The Deadliest Strip of Land In The World | Random Thursday

Ғылым және технология

The Isthmus of Panama is a tiny strip of land that completely divided the world in two, and the effort to find a passage through it became one of the deadliest undertakings in history.
Writing/Research: Cooper Carr
Editing: Nick Turnbow
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  • @patpalermo7629
    @patpalermo76293 жыл бұрын

    I bet when he stood on that mountain and looked at both oceans, he said to himself 'Isthmus be my lucky day'

  • @donfss5088

    @donfss5088

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @kevinblackburn3198

    @kevinblackburn3198

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well played👏

  • @samanthacable5966

    @samanthacable5966

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @patpalermo7629

    @patpalermo7629

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@samanthacable5966 That's only because no body else is using their 'Mike Tyson voice' when they read it.

  • @Justindedwards215

    @Justindedwards215

    3 жыл бұрын

    Genius pun sir!!

  • @justsomeguywithtattoos6267
    @justsomeguywithtattoos62673 жыл бұрын

    "i-land" *Apple:* im listening

  • @yeahthatkornel

    @yeahthatkornel

    7 күн бұрын

    lmao

  • @caseyshuniak
    @caseyshuniak3 жыл бұрын

    Found this channel by accident hours ago and this is how I've spent my Saturday night. Awesome videos 😄

  • @phoenixdavida8987

    @phoenixdavida8987

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's really a great channel, isn't it?!

  • @rostislavsvoboda7013

    @rostislavsvoboda7013

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is how I've spent my Christmas Evening.

  • @kevinblackburn3198

    @kevinblackburn3198

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a fun Saturday night.

  • @cleobinx

    @cleobinx

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found his channel Friday and have spent two days binge watching lol

  • @dr.saurabhsinghal

    @dr.saurabhsinghal

    2 жыл бұрын

    You made the right choice. I have been following this channel for long and can't get enough of it.

  • @jek__
    @jek__ Жыл бұрын

    the isthmus of panama is actually really good game design. A barrier that is small once you have the right technology to get through it but requires a long route to get around before it. It's a nice satisfying reward for the player unlocking advanced terraforming

  • @sheepmasterrace

    @sheepmasterrace

    Жыл бұрын

    bruh wrong channel lol

  • @Kv-2Heavy

    @Kv-2Heavy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sheepmasterrace yeah but he was definitely blasted when he posted this

  • @studuerson2548

    @studuerson2548

    Жыл бұрын

    One toke over the line, sweet jesus... You may be too young to get the reference, but don't worry. Lawrence Welk didn't, either.

  • @bluenightfury4365

    @bluenightfury4365

    Жыл бұрын

    This dude is on a higher plane of existence than us...

  • @werthersoriginal
    @werthersoriginal4 жыл бұрын

    The acting was so well done in the intro. It was subtle and not overly exaggerated. 😀

  • @kevinsmit96

    @kevinsmit96

    4 жыл бұрын

    Joe used to be an actor ;)

  • @DKTAz00

    @DKTAz00

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not to mention the excellent writing, filming and editing :D !

  • @rogerstarkey5390

    @rogerstarkey5390

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinsmit96 ActOr!....? What DO you mean, "ActOr"? (shuffles off stage left)

  • @qdllc

    @qdllc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah...that’s his day job.

  • @wayfa13

    @wayfa13

    4 жыл бұрын

    Had me in stitches xD Luv ya Joe hahahaha

  • @theStormWeaver
    @theStormWeaver4 жыл бұрын

    "A silent 's'? Wouldn't that be confusing?" "Extremely." I laughed so hard. Nice :D

  • @mckinleymorton

    @mckinleymorton

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, sketches are getting better.

  • @MrGonzonator

    @MrGonzonator

    4 жыл бұрын

    It'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience

  • @twztdfmgtr

    @twztdfmgtr

    4 жыл бұрын

    That cracked me up

  • @javieraguirre9135

    @javieraguirre9135

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is like every American inventing their English words haha it gets to a point were it doesn't even makes sense, this shit doesn't have any rules the way they pronounce it is so random

  • @illogicmath

    @illogicmath

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@javieraguirre9135 Exactly, they don't even agree among themselves.

