I love how people today say "but why would medieval artists lie when painting/describing war" while we have movies like rambo or countless american war films which disregard military gear, protocol and so on just for the cool factor

@benb9151

3 жыл бұрын

He never said otherwise, it's always been a trait for people to want whatever is most entertaining

@Fede_uyz

3 жыл бұрын

@@benb9151 yeah, of course. But i've heard people point out how it was the artist's vision and get a "but why would artists lie about how it all looked" in return

@Fede_uyz

3 жыл бұрын

@Blast Radius what? I'm saying that even today artists embellish war and soldiers, easily seen in movies and books about war like rambo and so on. Innaccurate uniforms, tactics, weapons and so on. Why would medieval artists then be any different? Learn some reading comprehension

@icarue993

3 жыл бұрын

When the universe was created, among it's many rules, one stands: "the rule of cool". If it's cool, reality or accuracy doesn't matter. This message is brought you by the rule-of-coolists

@Ghostly_writer

3 жыл бұрын

some people think the love story in atlanta is true

The whole ‘Napoleon is short’ thing was exacerbated by his insitance on all of his personal guards being over 5’10, which means most of the time he was seen he was surrounded by what for the time were really tall men making him look even shorter

@HarpaxA

2 жыл бұрын

Prolly for arrow protection 🤣

@Baruch-Hashem

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarpaxA or musket!

@nukclear2741

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarpaxA to be fair, an arrow to their knees would be a little more dangerous for him. (Joke)

@kittymervine6115

2 жыл бұрын

this was common, I think Frederick the Great had his Prussian guard where he basically kidnapped tall men, to stand all around him.

@acuothacuoth502

2 жыл бұрын

I think it made them look strong and intimidating

When Lady Godiva rode through the town she had a horned helmet on. So technically she wasn't completely naked.

@tasostheteaman5484

4 жыл бұрын

@@henryg.8762 I hate you

@tasostheteaman5484

4 жыл бұрын

@@henryg.8762 more than anything else in the world

@Drip-Soup373

4 жыл бұрын

@@henryg.8762 i love you

@Drip-Soup373

4 жыл бұрын

@@henryg.8762 more than anything else in the world

@henryg.8762

4 жыл бұрын

@@Drip-Soup373 creepier than hating me because no one loves me :)

Gray: "5 ft 7 is short by today's standards." Me: :(

@screamsinrussian5773

4 жыл бұрын

Manlet :^)

@seraranasisca2434

4 жыл бұрын

meanwhile, I'm just 5'1""

@mj-cd9fr

4 жыл бұрын

I wish I was 5' 7"

@donalberto5058

4 жыл бұрын

5 ft 7 is not that bad for a women

@badredraws

4 жыл бұрын

@@seraranasisca2434 Boi I'm not even 5 feet

The french may have made the metric system but they failed at making words for the numbers 70-99

@rolandsquire6555

8 жыл бұрын

+IIGrayfoxII What do you mean, four-times-twenty-and-ten-plus-nine isn't a valid word?

@gobblenater

8 жыл бұрын

+IIGrayfoxII French people were the original stoners. They came upon the number 80 and, after taking a nice long toke, one man came up with the perfect idea for their dankness to be remembered forever. "Dude, we should totally call that FOUR TWENTY" After much chuckling it was set in stone.

@IIGrayfoxII

8 жыл бұрын

+Fidel Squire The word for 70 in french is soixante-dix translated it means 60-10 with soixante being 60 and dix being 10 The word for 80 in french is quatre-vingts translated it means four twenty Thus my comment.

@Annatar.

8 жыл бұрын

+IIGrayfoxII It is even more ridiculus to use numbers like quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ("4, 20, 10, 9" -> "4 x20 +10 +9" ->99) since in French speaking parts of Switzerland there are words for the numbers 70-99. So they use septante instead of soixante dix :D

@IIGrayfoxII

8 жыл бұрын

+Spikey Husky So 4x20+10+9 Wow, no wonder i found it hard to learn to speak french. Its a language and math lesson at the same time Other languages tend to have their own words for 70, 80 and 90

I believe Napoleon also had a habit of stocking his personal bodyguard with really tall soldiers, which could sometimes make him look smaller by perspective...

@JariB.

7 жыл бұрын

The 'Old Guard' had a few requirements for it's soldiers, one of which was being at least 1,90m tall (At the very least, that is). (So, despite not really being able to call it a 'habit' of Napoleon to select tall men only... It did make him look smaller in perspective.)

@Londronable

7 жыл бұрын

Not to mention he did that over 200 years ago. People on average were smaller back then so for them these people of 1.90 were really huge.(just like Napoleon was of average height)

@lukas187x

7 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, cause from what I can gather, they were said to be grenadiers, and there were height-related specifics for grenadier recruits. Mainly cause of those explosives they throw on the battlefield, and a taller height implies a greater sight range to avoid collateral damage when those explosive devices were thrown.

