The Somewhat Secret Subway System Under the US Capitol
Start using Dashlane for free at Dashlane.com/HAI then use the code "halfasinteresting" to get 10% off upgrading to premium
Check out my new personal channel: kzread.info/dron/DA1.html...
Get a Half as Interesting t-shirt: standard.tv/collections/half-...
Suggest a video and get a free t-shirt if we use it: halfasinteresting.com/suggest
Follow Half as Interesting on Twitter: / halfinteresting
Discuss this video on Reddit: / halfasinteres. .
Check out my podcast with Brian from Real Engineering: apple.co/2ydYZOd (iTunes link)
bit.ly/2gyeFle (KZread link)
Check out my other channel: / wendoverproductions
Music by Epidemic Sound
Пікірлер: 988
"More people take up more space" I can eliminate multiverses with this level of knowledge
@docbrown7916
5 жыл бұрын
The time lords just used old tardis units for all this, saves space !!
@Big_Computer
4 жыл бұрын
yes I was like oooooh that's why! I was a great clarification as otherwise how people would have guessed that more people take more space
"...and expose them to the real world." made my day. made. my. day. : )
@Boxsteam
6 жыл бұрын
Wasn't really clever, but alright
@pedroSilesia
6 жыл бұрын
you must be sad childish guy
@haydensoloviev7059
6 жыл бұрын
I was going to scroll down to comment that but then i saw you beat me to it... :(
@ModanoTheBest
6 жыл бұрын
Heaven forbid they actually connect with the real world for once. lmao
@lucasng4712
6 жыл бұрын
Ha, it true
I was on this subway because my dad knew one of the staffers who gave us a private tour of the capitol. It was really weird being on it because it was like one of those small train rides at theme parks.
“The United States, a country in North America” ah yes that one
@josephbarnett4937
4 жыл бұрын
Johnny yeet I though he was talking about the one in Europe.
@ash-ok6dr
4 жыл бұрын
Johnny yeet i thought it was the one in Australia
@newspacecowboy
3 жыл бұрын
That is exactly how i wrote all of my essays lmao
@gopher6532
3 жыл бұрын
but hawaii is in oceania...
@365Numbers
3 жыл бұрын
666 likes no one like
I had asked my Congressman to arrange a tour for my niece, her boys and I while we were Washington and he was gracious enough to arrange a private tour of the Capitol for us. We went to his office in the Rayburn Building, where one of his staffers was assigned to us. He took us through the underground walkways over to the Capitol, but on the way back he put us on the Subway itself! We weren't allowed to take pictures while we were there, but what a thrill!
@zeruty
10 ай бұрын
I recently saw a video by a channel called "Trains are awesome" about this subway, he went on a tour and filmed the subway. So if you want to see more of it (again) or to show it to anyone...
1:12 “You see, why that is, is because more people take up more space.” I died
When I'm a politician in the US. I'm just gonna ride the subway all day
@pearspeedruns
3 жыл бұрын
Have you been elected yet?
@scgamesonline7771
Жыл бұрын
What do you mean WHEN?
this might be coming in handy right about now
@madensmith7014
3 жыл бұрын
The people inside the capitol that day were probably googling some way to escape
I’ve visited that mall in Chengdu, China. It’s truly awe-inspiringly massive in size. Trying to get a photo of the entire exterior was impossible. Anybody who visits that part of Sichuan province should visit. It features a hotel and water park. It’s an absolute marvel.
Anyone else reminded of Nicholas Cage and National Treasure?
@m2QgCJb6tAnG11m8
6 жыл бұрын
More reminded of Fallout 3
@zahirkhan778
6 жыл бұрын
you mentioned it now i must rewatch
@kakarroto007
6 жыл бұрын
never heard of it.
@matthewmspace
6 жыл бұрын
They're both great films. Kinda ridiculous, but a lot of fun.
@niaschim
6 жыл бұрын
National Treasure 3? The one with the UFOs from universe E?
HAI : "Let's say you're an US politician and you have your own email account, you are not supposed to but you do and you want to make sure you are not hacked by say... russians" Hilary Clinton: *Mouth watering*
@noa-3053
6 жыл бұрын
Best comment ever. Made my day
@andrewpod5693
5 жыл бұрын
Russian hackers: challenge accepted.
