"My dear, at my age who is going to look there". Absolutely hilarious
@St.Linguini_of_Pesto3 жыл бұрын
Lmao.. I'm feeling that. Funny af.
@xKissedxDeathx3 жыл бұрын
I mean is it cursed or do these people keep finding financial ruin because they blow obnoxious amounts of money on things like pretty rocks LOL
@ewestner3 жыл бұрын
Right? I was totally thinking the same thing....
@acetate9093 жыл бұрын
Getting to the bottom of this story is so hard that only a diamond can begin to scratch the surface.
@LuinTathren3 жыл бұрын
Bah dum tss
@TheQuickSilver1013 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this years ago. I was impressed with how huge it was and how strikingly blue and beautiful it was. I don't believe in curses but this diamond has a truly incredible story. Thanks!
@necessaryevil4553 жыл бұрын
All over a shiny stone. Human Beings are weird.
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
"I ask for rich guy stuff, and you give me shiny pebbles? Bah!" _ptooey_ "Good day to you, sir!" - "Dr." John Zoidberg
@Rentta3 жыл бұрын
I mean it's still better than what we do for some 0's and 1's which is money these days.
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
That diamond name is Kohinoor diamond and is from India Britishers stole that diamond are not giving back
@biancabrooks2803 жыл бұрын
I saw it at the Smithsonian. It’s v pretty, but I liked looking at the big geodes better, tbh.
@jonnda3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@AmberWool3 жыл бұрын
I saw it when I was 12 (1976). I knew about the curse and was stunned by its beauty. Unfortunately, we didn't make it the last time I was in DC. 2014, I think.
@hellfire_rxse75123 жыл бұрын
i haven’t even heard of the curse until today but the stone is beautiful
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
Diamonds, in general, are overrated due to their perceived prestige due to expense. Cubic zirconia tend to get chosen over diamonds by people who don't know gemstones that well because of the higher brilliance and fire, assuming that the more glittery one must be the real deal while the shiny but relatively tame one must be the cheap substitute. Never mind the lies that de Beers has been spreading for however long it's been now. They've basically monopolized them by building their headquarters on top of the biggest mine in Africa and "forgetting" to do due-diligence when they buy them from others, who often turn out to be criminal organizations.
@biancabrooks2803 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if someone put a small geode on a ring, I’d say yes instantly. 💍
@critter423 жыл бұрын
Loved this. I remember hearing about it in the late 70s - mid 80s when I was growing up, but I love that new information about it has continued to be unearthed about it even as recently as 2008.
@2l84t3 жыл бұрын
A Curse adds value to an item , any misfortune of the non believing new owner reinforces the myth and adds to the value. Cursed Antiques 101
@siege824s82 жыл бұрын
I touched it when i visited DC now I'm battling cancer and lost my vision
@rationallyruby2 жыл бұрын
@@siege824s8 how exactly did you touch it? It’s in a bullet proof glass case?
@siege824s82 жыл бұрын
@@rationallyruby it has a small window holes and i was able to touch it with my finger
@rationallyruby2 жыл бұрын
@@siege824s8 interesting… when I saw it there were no holes to touch it… You couldn’t even touch the glass…
@siege824s82 жыл бұрын
@@rationallyruby it was 3 holes on each side around 2 inches in diameter i went there back and n 2011
@dannyhare69513 жыл бұрын
I too saw it at the Smithsonian about 40yts ago. Very pretty. Though I was more impressed with huge globe of Brasilian quartz that was clear all the way through. It's what they used for the Apallo missions windows. D
@charlesfarley283 жыл бұрын
When I heard the tone at the opening, I thought it was the theme to Castle.
@jeremysands29683 жыл бұрын
Simon, ever consider doing an episode on the Radium Girls from Ottawa, IL? I graduated from the town and had no idea of the history of it until I lived there. It is seriously messed up to look back in hindsight with what took place. Radium City is the only documentary that I have been able to find (filmed around 1985-1986), rather a hush-hush topic.
