin :)

[@cememems283]

Blyat man

[@wilberator9608]

He could’ve made some fantastic propaganda posters.

[@sakshamkachhwaha3303]

'Stalin" by zack Snyder

[@hubertoflores1972]

Blyat I did not know that well then

[@Albanez39]

Some ignorant animator has confused Khrushchev and Mao in the swimming pool. Khrushchev is swimming happily while saying: Come, join me in deeper water!, while Mao is exiting the pool. It should be the opposite..

[@gucciskins382]

Who tf cares. You make a better video

[@commanderrankork8258]

I thought that just then lol. Eh, just an editing mistake.

[@Halozocker104]

@@gucciskins382 did you know that someone can point something out without being better at it? Yep thats a thing, in case you didnt know

[@bestGaming132]

@@gucciskins382 I was confused so I care

[@kennyloggins8534]

@@Halozocker104 yes because people are perfect who dont make mistakes at all. Seriously... who cares. This guy makes it seem like the whole video was ruined because of a tiny editing mistake. The guy who edited the video could have been tired from a busy work week, or dealing with something stressful at home. People really need to start looking outside of themselves and think a little before they speak, or rather, type words.

[@MidgeMyLove94]

“When Mao was 69 he sexually abused a 14 year old girl” Fixed that for you.

[@paro5614]

Are you sure about that? I mean it's a serious question, i don't know if she was consensual or not.

[@stevenbarden8466]

Just one? (looks to the right... ) Hollywood, you're winning!

[@cammyseitz3062]

Paro minors can’t consent so it cannot be consensual

[@cammyseitz3062]

CoolCreeper39 minors can’t consent

[@thesolidfuzz]

@@cammyseitz3062 Well to be fair, age of consent depends on where you are. China's 14 sooooo yea.

[@jordanrichardson1894]

Fact number 1: It was cold

[@MikeHunt-sh6vz]

Wait, was it?

[@chrismoore488]

Real shit?

[@RJL612]

Cold War. Neither side never reached that boiling point where thing would then become heated. IDK I just made that shit up.

[@petartoshkov2076]

Fact number 2: it was a non-direct war

[@cerdaspediaindonesia8926]

This is the infographic's longest video duration. And they still managed to publish two videos a day...

[@gabriellal.319]

I haven't taken a shower for 7 weeks, but you are everywhere

[@carly1891]

Gaby Liwang dont assume that.

[@petertotten6479]

I haven't taken shower for 7 weeks, but I 110 this

[@pz_faust6866]

because they can read nonsense sites and then slap it in their video. It takes very less time than actually researching on actual facts that took longer time.

[@karlhanna4299]

Mentions bears being used to test ejection seats then says “you can actually watch it on KZbin” me- suddenly exits out of the video and straight to the search bar 😂

[@ebukaobi2098]

Did u find it

[@nivedni]

They took it down ofc

[@matthewmckenna248]

Could you cover 50 facts of WW2?

[@Xmw92ba3oenalfk9]

Gipsy Danger I second this

[@calebwilliams5226]

Gipsy Danger I third this

[@EmperorAlastor]

I fourth it

[@somerandomnigga4735]

I fifth it

[@DanielKirkwoodVideo]

id like that

[@catinho9705]

#38 When Mao was 69 he had a 14 year old girlfriend uhm....

[@asaaii3872]

69...14 year old. Yep not a coincidence!

[@ceosevolve2222]

ZyroIzMvp The messenger of Allah peace be upon him married her at the age of 6 or 7. She stayed at her parents' house until 9 or 10. He was 53. His first marriage was at the age of 25 to a two times widow Khadijah bint Khuwaylid of 40.

[@Satanthony]

CEOs Evolve so the average age of his wives were 23.5 years old. That's way better than saying he married a child.

[@ceosevolve2222]

@Salpsan Actually, the messenger of Allah peace be upon him had 11 wives. Most of them were widows. You know Buddha and Caesar married at 16. Before 20th century, it was a common practice to marry young to increase the survival chance and strengthen family ties.

[@hsalinas3323]

We just gonna skip that topic like that? Word.

[@joemamawhatdadogdoindeeznuts]

USSR: *exsists* USA: *stares motherfuckerly*

[@offsomewhereelse3565]

on #16 that dude was also known as the man who saved the world. Not a lot of people know who he is.

