The Insane Plan to Build a Harbor in Alaska With Nukes

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Underraed comment.

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Underrated

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Very very good comment

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You got my like! 👍

[@alikareem3829]

@@cocotaveras8975 mine too.. And it's been a while since I lifted my thumb.

[@skiiman534]

Normal people: let's dig with a shovel Alaskan people: _Fire in the hole_

[@kasenratliff1832]

@DEREK GILENO Its true. Gone gold panning recently?

[@Dutchovenderlinde]

As an Alaskan, I'm surprised this actually didn't happen.

[@nishvaze2666]

Russians:are you challenging me?

[@blueraspberrylemonade32]

XD that is exactly how they built the roads through the edges of the mountains, you can still see the drill marks

[@sethmackenzie2839]

ahhh the good ol USA

[@flamingorange8857]

"Peaceful uses for nuclear weapons" Gandhi: *heavy breathing*

[@brandonchan4537]

its from the game of civilization right? i remembered it from a video, i might be wrong.

[@kittykat7301]

FlamingOrange Gandhi was an idiot

[@erenyeager5480]

Civ 5 refference lol

[@Omprakash-fd2pc]

@@kittykat7301 he is too famous at for his good works and his bad works are hidden from general public

[@samanthaqiu3416]

"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest." Mahatma Gandhi - referring to the british arms act of 1878 that disarmed indian civilians

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

U.N. : “We need a new lake in the middle of Africa, to help solve the water crisis on the continent.” Overly Ambitious Madmen: “I have an idea...”

[@TowerGuy]

Look up the Qattara depression project in Egypt. The plan was to connect a depression in the land to the sea, so a lake would be created. And they were thinking about using nukes for the connecting canal. iirc RealLifeLore made a video about it a while ago.

[@govindraman3189]

Modern Problems require Modern Solutions

[@marcks-3980]

Look up the Congo Lake project. It'd produce massive amounts of electricity, a huge reservoir for fresh water, a food source from aquatic life, and tons of water for irrigation of farmland.

[@uk_cpu573]

These men are either super intelligent, or they are the first humans without brains.

[@heem8814]

i was legit thinking about blowing up sahara land with nukes and let ocean water in. then you can block out the ocean with a damn to slowly turn it into fresh water

[@poeltlpower1880]

The 1950's and planning to do random shit with nukes. Name a more iconic duo.

[@pluggothesluggo5509]

France and revolutions

[@razorsneck6379]

How about the year when elon sent a fucking tesla into the space on a rocket

[@timjbbc]

Europe and World Wars

[@connectingwings7212]

The 1970's and building ugly buildings full of asbestos

[@nutman2353]

connectingwings] Popcorn ceilings? Pfft more like cone shaped cancer!

[@denisstoynev3935]

We cant build this project! 1950s people: *Nuke em*

[@manitobant6738]

NO!

[@ghasttearguy2616]

@@manitobant6738 yes

[@hazelich9113]

Manitobant 15 NUKE EM!!!

[@bari4007]

Hazelich you know what. You’re fired

[@MegaBradster1]

Aww Cmon!!

[@jaylenney]

Alaska: "let's blow up things" Russia: "Not bad, kid"

[@IRTG2006]

*Muslims

[@Clacxzy]

North Korea: “not bad at all!”

[@cindyjean9343]

China: good job, bro!

[@ritagasper1958]

literally their kid that got sold off (man that's morbid)

[@titanusghidrah6867]

Jayshi Russia x Alaska

[@theoneandonlybutreallyreal]

Real life lore: Insane plans Everone: meh Real life lore: With nukes Everone: Hell yeah

[@cindyjean9343]

Creepers...

[@jasonremy1627]

Interesting side note: Even though they didn't actually set off the nuke,c they still managed to contaminate the site with radioactive waste. They dug up a bunch of contaminated soil from the Nevada test site, and spread it around the Project Chariot site to see how dangerous it really was. The University of Alaska sent a team out to test the soil like 10 years ago, and it's still radioactive.

[@hfreddy127]

USA After the project finishes in an alternate universe: “Why are the fish glowing?”

[@Napoleonic_S]

In another alternate reality gojira/godzilla appeared several decades after the US nuked Alaska.

