The Most Bizarre Coincidences in History - Fate or Chance?

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[@DirtyApronBoy]

does the ring actually say ridge on them... cuz thats some funny shit right there.

[@pugachevskobra5636]

I’m not even a ring person but I wanna cop one!

[@shanecody1143]

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[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like." -- Lemony Snicket

[@ThaxtonCook-lb8dt]

As all things should be, if life was easy or God did everything what would be the point, what would you do? Just bark out orders like a child, I want I want I want.

[@koicaine1230]

That was such a great movie.

[@nj8127]

@@koicaine1230 you mean series of books

[@koicaine1230]

@@nj8127 I only saw the movie.

[@tinahale9252]

Love it 😊

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:30 - Chapter 1 - Edgar allan poe's work comes to life 1:55 - Mid roll ads 3:15 - Back to the video 4:55 - Chapter 2 - The many coincidences around abraham lincoln assassination 7:40 - Chapter 3 - Germany's day of fate 11:30 - Chapter 4 - Kepler incorrectly decodes a cypher 13:40 - Chapter 5 - The sandwich that started WW1

[@sykadelik459]

Thank you

[@PatClevenger0709]

One of my favorite coincidences is Futility by Morgan Robertson, written in 1898 that paralleled the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

[@simonruszczak5563]

Debunked, the book was written after the Titanic and backdated.

[@ThatWeirdo04]

@@simonruszczak5563That's just patently false lmao

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Many know about the Berlin Wall, but what some may not know about is how trains were handled during the division of Berlin. Ending freedom of movement didn't just mean building the wall, it also meant making changes to the U-Bahn and S-Bahn. There were three lines, the U-Bahn lines now designated U6 and U8, and the Nord-Süd Tunnel on the S-Bahn, that ran for the most part through West Berlin but passed for a short distance through the borough of Mitte (the historic city canter), which was East Berlin territory. These lines continued to be open to West Berliners, but they did not stop at East Berlin stations, though they still had to slow down and these stations were heavily guarded. Thus, these became ghost stations Trains on the U8 line had six stations in East Berlin before crossing from one part of West Berlin to the other. The U6 had to skip five stations as well as the S-Bahn having to skip four. Friedrichstraße on the other hand was an exception as it was a transfer point between U6 and S-Bahn lines. Wollankstraße as well because it had a West Berlin exit right on the border.

[@jayamd3579]

i do my ADhd made me hyperfocus on train networks and that lead me to the rabbit hole

[@displacedyankee7819]

I entered and left East Berlin via Friedrichstrasse in 1987. It was weird going to school there in 1991 how it had changed.

[@metallicafan114]

My dad told me this a few years back. He actually took either U8 or U6 when he was on a highschool trip to berlin during the division.

[@ailaG]

Tldring* you** There were Western trains going through East Berlin before 1989. Though not in any way helpful to East Berliners. ---- Which I find quite interesting! ---- * ldr. It wasn't TOO long. ** just bc my mind was in a wandering mood and maybe others' would too.

[@metallicafan114]

@@ailaG I know that. During the division multiple family members of mine went to berlin and told it not just my dad. But my dad had the most vivid memorie of it. But it is also taught during history class here in The Netherlands.

[@gingerincoffee]

i love hearing people tell the story of the first one, partially because it’s so interesting but mostly because the real life richard parker is an ancestor of mine. i grew up hearing the story of how “your great-great-grandfather’s cousin was eaten at sea”, but it was only upon further research in my teen years that i learned of the coincidence with poe’s book too.

[@liammarshall5047]

What a coincidence 😂

[@YeeSoest]

My favorite is the cab driver who ran over and killed two brothers exactly one year apart, driving the same route with the same passenger both times

[@moogle68]

If I were the passenger I would not be tipping that driver.

[@harryhanz1690]

I once dreamed I was killed in a falling elevator. A couple weeks later, my brother was in an elevator that fell a couple stories before the emergency brake kicked in. Nobody was hurt much at all.

[@ItsNotInTheCards]

I actually wrote an article about Lincoln’s, and all the death that surrounded him. Despite the heavy topic, it was actually a lighthearted comedic piece. I had a section about Booth saving Lincoln’s life. Obviously, referring to this event.