[@uzaiyaro]

In 1987, a private pilot flew a Cessna from Finland and landed in Red Square, near the Kremlin, pretty much just because he could. He flew straight through the Soviet’s ‘impenetrable’ air defence, who wanted to shoot the aircraft down multiple times, but never got the ok to do so because it was thought the aircraft was friendly. Quite a lot of the military brass was reprimanded for this. Moscow’s airport, Sheremetyevo has two terminals, 1 and 2. After this incident, some people refer to Red Square as Sheremetyevo 3.

[@colonelstriker2519]

Really? Pupninks? I now question my existence

[@jenniferkulyk1424]

It's very cool

[@reneroux2391]

Striker pupkins

[@dondee5439]

My favorite one is #10 at the 13:40 mark. It details how the CIA had patterns for tying SHOELACES as different codes. That is so clever ,bizarre and comical all at the same time.

[@damienreyna5879]

"Star-fish prime" sounds like something off of Spongebob.

[@Luke..luke..luke..]

It's a limp bizkit album isn't it?

[@mjt11860]

sounds like a cable channel.

[@existentialcrisis5169]

this might’ve been helpful for my COLD WAR FINAL YESTERDAY

[@curtistaylor5595]

Existential Crisis feels bad

[@theworldoverheavan560]

Existential Crisis you still have school i feel bad for you

[@kalobbloxham7049]

I got out the 5th

[@stalinium4769]

Existential Crisis eyyyyy I did too lol

[@methu2692]

It's pretty cool to find out what actually happened at a time where everyone feared another world war. Awesome content and keep up the good work!

[@rylotte13]

This didn’t age well

[@ASHl33164]

Thanks for mentioning Churchill’s dark side, which usually gets glossed over.

[@mohammedsalimahmed5230]

Gets glossed over due to blind nationalism.

[@Pxradoxx]

“IM A PLANE” **jumps out of window**

[@thedisturbedone5026]

This proves how screwed up the government can be

[@botcheek482]

it also proves what a difference could be made in 30/40 years

[@FinkPloyd504]

@@botcheek482 yeah imagine how much more stuff theyre probably doing now that we dont know about. And 40 years from now imagine that. Not lookin good.

[@Malcolm311]

I've been subbed for just over two weeks now. i really like that you guys put out consistently with cool info

[@TheUselessStoner]

i remember when this channel started. then i slowly realized it fallowed the questions on askreddit. he rips off everything from reddit day by day.

[@MisterChernobyl]

Cdawg33 Great animation You say? Watch The chernobyl video he made. He uses so many wrong illustrations I cant, says was caused By steam shows a nuclear explosion, The White death, uses svd instead of a finnish nagant. Just so many wrong illustrations.

[@plaguex1]

A lot of the info is wrong historically. Like completely wrong

[@MisterChernobyl]

Plague Yeah

[@thomasmatthewson8967]

1:54 Proof that Stalin assisted Infinity Ward in the development of Warzone.

[@coreyfellows9420]

Had we teamed up with Russia during the "space race" I doubt we would have made it to the moon so quickly. Working together would have relaxed both countries sense of urgency by knowing neither of us are going without the other.

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Most of the technology we have today were made during WW1&2 and the cold war

[@Matt_Fields_29]

Well, yeah, that does cover several decades of time, after all.

[@junglistmassiv]

Derrick Frost radar computers jets space travel night vision etc etc but hey u can live in ur own version of earth i wont stop you

[@camperpro482]

cool story bro.

[@kn0x820]

Just upgraded a lot but yes you are right

[@charliegraber786]

Yeah we were stealth bombing the Germans and Japanese back in ww2

[@ahmedinnit5671]

omg this was uploaded literally a day after my cold war exam what are the odds

[@DumbSkippy]

Kudos +The Infographics Show What a great video. Thanks for amassing and sharing such an eclectic, arcane and fun group of facts.

[@sw3g86]

I’ve always been told that George Orwell used the term “Cold War” for the first time.

[@harrietharlow9929]

George Well did indeed use the term "Cold War for the first time on Ot. 19, 1945. The first person to use thre term, iron Curtain was Churchill in 1946.

[@bourpislefoetus5814]

For the number 29. All animals that were used for these tests were slaughtered in order to remove their internal organs. To see what high speed do to the body

[@miggisobad2377]

Love the video watching from JAMAICA.

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thank you!

[@eleazarmartinez3173]

learning history i'm from mexico, was in barbados last month beautiful but loads of mosquitoes.