[@Lobotomized_raccoon]

Moose can swim so I’m starting to think that they did secretly nuke Alaska and didn’t tell us

[@jack_leinen]

“Like some minecraft TNT shit” This man is our god. We must cherish him.

[@burnsa868]

Never heard him swear in any of his videos before. It’s beautiful.

[@wilyriley_]

he’s sworn a few times

[@anonymousinternetaddict]

He swore in the video about blowing up nukes in Egypt for a different engineering project and in a video about an airplane running out of power at high altitude. There's nothing wrong with swearing so it's not even a big deal

[@lolwat5418]

Allah is the only God

[@leslaw1979]

@@lolwat5418 r/woosh

[@cindyjean9343]

1:06 Jeb and Notch: HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

[@bloodshed3523]

i haven’t heard those names in a long time lmao

[@titanusghidrah6867]

More like developers of Minecraft

[@ya7ioo]

0:58 I like hearing you swear.

[@TheLiamster]

I can’t believe he said a naughty word, I’m disliking this video right now.

[@sakakaka4064]

@@TheLiamster ikr I thought it's an EDUCATIONAL CHANNEL!

[@equaius893]

*gasp* BAD WORD BAD WORD BAD WORD

[@just_dmitri3192]

Yeah same

[@ek_films]

He used to swear a lot more in his early videos

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

1:01 finally he starts swearing.... Either that or I’ve been of this channel for a while

[@keizu.]

he’s cussed before i forgot the videos but he’s said dick and shit again

[@GlaceonStudios]

@@keizu. He did the same on his video about building a canal with nukes in the middle of Africa.

[@NovaBoi7]

Nuke the shut out of the ground

[@emilisusas1254]

@@NovaBoi7 yes lol

[@ghost_curse]

He's said shit a few times but it's not a regular occurrence.

[@muelesariocontra]

Landscape: *exists* Engineer in history: *[enters Creative mode]*

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Muelesa Riocontra lol I liked your comment 4 seconds after you posted it

[@muelesariocontra]

The American Guy yeah I noticed that bravo ragazzo

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No, pqaza twitter is a gay

[@Zhuk-zc8es]

Rll: starts talking about how to be productive. Viewers: a sh*t here we go again.

[@WeldinMike27]

Smash that pause button

[@Jayshiver]

“Minecraft digging is not anything like real digging” Her-e-tic! Her-e-tic!

[@adly.prastya]

I dont get it Wooooshhh

[@Jayshiver]

MAPP Gaming Its a Halo 2 reference

[@capito4585]

Jayshiver I thought it was a bl3 reference but ok

[@Jayshiver]

Raging Wolf You could see it as both, but I’ve been playing Halo a lot and I just went through a cutscene with the Arbiter being judged by the Prophets

[@texaszubes3650]

This whole thing sounds like an episode of the simpsons

[@mariavenegas7208]

*L M A O😂😂😂😂*

[@forstaken2254]

**W H E E Z I N G**

[@pretzelstick320]

“Are you tired of the same old Grand Canyon?”

[@thespookyarchaeologist6406]

Sounds more like a season finale of family guy

[@hotcheetogwerl]

Hearing him say “shit” has brought joy to my life. It’s been a while 😂

[@franrossTV]

Alaska: * is becoming part of the US * US: "Let me show you some peace"

[@jasonkim2437]

lol

[@bmwm5324]

*_SOME FREEDOM_*

[@rumaisabaig895]

2020 looks like the perfect year to try this!

[@Saikocide]

i dont think harbors are needed right now gamer freak...

[@redxstudios2565]

Well if there was a big fuken harbor meybe some ppl in alaska would finnaly learn that usa owns alaska, not russia 😒

[@shanettequao9043]

Gamer Freak NO

[@max_gamer9895]

It can’t get worse so...

[@Faolan03]

@@max_gamer9895 please don't say that, not that earth wants to show you that it CAN get worse

[@youssifmohamed6797]

The advantages: Using nukes The disadvantages: Using nukes

[@Experterrors]

I visited the Sedan crater in the Nevada test site back in the 90’s. It was an incredible hole with perfectly smooth sides going down into a flat bottom. The radioactivity was still enough so that I was told to only stay for a few minutes and gawk at the best damn hole I’ve ever seen.