[@derrick_martin_g.]

No tortoises in the ocean. Unless the tortoise was already on board the ship. Some voyages would bring tortoises as an emergency meat supply.

[@Morgan_Sandoval]

Ah yes, the myth of Franz Ferdinand's car stalling. It was actually far, far worse. The car had to be stopped and restarted with the engine rotating the other way to go backwards. So while the driver was doing all of those Bronze Era shenanigans of early cars.... well, Princip had quite a lot of time to do what he wanted. He actually had more time than you'd think when you consider that the driver would have had to either risk a second restart to be able to see where he was going, or..... just continue driving backwards. Two very, very bad options.

[@bethmckinney983]

You mean that scene from Kingsman: The Secret Service was more accurate than I thought?

[@bendadestroyer]

The Abe lincoln one is mindblowimg. How many relatives of booth would we be impressed by: probably a handful of immediate family. How many times would Abe need his life saved. What are the odds that this family would be in arms reach at the time of the event. Just WOW.

[@kevinfreeman3098]

Re watch the video... Either you didn't quite comprehend that or your written communication skills really, really suck.

[@russellmcphee72]

I was baffled in the end and still am. I even watched it twice and reading the text. Will try again later.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There is one interesting alt history story where Lincoln didn't get shot in the theatre. But he dies later that day slipping in his bathtub.

[@davidioanhedges]

Cherie Blair nee Booth was the wife of the UK Prime minister and a direct decedent ....

[@orterves]

That story of the end of the Berlin Wall was so beautiful I watched it a second time on 1x speed

[@djblc2201]

The 2nd ‘tortoise’ in the shipwreck story was almost certainly a turtle.

[@whosyourdaddymedia]

Also, those "turnips" looked suspiciously like radishes.

[@anna9072]

Correct, tortoises don’t swim.

[@sventer198]

@@whosyourdaddymedia 😂

[@Taragoola]

Bet you’re fun at parties

[@jonathanramirez4769]

Magic tortoise

[@claywest9528]

The real question about World War I being sparked by the Ferdinand assassination is if some other "trigger " event was inevitable. You have to admit with "diplomacy " being what it was at the end of LA Belle Epoque that the powder keg was there and a spark was going to set the works off.

[@troybaxter]

It was. WW1 was doomed to happen, and Austria-Hungary had been waiting for an excuse to go to war with Serbia for quite some time. The causes for WW1 were set decades in advance, and the fogs of war only a couple of years (look at the Baltic Wars). The sad reality is that we are likely sowing the very same seeds now that will cause WW3. As much as politicians love to tout the glories of WW2, the next world war will be far more akin to WW1 than WW2.

[@kevinfreeman3098]

It didn't matter what it was, it was going to happen period.

[@Alex_Plante]

There were a series of crises in the years leading up to 1914 that could have started a general European War. It just turned out the the crisis triggered by this assassination could not be handled successfully, and is the one that lead to war.

[@michaelkrall5489]

Without Bismarck to help navigate the web of alliances he helped create, it was on a hair trigger. Though he did say something would happen in the balkans

[@claywest9528]

@@michaelkrall5489 He also said of the Kaiser: "That man wants a war with Russia! I will not be a party to it!" Bismarck was very prophetic.

[@Legalgodzilla]

Can we make this a series please? Super interesting

[@mizstories9646]

I'm 1000% sure that he will make a part 2, 3, 4 and so on, as long as the video gets a good amount of views.

[@tinahale9252]

Me too

[@thewhitewolf58]

I fully believe in coincidences, you got 7 billion people doing things on 1 plannet. Not everyone is going to have a unique timeline.

[@michaelcurtin2577]

The license plate on Franse Ferdnand was/is A. 11 11 18. The date the war was over.

[@quasinfinity]

Even more coincidental, the Archduke was assassinated on Franz Joseph Street. Named after his uncle.

[@Weeboslav]

And car register plates have 11-1118 on them,WW1 ended on November 11th 1918

[@Gillemear]

Another interesting coincidence- in Irish mythology, the old Celtic gods or Tuatha de Danaan once lived on Ireland but left after the arrival of the Milesians (Celts). Some disappeared beneath the Earth but others sailed across the Atlantic to a land of the young, where people live for ever and where there was plenty for all. And the name of this mythical land- Hy-Brazil.

