As a proud Englishman and Brit, when people critisise us and our history, I couldn't give a toss. Whether they like it or not, Britain shaped the modern world. Most of the animosity is just ignorance and plain jealousy. Special mention to the Scots, who for a tiny country, invented a lot of the British inventions. Great video Connor, Thanks 👍

@24magiccarrot

14 күн бұрын

Per head of population, Scotland can't be far off being number one for inventions and scientific contribution.

@TransoceanicOutreach

14 күн бұрын

The nation of Jews top the list by a long way.

@robbpatterson6796

14 күн бұрын

@@TransoceanicOutreach Spurs...I can't name another great thing they contributed (sport is the only good thing out of any religion tbh)

@bwilson5401

14 күн бұрын

​@@24magiccarrotNumber 2 to the English.But impressive.Most impressive.

@charlesmarshall1309

14 күн бұрын

Nothing like a selective memory to leave one’s complacency undisturbed…

I couldn't be more proud and grateful for everything that Britain has achieved and contributed to thee world we know today. Were we perfect? Of course not, but which human or country has ever been perfect. Britain can and should stand very proud 🇬🇧

The British did alot of things for the World

@fabs8498

14 күн бұрын

Yes. A couple of british created Amiral Nelson.

@JJ-of1ir

14 күн бұрын

@@fabs8498 It took me a second - but yes, very funny

@scottneil1187

13 күн бұрын

A lot?, you mean literally everything.

@JenniferRussell-qw2co

13 күн бұрын

Thank you for your thoughtful, eloquent, words. I nearly cried hearing such a wise and even sensible point of view. Yes, in keeping with the times, we did bad things such as slavery, but no-one ever mentions the fact that we were the first to stop it, (check out Wilberforce, if you are interested in the subject). We should all be mindful of doing things for the common good, not self first. I really appreciate your videos bcos I know that you will always have a deep and meaningful interpretation of the subject If more people thought like you there would be massively fewer problems in the world. Keep up the good work 👏

@redf7209

12 күн бұрын

almost full list of British inventions and discoveries on Wikipedia

If we had good weather none of that stuff would have been invented we just have to keep ourselves occupied when it’s raining

@drac1st

14 күн бұрын

I was going to say that. 👍😂.

@DianeLittle-dd6ej

14 күн бұрын

Scotlands inventions from the bbc to the Bank of England to the USA navy to the refrigerator to the modern bicycle to flushing toilet to the telephone to the television to the atm machine to the adhesive stamp to the tarmac to the wheel to the steam engine to the thermal flask to the first worlds cloned sheep (folly ) to the encyclopaedias none are inventors of England they are inventions from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to DNA and fingerprinting . The the first ever police force being from Glasgow to the first ever fire service being from Edinburgh . Penicillin, to colour photography , syringe 💉 . And many many more actually are from scotland inventors not English

@tonyjefferson3502

13 күн бұрын

i thought it was down to another great invention - the garden shed!

@Banthah

13 күн бұрын

Lol I used to think Southern Europeans were lazy until I spent some time down here, now I realise it’s just too hot to do anything. In the UK there’s nothing but rain. What you gonna do, sit in and rot? Nope, you invent…

@myrarowlands9216

13 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

The British crusade against Slavery!!!! Little taught about Britain's role in abolishing slavery around the world Took 700 years.

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

The royal family: Slavery, colonialism and race kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYyE0dh_nZyohKQ.html

@ladydiva295

14 күн бұрын

I don't know why we bothered! We are damned if we did and damned if we didn't. 😢

@wolfen210959

14 күн бұрын

@@ladydiva295 Yeah, there are descendents of slaves, who were never slaves themselves, asking for handouts because we freed their ancestors from slavery by buying them from their owners and setting them free. Somehow, in their minds, that entitles them to money? Why don't they work for it, like everyone else has to?

@bwilson5401

14 күн бұрын

Took a couple hundred years if u dont count William 1.And even then , we didnt succeed.Still as strong as ever.And most of its white eastern European and Asian.

@davidpotter3569

13 күн бұрын

The West African Squadron was active for just over 70 years. From 1807 onwards. The East African Squadron operated until the turn of the 20th century.

I'm an Englishman. But it was the Brits who helped to invent these. English Scots Welsh the whole of the UK🇬🇧

@crascascar1010

2 күн бұрын

Good reply, mate. Well said!

Brits are bloody brilliant. Very funny too.

@gibson617ajg

14 күн бұрын

Our sense of humour. The Golden Globes ceremony hosted By Ricky Gervais is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV. Calling Joe Pesci 'Baby Yoda' is my favourite one-liner out of many derogatory comments he aimed at that audience. DiCaprio received an 'oof' into his Solar Plexus with the jibe about his penchant for younger 'dates'.

@TehDawg

4 күн бұрын

Undoubtedly the funniest place on the planet, shortly followed by the Aussies, and the world capital for the be best music and music based culture.

My great great Uncle, Percy Shaw invented the cats eye for the middle of the road

@emmafrench7219

14 күн бұрын

@laurabambam5. Thank you to your great, great Uncle Percy Shaw. Very important.👍

@janolaful

14 күн бұрын

He got the idea from driving home and saw a cat and noticed the reflection in the cats eyes.

@Jamie_D

14 күн бұрын

@@janolaful so the rumour says, never confirmed

@laurabambam5342

14 күн бұрын

@@Jamie_D He died before I was born, so never asked him. My grandmother, whose Uncle was Percy told the story of a cat running across the road and it's eyes reflected brightly because of the car headlights

@camykidd3984

14 күн бұрын

Education, discipline, respect, motivation, bravery, reading, maths, studying engineering, medicine, nursing, vaccines, communication and trust

An American with humility, what happened? Seriously, well done sir, so nice to see a refreshingly different viewpoint than the typical American one.

Got to 14 minutes where Conor said it's important that this is taught in schools. I worked in a school in England 20 years ago covering every type of lesson and this history of invention wasn't taught or our history of abolishing slavery. Instead the kids were fed information of how awful a country Britain is and that our people ought to be ashamed of their history. We had classes with kids from all over the World who come here for a better life and they were resenting the hand that fed them. This should stop and we should all be British and proud of it.

@nickdanger3802

7 күн бұрын

British brought slavery to North America. Haitian Revolution 1804 British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Britain banned slavery in colonies in 1833. Slave owners were compensated, freed slaves received nothing. Britain supported the south in every way short of war 1861-1865. see Trent Affair Alabama Claims Bermuda during the American Civil War

@paulc2689

20 сағат бұрын

Absolutely SPOT ON . Well said my friend.

