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www.rense.com/general81/dw.htm
web.mit.edu/randy/www/words.html
history of miscegenation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegen...
debunked scientific beliefs: listverse.com/2009/01/19/10-de...
Hollow Earth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_E...
Hollow Concave Earth: www.atlasobscura.com/places/ko...
Concave Earth spying attempt: bit.ly/1gnDwRE
Scathing reviews of masterpieces:
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flavorwire.com/335428/15-scath...
Thomas Midgley, Jr.: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M....
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[@mbdidit]

imagine disliking free educational content

[@aaronmstevenson]

😂😂

[@randomdude9135]

Sed lif

[@riccardopedol6959]

M1.6tp imagine disliking a vsauce video in general... he makes learning fun

[@squirdwardgaming1812]

this comment was made by liker gang

[@MrMango331]

They're called bots. Ever heard of em?

[@valerioskr3jth0s18]

This whole video is just an excuse to flex that he's been in Egypt

[@dexterjettster8875]

Lol

[@exyronylfa]

haha

[@zukolemon6549]

JK

[@yousseftarek9964]

😂 well I can out flex him I am from Egypt

[@eiad1251]

Omega same 😎

[@benrawarg]

Normal people: the earth is round Flat earthers: The earth is flat Nazis: *ooga booga*

[@chrisvibintho9112]

Lmfao

[@Mick_92]

Earth is hollow and the Sun and stars are inside of it. From a certain frame of reference.

[@royisdabest]

ofc not all natzis thought the earth was a concave globe thingy

[@coolintuitivename4910]

@@royisdabest lets not be TOO mean the the nazis here. Let them catch a break

[@simplepointstudio6210]

@@coolintuitivename4910 It's not about defending them, he just stated a fact.

[@CHUNGOSANS]

I love the implication that Vsauce is the pinacle of human history.

[@irvanray1898]

It is

[@Cockalicious]

@@irvanray1898 nope

[@ananttiwari1337]

@@Cockalicious it is though!!!

[@Cockalicious]

@@ananttiwari1337 he's merely gathering info from sources like books and articles

[@ananttiwari1337]

@@Cockalicious yeah, we know that, but the comment was a joke because there was a picture of the vsauce logo at the end of the timelapse at the end of the video which kinda implied that all humanity led into was vsauce also tbh his videos are quite fun. maybe not super information packed, but the facts he gives are fun

[@mob179]

Why did I think Hitler was born with a mustache

[@rickastleyunofficial4455]

same lol

[@katraena5225]

he was.

[@Vijwal]

He wasn't?

[@TheMare1989]

oversimplified

[@sourabhjadhav7929]

'was' is already past tense, so you could've used 'think' instead of 'thought' in your sentence. Apologies for being the online grammar freak.

[@Fleshcut]

My grandpa was born in 1928 and when he died I couldn't stop myself from thinking what that man has gone through: Born during the great depression where people went back to trade goods because money wasn't worth the paper it was made off; spending his child-years during the rise of the nazi regime; being a teen that was drafted shortly before Germany lost the war, and living in Switzerland to hide so he wasn't forced to fight for the 3rd Reich. He helped rebuilding Germany, saw it split into two and, some decades later, reunite again. He witnessed the rise of terrorism, the internet, computers, TVs, the EU. He saw the moonlanding live. He survived fatal illnesses that we now eradicated due to vaccines. And he had direct contact with people who fought in world war 1, with people who didn't know what a fridge was, and he walked on streets where cars were a rare thing to see because most people still used horses. All of that made me think about all the stuff I will witness in my future.

[@theuserintheroom4450]

Your comment holds great emotional power and substantial value, I've been privileged to get a chance and read it. Thank you.

[@tragic_solitude7992]

I wonder what we'll witness and live through.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Unfortunately with Peak Oil come and gone, and the Middle East about to run out of their last drops, civilization will go the other way now...

[@SJ-di5zu]

That’s amazing dude... your grandpa’s both lucky and unlucky for having to go through all that. He experienced a huge change in Earth’s history, but he also had to struggle to survive through it sounds like

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

And you got to live in the era when teens are hospitalized for eating tide pods...

[@JORDAN-vd6jg]

*Fun fact:* your keys travel more than your car Edit: man iam famous

[@teteeheeted]

Not if I swallow my key and drop out of my car with auto drive on

[@roberte.o.speedwagon7372]

Not if you start your car with wires

[@Rebius]

@@roberte.o.speedwagon7372 the question is if you have to start your car with wires, where are your keys? :D Maybe traveling around the world while you try to start your car with wires :D

[@gordo8697]

Fun Fact you travel more than your car

[@JORDAN-vd6jg]

@@gordo8697 noice

[@AbdulRaheem-fk8ru]

I like how that Vsauce at the end of the montage could kind of indicate the rise of Vsauce’s power and overthrow of civilisation as we know it

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Hail Michael! Long may he reign!