@superotter4302

7 жыл бұрын

yeah ur right

@bottasheimfe5750

6 жыл бұрын

i wouldn't blame him, bigger guys are typically stronger, and thus are better suited to bodyguard duty.

TLDR: Writers and poets, England being England and the metric system

@clairyboots.

3 жыл бұрын

The Brits are always at it! :D

@philip1557

3 жыл бұрын

TL;DR TL;DR:writers,England,Metric

@Bruno_Noobador

2 жыл бұрын

@@philip1557 TL; DR TL;DR TL;DR Metric England Writers

@talha1349

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bruno_Noobador MEW

@lukecash3500

2 жыл бұрын

If you need a TL;DR for a CGP Grey video then you need to maybe rethink your entire life.

3:29 For those curious about the map, in order to understand it better: "Cippangu" is Japan, "Cathay" is northern China, "Mangi" is southern China, "Quinsay" is Hangzhou, "Zaiton" is Quanzhou.

@Mauzzzzz

2 жыл бұрын

Langkasuka is for Malaysia XD

@williamking6787

2 жыл бұрын

And in case you're wondering about location, they thought Asia was absolutely massive and that there was no Pacific ocean

Why would Vikings need to worry about the dangers of horns on helmets when they have dragons?

@nmarbletoe8210

9 жыл бұрын

a dragon on the helmet! Cool! What's in your wallet!

@nmarbletoe8210

9 жыл бұрын

***** 'What's in your wallet!' is a quote from that commercial with the barbarians and the credit card, lol. good point, the decorations were all about invoking the help of their gods!

@xpercade8926

6 жыл бұрын

Goabnb94 I hope this is sarcastic

@xpercade8926

6 жыл бұрын

N Marbletoe nuthin I’m broke

@philistine3260

5 жыл бұрын

@@xpercade8926 You "hope"? Really? It's not painfully obvious to you? Sad

Little addition to #5: Horned helmets actually existed, but were propably only used on ritual occasions, not in fight. But then Richard Wagner put them on his Valkyries, and the rest was history...

@samueleveleigh2767

4 жыл бұрын

The misconception probably grew because alot more people went to see opera than read up on Scandinavias rebellious age

@havcola6983

4 жыл бұрын

I believe Wagner originally put the horned helmets on the male choir specifically, everyone else had winged helmets. I kind of wish the wing thing had stuck as the 'viking' thing instead.

@talltroll7092

3 жыл бұрын

@@havcola6983

"5'7" which is short by today's standards..." *cries in short asian*

@Mrsquiggley

4 жыл бұрын

The real question is are you short because your Asian making you a standard Asian or are you short for an Asian making you a short Asian.

@isaacsechslingloff9894

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mrsquiggley But it asians account for most of the worlds population then what is even short 🤔

@enzogameruksbr3963

4 жыл бұрын

(ᒪᗅᙀᕤᕼᔕ ᑊᑎ ᗅᒐᕤᐤᑎᖳᑧᗋᙁ)

@terner1234

4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in 173 cm

@totallynameless8861

4 жыл бұрын

Shortness gives an advantage in hide and seek. I was terrible at hide and seek when I was growing up. A terrible, tall child, and I would bang my head on many things my peers could not. Don't decry your differences; embrace the beauty that they are. You have easily activated stealth mode. I can reach things from tall shelves and also have crooked posture from bending down to converse with the small folk.

3:19 This is actually a 6th Historical misconception. Columbus didn't think the world was smaller, but he and most cartographers at the time thought Asia was much, much larger.

@stout8138

4 жыл бұрын

I can't find a website that saids that I only found that he was looking for a new route to Asia and no reason why he thought that he could make it Wikipedia agreed with cgp

@DesertCookie

4 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to link Adam Ruins Everything, but then saw your link, and that it already uses the show as a source :D

@DesertCookie

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradley2806 Which episode was that in? I'd like to go back then and doublecheck.

@Bradley2806

4 жыл бұрын

@@DesertCookie bruh i said shakespeare, meant columbus. Fuck sleep deprivation does some crazy things

@DesertCookie

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradley2806 That explains why I didn't recognize it xD

What if the only reason there aren't horned helmets on Viking battlefields is because the only ones who died there were the ones without horned helmets.

@PotatotheTroll

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly! The horns were only worn by the mightiest of vikings, those who never lost a single battle.

@wendyzhang4128

7 жыл бұрын

uh ye of course the horned vikings never died and are still living today

@maxh19991

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I saw one walk past me right now... Long bearded, war axe, horned helmet... Oh wait it's just me weird neighbour

@mfrost1001

7 жыл бұрын

Horned helmets were actually ceremonial and used by warriors who belonged to the bull cult. They were never worn in battle. Still not Vikings though, because the bull cult never existed in Scandinavia and died out long before the Viking era. Try Gauls instead of Vikings.

