That Time Britain Burned Down The White House

An insane war, a city reduced to ash, and the cataclysmic weather event that may have saved the day.
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[@undergroundsoul94]

Shane loves history so much he really looked offended that aliens were brought up lmaoooo I feel that tbh

[@catinamcdonaldsbag1392]

undergroundsoul94 the older version of me

[@fawkespryde9183]

Betrayed by his girlfriend and his best friend lol.

[@imtotallyconfused]

i can't believe this happened twice

[@rainbowraindrop7684]

That's me talking about mythology with my family

[@emmaearthling444]

But it was def aliens tho

[@DK-go6nw]

Kinda sad they failed to mention that the White House was actually pink at the time

[@punkpuppyluv]

Dumblekitty Wha- wait really?

[@chamberling_arts9309]

What

[@morganmarsh1276]

i wanna see a pink house

[@knuckys]

I thought it was blue. My dad told me the story when I was little and he said it was blue. It could've been pink, but I'm glad that someone knew it wasn't white.

[@havoc987]

IKR

[@katierickman7865]

just to clarify, "dinner" was, at the time, the word they used for "lunch" and they commonly would eat later in the afternoon then we do now. So, what we consider "dinner" today, they called "supper"

[@supercat9119]

Here in Wales we still call it supper

[@beluwuga]

They had tea in the UK

[@micheal2458]

Thank you, I was hoping one of them knew that, but nobody said anything

[@darkamora5123]

Actually dinner was, and still is, defined as the main meal of the day. It is just a cultural shift that that meal is now supper (the evening meal) and was the midday meal then. Not just a synonym for lunch. I would guess the cost of lighting to illuminate a large evening meal was part of the reason the midday meal was the main one. Eating a smaller meal wouldn't require the ceremony and associated lighting in the dark.

[@arisbelyea14]

"He didn't even ask about his wife!" "Dolly's fine, by the way."

[@Sabrowsky]

We need to acknowledge that Cockburn's stealing of all the c letters was a master troll move

[@piers_bellman]

This comment has nowhere near enough likes.

[@beautifullEternal]

Can’t call ppl cunts without c’s!!!

[@skeleteleportation8043]

okburn

[@audacious-sama8310]

"kokburn"

[@DeadInside-ct6dl]

You sure he didn't steal the 'U's as well, thus causing such a difference between Brit and American spellings?

[@notyourdestiny3547]

"Do you think they burned my library?" YOU'RE WIFE'S FINE BTW!

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Destiny Overton I think she was with him at the time he said that

[@sarashaffer4800]

your*

[@crashandburnie5548]

YOUR PFP

[@BrownEyedPrincess1]

I read this comment both before and after watching the video and it drastically changed how I read it lol.

[@rach1793]

*"Thunder and lightning signified something...significant."* *_- Shane, an intellectual_*

[@viceman8152]

Job 12 :23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

[@ArcanineEspeon]

Very very frightening.

[@ArcanineEspeon]

@@viceman8152 Is this about thunder and lightning, or are you just spamming people with bible verses?

[@zachlyons4952]

When Ryan says, "well maybe next time do alittle more research" 😂😂😂 Shane is always saying that in unsolved

[@NemesisNecrosis]

Dolly's like, "If you had fought like a man!"

[@mollyotoole8232]

"Then you wouldnt have got shot like a dog!"

[@salenebrom6476]

Yaaaaaas 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jaybee6778]

Then you wouldn’t have gotten hung like a dog

[@myra7011]

BUZZFEED I WANT MORE WEIRD HISTOR SO I DONT HAVE TO KEEP REWATCHING THE SAME 8 VIDEOS

[@madisonhusker7048]

M N THIS^^

[@almondsandrevolution]

YSBKSKSKS EXACTLY OH MY GOD

[@marz5213]

this still stands ^^^

[@elizamadlener8685]

SAAMMMEEEE!!!! I'VE WATCHED THESE VIDEOS 20 TIMES EACH!!!!!

[@jazzedaboutcheese]

SOMEONE SAID IT

[@missrileyelaine2296]

Can we talk about "Your excellency, they burned your whole palace" real quick? Already very deep but there's a lot more to it. Washington specifically said that people should call the president "Mr. President" so that he was not treated like royalty in order to help establish the republic. The fact that they called Madison "your excellency" and referred to the White House as a "palace" shows how fed up they are with Madison. He's being childish asking about his library(without asking how his wife was, might I add) and these people were fed up with how self-absorbed he was. So much so, that they compared him to a king, whom they vehemently hated! Truly badass!