[@iz_bizz2010]

that would arguably better than society as we know it lol

[@JustinWHY-zz7gz]

He is and he will

[@fernishere4167]

One of my favourite time facts: the wrench was made 1 year after the refrigerator

[@joychapman9228]

0o0

[@myttydohun4851]

Glad we don’t build fridges with glue and squirrel semen anymore. That whole wrench thing ended up being pretty handy.

[@awesomeanbar9402]

@@myttydohun4851 wait... are you for real?

[@awesomeanbar9402]

@Phoenix Lawless I just got surprised in the squirrel semen part

[@crazywilly85]

@Phoenix Lawless 😂😂

[@nighlex]

3:35 More like the wrong brothers

[@BlytheG]

amirite

[@benjaminnewlon7865]

**nudge nudge wink wink**

[@aaronvanzomeren8775]

@@benjaminnewlon7865 please shut up

[@captainhd5905]

Lol

[@emmafr1edman]

oHhhHhHHHhhHh

[@syednaqvi2740]

Ah the one thing that survived thousands upon thousands years of human history: the cameraman

[@dragonflyer9964]

LOL

[@YAMMAS]

Best comment

[@makfrags14]

I swear ikr there's a pic in my book with a flood coming fast with a cameraman just standing taking a pic of the tsunami or flood

[@megarigged]

obviously they were all recorded by different cameramen, don't be stupid

[@migueltorres7766]

@@megarigged Thats the joke

[@emiliadg39]

2:48 anyone else notice the Oxford comma got removed?

[@assjuice8223]

Lmao that has to be micheal trolling

[@Volktron100]

I've been following this channel for fucking ever repeatedly watching every single episode, but I noticed it like a couple minutes ago. My life has been a lie until now.

[@pablolloyd1450]

bruh hes gonna reference that someday and make a 40 minute video about the "nature of punctuation and communication" . looking forward to it

[@wash8533]

the what?

[@jemal999]

@@wash8533 When listing things some people use a comma before the final "And X" while some don't, as in "i like red, blue, and yellow" as opposed to "I like red, blue and yellow". That last comma is an Oxford comma, and is considered unnecessary by many even though it's grammatically correct.

[@ianschmitt5669]

why the fuck isnt modern education more like vsauce

[@tonstad39]

Because modern education pays peanuts.

[@quatricise]

+ian schmitt I think its because not everyone is like Michael, not everyone is happy with their job and not everyone can attract people in learning and make them interested. There are good teachers though, but not as many.

[@EUROFIGHTER14567]

+ian schmitt this is why micheal should get the supposed millions he gets from ad revenue

[@ThisIsWEB]

+ian schmitt Without the education we did receive, we would struggle to follow most of vsauce's content. But I get your idea and it could still be more like vsauce. :3

[@quatricise]

So you say we arent different from other animals? What the fuck

[@GiGiGiWest]

5 years later and I still get a strange rush of emotion from the montage at the end. You're a true poet, Michael Stevens

[@drabberfrog]

Yes it was one of the best vsauce videos

[@godawful5600]

same, i get chills whenever i see it. absolutely brilliant

[@r.i.pjuicewrld7941]

Yeah i just saw it for the first time holy crap what a reality check. It makes me feel a lot better lol

[@gamingbraaa7698]

What’s the music that he used for it

[@rapiddu6482]

For anyone who is wondering The song is called "Hydrogen by Jake Chudnow" available on YT.

[@hughflapjacks]

That montage at the end is one of my favorite vsauce moments ever. I love the atmosphere he created for his videos

[@aimohsin1380]

"Modern humans started 100,000 years ago" Humans 100,001 years ago: *monke*

[@suborgtfo.4433]

LMFAO

[@reanetsemoleleki8219]

Pretty ironic.

[@user-su8wo4cc4u]

mafs

[@godzilla964]

Homo Erectus

[@forestchorus2272]

Man I love the music that he uses, it really ties everything together well.

[@GDJolem]

Exactly!

[@sagarnalawade1036]

Me too.

[@nixon3389]

True it makes things really interesting

[@nekozombie]

all by Jake Chudnow :3

[@standupyak]

Yes

[@Agos226]

“The only things humans are worse at than not killing each other, is predicting the future”

[@flygandeskote1702]

where was that from?

[@scottmarquez2673]

And the weather

[@teteeheeted]

And stopping one emo artist with a mustache

[@JohnnyLoveseat]

Pretty sure meerkats kill the most of their own species.. I think humans rank somewhere in the 30s in terms of species that kill their own which is still kinda high but whatever not so fun fact I guess

[@AtomicMonkeybutt]

@@scottmarquez2673 Predicting the weather just one day ahead 100% would require us to know the factors of: today's temperature, humidity, prevailing winds, and local geography 100%. Sounds simple enough but it truly isn’t. Especially considering the weather forecast usually covers large areas.