[@SanchezMonin]

4:24 but... the mao is supposed to be the one requesting the other to come to deeper water

[@nem3sis760]

The Cold War was basically USA vs Soviet Union. The UK was just there helping the US lol. Most the other European countries didn't do much until the Korean War, but then again it's not the UK did much either. They did help the USA in espionage and nuclear weapons programs buts kinda it

[@itzimperiumxvi2620]

NEM3SIS ! Yeah only nuclear weapons, just the thing preventing it from becoming all out war. No biggie

[@cyberplayz1099]

Please do facts on the Vietnam War. There are already many vids on WW2 compared to the Vietnam War

[@eddysmith5137]

CyberPlayz why not the Korean War. It's americas forgotten war

[@abidshimanto4524]

They wont :3 cause America didnt win those

[@lixishere4ever]

shimanto dragneel they aren’t biased on this channel. Try being less pitiful for yourself

[@edrichackermann1810]

Do something on the Russian sleep experiment.

[@TheInfographicsShow]

It has been proven to be fake.

[@edrichackermann1810]

The Infographics Show I knew it, it seemed way to fictional. Thanks for the reply

[@curtisj6349]

17:36😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's the most costly, funniest prank I ever heard of!

[@dannypipewrench533]

8:45 The letter from Kennedy to Khrushchev asks if the Pupniks are happy. Since the Pupniks were owned by the Kennedys, the letter should have been sent by Khrushchev to Kennedy, not Kennedy to Khrushchev. So the letter is backward.

[@tricolourbearer2435]

I'll rather call it the Cold Period.

[@nukalion5280]

The Real Eugenia I thought blood was warm

[@tricolourbearer2435]

I know right.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

MoistyMerman not when you freeze it

[@bogdan5]

The Real Eugenia salut LOL un român care se uită la Infographichs Show

[@grandpagropes-a-lot3153]

better than the warm one...

[@avroace4427]

Do a video about the falkland war

[@davidnotonstinnett]

If Stalin was responsible for 60 million deaths, then the USSR would have had a net population drop, not a net gain, which is the case if you look at population records. The only way that number makes sense is if you count people choosing to not have children due to lack of resources as “deaths”, which is a little ridiculous imo The same goes for Mao in China.

[@BEder-it4lf]

You said the Cold War was between the US And Soviet Union, You left out ALL the other countries involved. Canada, Britain (James Bond), Isreal, West Germany, France, etc.... The Cold War was between the Soviet Union and the West.

[@bepsi6204]

At the start, Italian Ethiopia didn't have the north

[@shashanth15]

6:55 explains "The numbers Mason, what do they mean!" if you know what I mean.

[@sidsucksatplaying]

Ultimate Shan yes I do

[@alexweeda2826]

can you just like never stop producing history videos? your history videos are like the best videos on youtube. :)

[@Lynx-ve7cz]

if i were the owner if the channel i would heart this comment

[@dcorica79]

Cool facts bro! Love the channel..

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Truely interesting facts

[@naastwerda3263]

its spelled traoeily dumbass

[@thevengefulexecutioner6416]

Naast Werda huh

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thank you!!

[@tommymatthews4984]

The shoe lace thing is pretty smart holy fudge

[@billygowhoop]

My dad was in the military during the 70's and he was on a boat that monitored Soviet missile activity. But they also would follow around Soviet ships and pick up their trash to find Intel. And the Soviets would do the same.

[@johncarlofernando1705]

Flight double 07 *spy plane*

[@herrgodfrey9563]

My grandmother had her blood type tattooed on her as a child and she lived in IL. 🤷‍♂️

[@AikiraBeats]

These is crazy we spent how much on a spy cat

[@haileyobrien3362]

Thx really helped me with my homework and the test I have to study for.

[@akshay6027]

USA: spending 20M for a cat.... DC:spending 20M for a moustache....😂😂😂

[@FBI-uf9jz]

Another fact, communism memes were pretty much born from this

[@yyg4632]

the most important fact

[@tentacledood5784]

Sounds like communist propaganda but ok

[@blue_diamond_gem]

5:12 now the BBC is the complete opposite. 😂

[@karso4111]

My grandfather was in gulag twice when he was 12 and 16. He still finished university at 30. Hes 85 now and can lift more than me. We’re Georgian not Russian.

[@blanik___7103]

Actually we dropped extra large condoms and labeled them as medium

[@rubyredboots4621]

Came here to say this, lol.

[@upmusic6368]

is it true you are related to Jake Paul?