[@osiruq]

Hah hilarious! Love that!(Fuckin’ Madison)

[@micheal2458]

Oh! Thanks for that context!

[@bigploppa154]

@Humble beginnings invaded is definitely the wrong term considering the americans were the ones who lived in the colony. if anything you invaded your own colonies in an attempt to stop a succession which was a response to tyrannical rule by the monarch. you were massacring citizens for no reason at all commiting war crimes left and right before the revolutionary war even broke out.

[@merriquelynn866]

That was even Quaker Shade. So, it's even more shade considering you killed a Quaker's patience.

[@sg3428]

Good take. But I doubt they knew sarcasm then…

[@arianamaria_]

The sheer tenacity in Ryan’s face when he said “...ghosts are scarier” is *BOLD*

[@pikit316]

Shane discussing facts & history Ryan cranking his spirit box 😂

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

it is funny how afraid so many Americans are of ghosts, when a. they can't be proven there's no physical evidence of them (footage and photos can be doctored), and b. there's even less evidence they can actually do us any harm. and yet, whenever i think there might be a ghost around, i start praying and get afraid lol. i guess its just fear of the unknown being stronger than fear of what we've already faced, the mind is a funny thing. love the name Ariana btw

[@m1ssmessy]

@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 you know every other culture, like Asia and such, has very very active ghost stories

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@m1ssmessy yeah, and very active religion stories, and beliefs about what's ok and not about sex, and race, and what kind of food we eat, or what kind of job is good to have. people believe what they want, but nobody knows. we all just make it up as we go. life is a rollercoaster.

[@laurenhawes7201]

"They year was 1812...obviously" Later: "It was 1814..*

[@annamaura89]

Yeah i was confused about that.. so what is it?

[@CozyHobbit31]

The war started in 1812, but ended in 1814 with the events described here.

[@Coolgiy67]

Broadway Bri 31 actually in 1815 was the battle of New Orleans where Andrew Jackson only lost 71 men while killing 2,000 British soldiers

[@knight.paladin1214]

@@Coolgiy67 Actually the peace had already been signed and so technically the battle of New Orleans isn't part of the war of 1812, but just a random fight. Although both forces involved were unaware the war was over so in that sense yes

[@Coolgiy67]

Josiah Coney yah I would say it is apart of the war because that’s what the 2 sides were fighting for. But I see what you mean cause the war had ended like a month before the battle took place lol so everyone died for no reason basically.

[@gabiluch87]

They just mention aliens just to upset Shane hahaha poor guy

[@astrowolvez]

I love how dolly saved washington’s portrait and now her own portrait is across his always watching out for him.

[@hannahpotter882]

"imagine the Whitehouse burning" *cue January 2021 nervous laughter*

[@hannahpotter882]

this is about the rioters and how the situation could possibly get out of Hand idk

[@realcanadiangirl64]

Those rioters were sent by the Democrats who refuse to send security when Trump requested

[@wvu05]

@@realcanadiangirl64 Oh, are we playing "Say the opposite"? If so, what a brilliant summation of what really happened that isn't the slightest bit insane.

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

@@realcanadiangirl64 really? Seriously? You actually believe that

[@onemansvoice9132]

@@realcanadiangirl64 no

[@samsilly123456]

"we are born of idiocy" is def true and a mood

[@KennyMcCormick99]

And it couldnt even be more accurate of her description! In fact, she was born and will die of idiocy!

[@elijahmccormick3360]

Idiocy? Our country? Founded on idiocy?

[@gennavievegwenn4564]

Elijah McCormick yeah lowkey

[@43productions93]

@@gennavievegwenn4564 no

[@43productions93]

That is the most wrong statement ever

[@wyrmie7276]

"Don't tell me what to do" Whoooaaa that editor is salty-

[@hannahjohnson4322]

The editor is my fav. Especially in the Darmius (i think?) video

[@corneliali7747]

where?

[@joyhhinton]

Cornelia Li 6:20

[@salenebrom6476]

Miyo-Naise yes

[@leahwalker9151]

Actually, George Washington was like “I’m tired and want to go sit under my trees.”

