Small Mistakes in History That Caused Huge Disasters - Chat History Reaction

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[@teanott5073]

wake up soldier! VTH uploaded!

[@ryanmcwilliams8784]

Hey you, you’re finally awake.

[@saayamsingh3620]

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[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Ye ye yes sir! Sorry sir 🫡

[@Jetstream09]

Yes sir

[@adamantu]

Mistakes with big consequences? Allegedly King Croesus of Lydia asked the oracle of Delphi if he should go to war with persia. However he made a tiny mistake. When the oracle answered "You will destroy a great empire" he didn't ask "Which one?" So he went to war and got his empire destroyed

[@mig0150]

Sounds more like the oracle just covering for them self, so no matter what happened they would be right. Probably a bigger mistake to be making any decision from an oracles advice.

[@kevingaspari5848]

And this is why you should never entrust the future of your empire in the hands of an Oracle. Just look at what happend to King Saul: dude went into the desert to find the Witch of Endor and all he got was a revelation from the spirit of Samuel that his kingdom was going to fall. Never trust oracles.

[@christopherconard2831]

In his defense, Oracles had a history of giving advice/predictions that were open to interpretation. I don't think words like Yes or No were in their vocabulary. I'm sure no other empire (Cough *Russia* Cough) would repeat the mistake of basing policy on the advice of some mystic who claims to be able to commune with the divine.

[@jacthing1]

This is why you never should ask an Oracle about anything. No matter how you interpret their words, you'll probably not find the outcome to be what you expected

[@ItBeHurka]

That king of Scotland story sounds like something out of Crusader Kings.

[@joshuahunt3032]

It honestly sounds like an assassination event chain. Edit: or maybe even a freak accident event chain.

[@jeffslote9671]

The Soviet Union’s pacific fleet lost most of its senior officers in one plane crash. 28 admirals and generals died because the flight crew failed to balance the load weight

[@YoungSlugger]

Pretty tragic considering some of the generals insisted they bring items despite warnings from the crew. A massive roll of paper is believed to have been the cause. It rolled back upon takeoff causing the weight to shift.

[@jeffslote9671]

@@YoungSlugger Who’s going to tell the general no? Especially in the Soviet Union

[@ls93780]

not so much that they didn’t, but the plane was overweight and the crews were prevented from lightening the cargo load by the admirals, and the final nail was 2 massive spools of paper that weren’t properly secured, on takeoff these likely rolled to the back of the plane and caused an uncontrollable pitch up, the plane took off without enough airspeed, stalled and crashed.

[@tremendousbaguette9680]

I see a fellow follower of Paper Skies.

[@iammattc1]

Fun Fact: when Stalin died, the Americans intercepted the message that was sent to the Soviet military The Airman who deciphered and translated the message, and so became the first Westerner to know Stalin had died, was Johnny Cash, the Man in Black himself.

[@NivraeEarvin]

@iammattc1 For real? 😳

[@ELVIS1975T]

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[@iammattc1]

@@ELVIS1975T It's 100% true. Google it.

[@NatalieJ22]

@@ELVIS1975TI looked it up and it appears to be true which is honestly kinda wild

[@ELVIS1975T]

@@NatalieJ22 I looked it up, too. It seems that he’s the only one to say it’s true. Well, at least it’s not an internet bs and there’s a chance. Could he translate Russian, though?

[@lorisuprifranz]

12:32 Here it's implyed in the video that the mistranslation of the treaty was an accident. As I studied it here in Italy, it was instead a deliberate attempt to put Ethiopia under Italian protectorate on paper, and to potentially have a casus belli for further expansion in the region. Of course that was unacceptable for the Ethiopians, but Italy wasn't the first and certainly not the last colonial power that had the idea to be duplicitous in it's treaties with the natives. It was just the only one that didn't subsequently win and silence the native's opposition. Just to be thorough on the argument: You also have to consider that Ethiopia had the strong support of the British during the war, and that thanks to them Italy had to face a fairly modern standing army. Being on almost equal technological footing, the more numerous Ethiopians had all of the advantages. In 1935 instead the Fascist won because of the lesser involvement of the British and because of the Fascists free use of gas and war crimes against civilians

[@Myomer104]

I had read that part of Ethiopia's modernization was some clever politicking on their king's part that netted him the first production run of Italy's then-new service rifle... before even the Italians.

[@wernhervonbraun9485]

Yup, same thing that happened with New Zealand.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

After the failed assassination attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand, they decided to change their announced route of the motorcade for safety only they forgot to tell several of the drivers this important detail.