It seems fashionable these days to focus on all the small amount of negatives rather than the huge amount of positives the British gave the world . 🇬🇧

@Casper-we3dq

13 күн бұрын

A lot of it is deliberate due to inferiority complexes, envy, racism, ignorance, selective views of history and politics.

@santopino756

12 күн бұрын

Even the Brits would hang a guy for murdering his children even though the guy saved 1000 lives.

What did the English/British ever do for America? Well no.1 they sourced a country for you to live in and no.2 they gave you a language that you still struggle to use so “GO DO THE MATH”….the maths not math😂😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 - September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, where American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

@101steel4

14 күн бұрын

America. Just British people living elsewhere 😁

@101steel4

14 күн бұрын

​@@nickdanger3802British people fighting other British people, with help from the french and Spanish, among others.

@davidpotter3569

13 күн бұрын

@@nickdanger3802 Do you think that the American Revolutionary was was won by the Americans alone? If so. you are wrong.

@christalmeth613

13 күн бұрын

I love it when Americans say I spelt something wrong. I like to remind them we invented the language.

The prolific nature of British inventions can be largely attributed to the establishment of numerous Royal Societies between the 1700s and 1900s. These societies and institutions, funded by various monarchs, provided significant financial support for research and offered cash prizes to inventors and scientists.

@strawdog7704

13 күн бұрын

that and a blokes need for a bit of quiet sometimes (hence the tinkerers shed at the bottom of the garden)

@strawdog7704

13 күн бұрын

@@genevievenoble8120 oh come on, the Greeks had baths in their sheds, the Egyptians had their collections of dead cats and poor relative's and the Romans, well best not dwell on the Romans use of dark cramped spaces with tools. at least we could say the pub was closed and it's raining. (and don't touch my tool)☠

British design engineers are still the best in the world. About 60% of the items and equipment we use today were designed by British engineers. A special shout out for Scottish engineers. Considering the tiny population of Scotland, they have contributed, and are still contributing, more than anyone in the design field than any other nation.

@stewartyoung3061

13 күн бұрын

Absolutely Scots are either drunk, fighting, funny or inventing something, the best part of Britain and I am English :)

As a Brit, I would just like to say, “You are welcome!”

@michaelmay5453

14 күн бұрын

As a Swede... Same. We even invented the Brits.

@jamjam2833

14 күн бұрын

@@michaelmay5453stick to your meatballs m8, you’d be talking German else😂

@michaelmay5453

14 күн бұрын

@@jamjam2833 No we wouldn't, If we hadn't calmed the fuck down both you, Finland, all of the populated parts of Russia and most of Germany would speak Swedish. We withdrew because who the hell would want anything to do with the likes of you?

@alicemilne1444

13 күн бұрын

​@michaelmay5453 Nice try, but no you didn't.

@christalmeth613

13 күн бұрын

You invented yellow snow, or at least you thought you did.

I think any country that criticises another country's history, needs to look at their own first before judging. I don't think there's a single country in this world that hasn't been involved in some kind of atrocity in their past.

@emmafrench7219

14 күн бұрын

@SirHilaryManfat That's what I was trying to say but you put it more eloquently and straight forward. I tend to get carried away and go into too much unnecessary detail.✌

@SirHilaryManfat

14 күн бұрын

@@emmafrench7219 Just read your comment, and it's fine. Yours was just more passionate!

@emmafrench7219

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying that.✌

In 1883 Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the empire. Britain borrowed such a large sum of money for the Slavery Abolition Act that it wasn't fully paid until 2014. What that means is living British citizens helped pay for the ending of the slave trade with their taxes.

@trevorfuller1078

13 күн бұрын

Wasn’t that supposed to be in 1833 rather than in 1883??

@ramadaxl

13 күн бұрын

@@trevorfuller1078 A slip of the finger on the keyboard :-/

@trevorfuller1078

13 күн бұрын

@@ramadaxl Glad to hear that!!😄

@briancarton1804

13 күн бұрын

What a pity the borrowed money was used to compensate the owners of human flesh and not the slaves. The wealthy who made vast fortunes out of the misery of the slaves were given more wealth to give up slavery then went on to exploit the slaves who were then 'free' with nowhere to go except work for the Masa for a pittance.

@stewartyoung3061

13 күн бұрын

I thought I was the only person who knew this, thanks you :)

Ending the global maritime slave trade is Britains greatest achievement. Slavery was common practice since the dawn of man before that.

@kingofracism

14 күн бұрын

Yeah now look how that has turned out for us. To say that's our greatest achievement is truly a pathetic thing to think and say out loud

@matthewjamison

14 күн бұрын

@@kingofracism Explain

@user-yt2vl1kb4g

14 күн бұрын

Wow! We stopped doing a shift thing before others, doesn't excuse us from doing a shift thing!

@matthewjamison

14 күн бұрын

@user-yt2vl1kb4g Britain didn't just stop. Britain enforced it throughout the world against powerful global interests. And actively hunted down French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish & U.S slave ships & blockaded Brazil & Arab countries. At a huge cost to the public purse.

@kingofracism

14 күн бұрын

@@matthewjamison becoming a minority within our own nation. I think stopping it was our biggest mistake, not our greatest achievement

This video should be part of every school's curriculum, but just imagine the reaction from our enemies within..

It's good we have people out their who still like us.

Connor cats eye reflector , but if you dont know , the cats eye cleans its own lense ,everytime a car wheel goes over them . As they retain rain water . They were designed this way . Large rubber block which also acts as a spring sytem and holds the eyes. They came about due to the chap who designed them , actually saw a cats eyes at night , been lit up by a cars headlights. Or similar story.

@SteveSimcock

11 күн бұрын

The cats eye road studs were invented by Percy Shaw of Halifax, UK. He patented it in 1934 and we have a pub in Halifax named after him.

As a 76year old Englishman I was alive for a number of theses inventions. I programmed early computer and ran my own Intra net within the UK before the World Wide Web.. I remember the fact that we the British had many things before the Americans. Television (The BBC transmited before world war 2) the ATM, Contactless payment cqards and before that chip and pin cards.We may be a small island but we punch well above our weight. Also people can try and intimidate us but we laught at them. Just look at Adolf Hitler trying to bring us to our knees.Sir Winston Churchill just called thye London Blitz a slight inconvinience.