  • @jeffreychristopher5953
    @jeffreychristopher59533 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mr Scott, thank you for this video, it has a lot of meaning for me and my family history, my grandfather a man named Paul Christopher Sr. a native of Honduras was conscripted along with hundreds of others in the early 1900's to go to Panama and work on the construction of the Panama canal, America had taken over the project from the French, US Marines were involved in overseeing the work force, at some point many of the workers became ill due to malaria and began to die, many workers wanted to leave but were held at gun point by the US Marines sent there by Teddy Roosevelt, my grandfather and several others slipped away in the dead of night literally cutting their way through the jungle using machetes and eventually going thru Costa Rica, Nicaragua and back to his home in Honduras and if he had not been successful in his escape l would not be here to tell you this story today, again thank you for your story of the Panama Canal ! 🙂

  • @karlbark

    @karlbark

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Jeffrey. - I just wanted to say: 😲 Thank you for a really interesting comment. Cheers from Iceland 🇮🇸 -K

  • @richersonkate

    @richersonkate

    3 ай бұрын

    😢

  • @jeffreychristopher5953

    @jeffreychristopher5953

    3 ай бұрын

    @@karlbark Thank you Karl, be careful in Iceland l see there's been some volcanic activity

  • @Magdaleno930
    @Magdaleno9303 жыл бұрын

    From a US-Panama historian...MASTERFULL! Excelent presentation, very accurate. Thank you and KUDOS!

  • @SocialRebels
    @SocialRebels4 жыл бұрын

    My grandparents helped build the canal and grew up in the canal zone. My grandmother and I were fortunate enough to attend the inauguration of the Canal expansion project in 2016 too. I really enjoy this video because it filled in some gaps for me about just how dangerous and long this project was. Thanks for doing this one!!

  • @milanmottl8983
    @milanmottl89834 жыл бұрын

    Honestly... i think you should make "Bureau of naming things" a thing. Like a show. It was great.

  • @feha92

    @feha92

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @Denaligirljodie

    @Denaligirljodie

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @alanbolen2880

    @alanbolen2880

    4 жыл бұрын

    It'd would run stale after awhile tho. Too basic of a thought,for a whole show based around it

  • @milanmottl8983

    @milanmottl8983

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@alanbolen2880 2 or 3 episodes would be fine and totally enough.

  • @kyleclarke4845

    @kyleclarke4845

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ye but not loads of them cos it might get quite boring after like 5 episodes

  • @noahsmith4148
    @noahsmith41483 жыл бұрын

    I only recently found this channel and have been soaking up as many videos as possible. The "Wouldn't that be confusing?", "Extremely" bit killed me! Funny and educational. Can't beat it.

  • @geraldcapon392
    @geraldcapon3923 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed your video very much. Two interesting things about Panama: The Scots project to set up colonies on both sides of the isthmus bankrupted the country and lead almost directly to the act of union with the England. The reason for less deaths in the second phase of building wasn't only pest control but the fact that they used West Indians of West African origin as most of the labour. This people had a much higher resistance to yellow fever and malaria. A lot of them settled in Panama afterwards.

  • @steverebman7918
    @steverebman79184 жыл бұрын

    Joe does a skit where he has a meeting/conversation with himself Joe: It's the only way I can have an intelligent conversation around here.

  • @grandetaco4416

    @grandetaco4416

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just want to know which version of himself was the one who had to use the DeLorean?

  • @johnathangunzzesq.7168

    @johnathangunzzesq.7168

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hoooooly shit that was funny

  • @Indy509

    @Indy509

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then proceeds to make a dick joke lol

  • @jocktheripper2073

    @jocktheripper2073

    3 жыл бұрын

    Better than having an imaginary friend who's Japanese. I can't understand a word he says.

  • @marcopohl4875

    @marcopohl4875

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jocktheripper2073 imagine-asian

  • @massimookissed1023
    @massimookissed10234 жыл бұрын

    Fun factoid: The Eastern entrance to the Panama canal is further West than the Western end.

  • @georgefleming4956

    @georgefleming4956

    4 жыл бұрын

    Massimo O'Kissed too cool. I double checked, and yep! Awesome.

  • @mgmcd1

    @mgmcd1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Standard trivia question: which ocean is at the East end and West end of the PC?

  • @andie_pants

    @andie_pants

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like how Virginia reaches farther west than West Virginia.

  • @robertgraybeard3750

    @robertgraybeard3750

    4 жыл бұрын

    Massimo O'Kissed & grovermatic L O L ; ^ )

  • @georgefleming4956

    @georgefleming4956

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or... What US state is the most west, east, north? Alaska for All three directions!

  • @joebuchanan9563
    @joebuchanan95633 жыл бұрын

    I just now found your channel and I think it's cool. Thank you for history presented with humor and a certain amount of irony.

