The Race to Win Staten Island
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You should probably pin the comment..
Grey you are hilarious and brilliant. Keep 'em coming.
Thank you for your effort in making this bideo
What lead you to get interested in something like this?
Hi Grey. You're really amazing. Sincerely thank you for the video.
I was half expecting the last scene to end with him sitting on the grave with a oujia board looking for an interview.
Omg I wish that happened
This made me laugh out loud thanks
*”The rainbow had formed, the ritual was complete”*
I imagined him digging up the corpse.
Don’t give him ideas
The difference between a curious person and a historian is if your research ends on Wikipedia or on a graveyard during a thunderstorm.
Historian desperately wants to talk to the dead. So much is lost to history, if only the dead can speak.
@@whiteamericanmale7392 HOLY FUCKING SHIT dude are you serious? that is CRAZY dude holyyy shiiiit omg dead ppl cant speak omfg i csnt breath
@@whiteamericanmale7392 That's quitter talk right there.
White American Male Why don’t you get that negativity out of here?
@@whiteamericanmale7392
The dead can't speak but the dead body can tell many things.
Moral of the story: "If CGP Grey emails you, you can either answer the email or you can answer the door."
Door (lol) #3: go to extreme lengths to avoid him
imagine visiting a grave of a loved one only to see a disheveled man saying to himself, "i know you're here, you're here somewhere"
A disheveled man with no facial features, only glasses
@@bobmcguffin5706 And skinny as a stick
Who would be visiting a 200 year old grave
In the rain
@@bitterjames maybe it’s their birthday? Idk
new title: *CGP Grey: The Descent Into Madness*
It really is .
Michael Stevens could use the company.
😂😂😂😂
I loved seeing how he loses it as he discovers the museum is closed.
This was certainly different.
This has to be the most anyone has cared about Staten Island in the last century.
I know right?! Other boroughs get all the spotlight, then turn and shit on us. Guess what b*tches, we're bigger than Manhattan and have more dignity 🖕
@@theideologicalway7311 Found the guy from SI
Yea
Except for Republican politicians tryna start their career in NYC
You forgot about wu tang
I like how the museums closed for "heat reasons" and then it pisses down with rain.
GREATEST CONSPIRACY EVER
Well, it was warm rain. The rainbow makes that pretty clear.
Bro the warm rain in the northeast of the us will have healthy people gasping for air like they got asthma.
That’s how it works in the summer here in Staten Island 😂 it gets really hot and then the rain comes and the temp drops 20 degrees
It closes for "heat reasons"
despite the fact that it's a building
where everything is inside
where there is more than likely AC installed.
You must be from somewhere else, pal.
“Ignore my emails? I might just show up.” Is such an ominous line and no one’s talking about it.
TRUE
Read your comment at the exact same moment he said it.
I think it amazing that they found out he was on Staten Island before he got there
@@fluence51 same
This story had CGP Grey going Disosway and Thatoway
sako091 ha!! You deserve more thumbs up 😂
*facepalms*
I was gonna like your comment but it's at 69 so i can't im sorry
@@mrswan7745 it's at 65 now.
*slow claps*
Imagine flying across the Atlantic to find some old newspaper only for it to be missing
ZYPHON???
I see it’s been re recommended again lol
unexpected mcyt
My gosh. It's a minecraft youtuber.
That's just act 1 of an Indiana Jones movie or National Treasure.
"... I've always found that hometown historians happily honour hometown heroes" slick wording.
He does this in every video. How??
Alliterations do be powerful
Bojack horseman moment
As a Staten Islander, our hometown heroes are Carlo Gambino, the drummer from Twisted Sister, and Pete Davidson…
As a history student myself, I wonder when the time will come for me to finally have a breaking moment where I vow to chase to the ends of the earth the smallest details written at the bottom of a page of footnotes.
I am not looking forward to that day, but I have accepted it will come inevitably
Challenges in life re always bound to happen ;D
Maybe the real Christopher Billopp is the friends we made along the way
Lol
Journey before destination, after all.
thank u for the chuckle
I don't know what to think about this statement...
