Meet the Man Who Found a Real Mermaid Skeleton

[@KennethMak]

Original title was “Meet the Man Who Fooled the World”. Followed by "Meet the Man Who Entertained the World". and subsequently "Meet the Man Who Found a Real Mermaid".

[@williamhiggins8525]

I know

[@joelrobert4539]

That was my notification said 😂😂

[@lauramenegon4232]

Mine was “Meet the Man Who Entertained the World” haha

[@asteryt5277]

Yes I saw it in the notif

[@rebeccaelam6194]

SEO is fun sometimes lol

[@ladyjane9980]

"It is morally wrong to let a sucker keep his money" - P.T. Barnum

[@CatholicK5357]

I don't think that quote was from P.T. Barnum. What's your source? Since the man clearly enjoyed making money from entertaining his guests, it is extremely unlikely that he would say such a thing - which would have potentially put him out of business.

[@ladyjane9980]

@@CatholicK5357 I'm a retired History professor and an avid study of little known facts about historical figures. I have read quite a few personal letters of P.T. Barnum's, written to the Bailey brothers before their merger as well as to other patrons and backers. Barnum was a showman, but more importantly (to him) he was a businessman and money was his goal. He would do just about anything (legal) to make himself as wealthy as possible, and most of the time that included the average Joe... the sucker. Most of the time this was a symbiotic relationship between himself and his customers; customers were entertained, and Barnum got their money. Google "The Magic Brick" and take a read. Just when you think you have seen it all.... enjoy!

[@CatholicK5357]

@@ladyjane9980 I am confident that he was not a good man. The reason I doubted the quote is because it is so common for people to spread misquotes without any reference to where it was sourced from. I've seen people sold magnets to place on their joints for alleged pain relief. But the Magic Brick takes the cake.

[@ladyjane9980]

@@CatholicK5357 I understand and completely agree with you. My motto is, 'show me the data's. This. Is why I study the heck out of something if I feel that an action or a quote is questionable. Question everything Keith, I believe it is essential. Be well.

[@broEye1]

@@CatholicK5357 I don't think it's really fair to call him a good OR bad man. He was a complex man, with good and bad points, including bad points that he grew out of and replaced with good ones and probably a few good points that got replaced with bad ones. It's a rare person that can actually be boiled down to "good" or "bad", despite what modern society (especially online) may want to believe. They exist, but they are seriously very rare.

[@berrycade]

The "mermaid ideology" is like saying it's ok to clickbait as long as the viewers still enjoy the video

[@catsinhats31]

Similar to a certain British mustached man whose viewers still don't know what he says when saying his channel name

[@Navigator87110]

Current title as I write this is "Meet the Man Who Found a Real Mermaid," a too-clickbaity title for me.

[@berrycade]

@@Navigator87110 Yeah, I wrote this when it was "The man who entertained everyone" I believe. Kinda annoying but atleast he isn't shoving an attractive girl in every thumbnail like he used to 🙄

[@chukwumanwoha9513]

If you haven't seen them doesn't mean they don't exist. Take it from someone that's seen what would break the soul of a normal human. Lolz

[@roberttanguay8532]

There is actually an almost identical looking Mermaid - Merman to be precise, on display in Banff Alberta Canada and has been for decades. First time I saw it was in 1970

[@blackfir3]

Man, I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who set fires to his museums to claim insurance.

[@tommymarco]

sus

[@knitcrochettiger361]

Barnum famous for saying "There's a sucker born every minute"

[@thejudgmentalcat]

But there's no proof he did. Con men were saying it before he was around

[@kathleenmary1000]

It was actually said by David Hannum from Syracuse NY. He said in regard to his Cardiff Giant exhibition. Great story - Barnum factors in late in the Cardiff Giant story, but the phrase continue to wrongly stick to him.

[@rcknbob1]

"And two more to take advantage of him."

[@Krullmatic]

It was W.C. Fields who coined this phrase.

[@tessaducek5601]

That's a fallacy. No one knows where that started.