  • @latrace1986
    @latrace19862 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. I've seen videos where Joe talks about his interest in comedy and his previous career in advertising but seeing all of his different worlds collide in this intro was incredible.

  • @JuBerryLive
    @JuBerryLive4 жыл бұрын

    That intro tho. You should do more sketch like that!!!

  • @fanrosefabrose9457

    @fanrosefabrose9457

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's done plenty of skits in past videos

  • @JuBerryLive

    @JuBerryLive

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fanrosefabrose9457 find me one with that level of production and writing. I'll wait.

  • @fanrosefabrose9457

    @fanrosefabrose9457

    4 жыл бұрын

    This, kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGl1l8mueqraZ8o.html

  • @CommanderWiggins

    @CommanderWiggins

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love the little skits he does.

  • @JuBerryLive

    @JuBerryLive

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fanrosefabrose9457 one per year and a half isnt what I call "plenty".

  • @dianamontes36
    @dianamontes364 жыл бұрын

    As a Panamanian, I might say you did good researching! haha

  • @robertdipaola3447

    @robertdipaola3447

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your very beautiful!!!

  • @KuDastardly

    @KuDastardly

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, he left out the part where US Congress had to vote which country to build the canal through, Nicaragua or Panama. One entrepreneur invested heavily in Panama. To make sure he'd profit from it, he convinced Congress by showing them landscapes of Nicaragua depicting an active volcano along with a picture of a ruin Spanish church in Panama which had a single arch intact. It was enough for Congress to vote in favor of Panama by several votes.

  • @clairpahlavi8830

    @clairpahlavi8830

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KuDastardly : Wasn't it a Democrat majority Congress?

  • @PrismEnvy

    @PrismEnvy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol ur country like a inch long

  • @adamnixon2886

    @adamnixon2886

    3 жыл бұрын

    A Panamanian with a pretty face with a cute nose :)

  • @matthewhall7052
    @matthewhall7052 Жыл бұрын

    I lost my ramen with the Tyson joke. Absolutely had me rolling.

  • @nicholasmoore2590
    @nicholasmoore2590 Жыл бұрын

    "The Bureau of Naming Things" - lmao!! Thanks for giving me a great laugh, Joe, I really needed it.

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam84384 жыл бұрын

    Joe, that intro skit... So well written and delivered! You should hire those two actors again 😏

  • @rustyshackleford2022

    @rustyshackleford2022

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel the whole thing should have a recast

  • @TheGreatDanish

    @TheGreatDanish

    Жыл бұрын

    I usually hate those kinds of skits but this one was pretty good.

  • @rome8180

    @rome8180

    Жыл бұрын

    Ryan George has made a whole series of videos using this concept. It's funny how similar it was to his "How Things Got Their Names" series, except his is more overtly funny.

  • @dolphin8815
    @dolphin88154 жыл бұрын

    Really depressed today. Being alone so much forces me into my head. These videos pull me out and make me think rationally. Thank Scott. Youre the MAN.

  • @Tautolonaut

    @Tautolonaut

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Bows to the King of Bobs"

  • @DownwithEA1

    @DownwithEA1

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hear ya. Feel the same way about videos pulling us back out of our heads. I like to use Wintergatan on wednesdays for the same reason. Great community & it turns my mind to better thoughts.

  • @natalie8212

    @natalie8212

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel for similar reasons. Joe is calming, everything is researched, and it's never pandering. Super helpful for my anxiety and like you said, pulls my out of my own head. Also, glad to hear you're feeling better, hang in there, man .

  • @dolphin8815

    @dolphin8815

    4 жыл бұрын

    Another reason you're so wonderful man, you attract such genuine and kind heart folk. Thank you guys, i mean it.

  • @natalie8212

    @natalie8212

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dolphin8815 I do believe we've just made each other feel better :) Sometimes it just helps knowing you're not alone. Have a great night (or day depending on where you are), stay strong, and I'm sure I'll catch you in the comments section more often, as I'm a new subscriber here :)

  • @tegoblue
    @tegoblue3 жыл бұрын

    Man, you are great. I randomly found you the other day and watched, and I said, This guy is a teacher. At heart. Today was the first time I understood how locks worked, and you did it as a quick aside with graphics. And YES, I agree, the acting was great in the intro... your eyes spoke volumes, and it was very well-written skit, SNL-worthy!

