The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing

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[@halfasinteresting]

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[@shivig6840]

would you do one about how hard it is to become a pilot

[@wikiwiki1093]

Where is the bricks video?

[@vichkar3680]

Hey, how about making a video about bricks

[@sophiethesnail]

Top 10 best numbers

[@pancakethelizard4751]

Bricks are interesting

[@kutter_ttl6786]

“Sometimes dumb, lame, little pieces of rock end up mattering a lot because of where they are...” Casually glances at the Falklands.

[@pulkitmohta8964]

Well, South China sea is all about that. Contrary to the fact in this video, China is building islands instead of going to an actual island and laying claim.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

Spratley Islands: I have been summoned

[@yaboi7773]

Falklands- small pieces of rock WITH OIL

[@muscovymapping8896]

or hawaii, taiwan, singapore, bahrain, sicily, sardinia, greenland, iceland, cuba, etc

[@spartacus17.]

@@muscovymapping8896 Greenland isn't little though..

[@abbinator4393]

That up close shot of a nose disturbed me. And I don’t think I’m the only one.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Not nearly as disturbing as the flag of Sicily tho

[@kingblob6244]

That poorly shaved moustache... ughhh **shudders**

[@MustraOrdo]

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter real talk.

[@abbinator4393]

@I’m Very Angry It’s Not Butter very true

[@pulkitmohta8964]

Did anyone notice the nose hairs?

[@mata5724]

The Sicilian flag looks like if the Isle of Man's flag was naked

[@user-ov2fc5sd1e]

Ikr lol

[@Kromiball]

The face looks like the face of a pervert

[@1989hotbox]

It's an ancient Greek symbol associated with Sicily. From Wikipedia: "The triskeles was adopted as emblem by the rulers of Syracuse. It is possible that this usage is related with the Greek name of the island of Sicily, Trinacria (Τρινακρία "having three headlands"). The Sicilian triskeles is shown with the head of Medusa at the center.The ancient symbol has been re-introduced in modern flags of Sicily since 1848."

[@1989hotbox]

@@Kromiball it's the face of Medusa, it's supposed to be creepy.

[@rotting_spider]

Underrated

[@joeym5243]

Sicilly, 1831: Man 1: *Smells sulfur gas* Alright, who did it? Man 2: He who smelt it dealt it. Man 1: He who denied it, supplied it. Man 2: He who deduced it, produced it. Man 1: He who attributed it, distributed it. Man 2: He who detected it, projected it. Man 1: He who perceived it, conceived it. Man 2: He who expressed it, compressed it. Man 1: He who related it, deflated it. Man 2: He who protested it, foam-crested it. Man 1: He who derided it, provided it. Man 2: He who maligned it, designed it. Man 1: He who smelled it, expelled it. Man 2: He who opined it, refined it. Man 1: He who rued it, brewed it. Man 2: He who revealed it, peeled it. Man1: He who quipped it, ripped it. Man 2: He who knew it, blew it. Man 1: He who reported it, exported it. Man 2: He who decoyed it, deployed it. Man 1: He who averred it, disinterred it. Man 2: ... it wasn't me.

[@wronghorsebatterystaple]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@decooldudette]

How much time did this take lmao

[@kingdonaltron]

You must be the old wise man who puts those messages in fortune cookies😳

[@mmay3315]

im just going to leave a reply here for the future

[@pulkitmohta8964]

Tell Buzz Lightyear that there is indeed sign of intelligent life here

[@federico339]

I live in Palermo, Sicily and your pronunciation of "Sciacca" is not bad at all

[@faxo5472]

Yeah, I fully expected him to botch it up but his pronunciation was actually pretty good

[@riccardopiana1933]

i am Italian to i live in milan

[@jacopolattanzio8790]

e ovviamente io ho scelto roma

[@PyroXVuurwerk]

He had enough cannoli

[@ry7774]

I was born there!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"The first to claim it were the Brits, because after all, Britain loves claiming things" Half as Interesting is spitting facts, as usual.

[@maruftim]

and you're here as usual

[@lompstem]

This comment is now British. - I am claiming is as my duty of being a Brit.

[@imtheotherdave]

Let's colonise the comments.

[@jacobross7443]

Your back

[@iwasborn8470]

BRITIAN

[@blitzz1168]

As an italian I have never heard of this. These updates the devs are adding are so weird, they should fix the previous bugs first.

[@1brianm7]

Italy is a mechanic not a bug.