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

By the 1980s, the Soviet Union was increasingly led by a slew of elderly, out of touch leaders. Brezhnev died in 1982. Andropov died in 1984. Chernenko died in 1985 handing power over to Gorbachev. The thing is that Chernenko was not that old when he died. He was only 73 years old which is younger than both Biden and Trump. But Chernenko started smoking at age 9 and never stopped. He died on lung disease. So a nicotine addiction lead to the rise of Gorbachev to become dictator of the Soviet Union and Gorbachev nearly singlehandedly caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[@arifhossain9751]

Elderly, out of touch leaders, eh? Kinda sounds familiar.

[@ConkerVonZap]

Calling Gorbachev a dictator is crazy.

[@gregb210]

the ussr was collapsing anyway. gorbachev got a few more years out of the corpse.

[@bigty390]

The only dictoar in the Soviet union was Stalin ​@@ConkerVonZap

[@yystl]

Many would argue Gorbachev merely failed to save the Soviet Union, accelerating its collapse in the process. We will never know.

[@coxmosia1]

Extra History's videos on the Viking Expansion, ( the long one) and Hypatia are relatively new and good. Check them out

[@wanna-be-thinker2377]

I agree with both! The 3rd (and final) part of the Hypatia series also makes an interesting a surprising turn too! (i'd stop the video at 9:40 on part 3 if you're avoiding ads though,lol.) Apparently EH are going back over their previous videos, and making long videos that combine all of each series episodes into one video. I think their doing it to several no matter if they're narrated by Matt, Dan, or others.

[@RealJMAC]

C'mon VTH. While sailing to the states with his cylinder in one hand and the kilogram in another. Pure comedy gold that went right over your head.

[@SkyHighForever]

13:36 the Pokémon Unown scroll is funny

[@bradbingham40447]

Glad someone else noticed that lol.

[@YAH2121]

i noticed that immediately lol "wait arent those pokemon?" probably the best joke of the video

[@anbelroj]

lol i also stopped to read it, i can only understand "subscribe to history or ethiopia will murder you"

[@potus13]

Please react to some of the Time Travel Artist's life through time videos

[@vodyanoy2]

They couldn't have broken open the box? I think the two lookouts mutally decided that they fucked up and put the blame on a key to save their own minds from being wracked with guilt.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

My thoughts exactly.

[@andrewlucia865]

A lot of people, when bringing this up in regards to dooming Titanic, tend to miss that the ship's crew would have broken open a locked box if they felt they had to. Compared to the daily expense of just running the ship and paying her crew, fixing a broken lockbox once back in port is a pittance, and something they would have to do during the ship's life anyway given the fact that locks can break. And the crew did have access to binoculars during that voyage, so clearly they either did that or there were more available somewhere. That said, I'm not entirely sure where the binoculars got blamed, because I'm not sure this was because of the lookouts blaming that for not seeing the iceberg in time. It might have arisen during the inquiry's by people not knowing how shipboard operations worked asking about the topic, but the lookouts were usually not issued binoculars to begin with. Their job was to scan the horizon and keep a wide field of view for that purpose, so using binoculars, while allowing them to see further, would actually hinder their performance because they might miss something due to the narrow field of view binoculars impose. The binoculars were for the bridge officers to examine things that the lookouts pointed out to them. People who bring this myth up also tend to forget that binoculars would have been less than useless that night anyway, given how dark it was. The iceberg only became visible through the darkness about 40-50 seconds before the collision. Binoculars don't let you see through the darkness of a moonless night, and the only thing that would have allowed them to spot it earlier would have been a headlight, which ships usually don't have.

[@jacthing1]

​@@andrewlucia865nevermind that unless this was the kind of box that had a lock built into it. It would I presume just have a padlock which can be quite easily defeated (just call the lockpicking Lawyer) I'd assume they'd have quite a few tools that could do the same as a pair of bolt cutters... Or just use two wrenches

[@addmissive3984]

Love the content. You should check out worst day of every US Presidency by Chonky Cheeze. I think you will find it interesting!

[@TomSouls]

Can u watch the Time Travel Artist?

[@IgnoredAdviceProductions]

The channel Ocean Liner Designs explains very well how the binoculars wouldnt really have mattered, among other misconceptions. I'd like to see a reaction to one of his videos someday.