  • @erikkalaidzis625
    @erikkalaidzis6253 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in Colon, Panama. What's missing in this description is that the two Oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic are at two different elevations so that a level canal would not be possible. An important fact the American engineers must had considered before going ahead. Don't know about the French.

  • @KaiMFS
    @KaiMFS4 жыл бұрын

    "won't that get confusing?" "Extremely..." LOL I love your skits

  • @ClaudioGomboli
    @ClaudioGomboli4 жыл бұрын

    Finally... Now it's clear to me why "island" is pronounced "iland"

  • @thecommunistpartyofvooperi9613

    @thecommunistpartyofvooperi9613

    4 жыл бұрын

    Introducing the new iLand!

  • @mr.boomguy

    @mr.boomguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    More like, eyeland

  • @4nd3rzzon

    @4nd3rzzon

    3 жыл бұрын

    In confused are you talking about an small land surrounded by water or the country island or Iceland

  • @cabforwardooo9983

    @cabforwardooo9983

    3 жыл бұрын

    We say isssssland, but we are Reptilian, so there ya go. Back to the heat lamp...

  • @glebkachur8033

    @glebkachur8033

    3 жыл бұрын

    yeah.. I always just thought it was because every island was owned by apple not really tho

  • @eugeneyakshin5734
    @eugeneyakshin57343 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Joe! I'd like to point out though, that the modern historians estimate 50 000 - 85 000 deaths during the construction of the White Sea - Baltic canal.

  • @TTFerdinand

    @TTFerdinand

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the builders of "The Road of Bones", the Kolyma Highway (estimated up to 1 000 000 deaths), would turn in their shallow graves under the road if they knew how they were completely forgotten here.

  • @tomschonborg439
    @tomschonborg4393 жыл бұрын

    I was stationed in Panama in the 1990's. Beautiful country. I remember fishing for Peacock Bass on Lago Gatun. Those fish are aggressive. They'd hit any lure I put in the water. The French just abandoned all of their equipment. Teddy Roosevelt had the abandoned French train cars melted down and formed into medals which were given to all the surviving workers.

  • @NightKnight527
    @NightKnight5274 жыл бұрын

    That office scene for naming things had no business being that good lol

  • @DavidF3
    @DavidF34 жыл бұрын

    A laughed so hard because in Hungarian we pronounce Iceland like island just with a z. XD

  • @Elmithian

    @Elmithian

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pretty close to the native way of saying it. Ísland.

  • @itstreasonthen4310

    @itstreasonthen4310

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey i didn't know other Hungarians watched Joe.

  • @atter87

    @atter87

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bojler eladó

  • @Sekir80

    @Sekir80

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@atter87 Mér? Már nem kell? :D

  • @Sekir80

    @Sekir80

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@itstreasonthen4310 Joe jó, persze, hogy nézzük! ;)

  • @nicholasadams2374
    @nicholasadams23742 жыл бұрын

    Joe, you're comedy is so great!! Makes me laugh every time. Love your channel!!!

  • @JohnAnderson-rl3im
    @JohnAnderson-rl3im3 жыл бұрын

    Literally laughed out loud at the intro...Thanks Joe

  • @IanHillan
    @IanHillan4 жыл бұрын

    "A man, a plan, a canal - Panama." My favorite palindrome.

  • @pattysherwood7091

    @pattysherwood7091

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love palindromes! Thanks.

  • @NickC_222

    @NickC_222

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ian Hillan A classic 😎

  • @wurclav1

    @wurclav1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Man oh man!

  • @whaghht

    @whaghht

    4 жыл бұрын

    That one's clever.

  • @CaptainSpock1701

    @CaptainSpock1701

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mine is "Bob" by Weird Al

  • @BitcoinMotorist
    @BitcoinMotorist4 жыл бұрын

    "So was getting permission to build in Panama rather difficult?" "Actually it was super easy, barely an inconvenience."

  • @evananderson1455

    @evananderson1455

    4 жыл бұрын

    Woah. Your blowing my mind, man. I didn't expect Ryan or George in a Joe Scott comment section.

  • @ambebhavani

    @ambebhavani

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't know!!

  • @jasoncramer6717

    @jasoncramer6717

    4 жыл бұрын

    "mimicking someone's sketch formula is tight!" (love you Joe, it was a funny intro. but throw Ryan George a mention will ya?)

  • @evananderson1455

    @evananderson1455

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jasoncramer6717 I love Ryans videos too but he's hardly the first person to do use that particular formula and he certainly doesn't own it. Calm down, fan girl.

