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[@justinospence7545]

New J cole!🎉

[@6666Imperator]

there is a German cabarettist called Volker Pispers, who is similar to George Carlin in his ruthlessness. He made a piece called "America and T*rrorism" which has English subtitles on the 5 part series. It's really interesting, funny, sad and pretty accurate (from what I can say). As you said that you are someone who enjoys history that could be something you'd enjoy.

[@bekkahsrealmusic]

Hey could u rap this

[@theonlymaster4887]

Jay samuelz - yuck or Jay Samuelz - No Lie

[@donkramer8848]

Sage Francis, makeshift patriot

[@mfrey5643]

Some of the jingle bits in this video will forever live in my brain rent free. "NO! THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZERRRR"

[@alexandergriffiths2532]

“Hell yeah, now we got business”

[@Daesma999]

"SOCIIIEETYYYYY"

[@vbvermont]

Unfortunately he paused right in the middle of a couple classics - maybe catch them on a re-watch.

[@pizzapriest7220]

“That’s a human person”

[@od3rfla]

"We can make a religion out of this!"

[@noscw]

Just wanted to point out that The Entire History of The World, I Guess is a loop. The last line in “where the hell are we” and the first is “you’re on a rock floating in space”

[@Mlnstwrt]

I love this video and have never noticed that somehow thank you

[@monniebrown8581]

Mind. Blown. That's dope.

[@Sandonthetrail]

"hi, you're on a-"

[@iamdisguisedshyguy]

@@Sandonthetrail rock, floating in space, pretty cool huh?

[@hurfhimself1426]

​​@iamdisguisedshyguy-b9i some of its water, actually fuck it most of it's water

[@burbusburbus8782]

I'm glad this is getting respected more often

[@burbusburbus8782]

I'd definitely recommend "history of Japan". It has pretty similar humor with more facts with japan

[@IFenderFatStrat]

Dude same, so damn informative and entertaining lol

[@grabble7605]

@@burbusburbus8782 "Similar humor"...The very same humor.

[@joshbarwick]

154 million views.... I'd say it's quite respected lol

[@burbusburbus8782]

@@joshbarwick it's like a re-birth (renaissance)

[@RavixAryss]

So the reason there's a "intermission" when he mentions Japan is because he made a "History of Japan" video before this one. Definitely recommend it!

[@-xaxtragicxendx-]

Knox is posting another reaction. Dudes got a pretty sick understanding of history. We could make a religion out of that.

[@KnoxHill]

🤣🤣🙌

[@0mr.nonsense0]

Knoxism. Sign me up i wanna be a knoxist

[@-xaxtragicxendx-]

@mr.nonsense5774 so knox is the dude up top but doesn't that mean the next step is we have to conquer the world. Seems like that's the pattern.

[@strappedshrapnel4972]

Bet bro, I call being the high priest. You can call me Obknoxious III

[@-xaxtragicxendx-]

@strappedshrapnel4972 Holy Knoxist Emperor here. Taking the lead since I'm founding. Obknoxious III. Time for a crusade.

[@SabreNation1]

"Nothing is nowhere" *Rapper brain activated* I love how Knox has to break down bars even though there are no bars. 🤣 Oh also, the "You can make a religion out of this" about the French Revolution wasn't really an inside joke. They actually tried to make a religion called "Cult of the Supreme Being" - it didn't work. Hence the "no, don't" in the video. I never get tired of watching this video, it's absolutely brilliant. This should be shown in every high school History class in the US. It's totally perfect for the TikTok generation but also incredibly informative. Sets a great foundation for diving deeper into important topics.

[@johnnysteele5934]

I mean, they actually tried to make two religions out of it. First was the Cult of Reason, before Robes P. got to power, then it was the Cult of the Supreme Being.

[@DBT1007]

they made jesus crucification as a religion. that's why for french behead festival, it could be.. but don't! XD

[@CapitanDePlai]

Knox having a good understanding of history and recent events is heartwarming.

[@dapplederpgaming8432]

Definitely does have a good general understanding, but him mistaking the Jews for the much later Christians made me laugh

[@TheNarwhalGal]

@@dapplederpgaming8432 I KNOW! That was really funny and kinda sad.

[@ZIbroweed]

Meh. He has a pretty mainstream understanding. Not a lot of nuance. But then neither does the video.