[@sarahdowling2528]

Leah Bee Walker| 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜

[@leahwalker9151]

Sarah Dowling that actually wasn’t a rule at that time

[@lilyn0204]

Sarah Dowling nope, he could have been president for life but he didn’t want to be president anymore after 2 terms. it wasn’t officially a rule that a president can’t serve for more than 2 terms until like the 1900

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

"Everyone get out of my way, I just wanna sit and feed my birds"

[@broadwaynewsie2241]

C.o.R (Lex) omg😂 I was gonna quote Hamilton than I saw this comment

[@purpcrayon]

Shane gave SUCH “high school history teacher” vibes with the “I am not going to entertain this any further” 😂

[@savmmmaacc6395]

Everyone: aliens Shane: *nO*

[@shelby8448]

Welcome To Neptune Shane:what's in your hand? Everyone: Aliens! Shane:NO

[@rainydays3625]

Shane: Hey Ryan, what topic are we doing next Buzzfeed Unsolved? Everyone: Aliens! Shane: *_NO_*

[@ashleymoon4668]

Ryan and Shane keep working together so often lately and I’m living for it

[@k.k.9800]

the only reason why I watch this particular series from buzzfeed haha

[@blanketfort]

I'm crying my poor heart can't take it

[@18biohazard]

The reason I clicked the vid lol

Ashley Moon they're best friends now cuz of Unsolved lol Imagine that. They probably started Unsolved as just colleagues doing a new part of the same old job. And then that series made them become best friends.

[@thefairlylocalflightlessbi6792]

It's because separation is bad for a relationship.

[@caitcait98]

It was so funny to watch them all know nothing about this war... As a Canadian, I learned about this war pretty much every two years in elementary school

[@hollymathews3264]

I'm also Canadian and learned about this war a few times in history class, and one history teacher told us "If you ever ask an American about this war they probably won't know anything because Americans want to deny that it ever happened"

[@carabuker897]

@@hollymathews3264 lmao I'm an American and I deadass didn't know that the White House ever burned down. I wish they would teach this in school, it's kind of important.

[@caseyd9471]

We don't learn about wars where we weren't a clear winner, like Vietnam, Korea, anything in the middle east, etc etc. Just the Revolution, WW I & II, and the Civil War (not sure what they learn about that one in the south though).

[@peterson7082]

@@hollymathews3264 We went over it when I was in middle school. It was taught that we burned York, the British burned D.C.- and then the Battle of New Orleans happened after the treaty had been signed, with both forces unaware.

[@verasmith1532]

American here. Learned about it briefly in middle school, talked about the impressment, White House burning down, George Washington’s portrait being saved, star spangled banner, Native Americans having to pick sides (from what I remember). High school ed. had slightly more but mainly focused on how afterwards America was taken more seriously as an independent nation.

[@lucykavanagh2240]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Laura Secord in this. She was a Canadian during 1812 who's the reason the British forces were able to push the American troops out of their territories. Story goes, while she was living in a section of now-Canada that had been recently taken over by America's army, she overheard a bunch of soldiers boasting about a secret upcoming attack against the British army that would gain them the rest of Upper now-Canada (in their defence, the soldiers were drunk and had been in her house at the time, eating her food). Upon hearing this, Secord proceeded to trek through 20 miles of enemy territory (with her cow in some versions), and managed to outrun the American army and warn the British to get their butts into gear for the surprise attack that was coming their way. Because of her, the British were able to prepare their forces and managed to push the Americans out of now-Canada completely. Sources vary, but some people believe that if it was not for her, America might have won 1812, and Canada as a country would not exist today.

[@bookworm1616]

So a bunch of American a-holes were being cocky and a pain and it bit them in the butt hard. Yeah that checks out.

[@noiiya9242]

THE ICE CREAM LADY???

[@DarkSkies72]

@@noiiya9242 Chocolate, Laura Secord chocolate, although they do serve ice cream now too but chocolate made her business famous.

[@fiona8230]

Also, 1812 money to 2019 money for the $1000 head is about $19,112 now.

[@theonethingwealladore]

No it wouldn’t. In 1899, $1 was around $30.50 today.