Shut it
"Time...to let it go"
Narrator: *Grey did not let it go*
Lemony snicket: "letting it go is a saying in which here means not letting it go"
@@markoftheland3115 "a phrase which here means taking an intercontinental flight to harangue a librarian and break into a museum during a heat wave in order to uncover the truth"
Like a dog tug of war
*Always Sunny Theme*
“The Gang Doesn’t Let it Go”
Narrator: Bear did put it in
It's kind of beautiful how you chased an ending to your journey that could never be reached, only to find a rainbow, whose end can never truly be reached
“Oh dammit there’s two of them!”
-CGP Grey
"This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them?!"
"...and here is where our story ends."
Next clip: A shovel is seen digging into the ground... {to be continued}
*CGP shaking Disosway's remains* WHY DISOSWAY WHY
*opening strains of Yes - Roundabout*
Sean Simpson came here for this comment, either to see it or leave it.
LMAO 😂😂😂😂
@@seanandrewsimpson jayyauwjssnhsgshshshshyshehgeg🤝❤
The only fair thing to do is to give Staten Island to CGP Grey
Only if he can sail around it in less than 24 hours, and 200 years later have people say that he put empty shipping containers on the deck.
Tbh we wouldn’t be opposed to that
He would probably take a picture of it and throw it away.
I wouldn't mind giving it to him, he put a lot of work a dedication into this, and new York state is pretty big so we're not losing much
KingOfKaiju05 can someone tell me what tbh stands for?
Your dedication to the craft is astounding. Traveling to the US on a trail of a newspaper that went missing, only to end up on a graveyard in a storm is I think the coolest thing Ive seen someone do on this platform for his content. I only wish I discovered you sooner!
I love the idea of Lady Grey walking past as Grey is listening to the supreme court record because I have no idea if she would think "yea that's my husband" or "what the f*** is he doing"
"Por que no los dos?"
This is just an 11 minute video of CGP Grey going insane.
and it's amazing!
Especially after he was locked out of Billopp's house and laughing, I thought, "he reached his breaking point."
Going?
11 minutes and 06 secs
Of course. Why do you think I’m subscribed here?
“Where is it, I know your here somewhere.” Is probably the best thing to say while stomping through a graveyard in a storm.
you will never know what i wrote here ...Read more
I feel like it missed an angry “…you son of a bitch!” from him too.
@@janed6863 That didnt trick me 😂😂😂
@@janed6863 you know it probably doesn't appears after that
And somewhere around there?
@@janed6863 that's not how it works
Imagine just walking down a cemetary with your classmates for a school fieldtrip and see some guy saying "I know you're hear somewhere", "it's amazing" and laughing hysterically
Cue Homer Simpson slowly backing into hedge meme
School fieldtrip on a graveyard in the middle of a thunderstorm?
@@alzhanvoidsansado Maybe it's the local emo group
@@pantuternik Ah yes, the local emo school
9:14 tfw the museum said they are closed because of heatwave and its raining right after is just peak ironic
I'm surprised Grey didn't go as far as building a period accurate sail boat and seeing if he could circle SI in 24 hours
and if the damn barrels actually make a difference
It must be done
Please let that be the next vid part 2
Don't give him ideas, he's already too far gone
@@eljanrimsa5843 Mythbusters/CGP Grey crossover, anyone?
I will never complain about the wait of CGP Grey videos ever again.
Seventy Eight 😂 facts
Same
i guess this counts no ? 😂
That's okay, I will begin complaining to continue your legacy
Seventy Eight me neither
something about grey running around a graveyard in the rain yelling "where is it" and "I know your here somewhere" is hilarious.
Fun Fact: Grey did actually blank the section on the race from the Christopher Billopp Wikipedia page, and was questioned by Wikipedia staff before the video came out.
This is a better "descent into madness" tale than the Joker. He's literally running around a graveyard in a thunderstorm by the end.
No spoilers! ♥️🍄
With a rainbow!
He's gone mental
It's Grey's Heart of Darkness.
You can see it ar 9:17
Wow National Treasure 3 is even better than I could have hoped
Yeah it's like
SUBSCRIBING TO MY CHANNEL
I’m gunna steal Staten Island
I'M SO GLAD YOU BEAT ME TO IT
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He is now immortalized in the Staten Island Wikipedia article.
Imagine how much a shock it would be to have some dude in England who emailed you, who you never responded to, and then he just SHOWS UP.