  • @davis.fourohfour

    @davis.fourohfour

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna have to ask you to back all the way off here.

  • @PittsburghRecordingStudio
    @PittsburghRecordingStudio3 жыл бұрын

    Joe! I love your videos! I just found you the last few weeks and I watch a video every day. You explain things great and I love your humor. Thank You

  • @rachelrobinson3746
    @rachelrobinson3746 Жыл бұрын

    I love the intro sequence. Great way to remember isthmus.

  • @tharsgaard663
    @tharsgaard6634 жыл бұрын

    That was such a long way to go for that joke, but so worth it :D :D (bless you)

  • @J.Astorga
    @J.Astorga4 жыл бұрын

    Came here for the feeling of existential dread, stayed for the sketches

  • @lanehowell605
    @lanehowell6053 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for this wonderful expose about one of the greatest Engineering Marvels of the Modern World, and its Tragic Trail of Casualties..!!

  • @erickane7093
    @erickane70933 жыл бұрын

    Truly love this... one of the best ingenuous themes upon KZread! Right on!

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren4 жыл бұрын

    That opening scene was AWESOME! ^5s 🖐️all around! (high 5)

  • @talkingwithaphasia9083
    @talkingwithaphasia90834 жыл бұрын

    "That's how we got Florida" Lost my shit

  • @aquarius5264

    @aquarius5264

    4 жыл бұрын

    f l o o r

  • @RogueReplicant
    @RogueReplicant3 жыл бұрын

    In Spanish, "aislar" (ah-ees-LAHR) means "isolate" and "isla" (EES-lah) means "island" so it's easy to see the origin of the word.

  • @boriscook6817

    @boriscook6817

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like his version better 😂

  • @vcv6560
    @vcv65603 жыл бұрын

    I learned the story from David McCullough's Path Between the Seas. Indeed an amazing achievement and so costly. The French effort is notable in that so many of the engineers brought their families over for the duration of the effort and in many cases the whole family was wiped out including Lesssep's son and daughter-in-law.

  • @kathleenlange1823

    @kathleenlange1823

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent book. Read it before going through the canal many years ago

  • @maygen801
    @maygen8014 жыл бұрын

    I love when you do the skits where you play every part. The acting and editing is really well done.

  • @richNfit4life

    @richNfit4life

    4 жыл бұрын

    He plays all the parts. Ya, it’s all about him.😂

  • @heathdionne7717
    @heathdionne77174 жыл бұрын

    Joe: 500 people died per mile WWI: those are rookie numbers, you gotta get those up

  • @my3dviews

    @my3dviews

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but he does say in peace time. Numbers in war are always high. Look at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • @-eternal

    @-eternal

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@my3dviews Those were just two bombs. The total death toll was well over 100k.

  • @my3dviews

    @my3dviews

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@-eternal Yes, but the point is that the Panama Canal had a high death toll for peace time. WWI numbers are spread out over 4 years+. The numbers at the two Japanese cities was within a few days. So, yes, war numbers are much higher than the Panama Canal, that is not in dispute, and wasn't in this video either.

  • @SidneyCritic

    @SidneyCritic

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@my3dviews On a side note, the Battle of Stalingrad lost 2 million.

  • @my3dviews

    @my3dviews

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SidneyCritic The number that I found on that is 1.12 million, but still very high loss of life. www.worldatlas.com/articles/deadliest-battles-in-human-history.html

  • @coldnightair_2578
    @coldnightair_25783 жыл бұрын

    ive been watching a lot of your videos recently and this is one of my favorites so far.

  • @HH-ru4bj
    @HH-ru4bj4 ай бұрын

    That bit in the begining was awkwardly awesome. Love it.

  • @billlandon2160
    @billlandon21604 жыл бұрын

    Teddy Roosevelt's Palindrome: a man a plan a canal Panama

  • @augustwest5356

    @augustwest5356

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha! Now _that's_ alliteration. It took me like 4 tries to read that sentence out loud and even more when I started rearranging the words or tossing in some other similar sounding ones. Well done sir!

  • @sujimtangerines

    @sujimtangerines

    4 жыл бұрын

    It actually took me a minute to read it backwards, but yeah... Excellent example of a palindrome.

  • @pgoeds7420

    @pgoeds7420

    4 жыл бұрын

    The stairs are always San Juan Hill.

  • @vincentconti3633

    @vincentconti3633

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @FakeMoonRocks

    @FakeMoonRocks

    4 жыл бұрын

    Panama-ah-ha-oh-oh-oh-oh...Panama!