[@aryannaherasme5569]

@@theonethingwealladore You're both right though. The value of the dollar was higher in 1899 than it was in 1812 for some reason. Go to in2013dollars.com and see how $1 in 1812 is worth about $19 today but in 1899 its 30

[@sanderflop]

So he was offering a used car for the head of the general that was invading their country

[@johndowds5770]

@@aryannaherasme5569 inflation didn't exist

[@avaperez9638]

I just have a mental image of Madison crying will cannons are firing and Alexander Hamilton's ghost just dying of laughter

[@sammysamsam1948]

I love this comment

[@casssm]

Yes oml

[@anubia6878]

HAHA

[@nalahodjat4373]

And Laurens drawing mustaches on the sleeping soldiers while Philip and Washington looked on.

[@maraeglite9763]

Well, we all know what would have happened if Ham was there... And alive

[@AustinJASMR]

Gadiel: There's no way they had rockets back then Me: Rockets were invented in the Song Dynasty Edit: Fact checked the dynasty name.

[@KevinHandydfw]

Rockets were invented by the ancient chinese. They fired rockets into the air on festive occasions and to ward off spirits. To whit: en.chinaculture.org/created/2005-07/21/content_70826.htm

[@AustinJASMR]

@@KevinHandydfw That's what I said.

[@tictoc3148]

Congreve rockets

[@theegrach]

i think he was thinking about the metal rockets they use to free countries.

[@abhinavbhattarai4714]

Welp, this video got very relevant really quick

[@lilyw499]

LMAOO

[@bonnienakamura]

my history teacher: so this leads us into the war of 1812 dur- me: [maniacal laughter mixed with internal crying because when is ruining history coming back]

[@salenebrom6476]

Just Liza ☝️

[@buttercup313]

I love that Ryan and Sara are always with Shane and then whoever is lucky to get thrown in with them. I'm jealous.

[@joshuadouglas2962]

I think it works really well! Having Ryan and Sara alongside Shane in each episode gives the series consistency, yet having two random guests also makes every episode unique and allows for some amazing commentary on these events. And yes, I also wish I could be one of those random guests.

[@tyffaneelavely8087]

BRING THIS BACK! Why do you guys do this with the best series?? Every video in the first season has MILLIONS of views, so please bring it back. I genuinely love this series. P.S. WHEN you do bring it back, make sure Shane is still the host. Love that guy. ;)

[@hellotheredelicious]

Shane and Ryan have their own channel called watcher now, and they have a series called puppet history. :) It's similar, and it's quite fun.

[@katofletters6809]

You know why you’re here today.

[@AndArrington]

*we’re all going to die… maybe we shouldn’t have tea today*

[@coopa2002]

We don't have tea. JK we binge drink tea

[@coopa2002]

Yeah but British biscuits are like cookies

[@coopa2002]

Ah ok. Yeah I thought you might have been american and I wanted to clarify that american biscuits and british biscuits are different

[@AndArrington]

Coopa2002 Gaming British biscuits are nothing like the American version. The Canadian (as I am Canadian) biscuits, much like the rest of Canada, are a solid mix of an American and British biscuit.

[@coopa2002]

Sounds interesting a mix of both

[@InvestingHustler]

I wish history class was as entertaining as this. Probably would've actually payed attention . Nice video 🙏

[@incept10]

Yeah

[@NarutoUzumaki-hj2hb]

INVESTING HUSTLER - Stocks and money making videos i wish you would stfu in every video you watch

[@exgamerr]

INVESTING HUSTLER - Stocks and money making videos you must get some really boring teachers. All of my history teachers make history funny and awesome!

[@neoclassicalder]

There’s a podcast called “Stuff You Missed in History Class” that’s very interesting in a similar way! 10/10 would recommend

[@eshaepperson5945]

SAME.

[@wesleyrichards6045]

It was Thomas Jefferson who started the tradition of calling the President “ Mr. President”

[@akakaze1364]

I find it hilarious that this showed up in my recommendations today.

[@bagelzzz]

“was there ever a president who went ‘eh, too much work’?” well, our good old friend George went “i am tired. goodbye” so like,,,, sorta

[@icarus326]

George Washington was a good president, til one day he said: “I’m tired, I want to go home.”

[@morganmarsh5527]

And Richard Nixon kinda. He grew up in the town I live in so I have basically memorized that museum.