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

Mechanical television or mechanical scan television is an obsolete television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, such as a rotating disk with holes in it or a rotating mirror drum, to scan the scene and generate the video signal, and a similar mechanical device at the receiver to display the picture. This contrasts with vacuum tube electronic television technology, using electron beam scanning methods, for example in cathode-ray tube (CRT) televisions.

@alicemilne1444

13 күн бұрын

​@@nickdanger3802CRT televisions are now also obsolete.

@alicemilne1444

13 күн бұрын

Having known many of my parents' generation who lived between WW1 and WW2 and who fought in those wars, I can assure you that the British were not laughing at the Germans or the other Axis powers during those years. Churchill is often misunderstood and even more often misquoted.

@garyiow8482

13 күн бұрын

@@alicemilne1444 True. He called the blitz 'The unpleasantness', not 'a slight inconvenience'.

@mogznwaz

10 күн бұрын

It depresses me how globalisation has diluted the unique Brutus spirit, we’ve absorbed too much crapola from other cultures

I always thought the British Global crusade to abolish slavery was the most poignant invention. Up until the British said no more , the wasn't a empire or nation throughout history who made it law that " any man woman or child who steps upon British soil is automatically a free human being regardless or race or colour ".

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

The royal family: Slavery, colonialism and race kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYyE0dh_nZyohKQ.html

The Brits didn't create the Bengal famine that was an annual thing; but what the brits did do was put an end to Indian famines.

@nigellusby8256

13 күн бұрын

.... & the photo he used is actually from 1887 which was NOT when the Bengal famine occurred.

@davidware9549

13 күн бұрын

And they also brought better life’s to the women of India cause they would be treated like they are in Iran if it wasn’t for the British

@jamesohara4295

13 күн бұрын

@@davidware9549 Or worse, don't forget their tradition of burning widows alive with their dead husbands.

@scrappystocks

13 күн бұрын

Absolutely. It was also made worse by World War II and the influx of refugees from Burma (Myanmar). The Brits didn't start that war.

@stewartyoung3061

13 күн бұрын

@@davidware9549 Thats true, they also stopped the practice of burning a widow to death when her husband died

I constantly see comments deriding the British online saw one earlier that said the British are always first to run away in a fight. Which history has proven wrong. People see Dunkirk and conveniently forget that 2 years later we confronted the same army in North Africa and destroyed them or that we are the only country that has declared war multiple times despite not being directly threatened ourselves but to help others.when others were happy to bury their heads and watch countries fall like dominoes. But not Britain. It is a strange phenomenon that I can only put down to them being jealous of our history and our accomplishments so they try to change the narrative and twist the facts. And the comments always get lots of likes. So are a popular sentiment it seems. But it just reinforces to me that our history and our impact on the world is something people don't like and envy. Oh well.

@Jill-mh2wn

13 күн бұрын

In some people envy runs deep

@petersone6172

13 күн бұрын

I don’t think we invented bot farms, because they seem to proliferate in dictatorial countries.

@Carole.P

13 күн бұрын

Jealous

@fyrdman2185

12 күн бұрын

And it's often amplified by our own British leftists here. And of course a lot of them are people who were conquered by us like the indians and irish so they have to cope by putting us down.

@Maccaxxx

11 күн бұрын

Why is it that man to man we have the best soldiers in the world, the SAS just to name 1.

21:06 Maxwell also figured out that all colours were composed of primary colours, which led him to take the first colour photograph (which was actually a projected image produced by three carefully aligned projectors rather than a tangible print); colour printing, practical colour photography, and colour television were all based on his research.

Yes, it makes me laugh when I see a pink-haired student screaming at a demonstration wanting to smash the system, smash capitalism etc. When she is holding the latest iphone, wearing synthetic clothes, probably lives on a diet of avocados that have been flown in from Israel, holidays in the Maldives and lives in a comfortable air-conditioned house all paid for by her hard-working parents thanks to capitalism.

@janeslater8004

8 күн бұрын

Avocados in uk come from.spain not israel. Spain is not that far away.

@IanDarley

8 күн бұрын

@@janeslater8004 "According to the search results, Israel is the biggest exporter of avocados to the UK, with the UK importing more than 115,000 tons of avocados from Israel annually. The majority of Israel’s avocado plantations are located along the Coastal Plain, with 70% of the crop grown in this region, and the remaining 30% grown in the Eastern Valleys." Not that it makes any difference whatsoever to my point.

@Squaremuffin

7 күн бұрын

You can live in and be up to date with a system, whilst disagreeing with it. Just saying.

@IanDarley

7 күн бұрын

@@Squaremuffin True. And you can also be old enough to have been young and think you know everything (Dunning-Kruger Syndrome), live for over 50 years, realise that actually when you left education decades ago you actually didn't know anything at all because you were educated by teachers that have never had any life experience outside of the education bubble and earn the right to mention it to those that are still at that stage.