  • @badgerwatkins
    @badgerwatkins4 жыл бұрын

    Joe: "The only construction project that killed more people was the Burma railway..." Great Wall of China: "Am I a joke to you?!?" 400,000 people...

  • @4tunesfo

    @4tunesfo

    4 жыл бұрын

    You beat me to it. The GWofC is unquestionably the deadliest construction project in history, although the Great Canal of China is probably second.

  • @jacek5809

    @jacek5809

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nope, it's ~270 people/mile, so almost twice less deadly

  • @badgerwatkins

    @badgerwatkins

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacek5809 read the quote...

  • @jacek5809

    @jacek5809

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@badgerwatkins To be precise, a few sentences later he added a disclaimer "in modern history". But whatever, technically you're right if we take that quote separately. Cheers! :)

  • @hippopolaxe

    @hippopolaxe

    4 жыл бұрын

    What about all these building constructions in the Emirates....?

  • @cvm7549
    @cvm75493 жыл бұрын

    It's a real joy to watch your videos. Well explained and entertaining.

  • @dluscombephantom86
    @dluscombephantom863 жыл бұрын

    Love it. It would have been extra funny having Davis show up at the very end of the video, dragging into the meeting and being admonished that he missed all the important decisions

  • @linbat6148
    @linbat61484 жыл бұрын

    That was incredibly interesting and educational! I just love how you fill in all the spaces that were missed in my schooling. There have been many times I have wanted to sue my high school for failing to learn me, but it's just more funner to watch your channel!

  • @chrisgarcia6098
    @chrisgarcia60984 жыл бұрын

    I love your sketch cold opens! Let that filmmaker in you come out joe!

  • @owltune5496
    @owltune54963 жыл бұрын

    That was great. Had me looking things up and learning. Great shows.

  • @pairaka984
    @pairaka9843 жыл бұрын

    I lived in the CZ from 73-76. My dad was in the Army and was stationed at Ft Davis. I have so many memories of things there; friends of my parents spoke Spanish and took us all over the place. I’ve been through the Canal on a submarine (it was a family thing); I’ve been swimming and gone fishing in Gatineau Lake; we visited old forts and saw so many things. Very different time.

  • @samuraigaming3042

    @samuraigaming3042

    7 ай бұрын

    whats the CZ?

  • @darrengreen7906
    @darrengreen79064 жыл бұрын

    3:33 " Hold My Sangria " lol

  • @alexandervonweissenfels1433
    @alexandervonweissenfels14333 жыл бұрын

    Joe, I've seen a lot on KZread but you are really great. Easy going, knowledgeable and fun. Thanks for that.

  • @thefisherking78
    @thefisherking783 жыл бұрын

    I don't rewatch a lot of stuff. This is good enough for seconds and thirds!

  • @themulti-coloredcanary5795
    @themulti-coloredcanary57953 жыл бұрын

    I understand I'm a year late however this was great I really enjoyed it! You have a really great screen presence

  • @nickvoelker7180
    @nickvoelker71804 жыл бұрын

    "Hold my sangria" I'm gonna try my hardest to use that phrase in real life.

  • @MyCatFooed

    @MyCatFooed

    4 жыл бұрын

    We need a t-shirt!!

  • @1000dots
    @1000dots4 жыл бұрын

    "…ten nine elevens." It's amazing how easily you can parse some sentences which should be confusing.

  • @AngraMainiiu

    @AngraMainiiu

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's like 9/11 x 10!

  • @Matt02341

    @Matt02341

    4 жыл бұрын

    1000dots IX/XI X X

  • @NickC_222

    @NickC_222

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao that's so true.

  • @Szobiz

    @Szobiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    wait, is that why americans call 911 for emergency?

  • @giuseppe3010
    @giuseppe30103 жыл бұрын

    I've been to Panama, both sides, but I learned a lot more on this video about the Canal... Congratulations and thanks!!

  • @dmeemd7787
    @dmeemd77872 жыл бұрын

    the intro is SO GOOD (and HILARIOUS) 🤣🤣🤣

  • @harrymcmahon6876
    @harrymcmahon68764 жыл бұрын

    Loved this video. You managed to condense 400 years of history into a highly interesting 15 minutes. Genius, sir.

  • @PsychoSavager289
    @PsychoSavager2894 жыл бұрын

    "Ten 9/11s?" "Yes. Nine thousand, one hundred and ten." Joe opened the Team America reference door, I followed.