[@baguettegott3409]

@@dapplederpgaming8432 Yeah, that was pretty embarassing.

[@skates180]

One quick note as the spouse of a Jewish person, it was Judaism that was being referenced by the God with a "Ten-Step Program", not Christianity. That one didn't come till later with the guy who got killed for being too popular.

[@emminet]

As a Jew myself, this!!

[@AngieTheCatGD]

Yeah I was about to comment that (I am christian) yeah. The paraphrased Ten Commandments are funny though it’s at 11:22

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

I love this approach to history. We don't need to know the exact date when things happened. But we should understand the whys of historical events and how those events informed and created the next. Then, if the person's interest is piqued by an event, they can choose to learn more.

[@TheOnlyGhxst]

Exactly. Schools trying to get you to remember the exact date of every event is just a waste of memory space, the year something happened doesn't matter at all, what matters is how and why it happened.

[@LGreymark]

The order of events and the general time period can be important to learn. But exact dates are often mostly pointless for general knowledge.

[@grabble7605]

@@TheOnlyGhxst "the year something happened doesn't matter at all" Well, that's just not true.

[@rck69]

At least for me, once I was in college that’s how history was taught. None of my professors cared for the exact date.

[@evangalinsky2499]

​@@grabble7605 In modern history sure, but a specific year in ancient history means almost nothing to us. It doesn't matter if something happened 1 billion years ago or 1 billion and 1 years ago. It's so far in the past that it's essentially irrelevant to be specific down to the exact year.

[@ShadowService]

The Robespierre "You could make a religion - please don't" thing is layered joke as it *did* start cults that luckily didn't take off.

[@Smasherverse]

I was looking for this comment lol

[@kenarbes]

I love how Bill Wurtz covered every part of the world and didn't shy away from the bad things that happened. He didn't pull any punches nor sugarcoat anything. I hope Bill (or someone) cleans up the language before playing the video in school. It's a great introduction to science and history. I loved your reactions throughout.

[@Justin.Franks]

There already are several "clean" versions out there.

[@mbdg6810]

I saw the video in 10th grade with the bd language in all (the professor was allowed to show it) , there are clean versions out there though.

[@MrKlixon]

I'm very confused. What needs to be "cleaned up"?

[@kenarbes]

@@MrKlixon The cursing. Have you seen the video? It will have to be edited out before it can be played in schools. But it is definitely worthy of being played in schools.

[@MrKlixon]

@@kenarbes I guess my mind doesn't get triggered by curse words anymore :D I would let my kid see this around age twelve

[@LucklessPaul]

I consistently browse youtube for people reacting to this video and also History of Japan because so many people from different backgrounds have different expertise in the topics/events that Bill Wurtz mentions, so even seeing which jokes or references people recognize is fascinating based on their background and passion for history. Therefore seeing a reaction of it from someone who I already watch reactions from like Knox is an insane collab and even more-so when Knox seems to recognize almost every reference! I also hope this inspires more content creators to react to this because despite the large amount of views, I still think it deserves to have billions rather than millions. What a video.

[@melodie-allynbenezra8956]

At 32:25 - As you are describing World War I, it occurs to me that you would appreciate Bill Wurtz's "History of Japan." It is the same style, but with Japan as its main focus. I think you will enjoy it, and I would look forward to your analysis of that video, too.

[@ArcheoLumiere]

In fact, history of Japan goes exactly in the intermission in this video!

[@darcraven01]

​@@ArcheoLumiere heh, didnt realise that. neet

[@joelspapa7558]

Actually impressed that you know so much about history. I'm just so used to seeing people that have no clue what happened even 40 years ago and it is wild! Made my day :)

[@brosaus]

Yeah I was happily surprised that he knew so much. I'm so used to Americans having nearly 0 knowledge of worlds history because of their self-centered education system.

[@Ad_Astrum1121]

​@@brosaus Just saying as an American personally I like our self centered history. why should anyone care what was going on 100 years ago with a country on the other side of the world unless they find history interesting. Why should anyone care about stuff on the other side of the world unless it affects them, their country, or they plan to go there. It just seems kinda pointless if I don't want to travel and have no reason to care. And I'm a history nerd who actually does care about that stuff but my friends aren't and I completely understand why they have no desire to learn about something unrelated to their lives entirely beyond a really interesting battle or a few important events.