@thayrathyn3 жыл бұрын
IDEAS: Trbovlje Power Station: The Tallest Chimney in Europe (read as: terbowlye) Franja Hospital: Secret WWII Mountain Hospital (read as: franya) Predjama Castle: The Castle in the Cave (read as: predyama) Slovene Kras: The Region That Gave the Karst Phenomena its Name The Soča River: The Emerald River that Ran Red During WWI (read as: socha) Maribor: City with the Oldest Vine in the World
@BuntMeister663 жыл бұрын
Finally a great story of something I've enjoyed viewing in the past. Thank you.
@katemaloney42963 жыл бұрын
Interesting footnote: Gloria Stewart--the wife of actor James Stewart--was married to Edward (Ned) Mclean, whose mother owned the Hope Diamond. It was not a happy union, although, it produced two sons. Later, when commenting about her first marriage Gloria quipped that with her marriage came the curse. I don't know if it's true. However, Ned was killed in an auto accident, and his and Gloria's oldest son Ronald McClean was killed in action in Vietnam in May 1969. Gloria and Jimmy went on to be married for 45 years until she died of Stage 4 lung cancer right before Valentine's Day 1994. Jimmy followed 3 1/2 years later on July 02, 1997.
@IrishMike223 жыл бұрын
Never cease to impress with great content. Keep it coming team. Thank you and happy new year!
@wilting_alocasia3 жыл бұрын
How did I not know about *another* Simon channel !?
@lovesimon29463 жыл бұрын
Your theme song sounds like it's from the show Castle. Love that show...
@SdeHe-qb9gc3 жыл бұрын
You know simon has too many channels when him just forgetting about one is an actual possibility
@Kadeo-ms6qw3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he forgot about it, I think it just failed so he moved on. This was his second attempt to make this channel work.
@mistybenjamin90093 жыл бұрын
And the Hope Diamond also caused the crash of the Titanic. At least according to the movie... lol
@owenshebbeare29993 жыл бұрын
Er, no. The stone in that silly movie was fictional, and not ever named or considered to be the Hope Diamond.
@serioushex38933 жыл бұрын
i remember seeing it at the smithsonian when i was a kid, and i got a majorly bad vibe from it. it really did spook me a bit, i didnt want to look at it for long.
@jean-michel_comhaire3 жыл бұрын
Wait, I never knew the resident memeologist, Sammy, was the producer
@michaelevans11933 жыл бұрын
Specifically, the gem collection is part of the Natural History Museum.
@joshuapatrick6823 жыл бұрын
Maybe it isn’t the diamond but the bourgeoisie that owned it that possessed the curse
@MrsShocoTaco3 жыл бұрын
My 8th-grade class went on a field trip to see the Hope Diamond. From the way it had been described to us at the time we all expected it to be Fred Flintstone big. It was rather disappointing lol
@stainedhands3 жыл бұрын
so funny, i wanted to learn about this right now by someone i watch often and here you are, posted only an hour ago
@LuinTathren3 жыл бұрын
He's watching you and monitoring your thoughts, of course. Simon is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
@theFLCLguy3 жыл бұрын
Imagine the chaos if diamonds all of a sudden were worth their rarity. Specially if people treated artificial ones as real ones.
@crystalratclffe32582 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing it as a child. Why I like the necklace from Titanic which reminds one of it
@truckinconvoy73123 жыл бұрын
3:10 wooo dewd, that's an amazing pipe.
@mcmiller5552 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling the red glow under ultraviolet light ect is blood and that blood could be a reason for the curse
@RobertGrif3 жыл бұрын
7:55 "You can still see it there today [in the Smithsonian] seemingly curse-free." Hoo, boy, Simon, bad timing with the release of this video.
@FluffieXStarshine3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it is the curse at play?
@deathjr56183 жыл бұрын
Somthing happened?
@RobertGrif3 жыл бұрын
@@deathjr5618 Look at the date the video was uploaded.
@annalisa97553 жыл бұрын
@@RobertGrif I dont get it what happened
@RobertGrif3 жыл бұрын
@@annalisa9755 This video was uploaded on January 6th, the day the U.S. Capitol was stormed.