@andymadden8183
5 жыл бұрын
*a
@captaincar1626
5 жыл бұрын
Hillary Clinton should have used dashlane
@LuizAlexPhoenix
4 жыл бұрын
Whole Trump family: Fuck that, I shall use personal emails. Donald Trump Jr: I am will release the most compromising ones on Twitter!
My basement hold more secretive stuff that even you will never find these out
@brunor.1127
6 жыл бұрын
You mean all of your failures? No we don't want to find anything else about you
@xXxSkyViperxXx
6 жыл бұрын
mga naunahan ni mayor?
@jaredhayward5760
6 жыл бұрын
buttplugs with built in gps so you can track your personal entertainers?
@sminem6572
6 жыл бұрын
FBI open up
@thevideogamingchannel0
6 жыл бұрын
The bodies of the thousands of drug users you've killed?
It's not a secret anymore
@mrschimmel
6 жыл бұрын
And why would it be? It still isn't easy to go into the capital without going through security
@brunor.1127
6 жыл бұрын
Damn Daniel
@ladcarolus4931
6 жыл бұрын
Attention whore
@anon4336
6 жыл бұрын
Justin Y. Yeah but have you played bookworm adventures deluxe
@darrell2322
6 жыл бұрын
Why do i keep seeing you?
KZread has some sick jokes
I wonder why this popped up in my recommended today. Hmmmmmm...
I've taken a ride on their tiny subway rail when I lived in DC. I will say it's a better option than the Bird scooters that have suddenly popped up all over DC. Would be hilarious to see Congress people riding around on scooters, though.
@michaeledgell3898
6 жыл бұрын
really hate those godamn scooters and bike companies
@beefymcskillet5601
5 жыл бұрын
FutureNow have you ever seen Congress men riding the tiny subway to keep cool in the summer, or just because they want to have fun on it?
@patriciacatalano3436
4 жыл бұрын
I took it on a field trip when i was in 4th grade
@patriciacatalano3436
4 жыл бұрын
And btw i still live in D.C
@beefymcskillet5601
4 жыл бұрын
Patricia Catalano lol
I’ve actually ridden on this from the heart senate building to the capitol, it was a really cool experience.
Getting recommended this video the day of the Capitol Hill riots
I love how these videos are so educational, yet entertaining. Sometimes bad comedy is good comedy because we laugh at how bad it is.
Great video. The congressional staff that lead Capitol tours are probably going to have a lot more requests to ride now that the secret is out!
@CarlosTorres-vb5mb
6 жыл бұрын
Trip Hacks DC I literally rode the one that goes through dirkson like 3 weeks ago, while on a tour led by my senators interns
@geralferald
6 жыл бұрын
Carlos Torres same here
@patrioticgamer5878
6 жыл бұрын
Carlos Torres same, Tennessee Tuesday?
@NelsonBenz
6 жыл бұрын
I was literally told that it was only for Congressmen and their staff when I visited the Congressional Offices
@BrashAdventures
6 жыл бұрын
I actually rode this while on a Capitol tour from my Congressman's interns back about 20 years ago. Thought it was kinda cool.
The News: Shocked that the location of tunnels is circulating and are about to be used in another insurrection HAI: Oh no
Currently interning at congress and the subway system is probably my favorite thing about the underground tunnels, haha.
*_FBI wants to know your location_*
@WJames-nq2df
6 жыл бұрын
*You have gone incognito*
@Crankiebox99
6 жыл бұрын
*[Comment removed by the FBI]*
@leebowyer8729
3 жыл бұрын
This didn't age well 😆
@AlechiaTheWitch
3 жыл бұрын
@@leebowyer8729 yep
Is it just me, or this episode is particularly “memey”
@howardbaxter2514
6 жыл бұрын
Oh, I love memes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@WJames-nq2df
6 жыл бұрын
Ew, memes are gross 😝
@albertbatfinder5240
3 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t have to be an either/or situation. Both you and this episode can be “memey”.