Cgp grey did so much research to find nothing
Respect ➕
Pratham Gupta Ah but finding nothing is more significant than finding something in this case.
Like most research, but if you don't search, you won't know.
I understand your point
But truly he deserves respect for researching so much on something so absurd
Welcome to what researching is like
If he was *TRULY* dedicated, then he'd sail around Statan island with an old 17th-19th century vessel with a bunch of empty barrels to see if it could be done in under 24 hours.
Some say grey still wasnt satisfied and brought a shovel to the graveyard.
He never left Staten Island, he's still there waiting for the historians to come around.
@@andmicbro1 gasp! So he only made this video to make them think that he left.
"It was his hat grey! He was number one!"
I was going to say him running around a graveyard in a thunderstorm gives it that "graverobbing feel"
@Aspiring Marauder +
This is PhD level stuff. Jokes aside, really impressive.
I just watched a man go through the 5 stages of grief over some history that we all probably could’ve lived without
_Internet Man is irrationally angry about a dead guy lying for eleven minutes and six seconds_
Irrationally?
@@jamesmccomb9525 good point.
Rationally angry
and isn't it glorious?
@@batandballtv More concerning than glorious, but there is still a sizeable amount of glory in being able to claim that you travelled thousands of miles just to be pissed off at historical record keeping.
Moral of the story: never ignore Grey's mails, or he might show up to your door
Hah that's a good one
Wouldn't that make the moral of the story "Ignore Grey's emails"?
Holy jeebees I'm on his mail list and have been ignoring the e-mails for some time now
@@dkursada he's coming for you
@@ianr.1225 he'd break your knee caps. they ran away before he could
Watching a man's descent into madness is... Hard to describe
I wonder if anyone has picked up where Grey left off and interviewed the Staten Island Museum docents?
We all know why the Billoppp museum was *really* closed.
All according to keikaku
Yup, they were tipped by the NSA as soon as they became aware that Grey was coming!
This is now my favorite conspiracy theory.
Its billoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
When they dodge your questions, they don't fool around at it
Ladies and gentlemen, CGP Grey presents "A day in the life of a historian"
More like weeks.
A Google User ‘day in the life’ doesn’t mean something only takes a day
@@herberthoover9095 Yes, I know...
A Google User up
@@TrenCoinArchive haha
10:15 extreme heat my ass, it’s a conspiracy! The “book keepers” told the Museum curators you were coming so they put that update on the website and ran for the hills!
I swear this man was THIS close to digging up the grave just to prove a point.
I will never complain ever again how long sparse are CGP Grey uploads.
HappyDayDude1990 សមបើ ុំខ្
Yo, for real
"Due to extreme heat the museum will be closed" -- Rainstorm ensues.
They will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden!
Stop bringing so much heat CGP Grey!
@Winters, how do you mean that? The rainstorm was probably caused by the extreme heat.
My tinfoil hat theory is that the people at the library spread the word to the museum that someone was asking too many questions about the secret gazette and so they closed up knowing he was heading there next. It's all connected!!
It's America, it's what we do.
We all know they were just avoiding you, CGPgrey.
Finding the graves in the rain at the end was awesome man. It’s like a ghost hunting type deal but with real spirits in the form of vague stories of the past. Love your videos man, you will be an American hero in your legacy because of things like this!
Okay but can we all appriciate the incredible irony of the thematic thunderstorm AND rainbow when he found the grave??? Like... if he hadn't filmed it, I wouldn't be given to believe it
NOW I understand why it takes him this long to release new videos
Worth it.
It really is worth it lol
These videos must be so much work
lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
"Grey has a full mental breakdown for 11 minutes straight"
Brayden
More like partial- over several weeks, or months, no?
More like 11 weeks
He researched far enough to find a single name in thousands of newspapers, then failing that, flew all the way from Britain to New York, lost the trail, visited a museum, abd then *found the grave of a man who died almost 2 centuries ago,* just because that was the name he was looking for. I believe that mental breakdown lasted more then 11 minutes
Why is it in quotes
Supreme Court: *inhales* EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
As a resident of Staten Island I appreciate your hard work
CGPGrey angrily trying to find old information in poorly mantained archives... Now *that* is content.