@nobodysalterego2832

6 жыл бұрын

Theodore Ceylon Viking helmets are often found in graves not on battlefields, because of a thing called spoils of war, the victors would not let good helmets go to waste. Secondly, there were ceremonial helmets with horns in scandinavia but many centuries before the viking era, during the bronze age. And also, horned ceremonial helmets aren't all that unusual. We find them among kelts and on Cyprus etc...

“If you know Latin”, Displays “Romanes Eunt Domus”, Translation: “People called Romans, they go the house.” Brian was a good guy.

@someinteresting

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how the false plural would be shown - Romanen, perhaps. Romanen go house. 😂😂😂

@nichl474

4 жыл бұрын

@@someinteresting Child -> children, Roman -> Romanren?

@someinteresting

4 жыл бұрын

@@nichl474 I did it the style of ox, oxen.

@malachitecookie5101

3 жыл бұрын

i mean... technically it's 'Romans go home' but close enough :/

@maximilianbeyer5642

3 жыл бұрын

@@malachitecookie5101 its really the Romans are going home I think

“Like lady Godiva, I’m gonna go go go there’s no stopping me”

@lelysio5688

3 жыл бұрын

Im burning through the sky yeah Two hundred degrees Thats why they call me Mister Fahrenheit !

@michaeljohnson905

3 жыл бұрын

@@lelysio5688 I'm travelling at the speed of light I'm gonna make a supersonic man out of you

@jaden8923

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljohnson905 dont stop me now

@stellasoleclark5586

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh now I get ittt

@stellasoleclark5586

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

In the lady godiva story all the townsfolk looked away in respect but a man named tom was the only one to look giving us the phrase 'peeping tom'

@mayzhou7273

2 жыл бұрын

So that's why the creeper was there

Latin is a dead language, As dead as dead can be! First it killed the Romans, And, now, it's killing me!

@janmes1531

5 жыл бұрын

Ugh, I might actually have to do this year of school again because of Latin and ancient Greece

@BUFU1610

3 жыл бұрын

@@janmes1531 Guess you're at a pretty shitty school.

1:06 that creeper is literally being a creeper

@stewie3932

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't get it

@BUFU1610

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewie3932 I feel you.

@Verner-eh4pk

Жыл бұрын

@@BUFU1610 lady godiva is nude and the creeper is looking at her private area

@Row_of_E

Жыл бұрын

_Creeper- definition_ 1. a pervert 2. that godforsaken mutated pig that ended my 3 month hardcore world

Another reason Napoleon was thought to be short is because his Old Guard had minimum height requirements that were taller than him. (to look more intimidating)

1:57 "And thankfully, the whole world now uses metric" he said after saying Napoleon's height in English inches and not even converting to any normal unit

@latermyfriend8934

2 жыл бұрын

He did say that he was a little above average for the 18 century, sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo................................................;

@generalcodsworth4417

2 жыл бұрын

@@latermyfriend8934 Ah yes, Napoleon was just above one 18th century average peasant in height, a truly universal measurement

Of course lady Godivas ride didn't happan, if a beautiful rich woman decided to ride down the street naked then there'd probably be more photos of it

@troperhghar9898

8 жыл бұрын

as jeff goldblom once said "life will find a way" also sarcasm

@numpty4835

8 жыл бұрын

+Troper Brony Y

@a-bombmori7393

8 жыл бұрын

+Troper Brony plus rape. sooooo much rape.

@MrCarpelan

8 жыл бұрын

+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen Are you one of those "special people"?

@stensoft

8 жыл бұрын

+Troper Brony There are a lot of photos of her ride. But all turned to be photoshops from later ages. Including the most famous one by some John Collier.

Anyone notice the Creeper at 1:06?

@littleworldgames6569

8 жыл бұрын

I know!

@Hashmir2522

8 жыл бұрын

+Brady Chan I did but now I want that painting with the creeper hanging in my room xD

@imperatormaximus8952

8 жыл бұрын

+Brady Chan the answer is: yes

@aspncarillo2487

6 жыл бұрын

Did you guys notice the three diamonds on the horses butt at 0:56?

@TAWithiam

6 жыл бұрын

or the screw at 1:51

"the whole wolrd uses metric!" Does'nt use metric to describe Napoleones stature

@Colaman112

4 жыл бұрын

Most of his viewers are from a country that doesn't. Best not to confuse them.

@iagoofdraiggwyn98

4 жыл бұрын

@@Colaman112 really makes you wounder whats the most important...

@novkorova2774

4 жыл бұрын

@@iagoofdraiggwyn98 You gotta be careful with them, I remember that time I told one that America is a continent and not a country and he almost had a seizure.

@VijoPlays

4 жыл бұрын

@@novkorova2774 I would have one as well, America isn't 1 continent, that's 2!

@robertskitch

4 жыл бұрын

@@VijoPlays It can be one or two continents depending on who you ask. I'm pretty sure there's a CGP Grey video about that.