[@vsus42]

Just imagine how many things we could be wrong about

[@frederickpeebles8142]

Fluoroquinolones are a class of commonly-prescribed antibiotics that have a high rate of side effects such as nerve and tendon damage and can cause immense and lifelong pain to some users unlucky enough to experience severe side effects from the medication.

[@N0URii]

Sus

[@octaviusroosevelt7355]

I mean, that's essentially what science is made to ask.

[@dorol6375]

Yeah. I can't wait to see how dark matter, energy, quantum gravity, etc. Are all explained with one theory And these are just the EXTREMELY big things, there are also smaller ones, for example, why are all neutrinos we've observed been left handed?

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

Thats precisely why i stopped caring about astrophysics,space and all that stuff. So many wild conjectures that try to explain stuff that would never matter to mortals. Thats why its far more interesting to learn about yhe world and how it works

[@lillyvx_]

9:18 big thanks to the camera man for travelling 100000 years in the past to give us this footage

[@seruyizzepa]

As child, i was very curious and i loved reading about our world. But then this part of me fade away. And Michael made me curious again, i can not put this to words, but i am very grateful, man.

[@lnopia]

Don't lose that feeling again dude

[@czechmex88]

+Ornstein Dragon Slayer Michael - one of the greatest teachers of our decade.

[@cosmicfrank5465]

Ultra TM you dont get it, huh? I was referencing something

[@aishwaryatiwari6894]

Ornstein Dragon Slayer Mutual feeling, fam.

[@Idkwhoiamdawg]

Ornstein Dragon Slayer You put it into words.

[@jayit6851]

Well now I understand what "unleaded gasoline" means

[@m1ckyg21]

ironically, it also implicates that the past generations were having their brains poisoned.... and were probably mentally hindered a bit

[@user-lg6qg2cf6x]

@@m1ckyg21 not only that, but their DNA was damaged and they passed that DNA on to future generations...

[@BoeEye]

It's just Gasoline without lead...

[@cyborggenos5142]

Since no one mentioned what the substitute for lead is, I might as well just say it. Manganese is our new anti knocking agent. But guess what, unfortunately it's also incredibly dangerous - might even say just as dangerous as lead. The whole "unleaded" thing works really well from a marketing perspective though

[@TrashDeviant]

@@cyborggenos5142 This is part of the reason why I like e85. It has a higher aki, has a bit of a cooling effect, plus with that better anti knock index you can make better, safer, more efficient use of a turbocharger. Yeah, you use 30% more but considering it burns a little bit cleaner and it is significantly cheaper than regular unleaded, I'm not seeing many downsides. Apart from availability in some places. But with a flex fuel sensor and a proper ecu like a Haltech, you can run it on premium and it'll adjust for it to get you to your next e85 pump. Also, race car :D Edit: Forgot to add the obvious benefit of it being 85% renewable as a bio/fossil fuel blend rather than a straight fossil fuel derivative.

[@prithvisinghnathawat8640]

5:55 it's pretty ironic that he said the ozone layer wouldn't heal until we would be dead, 7 years later it has been fixed😶

[@hamzerpanzer]

It's not fully healed, that will still take a good few decades

[@personzorz]

It's healing. It won't be healed for well over a human lifetime

[@_G4.R4_]

yeah, add that to the long list of issues right now like climate change

[@element1192]

If you’re a teenager, your grandparents probably remember when segregation ended.

[@benismann]

And their parents - when it started

[@Tob1Kadach1]

Well I'm 28 and my Granparents would of been about 11 and 12 when segregation ended and nither of them really remember it.

[@element1192]

@@Tob1Kadach1 idk man I’m 15 and my grandpa clearly remembers as far back as when Kennedy was assassinated so

[@prod.garbagebeats8807]

@@Tob1Kadach1 well it also depends where they live. Way bigger dead in the south than in the north

[@KateeAngel]

I am not a teen, and I am from Russia. But my great-grandparents were illiterate peasants born in 19th century, lived the start of their lives like serfs, and out of their 7 kids 3 died in childhood. And one son died in WW2. They never learned to read and write, but their kids all had secondary professional education, and had 1-2 children each. Great-grandfather was executed during Stalinism for made-up crime, but great-grandmother lived very long life, almost until she was 100 (she never knew the exact year she was born though)

[@SawtoothWaves]

That ending though! So mind blowing.

[@farawaythrower]

If you think that is mind blowing (which it still is), you should check out Supertasks. Vsauce has the mind of Einstein.

[@Tosti_Tory]

I need the name of that soooong

[@shialabeef106]

The song is "Hydrogen" by Jake Chudnow.

[@owenbulger3672]

Yeah I know, the hole of human history has been leading up to Vsauce

[@battlefield4ea558]

It was also a great push for 10 minutes to get him paid, WOO

[@Formidable1]

As the saying goes, sticks and stones may break my bones but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning and isolation and, as such, could never directly produce the 4,000 newtons of force per square centimeter required to break bones.

[@siyacer]

ForMiDaBLe fus ro da!

[@penart5674]

Names.