[@johnnamorton6744]

A couple that come to mind ... June 1942 Japanese pilots thinking they sank the Yorktown (they thought it was the Hornet) only to mistake it for the Enterprise the next day. Going a little bit further back in Navel History Jellico chasing a small scout torpedo boat fleet into the guns of German battle cruisers. Also didn't help that his guns were blowing his own ships up. Admiral Rozhestvensky fleet firing on every fishing boat in sight didn't help. Arguably they lost the war. Of course can't mention mistakes without talking about the Marrils of Machais in 1812. With a British blockade out there drying up rum they figured you know whose got rum... That British warship. So they sailed out in dingies during the night to raid the ship and ... Well Theodore Roosevelt tells it better in his book... There's the boched invasion of Tripoli in 1801. First the Philadelphia was captured and had to be destroyed. Then the Marines tried to use a fire ship to brake the harbor and the fuse was to short... Leaving the Marine invaders exposed to gunfire. Then they push to shore so fast the Navy guns fired on them. ... Was a pretty auspicious start to a war that was a wash.

[@AMP88LP]

8:00 the better "mistake" actually sounds insane. Seeing the iceberg in the first place. Had they actually not seen it, and then attempted to dodge it far too late, titanic would have hit the berg square, crushing the nose and killing anyone in the forward compartments. The ship itself however almost certainly would have stayed afloat and still made it to port, as evidenced by multiple other ships throughout history that have done the exact same thing. So in truth, the mistake was attempting to dodge it, which only happens because it is seen at the last second

[@tenofprime]

Indeed, a single large hit would have been bad but the water tight door would have likely contained it enough to get to port. Having so many hits along the side meant that to many combatants flooded. Also having radio operators on duty at all times could have saved lives, there were closer ships that the first one on scene but the radio operators had called it a night.

[@thepeacefulbuddah]

I don't think dodging the iceberg was a mistake per se, but the ship was already moving faster than it should have been, especially with the captain knowing there were icebergs in the waters not too far from where they were.

[@xenialafleur]

One thing to think about with Alexander III is that he was on good terms with Edward I. If, because of Alexander III surviving, Edward I had decided to not mess with Scotland at that time, he could have focused more on France.

[@PalmelaHanderson]

The reason the US never adopted the metric system is because Congress would have had to enact a law to standardize it, which never would have happened. Britain and Canada still use imperial for some things and metric for others. In Britain, for example, most of the time I've heard someone describe their height, they use feet and inches. When describing how fast they're going in their car, they'll use kph, but when describing how far away something is, they'll use miles. Beer still comes in pints. There are a few other oddities like that.

[@tenofprime]

Then you would have to get it implemented at state and local level. As logicistly easy as metric is the cost and complexity of a switch at this point would be massive. Just a single item: the interstate highway system has markers every mile and exits are based on what mile it is on (if more than 1 is on the same mile you get exit 3a, 3b ect) all those would have to be surveyed and remarked. All the maps would have to change, all the systems in the government that reference them would need updating. It is hard enough getting the funding for road maintenance let alone all of that.

[@iammattc1]

I did a 5 mile run this morning because I'm training for a 10K in July...

[@jo3d1rt391]

“It comes in pints?”

[@bpnelson7]

Also a pint of beer in the UK is actually 1.25 pints. They stay silly over there.

[@PalmelaHanderson]

@@bpnelson7 and strangely enough one of those pints is called an imperial pint in the states, as if to confuse it with the other one

[@orwellboy1958]

I'd like to add the gunpowder plot 1605. A letter sent to "a friend" lead to the capture and execution of Guy Faulks and co-conspirators.

[@danielbishop1863]

"Hey, about that appointment you have in Parliament on November 5: You might want to reschedule it. I can't tell you why. Just trust me."

[@AndrewJamesGordon]

Guy Fawkes. No L or U

[@StoryTimeZE]

I’d say the fine arts institute of Vienna rejecting a certain Austrian with a silly mustache has gotta be up there 😂

[@FinnishDragon]

There is also a story that a British soldier had a chance to shoot that certain Austrian fellow during WWI but he decided not to kill the Austrian man.

[@luisf2793]

@@FinnishDragonalso not assigned that Austrian to spy on Munich bars. Maybe just make him the military mailman (and anger management courses)

[@MartinTomrenSøvik]

You made the HOI4 reference at the same time as I was invading Italy.

[@jonathanvillanueva9206]

I think the Seminal Catastrophe that started WW1 was a bunch of small mistakes that could’ve been avoided.

[@svenrio8521]

The O real seal failing, causing the Challenger Space Shuttle to crash is another one.

[@andywomack3414]

They had to demonstrate the ability to follow a schedule. My opinion, but Ronald Reagan's "space truck" and "free enterprise in space" crap might have had something to do with pushing safety boundaries. Not the only factor, of course.