Here for the new thumbnail

"french inches are longer than english inches" Not only inches.

@matthewrandell5055

8 жыл бұрын

+ChemicalFun27 XD

@ThatZommy

8 жыл бұрын

+ChemicalFun27 Baguette translates to "French Stick". He means both.

@ThatZommy

8 жыл бұрын

ChemicalFun27 I... I know.

@ResolvesS

8 жыл бұрын

+scarfacemperor 69 likes? Really?

@EatinCookiesAllDay

8 жыл бұрын

love your profile pic btw

One minor note on the Columbus thing. While he does not appear to have been the first European to land on some land associated with the American continent, he WAS the first one to bring that knowledge back to Europe as a whole so that it could be acted upon (often bloodily). While the Norse did land on some portions of America and did bring some vague aspects of that knowledge back to their people, that knowledge never reached the rest of Europe and was eventually largely lost to the Norse themselves.

1:08 Wait what does..... OOHH A CREEPER I GET IT!

@garfoofian8507

4 жыл бұрын

Creeper aww man

@solventman8307

4 жыл бұрын

@@garfoofian8507 so

@alankoplehoffk6556

4 жыл бұрын

@@solventman8307 we

@jocabulous

4 жыл бұрын

back

@TheBluePhoenix008

4 жыл бұрын

@@jocabulous in

Perfect timing! I was just explaining the other night to my daughter how Columbus was trying to circumnavigate the globe and wondered how he could have made the mistake of thinking it would be faster when the circumference was already well-calculated so long before. This explains my question and I will have to pass it on to her.

Surprised it didn't mention anything about the inquisition, such as how it had evidence based trials that considered the defendant innocent until proven guilty, or that it had a lower conviction rate than the secular courts (including lower death penalty rates).

"first European ever to discover America" was about to comment saying it was bull, then I heard the next comment.

@chaseholmes3323

9 жыл бұрын

Milander just milander Cuba is still in America. Maybe not North, but its still America.

@jamez6398

9 жыл бұрын

Chase Holmes Cuba's in the North American continent and the Central American subcontinent.

@RexTheNotSoGreat

9 жыл бұрын

Milander just milander Cuba is in North America......

@JohnSmith-wx9wj

9 жыл бұрын

calvaughan27 Columbus was a lucky idiot.

@Atilla_the_Fun

9 жыл бұрын

***** Not geographically (there is no land connection), we just say it is in North America so that every country has a continent to be grouped into.

To be fair, all the arguments against Viking horned helmets can be applied to Japanese samurai armor, and some of that had pretty funky helmet decorations. There's only one slight difference: those actually exist.

@NortheastGamer

4 жыл бұрын

When I Google "Japanese samurai armor" I see a bunch of dudes sitting down or armor stands. When I enter "Japanese samurai combat" I see a bunch of dudes wearing either no armor, or armor with no horns. This is in line with what I've heard about Viking horned helmets which is that they were only worn during ceremonies, which I suspect is the same story with horned Japanese armor. It is also important to note that ceremonies are probably the only viking activity that scholars and poets would survive witnessing and therefore is the most likely to be written about.

1:05 Lady Godiva! Look out! There's a creeper right in front of you! Oh shit she has airpods in, she can't here us!

@schnuffelschnuffel141

3 жыл бұрын

why is joseph stalin here

SO WHY DONT YOU PUT THE HEIGHT OF NAPOLEON IN METERS IN YOUR VIDEO

@CATboss001

7 жыл бұрын

Because Grey hates the metric system.

@nelswolf

7 жыл бұрын

BLACK MAGIC because f*** math when we already have his measurements

@amanko1357

7 жыл бұрын

Cause the UK sort of uses the metric system. 1:59

@cluckeryduckery261

6 жыл бұрын

5'7" is 1.702 meters.

@dd-nr2kh

5 жыл бұрын

@@amanko1357 u is fat

Columbus messed up his math, then thought he was in india, then thought he was the first to discover America. What a failure :P

@NixinovaMC

7 жыл бұрын

but he wasnt the frist to discover america lol

@themrfj

7 жыл бұрын

That's what I said ;)

@kordellcurl7559

7 жыл бұрын

Mr_FJ the Vikings might not told the rest of Europe

@themrfj

7 жыл бұрын

kordell curl True! Hmm... I found this article: www.historytoday.com/s-frederick-starr/so-who-did-discover-america

@flamesofhellstudio

7 жыл бұрын

He did enslave and murder a bunch of people though.

wait so i would be tall in france during the Napoleon times

@bastetknee9554

3 жыл бұрын

Oui. But we French are a PAIN if we cannot find bread. Be warned we are REVOLTING if we cannot eat our Brioche with the morning coffee. We do however,prefer to CONSERVE our food. 😫 I never met a pun I didn't like. footnote. one man's meat is another man's poisson. (Don't correct the spelling.Just ask your French tutor to translate,and your Drama teacher to explain the above.)