[@gabrielpraslin9576]

And as always, thanks for watching.

[@js-yall]

Formidable unless you fly exactly at the speed of sound and continuously shout

[@c0niine]

A very Vsauce comment

[@RUFFNREINA]

In the last ten minutes of the year that is 2020, I decided to watch this video. The clock was nearing midnight, and I was experiencing flashbacks from this year- all the tragedies, all the personal problems, all of the pain.. But then, I remembered my friends, how happy they made me- how this chaotic year ended in only happiness- And then, as the clock turned and the world faded into 2021, the last thing I heard was "-and as always, thanks for watching."

[@Danymok]

That ending scene is just so nightmare inducing to me for some reason. Gives me existentialism every time

[@kizxmark]

Hey

[@miyukiteishi9051]

One moment: Jesus Crucified 0.5 seconds later: Steam Engine 0.25 seconds later: Spaceships

[@shifanahmed2391]

it was cavemen, cavemen, cavemen, cavemen, cavemen, pyrami- wait no caesa- nope jesu- is that a city oop video's done ok cool love that

[@kamleshl3515]

0.5 seconds is more than 0.25 seconds

[@yamemeguy4744]

kamlesh minetech 😂

[@ifhy3705]

0.5 seconds is longer than 0.25 seconds

[@IxyHiffxy]

Bruh we know but technically speaking ~1800 years passed after Jesus died when the first Steam Engines were made, then just ~200 years passed when the first Spaceships were made.

[@TheIsolater1]

A petition to have a class added to schools called, vsauce.

[@kawaiigrommet399]

+jose hernandez yes it could replace math!

[@Lambda_Ovine]

+Bumble & Bubble No, it won't. It could replace social science, though.

[@bmckelvy5717]

Yeah

[@Nightdare]

+To Athánatos That's not much of a stretch Smoking in the school toilets is already more educational than social sciences

[@cherrysalsa]

+jose hernandez YES PLZ YES

[@hotmeal8531]

When I saw this video back when I was still in secondary school, this video filled me with awe towards earth and what humanity had become. Now after watching this as an adult, this whole concept of humanity is just so terribly weird, or even life it self. just being alive is terrible, chaotic and pointless at the same time through adult eyes. I want that child like wonder back.

[@ileutur6863]

Same here. I keep coming back to old vsauce videos and they all seem so different through adult eyes

[@Stranger31st]

Yes, it does seem very different now. Somehow a bit sad. This was, I remember, one of the best videos for me when I was in school. I was fascinated by everything in it. But I guess we will never be able to feel the same way for the old videos now. The newer ones though, will fire that spark since all of us have matured with the creators of these videos.

[@wren_.]

Being alive may be pointless but being human is giving it a point

[@_G4.R4_]

I mean, that’s one way to look at it, for me, learning new things like the stuff Vsauce teaches me makes the universe seem so interesting and fun and gives me a bit of meaning just from that, there’s never enough out there to learn and I never want to stop

[@blokvader8283]

Jesus, that's hard to imagine that from "Ancient" Egypt until now was only four seconds at the end.

[@mars_over]

That is one epic and awsome ending.

[@fryingpanstan4596]

It was actually kinda disturbing for me tbh

[@mars_over]

Why?

[@tameralzoubi6664]

i actually repeated it like 20 times

[@cubertmiso]

Anyone know the name of the song? I would like to make my own version of the ending.

[@cottagecorps]

hydrogen - jake chudnow

[@Kaibutsu_lol]

Doctor : your child has been more aggressive Mom : videogames Doctor : no It’s lead exposure

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

Mom: surprised pikachu face

[@BillyBob-sh6ez]

Havoc Inkarox impossible

[@cole1396]

Splatoon 2

[@trondordoesstuff]

we've been "led" to believe incorrectly

[@Enonymouse_]

2nd medical opinion: Ma-am it's aggressive behavior brought about by watching too much V-Sauce and Veritassium leading to arguments about creationism.

[@thebigfarter]

michael saying the ozone hole is unlikely to heal for hundreds of years does such a good job proving his point because we now know the ozone hole is likely to completely heal within a few decades

[@superraegun2649]

"This picture is about a year and a half old" Me, watching this in 2020: "so it was taken in 2019 then" *Looks at date this video was released*: "Oh, 2013, so it couldn't have been taken in 2019" Micheal: *pops up behind me* "or could it?"

[@SirMr10]

(several things fall and glass shatters from you jumping back in fear) oh hey mike is it fine if i call you mike, wheres is you next vi..... Mike: well to explain that we have to (insert sciency explanation here with vsauce music in background)

[@inactiveeeeeeacount6856]

Imagine google but the “I’m feeling lucky” button was the only option That is Vsauce

[@Equa11ysurl]

You aren’t wrong, haha

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

And you get lucky every time.

[@MrThemelloman]

Does that exist anymore. I was thinking about it like 3 weeks ago

[@Sea-zu4bj]

Mellifluous it does

[@gabbyn.3049]

What does that button do anyway?