[@leespn4396]

​@@Ad_Astrum1121Lol he said two sentences and you wrote a whole paragraph. Got rattled

[@Ad_Astrum1121]

@@leespn4396 Nah I just normally write really long comments because I like actually saying everything I want to say without having to come back 10 times, I wasn't even arguing with him either I was just adding my opinion.

[@konkey-dong]

@@Ad_Astrum1121Cause things that happened on the other side of the planet hundreds of years ago can have consequences that are visible here today - for example, the USA wouldn't exist in its current form if the Ottomans hadn't restricted the spice trade, as Europeans wouldn't have had a reason to cross the Atlantic

[@brandonayong5823]

When I was a kid my dad bought me one of those projection thing that would project the stars of the Greek mythology on my bedroom ceiling at night along with a CD audio that would narrate what each star represented and the backstory of them. That was the coolest thing ever.

[@Official_SunTzu]

wait that sounds dope man

[@brandonayong5823]

​@@Official_SunTzu It really was man. I've been trying to find that audio somewhere on the web ever since. 😂

[@Official_SunTzu]

@@brandonayong5823 lmao

[@quantumman555]

​@@brandonayong5823 if you find it let us know. Sounds like a great present for my nephew.

[@brandonayong5823]

​@@quantumman555 For sure

[@cassied.6731]

When he does the "You could make a religion out of thi-" "No, don't" bit in terms of the French revolutio, tht because it literally almost happened, which kinda makes it funnier because while it is an inside joke, it's also just actually what happened.

[@juicedbagel]

I love watching reactions to this video. Everyone has their own input on certain parts of history and I love hearing what everyone has to say about the many different moments in history.

[@sarah2cold377]

it both amazes and disturbs me how much has happened in only the last 100-150 years alone. I can barely even imagine what the world will look like in the next hundred.

[@hordegaming4771]

Fun fact the reason the Nordics called Greenland that was to get people to go there and settle. Which they wouldn't do if they actually knew how bad it was so yeah they did literally prank their own people 😄

[@jeffreysmith236]

It wasn't that bad when they named it and settled there. Well, not until the rapid climate change of global temperatures dropping precipitously causing their pastures to freeze over permanently. And they starved instead of adapting by copying the natives, since they considered them to be heathens.

[@TechBlade9000]

​@@jeffreysmith236they had a skill issue

[@jeffreysmith236]

@@TechBlade9000 vague statement, they refers to whom?

[@TechBlade9000]

@@jeffreysmith236 Nordics refusing to adapt to the changing environment

[@craigsparton]

Great reaction! I've seen quite a few reactions to this video, but I like how you stopped to read the text and appreciate all the subtle humor. Bill Wurtz did such an amazing job on this video. The "intermission" part was referring to a shorter video he did in the same style on the history of Japan. Definitely worth a watch.

[@renaetieman6581]

21:13 fun fact: Genghis or Chingus Khan is a title- which means “Universal Ruler”. His actual name was Temujin. His Son, Ögedi, inherited the title of Khan. The other “great” khan we know about is Kublai (though his title is actually Setsen Khan) and was the fifth Mongol/Chinese emperor.

[@anomaly3215]

🤓

[@dekcraft262]

​@@anomaly3215 love your pfp pic

[@renaetieman6581]

@@anomaly3215 yeup. Def a history nerd.

[@nineparr3110]

Wasn’t his grandsons name Khubilai Khan?

[@Nichwar19]

​@@renaetieman6581genghis khan is the biggest alpha that ever lived. You cant be a nerd by searching him.

[@Crazael]

8:33 Fun Fact: The English word "Lord" is derived from the Old English "hlāfweard", which means "Loaf-ward/Bread Keeper". Meanwhile, "Lady" comes from a word that means something like "Bread-maker".

[@laylaessack4844]

I’ve seen a lot of reactions to this video and I honestly enjoyed yours the most. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to discuss some of the issues mentioned and given them that attention. As an African, I seriously appreciate the light you brought to the issues the continent has/is facing. Definitely made me feel seen and validated. Overall this was a super enjoyable reaction and I look forward to checking out more of your content

[@ArgKnoxville86]

25:38 I love it that Knox catches the ryme scheeme even though this is not even a music video. CAN'T ESCAPE A GOOD EAR!