[@jeffslote9671]

@@andywomack3414The teacher in space was something that also pushed them to launch. They was actually going to have her call into the State of the Union address

[@andywomack3414]

@@jeffslote9671 Although in earth orbit, the "Space" Shuttle actually operated in the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere. I sometimes considered it the upper atmosphere stunt plane. Teacher in space was a publicity stunt. Did the Space Shuttle do anything that could not have been done more cheaply and safely by other means?

[@joshuawells835]

In point of fact, if the lookouts on the Titanic had binoculars, it would have delayed their responses to seeing the iceberg because they would need to verify it and then rung the bell and called down to the helm. In comparison, without the binoculars, the lookouts immediately range the bell and called the helm.

[@thepeacefulbuddah]

They would have been able to see the iceberg at a further distance with binoculars, and could verify what it was. By the time you could see the iceberg without binoculars, it was already too close and the ship was moving too fast to make that turn.

[@joshuawells835]

@@thepeacefulbuddah Not with the type of iceberg that hit the Titanic.

[@andrewlucia865]

@@thepeacefulbuddah Given how dark it was that night, binoculars would be less than useless. They don't let you see through the darkness, and the only real light that night was from Titanic's own lights. The only thing that would have helped them spot the iceberg sooner would have been a headlight/spotlight. Besides, lookouts were never issued binoculars to begin with, since using them would narrow their field of view. The binoculars were for the bridge officers to examine things that the lookouts had already noticed and pointed out to them.

[@williamsalters156]

“A disaster that happened, and it seems like it was preventable, people start looking for anything, or look for alternate scenarios… more often than not, the simplest explanation is the explanation.” I agree with you very much on that statement. The Kennedy assassination is a perfect example. People don’t want to believe it was possible for a man like Oswald to be able to take 3 shots and to hit the target. There must have been something more.

[@tenofprime]

The consericy theory is less scary in an odd way. What is more frightening: a single nut with a rifle can kill the president or that it takes a complex multi level (and possibly insider) plan?

[@bpnelson7]

The events of that assassination, as claimed formally by the government, are physically impossible. That's very different from "no way bro could have hit that shot."

[@Maybachdemon]

7:21 I'd have to disagree with you on this one. The fact that they were able to see it at all to even attempt avoiding the iceberg and still side-swiping it without the binoculars would lead me to believe that if they DID have the binoculars, they likely could have seen it earlier from a further distance, giving them enough time to call the bridge to avoid it entirely. As difficult as spotting it may have been, i wouldn't think it would have been impossible or even unlikely.

[@kevinimperati8644]

was it policy for the binoculars to be locked up?

[@altonbunnjr]

It was a pitch black night with no motion on the water. Things were not lit up as you see in the movies so binoculars would not have helped.

[@mig0150]

I feel like someone needs to put this to the test, mythbusters style, to see what difference it would have actually made.

[@starsaber2002]

Even still if u saw something from a distance that resembled a iceburg or debris u would see it better with binoculars ​@altonbunnjr

[@Nebulasecura]

There was a cold water mirage that night so binoculars wouldn't have made a difference. Especially as it was pitch black already out there.

[@grumblesa10]

The Titanic sunk because it was running at damn near full speed (22kts IIRC) into an ice field that the captain had been fully warned about. In fact, he made a course correction earlier that evening because of ice. Secondly the crew wasn't fully trained on the use of the watertight doors, and left some open to facilitate moving AFTER the collision.

[@gwaptiva]

As to metric system: the US is metric by law; all US customary units are defined in terms of (metric) SI units, a process that started in the 1860s

[@jdotoz]

Yeah, I don't know. These definitions are retcons; they took the previous understanding of the imperial units and shoehorned metric equivalents. If you were defining a unit from scratch, would you intuitively make it exactly 25.4 of another system's units?

[@jncplayz8267]

Time Travel Artist plz

[@bazookacantgame]

Mistranslation is so real, multiple mistakes in the translation of my countries founding document led to land wars and general bad blood (New Zealand)

[@ZwiekszoneRyzyko]

I thought he would mention Rommel's birthday party that prevented him from being in Normandy during D-Day. It's debatable if his presence would have made so much of a difference, but probably it would have made the landing harder.