@johnhoward7875

6 күн бұрын

@@Squaremuffin You can leave it too

Forgive me Connor for the screed below. I just thought, in view of your comments, and your love of learning, that you would be interested in the words of an Indian intellectual on the subject of The British Empire. I haven't burdened you with all of it (believe it or not) but Dr Zaneer Masani told students at Oxford University that : Despite the current narrative, the British had nothing to do with the major Famines in India - which began back in the 15th century. Long before the Brits were anywhere near India. In fact the British introduced The Famine Codes, a Public Relief Operation, which gave food for work at such times. This system eradicated Famines from then on until the Bengal Famine in 1943 during WW2. (Although the UK was, itself on starvation rations - and would be until 1953 - Churchill did everything he could to relieve Bengal by arranging for Canada, Iraq (I believe) and Australia to ship food to India. Which they did.) Dr Masani said that Famine was due to hoarding by Indian Merchants and Speculators. So successful was the British Anti Famine System that the new Independent Nation of India carried on using it until the 1960's. Under the British the Indian population went from 170 million, when the British first arrived, to 450 million by the time they left. People lived longer due to major improvements in Public Health and Nutrition put in place by the British. The British abolished slavery, widely practised in India, created a Rule of Law which prohibited Sati (the widespread burning of widows on their husbands funeral pyres), and female infanticide. They brought in Laws to allow Hindu widows to re marry and made huge strides in women's Rights; made it a punishable crime to murder an 'Untouchable' and repealed the death penalty for an Untouchable who co-habited with a woman of a higher class. In fact the Brits created a kind of liberal nationalism which was imparted to the Indian educated classes. They created Democracy there, they formed the finest, and totally incorruptible, Civil Service in the World, recruited by open examinations - a steel frame, Dr Masani said, which held the newly Independent India together. They left India with one of the Worlds largest railway networks - which raised the standard of living in the Indian Districts by 16%. With the World's third largest textile industry, the largest steel producer in the developing world, and the worlds largest Jute industry. In fact India had a Trade surplus with Britain throughout. Rather than draining India's resources, the actual 'drain' of home resources was 1% of net national product. However, the British Raj actually transferred the equivalent of £23 billion pounds worth of capital investment to India from 1860 to 1913 to invest in all sorts of industries. ( I have also read they introduced Tea Plantations to India from China.) The British also created Municipal self-government and Province autonomy, free elections in 1945 which elected a constituent Assembly and they transferred power to an educated, politically savvy civil society which was a pan India educated class. The British did not want Partition and strongly argued against it, during Independence negotiations, but the Indian politicians insisted on it. Lastly, it was the British that drove out other invaders at the request of various local Indian Princes/Maharaja's. It was the British Archaeologists and Orientalists, like Sir William Jones and his Assistant, James Princep, who rediscovered India's Armorian Classical Heritage and gave it back to them after it had been lost for two millennia. It was the Brits who unlocked (Princep, I think) the forgotten language - the Brahmi Script, which is now their National Culture. Hundreds of District Officers scoured their Districts for Antiquities, excavated them, preserved and conserved them - often in purpose built local museums. People like Lord Curzon (I think it was he) actually saved thousands of India's monuments and preserved and conserved them too - including the Taj Mahal - long neglected by the Moguls. Dr Masani said Britain did take some artefacts - a tiny amount of all they had saved - back to Britain, which are in the British Museum. He said that we in India have to recognise that, in return, we got our classical heritage back thanks to these British Orientalists. (After all this, is it 'down the corridor to Home Econ for me?' - not good at making pizza though!) Love from the UK

@Naptosis

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for commenting that. I'm British Indian; that was a really interesting read.

@JJ-of1ir

7 күн бұрын

@@Naptosis You are very welcome.

@sedekiman824

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for your erudite post. The Bengal famine, as you say, was a series of unfortunate occurences. Britain was also on extreme rationing, and rationing did not end until 1953. I still have my ration book!

Brits invented baseball and Apple pie (you're wecome America ) and Football ( we can't win at it ) but yes we invented it Woop woop 😂

@MrBulky992

13 күн бұрын

... and also the tune to the US national anthem, "The Star-spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith. Also the march used at US school and college graduations (Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 aka "Land of Hope and Glory").

Empires are built by Giants and destroyed by Pygmies 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@Brookspirit

14 күн бұрын

Lots of political pygmies running western countries right now.

@Ozymandi_as

12 күн бұрын

That sounds like a strapline for a rather dubious videogame. I assume you intend the word 'pygmies' to be perjorative, but I wonder what you actually know about them that justifies your appropriation of their name? I think we can reframe the end of the British Empire in a more positive way than you suggest. The second world war crystallized a realisation that had been gathering at home and abroad for many years, that it is oppressive and immoral to deny political and economic independence to the indigenous population of a distant territory which at some point had been occupied by force. The voluntary surrender by Britain of its colonial ’possessions' was achieved in a remarkably short span of time, and for the most part, in an orderly and dignified manner. The end of colonialism was inevitable; the manner in which Britain renounced power, with a peaceful transfer of power, assistance in the creation of newly independent nations, and ongoing institutional suport for fledgling democracies, was unique in the annals of human history. The usual story was one of inexorable decent into chaos and catastrophe. Britain, however, which had been one of the main centres of the European Enlightenment, saw that the age of colonialism was over, and decided to do the right thing. That suggests a maturity and largeness of character that is worthy of respect

@wardenblack9734

11 күн бұрын

The topic is about Inventions, not about Empire.

Not bad for a tiny damp little island While everyone else had a political revolution the Brits had an industrial revolution

@SgtSteel1

14 күн бұрын

It's only damp in the winter, in the summer you can get sunburn!

@Chrisjames504

14 күн бұрын

@@SgtSteel1 not today

@SgtSteel1

14 күн бұрын

@@Chrisjames504 Summer is not one day ffs.

@Chrisjames504

14 күн бұрын

@@SgtSteel1 well aware of the British weather

@wayne7521

14 күн бұрын

​@@Chrisjames504​​what you get the weather forecast regularly... in Celsius 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I think that humanity in general just takes these inventions for granted and we should be completely amazed every day by the things that we have.

@Ozymandi_as

12 күн бұрын

I think a sense of gratitude is probably easier to maintain than amazement, which requires something to be at odds with one's expectations. Wow! Bugger me, would you look at that, a car. A car! I'm barely able to believe it can move under its own power, let alone take me wherever I choose to go. I felt the same way about it yesterday. And the day before, every day since I got in fact. The surprise never gets old ...

You really have to be honest here we British have invented alot of invention and useful invention 😊

We're British,we gave you life , you're welcome

We are used to being hated by different countries and to be honest for the most part we don't really give a 💩. However it's when our role in history is lied about or completely ignored, that's when we get pissed off.

@sarahfoster6765

13 күн бұрын

We are hated but so many foreigners are willing to risk their lives to get here 🤔

I agree with what you're saying. People seem to want to (as I say), "slag" others off to be spiteful. I must be very naive but until I started watching certain reaction channels I honestly didn't know just how much England is hated. It's horrible the things that are said in comments etc. As you said, it seems to be that people like starting arguments and putting down others so they get a reaction. I'm proud of England, the whole of UK. I'm half Welsh and half Polish and was born here in England and am British, so haters can go swivel. Sorry 😊✌

@wayne7521

14 күн бұрын

Thankyou from a Yorkshire man !!