[@arandomchannel4413]

Yeah it keep disappearing

[@raf.4028]

makes sense. it's a pretty rare quest, objective being to capture the island

[@amaterasu964]

Try increasing your render distance... That should fix it

[@muscovymapping8896]

yeah ikr? they refuse to fix the gigantic virus over in asia since it first came out in update 19.4.9

[@fally-64]

Scilies: hey look at this new island we should cla- The UK: Hippity Hoppity this island is obviously my property

[@HughEtl]

*Hippity Hoppity

[@FairArc]

@@neoupath8823 saying a meme dead meme is a dead meme

[@pcgaming7680]

@@FairArc funny

[@JouvaMoufette]

@@FairArc yeah but Millhouse is not a meme is a meme, so...

[@Croz89]

When you have a massive navy you've got to give them something to justify their existence.

[@Mergatroid]

How big is it? "Two Starbucks, a McDonalds and a parking area for doggers."

[@MF-uu5jy]

Don't forget the plan for a Butlins

[@05TE]

And if anyone haven't seen it, here is a link to the referred video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4HPgoOAos1sa7c

[@peterpeter5214]

Oh I see you‘re a person of culture as well

[@deekswap695]

Been looking for this reference lmao thanks sir

[@reverseturingtest]

Ding!

[@laughingman7467]

"I don't see mirage island today"

[@ghivifahmi4252]

Ah, I understand it.

[@sixthballad5531]

I was gonna make a joke about that lol. Looks like u get it too

[@intrepid1160]

Wynaut check again?

[@TestTest-zt1lx]

That island was so hard to get. It never actually spawned for me

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

I wondered how long it would take to find that reference in the comments. Not that long, apparently.

[@93izak]

I love how he's always throwing shade at someone or something

[@DivaNove]

Shady foe mugga😎

[@unlokia]

From the safety and anonymity of his microphone. ;)

[@EGRJ]

Increases engagement.

[@unlokia]

@@EGRJ DECREASES respect for himself by others.

[@tommywulfric9768]

Yeah, usually Britain.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Sofa? Every one calls that a couch. Also from PNW here.

[@fortune3911]

ok

[@gapetheapegod7976]

It has 2 cushions that is a loveseat

[@michealcheal7998]

Couch. Who says sofa?

[@michealcheal7998]

@Noel el erizo that's interesting! Thanks for that information.

[@mistymoooooor]

I'm from the PNW too and yeah that's a couch

[@kassimbabika]

1:47 "Dumb, lame little piece of rock" Britain: You cut me deep, HAI...you cut me real deep just now.

[@Harshhaze]

*Sips tea sadly*

[@englishtwister]

And for that, this video gets a thumbs down.

[@unlokia]

@@englishtwister Bravo. Such utter ignorance demonstrated by this man.

[@sabersz]

@@englishtwister lmao. I'm British, and I love to say that I am, but I just laughed at that. It's a joke, chill mate

[@tylerlackey1175]

@@sabersz you arent british, Ahmed

[@tomiwastaken4938]

"Remember that before 1861, the Italian peninsula was made up of a bunch of little countries that all kind of hated each other, unlike now, when it's all one country made up of a bunch of regions that all kind of hate each other." I mean... you're not wrong

[@lucal2067]

As an Italian I can say that the part about regions hating each other’s is absolutely correct 😂

[@theyoshi202]

Well it’s true in pretty much every big country. But especially Italy

[@superj8502]

And inside regions, provinces hate each other. And inside provinces, cities and towns hate each other.

[@gerdafridriksdottir8836]

The Island: aight im a head out

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am the funniest KZbinr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear gerda

[@FishwicksREAL]

@@AxxLAfriku what

[@melitopiia4730]

@@FishwicksREAL They self-advertise themselves a lot

[@pintpullinggeek]

@King Eazy It's funny how, in any design field, the beta version is a more refined version of the alpha version. Of course neither are actually suitable for a full public launch but the beta is definitely better.

[@gabor6259]

Comment section: *exists.* Originality: aight, I'mma head out.

[@TheNinjaDC]

China: "Silly Europeans. Why wait for island, when you can make an island." *HaHaHa* "Regardless, the disappearing island has been part of China since ancient times."

[@davidgilbarte3427]

HAI: Like In how most of the US you would call this a- My brain: couch! HAI: sofa My brain: am I some kind of joke to you?

[@ptolemystoned]

If you want to be pedantic, couches and sofas are traditionally different things, but today it's more a marketing difference.