@TheBlackadderOne3 жыл бұрын
just when i thought i had found all of simons channels up pops another one
@TheEvilCommenter3 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@pimptom87043 жыл бұрын
Good lord sir I see you doing videos everywhere now. You’re getting bigger. I’ll list in order what channels I saw and subscribed to mega projects, biographics, geographics, side projects and now this channel.
@manateepottery3 жыл бұрын
Also TopTenz, Today I Found Out, and Business Blaze 😆
@imafraidicantdothat.92033 жыл бұрын
You need to check out business blazer might be his best channel
@pimptom87043 жыл бұрын
@@imafraidicantdothat.9203 just checked it out. I love it.
@anuraagkorchipati3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Andhra Pradesh. Not exactly from the Guntur district. and yes he butchered the word Guntur. It's more goontour
@laras6782 жыл бұрын
A lot of the curse is "fell on hard times". But people who buy huge, splashy diamonds like that aren't probably not careful with their money, so are likely to spend it all and become bankrupt.
@areiaaphrodite3 жыл бұрын
Actually got to go to the Smithsonian in DC and got to see it live and up close. Absolutely stunning piece!
@casfacto3 жыл бұрын
I'm beginning to think Simon is an AI.
@ryproar113 жыл бұрын
Cursed diamond? Can't get cursed if you don't touch it and sell it to the museum. Big brain move there bro. 👌 😉
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
The only real curse is the curse of painful knowledge.
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
The real name of the diamond is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are giving us back
@amaccama32673 жыл бұрын
This is Simon's forgotten child.
@Sol-mr1lv2 жыл бұрын
It sounds a little like the Blue Carbuncle from Sherlock Holmes, although that stone has a significantly bloodier history.
@dulaliyanaarachchi57622 жыл бұрын
The full story of hope diamond (ENG Sub) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/emS1dp2ubsijoc0
@austingarrick94533 жыл бұрын
Never knew the hope diamond had been in my home state. Much less an hour or so from my home town
@johnbarber45493 жыл бұрын
You're a goner, man.
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
That hope diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond And it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back
@GaneshKumar-bi1zl Жыл бұрын
@@NARUTO-7764 it’s blue Dimond from Seta statue in andhrapradesh. Found in guntur and it’s cursed.
@ShojoBakunyu3 жыл бұрын
The Smithsonian is something EVERYONE should experience. Seriously, put it on your bucket list.
@Merisu_Sheep3 жыл бұрын
I've always liked the color but it was a bit gaudy. Maybe if it was a bit smaller it be more worth while
@Treezy05043 жыл бұрын
Simon another channel thanks God.
@Xxmeca421xX3 жыл бұрын
I think it's pronounced mac lane for McLean
@debojyotighosh41537 ай бұрын
There is a rumour or story in India that this diamond is stolen from a Sita devi statue. We worship her and she is a powerful god of prosperity.
@St.Linguini_of_Pesto3 жыл бұрын
4:28 Mr.McLean: ugh, why is the dog in our couples portrait. Mrs.McLean: hush, Edward, before you hurt his feelings. 🐩: grrr, grrrrrr [bares teeth] Mr.: damn dog.
@maksimegaloman3 жыл бұрын
My god, how many channels does this man have?
@johnbarber45493 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@dummy20273 жыл бұрын
Has anyone else thought that the right place for the diamond should be around the neck of the statue it was originally stolen from.
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
Assuming either the statue still exists or is in good enough shape that it can be put there. It WOULD make one hell of an exhibit.
@demonprinces173 жыл бұрын
Which one and does it still exists
@dummy20273 жыл бұрын
@@demonprinces17 I don't know if it still exists but it was mentioned at the beginning of the video.
@guidoguido22453 жыл бұрын
Could also be that only people soon to go bankrupt would ever spend that much money on a diamond.
@George_M_3 жыл бұрын
It's so blue as to be almost ugly, irl.
@fabricdragon3 жыл бұрын
and of course Hope curse aficionados point out that as soon as it belonged to the Smithsonian, it belonged to the country and all the citizens...