[@montecorbit8280]

Bonus fact: License plate of the car that archduke Ferdinand with riding in the number was the date of the armistice....

[@GimmeJimmy23]

Oh my gad, the ad placement is hilarious! Such a dark moment, and then... blast off right into exciting fun!

[@mrmegabreath6442]

The number plate of Archduke Ferdenand's car was AIII 118. Some take it as a coincedence meaning " Armistice Day 11 - 11 - 18".

[@tinahale9252]

This is one of the most pivotal moments in my life. I realize that the Berlin wall was meant to be torn down. Bless

[@brittster182]

How many channels do you HAVE, SIMON? Good lord, I stopped keeping track, I can’t imagine how you keep on top of it all

[@WeaselWerkz]

it’s not just him lol

[@aceundead4750]

His army of clones and basement full of writers,editors, producers help him keep track. Also the scientists working on immortality for Simon, nobody's certain but since he has so many clones for all his channels they might be close to a breakthrough.

[@whosyourdaddymedia]

He has 12 channels, and there's an enormous list in the description.

[@LeatherLaceStudios]

My birthday, July 7th has been attached to countless events throughout history, mostly terrible things, be it minor or major

[@safiremorningstar]

The irony of ferdinand's death better be understood if you understood that the whole thing was set up with somebody who knew the route...

[@kevinfreeman3098]

Yeah, knew the route that changed... Super sleuth, stick to your day job.

[@simonruszczak5563]

@@kevinfreeman3098 If they hadn't been lucky and killed him on the second attempt they'd have probably killed him on the next, it was just a matter of time.

[@harrybeaumont2251]

I know a lot of people find this spooky, but it really just comes down to not understanding probability properly.

[@PL-ci5ch]

There's every chance you are probably right.

[@timsytanker]

The millions of things happening and only 365 days for them to occur in…

[@fingersfinesilver]

Excellent video Simon!

[@dustylens2137]

It still remains that in early 1987 The Boston Globe quoted a Soviet official as stating that the Berlin Wall would come down "within three years". The event was well planned and I would not be surprised if Reagan had been invited to give the speech he gave so the officials could make it look like it was due to U.S. pressure.

[@safiremorningstar]

Ironically for Jews Friday the 13th is a lucky day because on the 13th and it was a Friday Queen Esther was able to basically thwart the annihilation of the Jewish people by basically getting rid of the one who wrote the decree and had the king sign it while he was drunk or supposedly his adviser by his advisor Haman.

[@jimmybisk]

Thanks for a great video. Some interesting coincidences there. Regarding the last one, it's also a pretty big co-incidence that the number plate of Frans Ferdinands car is virtually the date of the armistice. OK, well the actual number plate is A111 11 18 (so contains an A and an extra 1) but that's still pretty uncanny!

[@Flies2FLL]

Uhmm... "Parker drew the short straw.....Now let me tell you about the Ridge wallet!" Can you see the slight negative transfer about that Simon?

[@velvetine74]

RIDGE should make earrings that protect your brainwaves from bullshit.

[@ReddFoxx1562]

... I'm guessing you would buy them

[@velvetine74]

@@ReddFoxx1562 For your mum

[@startrekiborg]

Too bad this wasn't sponsored by Magic Spoon. Cutting right into their advertisement after taking about catabolism would have been perfect.

[@ailaG]

Coincidences are fun, do more!

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[@mattball420]

Sunglasses ads really still use some dudes who look like they just woke up in universal soldier and have no memory, just a mission to hunt down the target

[@tedpop]

The chances of a serb choosing a kebab instead seems highly unlikely, historically.

[@seankliethermes5447]

That last one is amazing. Thanks.

[@sugacookigeta]

Did they ever bring that sandwich to justice?

[@chance_in_the_chat]

It was fate. Leave me outta this.

[@ocfos88]

Imagine if A1 was the sponsor on this video, after that cliffhanger before the advertisement.

[@PitboyHarmony1]

4:16 He said 'turnips' ... and the editor showed radishes. not. even close.