[@cindyjean9343]

"the insane plan to dig a harbor with nukes" *Repeats the word insane 100 times* Kim Jong Un- interesting....

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

I like how people say “at the height of the Cold War” for basically any time during the Cold War. 1950s? Height of the Cold War. 60s? Height of the Cold War. 70s? Still the height of the Cold War. 80s? Still the height of the Cold War You see what I mean?

[@JollyOldCanuck]

crazybrickstudios The 1950 and 1960s were the height of the Cold War, the 1970s was the time of detente and the 1980s were the time of glasnost and perestroika.

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1:00 swear jar

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1:01- $1 in jar

[@spookirock3826]

oof

[@ghasttearguy2616]

@@cindyjean9343 TEA SHIT

[@cindyjean9343]

@@ghasttearguy2616 *TNT

[@summerthunder.]

I swear that’s the second ever time he has said that in recent videos lol

[@liam-man7265]

RealLifeLore: “Alaska was in the process of being admitted into the Union as America’s newest state.” Hawaii: *”Am I a joke to you?”*

[@zergreenone8111]

When you are born, you are the newest person in the world. It's technically correct but a little uninformative.

[@bmwm5324]

@ZerGreenOne every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes

[@skyes4552]

@@zergreenone8111 When I was born I was the newest mistake

[@sushiomelette]

Thank you for making a video on this! My great aunt Rose Omnik in Point Hope fought Project Chariot. Check out the book, the Firecracker Boys.

[@TheFuturistTom]

I've been watching Real Life Lore for years. I liked their videos. That is why I decided to create my own sci-fi/futurist Channel. 👍🙂

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The Futurist Tom in my case I based mine on RLL, CGP Grey, and Name Explain.

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I still kinda remeber the toyota corolla times HAHAHAH

[@Jay-qb9gi]

Ah yes.

[@lycurza]

I absolutely love the Civ reference.... good on ya mate :)

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Thats so great and informative. Love you RealLifeLore

[@Lucien-dx8rd]

2020: that’s another one for apocalypse Bingo!

[@NotAmira_]

2020 has indeed been the best year /s

[@christophercollins9987]

@@NotAmira_ ur joking right?

[@NotAmira_]

@@christophercollins9987 Yes, of course...

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

@@christophercollins9987 r/wooosh

[@masonbrindley790]

Don’t make sense but good idea 😂😂

[@GeoPerspective]

But it was probably worth doing just to find out if it would work!

[@danieldhuart9858]

Russia had a similar idea and they ended up creating a whole lake, but it’s useless because it’s radioactive and currently poisoning other rivers in the area. It’s called lake chagan

[@hat1696]

Name a more iconic duo then Real Life Lore and skillshare...I’ll wait

[@ligannn2625]

1:00 anyone else get thrown off when he said shit lmao

[@enuiltur]

The insane plan to- Me: Doesn’t’ seem too insane.

[@hii1371]

@@nekogirlsr no its not

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

So Project Chariot was created to literally blow up a bunch of nukes on the coastline to make a harbor. Radiation: I'm clearly a joke to you

[@oscario9405]

Why the **** are you everywhere

[@Vysair]

I read somewhere that there exist a nuke without the radiation but I doubt it is even a nuclear bomb or maybe that the decay (?) is so quick it wont take long to clean up the mess

[@trangium]

Oscar Waine link of hyrule What type of curse word has only two letters

[@thomasloch9317]

When Alaska has cool plans, while you’re still living in Ohio

[@RealClutchMcGee]

Rip me and my fellow Buckeyes

[@cindyjean9343]

Rip me and my Nova scotian pals

[@nicholask7566]

Hey fellow Buckeyes

[@cindyjean9343]

@@PulsYT ohio took over the world?