[@TheMilkMan8008]

Explaining how life came about is my favorite thing ever. Chemical evolution is so cool. To start you have to talk about the Urey-Miller experiment. Back in the 1950s these two biochemists did an experiment in which they took a containment chamber, filled it with water, ammonia, methane, hydrogen, and all the things you expect to find on any fledgling planet. All the things you would expect on any new Earths. They put a fire underneath so it would evaporate, go into another container to be zapped with electrodes, cooled, funneled back to the original container and cycles back through. They are simulating the patterns of an early Earth, and simulating all the elements you could find on Earth. You take early simple ingredients, get them hot, get them cold, zapped with lightning and other normal processes. They ran it for a while and when they come back they took samples. To their surprise, the water is no longer clear, but is a gross reddish brown. They test it and find it is now full of amino acids. Amino acids are the things that build proteins and make life happen. That is called chemical evolution. Very simple inorganic ingredients come together via totally natural means and form organic macromolecules. There are 4 macromolecules that make up life. Lipids, proteins, carbs and nucleic acids. Those are the 4 macromolecules that make up everything alive. Each one is a polymer meaning its a molecule that forms a chain. I'll explain each of these below: PROTEINS are made of chains of amino acids that fold up on themselves. A chain of amino acids is a primary structure. Then it folds into an alpha helix or a beta pleated sheet called a secondary structure. Then it forms a glob called a tertiary structure. Sometimes some globs come together and thats then a quaternary structure and so on. Thats how proteins work. Proteins make up skin, muscle, bones, and everything like that. CARBS are sugars. Long chain simple sugars such as glucose or fructose. If you stick them together you get sucrose. A bunch of those together makes a polysaccharide. This makes carbs like starche, cellulose and such. LIPIDS are fats. You have a twisted hydrocarbon chain that repels water and thats a lipid. There are various kinds like phospholipids where a long hydrocarbon chain comes off it to repel water and on the other end is a phosphorus group that attracts water. This makes a hydrophilic and hydrophobic end. One attracts and one repels water. If you take any lipid like cooking oil for example and put it in water it forms a bubble all by itself. Nobody has to tell it to do that. That's because a sphere is the smallest possible surface area and is the most energetically protected from the water around it. It would take more energy to make any other shape and the universe is lazy. Everything is always as energetically simple as possible. Lipids that naturally form out of normal stuff under normal circumstances, naturally form spheres. Amino acids which make proteins that naturally form out of natural stuff can get stuck in one of these spheres, and you now have something that practically represents a cell. All this stuff formed by totally natural means and naturally assumes the shape of a sphere can naturally come together and form a cell. You can do this in a jar. Now imagine that on a planet taking place over millions of years. The Urey-Miller experiment has been redone in different ways many times by putting other things in, leaving some things out, and hundreds of combinations and it just always works. Later, we figured out this happens in hydrothermal vents. They pump out acids and bases. These have proton gradients. Whats that? Well an acid is a chemical with a bunch of extra protons and a base is something that doesn't have enough and has too many electrons. When they neutralize they give off electrical charges that move one place to the next. This is how your cells make energy today. Mitochondria pass protons across a membrane. This turns a protein called ATP synthesis which makes adenosine triphosphate and thats how our body works. It's how most cells today work. Where can we find natural proton gradients right now? Hydrothermal vents. Where can we find the building blocks of lipids and proteins? Hydrothermal vents. We can even find amino acids, including all the ones important to life, in space. Just floating on asteroids. They form naturally all by themselves all over. You have the building blocks of life, the thing that makes energy in cells even today happening naturally all by itself in hydrothermal vents and all over the universe. Life then starts all by itself. Now we also have NUCLEIC ACIDS, the 4th macromolecule, which is DNA and RNA. We do debate what came first, but the most common consensus is RNA came first. I also follow the RNA world hypothesis. Let me explain why. RNA is cool because it isn't just something that carries information, but it also works as a catalysts to make reactions happen. A catalysts is something that lowers the activation energy of a reaction. It makes a reaction happen easier and faster with less energy. So RNA carries genetic information, it can also make more of itself, and it can make other reactions happen faster. Think about how proteins are made in your body today. It's like this. You have mRNA(messenger RNA) that makes proteins happen. How? It goes to a ribosome to be read. What are ribosomes made of? They are made of rRNA(ribosomal RNA), and aren't membrane bound organelles. In the ribosome something brings over amino acids to make the protein. What brings them over? tRNA(transfer RNA). So when your body makes proteins it uses RNA to tell RNA to use RNA to make a protein. Again, you can do this in a jar. That is why the major consensus is that RNA came first. RNA is something that is so unbelievably useful. Why do we have DNA then? Because once it happened to form DNA was/is really good at long term storage and it's far more stable meaning it stuck around better. You can divide it, make more of it, pack it into a tight wad and have it twist around proteins called histones to makes a tight rope called chromatin, and then chromatin forms a body called a chromosome. Thats how DNA works. It wraps around proteins, wraps into a thick rope, and those thick ropes form a chromosome. It's super easy to divide these and split them up. Is it so hard to believe that some of these naturally forming nucleic acids found their way into a blob of naturally forming lipids? THEN they split, THEN you have 2 sets of chromosomes in a cell THEN cytokenesis happens where actin filaments tighten around the cell in a contractile ring, and remember lipids form bubbles naturally, so once squished together you now have a cleavage furrow that then splits into two seperate bubbles! You now have dividing life out of literally "nothing". It's not difficult at all to say that very simple ingredients found all over the universe that naturally form organic molecules by natural processes then naturally stated making more of themselves. You then get a VERY early organism. Something so insanely simple. Not bacteria, that would be unbelievably complex in comparison. Just a very simple membrane, very simple genetic material and very simple proteins. The very basics of all of this. That is what we call LUCA. There was probably a ton of very early life, but LUCA is the one that stuck around. Everything that ever lived past that point is related to LUCA. We have a very clear picture of how everything evolved after that. I can gladly get into that if anyone want me to. I'm an evolutionary biologist so this tickles me all over when I get to explain it.