[@AsifLicious]

If Michael was my professor for every class I'd have a 4.0 and I'd be a doctor by now

[@aeof2]

no you wont

[@MoonriseMystery]

+asif naseri ikr

[@mahmoodulhaq918]

I agree

[@Blissfulhigh]

Bruh true

[@moralesmanuel150]

true

[@AverageAlien]

anyone else binge these randomly? This man is the personification of my inner thoughts

[@mishasayani8212]

Props to the camera man for surviving that long to record the video at the end. Thats some dedication

[@PigeonFlare]

Me: Hey Michael, what’s up? Vsauce: But what is DOWN?? *Vsauce music intensifies*

[@lovelyafternoon]

WhenCowsFly *DUNN*

[@itsrachelfish]

lol!!! mooooo

[@Nephet5]

I made that joke too it’s funny lol

[@trashmeme2328]

*Mickey mouse is swirled*

[@octopuss1918]

So Vsauce answers a question with a question. Now that's weird.

[@mr.person4050]

I could literally listen to you talk about stuff until the day I die.

[@riccello]

Mr. Person or COULD I?

[@drabberfrog]

Or could you?

[@whypie7081]

But do you really die ?

[@edwin7788]

what is die anyway?

[@arkinsebastian2002]

You mean until he dies

[@nicholasgarrett9696]

One of the best endings of a Vsauce video. Michael really builds this video up to the powerful punchline at the end. Please consider watching through the whole thing :3. I feel so moved at the end of this video every time.

[@juanpablogarciamurillo6768]

i love how he used this anne frank - martin luther king jr fact 7 years later

[@xavierwhitcraft1310]

never watch these videos late at night or you will be up for a while thinking about your self.

[@winsonlu6270]

dang it

[@raythegreygaming3950]

Nintendo Wii lol swear i. all of his videos creep me out frfr

[@xavierwhitcraft1310]

***** lol

[@Lowezar]

Nah, I thought about things like these a lot about a decade ago. I don't trouble myself with thinking too much these days. Makes life easier.

[@legitgopnik8431]

Oops.

[@connorbuckingham963]

So the more metal you have in your body the more rebellious you are?

[@AlexLococo]

It is worth noting that lead is a heavy metal.

[@BelialsGenuflect]

\m/ -_- \m/

[@usm1le]

The outro was scary and mind blowing at the same time.

[@kennarajora6532]

0:45-1:57, that part is really well made, it really makes you think.

[@KleinpeterHank]

00:00- 10:13*

[@kennarajora6532]

@@KleinpeterHank nice username.

[@danteregianifreitas6461]

For me, this is the best VSauce video ever

[@jacobparoly5585]

O

[@dexterjettster8875]

I agree. The ending is just amazing

[@HezekiahCrocker]

It's bc of those early civilization titties, isn't it? You dirty dog you.

[@juliuspolaris1665]

I like “Which way is down”

[@TrashDeviant]

This is defs in my top 5, but my #1 spot goes to the video titled Is Anything Real?

[@roflstompin]

so essentially society is like "we wont be able to do this thing for YEARS! oh well." and then theres always that one guy that goes "challenge accepted. hold my beer.."

[@gabrielgingras814]

Tim Justus Thank god there are still people like that.

[@shockwave2291]

My man Elon Musk!

[@rbagas09]

And now the speed of light

[@lefmankan]

Except for flying cars

[@Canal10000]

@@lefmankan Flying cars do already exist, however, they are not effective enough to use. Besides, drones will be the future of flying vehicles, not cars. Or a combination of them

[@Mrqwerty2109]

History buffs: The United States of America and the Holy Roman Empire briefly coexisted.

[@garrickreynolds2015]

Bro the ending has me shook. I’ve always seen examples of the entire world history on a 12 month calander but it still always shocks me how fast things start going!

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

Vsauce thought process: "It sure is cloudy today..." "Am I real? Are you real? What if we could travel at the speed of light? Are we alone in space?"

[@elijiahware7536]

John Smith so true haha, the way he changes topics. no transitions whatsoever lol

[@nameless-wp4do]

John Smith LOL 😂😂😂

[@dummy_thicc9886]

Copy paste fuck!!!

[@dummy_thicc9886]

Copy paste fuck!!!

[@dummy_thicc9886]

Copy paste fuck!!!

[@frankthetank2284]

Very educating, if you think about it we are just beginning to becoming an advanced civilization, from the hundreds of generations that never got to see electricity, we are here now just starting to literally change the world with ai, phones, computers, and im glad to be alive with all of you and to experience a world that others before us never would have expected, stay safe and stay smart people.

[@orangesky925]

Hn. We are type 0 civilization.. when we die-.. we reach type 4,5 civilization.. this is godly and we get whatever we want.. Astral realm

[@themindflayer5952]

@@orangesky925 We are a type 0.74 on the Kardashev scale.