[@noxycodone]

meet the man who changes titles alot

[@dravengiles4606]

What was the title

[@counter-weightmedias2263]

@@dravengiles4606 ur mum

[@TheMagicat]

@@counter-weightmedias2263 it’s true, I remember

[@wednesdaygazelle4195]

@@TheMagicat they didn't say it's false

[@swapnanshmohapatra4672]

EXACTLY

[@Aracne80]

You know, I kind of disagree on the idea that the "joke" he was played as young, alone, set him on the path to what he became. I would rather say that the disregard for honesty was a behavior brought down within the family culture. That is, this was probably no the only cruel joke he experienced among his family. It just was their family culture - or that is my guess.

[@TheBlueprintsOrlando]

Absolutely

[@Krullmatic]

Great insight!

[@painkillerjones6232]

What they did to him was how he lived the rest of his life. Sad.

[@calebabbott636]

I can't believe that drunk elephant never caused any damage. Can't think of a much more destructive force

[@michaelscalia7080]

You should have talked more about Jumbo. He wasn't tragically killed by a train, he went on a tirade when his handler wasn't there - the only handler who could make him feel better - and stood on the tracks, challenging the train. He toppled the train, dying in the process. This giant elephant fought a train to a draw.

[@shanehughes3511]

75, blind, paralysed, riddled with arthritis and and half dead. Damn the 20% of people lucky to even live relatively long back then must have been waiting for death. Her standard of life sounds like a 120 year old today

[@DipUniversal]

That's why I always say "Die young, or live long enough to really want to have died young."

[@davecsaszarable]

This is so successful because it plays into the habit we have with the fascination of talking about ourselves

[@mikebar42]

I hate talking about myself...

[@grimreapybones2875]

@@mikebar42 you were talking about yourself when you said that So if you hate it then why did you say it? That's called irony.

[@mikebar42]

I'm glad you see the irony

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

@@mikebar42 what if I said, i love to hate talking about myself, does that then take away the irony

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

Or I hate to hate talking about myself

[@davidroddick91]

When you think about it, what's so different between his hoaxes and a magic show? We know what we're seeing isn't real, but we still pay for the opportunity to be entertained by it.

[@KeitieKalopsia]

@@tamielizabethallaway2413 lol the juxtaposition between their benefit-of-a-doubt wonder and your blunt matter-of-factness is funny

[@thelovelyone7737]

He was a glorified arsonist and murderer that’s the difference

[@glane3962]

@@thelovelyone7737 Who did he murder?

[@thelovelyone7737]

@@glane3962 Barnum’s crimes were the inspiration for American horror stories FREAK SHOW he lured in people with disabilitys and odd appearances had them work in his circus for a few years and then murdered every single one of his performers before having their bodies preserved by a museum his colleague directed. There is no proof of him actually killing them of course because of the time period local officials were not equipped to collect certain evidence but it's obvious he killed those people because despite having disablities they died in relatively good health ie not from natural causes

[@keyildavid8087]

Ethics ... civility.... honesty etc thats the difference... being dishonest is not a trait to be admired or defended 😒

[@braelinmichelus]

As clever, charming, and deceptive of a man he was he still had an enemy that plagued him through all his endeavours; fire

[@DipUniversal]

William Afton must be distantly related to this guy.

[@rebekapina1947]

Love how the majority of horrible things he did aren’t in the movie

[@chrisdingley9277]

So true how on earth they made a movie idolising this wanker is beyond me.

[@danieb4273]

We don't do facts.

[@evalopez1454]

Of course but it would have been a very different movie.

[@blue-im4yt]

Thoughty 2 is the type of person that can inspire many people to grow a mustache and keep it if he had a beard he would be saying hey its the wizard here

[@Minnastina]

Yeah... I might try grow 1 now too! Lol

[@Kiefsti]

Thoughty 2 has the mustache Simon Whistler has the beard

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

I feel that only men like mustaches. Never met a woman yet that likes them

[@a_real_jive_turkey7772]

Nothing could ever convince me to grow a pervstash. They are creepy

[@a_real_jive_turkey7772]