[@baileybowman2449]

🤔

[@brosaus]

I'm sorry but no one will read this

[@TheMilkMan8008]

@@brosaus many have. I'd encourage you too. Surely nothing is stopping you. Willful ignorance is not something to embrace.

[@zeallust8542]

Literally my least favorite part of biology class was all this crap. Learned it EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

[@satanssockpuppet]

​@@TheMilkMan8008 Thank you! As an aneshesia nurse I developed a weird obsession with human physiology because it's very relevant to my field and helps me understand the processes in the body of our patients, as well as the impact our actions, decisions and therapy have on them. Sorry but finding out on a chemical level what exactly is going on in the body of a septic patient for example is such a kick. Everything you described, in such a concise and understandable manner, is immensely helpful, and serves as a foundation of physiology! And wicked interesting.

[@a_famoose]

For anyone wondering, yes this is what having ADHD is like

[@6666Imperator]

and it was slowed down heavily :D

[@InsincereMotives]

Depending on your ADD type

[@agnuswulf]

Pretty much! Also, this video feels so, so good when my ADHD decides come so strong it might as well manifest itself at my side as a Stand

[@yallareblind4948]

@@InsincereMotivesADD is an obsolete medical term. It all falls under ADHD now.

[@InsincereMotives]

@@yallareblind4948 it’s not obsolete, just outdated. It still has its meaning…

[@Easori]

If I become a history teacher this is exactly what I'd show at the start of every new term, and then tell the class which part of the video we'd be focusing on.

[@daankoelewijn.5336]

Bill wurtz used to work at a company who made commercials for the radio and tv, that's why he's so good at making those catchy tunes

[@kristalcornwell]

Dude dropping your own historical knowledge gave me a new level of respect for you

[@Nighthawk-5]

if you dont get at the end when he said "by the way, where the hell are we?" reference the the fermi paradox, of where are we and are we alone

[@lordaragon901]

My favorite thing ever said about the 2 world wars was from Norm Macdonald. It’s so funny to me. He said that Germany genuinely terrifies him, because they decided they were gonna go to war, and who was their chosen opponent? The world. He said, you would think that if a country declares war on the whole world, it would be a few minutes and the world would win. But no, it took a while and it was actually uncomfortably close. Then a few years later, Germany decides once again it wants to go to war. And once again, who do they choose to be their opponent? The world. And it was even closer than last time.

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

Except that's not how it happened at all. A Small war started between Austria hungry and serbia. Germany stepped in to protect Austria Hungry from Russia. Then other countries began fighting escalating into a world war.

