@anonygrazer3234
Giles Corey refused to enter a plea in old Salem because if found guilty, all his lands and goods would have been confiscated by "the state", which would have left his family penniless, landless and at the mercy of the very people who were doing him in, right then. He's one of the bravest of the brave to choose that way, for love of his family.
@angc214
The Titanic facts were not facts. The steel of the Titanic was not brittle. It didn't break when it hit the iceberg. It crumpled like a car in a car crash and opened seams that allowed water in. Steel plating is not going to hold its shape when 52,000 tons slam into a solid object at close to 20 knots. Sure it carried fewer life boats than passenger capacity. It carried more life boats than regulations of the time required. Not slowing down when receiving ice warnings, standard practice of the time.
@Johnathan04
When it comes to Titanic, the steel used was actually good quality steel at the time, Harland and Wolf were renowned shipbuilders and thus used quality steel for 1912 standards, the myth that Titanic was constructed using a lower grade of steel comes from samples taken from the wreck which were compared to modern steel samples which are a lot more refined and fewer imperfections, plus the steel has been sitting on the ocean floor for almost a century therefore was not a fair comparison. The crew was not inexperienced, many of them especially ones in higher positions had worked for the white star line for years up to this point. The Titanic also didn't ignore ice warnings, they did divert their course to take a more southerly route to avoid icebergs, thus they had to maintain top speed to make up for the diversion in the course.
@jjijq
The Titanic actually had more lifeboats than what was legally required, it was only required to have 16 but had 20; Was originally planned to have 48.
@penguinbellyflop548
Giles Corey yelled, “more weight!” or something like that while they kept adding stones on to of him. He was a real bad ass.
@justinmaxwell4925
He researched so much into the Titanic, just to spread misinformation on the materials, and on the professionalism of the crew. The crew wanted to do the right thing always, it was the designer arguing with the captain to push the limits.
@BrettWMcCoy
What people did believe in the Middle Ages was that the Earth was the center of the Universe (geocentric), until the time of Copernicus and others, who first postulated that the Earth revolved around the sun and was not the center (heliocentric). The invention of the telescope and development of celestial mechanics helped solidify this.
@geoffreyforbes2910
lol!! “He needed a heart-warming story about honesty, so he made one up.” That made me giggle!
@PoseurGoth
Another myth about the witch hunts is the belief that they were common in the Middle Ages. At that time, the Church actually taught that witchcraft was nothing more than heathen superstition, so believing that a witch could have powers was viewed as being just as sinful as trying to be one yourself. Executing someone for witchcraft was a capital offense itself, although there would still be penalties for heresy and apostasy. There was one major exception, and that was the Carthars. Charges of witchcraft were used to build up support for their slaughter, and that carried over into the Reformation and Counter-Reformation when heresy and witchcraft were treated as one in the same.
@GraupeLie
As a European, I actually never heard of Nero playing the fiddle. Over here, it's rather the myth that he sang and played the lyre while Rome was ablaze.
@krombopulusdave
The number of lifeboats aboard the Titanic wasn't simply mere carelessness or aesthetic license. Up until 1912, most ships didn't have the requisite number of lifeboats to save every passenger, as was common maritime regulation for the period. I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that the lifeboats in use were meant to ferry passengers to rescue ships and make return trips until as many lives were saved as possible. They (apparently) were not, however, meant to immediately accommodate every passenger at once.
@Indigo_call
Can you please share your sources? 🙏
@madelineryan548
You missed a few things with the Titanic. 1. The lookouts didn’t have the key to the room where the binoculars were kept. 2. The communications officer sent a rude message to the nearest ship and the second nearest ship was 4 hours away. And 3. The ship turned slightly right to avoid the iceberg. If it had continued going straight, some crew members would have been killed but the ship would’ve stayed afloat long enough for help to arrive
@jbrothman
In French, the quote attributed to Marie Antoinette is "Qu’ils mangent de la brioche" - it's bread (brioche) in the quote, not cake, which would be "gateau". It's a fancier bread, but not cake. Not that she said it, though.
@redrackham6812
Also, the phrase "let them eat cake" was a reference to the fact that, under French law at the time, if a bakery ran out of bread, it had to sell its other, normally more expensive items, such as cake, at the price of bread. It was a law designed to provide relief to the poor by incentivizing bakeries to keep bread in stock and not focus solely on more expensive, more profitable items like cake.
@theBackcourtBreakdown
Hey chill dude, appreciate you and your videos. Always enjoy them. Peace bro
@Txupport
1:52 There are still plenty of complete idiots that believe the earth is flat for some reason, having been locked away in their parents basements and never traveling on a plane or boat I suppose.
@Beneficialitificul
Another interesting thing about the Titanic incident is how eerily calm it was. It was a rarity, really. A night so calm and clear it created optical illusions. It was a perfectly clear sky, filled with stars. The water was so still it almost perfectly reflected the night sky above. As a result, the sky and water became nearly indistinguishable on the horizon. This made it even harder to spot incoming icebergs in advance until they got too close.
@yusefchaib2284
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@Hasan-Firas