[@jo3d1rt391]

There’s so many things to go into Normandy it’s hard to pinpoint 1 and say that was the downfall. The telling of fake landings, hitler keeping most of the tanks under his control around Paris

[@memelord6771]

I'd like to argue about the titanic and the binoculars that even if they had the binoculars I would like to argue that it would make it Even harder for the lookouts to spot the iceberg. It was a moonless and waveless night. The binoculars would have limited their field of view if they used it.

[@Tuning3434]

12:20 Use it yes, but the UK officially is metric.

[@roseedge5626]

Except for using miles per hour, stones of weight, pints. I don't think we could say metric is official.

[@noahwalker9912]

New subscriber and I freaking love this channel

[@heirkaiba]

New Max Miller is really good too! Love the Wild West!

[@antoninuspius1747]

The beauty of the metric system isn't that everything's a multiple of ten, although that helps. Its that units for other properties are all inter-related. How many BTUs does it take to heat a gallon of water 1 degree F? Good luck with that. How many calories does it take to heat a liter of water 1 degree C? 1,000. I can do it off the top of my head.

[@shaggycan]

The Death of Stalin is a must watch for anyone on the channel. So good. Jason Isaacs as Zhukov... amazing. Metric is incredibly useful to get the mass of a volume. It comes up a lot in my life. A cubic meter of water is a 1000 kg or a metric ton.

[@SSArctic1854]

There were no problems with the building of the Titanic and second officer David Blair before he was removed forgot to hand over the keys but binoculars still wouldn't have seen it and there was no moon which made it harder to see the iceberg

[@magiciansapphire9278]

Would George Washington accidentally causing the French-Indian War count?

[@MMircea]

You know time flies when even one of your favourite youtube channel host's beard turns grey

[@kitacool]

What a coincidence with your intro, I just been to the shooting site in Sarajevo yesterday. A true piece of history. Amazing video as always, thank you! :)

[@garrett020614]

this man is such a good teacher i wish i had him in high school lol learn so much from these commentary's

[@Pronax299]

The Spyro music😍

[@ChatHistory]

Idk man that chat history guy sounds lame af.

[@Doctadoone1]

Scotland eh? Hope to be able to come say hello!

[@kineuhansen8629]

even if they did had te lookout classes they would not had helped since there was a weather mirage the night titanic hit the iceberg

[@brettwillard8892]

Never would have gone down that way, while talking about the Titanic... I love that.

[@CC-ru4rr]

8:00 Occam's razor bro

[@brittking3990]

It absolutely blows my mind that Italy couldn’t win a war against some peasants in a third world nation that suffered from a complete lack of infrastructure. Shows they had no business participating in either world war. 😩

[@christinesteckel3390]

Couldn't someone have picked the lock on the binoculars?

[@mig0150]

Unfortunately they also forgot to bring their smartphones so they couldn't search up the LockPickingLawyer. Very sad all around.

[@talis84]

I don't know if it counts as a "mistake" but The Battle of Gettysburg. More of I trick of fate, than a mistake, but Lee insisted on engaging while both armies where there, rather than find a more advantageous battlefield.

[@ryanbailey6401]

Army officer for 14 years, whenever we maneuvered as a brigade, basically every single battle happened when we ran into each other similar to Gettysburg. When we thought we knew where they were, they weren't. Several times we ran into them while they were maneuvering to come at us. My point in saying this is that most battles start because contact is made, not because it was the intention of the commanding general.

[@jdotoz]

​@@ryanbailey6401Armies like the Army of Northern Virginia can't afford to fight like that. When you're institutionally outnumbered and out supplied, you need to be able to break contact quickly when you don't have the advantage. Otherwise you just get ground down. This was Washington's greatest contribution to victory, but Lee chose over and over to pursue tactical wins that cost him chunks of his army that got harder and harder to replace.

[@codydonkey231]

Apparently Stalin was a huge John Wayne fan. But he felt John Wayne was the ultimate American. He even ordered the KGB to form a plan to assignate John Wayne

[@Ballantrae25]

I watch Chat History,I love his Channel If look in to his Channel more he has a video called ‘Something bad about every country in the World’

[@condorboss3339]

The story of Beria cursing Stalin when he thought Stalin was dying and then grovelling when Stalin seemed to recover comes from " _Khrushchev Remembers_ ", Khrushchev's own memoir (Note: The authenticity of the book is somewhat disputed)

[@BooyaCS]

A certain German's hatred of Slavs and Communism during WW2 (Operation Barbarosa). The flawed design and ignoring safety protocols in Chernobyl I would argue the removal of the "He has waged cruel war " paragraph from the declaration of independence (Yes I know it would have never been approved with it in). The wrong turn that led to the assination of Archduke Ferdninand (staring WW1) and the Treaty of Versailles (Ending WW1). The Austrian Army attacking itself Ripley not buying rifles prolonging the civil war Not closing a gate in Constantiople