@@AlanaBananaCanada only weird men. I shaved to give myself a mustache 1 time years ago and kept it for less than 5 minutes just for a joke. I had a red shirt and hat on and I ran in where my gf was and says "it'sa me, mario!" And we laughed and it was erased from history seconds later. Only creepy dudes like mustaches. If a girl did like them i wouldn't even want to date her lol

[@SharingSnow]

42 has always amazed me at how good he is when it comes to transitions.. this man goes from the barnum effect to circuses

[@trusilent1940]

it's thoughty 2 not 42

[@SharingSnow]

@@trusilent1940 it’s a joke you Debby downer

[@nadnerb_sr20]

@@trusilent1940 it's True, not Tru

[@trusilent1940]

@@nadnerb_sr20 it would be True if Tru was an abbreviation for The word true unfortunately for you it's the first three letters to my last name.🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jamalco5457]

Work ethic has been phenomenal recently. Insanely consistent uploads whilst still retaining great quality. Thank you, Thoughty2.

[@Porrimgaming413]

I second that notion

[@rantersparadise]

Barnham never had a chance with the family he had. They scarred him.

[@niklynh5692]

1:34 That's a scarily accurate description of me, you sure you're not a clairvoyant?

[@ohrainydays7714]

MOOD!

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

That's the joke

[@robwilson4511]

Every time I turn on thoughty2 to try and fall asleep, I end up staying up and binge watching the videos. 💛

[@slavprussiaottomanfinlandUSUK]

Hate to break it to ya, but at around 10:50 you put George Washington's year of birth as 1789, it was actually 1732. Damn, I forgot I put this here, but this sounded so snarky. Sorry if I was a bit rude!

[@williamberry4615]

Yup. He became president in 1789. 👍🇺🇸

[@eskanderx1027]

@@williamberry4615 Nah... Barnum did 😉

[@Offline-Pirate]

@@eskanderx1027 lol

[@nathanaelwallick8809]

This was why I came to the comments😂😂

[@2acritter4life]

Thoughty must be trying for a Job with the mainstream news services, 0 fact checking.

[@Humble_African]

My brain tricked me. I read the title as”Meet the man who found Real Madrid”

[@probablynoone7485]

Madrid fan?

[@probablynoone7485]

Dont worry fellow skeleton! Am kind of kind. What about those without a skeleton tho?

[@Humble_African]

@@probablynoone7485…the biggest fan in the world

[@probablynoone7485]

@@Humble_African obviously....upto the point of making you see things

[@starlet5350]

I feel like every video Thoughty2 puts out is going to help mankind during apocalypse. On many information.

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

There won't be internet though🤔

[@starlet5350]

@@TeamLegacyFTW yeah but... I don't know 😂

[@tylerellermann3932]

@@TeamLegacyFTW maybe it'll be like 28 days later where the internet is the only thing that survives.

[@Commenter26]

This guy sounds like the Joker, if the Joker was born in the 1800s

[@jackalope2302]

With much less murder.

[@CatholicK5357]

Other than the fact that he was nothing like the joker in the slightest.

[@NoelMcGinnis]

I love the “painting” of Hugh Jackman in the library. 😂

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

Jumbo was killed in my area of SW Ontario in St. Thomas, ON. There's a memorial there and giant Jumbo statue. I don't know if it's true or not, but the story told at the museum of Jumbo pulling his trainer in for a last hug as he died after getting hit by the train had me crying like a baby (I still well up thinking about it).

[@asarishepard8171]

the Mutter Museum in philadelphia is kind of a modern example of what Barnum's museum must have been like. that place is full of medical defomities, etc and was a great trip.

[@crazysilly2914]

Ripley’s believe it or not, you mean?

[@asarishepard8171]

@@crazysilly2914 no i mean Mutter Museum. google it.

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

“Extremely niche taste”, what a great way to say it.

[@herbiehancock7901]

My sister believes in astrology. I should share this with her.

[@randomnerd3402]

Mine does to, and I love when my jokes about it completely fly over her head. The sad thing, is that she's older than me.

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

Give it a try, but if she's an astrology type, then she's likely to be closed minded and only believes things on the bases of feelings anyway. Kind of the city version of a rural Bible-thumper.