[@charliegamble129]

iiHashbrownii yes I am

[@amertahir2453]

Yes I am

[@Wavy1322]

MY GRANDPA LITERALLY TOLD ME ABOUT THE BLOODPATCH THING, I HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE MEANT BUT NOW I KNOW

[@ScudForEver]

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. - Groucho Marx

[@tcs07d]

It probably was said but one of the B-52 pilots that was able jump the crash had two parachute "failures" but was still able to recover, only to ask for help from one NC resident only to be arrested because they didn't believe a black man could be an officer or even a pilot.

[@chillychowmein]

Did that gerbil thing work? Asking for a friend

[@severablegibbon]

17:36 I would have dropped Extra small condoms

[@mizzshortie907]

🤣🤣🤣

[@maxinebailey6962]

that Korean air plane looks nothing like a "boeing 747" XD

[@kristo6367]

10:41 THEY BLAMED THE CAT!!?😂😂😂

[@theshaman415]

Stalin second place? King Leopold says hello.

[@extrastory3967]

That's a European....Hence he did it to upgrade them.

[@karlfasselt8230]

Disneyland OMG. Hahaha.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I was around for all but six or seven years of the Cold War and yes, it was pretty insane with paranoia off-the-chart much of the time. It really was something you would have needed to experience. I mean, there was something called Starfish Prime, which consisted of detonating a nuke high up in the atmosphere and managed to blow out streetlights and mess up phone service throughout the Hawaiian Islands--and that was 900 miles away from the detonation point. Great move, guys.

[@LegoWorldWar2StopMotion]

For a time, the US nuclear launch code was 6 zeros to save time

[@agustinseguy]

4:48 wtf, did i hear correctly?!?

[@janddhistory835]

Plane 007.... *They thought it was a spy plane because they watched James Bond.*

[@jimmyjohn8008]

RIP Larry McDonald representing GA in the US House of Representatives.

[@JennyG.COW5]

Thanks for giving us a background on the history of the War before diving into the facts. Also, thanks for making this video! 😊👍

[@BenNixon32]

I definitely stopped this video immediately to watch a bear get ejected at Mach 1.3....

[@BenNixon32]

It seemed like a pretty oppressive regime. I honestly have not given it much thought.

[@BenNixon32]

Considering it was run by objectively the second deadliest dictator in history for a while, and was dissolved into an oligarchy. Most likely wasn’t the happiest place on earth.

[@oksanamiller9830]

I find it so hilarious how the US spent so much money on a cat, and how the guy in the video said "Why did the US detonate a bomb in space? Just to see what would happen of course."

[@skarpevindkast]

Man shouts ‘Je suis un avion’ proceeding to break his legs is the pinnacle of this video

[@deleteduser87]

3:46 I think Eisenhower was also bald

[@shashanth15]

14:23 Captain John Price: It is free real estate! 👀👀👀👀

[@mahirajpromo6283]

When I was watching this video, suddenly a advertisement on my mobile's screen. What is the policy of GOOGLE!!!!!

[@bobthedopeman7327]

*Me at **8:05* - searches "bears in ejector seats"

[@tickertape27]

Awesome narration

[@atomicgringo6710]

Hahahahahaha “The Pupniks” I love it!

[@amirlochetto2866]

10:28 GO LIL KITTY WE SPENT TWENTY MIL ON YOU *IT DIES* WOW THAT WANT COMPLETELY WRONG

[@user-dd8ci9hw4j]

That was a interesting video. Very funny facts but I feel worried with how many times we could explode the world by a little action. Felt sorry for the bears!!

[@MrStanderd5000]

I love the infographics show

[@alexs5968]

Watching this before I get hyped for the Fallout 76 reveal and all.

[@cryonicstupidity4911]

Umm fallout is a completely different cold war between China and USA but I'm also hyped for it

[@audiosurfarchive]

So much for your hype

[@isambo400]

Can you do 50 interesting facts about the dump I took at Jiffy Lube this morning?

[@johnathanreece4032]

I love the videos!!! I would like to see more Vietnam war videos and facts

[@thelieutenant7732]

A B-52 apparently crashed a block from my home. It had an engine failure while flying over Maine and then tried to get to Pease Airforce Base. It was only a few minutes out before they crashed and destroyed several buildings.

[@appledunn8484]

4:20 mixed up the two leaders

[@asunderwolf20]

Nice

[@Anigmus_]

The title of this video physically upset me

[@MicrowavedGoober]

Currently studying for a huge history test

[@joecombs7468]

KAL 007 also had a US Congressman onboard when it was shot down.