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

The RMS Titanic essentially side-swiped the iceberg. Ironically, it may have not sank--at least not as quickly--had she hit it head-on. I agree that visibility was simply too poor for binoculars to make a difference. In the end, excessive speed for the conditions and the lack of watertight ceilings on the watertight compartments doomed her. It's hardly the only transportation accident caused by excessive speed. Canada also still uses imperial measurements in some cases, too, though they are officially metric as well. At last check Myanmar still uses imperial units. It's a crap shoot whether we would have gone with metric. For all the fighting we did with Britain early on, we were still very close trading partners with them, and they of course, still used imperial measurements. I think we do need to make the switch to metric. Stalin, like many dictators, was missing a few fries from his Happy Meal. The movie The Death Of Stalin wasn't far off at all. A lot of the USSR's military capability was wrecked by his purges. This helped Finland smack the USSR around during the Winter War, which in turn convinced Hitler that the USSR would be an easy mark. Ironically, the 1936-1937 Purge likely made Hitler's defeat that much quicker, as it's an open question whether Hitler would have tried to invade without seeing Finland give the USSR the mauling they did. It's not likely the USSR would have gone to war with Germany had Hitler not attacked them first. Hitler had a fondness (fetish?) for American movies, too. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs was apparently a favorite that he would watch over and over again.

[@oliverbach3011]

"We're not the only people who use this though" No you pretty much are. Well the US, Liberia (Wonder why they use it) and Myanmar... well and the UK but its 50/50 and they just use weird units of measurements in general (stone etc.) Across the scientific community theres somethign called SI - Standard, where everyone just unaminously agrees to calculate stuff in meters, Grams etc. Even US scientists do this, cause it makes sharing information easier, and often frankly the systems make more sense and are more easy to use for calculations and more "properly" works in terms of physics, chemistry etc. For the record use whatever you like, but you and the UK in the west are the only 2, and u got it from them :P dw someday the U.S. will be introduced to a kilometer haha

[@michaeltelson9798]

The failure of the Soviet War against Poland (The Miracle on the Vistula) was partially blamed on Stalin. Stalin siphoned off some troops originally destined for the attack on Warsaw for his attack on White Russians in the area of Ukraine. In that battle a company of Renault tanks under French supervision were important in the defense. This unit’s overall commander was a young Charles de Gaulle. A squadron of American veteran aviators also fought for Poland, the Kosciuszko Squadron organized and led by Fauntleroy and Cooper (King Kong).

[@ryanbailey6401]

When Rodzienko offered the Crown to Grand Duke Mikhail in 1917, Mikhail should have declared his nephew the emperor in accordance with the constitution, himself regent with dictatorial power. If he did so I think the Bolsheviks never take over Russia and Russia probably doesn't get knocked out of the war.

[@angeloinfinity3054]

If you want to watch videos about the Titanic's sinking and causes then Oceanliner Designs has done a few! Here's a couple: -The Surprising Truth about Titanic's Lifeboats -Did the Titanic's Coal Fire Cause the Disaster? The Burning Question.

[@alisonrandall3039]

If Hitler had not failed the entrance exam to Vienna Fine art gallery. If King Harold Godwinson hadn’t fought the battle with Harald Hardrada at Standford bridge prior to the battle of Hastings. Maybe the men would of been better equipped for the battle of Hastings. If the Stanley’s had not switched side during the battle of Bosworth. King Richard 111 had won the battle. We would not of had Henry V11 or V111. And we would not of found Richard v11 in a car park.

[@brucehilton1662]

Whether the binoculars would have helped is questionable. (I agree vlogger). I lean toward the explanation that weather phenomena caused serious visibilty problems (cold current from north hitting warm current (gulf stream) from south. So even on a calm night the lookouts were handicapped. 2. we haven't adopted the metric system because "we stupid".

[@toriasygramul7128]

I would ad King Gustavus Adolphus of sweden getting lost and consequently killed on the battlefield at Lutzen. And Austrian General de Melas at the Battle of Marengo leaving before he had finished of that revolutionary french general Napoleon and consequently getting trounced by Napoleons Reinforcements under Desaix. Otherwise Napoleons rise might very well have ended then and there.