Covfefe is pronounced "Covfefe" not "Covfefe" come on sam you're better than this
@annoyingguyoninternet1631
6 жыл бұрын
vesteel what’s the... difference?
@smorrow
6 жыл бұрын
Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux' as 'Linux'.
@WJames-nq2df
6 жыл бұрын
That's not how spelling pronunciations works.
@keebler1778
5 жыл бұрын
Hello, this is Richard Stallman, and I spell 'Linux' as 'GNU'
@erikk77
5 жыл бұрын
"Computer" is pronounced "PC".
When I was in D.C. I was with a organization that helped us set up interviews with Congressmen and when I went to meet a Congressmen they said the Representative I was to see was not here but they took me down the tunnels that are used by them and you needed special clearance just to walk into them and they gave me that and after I went to where he was I ended up standing just feet away from where the House of Representatives meets and I could see hundreds of Representatives. It was a surreal experience in which I got to go to a place where even news networks can't go.
I actually got to ride this on my trip to DC a few months ago. having a dad who dated a person who was in the military and now is a senator sure has its perks :)
I’m not even American and I have ridden on it. You can do it if you tour the capitol.
Watching this after 6/1/21 hits different...
KZread recommending this to me in January 21 🤔🤨🧐
Sam, as a guy who works on Capitol Hill and takes both subways to work everyday, you did a fantastic job. Next time you are in DC I'd be more than happy to take you on it.
Everyone who watches this post-Jan-6-2021 is going to be surveiled by the FBI for the next couple weeks
But where do they keep the original Obama? Not the lizard one.
@hyoroemonmeto6874
6 жыл бұрын
You are replying to pasta that have nothing to do with video.
@andymadden8183
4 жыл бұрын
You are making almost6 no sense.
@eritain
3 жыл бұрын
What, the glowing one? They let him go back to the moon, dawg, what did you think?
Time to test the system if it still work
Damn right it actually sort of makes sense.
My family was touring the Capitol a few years ago (by ourselves, not with a tour guide) and somehow we started talking with a guard, and they told us about the subway and actually let us ride it!
I've ridden on it! It was so exciting and it was really cool. I went on it when I met Senator Dean Hellor and his interns gave me and some students a tour.
Did I dream I fell asleep on Thursday and woke up on Friday? What's with the HAI upload?
@41-Haiku
6 жыл бұрын
Well, it is definitely Friday, soo....
I like you used Factorio as an illustration for chemtrails in that basement LOL
I wonder why KZread is recommending this now 🤔
Of course YT recommended this to me.
"because more people take up more space" oh thanks for that observation!
I’ve ridden the subway between the Russell offices and capitol building when I toured the capitol a few years ago, it was a pretty neat experience.
New Zealand has a similar system at Parliament in Wellington - there is a pedestrian tunnel from the MPs offices in Bowen House, under Bowen Street, to the Executive Wing (Beehive). Then there is a covered walkway from the Executive Wing which leads into the foyer (a.k.a media ambush point) in Parliament House.
OMG IVE BEEN ON THIS SUBWAY! My grandfather is billy graham and he was honored in the rotunda, all the family got to ride this! crazy
@matthewcooper3535
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you can run away and change your name.
The video is going to single handedly going to save the US Govt. today 🙃
I've been down there before and ridden the "subway", It's really cool and they also have paths that you can walk on if you don't want to take the train
I love it when HAI and Real Engineering releases their videos at the same time
The alliteration in the title is insane “somewhat secret subway system”
@zozzy4630
4 жыл бұрын
Try singing it to the tune of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
@ashtonhoward5582
4 жыл бұрын
@@zozzy4630 fuck, good observation.
The guy at 2:18 looks like he's proud of a shit he just left on the floor.
Last summer I got the opportunity to take the tunnel from the outer house offices to the capitol and I can tell you it is clogged up in there, and there is also a second security checkpoint in the tunnel. I had no clue that there was a small subway, I only knew about the tunnel.
One of my favorite hai videos so far, great job!
“The original Elon musk... and covfefe” best line
@fisharefalse6090
5 жыл бұрын
I thought the cofeve line was not funny at all. I've never liked the meme. It's just a punch line, no set or anything.