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

Read comments on any video on WWII, you will see one or more of the following: "Yanks were late to the war, again." hitler declared war on the USA because FDR had been propping up Britain from 1939. "Yanks got rich off of Lend Lease." Over 20 billion USD of Lend Lease debt was written off in 1945. M4 "Sherman" tank "was rubbish until us Brits reengineered it." 17,000 M4's Lend Leased to Britain (almost as many as the US Army), just over 2,000 were heavily modified to accept the 17 pounder AT gun. "Radar was invented in Britain and we just gave it to the Yanks." First US patent was granted the year before Watson Watt began experiments following a MoD request for a study on the feasibility of a "death ray". "We had to teach the Yanks how to land Corsairs on carriers." FAA Corsair pilots took initial flight training in the USA. Over 2,000 Lend Leased. "Our armoured deck carriers were vastly superior Americas wood deck carriers." Late war British carrier designs were much more like US prewar carriers than vice versa.

@wolfen210959

14 күн бұрын

We all know the reason, as a conquered people will be resentful towards their conquerors for a very long time afterwards, and it's entirely natural to feel that way. I'm sure that 1,000 years ago, we probably still hated the Romans and the Vikings, as they had invaded multiple times by then, but here we are now, marvelling at their inventiveness, and their ancient buildings and structures. To paraphrase yourself, for all of the scientific and other inventions we created, that everyone else in the world relies upon, sorry, not sorry. :)

@EportChris

11 күн бұрын

Thank you from a Scouser. Well said mate 🇬🇧👍🏻

I didn't realise how brilliant we were!

Brits invented the Hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell invented the modern day hovercraft with the air cushion.

@valeriedavidson2785

12 күн бұрын

Most people have never heard of the hovercraft.

@Ozymandi_as

12 күн бұрын

Yes, exciting as they seemed at the time, Hovercrafts seem to have largely fallen out of the frame for designers of amphibious vehicles, which as a class, seems to have receded in importance as well.

Your comments at “16” shows your ability to think logically. Its impressive.

Americans be like I thought we invented that I thought we invented that I thought we invented that

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

Film, audio recording, light bulb perfected, escalator, airplane, assembly line applied to auto production, FM radio, alternating current/AC, broadcast radio, electronic television, Ferris wheel, first US patent for radar granted 1934 (Wattson Watt began experiments in 1935 following a MoD request for a "death ray"), klystron tube (valve), Hughes tri cone drill bit, Houdry process for catalytic cracking of oil, vote for women 8 years before Britain. All before 1940

@martzp5535

14 күн бұрын

​@@nickdanger3802nobody asked

@101steel4

14 күн бұрын

They've only been around for 5 minutes. They've not done bad for such a young country, but they're still lightyears behind Britain for that very reason.

@Bakers_Doesnt

13 күн бұрын

"Don't mention Thomas Edison!". Someone should have told him patenting something is not the same as inventing it.

@theSFCchannel

13 күн бұрын

@@nickdanger3802 WRONG: Allow me to educate this Yank: Swan Patented and demonstrAted his light bulb 8 years before Edison and he also outfitted the Savoy theatre with his invention. Swan published his findings in many papers of the day-including Scientific American. THE LOW BORN Murdering dog (yes he killed the REAL inventor of film the French man Louis La Prince) Edison literally copied almost everything from Swan's pre-existing patent but all he managed to do was obtain a better vaccum inside the bulb thus lasting a lot longer than the 12 hours that Swan's did. Then out Of sheer EGO, EDISON attempted to take Swan to the Ameircan courts-thinking that decks would be stacked in his favour.=WRONG! All Swan did was show prior research and a.guess what? A PATENT! Edison LOST the court battle and his patent for 'the light bulb' was rendered invalid in the USA! (UK 1 USA 0). Then Swan took Edison to THE BRITISH COURTS and guess what? he won AGAIN (UK 2 USA 0) and the british courts FORCED Edison to take Swan on as a senior partner in a firm called 'EDI-SWAN which was later known as General Electrics. Amazing! Next let us disprove the MURDERER called EDISON (inventing film) it was actually a FRENCH man called Louis LA Prince and the first AND second film was made in my old city of LEEDS (Canal Gardens and Leeds Bridge) but in order to try and claim this title it is thought that Edison had him murdered and his body disposed of. Unfortunately for you Yanks the FILMS are STILL available today and are EASILY searchable on the net and are in the ARCHIVES of the BBC also. Nice try Yank but the first working electric light bulb was us BRITISH and the first FILM was THE FRENCH!. Let us move in the AEROPLANE (Spelled correctly in a CIVILISED language) the first working model airplane that powerred was by Sir JOHN Stringfellow who's plane flew off the guide rail free for 300 feet before crashing. You Yanks invented the first SUBSTAINED flight yes-but it was based on Stringfellows designs-albeit without a Steamengine. But hey the devil is in the details right? But i know what you Septics are like beceause we are culturally thousands of years older than you will ever be , accomplished and out invented you to an enormous degree and oh we Britsh are morally and mentaly better as we didnt have to kill 620k of our OWN people to end slavery. You lot had to in your civil war! But having said that: You yanks are always welcoem to come over to the UK-so you can learn spoken ENGLISH!

The English are at risk of becoming extinct. It's okay to talk about the extinction of the Dodo, but not about the extinction of the British people. So many amazing people came form these Isles 😢

@wardenblack9734

11 күн бұрын

So, are you making a distinction between English and British??

@chrisyoung9653

11 күн бұрын

so let me get this right. britian is only england and just forget the other 3 countries. and people living in england can no longer give birth?

@Jaystars

11 күн бұрын

As a proud Englishman I don't understand your comment that the English are becoming extinct.

@tonycook1624

10 күн бұрын

@@Jaystars Its some attempt at playing the racism and immigration card.

@benholroyd5221

10 күн бұрын

@@Jaystars probably something to do with immigration and globalisation. ignoring the fact that these 'amazing people' made all that possible.

Bang on the button ,they changed the world

Rubber is called "rubber" because one of its first uses was to *rub out* pencil marks. The plant got its name from this usage, a fact that Americans have probably forgotten as they call the same object an "eraser" with no reference at all to rubbing. In British English, we still call such an object a rubber, whether or not it's made from actual rubber or some form of plastic substitute because of its use ratger than the material it is made of.

@leohickey4953

14 күн бұрын

Indigenous cultures of the Americas, where rubber originates, were using it for other purposes before erasers were invented (e.g. balls used in local games, waterproofing, boots made by dipping feet into fresh latex etc.)

@Blucifah

13 күн бұрын

Yes era ser, era,meaning u can create something in history by word,but the erase the historical information, or era

@MrBulky992

13 күн бұрын

​​@@leohickey4953I am sure you are right but they weren't calling it "rubber". My point, perhaps not well expressed, was that the first people, English speakers, to call it "rubber" did so because they were using it to rub out pencil marks. The name then replaced the plant's original name in the English language.