[@johnpotts8308]

Pompey (and the Roman Senate) not taking the gold from the Treasury when they abandoned Rome. Caesar marched into the capital and was able to capture the gold and pay his troops. They might have followed him anyway (once they crossed the Rubicon, they knew he was committing treason) but it certainly helped secure their loyalty. While the language may have made a difference, it's probably the case that the Italians (like other European powers at the time) were looking for an excuse to invade Ethiopia. Provided they could claim they had some justification for an invasion, what the treaty actually said was less relevant.

[@myfootballjesus]

Britain still call their Beers PINTS , in CANADIAN FOOTBALL they STILL use YARDS not METERS , so these other countries are NOT consistent

[@nekoboy56]

5:51 there was a cold water mirage, and even with the binoculars, the accident with the Titanic would have happened anyways. Otherwise the Californian would have been able to properly see the light morse code the Titanic was flashing, would've woken up their wireless telegraph commander and would've been able to go and help. But due to the mirage, the Californian wasn't able to properly see the light Morse code not the rockets. It was a freak and tragic accident. Also at 8:26 i get the point youre going with. But her steel was good. Have your doubts? Look at Olympics career. Suffured a collision with the SS Hawke in the stern, split a light boat in half, nearly cut a Uboat in half during the great war. The Olympic Class liner steal was as good as it could get. Its jsut loke you said, it hit in certain places (one of them being a coal bunker on the othersode of the watertight compartment in boiler room 6). As for thst fire, the tons of coal shifted to port is what kept her from capsizing like the Britannic in the great war.

[@paratame105]

Regarding the Titanic: Isn't it basically impossible to NOT see the iceberg sooner with binoculars? Wouldn't a minute or two already make a huge difference in this scenario, especially given the fact that, as you said, the Titanic only skimmed the iceberg?

[@Dragonite43]

A Maine dairy company has settled a lawsuit over an overtime dispute that was the subject of a ruling that hinged on the use of the Oxford comma. An absent "Oxford comma" will cost a Maine dairy company $5 million.

[@TheTexasCowboy56]

Should maybe one day check out Chonky Cheeze The Worst Day Of Every Presidency Explained In 10 Minutes really think you would love it.

[@tihomirrasperic]

Legend: Tito had Stalin killed after many unsuccessful attacks on Tito, Tito sent Stalin a message "If you don't stop attacking me, I'll send an assassin for you, and I won't need more than one" Of course that didn't stop Stalin and they still tried to kill Tito... and then it happened.... what happened

[@CommonSwindler]

Ironic that the picture the original video used for Alexander III of Scotland is actually a portrait of Edward Longshanks. You can tell by the lazy eye shown on the portrait, which Edward was reported to have had.

[@AdamNisbett]

The USA actually currently bases all our measurements on a kg standard like the one described in the video. The official definition of US mass is a set multiple of the standardized kg. It’s just that people refuse to use it as the everyday units. So I don’t buy the argument that the lack of delivery of the standardized kg was the deciding factor.

[@yake222]

One historical mistake was that the destruction of the USS Maine was most likely caused by the mishandling of gunpowder. But since the US wanted an empire they blamed it on the Spanish and the ramifications of the Spainish American war could be felt at least to the 1960s

[@BarelloSmith]

As an Italian: Italy would have definitely invaded Ethiopia anyway. It was a very imperialist country at the time and felt left behind by other European nations who colonised half the globe. If it wasn't for that mistake, they would have forged another excuse to invade.

[@quandaryn1231]

Just because it's dark doesn't mean binoculars don't help. That's why when you look at the night sky with binoculars you see things you can't with the naked eye. Assuming they eventually spotted the iceberg with reflected light from the ship itself, they would have seen the reflected light sooner if they had been looking through binoculars. In addition, when scanning the horizon even on a very dark night, you may notice that part of it is blocked by the iceberg even if you can't see the iceberg itself, and it's much easier to spot the absence of stars on a part of the horizon through binoculars.

[@benketengu]

Temperatures a metric oven is terrible. With a Fahrenheit oven, you can cook food at a lower temperature. This means you can easily bake a pumpkin pie without burning. With a metric oven which we have in Japan, it's a German oven and every oven I've seen here be set with increments of 10 which means you have a pumpkin pie that is not cooked enough in the center or it'll be burnt. The solution I found out. From an Australian is to heat up the pumpkin pie mixture in a double boiler then when it's hot, we can transfer it into pie shell. I interesting video of how food taste differently when cooked in a Fahrenheit oven then in a metric oven.