[@Blackout_]

The intermission bit right after he mentions Japan’s Sunrise Kingdom is because he has a History of Japan video that you should also react to.

[@chipaddict2227]

Bill Wurtz is one of those ancient yt greats that will live forever

[@ElleDiablo]

I love seeing that content I love has a reaction by Knox. He is so well-read, informed, conscious while being witty and picking up on nuances that sometimes I haven't even picked after watching 15 times. Always a good time.

[@regalcartoon5932]

I’ve seen something a few times, and I don’t know how true it is, but the story behind the naming of Iceland and Greenland essentially was pillage victims trying to trick Vikings. The Vikings were told about how Greenland was beautiful and rich with materials while Iceland was cold and desolate. So naturally the Vikings went to Greenland where they promptly froze to death and the people from Iceland were then safe from pillagers. It was something like that.

[@nathanpfirman625]

I love how he mentions the theory that the big bang has happened many times and this is just one of the universes that have existed out of the same matter but because its a cycle its possible theirs been an infinite amount of universes and big bangs which technically makes every fiction story based on a true story because in a infinite amount of time anything can and will happen.

[@whatsername123]

Just found this gem of Knox's reaction. Ive easily watched the history video at least 10 times over the years. By the 3rd time, I slowed down the playback speed just to catch it all.

[@SparkimusPrime]

The Mound Builder cultures span the period of roughly 3500 BCE to the 16th century CE, including the Archaic period, Woodland period (Calusa culture, Adena and Hopewell cultures), and Mississippian period. I’ve had the chance to work at Hopewell sites and work with their lithic technology, as well a little of the Adena. Typology can be a messy part of archaeology because of all the variables, but also because archaeologists LOVE to think they found something new and just name it something else. And in case anyone didn’t know, Hopewell is not a specific people. It’s a culture that included different tribes and cultures, but share cultural aspects such as the mound building, ceramics, lithic, and ritual practices. Watson Brake and Poverty Point in Louisiana are the oldest mound complexes in the US dating back to 6500 to 4500 BCE and 1500 BCE respectively, and were built by hunter-gather cultures. It’s not very common for nomadic people build these huge stationary structures. This was pre-agriculture, pre-ceramics, and even pre the pyramids of Giza. Mississippian culture is a very general description of many cultures, and some of those cultures are broken down even more. Archaic and pre-colonial cultures in the Americas are incredibly fascinating and complex. I love it. My area of focus is Mesoamerica, but obviously there is some of overlap into North America. I know you are incredibly knowledgeable, but I can send you a video if you want to know more about Mississippian cultures. Even if it’s just to watch on your own 🖤

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

27:05 It’s more than just an in-joke. It’s a reference to Robespierre’s Cult of the Supreme Being, which he tried to establish as the National Religion of France.

[@Sam74668]

I love the fact that you have so much knowledge of history! As a history fan, it made me wanna subscribe to you!!

[@kaylapounds1359]

Also for some context: They were armed with box cutters/knives and stabbed crew and some passengers. The building fell like they did cause the top floors were on fire, after burning for so long, they started to fall one floor on top of the other, as the weight from each floor increased it became too much, thats why you can see it collapse from the top down. Think of it like a tower of dominos, one falls and they all fall. That's also why the south tower fell first even though it was hit second, because it hit the very middle of the building which weakened it more that the first plane that hit higher up on the north tower. Flight 93, the plane that went down in Pennsylvania had been delayed by over a half hour that day. Just 4 minutes separate from when the flight took off in Newark to when the first flight hit the twin towers. So if the flight had been delayed just a bit longer, they probably never would have taken off that day. On top of this, after the north tower was hit, the south was being evacuated, but then because they thought it was a fluke from a plane that accidentally hit, the evacuation was called off. The south tower was hit about 17 minutes after the north. The collapse of both towers caused structural damage to World Trade Center 7 building and that also collapsed much later in the afternoon.

[@CloverPandaQ]

As someone with adhd this video actually helped me digest histpry. Because my mind already moves a mile per minute

[@lukextrinity3266]

27:07 This is way funnier when you realize Robespierre transformed France into a semi atheist praising himself and "rationality".

[@williamalexander7481]

I haven't watched this in forever. They honestly did a great job summarizing.