1:05 Sneaky Creeper being a peeper trying to see Lady Godiva's lady parts lol! Nice easter egg. :)

@weirdredstone42

4 жыл бұрын

Xion aw man

@curiouscork6302

3 жыл бұрын

Now hes gonna creep in smash

@mousammallik7526

3 жыл бұрын

Creeper, aw man

I like how you said sort of with Canada and the UK. And in Canada it's true, we measure objects with the metric system and math with the metric system, but weigh and measure ourselves with the imperial system (at least for my family)

@BUFU1610

3 жыл бұрын

I guess it's a matter of time for people to adjust...

You really did mention that almost the whole world is using metric and still just used imperial units for napoleon's height. Terrific.

@gigagogagagio

Жыл бұрын

that's the joke

CGPGrey: "Columbus was the one who set sail and discovered America as long as you ignore the vikings that beat him by 500 years." America: "OK"

@DylanBegazo

4 жыл бұрын

josiah hirsh Gotta love those vikings

@sqiud3933

4 жыл бұрын

Columbus didn't even make it to America only the carrabians

@danielp.977

4 жыл бұрын

Which America?

@sqiud3933

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielp.977 the usa

@sunyuchieh2127

4 жыл бұрын

Why does nobody care about the native Americans?

Yeah... That flat earth part really puts me off when there are a lot of texts found prior to Columbus. I even remember there was text found, written in 11th century (Ifrc) stating that only spherical earth could explain time zones (small ones +-1-2 hours).

@mrsupremegascon

Жыл бұрын

People knew earth was round since antiquity

1:09 ...... Why the creeper? xD Great video as well, I absolutely love all of them! So much to learn in such a short amount of time...

@BigE2112001

10 жыл бұрын

because she was naked and it was a creeper and that what creepers do even though it has nothing to do with minecraft Im pretty sure thats the reason

@MrWeathermaniac

10 жыл бұрын

EMCGam3r211 .... Ok then, that is a good enough explanation for me! (I guess)

@archangelsupreme4827

10 жыл бұрын

AHH LADY GODIVA LOOK OUT!

AS far as the Viking thing goes, got news for you buddy they did wear horned helms just not into battle. It was more a formal head dress worn at Hagarroth(mead hall). And worn only by clan leaders and the Jarl, much like native American, or African chiefs and shaman, to name two. It was a means to know who you were talking to and carry respect accordingly. Some wore horns, some antlers, it all depended.

@wallzy1337

10 жыл бұрын

And, Where is the documents to support that statement?

@omegavalerius

10 жыл бұрын

Historians therefore believe that Viking warriors did not wear horned helmets; whether such helmets were used in Scandinavian culture for other, ritual purposes, however, remains unproven. -English wiki I also read the Swedish wiki entry and they were more unimpressed still, stating that the only horned helms found in Europe predate the viking age and all the depictions, written accounts and archaeological finds from the viking age show them not having horns.

@user-ny4vs3mh8c

10 жыл бұрын

"they did wear horned helms just not into battle." Grey never said they didn't wear them at all. He said, just like you, that they did not wear them in battle. So even if the fact that these "clan leaders and jarl" wore them at normal times is true what Grey said is still right.

1:43 also pretty much anyone who saw napoleon saw him around his guard which was made of the biggest and strongest men so someone who was slightly below average would look alot shorter

1:34 "Mine is bigger than yours." IYKWIM

I've heard about the Vikings misconception so many times that I think it's a misconception that it's a misconception

@computo2000

8 жыл бұрын

nope. i learned it now only.

@navonmyhand7999

7 жыл бұрын

You were just well informed, many people still don't even know Vikings were the first non-natives to find Native Americans.

@navonmyhand7999

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, and he talks about how the vikings did it first! lol, I just wrote that down...

@Tonatiub

6 жыл бұрын

to be fair scandinavia did have horned helmets but they were worn by priests

@the_really_tired_one

5 жыл бұрын

Itskelvinn Misconceptionception

Learning Latin was not a waste of my time. It was brilliant.

Columbus didn’t think the world was smaller than it is (at least not much). He, as everyone else at the time, thought Asia was bigger than it is, as is showcased in the map you showed!!

my grandfather went on a 30-minute lecture about how they used to consider being 'naked' as not wearing and of her jewels so maybe it did happen but she was just not wearing any of her fancy sparklies also in the story, none of the townspeople looked at her out of respect except for a blacksmith or something named tom and that's where the phrase 'peeping tom' came from. if anyone reads this take it with a grain of salt cause he wasn't there and it's just a legend and knowing my luck I'm probably wrong on the internet

another one: Stalin was not Russian, he was born in Georgia from a Georgian family.

@DylanBegazo

4 жыл бұрын

Glitchy-S you’re kidding.

@roostersarecool5691

4 жыл бұрын

Catalyst - D B the country Georgia 🇬🇪

@unepintade

4 жыл бұрын

Well mozart and hitler were born in austria

@zema9401

4 жыл бұрын

@@unepintade At the time of Mozarts birth Austria was still part of the ''German Lands''.