[@iansheppard6735]

I am always stunned by the number of people who don't know the difference between a tortoise and a turtle (4.20)

[@backwashjoe7864]

I am always stunned by the number of people who don't know the difference between an alligator and a crocodile

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@backwashjoe7864 I'm stunned by the number of people who don't know the different between 'people who...' and 'people that...' ('who' is correct and 'that' is incorrect)...

[@HarryNicNicholas]

particles getting together to make atoms is coincidence, so really coincidence is the commonest occurrence in the universe.

[@simonruszczak5563]

Electrons are negative and protons are positive, electrostatics makes them want to get together to form hydrogen.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Tortoises can't swim, as they are land-based. So that second "tortoise" is a sea turtle. Nothing bizarre about me. Chance revolves around me because I am simply built different. Now here is some turnip lore: The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. The word turnip is a compound of turn as in turned/rounded on a lathe and neep, derived from Latin napus, the word for the plant. Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties are grown as feed for livestock Wild forms of the turnip and its relatives, the mustards and radishes, are found over western Asia and Europe. Starting as early as 2000 BC, related oilseed subspecies of Brassica rapa like oleifera may have been domesticated several times from the Mediterranean to India, though these are not the same turnips cultivated for its roots. Edible turnips were possibly first cultivated in northern Europe, and were an important food in the Hellenistic and Roman world. The turnip eventually spread east to China, and reached Japan by 700 AD

[@sydhenderson6753]

Tortoises can float sometimes, but this was a turtle.

[@ericg7044]

Thanks for the turnip lesson Dear Leader!

[@rome8180]

Interesting that November 9th would be written 9/11 in Germany. That's obviously a very significant set of numbers in the US, although of course it denotes a different date.

[@jewellchastain4244]

It’s also quite weird that John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and ran into a wear house while Lee Harvey Oswald the guy who shot Kennedy,shot him in a wear house and ran into a theater.

[@jameshill2450]

Should have drawn straws first and left the turtle. That meat isn't enough to save even one of them, it was a total waste of life to kill it. And it could have lived longer than all four of their full lifetimes combined.

[@seanmalloy7249]

It's also interesting to note that WWI started, in a chain of at best loosely-connected consequences, because Archduke Ferdinand loved his wife. Because Sophie Chotek was not of a sufficiently high social class, she was either excluded from Austrian social events or positioned well down the table away from her husband, and could not appear with him in his appearances as Archduke; these strictures bothered Ferdinand deeply. However, his position as Inspector-General of the armed forces of Austria-Hungary was _officially_ separate from his position as Archduke; this allowed the Archduke, who had been commanded to observe the Austrian maneuvers in Bosnia in his official position, to bring his wife with him and be seen with her in public, visiting Sarajevo for the opening of the state museum after observing the maneuvers, with his wife able to enjoy the recognition of his rank by his side. This placed him in a public motorcade in an open vehicle, protected only by an inadequate deployment of Sarajevo police; with the mixups from the change of destination when the Archduke insisted on visiting the hospital where the personnel injured by the first bomb had been taken, it set up the situation to place him directly in front of Gavrilo Princip.

[@slktool]

So the tiger from Life of Pi is named after a Poe character who was a party to cannibalism.

[@sydhenderson6753]

And the other Parker as well. And other Richard Parkers also involved in nautical incidents. The author knew his history.

[@guidorotunda1321]

Another interesting one is the 27 Club Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, & Amy Winehouse all died at the age of 27

[@joelb8653]

The strange thing is that there are a lot more. Google stepping up😅

[@guidorotunda1321]

@@joelb8653 I'm well aware I just listed the most famous that were mentioned in a documentary called 27: Gone Too Soon

[@aceundead4750]

Different channel Simon hosts just recently released a video that brought up the 27 club. Cant remember which one though, and if you're like Fox Mulder i dont recommend watching it

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And a lot of them died due to certain self afflicted circumstances.

[@namratapatel97]

Has simon done the trogan war/city of Troy before? Im new to his stuff but completely hooked.

[@simonruszczak5563]

Fake history.

[@magpie59]

The term "Kristallnacht" is an euphemism downplaying the events of that night. Nowadays it is considered incongruous at least. It is highly dubious that the Great War would not have happened if the archduke had not been killed that day. There were too many powers who wanted war, and they would have easily found another "reason".