[@Rahl575]

I love how if you let the video loop, that "By the way, where the hell are we?" at the end gets answered by the "Hi, you're on a rock floating in space" at the beginning of the video

[@Spartan_1_17]

I love that you're doing more of these types of videos. It's making your channel a bit more well-rounded and it's great to see your thoughts on topics other than music. Your rap breakdowns will always be the best but keep doing these too Knox. You're awesome. P.S It's one of my favourite KZbin videos and I love watching reactions to it all these years later and you did AN AWESOME ONE. GG.

[@fedos]

Double negatives in English rarely cancel out. They're usually used for emphasis.

[@BessieRiggs]

The mound builders were ancestors of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes that we know. The mounds are pretty awesome. We took a field trip to go see them when I was in junior high.

[@robertberg1609]

I've watched far to many reactions of this video and this is definitly the best one!! Finally someone being able to appreciate the content, the edeting and the humor at the same time.

[@Sakuraah]

Somehow I'm still surprised that there are people on KZbin who have never seen this iconic video

[@MrsProudlyCanadian]

I'm nice seeing someone react to this that actually knows something about history

[@SANTI--ez9nw]

I think this might be my favorite reaction to this video, ever. I've watched quite a lot of them snd, excluding historians, Knox's reaction was the most understanding, nuanced, and honestly funny I've seen. Cheers!

[@CrippledMerc]

One of the greatest things I’ve seen said about this video, and it’s almost 100% accurate, is that every sentence summarizes whole fields of study and countless books.

[@littlehorn8503]

Even in a history lesson, you breakdown bars, punchlines, and all of that 🤣🤣🙌🏼

[@xodanyaelox]

Cahokia mounds in southern Illinois, is one of the biggest mounds. Outside of slumping from it being dirt, and flat topped. It's dimensions are the closest to giza, and the biggest pyramid north of central America.

[@joshualopez7035]

The funny thing is that Robespierre actually did try and start a new religion.

[@MegaVidejko]

Ive been watching you for 4 years and always liked you the most for your breakdowns and in depth analysis of your songs. I watched lot of reactions to this video and o have to say, you are one of the best reactions, because you catch every single of my favourite jokes first time. Lot of ppl miss a lot of things, but you are very well educated and understand it. I really love your videos and you’ve been here for me in my darkest times and helped me a lot. Never commented, but I want to finally say thank you ❤

[@SparkimusPrime]

Loved this from you! Please do more of these! 🖤

[@murdocsmash7784]

Been noticing this video has been getting a lot of love lately and I remember watching it years ago. It truly is a great video to help history become more fun for students to check out who tend to get bored by other videos. Anyway such a legendary video.

[@SpiderJAAM]

One of the most GOATed videos on KZbin This masterpiece it's timeless

[@neolithiumproduction]

I've watched this a hundred times, and could easily watch it over and over more. Its entertaining, educational, and leaves you curious to learn more. And yes, the way he summarizes things like huge events or religions is genius.

[@melf9361]

Every sentence in this video is a whole historybook.

[@ZakhadWOW]

It really is downright adorable watching you, the badass rapper, try to work your brain thru those first 15-30 seconds of the video....😁🤣🥰

[@Yanivfrie]

11:28 the person in the video talked about Judaism not Christianity, as he talked about the Jewish people coming back to Israel. Judaism is where the 10 commandments are coming from even in today’s Christianity. Christianity didn’t even exist back then. Other than that, great video!

[@xanecho]

Yes thank you! I love this video but it kinda annoyed me when even when Christianity actually came up later he didn't realize that it was Judaism that was mentioned earlier

[@xodanyaelox]

Oh this was so fun man... You got some great stuff brother I love it!!

[@0MosDefinitely0]

Knox's knowledge outside of rap is also unreal

[@PaulMenden5659]

Love it, the reaction is twice as long as the original video. Just shows how jam-packed 'The History of the entire world, I guess' is.

[@jeffreymeyer4848]

Best reaction ever to this! I've never seen anyone get as many of the jokes! Also, much respect for your history acumen. Loved it!

[@snakesnoteyes]

What’s really fun about the one “we could make a religion out of this, wait no, don’t” is that the French revolutionaries literally tried to make their own religion based on reason, but it failed (for many reasons).

[@jkoll42]

I love your music stuff but seeing how much you love the history please react to Oversimplified. My first ones would be Revolutionary and Civil war. WW II and Prohibition would be a good one also. They're all good but start with those.