@feynstein1004

4 жыл бұрын

You're from Georgia, sweet Georgia

Wait one fucking second... 5'7'' is short?

@Villex93

8 жыл бұрын

In europe, yes

@Emdee5632

8 жыл бұрын

THIS is why the INTERNATIONAL metric system was introduced, to get rid of all those confusing feet and thumbs etc. Well... that is to say..... the dictator Napoleon introduced it... but almost every country in the world uses it now.

@onandonandomnom

8 жыл бұрын

In Canada it is

@seigeengine

8 жыл бұрын

Basically every well developed country of people of predominantly European origin that has measured heights of the majority of their population puts the average male height at 5'9" and the average female height at 5'4" give or take half an inch. I find it interesting that the higher numbers for some countries are all self-reported numbers rather than confirmed measurements. People from poorer countries, or people of Asian origin, etc. tend to be substantially shorter.

@Emdee5632

8 жыл бұрын

I think the measurements of Western and Northern European people are on the hole true. They do go to doctors and hospitals, and (mostly for militairy and police jobs I guess) they do measure your length.

1:08, those dang creepers get me every time!

I’m binging your channel because I just discovered it and it’s SUPER GOOD

The Oseberg tapestry is where a lot of this myth of Viking helmets comes from, so I think it is more accurate to say that it was not worn in battle but was possible as a use in ceremonies.

5'7" is considered short now?!?! *sobs* I'm so short. I'm 5'3"

@nine-vi7rw

9 жыл бұрын

It's probably in reference to a man's height. The average height of a person varies from nation to nation. I'm slightly shorter than the average female population in my nation by those standards, but I barely care. x) It's not like tall people have made an effort to achieve their height so it's not really an accomplishment or anything of that sort. xD Just keep being yourself. :) P.S I'm 5'3" too. cx

@11nith

9 жыл бұрын

I'm 6'2 and only 16 :'>

@himbalodzodenever

9 жыл бұрын

11nith I am 172 cm C:

@1deadpeter665

9 жыл бұрын

11nith 6,1 and 14. get on my level

@1deadpeter665

9 жыл бұрын

Mr Fox lol

So basically men start writing fictional stories about nude women way before video games.

"5'7" is short by today's standards" I feel attacked

@Sethilliano

Жыл бұрын

....REALLY??? welp

3:10 "first" people on youtube in a nutshell

@MaxTheCat-eh5ts

5 жыл бұрын

BaggieWaggie true

@zevfine7349

5 жыл бұрын

That’s the joke you don’t have to point it out and add nothing by pointing it out

@littleneb7886

4 жыл бұрын

First

One historical misconception that nobody seems to care about is seeing camels in films like The Ten Commandments (1956) set in ancient Egypt, i.e. the Bronze Age (3300 B.C.--1150 B.C.) when camels didn't come to Egypt until after the time of Jesus in the A.D. era. At that time horses were the primary means of conveyance on land, but people think of Egypt and camels together, especially in the 1950s partly because of the tobacco industry with camel cigarettes. Cecil B. DeMille knew that his audience wouldn't accept it if they didn't see camels in the film so as historically authentic as that film was based on their research in the 50s that was one nobody seems to mind.

"5' 7" is short by today's standards" Me who's 5' 8": *I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you!*

I love how the end ties back to the beginning. Well done!

Here's a good one: "I took an arrow to the knee" has never, ever meant anything to do with marriage in any country that has ever existed. The idea of you being tied down by marriage has been around for centuries, but there has never been a norse slang version of that which revolves around someone getting their knee shot with a large piece of wood and metal. The creators of a certain game have fully acknowledged that they just made it up off the top of their heads to give the guards dialogue, and they were not even making a realistic depiction of norse people anyway, as their world is fictional so they can do what they like. Tumblr is a terrible source for historical facts people. These three points are related.

@Ivan-fd2vl

2 жыл бұрын

@@ichijofestival2576 It was from skyrim. I don't play the game but it's in google. I assume that it's a common misconception to people who played the game.

@angryanchouart4384

Жыл бұрын

I will thatnk the author personally in the same manner. Her english is worse than useless. And she is the one who offered me her sence of humor. Will beat her up until she is such a google girl as me

I love how you make history and geography understandable. Thank you!

Hi Grey, I'm watching your videos in a row for a few days. Something about them makes it addictive to me. anyway, thank you for the good videos I have some video requests. Can you please make a video about African countries who are still under the power of European countries and how France and other countries still influence them? Also, can you make a video of the effects of the British and American empire on the Middle-eastern countries (especially Iran)?

@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you email to him?

1:27 Has Napoleon got the teacher’s pointer?

Look at poor Isabela shes sitting through this like “ oh my god he’s an idiot but I’m desperate for some pepper on my chicken so”

Funny thing: Columbus never realized he ended up in america.