[@BarelloSmith]

The binoculars - if used the night of the sinking - would have actually reduced the chance of the lookouts to spot the iceberg, since they drastically reduce your field of vision. Binoculars are only used to confirm a sighting, after you already spotted it with your bare eyes. They are also especially useless at night when there is next to no light. The night the Titanic sank there was very likely a meteorological phenomenon called a "cold water mirage" going on, which would have made it impossible to see the real horizon anyway.

[@AnCoilean]

In Ireland we learn about the titanic every year in history during primary school and during the junior certificate. Being a resident of Belfast for seven years now I have learnt more about the ship. The binoculars were only one factor of many, the titanic received several warnings regarding icebergs and effectively ignored them and told the Mesaba to stop spamming the airwaves with warnings.

[@logan9758]

Do a reaction to Sam O’Nellas videos about Fidel Castros dairy adventures Pre Industrial surgeries The tale of Michael Malloy

[@e1123581321345589144]

Regarding the Titanic one. These accidents usually have multiple overlaying causes. Mentour Pilot presents a "swiss cheese model" in his videos on aviation accidents. This is also applicable here. There are many things that, if done different, could have prevented the disaster by themselves. But they were not, and the overlap of all the mistakes lead to thousands of people losing their lives.

[@Letterman0412]

The Titanic having binoculars would not have changed anything. The spotters would have still used their eyes first to identify icebergs, then they would switch to the binoculars to confirm. It wouldn't have saved them any time because. They would have still made the alert at the same time and the ship would have still struck the burg in the same way and sunk.

[@jalejablonsky2396]

For once I agree with you on something. Binoculars wouldn’t have made a difference. Sometimes things don’t always go as you plan them.

[@Llyd_ApDicta]

The binocs would have made a difference since they would allow more light to enter the eye due to the objective collecting more income light than an unenhanced iris could. Anyone who wants to test this irl can use a binoc at night and see more stars with it than without. Reg. Stalin: Only CCG-Players will get the "defense mode" reference :]

[@tannerwilson4843]

Can we get some videos of Olympic History coming up? The Olympic Trials are going on right now and the Paris Olympics are less then 2 months away.

[@littlekuribohimposte]

The Titanic was doomed from the start. They looked at the components they salvaged and most of the rivets were faulty.

[@decimationmhk]

Have you seen Robert Duvall's excellent portrayal of Stalin in the early 90s HBO movie about his life??

[@ytubestolemyhandle]

Titanic's mistake was steering. It could most likely withstand a frontal collision somewhat better than an iceberg literally carving open the whole ship and thus popping open all the floatation containers they were claiming would make the ship unsinkable..

[@lolikumadesbear1999]

Checking out this reaction was not one of these mistakes

[@WalkerTexasRanger001]

Wait a min.. Frederick Fleet. A guy who survived the titanic fought in both world wars? And survived them too?

[@autarchprinceps]

I think you are overstating the opposition to the metric system. At the time certainly there was little love for the English or anything representing them, and any association of the imperial system and "american pride" is a comparatively modern connection. On the contrary it would have been seen as being more distinguished and American to adopt what was also a revolutionary & allied nation's standard. And imperial was far from standardised anyway yet.

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

Unless they were NVG those binoculars wouldn’t have made a difference in complete darkness

[@mvic81818]

I’ve heard a Titanic expert say because of the atmospheric conditions binoculars actually would have been a hindrance.

[@AJ-vm8ft]

12:16 Jefferson was as much of a king as Washington was. Both chose not to be a king. If Jefferson said we will do X, then X was going to happen. Jacksonian Democracy was years away.

[@11mousa]

Fun fact regarding Franz Ferdinand: he and his wife missed their children and wanted to go home the day before the assasination. He was convinced to stay because Bosnian officials had planned something, and leaving would have been offensive to them

[@LoriPeace]

On the subject of World War I starting with the the assassination of the archduke, I have a feeling that the fact that the driver turned out a one-way street the wrong way and had to back up certainly was a mistake that could have led the assassination, but it seems like the world must have already been at such a tipping point that the assassination was just sort of the straw that broke the camel's back, as opposed to being THE thing that started the war, without which world war I would never have started.

[@user-ld4xx1el6q]

Very interesting about Stalin. Peter the Great had all night drinking parties almost nightly and died of parotinitis due to over indulging that his 53? year old bowels could not longer cope with.

[@RKGrizz]

I kind of liked it, but I wouldn't call Stalin's psychological dictatorship a small mistake.

[@BarelloSmith]

This video was mostly bs to be honest. Most of these were either untrue, very doubtful or in the case of the last example not even on topic: How is being a tyrant for several years and generally being an unpleasant person for your entire life a "small mistake"?