Everyone's like: oh tell me about the Capitol Building.
@EASbear
2 жыл бұрын
We just want to learn all about the Capital. so we can rai-we mean to have a tour.
loved that "email" transition.
New Century Global Center: I'm the biggest building in the world! Boeing factory: Hey!
"... and running less frequently than Chris Christie." LOL I just about spat out my drink
In the beginning, his channel wasn't satire. Now I can't tell.
as someone who lived in NJ when Christie was governor, I love that joke
Before 9-11 as part of a tour I got to ride that subway...there are also barbershops and cleaners down there.
I was waiting for you the whole day yesterday lol. Watching HAI videos on Thursdays has become my weekly routine but no videos yesterday??? Check your Twitter and everything but got no news Thank god you’re back😭🤗😭
@nstemania
6 жыл бұрын
HYERL_0609 (Matt) SAME!!
I’ve gotten to go through it. It is really cool
@Starkus23
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if congressmen stick their chewing gum to the bottom of their seats like everyone else does in public subways.
@CarlosTorres-vb5mb
6 жыл бұрын
Yo me toooo
@CarlosTorres-vb5mb
6 жыл бұрын
I rode the one that looks like an old timey rail car
@rosesmith6925
6 жыл бұрын
Been there too. Given a tour of the places not allowed to by visitors unless with government employees. We were with a Congressman's aide. It was awesome!
@jarcat2268
6 жыл бұрын
Ikr
There's a tunnel in Nashville as well that connects the state house to legaslative plaza across the street, runs under Charlotte Pike. Legaslative plaza looks really nice at street level, its a marble plaza with fountains, the war Memorial auditorium, but underneath its a damp, moldy, smelly poorly lit basement where our state reps and senators have their offices. Basically serves the same function as the tunnels/subways in DC, turns our state congressmen into vampires and mole people so they can go to their windowless office to the windowless house/senate chambers without seeing the light of day.
Back in the day before terrorists I lived in the DC area and was all over the Capitol, except for the floor of the House and Senate. I actually rode this subway several times to go get tickets to the floor to sit in the upper gallery and watch Congress work. I probably couldn’t do all that today with the new security measures but it was fun while it lasted.
Hmm, KZread recommending this at this time is kinda suspect
Actually anybody who's inside the capitol buildings who has clearance (have legitimate business being there) can ride the train, its not only for politicians, but for politicians, their staff, businessman, lobbyists, and more.
I rode this a few years ago! Thanks for making a video on this topic.
One of my favorite things about this channel, aside from the content, is the non sequitur transitions to the sponsor/ad.
I was just in that tunnel system like two weeks ago! I got to have a tour from my state representative so we got to go into a lot of the ~secret~ places! It was really cool
Great video overall, just one thing that stood out. “Congress literally runs the government.” That is not an accurate statement. Congress writes laws, provide oversight and confirm nominees. They do not actually run the government, the Executive branch, headed by the president, actually runs the government. In fact, they are the government. So the president and the executive branch are the government and therefore run the country. Congress is there to pass laws and provide oversight, as well as confirm cabinet secretaries to office, judicial appointments, etc.
"...want to know why? More people take up more space." Thank you, I did not know how managing space works :)
1981 age 15-16 ..While visiting DC on a class trip with very little supervision I went to the Capitol and got the "tour" . After hearing that representatives take an underground commuter trains I decided to see if I could check it out. I don't remember how I actually made my way down into the tunnels but I was down there walking along side the tracks on a very well lit wide walkway. It kept going and going.. I passed by an open office and there were two gentlemen attending to what had to be the largest shortwave radio I'd ever seen. I started getting nervous about getting in trouble and was starting to look for a way back up .. looking for any stairway etc. I'd been down there walking around for some time when I finally found a stairwell back up and I went down a dark narrow corridor. I dont remember seeing any artifacts or anything but I happened to come up into the basement of one of the Smithsonian buildings. Natural History. I got back outside and was completely confused as to where I was. I hadn't figured it was the Smithsonian yet. I saw the Washington monument and walked as quickly as possible back to the school buses waiting on me and another student to return. The other student was much later than me so I didn't get in trouble. Thinking back.. it was sad I just couldn't relate to many other students. I didnt have ANY friends with me ? Sad BUT I think I wud have gotten in trouble or forced to go back up into the Capitol with a group of kids. By being all alone I was naturally stealthy. I wonder what the two doods operating the short wave were actually doing with that thing. They both looked right at me ... I thought I was about to get into trouble lol. DC is crazy full of secrets. I believe. I wonder if u can get down there now days. I doubt it especially after Jan 6.