[@Connor-ly5ic]

Not presidents but David Cameron and Theresa may bottled it

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

Jean Deibert I’m sorry, it’s the wrong war to reference this, and I know HE was dead at this point, but. “One last time... teach em how to say goodbye”

[@julietspring8798]

"Be our king!" George: "No." "Stay and be president till you die!" George: "No. I want to grow tobacco and command my modest amount of slaves."

[@DudeManGuy]

In 1812, $500 is roughly $7317.21 today, and $1000 is about $14634.41.

[@bahamascryptocurrencyminin6279]

I have 27,054.84 www.in2013dollars.com/1814-dollars-in-2018?amount=2000

[@DJogdog]

And you put 1815, not 1814.

[@zaesepulveda7980]

Lofty and you put 1814, not 1812

[@may4557]

can someone pin this please

[@ThePwnd2222897]

$14634.42.*

[@Emily-fz4le]

i love that all the voices in animations are just shane like "uh~oh"

[@bluepencil9451]

AND I *OOP*

[@notquitechaos6705]

ryan and sarah ganging up on Shane to claim it was aliens is my favorite running joke

"It's Lara, Ryan." Give your editor a damned raise.

[@Strega_del_Corvo]

S.M. Carrière Seriously! I correct my husband all the damn time. Including this morning. 😂

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

huh?

[@eternallyconfused]

I think they edit the vids themselves

[@nettart4924]

Isn't it pronounced the same? Also Lara is a turkish name?

[@avadubbs1160]

When in any American history has Americans been “calm and collective”

[@tijanaself897]

@@smellasepam4854 neither do we (Germans)

[@vc9491]

@@smellasepam4854 wth

[@dull_demon4717]

I feel like we'd have to really do some digging to find that small time we were if it exists

[@Dr.s3RTH]

NEVER!

[@o0Scarrow0o]

Hey at least were not boring

[@ArcanineEspeon]

This hits differently in January 2021. Turns out you don't need to be foreign to attack the most important building in Washington.

[@mitskifr]

4:53 can we just talk about how george washington's literal reason for retirement was 'i'm tired. i want to go home.'

[@jillianshelffo1179]

The fact that Ryan and Sara are a staple to the series has me so happy. I love their banter!

[@BR-ng1kp]

I'm pretty sure that when they said, "your excellency they burned down your whole palace." it was mocking him. He's the emperor with no clothes asking about his library in a time like this. I think that was the context, not that they regularly referred to him as your excellency.

[@Metamine0]

Brandy R The emperor has no clothes

[@yogi_asmr1130]

The back ground screams at 18:27 become even funnier when I imagine Shane in a sound studio making those noises into a mic on his own 😂😂😂

[@maddi4633]

i wish they continued this series it was so entertaining

[@Marika50]

Ryan and Shane are not at Buzzfeed anymore. They have their own channel called Watcher. Shane actually has his own series on that chanal about history and he kind of makes it like this, but as almost like a gameshow and he took like a whole week to make puppets for the show.

[@---ge5ur]

Marika Kutaladze they are still at buzzfeed tho, they work buzzfeed unsolved lmao

[@jordanianchristian8387]

Marika Kutaladze lol have you heard of Buzzfeed Unsolved?

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@jordanianchristian8387 well technically they don't work for Buzzfeed anymore, but they do work with them, there's a distinction there so i let her comment slide. and she's right about puppet history existing

[@KevinHandydfw]

Filled with inaccuracies but yes entertaining.

[@morbjrn5265]

$9,230.25 each ear and $18,460.51 for his head when you calculate USD from 1812 to 2018. You're welcome.

[@PumpkinishLove]

Yeah I would have totally starting chopping people's ears off

[@Truecrimeresearcher224]

Damn time to find some ears

[@amanda-hz1yz]

google exists... but thanks still!

[@salenebrom6476]

Morbjørn damn

[@loretta5653]

How many ppl that were not Cockburn do you think lost their ears?