[@nicholashenderson6941]

She obviously rejects reality for what ever bs fantasy she believes. You can't reason with people like that.

[@loke6664]

Nah, everyone have right to have a delusion. Mine is that I think Guinness taste better if it have a shamrock drawn in the foam and I am sure you have something too. Unless she pays good money for personal horoscopes and stuff or take financial and life advice from it, then it might be time to step in. Reading the newspaper horoscope and buy a silly new age book or 2 is really nothing to worry about. With delusions you need to choose your battles. Ignore harmless or mostly harmless stuff because everyone have a couple of those. Things that have a strong negative impact need to be dealt with, but she do have the right to live her own life and to figure those out herself, but a little nudging in the right direction to help her figure things out is a good idea. If you tell her it just is hogwash she wont believe you, the hard thing is that you need to help her figure that out without her realizing it. Maybe buy her a good book about astronomy for starters, knowledge and science tend to fade away these things and if you can get her interested in real stars she will likely figure it out eventually without her realizing you helped her.

[@heyozo]

Well,if a qualified astrologer gives you some tips about what is going on,you might be surprised. :) If no,continue to buy latest iPhones and believe in the goverment + science. :)

[@masindi5969]

Legend has it: That creature on his upper lip whispers mysterious information that serves as content we all love to watch him talk about.

[@samuelDWIZZ]

Incase Thoughty2 changes the title like I'm sure he would , the original title is MEET THE MAN WHO FOOLED THE WORLD.

[@TaiyoIsSleeping]

It's meet the man who found a real mermaid

[@JimTheZombieHunter]

You're an excellent story teller. I commute 2 hours per day .. If I could listen to this channel on the car radio - it would be the highlight of my day. (No .. I'm too rural, and my shitty car doesn't play the phone, lol.)

[@NoelMcGinnis]

The Feejee Mermaid. “A fool and his money are soon parted”

[@JulieWallis1963]

*Fiji*

[@NoelMcGinnis]

@@JulieWallis1963 No… back then P.T. Barnum spelled his attraction as “FeeJee Mermaid”. Look it up.

[@kingsosa6328]

bro literally took a page out of his book and made everyone click on the video I respect it

[@Aho_o]

The feeling when you realize that you've been watching this moustache man since 2014

[@domundtgregor6683]

he hadn't a moustache in his first videos !

[@chrlpolk]

I just found his vids about a week ago and have been binging lol

[@Ms2cents]

I love the fact that you speak British English but also uses American words and colloquialism to inject some humor to your stories!

[@misslittle_1]

What?? I don't think u understand what ENGLISH is

[@piqqeh]

@@misslittle_1 British vocabulary is a little different than American. But still I don’t think he knows what English is lol.

[@ramadhani201]

Please change the title to "meet the man who trolled the world" That would be pretty funny

[@johnny5805]

The video was posted "4 minutes ago". It is 23 minutes long. Even Steiner Math tells me you couldn't possibly have watched the video to have come to that conclusion.

[@SeatbeltSam72]

@@johnny5805 true

[@BielSmashJackeJoaoDeliciasS2]

@@johnny5805 the immensely difficult conclusion that changing the title "would be pretty funny" . Indeed it's impossible to think about it without watching the whole video.

[@flvnn.mp4]

@@johnny5805 nah, I know @Ramadhani. A professional video watching speed runner on KZbin.

[@tentedkarma7465]

That's incredibly dumb

[@Oog12]

Seeing a mermaid still isnt that much of a crazy outlandish claim. We know more about space than we do our own ocean

[@tanjimhannan4627]

maybe not back then

[@Bluchh]

Evolution doesn’t allow stuff like that to happen. So we definitely 100% know they’re not real.

[@Kai452007]

Lolllll

[@arogueburrito]

really think about that claim. the universe is unfathomably large. what we can observe is a fraction of a percent of what exists. there is simply no way we know more about space than our oceans

[@kingslayerbaddy1768]

Real mermaids and mermen remains being found are actually very common in Africa, these water creatures do exist.