  • @DieFlabbergast

    @DieFlabbergast

    3 жыл бұрын

    This comparison was in very poor taste; it compares apples with oranges, and involves the deaths of people whose loved ones are still around. 9/11 was a deliberate mass murder; the workers who died building the Panama Canal (or any other civil engineering work) were NOT deliberately killed.

  • @philidor9657

    @philidor9657

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DieFlabbergast does that make it any less of a tragedy? I’m failing to follow your logic.

  • @billybelmonte
    @billybelmonte3 жыл бұрын

    Love it. Excellent delivery. Brillant, Sobering. Thank you.

  • @tasnimk94
    @tasnimk943 жыл бұрын

    Enjoy all your videos, learn so much from it. Awesome job!

  • @peterjohansson1828
    @peterjohansson18284 жыл бұрын

    15:00 Aaaand now i can't stop thinking about ”The price of a mile” by sabaton.

  • @charlesnorman1986
    @charlesnorman19864 жыл бұрын

    OMG that sneeze had me dying . I have to make my little cousins watch this lmao

  • @tegoblue

    @tegoblue

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it took me a second to figure out that the sneeze was the origin of the word ISTHMUS, but before i could laugh he was off and running with the meat of the story.

  • @herrunsinn774

    @herrunsinn774

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please insert a time marker into your comment, so the rest of us can find it without having to rewatch the entire video.

  • @mypetgiraffe4236
    @mypetgiraffe42363 жыл бұрын

    I just love your work Joe! You are Very creative! If I were taught this in history class I would have snoozed Right Through it. It's Crazy the lengths we will go to as humans to do things like make the Panama Canal.

  • @JoeMamasBestie
    @JoeMamasBestie Жыл бұрын

    The intro sketch was actually amazing tbh. Bravo!

  • @sebastienraymond3648
    @sebastienraymond36484 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you produced this video, at the same time I always wondered about the Isthmus of Panama role on the circulation of water on Earth if it were to disappear geologically.

  • @ameliawitchell3085

    @ameliawitchell3085

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very good question !

  • @michaelhavers1

    @michaelhavers1

    4 жыл бұрын

    It has locks. Circulation is neglidgeable.

  • @napatora

    @napatora

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelhavers1 he's talking about the whole land mass, not the canal.

  • @michaelhavers1

    @michaelhavers1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@napatora oops.

  • @sebastienraymond3648

    @sebastienraymond3648

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelhavers1 I am referring to the oceanic thermohaline circulation in the event of the geological disappearance of the Isthmus of Panama (not the canal itself). Have a nice day and take care.

  • @hunterfergie1292
    @hunterfergie12924 жыл бұрын

    I had 100% expected you to talk about the Darien Gap!

  • @kevinblackburn3198

    @kevinblackburn3198

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @walttrotter535
    @walttrotter5353 жыл бұрын

    I worked for Tidewater Marine years ago and had the good fortune to go through the canal. It was mind boggling back then (70s) I can only imagine it now.

  • @fredstaff9893
    @fredstaff98933 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation. Well done with just the right amount of video to get you into it.

  • @Burning.Phoenix
    @Burning.Phoenix4 жыл бұрын

    Not even through the intro yet and I love it already.

  • @lyuboslavilov
    @lyuboslavilov4 жыл бұрын

    I always thought it came from "I see land"

  • @davidkepke1435
    @davidkepke14353 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant opening Joe. Loved it.

  • @JavaBum
    @JavaBum Жыл бұрын

    That naming intro was awesome. I seldom laugh out loud, but that had me going.

  • @BPedo8IGHT
    @BPedo8IGHT4 жыл бұрын

    Iceland is quite literally called "Is land" in Danish lmao

  • @DenGuleBalje

    @DenGuleBalje

    4 жыл бұрын

    And Island is just "ø" lol

  • @BPedo8IGHT

    @BPedo8IGHT

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DenGuleBalje indeed, because long words, are just too damn annoying.

  • @perpetualbystander4516

    @perpetualbystander4516

    4 жыл бұрын

    And in Sweden it's spelled Island, and pronounced "Easelund". And if we're talking about an island, we say: ö (pronounced as the vocal sound in the English word: earl) . 😃

  • @animistchannel2983

    @animistchannel2983

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Keepin it Real ...but I heard the entrance requirements to even get there in the first place were so hard, it was like to die for.

  • @Markle2k

    @Markle2k

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BPedo8IGHT Not as annoying as trying to look it up in a translation dictionary.