[@chrisc6857]

Couch was my first thought too... Lived in the midwest my whole life and I've never once heard someone call a couch a davenport....

[@orangepekoe5243]

I call it a bed

[@MerkhVision]

Orange Pekoe Of St. Gloriana College thats sad lol

[@ptolemystoned]

@@chrisc6857 I've only heard Canadians use "davenport"

[@far-lefteevee608]

Someone finally had to say it The flag of Sicily is horrific

[@kacperwoch4368]

Well, my city has a severed head on a silver plate on its flag. And some countries have a mutated, two-headed bird as their emblem.

[@zg4705]

noooo ma è bellissima

[@wavid0]

The flag of Sicily? Is it really that bad? Let me go google it... Flag of Sicily. It can't be tha- OH WHATS THAT

[@lamhkak47]

Looks like bootleg Isle of Man

[@MustraOrdo]

Even that red flag with the swastika looks more descent than Sicily's... design wise.

[@oliverburns8479]

This is literally the plot of a Diskworld book 😂

[@laurentiusfritz3673]

By Jingo, it is!

[@fmitchell238a]

Sir Terry often started with real history, changed the names into puns, and added dwarfs and trolls (rock, not Internet).

[@LuxisAlukard]

Shame only 66 of us liked this...

[@SerPinkKnight]

Leshp

[@michalinaa.m.sikora9146]

It was my exact thought while watching this video 🤣 This is exacly what i love Pratchett's books for 😆

[@aidanforcetwo3592]

Island: *exists* The British Empire: *It's free real estate*

[@rjfaber1991]

Partly, but it's also rather close to Malta, which was British at the time, so this wasn't Britain just claiming some random island in the middle of nowhere; it was actually a fairly logical claim. Two Sicilies had the stronger claim geographically, but Britain had a stronger claim than Spain or France (remember that Tunisia wasn't French yet at this point, it was still Ottoman).

[@hahanamegobrrr6667]

Gonna prank this island when it comes back Day 1 : Day 2 : Day 870 :

[@javidproductions9353]

Any landmass The UK: it's free real Estate

[@mikes7651]

This same joke being made over and over again Anyone: "It's free real estate"

[@ronniefnd]

My money was on sea monster. I'm glad there are information packed videos like this to straighten everything out.

[@andybrinegar8861]

*Located in southern Italy* “It was racist” Sounds about right...

[@federico339]

Fair enough

[@andybrinegar8861]

Federico Di Liberto No disrespect, I love Italy! I would actually like to move there someday. I was mainly making a joke, loosely based off of stereotypes of southerners. Hope you and your family are well in Palermo ❤️

[@mimimarcus]

Isn't Italy mostly white Italians? Who discriminates whom?

[@Kalatash]

@@mimimarcus Whom? I assume not white Italians. And given the other comment in the video about Italy, they probably discriminate against each other as well.

[@Sophonizbah]

If southern Italy is racist then the north is even worse, it’s Salvini’s land.

[@ijnakagi2066]

“Very strong sulphur smell” Ah yes I the time traveler have did the deed

[@neelparmar6690]

"I think the island farted again" "Nice try Darrell"

[@zg4705]

As an Italian, I wish the "one country made up of a bunch of regions that all kind of hate each other" was fake :(

[@andy_liga]

Lemme guess, coming from the south? :P

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

Dal Trentino alla Sicilia, ci odiamo, però nella fine siamo tutti Italiani 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@brazeiar9672]

Which part has the pizza?

[@Mythikron]

None, the Americans stole it all

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

So basically, this is the Aight Imma Head Out of islands. Four countries wanted it? Wow

[@joyphobic]

Long time no see,man

[@ES-mw8dt]

UGH

[@ES-mw8dt]

Stop bro

[@Oiltuber]

>> Three countries wanted it? Four: France, Spain, Two Sicilies, UK

[@filmgekko]

Shout out to anyone else who already knew about this from watching "Citation Needed" with The Technical Difficulties on Tom Scott's channel!

[@ChrisHopkins73rd]

*sees title *expects a Lost joke/reference

[@Kodeb8]

"sometimes dumb lame little pieces of rock end up mattering a lot because of where they are, just look at the UK"

[@locococo8961]

AHJAHAHHAHAQHAHAHSAJSAS soooo funny you quoted the video

[@endangsaptorini563]

Is he talking about the mainland UK or all of UK territories??