[@TheStarBlack]

The word is educational. Bloody Americans!

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

@@themindflayer5952 How are we on the Kardashian scale? It took us many thousands of years to invent the internet, and only seconds for Kim's butt to break it.

[@ReconVette19D]

Agreed, I'm glad as well. Let's hope that we see plenty more great things and that the ai doesn't realize its superiority, with no need for us humans.

[@trystanfresh]

My love for Vsauce videos is insane like this man has such a beautiful style of writing, speaking and editing

[@loyiibeats75]

This music takes me back

[@andyk3889]

Vsauce: “Dr Heinz-“ Me: DOOFENSHMIRTZ!! Vsauce: “-Fisher”

[@maacpiash]

Literally made me laugh 😂

[@andyk3889]

Ahad Chowdhury Yay!

[@NickSofranko]

When he said fisher I felt depressed!

[@awesomeanbar9402]

Omg I'm literally watching Phineas and Ferb rn

[@cadebailey0808]

Awesome Anbar no you were watching vsauce

[@_EggsBenedict]

9:39 dang.. they been stirrin' dat milk for thousands of years peeps never give up

[@GDJolem]

Lol

[@schwibz]

Just came back to this vid after years, and the music at the end still gives me crazy chills hahaha

[@sourcepotato_bwobby]

This is one of if not the most chilling Vsauce video, especially the ending sequence with the visuals set to Chudnow's music...

[@lilchapstickakayungdimenti5319]

As the story goes Doctor Heinz. Doofenshmertz

[@shootbob79ps42]

Beans means heinz

[@nexor7809]

nazis = flat earthers

[@GOATaro_]

The lead-a-na-tor

[@jeticebane2042]

i hope scientists today are wrong about it being impossible to travel faster than light I really hope so

[@majorkatzmann2240]

You still can travel anywhere arbitrarily quickly (if you measure time with your watch).

[@AQWERTY696]

uhm. uhm. Allow me please. Ay yo! Yo mama so fat when she releases her belly it travels faster than the speed of light!

[@nakyer]

Suiseiseki Desu Is that limited to destinations on Earth, or does it include elsewhere as well?

[@majorkatzmann2240]

nakyer Anywhere you want if you somehow manage to build a powerful enough engine and not to die because of acceleration.

[@nakyer]

Suiseiseki Desu But what does measuring time with your watch have to do with this?

[@deltavegas4770]

Schools: “We give our students the best info” Vsauce: Hold my beer

[@pigoverlord8250]

I love the story behind the last guillotine execution. Someone was on death row in France, and at the time, you could still choose your execution method: electric chair or lethal injection. But the choice of guillotine was still technically a viable option this mad lad decided that’s how he wanted to die. There were none around at the time, so they had to build a new one. When it was ready, we started to hesitate, but was forced into it because they spent money on it. That was about the time Europe started to question the death penalty

[@charliezard64]

I’d definitely rather be beheaded than electrocuted or poisoned.

[@jimmyscringlo]

This ten minute video taught me more than anything on the History channel.

[@musicealmustard]

Except *aliens*.

[@SsbPrime]

More like in history class

[@temitayoolofintuyi4642]

this deserves more likes than it has

[@superfungus947]

Thats because on Vsauce, Michael teaches you more than how to kill an alligator...

[@andrewmcfarren2264]

This ten minute video taught me more then a whole school year

[@beeazy2847]

NY Times journalist: ''Flying machines won't be possible for at least another 1 to 10 Million years.'' Wright Brothers 6 months later: ''I'm about to end this mans' whole career.''

[@ashokprajapati8075]

*In 1908* Orville Wright HIMSELF: "No flying machine will ever fly from nyc to paris." *In 1927* Charles Lindbergh: "'I'm about to end this mans' whole career.''

[@apple54345]

that journalist probably had no aviation background and was just pulling random numbers out of his ass for a "clickbait" news article. i'm sure most people at the time in that field were confident it wouldn't take long.

[@Ranger1812]

Be Eazy *man's

[@thibson3482]

In reality the first flying machine was built by Santos Dummond. The Wright brothers really just built a catapulted glider

[@OzzyTheRaven]

@@lemoncar4526 🅱️ENIS

[@Tjstevens_]

This is, by far, my favorite Vsauce video. 8:38

[@ClankyOtter]

This is still my favorite youtube video of all time. Thank you Michael

[@FUJIIIYAMA]

2:49 Oxford comma between 'writing' and 'governments' deleted

[@ultimator1000]

Nitrous I’ve watched this video at least five times over the years and I just noticed this! I was just about to post a comment when I saw yours. What is Michael trying to tell us?!

[@Xammed]

And he did it right as the author said "writing". I feel like that was intentional.

[@masicbemester]

Nitrous I am not smart enough to know what an Oxford Comma is.

[@josephhernandez8810]

{BasicMemester: the Unofficial?} An oxford comma is a comma just before an "and" in a sentance while listing some things.