[@TheOnlyGhxst]

I love how the video was very impartial as well, he didn't insert any of his personal beliefs about politics, religion, etc. He just objectively reviewed all of the events.

[@maxmoller]

I've seen this more times than I care to count. And I still love it. 😄

[@trentsims]

After I watched this video for the first time I kind of realized that "Wow, I didn't know jack about history, but now I kind of do." And to this day I still recall bits from this video.

[@igorkosek2094]

You know your history Knox. Respect.

[@yorkaturr]

They could've added 1 second to explain WW2 a little better. It was more like Hitler agrees with Stalin that they will divide Europe, Hitler invades Poland, then Stalin invades Poland, the Baltics and Finland, and they shake hands, and then Hitler says I'm gonna invade you next, Stalin.

[@CaddyJim]

Should also check out *Mac Lethal's (History of America) in 27 Styles* it's right down you're Rap Lane, it's funny & has History

[@paul_warner]

Knox asking Bill Wurtz if he's God 😂😂

[@LiLiJo]

The best part of this amazing video is the important part, “I guess”. All of it was just straight forward history without prejudice. Its absolutely fascinating.

[@D0nut42]

I appreciate your intelligence and breakdowns. Top 10 favorite channels, easily.

[@precious926]

I should have known you would catch damn near every reference. Nothing gets past Knox, as usual!! I love it. 🙂

[@igorkosek2094]

11.38 it's judaism not christianity. Christianity wasn't invented yet.

[@thatguy_5240]

Didn't expect this on your channel, but I will rewatch bill wurtz over and over again.

[@StabworthyHeadquarters]

I wish we could get Knox Hill on an ERB

[@Renee-Suzanne]

By far, you are the most educated reactor to this video. Not to mention, you catch the jokes, all the play on words, and, who can forget, the video game references. LOLZ all the way through! So glad I watched this with you instead of someone who does not know World History. Thanks for sharing.

[@Chrissnox]

The same creator made “history of Japan” that could’ve been inserted during the intermission part. Also I think you would perhaps enjoy the metal group Sabaton, war history plus music, and if you do want to do a reaction of that I would suggest “Christmas truce” or “no bullets fly” (the animated version)

[@tanjasfreetime984]

I second that!!!

[@LuckyMcClellan]

Holy crap Knox. I always loved your music reactions. But I never realized how intelligent/knowledgeable you were. I mean no disrespect, honestly. I just only viewed you in a singular box. Mad respect, not enough people know about this stuff. I have an entirely new appreciation for your insight across all topics!

[@ruffboiALT]

11:48 ... That's Judaism bruh. Not Christianity.

[@menucharachelt6665]

AM YISRAEL CHAI ❤️🇮🇱

[@Amielle-in-Ami-Helle]

19:04 I believe I heard somewhere that they named Greenland because people wouldn’t want to move from a place that had an immense amount of snow/ice and cold weather such as northern Norway to a place named Iceland so they swapped the names.

[@Ella-abyss-L]

I wish schools taught this way tbh

[@jeremygilbert7989]

Gotta say my favorite line in this whole video is the genius double negative "They did many crusades, some of which almost didn't fail". Gets me every time.

[@don-cid007]

WW2 would have never happend if WW1 wouldn't have been blamed on germany

[@SadBoiNoh]

I just love how the last thing he says in the video is the question to the first thing he said in the video making it a perfect loop.

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

being shocked that 'racism is bad' happened in a lot of people's lifetimes who are alive today makes me think you aren't paying attention NOW. racism is rising and half of America thinks it's still a good thing...

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

22:35 as someone from Not Spain, I feel very happy about our country being addressed as such

[@NocturneBuilderBase]

man your history knowledge is awe inspiring.

[@queentavia574]

Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today.

[@afknyte6581]

I also needed his info too I’ll write him thanks

[@twiglet5848]

I have watched many, many reactions to Bill's video and I have to say, yours is the best so far. Whilst you paused often, it was to point out subtleties in the video which usually get ignored. Nice job Knox !

[@name_unbekannt9976]

I've watched a lot of reactions to this video and I giotta say, yours is one of my favorites

[@scoot5342]

This is pretty genius. Thanks 4 covering this. Keep grinding. Sub up people. Much love Knox