[@leejiawei4576]

WHOA another one is here already? I’m so exciteddd, please make this an ongoing seriess~

[@luntian3237]

Yea! There's going to be four more for this season and it's gonna be uploaded every Sunday :)

[@oopsallbecki]

It is an ongoing series

[@AA01532]

Lee Jia Wei it is a series search for the rest of the episodes of buzzfeed blue

[@leejiawei4576]

reeeeEEEEEETTTTTTTT

[@lillyolivia9253]

Yes

[@cryptidcrowngaming]

America: We'll bs our way through everything

[@chelsie2767]

This episode hit different today

[@silkl9756]

This series and Buzzfeed Unsolved are the only reasons I’m subscribed

[@weepingtrashposts4144]

Shannon Jones same

[@willows6114]

Shannon Jones Same here 😂

[@madisonhusker7048]

Shannon Jones yes 100%

[@amnigma2342]

"The losers are writing the history as if they were victors" Don't they always?

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Er, usually the victors wrote the history books because the losers lost... their lives, or their sovereignty.

[@cleverusername9369]

Americans certainly do

[@kyleecronin2089]

War of 1812: The Redcoats are coming! Q Coup of 2021: The Redhats are throwing a tantrum!

[@zoebracey]

yep! 😭💀

[@noodles2732]

anything Shane touches becomes pure gold

[@kiryu9992]

essentially He's Midas

[@eboooo]

I guess you are a shaniac

[@noodles2732]

Michael Eyob I mean I think ghosts are real but Shane is too great of a guy to not like over Ryan

[@saakmalo8273]

Omg another one so soon! What did I do to deserve this?

[@eleventyelena]

I think they're planning on having a new one every Sunday!

[@cranberryjuice9768]

Being loyal

[@laurenpaige8493]

Hope it lasts!

[@brodiewoods7617]

Fajiyeol ii ii

[@miyumi2236]

YES!!!

[@sophiegustafsson1925]

Everyone: IT’Z ALIENZ Shane: It’s not- Everyone: ALIENZ

[@laurenbanner1507]

"Look! James Sadison" IM SCREAMING

[@emilyobrien1161]

the editing made this 50000000x funnier

[@drivethrupoet]

Yeah cause the two panel guests were lame. And what happened to Shane? He is looking uncharacteristically basic.

[@pinagpaletsamalapet2319]

Emily O'Brien uiiii

[@islandgirl388]

Emily O'Brien m n n

[@redjaxs7675]

I'm your 900th like

[@treycollins9222]

"There's no way they had rockets back then" Ever heard of the Star Spangled Banner?

[@desertranger3199]

That guy was kind of an idiot so I dont know what your expecting

[@englishatheart]

@@desertranger3199 Yet you just used "your" when "you are" is "you're." 🤔

[@KevinHandydfw]

@@35mm21 It wasn't.

[@lmao0192]

but wasnt that song made after pearl harbor....

[@kamtheman106]

@@lmao0192 Sigh. No. It comes from a poem written about the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

[@taviturner7727]

the fact there's highschools in jamaica older than America is astounding

[@erraticonteuse]

To be fair, there are high schools in America older than America, they were just founded when Americans were still British.

[@randomdude4669]

​@@erraticonteuseso those aren't allowed to be talked about

[@zoebracey]

well this aged well...

[@jordanowens7226]

Who animates these? I wanna be their best friend

[@samhayet4286]

SAME. PLEASE BE SENPAI, O GREAT ANIMATER/EDITOR!!

[@kaitlin1609]

I think it’s Jeremy Smolik. He’s labeled as Asset Designer in the description. I don’t know what that actually means though 😂 pretty sure it’s a type of digital arts.

[@erisptolemy]

*Can you guys stop talking about Star Wars?* *me* *giggles* Woebegone Kenobi 😂

[@ivyburns1329]

i love you

[@ashleyp8620]

Bellatrix Tudor This deserves way more likes than it has right now 😂😂

[@erisptolemy]

😂 thanks guys.

[@daynajiaaustin8150]

Bellatrix Tudor LMFAOOOOO

[@melaniebrown8691]

That's basically America...."we'll never learn."

[@SonicGirlsGeek]

Ryan: I don't think there was ever a president that retired because of the workload and went to pick apples Me, knowing he quite literally (including the apples) just described George Washington: *nervously laughs in history*

[@finnkelly8615]

Can you guys PLEASE do the Great Emu War? It is the single funniest piece of Australian history I’ve ever heard.

[@ThePatrioticTurtle]

KatAltaria lol they lost a declared war against a bunch of birds!!! LOL

[@sailormoonfan224]

OH MY GOD YES. PLEASE.