[@masicbemester]

Joseph Hernandez thanks

[@VassoulaBlackKitty]

That is one of the most mindblowning episodes on Vsauce

[@mariovelez578]

what about how to count past infinity?

[@mariovelez578]

***** I lost all of mine

[@crunchybanana6616]

+Mario Velez i died

[@MonoLith2049]

I've said that after loads of vsauce vids

[@ultimator1000]

The ending to this one is what always gets me.

[@rifatakash1993]

I really miss Vsauce full length videos. I grew up watching his videos and it made me fall in love with science and tech. I have become a successful engineer and the thrust for knowledge is still very young. Thanks for making me wonder and curious. I meant it. ❤

[@wavergaming]

Who is here from the Illusion of Time video?

[@Dan280974]

me

[@REX300]

yes

[@obliviateliv]

Me but i already saw this before , just came to rewatch

[@twizzy2582]

Ayup

[@weirdLEXbutok]

@@obliviateliv same ,i remember seeing this in 2017 but just watching the illusion of time video it brought me right back here ... relearned something i didn't know i needed to keep in mind

[@WhoNeedUsername]

sometimes when im bored, i rewatch vsauce videos

[@nightcoremadstudioreborn4299]

sometimes when I don't have rick and morty episodes to fill me with intelect, I rewatch vsauce videos

[@cheenis99]

8:55 GOD the cameras 100 thousand years ago were so bad..... look how far we've come

[@Equa11ysurl]

*I know right!!!1!1!*

[@Syndiate__]

There. Were. No. Cameras. 100. Thousand. Years. Ago. This is just a representation of what life was like 100k years ago

[@Equa11ysurl]

...Anybody gonna tell em..?

[@wylsonagustino7947]

Look, the joke flew off your head!

[@cheenis99]

@@Syndiate__ you spelled your name wrong pussy

[@Fabrissable]

This is my favorite Vsauce video that I come back every month

[@EvanYoungMusic]

I miss this kind of vsauce. This channel changed my life and it’s a shame we don’t get nearly enough of Michael Stevens anymore.

[@comicstrider4851]

Naoto is definitely the Persona 4 best girl

[@contendhay647]

@: r/ihadastroke also r/ihavereddit :(

[@Jin-di9zv]

@: you are still dumb

[@halguy5745]

@: how old are you

[@bonniejunk]

@: no one thinks this is creative or funny, go back to telling xD randem jokes at your elementary school

[@PhongPham-lt7rr]

earth is not America genius

[@Zombie1Kenobi]

I learn more from Michael in 10 minutes than I do from school in 10 years.

[@nile2128]

no you don't.

[@nile2128]

killerofyou2012 I thought jokes were supposed to be funny

[@z0e898]

At least I remember what he says. I seriously don't get it! Why do I remember all of his videos but I can't recall anything important for tests! If there was a Vsauce test at school I'd always get an A

[@nile2128]

Moonboy DoubT nice meme ayy lmao XDDDD

[@mathewt5546]

civota mu az xD rawr luv u too m8 (btw my profile pic is Watamote its really good daddy)

[@AtypicalPaul]

Wow this is awesome! Love your videos so much. I hope you keep putting them out

[@bennoble4517]

“The rise and fall of violent crimes by juveniles track significantly with the rise and fall of lead content in the atmosphere” See adults, it’s not video games!

[@rthmjohn]

This single video is one of the best on the internet. Period. I've watched it about five times now and will watch it probably a dozen more, or more.

[@dhanushgopal260]

same

[@martinyoung99]

same

[@ahz1993]

Here I am two years later watching this probably for the 7th time now ;) and I see your comment and totally agree with you. I've also recommended this video to many friends and family.

[@Dylan-sg9kv]

If you like stuff like this, check out Kurzgesagt - In A Nutshell. They do awesome videos

[@Will-oj3un]

Michael: Hey! Vsauce! Michael here! His wife: it’s your daughters birthday please not today.

[@basedblackbeard4456]

Michael: "Hey Vsauce, Michael here." *"Sir, this is a Wendy's."*

[@dhawalpandya9788]

"or is it?" - Michael

[@patkun01]

But what is a Birthday?

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

MaeVsauce

[@astererererer_]

@@patkun01 and how much does it weigh?

[@pnwmeditations]

That end piece always blows my mind.

[@danieldalan5237]

I’ve seen this video about 100 times, and it never gets old 🔥

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Dude, it's a good thing Midgley wasn't part of the Manhattan project. The universe would probably have collapsed.

[@snapped1220]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@legitgopnik8431]

Imagine if he designed the LHC

[@SparklingTacos]

Lol

[@audiofiil]

Or was he?

[@helioskitty9328]

Am I the only one who finds the ending just extremely eerie rather than awesome or impactful?

[@Rayz9989]

HeliosKitty nope

[@anSealgair]

HeliosKitty Is it the music?