[@TheKalaxis]

November 9 is written 9/11 in Europe....just saying 👀

[@theawesomeman9821]

Some things are stranger than fiction

[@SavageJunky]

#1 coincidence: Trump do a speech about fighting for the country and few minutes after, an angry crowd storm the capitol... But he claim ha haved nothing to do with it! What a super coincidence! 🤣🤣

[@stevem.o.1185]

13:00 Mars Needs Moons

[@simonruszczak5563]

Because its day is 2's day?

[@slake9727]

Didn't Poe want to start his own literary magazine?

[@willh1933]

For the JFK Lincoln segment...The CIA was around in Civil War times???

[@jessiesratrods1210]

WHAT A SPONSORSHIP TRANSITION!!!!!!!

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Another little known Lincoln/JFK coincidence is that they're both my dad.

[@glittery_lu]

About the 9th of november; we actually don't call it reichskristallnacht anymore because an event as tragic as this should not have a pretty name

[@robotaholic]

Wow, in this video your beard is wonderful. It looks so soft and not a bit of grey. I'm jealous

[@Xanderbelle]

Richard Parker...Also the name of the tiger in the shipwreck. Life of Pye.

[@davidioanhedges]

Most of the date ones are deliberate ... most of the others are only coincidental in hindsight

[@ImyaSmol]

Note to editor : Transition scene music is too loud Otherwise fine thankssss

[@teamkillz12345]

Be aware that rings made of harder metals can be a hazard. Most hospitals do not have the tools readiky avalible to cut off a ring of Tungsten or Carbide. In the event that you hand is seriously injured and starts to swell they would normally have to cut off your ring in order to save your finger. Though if they can't cut the ring off they may resort to cutting your finger off then reattaching it.

[@tektrixter]

They do not cut off the finger to remove the ring. Tungsten carbide rings may not be able to be cut, but they can be cracked off with vise grips.

[@aeray3581]

There's also a trick they can do with string to reduce the swelling on your finger and then to pull the ring off.

[@RidgeWalletYT]

Awesome ring 💯

[@lissfirefly9517]

Most tortoises can't swim, let alone swim out into the ocean. Not even the few that can swim are ever found in the ocean...are we sure that wasn't a sea turtle?

[@CHMichael]

10:50 it should be noted that the DDR leadership asked for deployment of soviet ( Russian ) tanks but Gorbachev declined. That could have been a blood bath.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

Lincoln and Kennedy both died in Fords. Lincoln in the theater and Kennedy in the car.

[@debbiemoore2747]

Showing life is just a series of coincidences.

[@kingdaviYT049]

"Poe's time at sea"?? When, exactly, would that have been?

[@thomasnelson6161]

Incredible! A tortoise swam by the life boat? What an intrepid tortoise!

[@albertangeloro5832]

fate is chance

[@jaewok5G]

Lincoln grew up in a log cabin and Kennedy once spilled Log Cabin syrup in the back of his father's Lincoln. Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater and Ford Motor Cars makes the Lincoln Continental that Kennedy was shot in. one or more of these might not be true.

[@matthewmultiplayer5947]

I was at a baseball game and I guessed where the hit was going go and where they would be safe or out 11 times in a row.

[@DubYahJohn]

Richard Parker was also the name of the tiger, shipwrecked with Pi in the Life Of Pi.

[@mlee6050]

Wow 9/11 being so busy for Germany

[@suzannehaigh4281]

I read all this in a book 40 years ago and I am not American.

[@savannahslays1286]

I love your videos

[@pocket5349]

Berlin Wall, was it a blunder or one of the greatest espionage events in human history?

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

I could swear that in one of your other 36572 channels you have a video stating that the WW1 sandwich story is untrue

[@kingjames4886]

4:16 those are radishes...

[@bwiebertram]

It was all a setup

[@OntheLAMRomans8]

Another coincidence is that as the Europeans count there days and dates, November the Ninth is stayed as 9/11. The day first then the month. So all these events happened on 9/11. In the United States the month is listed first then the day so when the airplanes flew into the World Trade Center Tower it was also 9/11, September 11th. Coincidence? Maybe. 🤔 By the way when George Bush Sr. was president during his term in office he spoke before Congress on a certain date and he mentioned the New World Order. The date was September 11th. That's right 9/11. Coincidence? Maybe. 🤔

[@sventer198]

Fate decided that WW1 was going to happen come hell or high water.