  • @HJF
    @HJF4 жыл бұрын

    Mike Tyson trying to say Christmas 👏👏

  • @haroldinho9930

    @haroldinho9930

    4 жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard at that

  • @timreagan777

    @timreagan777

    3 жыл бұрын

    😆

  • @theoponeboom1119

    @theoponeboom1119

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

  • @mscottmiracle1396

    @mscottmiracle1396

    3 жыл бұрын

    RACIST! You have offended.....NAH JUST KIDDING!! You're good.

  • @kingjames7883
    @kingjames78833 жыл бұрын

    Comedy, skits, and educational.... the best channel ever

  • @timisaac8121
    @timisaac81213 жыл бұрын

    Every lively informative video. Great job! TY

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Deadliest strip of land... 500 dead per mile... Somme: Hold my beer.

  • @aVeryIntelligentDog

    @aVeryIntelligentDog

    3 жыл бұрын

    Volgograd: Hold my ethanol.

  • @Munkenba

    @Munkenba

    3 жыл бұрын

    A meat trader in Wuhan: Eat my bat

  • @siriusleigh24

    @siriusleigh24

    3 жыл бұрын

    Road of Bones: ... eh, hold my bones...

  • @davidrossi1486

    @davidrossi1486

    3 жыл бұрын

    What about Thermopylae?

  • @falconlord7811

    @falconlord7811

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidrossi1486 spartans: hold our spears

  • @guilemaigre14
    @guilemaigre144 жыл бұрын

    You intro are just pure gold youtube content! Amazing!

  • @mattlogue1300
    @mattlogue13002 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Joe I'll have a nice week. Things are looking up.

  • @wsmith6270
    @wsmith62703 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video...Thanks for posting it

  • @DJvvAZZ
    @DJvvAZZ4 жыл бұрын

    Haha! You did a Screen Rant...lol. love it!

  • @MrGonzonator

    @MrGonzonator

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should try it yourself, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

  • @joescott

    @joescott

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna need someone to share what this reference is from. I've seen it many times in the comments here and I don't know what they're referencing.

  • @MrGonzonator

    @MrGonzonator

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joescott here you go. Be careful, there are over a hundred of them, and they are very addictive... kzread.info/head/PL--PgETgAz5FGoatB9KQzbnpv0bgZqU2l

  • @michaelburke750
    @michaelburke7504 жыл бұрын

    Joe: ...that’s how you get an isthmus Me: ...there’s a pill for that

  • @scottmantooth8785

    @scottmantooth8785

    4 жыл бұрын

    isthmus be my lucky day don't hurt me...that's from a very old Little rascals episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIBntcqffaiup6g.html

  • @riggs20

    @riggs20

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Barber Yep, agreed. An ointment is called for when an isthmus shows up. Wouldn't want that spreading.

  • @jorgejohnson451
    @jorgejohnson4513 жыл бұрын

    6:28 HA! HA! The opening was brilliant. I didn’t realize you played both parts until you switched sets.

  • @mclovin9578
    @mclovin95783 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that, man. Really well done. 👌

  • @Phillhaddad
    @Phillhaddad4 жыл бұрын

    Ismus be my lucky day!

  • @LukeRanieri
    @LukeRanieri4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah that intro was hilarious! Yay for awesome video! Also yay for Cankerboy! Life changing.

  • @mrcryptozoic817
    @mrcryptozoic817 Жыл бұрын

    I new all that (not in precise numbers) but you are such a good narrator that I watched the whole thing. Thanks

  • @travisandlisawalker6106
    @travisandlisawalker61063 жыл бұрын

    I went been boating on Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal in 2019, it is beautiful. I would love to go back to Panama some day.

  • @micheleparker8123
    @micheleparker81234 жыл бұрын

    ...hold my sangria...😂 loved it, Joe!

  • @fletdog
    @fletdog4 жыл бұрын

    Now that was very interesting! Great job! Explained everything better than the History Channel.😊👍

  • @MyPisceanNature

    @MyPisceanNature

    4 жыл бұрын

    Given the current state of the History Channel, that isn't saying much...

  • @fletdog

    @fletdog

    4 жыл бұрын

    @john smith 😂😂😂 Soooo true.

  • @barefootjer
    @barefootjer3 жыл бұрын

    Glad I found this channel. What a great story teller.

  • @juanjaramillo96
    @juanjaramillo963 жыл бұрын

    "technically" or actually? Precolonial inter mesoamérican trade was extensive and we'll structured.

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