@leohickey4953

13 күн бұрын

@@MrBulky992 Don't worry Keith, I was just clarifying, not point scoring. You're quite right, that was the first western use. Later, of course, it became a US nickname for a condom, which is also used to prevent mistakes. 😉

Some very thoughtful, intelligent and perceptive comments today Connor! BTW the phrase "standing on the shoulders of giants" was famously used by Isaac Newton in letter of 1675 : "if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

"Petty politics" we call it Connor👍Driven by petty jealously and bias. It is also to deflect from their own countries misdemeanors and genocides. I mean Belgians, Spaniards,Portugeuse,Germans and Americans criticising Britain's past is just laughable. Britain outlawed Atlantic Slavery, invented Penicillin, the first vaccine EVER ( POX) That have saved MILLIONS of people Worldwide.

The British single handedly created the modern world. He forgot sports: 1) Baseball (yes, baseball was played in the Middle Ages in England!) 2) Tennis 3) Hockey 4) Rugby 5) Soccer 6) Cricket 7) Table tennis 8) Badminton 9) Golf In fact, 8 out of the top 10 most popular sports in the world were invented by the British. Between them, they have about 11 billion fans, which is more than the entire population of Earth.

@leohickey4953

14 күн бұрын

His intro said he was going to limit his list to science and technology, but those are all worth adding to a more general list.

@jetster785

14 күн бұрын

Croquets is another to round it up to 10! I wonder about snooker 🤔

@LordInter

14 күн бұрын

which 2 did we miss? 🤔

@B-A-L

14 күн бұрын

Don't forget ice hockey which was invented by British soldiers in Canada and American football which was directly developed from Rugby football.

@leohickey4953

14 күн бұрын

@@jetster785 Snooker was invented by British army officers stationed in India.

This guy is an Aussie, so if you are looking for an Aussie accent to mimic, he’s a good one.

@william_marshal

13 күн бұрын

I prefer Bushbarbie 😅🤣😂

@thelongdrag9188

12 күн бұрын

His accent is not pure Aussie, but has slight touches reflecting his English childhood.

@Jeni10

12 күн бұрын

@@thelongdrag9188 He sounds pure Aussie to me, like my school teachers, family and friends.

During this time the British strived for knowledge, think of the great explorers.

As a Brit, I’ve notice that the British belittle and degrade them selves more than anyone.

@janeslater8004

8 күн бұрын

I noticed that too very self deprecating. We are attacked more than any other country for colonolisation but everyone forgets it was britain who ended slavery and only recently finished paying debt for it

@61shirley

8 күн бұрын

@@janeslater8004 absolutely

When you drive at night on the road, you can see the centre line and the edge lines that help you stay on the road, because they are marked with reflector pegs, hammered into the asphalt so your headlights reflect from them and you know where to drive.

McJibbin is spot on when he said over the last 200 years the more powerful civilisations have been judged(and slandered)by a different standard than prior powers. So basically even though the British Empire was probably the most decent of the preceeding Empires,it still gets criticised much worse than the others!

That's why it started with "what have the Romans ever done for us?" No one would agree with some of Britian's actions, but you shouldn't ignore the great things that were achieved.

@wolfen210959

14 күн бұрын

A conquered people will always feel antipathy towards their conquerors, no matter the actual benefits that they gained because of it, it's entirely natural to feel that way for some time afterwards. Maybe in a few hundred years more, Indians will just shrug their shoulders and say "yeah, it happened, but at least we got some benefit from it", much as we ourselves as Brits, look back upon the Roman, French, and Viking invsions. At the moment, feelings still run pretty high in India, as they only gained their independence from Britain in 1937.

@JJ-of1ir

14 күн бұрын

@@wolfen210959 Spot on!

@bwilson5401

14 күн бұрын

Some of Britains actions.The Brits discovered,invented,created,wrote more than the Romans & every other Empire combined.Literally.The Romans were cavemen compared to the British.

@alicemilne1444

13 күн бұрын

​@wolfen210959 Typo there, I think. Indian independence was in 1947, not 1937. As for resentment running high in India, I think that's more of a social media thing. India is recovering from British rule and is now the 5th-largest economy in the world, ahead of Britain.

@Jill-mh2wn

13 күн бұрын

@@wolfen210959 I have read quite a few remarks from Indian people appreciative of the Railways and British administration methods, so it has already happened

I wish more young people had the same viewpoint as you Connor. This is the type of video which should be shown in schools and universities, but instead what is mainly being taught is negativity and criticism of this country and how awful we were and are. And of course the Industrial Revolution was the start of climate change. So we’re responsible for that as well. I for one am a proud Brit.

The prepaid postage stamp, the equals sign, underground railways, the tunneling shield, the ocean liner, the miner's safety light, independent uniformed police service - the Brits, living in a stable democracy, free for the most part from religious dogma, with a growing empire based on a dominant navy and living on an island with huge reserves of coal, plenty of other minerals and lots of sheep!

@sedekiman824

5 күн бұрын

Yes, the Davy Lamp particularly important during age of mining. before miners wouold use a canary in a cage! If it died, poor thing, then there was gas!

A lot things were missing from this list but the guy did say he was going to keep it short.

Brilliant observations, thank you. Greetings from the UK.

One of the things that’s become apparent in modern times, is the lack of skilled tradesmen like construction workers who actually understand how construction works, plumbers, electricians, carpet layers, roof tilers, shoemakers and cobblers, milliners, etc etc, because there’s a massive shortage of skilled trades people who can do these jobs, which has left a huge gap in the community. Parents encourage their children to go to university so they can get higher paying jobs, but we also need someone to come and repair our broken fridge or change a broken element in our strove.

@dee2251

13 күн бұрын

Too much focus was put on University education and instead of grammar schools, which filtered out the most academic, the focus instead was on secondary schools which previously produced the less academic, many of whom were earmarked to go on to serve apprenticeships.

Shakespeare, acting, musicals

Gears are thousands of years old, the antikythera mechanism is worth a look at👍

The best thing to come out of America for me was A A, It taught me things that helped me to. live life on lifes terms

Don't forget the chocolate bar and the Hovercraft, to name but 2.