[@possumnest7]

YESSSS

[@fireflower17]

This. Yes please..

[@SpyV1]

This comment is kinda old but on Shane’s new series “Puppet History” he just did a video on it !

[@Mantic_Nyx]

Shane and Ryan need their own channel of their shenanigans! Ruining history and Unsolved are my 2 most favorite series on youtube.

[@emilyredenshek0812]

They do now! It’s called Watcher and boy oh boy do they post their shenanigans. Their Puppet History series is kind of like a reboot of Ruining History 😁😁

[@jocelynm116]

This is my new favorite you tube show!! I’m learning and I am laughing! This is wonderful!

[@xlnuniex]

$1,000 in 1812 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $20,624.81 today, an increase of $19,624.81 over 209 years.

[@TabyPilgrim]

I wanna know who edits these videos and then marry them

[@riyasharma-eq5lq]

shane and one other guy i think

[@luntian3237]

Shane does! :)

[@emmamacdonald7740]

there's a link in the description that gives you all the info on the producer, editor, cast, etc.

[@Meiabell]

I thought it was Ryan and Shane.

Meia Krage it's not Ryan. This isn't his show. It's some other guy. Name starts with a T. I remember seeing him in a comments section.

[@kayla362]

FACT FROM TITANIC: They ACTUALLY ate snacks like chocolate as the ship was going down Honestly I would do this to

[@WhyNot-re5he]

“We said it long enough and hard enough that we believed it”~America in one sentence

[@TheIceman567]

Huh?

[@katiebethbrandt6435]

Oh my gosh they were playing Dvorak’s string quartet No 96 titled “the America quarter” at the end. How fittingly perfect. Good job editing team! I enjoyed hearing that.

[@Chloe-kw5ic]

Dolly Madison saved much more than just one photo of George Washington, including the Declaration of Independence (yes, she did that not Monroe). And she threw the dinner party knowing that the British were closing in so as to show her resolve and help make those still in Washington feel a bit more safe. She deserves more credit than she gets

[@sea_triscuit7980]

Chloe Davis yeah but she's a woman in America so... haha this country is fucked

[@jasewrangler1980]

A woman anywhere. British women weren't exactly getting recognition at the time so I guess they're fucked too?

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Independence Wars 2 - the empire strikes back

[@sricharan2078]

Yolo Swaggins underrated comment

[@THE_MAD_MARTIAN]

why isn’t this a top comment

[@theshamanite]

I vote this top comment.

[@Marcus51090]

Something something something dark side something something complete lol

[@projectkepleren]

underrated af

[@zareklordofthefries7858]

It saddens me this series is from 2 years ago, I want more of this so bad

[@suzukablade]

$500 in 1812 is worth $10,510.99 today. $1000 in 1812 is worth $19,915.56 today.

[@yolandavizitiu1655]

Shane!! you should make an episode on the destruction of the Aztec Empire (trust me there’s guns and ships and deceit and spies and human sacrifice and disease, you’ll love it)

[@fernandocorona5411]

Yolanda Vizitiu no

[@user-eh2ci3qd1q]

Fernando Corona Yes

[@natasha4234]

Yolanda Vizitiu eh

[@andretheinernaut3749]

Guns and ships, you say?

[@jamesnelson6656]

So the balance shifted?

[@samanthavialpando4050]

"do you think they burned my library?" Omg that hurts my heart poor jemmy James

[@aahnaroy744]

honestly, i would ask the same question(it took me a long time to collect those books and I'll sell my soul rather than burning them)

[@lofecunningham4528]

Am I the only one watching this after the whole capital hill ordeal

[@aznlnllena]

Did anyone came back to watch this after the Capital’s violence and riot?

[@yaboi9409]

Please continue with this series or I'll be very woebegone

[@mickeyraza5442]

same profile pic!!

[@colemcgrath1718com]

Awesome TWINS!!!

[@nicolesteele6624]

ya boi I said woebegone to my English teacher and she didn’t know what it meant and was going to ask other English teachers at my school but forgot what the word was.

[@BenjaminWickers]

#BringBackWoebegone

[@trashyasf]

is so cute how sara and ryan are always there to support shane

[@Doc_Aspy]

f e r while also being little shits and blaming everything on aliens to spite him.