[@oscargurdian9389]

DAENGIKY 15 mainland

[@patrickwinfield8493]

Huh, I expected more “citation needed” references. If you haven’t, I recommend checking them out! They covered this topic in an episode

[@TheLegoPerson]

Yeah, they've got a lot of episodes on topics that pop up over here too, it's kind of strange how often it happens. I definitely prefer the CN episodes

[@jlaurenpiano]

This is the second time in two weeks a different KZbinr has covered a topic from citation needed, and I feel so big brain!

[@knilschbromen7147]

Holy shit, thank you for reminding me where I had heard of this island before. For a minute I thought I'm losing my mind. :D

[@maarja89]

There's been a Citation Needed episode about this island...

[@TheLegoPerson]

Yeah I'm getting tired of seeing the same topics on both, citation needed definitely does a better job of it

[@jeffreyzheng8875]

Teacher: How to waste Britain's time Me:

[@akke_pakke7125]

Two words: Citation. Needed.

[@maxb2320]

Tbf there aren’t unlimited interesting stories to tell.

[@GuestDGaming]

MYSTERY BISCUITS!!

[@JouvaMoufette]

"I am not enjoying zis"

[@marcusalm7350]

I was thinking if that specific episode earlier today.

[@beretperson]

The best thing to come out of all of this was Terry Pratchett's Jingo.

[@bartvanderzanden5856]

I came all the way down the comment section looking for exactly this comment!

[@ashiqurrahman1343]

Everyone: starts fighting over it! Island:”Aight Imma head out!” Everyone: Surprised Pikachu face!

[@karyldavidkidd7111]

"The very important spot of here" Brilliant 🙃

[@ThaumaturgistGuard]

I really hope you will upload soon the Majuro film on youtube. I watched the whole thing without even knowing how quickly time went by and it left me speechless. This film has a strong emotional impact and more people need to see it, maybe, just maybe, it would be able to inspire people to become more active when it comes to global temperature rising.

[@kiteskingdom6137]

Who wants a lawn ornament Edit: what did Malta do during this

[@Italian1776]

They were being a british colony

[@ricq]

sarcastic, witty, yet very informative! i love this channel

[@HillelFriedler]

The documentary that's on nebula is amazing wendover/HAI did an amazing job

[@ms.antithesis]

and in the uk we call that "sofa" a couch

[@Mythikron]

Same here in ... The Midwest

[@ms.antithesis]

@@Mythikron Midwest America? Or Birmingham? Or some other Midwest.

[@CSDragon]

0:24 that's a Couch

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

*Island Appears out of no were* Britain: It’s free Real-estate

[@saadamansayyed]

Great video Sam! Very informative and engaging!

[@cgomes1610]

The UK joke got me so good. Well done well done

[@lamenwatch1877]

3:08 "Ferdind named it 'Ferdinandea' after his best friend - himself"

[@clyde5450]

Graham Island: *appears* Britain, France, Sicily, and Spain: “It’s mine!” Graham Island: “Alright, I’m boutta head out.“

[@liambohl]

4:17 - I love the subtle implication that whack-a-mole is about hitting carnies. Sorry, carnies.

[@rathanpm]

Good video. Keep up the good work. Learned a lot.

[@spectacularspaghetti1849]

"The UK loves claiming things" Just like tea, originally from the east, but the british people claimed it was theirs back in the days

[@andy_liga]

As an Italian, I would say that: this vulcanic island is not the only thing "disappearing" (never to be seen again) in the sea in the south of Italy 🙄🙄🙄

[@danielfenner2168]

I must say your documentary about Majuro was excellent and definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it yet

[@Allin5Minutes]

So much new information! Another great video!

[@jonas1015119]

is that the same underwater island that might have been bombed during the war in Libya? (mentioned in Citation Needed)

[@thenickstrikebetter]

When your island dissappears: ;-; Then It reappears:

[@vichkar3680]

Yeah i too hate it when your island suddenly appears and then dissapears

[@dannick100]

aight finally subscribed to curiosity stream /nebula. this vid was the turning point lmfao. final days of majuro here i come!

[@mr.potatto2039]

Your videos are so cool and actually teach me something, england loves claiming things love ya

[@dylan_not_dillon]

“wOw iM sO eArlY lAsT tiMe i wAs eArLy *insert bad joke here*”

[@moonlightyong1924]

Last time I was this early, this comment format didn't exist

[@mjrc123]

'Just like the UK" OUCH. I felt that.