@wildwine6400

14 күн бұрын

Fry's Chocolate Cream, the world's first commercial chocolate bar around the mid 1800s

Britain was the world’s first science superpower and still is a science superpower with the US. Key was the concept of university. Look at the number of Nobel prize winners that come from Oxford and Cambridge alone and all of this from a small island in the northern hemisphere 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@brianhodgson9547

12 күн бұрын

We have MORE Nobel Peace Prizes per head than any othe Country

@mshatters28

10 күн бұрын

"Right at the top in the middle" according to Al Murray at least 😊

I am very proud of what my country has achieved over the years gone by, we as a nation have achieved

Lithium ion battery missing!

If you ever wondered how a small island governed 3/4 of the world then look no further than the UK's technical advancements at that time. We didn't fight our way in we were welcomed, not always by all peoples but alliances were made and tec given in exchange.

@wolfen210959

14 күн бұрын

Many of the countries we are accused of conquering, we were actually invited in by their governments, because of the significant trade, transport, education, healthcare, and military advantages that resulted. Of course many of the public in those countries objected, as was their right, as they just saw us as conquerors, and no people enjoy being conquered, even if it was a largely peaceful conquering.

@nickdanger3802

14 күн бұрын

The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private opium stocks from merchants at Canton and threatening to impose the death penalty for future offenders.

@EndertheWeek

11 күн бұрын

For the first time in history it wasn't about rape and pillage but about stability and trade

I think Henry 8th may deserve some credit for distancing the country from catholicism. That contributed to the freedom you mentioned. If you look at stuff like the Spanish Inquisition you see how new ideas can be suppressed.

The one he missed is one of my favourites; Charles Babbage. Mathematical tables could take months or years to create, and a single error in thousands of figures would make the entire table worthless. One day he thought to himself “I wonder if I could create a machine that would calculate mathematical tables for me”? Sounds simple today, when we have electronic computers, smartphones, calculators etc. but that was a genuinely revolutionary idea. That was the first time in human history that someone imagined a machine (albeit basic by modern standards & mechanical) being able to “think / calculate” for humans. EVERYTHING that we take for granted in the modern world; computers, AI, VR, smartphones all stem from that revolutionary concept.

@barriehull7076

13 күн бұрын

Don't forget: Wikipedia: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 - 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.

@572Btriode

12 күн бұрын

@@barriehull7076 Thank you, saved me a lot of typing.

What a great outlook from a young American.

20:35 Genuine lol moment "We would be floating into the air" lol Connor.

Ive got a bunch of videos up on British inventions, including several he mentions. I got 16 up so far but got a few others too. Got stuff like flushing toilets, wedding cakes & traditions, skyscrapers (which has an American tie in) , stainless steel, tractors etc but I've got stuff like chloroform and paraffin I'm waiting to drop too. I got a playlist, if anything takes your fancy. "I Never Knew That About Britain - assorted clips"

@gabbymcclymont3563

14 күн бұрын

I think the 1st skyscraper was built in Srewsbury, but they or i might have been high, not as high as the building.

@LilMonkeyFella87

14 күн бұрын

@@gabbymcclymont3563 correct. Its in the video. It's a flax mill "I Never Knew That About Britain - How a mill in England gave rise to the world's skyscrapers"

An important one that's rarely mentioned is Scotland's David Kirkaldy. He created standardised material testing. Testing all materials for strength under varying types of loads using scientific principles allowed us to build bigger, stronger and with the right materials. His testing lab in London has an inscription over the door that was entirely how he worked - "Fact, not opinion"

I am proud to be proud to be British. There was a time, when people would dump on us, but this makes me happy. We have done great things and should be able to shout about them.

You a so respectful butt; it's hugely appreciated. Thank you

We don`t have Yield signs, ours say Give Way.

@davidlauder-qi5zv

13 күн бұрын

Trivial point.

@barriehull7076

13 күн бұрын

@@davidlauder-qi5zv Yield signs are critical as they instruct drivers to prepare to stop for oncoming traffic. Where the yield sign is applied differs around the world but, in the UK, they are used only on "GIVE WAY" signs. Your unnecessary comment at least was a comment so Connor thanks you.

@Thurgosh_OG

13 күн бұрын

@@davidlauder-qi5zv The Aussie was saying 'Yield' for the dumb US Americans watching. You appear to be qualified for his assistance.

@christopherjohnHolmes

8 күн бұрын

& we drive on the Right side of the Road Which is the LEFT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Cats eye reflector was a brilliant idea. Reflective glass marbles mounted on a rubber block. When they were driven over they were pushed down thus avoiding damage and wiping clean at the same time.

You make an excellent point regarding the lack of young people being educated on historical discoveries and advances, not just those from us British but global discoveries and advances from all countries, all of which are amazing and taken for granted.

The UK fought wars to develop rubber.

@archiebald4717

14 күн бұрын

Malaysia has the UK to thank for its rubber plantations, via Kew Gardens.

One I'm surprised he didnt say, since he is talking about science, the worlds first aeronautical engineer is also British, I got a video on him. He invented the glider 100 years before the Wright brothers did the plane "I Never Knew That About Britain - Sir George Cayley: The Father of Aeronautics"

@barriehull7076

13 күн бұрын

Leonardo Da Vinci drew the first helicopter. The pen-and-ink sketch outlines an idea for a flying machine similar to a modern helicopter, with a spiral rotor or "aerial screw" based on a water screw, but intended to push against the fluid of the air instead of water.

Thomas Crapper - plumbing/toilets John Harrington -watches/navigation

I think the invention of the steam engine and railways speeded up communications and the speed at which new things were invented.

Hi Conor the second time I've seen this vid being watched by an American. I really do appreciate your thoughts on it and the consideration around the society etc which enabled the thought being developed. I am British btw....

Newton didn't invent gravity, he discovered how it works through a series of mathematical calculations.

@barriehull7076

13 күн бұрын

It was a joke.

@hughesey009

12 күн бұрын

Bruh. 😂

Connor, you have come a long way during the journey of your channel and the thoughts you describe at the end of this video show how far you have matured, how you have progressed and become more knowledgeable and intellectual. It is that very kind of thoughtfulness that allowed humans to advance themselves and it wouldn't surprise me if in future you invented something. Keep up the good work.

He's already badmouthing the Brits, saying we only invaded 90% of other countries. It was 97% at least!

@janeslater8004

8 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

The cats eyes are set in between lanes on the highways and roads usually in the spacing between the lines, they are different colours depending on lanes or sliproads etc, allows you to see where the road is in complete darkness as your headlight bounces off them and reflects back to the driver allowing them to see bends up ahead where your lights might not reach.