[@lorrainewilliams7896]

Did they both get splinters from that set piece? They were both picking something on their arms. Also, yuck watching them pick themselves..

[@tylerbottenberg7907]

You should definitely bring these episodes back cause if these were around when I took History in school I would've taken a crap ton less naps.

[@CurtisD01]

"Do you think they burnt my lovely book" " mate they fucking burnt everything"

[@afrahe3718]

You learn about the war of 1812 in Canada in grade 7. I'm in grade 7. You just couldn't post this few weeks ago when my class was working on it.

[@lucymacblair5619]

redrose 101 I'm in grade 7 too! In Canada. And we haven't learnt about it yet

[@spoons7092]

lol I’m in grade 10 and we are just now learning this. we mostly learned about local history in grades 7-9 (junior high)

[@esk9889]

i remember they taught us that canadians burned down the pink house and its a monumental time in canadian history. we are the reason why they turned the white house from pink-white LOL ur welcome americans

[@MarsupialMason]

Yea but if they HAD kept it the 'pink house'. I dont think they would mind, It seems like they came full circle to wanting it to be pink again

[@lechugawithcrispyhair324]

Dude same

[@emmareese4520]

"We were born of idiocy." -truer words have never been spoken

[@spiritussublime]

and the tradition continues today! What a shock LOL

[@eleanorlanpher34]

“The people that took him in were obviously dummy’s any way!” As a Quaker I admire those people for upholding our values

[@SmokeyQuartz.]

Who's here after the 2021 storming of the United States capital?

[@dannie0826]

fun fact: dolly actually ordered a fifteen year old black slave to save it and then she frickin bolted. a Frenchmen tried to help but then other servants, that were saving stuff bc dolly just grabbed silverware and ditched, ran in to the burning White House and told the Frenchmen and 15 year old Paul Jennings that the British were like ten miles out. so then, the French servant just left along w other slaves while Jennings had decided to break the frame to save the canvas. Dolly saved herself w these “letters” and the Madison family had a painting made to portray dolly all elegant and fancy and on the left side there’s Jennings but he looks like a middle aged man instead of the 15 yr old he was

[@rainbow3403]

"Do you think they burned my library?" 😭

[@Gaywizardry]

The war of 1812 was one of two battles you learn/are proud of in Canadian high school that we really had any major hand in. (Then you learn the rest of Canadian history and get very sad)

[@lucybee7498]

I love how for ‘insults’ hurled at him, the animator put vegetables pelted at the president

[@andretheinernaut3749]

Fun facts about James Madison! 1) He was the shortest president to date, standing at 5’4! 2) James would tell the same jokes all the time, the the point that people would be far more interested in the different ways he’d tell them. 3) Speaking of his jokes, he had a pretty dirty sense of humour. 4) He really liked ice cream!

[@EuphrasieFauchelevent]

andretheinternaut omg im taller than jimmy madmanson, who knew?

[@doityourselfbombs]

and he was a HUGE hypochondriac

[@spiritdox9774]

1. James' wife would also make jokes about his height (in a good way) and often give him piggy back rides. 2. He squealed when he was served cream puffs at dinner. Thats adorable.

[@amusedcuriosity3370]

same, james madison, same

[@MigdaliaAlvarado385]

Aww, smol boyo, thomas was a giant next to him

[@olivermiller265]

#BRINGBACKWOEBEGONE

[@smfstracers]

already there

[@Truecrimeresearcher224]

@@paranoidandroid2098 ya we are already there

[@michelangelo7441]

I NEED MORE EPISODESSSS !! I’ve REWATCHED THESE 80 TIMESSS

[@outside8312]

Look up puppet history

[@DracoMalfoy-ds7uc]

this is giving me capitol riot vibes

[@musicandloveismylive]

You should talk about the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War, which was an alleged theoretical state of war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. Read about it, it's hilarious.

[@musicandloveismylive]

Aiden Rose Grey yes that one:)

[@torilee6677]

Bahahaha that is hilarious

[@louiswallis8687]

JustSarah the Isles of Scilly are part of Britain, it was a result of the English Civil war. The Royal Navy were on the Parliamentarians side therefore Charles’ attempts to gain support from European countries failed. The Dutch engaged the Royal Navy off the Isles of Scilly and lost a treaty was signed in 1985z