@constipatedinsincity44243 жыл бұрын
Simon looks like a skinny Santa! Skinny Santa,whoever heard of a skinny Santa?
@ClaireAgincourt3 жыл бұрын
Its really weird how well some of simons channels do so well and others just stay in a view slump.
@Quacks02 жыл бұрын
3:12 Shouldn't that be "pounds" instead of "dollars". since the gem was in Great Britain at the time?
@SEAZNDragon3 жыл бұрын
Hmm It's been at the Smithsonian since 1958? That might explain a few things.
@SEAZNDragon3 жыл бұрын
@Savannah Look at US history since then
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
@@SEAZNDragon Wouldn't it just be the museum that got the curse, or its curator, or something, and not the whole country? Assuming curses are real, which they aren't. Besides, the world probably wasn't much better before 1958, what with the advances in medicine we've had since then and the fact that the two worst wars in human history happened before then.
@n8archy1213 жыл бұрын
@@SEAZNDragon you’re being dramatic, I’d much rather live now than in previous years. No major wars to be drafted in, no crash of the stock market, no famine or dust bowl forcing me to move 1000s of miles
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
@@SEAZNDragon hello the diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
@@OtakuUnitedStudio hello the real name of the diamond is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are giving us back
@onepiecepedia3 жыл бұрын
What happened to the channel? :\ 2months without any new videos..... We need more Simon!! 😭 I need more History videos!! 😢
@KMF33 жыл бұрын
I love listening to you tell stories. I can listen to you read the phonebook. However you're going too fast
@mcpossum3 жыл бұрын
I'm 6th as of right now And feel like an #OGlegend
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
You blaze?
@mcpossum3 жыл бұрын
@@OtakuUnitedStudio I always #keepcalmandblazeon
@MrBluejonny3 жыл бұрын
Does he do podcasts?
@dulio123853 жыл бұрын
Dunno, the U.S. has had its fair share of bad luck since then.
@3Chandresh33 жыл бұрын
One more channel 🙄 I can't keep up with this much knowledge 😭
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
This channel's been around a while. His newest one is Business Blaze.
@1003JustinLaw2 жыл бұрын
Someone should steal it and offer it at a Hindu temple, that should break the curse.
@drewadams66673 жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen " Binging with Babish" ? I would love to see you two work on a food related collaboration. Love your posts , l feel l come back from my lunch break smarter than when l left , however, not smart enough to find another job.
@beachboy05053 жыл бұрын
Great story, but.... If you had a million £ in your house 🏠 and people knew and your house was burgaled and you were murdered, it doesn't mean you are cursed, just naive.
@chiyohanson43323 жыл бұрын
I didn't get any of the stuff about the origin of the diamond 💎 it was way too complicated.
@qelliami62133 жыл бұрын
I just keep finding more and more channels how, just how? I started at Business Blaze, I had no idea the youtube empire I had uncovered.
@ender_slayer33 жыл бұрын
I don't care what you say. To me this thing is 100% cursed.
@joshuaradick56793 жыл бұрын
Would the Smithsonian be a good Megaproject?
@FluffieXStarshine3 жыл бұрын
ooh that is a great idea!
@wilting_alocasia3 жыл бұрын
Any other Brit got Horrible Histories "George the IV the regent king" song in their heads when Simon said "George the IV"
@TheRyFiNetWork3 жыл бұрын
Isn't this the Diamond that they used as reference for the Heart of the Ocean in TITANIC?
@ianp19863 жыл бұрын
Yep. I think they said the Hope Diamond was cut in half because Louis XIV (I think!) was wearing it when he was beheaded and the HOTO was made from one of the halves
@brianhiles81643 жыл бұрын
I´m surprised that you do not mention the fact that the Hope Diamond, like all blue diamonds, is this color because of a minute quantity of boron adulterant. Whatismore, with exposure to UV light, the Hope not only brightly fluoresces in its _complementary color,_ being red and green, glowing orangish-red, but it does so for over a minute. *Fun Fact:* I viewed the Hope Diamond many years ago in a traveling exhibit, so I cannot vouch for the fact that its permanent display, with three inches of tempered glass, is near a floor-drain. They say, when the Moon drowns in blood and craven spirits roam the forlorn Earth, during the last stroke of midnight merely gazing upon it will make one´s head explode. Thus the drain? We can only surmise.