[@CliffCardi]

“We’ve been duped!” “DUPED!” “We’ve been bamboozled!”

[@edgarramirez4053]

We've been Smeckledorfed!

[@CliffCardi]

@@edgarramirez4053 That’s not even a word and I agree with ya!

[@tmf866]

Jumbo is the mascot of Tufts University. Yes, the stuffed elephant was destroyed in a fire, but the ashes remain in the university. Barnum also donated tens of millions of dollars to the university, more or less enabling it to be a real thing. Coincidentally, a few years ago my life was saved by Tufts University Medical Center, so in a very real (albeit weird) way, I owe my life to PT Barnum.

[@kathleenmary1000]

Thanks for doing this program Thoughty2! I work at the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT and have been a fan of your content for many years now. FACT is - Barnum borrowed the FeJee (Barnum's promotional spelling) from Moses Kimball at his Boston Museum - Barnum didn't invent the exhibit...he was brilliant at promotion and blazed the trail for modern advertising...so why disparage the 'original'? Barnum recounts in his autobiography, however, that the FeJee Mermaid was not his best presentation and proclaimed not to dupe the public like that ever again. As far as a 'dick move'...well, that FeJee Mermaid is plausibly one of the two that currently exist in the Kimball collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Barnum's (1810-1891) story is much more complex and complicated, and there's a lot of history missing that gives this presentation a limited perspective of 19th century social context. Barnum didn't happen in a vacuum, and he is too easily blamed for the ills of acceptable social norms of the time, and a century of mythology continues to be imposed exclusively on Barnum's shoulders. Hope you might balance and examine the history that shows Barnum as one of America's leading champions of emancipation, one of the nations leading temperance advocates, and a philanthropist who supported everything from ASPCA to the creation of the based for the Statue of Liberty. A one-sided story...not your style. Thanks, though, for recognizing Barnum as a name...'brand'...that continues to intrigue. He seems to have been right as the world continues to talk about him. Very best :) K

[@tommymarco]

thanks for giving insight here . i have watched so many thoughty2 videos that i always keep in mind the context of the time , which he does mention in loads of other videos . i feel like that point does come across . the other items you mention are interesting but not in the scope of this video , this focused on the showman . i will be reading it up though .

[@fblazquezgil]

So wolverine was a friking conman and not a happy, singing, lovely man like depicted on the accurate Hollywood movie?

[@jothishprabu8]

The Prestige is a more accurate depiction of the character than that musical lmao

[@fajaradi1223]

And don't forget, the dude once a NSA agent too. Edit : and he got balls on his neck

[@rcknbob1]

As a young lad, my favorite P.T. Barnum exhibit at his museum was the Egress. Signs throughout the building pointed "This way to the Egress!", which was of course the exit. Those who went to the Egress had to pay admission again.

[@mandira_draws]

Damn that is clever

[@vibingwithvinyl]

"Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool" -Mark Twain

[@blugo3622]

Sure man

[@glendanison3064]

I had forgotten this. It's one of the greatest quotes ever.

[@bembolbug]

🤔🤔🤔

[@Andre_XX]

More truth in that quote than you will ever find in any religion.

[@spicylemon9339]

@@MZRFaith not really edgy lmao

[@ohthereyouarepeter1435]

Well.. this comment made sense before he changed the title.. Me: sees "the man who fooled the world" and immediately has the song Man Who Sold the World stuck in my head lol

[@gregstacy4498]

Same

[@ezikielshahbaz9517]

Hmmm, metal gear?

[@ohthereyouarepeter1435]

@@ezikielshahbaz9517 nirvana :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKPImIKYg8h7eZo

[@manicmechanic448]

I remember going to the Barnum and Bailey circus when I was a kid, in the 90s.

[@crazysilly2914]

I remember going in 2006. It really sucks that PETA and leftist activists essentially forced it to shut down. SJW’s suck...

[@Krfification101]

I went as a kid in the 90s, too! I was very disappointed when I heard it was closing.

[@jerryhatley5004]

…hell, I’ve had a mermaid AND a merman in my bathtub at home for decades!…wanna see em?…$20 per view…..