[@christianbuczko1481]

The number plate on franz ferdinands car is the weirdest thing in this video, and its not even mentioned...

[@herbalterrorist420]

It’s weird I thought the wall in Berlin started to come down in 1984. Had a book about the year I was born and it had that the wall came down in that year. Also my mum would always tell me it came down the year I was born too an how she was there etc. But now I google it it’s 1989 instead which makes no sense. My mum an dad lived in Germany when I was born so they would’ve known I’m sure an wtf is with the book I used to have. So weird. It seems I’ve been Mandela’d

[@dustylens2137]

The Wall was up in 1986 when I was there.

[@MjDudz99]

Another day, another Simon Whistler channel discovered. A great day indeed.

[@wildmanmma1982]

Wasn't the tigers name Richard Parker in the movie life of π?

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

Uhhh...doubt that it was a "tortoise," as they don't swim very well with their lack of flippers, and all! LmMFaO!!! ;) :P :o)

[@aceundead4750]

I think it's more to do with the muscle structure of their legs, since freshwater turtles dont have flippers.

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

@@aceundead4750 I'm not so sure...AS, generally, A tortoise's environment is restricted to land and TENDS to be in much more sandy, arid environments (though, is NOT absolute, as with the Gopher tortoise, found in Florida, and some Galapagos tortoises, what with those few still existing in the wild call the well you know, as their home) and turtles do exist comfortably both near and completely in the water, also both simultaneously, such as, with the very common pet trade turtle the red-eared slider, however some species are also, happily at home not being near a body containing water, as, surely, some Box turtles must, occasionally, during their lifetimes. In short..all tortoise species, are in fact turtles, but, not all turtles're by any means tortoises...LmMFaO! :o) But in some sense you're also right, as tortoises have much more elephantine armor-plated legs, flat feet that contain unwebbed toes, made for both carrying loads, and trekkin' upon terrestrial land; whereas most turtle species developed paddle-shaped legs, and feet, that have webbed-toes, and longer, claw-like nails for traction. However...the biggest of all their differences is in their shells! Turtle shells are streamlined more so they can swim easier with much less drag and an aversion to muck snagging on them and tortoises have much more domed shells, shaped in ways much more condusive in that of land-faring species! [BONUS] Some fun maybe lesser-known turtle facts lol: • Some turtles such as red-bellied turtles "share" crocodilians nests for protection; as many as 200 of their eggs have found their way into a single alligator nest. • Twist-necked turtles're the only, known, species to have triploid chromosomes in some populations. • Survival rates of some of the species of saltwater or marine turtle may be as low as 1 in 50,000. • Some sea and freshwater turtles within days of each other, come together, in the mass-nesting events, evolving to swamp the local predators, and, mass-predation, known as: arribadas. Wherein, most of a single population comes to nest within a 2-3 day period on the same beach; some such as in Orissa, India...have numbered more than 100k turtles nestin' each year. • Ganges softshell turtles, are, important scavengers, helping to lower pollution by consuming any, partially-cremated, body parts of human corpses, thrown, into the river in traditional funeral rites. • Nile softshell turtles, they absorb much of the oxygen that's needed by a process known as pharyngeal respiration, and/or, by filtration through their skin. • The carapace scutes, from some of the marine turtle species, have been used in making combs and hair ornaments. • Wood turtles -- are one of the few North American turtles in the family Emydidae to have GSD (genetic sex determination); most others, have TSD (temperature sex determination). • Diamond-back terrapins, are known the only turtle to specialize living in brackish water marshes. • In spring the Painted turtle can be seen swimmin' under the ice, and mating in or amongst the iceflows. • Painted terrapins are exploited for their eggs, fetching five times the price as the average chicken egg. Also due to habitat destruction, only one or two rivers harbor more than a hundred nesting females. • The River terrapin is one of the very few of freshwater turtles to nest on beaches. The hatchlings can live in salty water for at least two weeks. • During courtship male Leopard tortoise trails female butting her into submission then, after mounting he extends his neck and releases a grunting bellow (relatable I think to SOME human fellows...Lmfao). • Courtship occurs in turtles that have sympatric congeners to ensure the likes of intra-specific mating. Males will come face to face with the female, and present head bobs, or titillations, with the use of the foreclaws to the female's faces. The number of bobs or vibrations along with the length of bouts, are species-specific. For example, a courting male Red-eared slider vibrates his foreclaws against the sides of the female's head. If the number of beats is correct, it identifies him as a suitable male to breed with. • Highly aquatic Central American river turtles seldom leave the water, even, to nest. They often nest by diggin' into the river bank under the water's level. Then, the eggs do NOT begin developing until the river has lowered. • The TSA (or the Turtle Survival Alliance NOT to be confused with that, extremely, different organization the Transportation Security Administration) formed, in order to monitor, and to attempt to reverse the rapidly-acceleratin' trend(s) of turtle, and tortoise population decimation (or did at least most of all of this information I am pulling out of a book that I own, that was printed in 2006...and where I'm confident most is still accurate, there is a CHANCE some of it's NOT, or's no longer accurate, anyHOW). *** The precedin' has all been brought to you, by the gruntin' bellowin' turtle fellow followin', and all its affluent affiliates. *** LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)