[@LyonHeartXIII]

Now these are the things i love researching for my podcast!! (Files Obscura)

[@duolingoowl7043]

watching this video without sound is a whole new experience

[@YusriRilke]

Aight, somebody's been watching The Technical Difficulties again....

[@JouvaMoufette]

When I saw the title of this video, that tech dif episode was the first thing I thought of. "That's not a lake! That's just water that stuck on the top of it when it came back out!" "Yeah, do you know any other definition of a lake?"

[@pot4311]

This island is the original whack-a-mole. You gotta claim it before it goes back down.

[@bubblebath2892]

I love the commentary, hilarious

[@WannabeMarsanach]

Loved the Majuro doc.

[@grahamturner2640]

When I got the notification, I just had to call it.

[@jingsen511]

lol

[@itsjustlukeRevive]

To me the island=my Dad

[@Flying_Basil]

I'd love to watch more Nebula videos! But I waiting on the app to come out. The mobile site is pretty difficult to get working smoothly :( love what you guys are doing though and love to support it!

[@davidp4037]

Your are today TOP 1 science animated divulgation channel. Some others lost their birds and corollas.

[@pigonaunicycle6664]

The island reminds me if my dad

[@belcarra]

if your dad what?

[@jonathangatter4920]

Oof

[@jameschandler127]

Don't be ridiculous. We all know you've never met your dad.

[@jopaljopal4256]

"Sometimes small little stupid rocks are important because of where they are, just liike Britain."

[@Rdasboss]

i teared up during your latest video on the marshal islands.

[@lifedistilled7054]

This channel's research is AAA. Editing is crisp along with the animations. How do you guys do it? These kinds of videos inspire me to do better on my channel.

[@pbj4184]

Go watch the citation needed episode of this topic. It's hilarious!

[@vichkar3680]

This island straight up playing hide and seek

[@paolocostaimori]

That part about the UK not claiming Kazakhstan yet is suspiciously specific

[@malte000]

Sicily flag: *shows up* Isle of Man flag: *finally a worthy opponent*

[@thebestworst8002]

Last time I was this early these types of comments were funny and original

[@pacman7328]

What year was that lol

[@jamesbarrett6814]

*Britain has claimed the comment section

[@LVRM98]

The documentary about Majuro was really interesting. Surely I would recommend watching it.

[@Marsupial2]

“Just look at the UK” got me lmao

[@user-yx5ox3ni5p]

island: *literally shows up* British: "hippity hoppity ur now my property"

[@samiam619]

Ramen hippity hoppity ur now stupid.

[@mangotango1871]

Sam I am u couldn’t even rhyme bruh

[@JxH]

@1m19s: Unnecessary comma. July 17th is more than sufficient. "July, 17th" is silly. :-)

[@marcrugani326]

Trying to avoid a missing comma that might cost him thousands of $s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKG7qZ2ZfJZjqKs

[@vosotros5870]

I was looking for this comment!

[@SharpWits2013]

0:32 That jab at southerners make me laugh far too hard

[@sixbero7244]

i am from wisconsin and can confirm that not a single person in the entire midwest calls a sofa a davenport

[@edgelord8337]

This island Be like: *allow me to introduce myself* And sometimes Be like *ight imma head out*

[@FingeringThings]

Are you an island? Sciacca: *Well yes, but actually no*

[@frostleaf7833]

Sciacca is the name of the city in Sicily where people discovered the island, NOT the island itself

[@eggos1019]

Damn, every time I think I’ve watch all his videos there’s always a new one

[@leeluv96]

Sofa, Davenport, lawn ornament n...Don't forget, the "loveseat".

[@wikiwiki1093]

And also don't forget "couch"

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

I’ll bet you could get there with a plane

[@JJ-si4qh]

1:35. Honestly, I wouldn’t have been surprised since everything is considered racist these days

[@treborironwolfe978]

Lawn ornament.. lol. Cozy and functional ones at that (at least for about six months until the weather disintegrates them).

[@PalProtty]

I really love half as interesting

[@marioandres4878]

"I am just kidding. A bunch of people started to fight over it". . . . . . At first, I laughed so hard. But then, I cried, because.... well, that's classic humanity.

[@oliverzhang4938]

? What. I am pretty late: two minutes, but somehow there are only 37 views.

[@arthgupta7482]

love your videos HAI!

[@jasonsarahsnyder1058]

I literally live half an hours a way form Davenport and have never heard been called that