[@Chris-hill-30]

Frankie boyle found a mermaid in his grandads loft 🤣🤣... that bit was hilarious

[@itsgottocomeoutsomehow108]

He later found out it was a dead monkey with its legs strapped together😂😂😂🙊🙊🙊

[@halasil12]

The title on my notifications bar is "meet the man who fooled the world" The title when I saw it on my recommended page is "meet the man who entertained the world" And the title after I clicked on it "meet the man who found a real mermaid"

[@BelcarrigFarm]

Legend has it that a mermaid was found of the coast of England in the twelve century. It was kept in a pool in a castle for a few years before it escaped. A mermaid was also found on a dublin beach in the early 1900s aswell

[@Fabio-og6xr]

If the title changes, the original one is “Meet the Man who Fooled the World”

[@107Killer1]

3 minutes too late 😔

[@rederic7192]

Why does it change anyway?

[@Its-Starlight788]

@@rederic7192 it has something to do with getting more views. If you change the title is can get more promotion or something

[@rederic7192]

@@Its-Starlight788 I think I heard something like that before, how the algorithm kind of re-adds it even after it had gone out once.

[@TheBlueprintsOrlando]

@@Its-Starlight788 I am going to try it when I upload another song. See if I can get more than 50 views 😢

[@lasaylem2622]

We've explored less than 5% of the ocean. You can't say TODAY with any certainty, that there aren't any aquatic humanoids in the ocean, who are simply smart enough to avoid any land dwelling remote relatives. They're not even sure the megalodon is truly extinct

[@BucketHeadianHagg]

*I just bought a copy of STICK A FLAG IN IT! I cant wait till it arrives!!*

[@amadou4835]

"You're a bit of a wanker aren't you?" Why did that make me laugh so much.

[@greenbananas7766]

I only come for laughs! These days we need it!

[@deliriousvrc5252]

Thoughty you may just be the most interesting man alive rn. Even if I’m not particularly interested in the topic your videos always keep my attention to the end.

[@coyoteartist]

Jumbo is actually the mascot of Tufts. An administrative assistant had the ashes of the hide swept up into a Peter Pan Peanut Butter Jar and they still reside in the Athletics Department. His skeleton is in the collection of the American Natural History Museum in New York although it's in storage.

[@clausemaven6464]

Ah yes my favorite British man uploads again, ya love to see it!

[@madamplatypus313]

“One of Mother Nature’s biggest practical jokes, the duck-billed platypus.” Humanity really did decide anything outta Australia was somehow more believable than Sexy Fish.

[@Raimundox94]

Oh no, not me i never lose control you're face to face with the man who fooled the world.

[@gazepskotzs4]

Lol, selling the world, fooling the world, renting the world, reinventing the world, lying to whoever lives on the world. Barnum tried it all for cash.

[@Saint_nobody]

(Insert glamorous guitar riffs)

[@gazepskotzs4]

Just lighting a blunt when you said breath in the sandalwood incense, it was weird.

[@Saint_nobody]

I love happenstances as such. Enjoy your doobie snacks.

[@Lucius1958]

*"Lemme lay a stick of sandalwood incense on you: made it out of my own sandals! Waitaminnit, let me light it for you..."* (sound of toking) *"Yeah. Now... hey, where'd all the little people with the melty hats and the walls going..."* - Firesign Theatre, "Waiting For the Electrician (Or Someone Like Him)"

[@lawrenceofgaming7084]

Love your vids man. Keep up the good work!!!

[@lady_k5588]

I'm now traumatized from learning he didn't "Live happily ever after." Oh well, I'll just burn the ol' Greatest Showman DVD.

[@vonUtz]

In Milan, Italy, there's a collection of oddities (Wunderkammer) donated by Manfredo Settala and now exhibited at the Museum of the Castello Sforzesco, which counts a pair of sirens. Pretty much the same: mummified monkeys torso sawn to a fish tail. The interesting fact is that are datable before 1680, the year Settala died

[@annemichelle6842]

Lock down drove me into creating my own Feejee Mermaid from old Halloween toys and even a Jackalope... So basically lock down turned me into a Victorian show man!? 🤔

[@gritzafur]

I just realized that he might be saying “hey, thoughty 2 here” instead of “hey, 42 here!” I have watched this channel for years!!!