@jamesclendon48113 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you missed the explanation, 20 seconds in, that blue diamonds are blue because of the presence of boron.
@luisinfant60253 жыл бұрын
The diamond is cursed alLEGENDly...
@Aporter133 жыл бұрын
i took a pic of the diamond when i saw it at the smithsonian, it’s still on my camera roll😂 not cursed yet ;)
@HauntedbyApathy3 жыл бұрын
Lol. I wondered if there would be any comments yet.
@LittleBallOfPurr3 жыл бұрын
Me: I don't believe in curses Also me: Haha, the curse moved to America
@thomandstacieverroad8417 Жыл бұрын
I've been there and saw that. In like 1989.... it Was way back recessed into a wall and so far and behind bulletproof glass . I couldn't really see it very well.
@brunopinheiro16322 жыл бұрын
Titanic brought me here
@rinakumar28403 жыл бұрын
Big like Thanks for sharing your new fabulous video. I am your new friend Already I supported you. Pls stay connected ❤️
@zch74913 жыл бұрын
I subscribe to ALL Simon channels
@OneBentMonkey3 жыл бұрын
Thought there was a Liz Taylor/Richard Burton connection with the Hope Diamond. Mandela Effect? Different diamond entirely, apparently.
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
That one was actually called the Taylor-Burton Diamond, how original. That was a normal white diamond, aside from its unusual size of 68 carats.
@OneBentMonkey3 жыл бұрын
@@OtakuUnitedStudio They named her monstrous engagement ring something very similar as well. I have *such* a clear memory of hearing about her owning the Hope when I was a kid it kinda freaks me out. Matrix glitch, I guess
@sargonsrobot25523 жыл бұрын
The Krupp diamond...
@allawa3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Simon another channel!?
@Tastelabs2 жыл бұрын
Hope this video you created on hope diamond 💎 may even bring the curse on u 😶🌫️🤧😳take care 😃😃
@craigh52363 жыл бұрын
Aiken is pronounced 'ay-kin', like ache-in
@RawLu.3 жыл бұрын
Location: United States? :-(
@jyotikundu47263 жыл бұрын
Kolar is in Karnataka state not in Andhra Pradesh.
@kaiying743 жыл бұрын
Good job #Facktboi.
@beachboy05053 жыл бұрын
Fun video
@RockinDave13 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell another one! Our boy fairly gets about
@annescholey65463 жыл бұрын
More of a shiner than Simon's dome😂
@annaschwirian75482 жыл бұрын
Honestly it's quite gaudy looking in real life. Grew up going to the Smithsonian and it's Honestly one of the least exciting exhibits.
@darynyeakes67973 жыл бұрын
It's in my belly I want the proxy thing out x
@MasterDoctorBenji3 жыл бұрын
We all know it's a Rapper Bug Zapper It don't matter if hes a Thug Or Dapper
@NewsNowNME3 жыл бұрын
I'm proud of you both. I'm 3rd
@NewsNowNME3 жыл бұрын
I was giving the last video all that sweet watch time.
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
@@NewsNowNME I just want to tell u that that hope diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
@Stormynormy423 жыл бұрын
Been to the Smithsonian and seen it. Wasn't particularly impressed, just a shiny bit of rock that people carved into a shape with flat sides. Never really understood the obsession with gemstones, especially in modern times where there's so much more useful purposes for them than looking pretty fixed into some bits of metal and draped on a human.
@eschelon90673 жыл бұрын
It should be called the Despair Diamond
@NARUTO-77643 жыл бұрын
Sorry but the real name of diamond is Kohinoor diamond And it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back
@JayJay-ex6yo3 жыл бұрын
curse free?!?!?! have u seen the US this week?
@OtakuUnitedStudio3 жыл бұрын
Nothing has happened to the Smithsonian. You think a rock that's been sitting in a vault there for 62 years is why we suddenly had a political riot just this week?