[@Hiro101]

Neil Armstrong and John Glenn were from Ohio... People from Ohio are pioneers of space travel

[@Gabe_52967]

“like some Minecraft tnt shit” I DIED laughing 😂

[@joshsb7]

1:00 when he has too many sponsors so he doesn’t have to dependent on ads from KZbin

[@FingeringThings]

Alaska: *Exists* US: *Its free nuke estate*

[@Flash-me4gz]

How Arr You Everywhere

[@Allthingsmarinelife]

I read the title and said “It’s 2020 I wouldn’t be surprised “

[@ccraw6826]

Lmao

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2020 so bad hahagagagagag

[@Allthingsmarinelife]

talentleesdorito 9 haha

[@lokbdasmf7866]

Omg so original, y wouldnt have thtought of that 😱 it isnt like everyone says that

[@cindyjean9343]

2020 is terrible for Nova scotians

[@omarijoseph3189]

0:58 "Like some real-life Minecraft TNT Shit" hahahahaha

[@thebengalimapist3923]

Did you know the Soviets (russians) were planning to create a artificial lake in the Soviet union with atomic weapons.

[@JamesPhieffer]

The Soviets likely wouldn't have had a huge issue with the project. Best case, it justifies their own peaceful nukes program, worst, they have a stick to occasionally hit the US with...

[@yeakubaliali4090]

Yes it was the plan of Joseph Stalin.

[@danieldhuart9858]

It’s called lake chagan, they went through with the plan and it’s a radioactive wasteland

[@thebengalimapist3923]

@@danieldhuart9858 You are right but they had a bigger ambition.

[@bigloud1230]

Me just chilling: Real life lore: The insane plan to (insert plan) on (insert country)

[@cindyjean9343]

The insane plan to build Moscow on China

[@Liamtft]

The insane plan to create an ethnostate in the middle east

[@GlaceonStudios]

The insane plan to revoke the UN membership of the People's Republic of China

[@davidkoach]

Love you, RealLifeLore

[@grisa6272]

Amazing video!

[@Lucien-dx8rd]

2020 be like: right that down, right that down!

[@TheGreatCooLite]

Imagine if an asteroid from space crashed on that harbor

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

Tyler1 sound effect: *BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

[@cindyjean9343]

Creeper- my space lord!

[@Elijah-pf9gi]

Lucky miracle lol

[@Kelekky]

“hey so we kinda need a harbour” “oh which contractor are you going to use to dig that all up” “Give me a nuke” “what?” “Nuke. in. hands. now”

[@escivencain8653]

A great book called the firecracker boys on this subject On a side note one of the head researchers pushing for that project got ran out of UAA and became the head reporter in our town

[@94Warv]

Insane plan **exists** Real life lore: *It's free real estate*

[@edgelord8337]

Funny plan did kim jong un come up with it because it sure sounds like it.

[@butterflyqueen9260]

Ikr!!!!!!

[@TrapCoordinator]

I wish

[@conors4430]

edge lord only the United States can come up with this shit. Hence why they are terrified of all these other world leaders doing the same because they were the first

[@iwasborn8470]

Madmen 1:How are we going to make our harbour? Madmen 2:Nuke go brrrrr ∆

[@djkomic]

"like some real life Minecraft TNT shit" is the best line I've ever heard on this channel, ever! ^_^ loll

[@rhensn]

New game: pause the video at the start of any RLL video and guess the sponsor 😆

[@whyumar1]

Drill holes in bedrock? Must be in creative mode

[@jana31415]

I once destroyed bedrock irl

[@Danishmastery]

This is obviously the kind of video we all need. A real problem that needs to be addressed ASAP.

[@pinkloafers]

Bro I love these vids

[@revelanthony1991]

When he said how Indigenous people were never consulted I literally said,” And we’re supposed to be surprised?”

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: At any given moment, there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth.

[@cindyjean9343]

Cool!

[@arro2546]

An honour to be part of those today!

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Let's go! New rll video

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Eight days ago, you uploaded a vid, that was the day i hospitalized ( not serious problem). Today i came out and uou just uploaded a vid. Love your Videos bro keep going

[@michaelpolloway6760]

Who else loves when RLL swears?

[@DannyTheDino]

Regular People- Lest dig! These People- Let us make a BOOM BOOM...

[@Flash-me4gz]

?

[@cindyjean9343]

Creeper: Aw Yeah!

[@ciarankelly3726]

idk why but the way you said "real like minecraft tnt shit" set me off laughing way harder than it should have

[@avinjayasekara1166]

man i love rll

[@metadragon7500]

Edward Teller looks like the exact type of person who would be stupid enough to try this

[@mtrunkello]

Are you sure you can call the father of hydrogen bomb stupid?