[@shazee9042]

Why would he have been saying 42? Why is this a recurring joke in these comments? It’s not funny….

[@sebring4444]

@@shazee9042 If you turn on closed caption, it has him saying "Hey its 42 here....." so even the computer thinks he says 42.

[@growingup15]

It took me about half was through the video to realize that Barnum was the first Half of Barnum and Bailey. then my brain went brrrrrrr. Ringling Brothers

[@Solhurst]

what about david bowie, the one who sold it

[@alexpapingi1338]

Around two weeks ago accidentally i saw this movie with Hugh Jackman for a first time and I didn't expected it was based on a real person with such a large historical point as he usually plays in movies as Kate and Leopold.

[@clarklouise6520]

Mom: Go socialize and meet new people Thoughty2: Meet the (random person that makes history)

[@tbwkn]

Why do I feel like you could talk about paint drying and I would still listen

[@catastrophe8509]

I was delighted that you covered this! I saw the mermaid on display when I was about 8 and I was awed and convinced it was real!! It wasn't till a couple of years later that I learned it was fake. I think I was a trifle disappointed by that....lol

[@guitarjunkie2065]

Uh... (Ca. 17:30) Didn't he say that thing burned up in that first fire? 1865, right? Just how old are you?

[@domundtgregor6683]

11:40 - 19:05 and 22:03 the animations and sound effects of people just dropping dead is sooooo funny !

[@niyazgill691]

Can you make the next video a summary on the Battle of Sargarhi?

[@OzzieWozzieOriginal]

I say with his creativity, he should have been a billionaire

[@zwippie92]

When I heard that Barnum was showing off Heth as a 161 year old woman I was like "Who would believe that?" Then I heard "she was blind, no teeth, artrithis in her hands and was nearly completely paralyzed." Shit, I would have believed him.

[@Saint_nobody]

Well played.

[@ALCRAN2010]

New title: MEET THE MAN WHO ENSLAVED ELEPHANTS

[@chuckrobinson599]

The greatest showman who ever lived.

[@GodsThirdEye]

Barnum was playing 3D chess the whole time. "From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck. But, truth is... the game was rigged from the start." - Benny

[@TheCubicplanet]

The original title was "Meet the man who fooled the world" but I guess that Thoughty changed it so people won't expect an Elon Musk documentary.

[@realgabrielflandes]

Don’t get it

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

That'd actually be better lol

[@Max-mm1sl]

Very true

[@rubyy.7374]

Wait, what did Elon Musk do?

[@Saint_nobody]

@@rubyy.7374 He done trolls normies.

[@markklocek1280]

👍👍👍thanks for the story. I remember when the circus announced it was shutting down. I saw it once as a child.

[@janegerasimova9881]

Thank you very much for continuing doing what you do 🙏

[@aadamtx]

His autobiography is well-worth the read, for Barnum's own take on his shenanigans. And we ever get you over here in the States for a visit, definitely head up to Wisconsin Dells to visit the Circus World Museum, which was a highlight (along with the fudge, rock candy, and duck rides when we were growing up) for family vacations from Chicago. If you haven't seen it or aren't familiar with it, the musical BARNUM (premiered 1980) by Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart is a much more comprehensive telling of Barnum's story. Jim Dale won the Tony that year for his portrayal (Michael Crawford held the role in the West End), with Glenn Close in the role of his wife. The music is also much better than TGS's, IMHO.

[@wingingitwithbleep8934]

shoulda been called "Meet PT Barnum, fulltime crook".

[@Saint_nobody]

Jealous much?

[@wingingitwithbleep8934]

@@Saint_nobody jealous of what? A dead pilgrim? Lol

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Asking people to pay to see a "thing" ... how is he a crook? Did he put a gun to their heads?

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Thoughty2 - The only clickbait youtube channel which bait actually tastes good

[@claudiusweson]

Truth aside, The Greatest Showman is still one of the best movie with awesome soundtrack.