@AuraleafStorm

7 жыл бұрын

The Caribbean IS a part of the Americas. America is two continents. The United States of America is a country in the northern hemisphere of the Americas.

@Activsoul

7 жыл бұрын

Not any more! Brexit, baby!

@UNTHESUNTHESUNTHES

7 жыл бұрын

***** they don't even own the falklands

@UNTHESUNTHESUNTHES

7 жыл бұрын

***** Uh, Argentina?

@UNTHESUNTHESUNTHES

7 жыл бұрын

***** And? Let me put it this way: One day I come to your house and kick you out of it. I pay the bills, electricity, water, etc. I build whatever I want in your house, does that makes it my house? No Now lets pretend you come back and I kick you out again Its your house mine now? No Same principle

I feel that the whole Columbus situation is an apt commentary on the state of primary and secondary education in the US.

Horned helmets were found in ceremonies, which are likely to be better-preserved than battle remains. This is probably what 19th century artists picked up upon. Interesting to see how vids like this have been so popular that just 10 years later most of these myths have vanished from the public consciousness.

Columbus actually landed on islands off the mainland of the Americas, although I suppose that could still count. Also, the Romans did force themselves to vomit, even if they didn't use a "vomitorium."

@micheletravis9057

10 жыл бұрын

That is kind of yukky.

So why are there internetters who still swear that the Earth is flat?

@jamesloughton62

7 жыл бұрын

because the internet is a breeding ground for retards

@busterboy241

6 жыл бұрын

Because I can clearly see that the earth is flat

We in Ireland should probably be in the 'sort of' category for the metric system as well. We still use a mix of metric and imperial measurements using imperial for somethings like height and weight.

Lots of people got to America before Columbus, you can tell because their descendants the locals ( indigenous native tribes ) were still in America when Columbus got there.

@chives8068

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah from the Bering land bridge tens of thousands of year ago, that isn’t really impressive. And yes, a couple of Vikings did reach it earlier, but they only set up a small settlement for a year then left without bringing any information back to the real world

@yumm186

3 жыл бұрын

They were indigenous, they lived there before and did not arrive there

Ohhh the sly Monty Python reference

@lewisoliver8809

7 жыл бұрын

romans go away!

@ConnorMartinGames

6 жыл бұрын

We must ask ourselves, honestly. What have the Romans ever done for us?

@Silverhand290

4 жыл бұрын

You're only making it worse

@Silverhand290

4 жыл бұрын

@@lewisoliver8809 btw, it was, "Romans they go the house." my latin teacher would have acted exactly like that. Very strange people. There must be something about them as a species.

The main reason why Napoleon was said to be small was the fact that he grew up in an age and time were people of different classes had wildly different heights. In his time, thanks to better nutrition the average height of a nobleman was 3 inches higher than that of a peasant, which is why he was considered short. The average height for the time takes everyone into account.

i love how the video made full circle with the vikings(they were talked about in the beginning and popped up at the end)

1:53 actually Napoleon wasn't busy introducing the metric system. He was busy conquering the world and he himself hated the metric system, however the metric system probably indirectly spread through frances growong sphere of influence

The horns archeologists have discovered at viking burial sites are now believed to have been used as disposable drinking vessels. And having anything to grab on a helmet is also an easy handle to give a sharp twist and break their neck. you could literally twist someone's head off with horns.

Another good one to add would be that Benjamin Franklin did not "discover" electricity instead he proved that lighting had a electrical charge.

3:14 Guy that figured out earth's circumference has a dome bigger than most countries. Conincidence? I THINK NOT

We have begin oddly cheated 😅😂😂😂 Great video man. We need more of this 👌👌👌👏👏

Fun fact: Napoleon (5" 7 as mentioned in the video) was taller than Stalin (5" 2).

@HellishSpoon

8 жыл бұрын

+GlitchyShadow13 MAN of STEEL has small ass.

@loshosorus5343

8 жыл бұрын

+GlitchyShadow13 And Putin at 5’6"

@johnthelion999

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Carr That's 'cuz he was born into a different generation.

And ignore the fact that Columbus thought he had landed in India and that it was Amerigo Vespucci that figured out that America was a new continent, which is why it's called "America".

Then of course, there is the possibility that Columbus had heard of the viking discoveries. The church should have had in its archives notes on the Greenlandic settlements, though they had been abandoned in Columbus' time

They won't admit Lady Gadiva rode around Naked, so they won't have to lower Taxes.

Happy Leif Erikksson Day Hinga Dinga Durgen

@MultiJeje12345

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck off and yes im from 2018

@xaviersaavedra7442

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@MultiJeje12345

6 жыл бұрын

Lego is the best racer of its time

6 жыл бұрын

What the hell are these comments?

@sergioandresbenitezhernand2542

6 жыл бұрын

haha i got that reference also, milk juice

My history teacher showed us this and I was like, I watch this guy!!!