Was Dashlane cool with that Ad at the end? Your like “hey it even protects from Government run Russian hackers!”
@loC2ol
6 жыл бұрын
But hey make your $$$ boo
Beautiful video And sidenote, 0:19 is pronounced as CO-FAY-FAY
In my opinion, it makes sense from a perspective of efficiency and security. There's also the fact that DC can have the occasionally very nasty snowstorm, and the city does NOT handle it well; a few inches of snow will literally shut down the city. This lets the lawmakers get back and forth, regardless of weather, and avoid security concerns on the streets. It also makes it easier for those with disabilities or temporary illness. Given that this system is fully electrified and small-scale, it's also relatively cheap to operate in relation to its value. This is actually a rare case of something that, once you analyze it, is not at all wasteful. This makes sense and is actually a good idea.
The transition to his sponsor are so smooth everytime.. I don't even notice it straight away some times xD
I already knew about that one!
I got to go in part of the main terminal area. It's pretty cool
I was recently in Washington DC for AIPAC and I got to ride on the subway with a staffer for one of my Senators! It was so cool! I also got to use the elevators with Senators!
In eighth grade the tour guide mentioned it on a field trip while we were standing over it. And he told us where the entrance was. It’s not secret whatsoever.
So that’s where they all ran off to when the thing happened
Who eles whatches half as intressting just for his bad jokes
@dateymintah9585
5 жыл бұрын
maybe that's the the plan
Wow I got the thought to check for a new hai video and it was uploaded a legit minute before I checked
Imagine being paid ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN FOUR GRAND a year and being too lazy to go to work unless you’re provided with your own train to get to the office...
Really love the tone of this video even the ad started well.
Omg love the Hillary Clinton reference
@ru40342
6 жыл бұрын
Yes. It is at 4:00
@marbleman52
6 жыл бұрын
If Hillary likes walking, I suggest that she start walking East from Washington...and never come back...your own kind, the Socialists/Communists in China will let you stay.
@harrydekinger4306
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's a good idea. Why don't you contact her and say this right to her face or start a petition now and collecting signatures of like-minded people demanding her walking to China instead of commenting nonsense here where your wish would never be fulfilled?
@dwlang001
6 жыл бұрын
How is Russia this fine Summer day, traitor to the flag.
@ek.hansen1035
6 жыл бұрын
Kenan Krause ddW
An ad that actually interests me? That's even more unexpected than HAI being a day late.
I started watching HAI videos because they’re informative and entertaining but I did not expect the shaaaddeeeee 😂
As a resident of Washington DC I can confirm the metro breaks down, catches on fire, and never runs
This is how I got out yesterday
@patrick553
3 жыл бұрын
What is your career field
True. I’ve actually ridden on that on my senior trip to the Capitol
I took that train on a field trip to the capitol from the HART Senate building to the main building
Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few few details were a bit of, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, and I appreciate you.
didnt get a notification for this, thats weird
I've actually had an extremely rare opportunity to ride this subway to get special guest passes to attend a session back in 2011. Was really cool to learn about how the members of Congress, their staffers, and the tour guides had access to this cool little subway.
I got to go on that subway system when I visited in 2017, it was somewhat underwhelming, but it was kind of cool at the same time.
Not a good time to recommend this, youtubw
@Warsie
3 жыл бұрын
nah its a great time!
It's not secret if the KZread community knows about this.
Lol that bit was ALWAYS catching on fire my first year in DC. I decided to WALK.
Haha was in DC this morning. Sam your analysis of metro is accurate