[@Chris-jm7ci]

HeliosKitty it's just the music lol

[@sheldon1735]

Its a combination of the music and the fact that for billions of years life was basically stagnant

[@anSealgair]

It makes recent times look like a dream a caveman had one night in the cave on his smelly bed of mammoth fur and then it was back to the great big normal that we had for 100,000 years. Is it all just a dream?

[@KDCloudy]

Who’s watching this after Illusion of Time 🙃

[@finesse5820]

Me!

[@marcusjz4558]

Im not sure, am I?

[@funi-so8067]

holy shit its already been one month. thats so meta

[@arbiter-]

If you're not binging every single Vsauce video in one sitting you're doing it wrong.

[@Schattengewaechs99]

Aye!

[@VOMITQUEEN]

Words cannot express how mind blowing these videos are

[@rladngus90]

One of my favorites is that the Byzantine Empire, which was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, was fully conquered in 1453, just 39 years before Columbus' voyage discovered the New World in 1492. By that time, Rome had existed in one form or another for over 2,700 years.

[@JohnnyBo-v]

wow, this is horribly false

[@StarRider253]

LemonGrape Nope

[@snowjix]

By that logic The Roman Empire still exists as Italy. The Holy Roman Empire still exists as the Vatican. The Byzantine Empire occupied the same land where the Eastern Roman Empire once stood, doesn't mean it was the Eastern Roman Empire. So this doesn't make much sense in my mind.

[@doomerbloomer6160]

@@snowjix Byzantium is a modern name. They called themselves romans and their kingdom was called The Roman Empire. They didn't even use the "eastern" part of their name, because they considered themselves as roman as Caesar. Don't spew shit you don't know anything about.

[@shinji5217]

@@JohnnyBo-v Byzantine is a name artists gave the Roman empire to distinguish it from the ancient Roman empire

[@jeffreyjefferson6047]

Make "Vsauce" a subject in school and simply relabel it "Life knowledge" to not go against any government regulations or whatever. Best. Subject. Ever.

[@z0e898]

I'd still call it my Vsauce class ;)

[@thomaslandry1215]

7 years later My mind is still blown!!!! You’re the man Michael!!!

[@xreamac1394]

I love this video because shows how small and insignificant how life span is but we may still see the greatest inventions, the greatest milestones and the rise and fall of mankind and how much we can impact society in our narrow slice whether good or bad

[@rektifygaming5673]

9:25 The invention of donuts

[@beautiful9649]

Rektify Gaming WOW...

[@bornanagaming3329]

You forgot the tacos at the bottom

[@Rogther]

Donuts and Empanadas

[@kevinmichalak7622]

watching a few of these videos just made me realize what a waste of time its been for me to watch the political videos I usually watch every night. Its exhausting with all the hate and animosity on both sides that it is such a relief to go to sleep having learned something useful for a change. Awesome videos!!

[@gamezbond5184]

If only more people were like you.

[@alexsparks-bakota3099]

Awesome is the same thing as eerie, it brings forth awe, which could be fear, from one

[@katiesmith7946]

Its really not that stressful and terrible. Its actually simple. Dont vote blue and you'll be fine

[@ausgeschissenes95]

@@katiesmith7946 your comment is so ironic and antithetic its hilarious

[@alexsparks-bakota3099]

Politics is important, being politically informed is your duty as a citizen to make decisions that benefit your community/country

[@yeahuh4128]

parents: those video games made my child more violent! doctor: actually, *lead.*

[@dirtmark64]

10:12 Well that escalated quickly

[@fragly]

D

[@M4teusSemH]

E

[@sdetkin]

B

[@alexanderleeart]

lol the oxford comma disappears at 2:49

[@flaplaya]

That it did :) And is the comma in my book. What's that called again?

[@greenspartanligado]

It's called the DARUDE SANDSTORM THEOR- **gets arrowed IN THE KNEE-** **gets shot by everyone**

[@flaplaya]

Your parents did a great job man.

[@tahsinamio2639]

+Noah Smits lol

[@iloveselenagomez0621]

LOL I literally exited full screen mode to scroll down and look for a comment like this when that happened.

[@Nik.No.K]

I was just thinking about what the best videos ever uploaded to this site are and I think most of them are on this channel

[@FMKLatt]

What blows my mind: Plate Tectonics, 1965. There are people in academia today who were in geology when this was not an accepted theory.

[@seasaltine]

Bro that Midgley dude sounds awesome. Imagine winning awards for your discoveries and inventions and then finding out that you contributed to partial destruction of the atmosphere and also lead poisoning in children. Then you get strangled by one of your inventions lol

[@DadaistTheater]

It seems like the ultimate pathos of his life was that every creation that seemed beneficial at first wound up deadly

[@helloiamenergyman]

tbh if I ever would become famous, this is probably how it would turn out

[@arock9529]

*m e m e m a n*

[@EternalFinity]

Fuck no

[@benthomason3307]

I like to imagine Satan hired him as a general when he went to Hell, only to eventually cost him the battle at the End times.