1:20 Napoleon got so mad by being called short that he published the metric system such mad lad

@themichaelconnor42

3 жыл бұрын

Get an original comment

The Viking's helmet-horns misconception bugged me so much that it became one my greatest peeves. IMO, Wagner, the composer, also played a role in perpetuating the helmet-horns myth. It was one of those things, where, with a little research and rational thought, that Vikings in literature where given horns to make them seem demonic, inscrutable, and manically violent. Flat Earth "Science" is just blithering rants by the willfully ignorant. Humans have many deficits that preclude long-term cognitive thought processes. As an alien-mutant I am immune to most human foibles.

To clarify on vomitoria: it is true that they were not places to go to throw up to keep eating, but those places did exist. Well, there probably wasn't a designated place, it probably just went into the toilets or latrina, but people actually did do that at large feasts or parties.

I know I'm about 5 and half years late for this, but thank you for the Crash Course reference at 2:07 lol

Easter eggs: 1:07 Creeper above the horse 1:21 Key on the right hand side of the clock 1:53 The nail on the horse's backside 2:05 Animated man on the right side 2:30 That is Latin for "Latin is a dead language"

Moral of the story: Don't mix up measuring units.

In a theater class I took, we toured a theater-in-the-round, which had vomitoriums that the actors used to enter and exit the stage. We were told they got their name because they were where Roman actors would vomit before their performances due to nerves. Either they were joking, or they had it wrong, too.

@angryanchouart4384

Жыл бұрын

How long you were pretending to be him? How long &&&&

I've always thought that Christopher got way more credit than he deserved. No actually, I don't think he deserved any of the fame and credit he received. He didn't discover the Americas. The natives were there first. And the Vikings beat him by 500 years. I read about how he captured the natives that welcomed him in the first place and sold them for money. Now that's just ungrateful.

@gladiatorinasuit3094

7 жыл бұрын

Or maybe he was a good man and the history books got it wrong. We'll never know. But based on what we do know, idek why he's so famous.

@gladiatorinasuit3094

7 жыл бұрын

***** Good point.. I'll take back what I said. He does deserve some credit. Hmm I never realized that he was the one that brought information back to Europe and was responsible for colonization. I love where I live so props to Columbus. I still don't like him particularly because of what he did to the natives but I guess I'm grateful for that at least.

@gladiatorinasuit3094

7 жыл бұрын

***** OH and thanks for being so chill about proving me wrong. Usually I'd be called an idiot or whatever for being ignorant because people on youtube aren't the nicest.

@ryandonnelly8901

7 жыл бұрын

Well I guess you can appreciate the result while hating the method.

@gladiatorinasuit3094

7 жыл бұрын

that's such an accurate line, I'm going to use that in the future lol. like I'm getting braces soon and I know I'll hate the method but I'll love the aftermath.

2:25 I am so glad you put that in XD

@appleslover

4 жыл бұрын

?

@caoilte8097

3 жыл бұрын

Latin is not useless

@theapocalypticfish

3 жыл бұрын

@@caoilte8097 oh yeah what do you use it for then?

@caoilte8097

3 жыл бұрын

Ayden 2304 reading ancient texts, attending Latin church sermons. It could be very useful for someone studying medicine, law etc. As there are a lot of latin terms. It also gives us a better understanding of our own language and a great head start on learning other romance languages

@theapocalypticfish

3 жыл бұрын

@@caoilte8097 true

another great video....proving you dont need alot of words and fancy video to get a whole bunch of info. across...i love that about your videos..you visually rep. what your saying in such an easy to follow way

@angryanchouart4384

Жыл бұрын

bro&

At 1:13 there's a creeper

@badboiredarto4217

7 жыл бұрын

i noticed it too

@drioustb9182

7 жыл бұрын

Video game character / animal...

@NixinovaMC

7 жыл бұрын

MINECRAFT!!!

@tardistardis8

7 жыл бұрын

RedRyder 120 Google it.

@patrickmacready1779

6 жыл бұрын

lol

Did anyone see the creeper in the no entry sign.

@drosso4956

8 жыл бұрын

Me

@nicklimbach5403

7 жыл бұрын

me

@akhaten4239

7 жыл бұрын

+RedRyder 120 It's an exploding mobile entity from the game Minecraft. CGP Grey puts creepers in videos as Easter eggs.

@waynecure32

7 жыл бұрын

I saw the creeper in the painting of that lady

@kevinchiem4061

7 жыл бұрын

RedRyder 120 It's a creature from minecraft. It does these things: sneak up on you, explode you and your buildings. What it doesn't do: stay away from other creepers right before they explode, or walk off cliffs.

Back in my college days we had a frat song called "Godiva" that was sung to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic": Godiva was a lady who thru Coventry did ride To show to all the villagers her lovely bare white hide The most observant man around, an engineer of course, Was the only man to notice that Godiva rode a horse!

Napoleon's horse had a screw "cutie mark"