[@aceundead4750]

@@kennethmullen-qe9hg fun fact about snapping turtles is you can actually call wild ones to you by slapping the surface of the water at night, at least in areas where fishing is allowed as the turtles associate the sound with either/both a dying fish and/or a fish being stuck on a stringer, they'll also follow humans from under the surface if they believe said humans have food the turtles want. This little bit of info is from first hand experience at several lakes local to my area, i nearly got into a fist fight with one of them because it teied bullying my gf and me while fishing a few different nights at one lake.

[@kennethmullen-qe9hg]

@@aceundead4750 Pretty funny! (From an outsider's perspective, but, not so much from yours haha!) The alligator snappin' turtles also practice caudal luring same as juvenile copperheads/cottonmouths, but that's pretty well known, now, at this point. But no less interesting! Hahaha! :)

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

Tortoise's can swimmy-swim? That seems unlikely

[@BKKfreak]

The German Day of Fate is the real 9/11

[@kevinbarry71]

Why did the sailors round the cape of good hope when they could've gone through the Suez canal?

[@jewel65]

I'm not sure it was open at that time?

[@kevinbarry71]

@@jewel65 1858

[@DarienSpinks-v5s]

SUGGESTION Battle of Blair Mountain in W.V.

[@lukeymuffler6265]

4:15 They're radishes brah, not turnips!

[@Dave-hp4vh]

WEIRD COINCIDENCE... I started reading "The Narrative of Arthur Pym of Nantucket" last week... horrible book, very badly written, badly paced, and unimaginative. Lots of "filler" sections where the author just quotes parts of actual naval explorer's writings. Lots of racism too, but that's to be expected from a book of that time period... but this takes it WAY farther than most stuff of it's era. I couldn't stand it, but I have trouble putting books down so I just haven't felt like reading for the past few days, dreading going back and finishing it... just awful stuff, lol. And I am a HUGE fan of H.P. Lovecraft, so I am very much a fan of archaic prose styles filled with not-so-subtle racism (it's disgusting, but par for the course... these guys have been dead for a century or more, so it's not like i can "cancel" them lol)

[@ReddFoxx1562]

... so, what's the coincidence?

[@Dave-hp4vh]

@@ReddFoxx1562 coincidence is that I randomly read a very obscure novella written in the 1800s that nobody has ever heard of, and a few days later Simon does a video discussing it (in part, at least). I had never heard of it, randomly acquired it recently (I collect and read old books like a nerd)

[@ReddFoxx1562]

@@Dave-hp4vh even though the video was made at least weeks ago and before you read the book?

[@Dave-hp4vh]

@@ReddFoxx1562 yup. That would definitely meet both the dictionary and colloquial definitions of "coincidence". Not sure what the issue is... I did NOT say it was ironic, if that's what you're thinking of. Just coincidental.

[@Dave-hp4vh]

It is, however, ALSO ironic, now that I think about it... since the videos is about strange coincidences, and is titles as such. Good call, thanks!