[@voidcore]

That's the Teller, in Teller-Ullam as in one of the key designers of the H-Bomb after whom the basic design is named.

[@metadragon7500]

If you think about it, the inventor of the hydrogen bomb indirectly started every single nuclear threat since the invention of the hydrogen bomb

[@mtrunkello]

@@metadragon7500 and indirectly stopped every conventional war ever since the invention. Im sure if it werent for the threat of mutual destruction and nuclear fallout, the soviets would have started ww3 not so long after ww2. ended.

[@JeffrevinYT]

"this is probably what the United States military thinks about while stuck in quarantine." _this is basically what happened back in the 1950s for alaska_ *oh.*

[@ethanlust6305]

Ur videos are soooooo interesting.

[@andrewhooton]

3:20 my town! Juneau, Alaska!

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RLL video: the insane plan to... Count me in

[@SecretUnknown]

I make videos because of THEM! Enjoy your the rest of your quarantine! ❤️😎

[@juandiegoprado]

3:15 that's a nice video of Juneau you got there

[@broondjongen]

Hearing the RLL narrator say “shit” is a surreal experience

[@gyrgamer8936]

Nobody: ... Alaska men:

[@laggedxx]

Nobody: People who make unfunny memes that say Nobody: Nobody:

[@vijayzz1238]

Why does every ‘smart engineer’ use nukes to make stuff?

[@sephikong8323]

Because big bomb go boom

[@pluggothesluggo5509]

@@sephikong8323 Bomb go boom, soil go boosh, whole grow big

[@richardgarcia7521]

New York used a similar method to make parts of the Long Island Sound deeper to allow ships to enter and avoid hitting solid jagged seamounts. Except they used dynamite. It was the biggest explosion in world history at the time.

[@chrisgaming1286]

Sounds like Dr. Bright is in charge of the new foundation harbour construction

[@chilln0648]

Alternative Title: Kim John Un’s house in Alaska

[@ya7ioo]

Everyone who said first reply here, I'll send you an oscar in the mail.

[@DannyTheDino]

ok

[@cindyjean9343]

Ok

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

Oke doke

[@asliceofcheese7152]

Ok

[@MrAhmed42069]

Me first

[@thebluepc5]

*According to Reallifelore, Nothing moves on without a Nuke*

[@mariomario761]

People: We have this new and innovative project! We just need some way to solve some invonvenience present at the site. 1950s American Scientist: *N U K E S*

[@feloniusgru9561]

Last time I was this early, Alaska was stilled owned by Russia.

[@squa_81]

Was there ever a plan to build a ship that buold ships because they would be to big to build in a traditional harbours?

[@arnulfobeltran3089]

Lmao "like some real minecraft TNT shit" it sounded hilarious idk why

[@firstnameiskowitz8493]

1:01 one of the rare instances of real life lore swearing

[@Mr_No_Shot]

i think this narrator had a serious problem with his wife they musta divorced cuz he sounds so sad

[@pjbraunschweiger1803]

Lol what?

[@ogricky6025]

Shut up

[@4piousmen]

Last time I was this early Karen still had the kids.

[@marinakurasoviene5077]

hi love yo vids

[@lansfriszt7767]

"To this day, the project hasn't been cancelled" Nukes are apparently less offensive than jokes.

[@babyoda_054]

First(don’t give me hate I just want to have fun)

[@elizabethsusanlibra]

Nobody cares.

[@medcodm3742]

You aren't first I'm sorry

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: The two tiny holes drilled in every BIC pen is to ensure that the air pressure is the same both inside and outside the pen, which helps the ink flow to the tip.

[@varunmehta6552]

Nobody: People in 1950s: *N U K E S*

[@YoniIsrael]

a guy: I have a problem cold war America: NUKE IT

[@chec8timi355]

0:59 OMG!! NOO!! RealLifeLore would NEVER say this!!!!

[@svenloncar2228]

1:00 he said it! He said the thing

[@Austin_Schulz]

Oh Army Corps of Engineers, you never fail to make me laugh... and nervous.

[@holyloli69420]

_You can't just dig Alaska_ *Nukes goes Boom Boom*