[@ebogar42]

Not even close to the best movie. You don't fuck with Back to the Future. 🤣

[@mr-vb3id]

@@ebogar42 "one of"

[@TheBlackAxe1]

@@ebogar42 Back to the Future? Really? I think a lot of movies would fuck with that.

[@ebogar42]

@@TheBlackAxe1 I don't think so. The 3 movies together makes it the best movie. There are better movies, but not really as creative.

[@TheBlackAxe1]

@@ebogar42 You've got a point.

[@21pradaofficial4]

I'm a changed man, thank you Thoughty2!

[@gilgameshtheimmortal369]

I feel like they should have got John C Reilly to play Barnum instead of Hugh Jackman.

[@Krfification101]

Considering the portraits, I would say it should have been Bill Murray

[@morrigankasa570]

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, then your philosophy Horatio." Perhaps some things are faked but doesn't 100% mean that some things couldn't exist hidden away somewhere. Additionally owning land of any sort is valuable.

[@alm5992]

Jumbo was actually struck and killed in my home town of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. We have a statue and small museum dedicated to the elephant. From what I heard, they hit the train thinking the train was charging them, causing one of their tusks to go in to the skull.

[@crazysilly2914]

Why are you using they/them pronouns for Jumbo…? lmao...

[@guitarjunkie2065]

A perfect example of what a stupid practice it is to use "they" in reference to an individual. I had to backtrack and double check after saying to myself "They? They WHO?! Was there another elephant involved? Or maybe Jumbo's trainer? Or ... ?" All this is, is a source of confusion. It obfuscates the actual meaning of the statement. Why on earth would you try to communicate something, while simultaneously and deliberately obscuring its meaning? Just utter stupidity.

[@glasshalfempty1984]

even though we all know it couldn't have been a real Mermaid, I still wish that Real had been in quotes. Because I had the tiniest bit of hope that it was real lol. But anyway...

[@Stichting_NoFa-p]

9:20 I want to know how the family reacted to him laughing about it.

[@Dr.Magic.]

Seeing as how we have only explored 5% of our oceans, leaving 95% of the largest areas on our planet completely unseen, I don't find it too outlandish to consider it possible that mermaids exist. Especially when you consider how many sea creatures have eventually evolved to become land animals and how many land animals have evolved to become sea creatures. Could there be a part human, part fish type of hybrid? Considering evolution, it's absolutely plausible.

[@tickledhorse]

I once knew a man who caught a mermaid using "click" bait. After capturing it, he mounted the head and fed the rest to a lion. What remained was simply disposed of in a garbage can that sat out in the alley behind the upstairs apartment where the troll fisher had lived. What a thrill for the alley cats beguiled by the tail!

[@SzavaHunorLevente]

Am I the only one for whom every episode comes with a huge de ja vu?

[@animeandwieardness6132]

Good job, brother. I thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@alanwolf313]

Jotaro, who also fooled [THE WORLD]: amateur

[@zuldanishdanial6010]

ZAWARUDOOOOOO

[@Its-Starlight788]

Men of culture

[@avidhossanmansur9830]

In the 1940s some people in Kolkata presented a skinned dog as a dead mermaid and newspapers went crazy. For a long time, it remained true now it's an urban legend.

[@samuelDWIZZ]

Wow! Didn't know the movie THE GREATEST SHOWMAN was based on real life events

[@DarkKing_9ja]

It's literally at the end of the movie

[@kathleenmary1000]

The movie is so inaccurate that even the opening scene when young Barnum and his father are running to catch a train to Connecticut...well...based on his age, that would have been around 1820...the train isn't 'invented' yet! The film doesn't just get Barnum's history wrong...it gets ALL history wrong. Still a fun movie to watch for entertainment though :)

[@Saint_nobody]

Very, very very, very very very loosely.

[@sunnyquinn3888]

If "humbug" means "a bit of elaborate fun", then I suppose Christmas really is a humbug.

[@theopenshpere]

When i was a kid my mon visit a Psychic and she said that once your son turns 27 he will be rich AF. That turns out to be false AF.