One of India's largest exports is tea. When the British took over India, India did not have a single tea bush. We took tea bushes from China and planted huge tea plantations in India and Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). Most Indians I've met love the British because they say Britain turned India into a modern state. Their entire structure of Government, civil service and education is based on the British model and India is now an economic power in the world.

@vladd6787

13 күн бұрын

Once saw an ignorant Indian comedian joking about how the Indians gave Britain tea when in fact it was the other way round.

@EndertheWeek

11 күн бұрын

Would India be a single entity without Britain?

@denkanator

10 күн бұрын

@@EndertheWeek no. don't think it had been a single entity for about 3000 years before the British

Cats Eyes. "Is this like a speed bump" Yes if you drive over it, but you're not meant to be driving over it. Those two little white dots are reflectors, they reflect your own headlights back at you. We use them as lane markers, between the painted white lines, so at night you get a line of little white dots lining the sides of the lane you are driving in. We have red ones (do not cross), amber ones (cross with caution), green (cross at will) and white ones (lane edge markers). We use them on all high speeds roads. And if you do drive on them... or over them as you change lanes... you push the reflectors down into the rain water (yes it rains here) well and wash the dirt off of the reflectors.

The Museum of science in Manchester showcases so many of these inventions as well as the first railway station. It’s an amazing place well worth a visit.

The BBC will do a mini series depicting all of these inventions being produced by black folk. You'll see.

@sedekiman824

5 күн бұрын

or Muslims.

I would say the answer to your question would be - invented before we had patent trolling and heavily protected IP, people could actually invent stuff or improve upon previous inventions without the fear of legal consequences.

Very true, people also forget that for nearly a year britain was alone in the fight against Germany and her Allies we could of just said sod it you crack on but we didn't.

@nickdanger3802

13 күн бұрын

Britain (with 25% of the planet and what aid FDR could provide over the objections of congress before Lend Lease, March 1941) did stand alone for one year.

The gears bit reminded me of the antikythera mechanism - I don't know if you've heard about it but it's a ~2nd Century device that was found in a Greek shipwreck in the Mediterrainian - it's amazing. It has a complicated system of cogs and gears and it may have been some sort of orrery (device to keep track of the planets and stuff). There's a great documentary about it on KZread if you're interested and you've probably heard of it already but anyone reading this should have a look - it's awesome. I love what you said about judging things like the British Empire - 'It's not a ledger'. That's really clever. When you're talking about something so huge it's hard to make all-encompassing statements. The British Empire did some of the best things in the world and some of the worst and we should learn from both sides of this of course 😄Thanks Connor ❤

And as a quintessential englishmen I must remind the world of that day in 1966 when Sir Alf Ramsey's wonderboys lifted the World Cup Their names are illustrious, Greavzy, Hurstzy, Ballzy, Nobby #Styles, Jack and Bobby Charlton, Banksy, Peter Bonetti and Cohen. We beet em in 1918, and we beat em in 1945 and the world held its breath yet again in 66. They thought it was all over and it was for them.

@gibson617ajg

14 күн бұрын

Ballzy? Isn't that also the surname of the (brilliant ) Bass player in the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

@barriehull7076

13 күн бұрын

Yeah thanks for the Peter Bonetti shout out. George used to live near me. West ham had a great influence. At least Geoff was on the winning side with his hat-rick.

@BunyipToldMe

13 күн бұрын

@@gibson617ajg I deliberately had 11 children in honour of the 1966 team and as far as I know, my daughter Ballzy is the only one.

@amyboleszny543

13 күн бұрын

I saw that happen standing outside a shop in Wembley that had a tiny black and white TV in the window and a rowdy crowd yelling support outside. I am sure our ruckus was heard in the stadium and inspired our team to win.

@johnneil4777

12 күн бұрын

As a typical quintessential Englishman your view of history is pretty skewed. I think you might find that WW1 & WW2 was won by allied forces. There were also approximately 20million Russian killed during WW2 whilst only approximately 475,000 British soldiers killed. Your comments about England winning Wars when many Scots, Welsh, Irish & Commenwealth soldiers lost their lives doesn't do you any favours. In fact it's pretty crass actually.

The British were great scientists. Engineers soldiers, inventors and also philosophers. In their time.

@Thurgosh_OG

13 күн бұрын

We still are. Over the past 50 years, according to Japanese research, more than 40 percent of discoveries taken up on a worldwide basis originated in the United Kingdom.

@narendra62

13 күн бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OG not wishing to pick a fight. What is your source?

Another great reaction Connor & your comments were thought provoking & insightful

Connor The bridge he showed was made out of Iron not steel assembled using carpentry joints as they didn't know about nuts and bolts yet. Cast and assembled on the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire in 1779 and still standing. Check out Ironbridge

Connor we still have that society , that keeps churning ppl out with intellect ,so to speak.

My dear mum had a teasmaid . I like your take on things connor your a deep thinker 😊

@LilMonkeyFella87

14 күн бұрын

I remember near on every game show in the UK used to have them as one of the prizes 😅

@Spiklething

14 күн бұрын

I am only correcting you because I, myself only found this out a couple of months ago, but it is spelled Teasmade.

@claregale9011

14 күн бұрын

@@Spiklething Nooooo I like my version lol 😆

@aloysiuschuckabutty6726

11 күн бұрын

Also known as a gobblin' tease maid but we won't go there....

Enjoyed your reaction. Think you would probably enjoy watching “Connections” by James Burke. He wrote and presented this series in which he shows the unexpected connections between seemingly unrelated technologies.

@omegasue

14 күн бұрын

I remember that programme. Yes, he put things in perspective regarding inventions and, in reality, often many people who were involved with a particular invention maybe were unable for various reasons to carry on with their work,so others (the ones who were credited with it) carried on the work and perhaps innovated on the original design.

Cats Eyes are rubber blocks in the middle of the road with reflective balls in them to show the middle on dark roads also used for junctions and motorway off ramps and are different colors for each type of junction, they reflect when the headlights hit them, they are also self cleaning as the squeeze in to the ground when a car runs over them and wash themselves. an amazing invention and a god send when you are driving on dark country roads. All because a British guys life was saved late one night on a coastal road. He was about to drive of the cliff in the dark on a corner but his head lights reflected of a cats eyes that was sitting on the top of a fence and saved him, hence the cats eyes.