Marcos Landi Staten Island's history is really weird because most of it nobody knows or cares about.
"Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete."
- CGP Grey, 2019
@@lifeguardpanda Honestly, much of the Island's history that I know is from the contemporary era. I used to hear stories from my father and I had pictures of my Grandmother and her stories (She was around from 1914-2016...) I honestly don't know that much, though, like I can tell you more about the Ottoman Empire than Staten Island
I have an inkling now why so much time passes between some of the videos.
Just an inkling?
Just an inkling
Woomy
@@Justin-sl3sb Would that be a REALLY exclusive inkling?
Lucas Newton wrong inkling
Can I just say, I love that you go to these lengths to be absolutely certain something is true or false? I wish I had the time and resources to hunt for history like you do!
Thank you so much for bringing attention to this. As a native, it's always nice to see Staten Island get a little love ... even if it is stalker-ish love. It shows dedication! ;)
I hope you got to see the Terminal Moraine while you were at the Conference House. An important part of our geologic history not 100ft from where you were sitting on the beach!
“More than 200 years ago” does technically align with “almost 300 years ago”
Pole Tooke well
Yes, and it also aligns with "More than twenty minutes ago"
@@exlibris5772 Okay, but that's blowing it out of proportion. The difference is more like "more than 6 months ago" and "almost 1 year ago".
@@sukithebean7920 the proportion is that only if you consider it by pure cronological time, but still, to investigate something it my aswell say before you were born
Technically speaking king George III died over a year ago
"Don't respond to my emails? I might just show up."
-CGP Grey 2019
The last sound heard by dead men
It has such potential for a threat, I love it 😂
Come to my house Grey
I actually "borrowed" that line for a piece of writing I'm doing; it just works...
"Show up? I might just lock the doors"
The loss of history is so heartbreaking. I love this video so much, it really shows how much you put into what you do and how much you care. I hope you had a drink on the flight back.
“Ignore my calls? *I might just show up* ” 💀💀💀
As a historian, this is AMAZING. I’m going to show this to my classes during discussions on the work of history and how to value and evaluate sources. Such a great video.
I was going to say, this makes it feel like Grey is really close to just being an actual historian
Makes me wonder just how much history is actually fake, because noone actually bothered to get to the root and just trusted the first reputable source.
@@hebl47 looking at you Herodotus
Great comment. I was in the NYU archives once. I really felt like I was investigating the past in a very hands on manner.
@@hebl47 Nero was treated as a complete shithead by historians for centuries because the Bible has a lot of mean things to say about Roman people. Then the actual Roman histories discuss Nero and describe him as quite the philanthropist. It's literally a conspiracy theory that he burned Rome to build a new palace.
Remind me to ignore CGP Grey's email if he ever need my help.
make sure your place is on lockdown too
that IS a great idea.
To be fair, the chance of getting mail from Grey is pretty low to begin with... (But I had the same thought)
So you're saying pull a Grey if you hear from Grey via email?
Olivier Labbé hey make sure you ignore CGP Grays email if he tries to get stuff from you
Videos like this remind me that so much of what we know about history is based on the idea that people in the past both knew what they were talking about and weren't lying.
I know nobody will probably read this, but let's do some number crunching. The Sraten Island coastline in sources I found is given as 35 miles. This is obviously wrong, as due to coastline paradox it is actually infinite, but I have no 4eason to doubt it as solid aproximation. To be on the safe side lets say that the navigable route arpund the Island would aproximate 45 miles. to ease later calculation lets convert it to Nautical Miles. Rounded up result is 40 NM. Now, important part, 1 knot is equal to one NM/h. Now sources give top speed of USS constitution as 13-15 knots. Obviously, She is a much later ship, and fast for her time, but that is a starting point. Going down from there, lets say that fastest available ship was capable of half that speed, but due to a lot of manouvring it could avarage no more than third of it on the day with favoueable wind. Rounded down from from the lowest numer we get 13/2=6.5, and 6.5/3 gets us just over 2 knts, a speed at which you can encircle Sraten Island at just over 20 hrs. And this is a somewhat conservative calculation, the more realistic time for a fast XVII century skiff would be closer to 15 hts, and anybody with sailing expirience would know it at the time. Now, dragging tje stupud barrels might slow you down enough to make it 23hrs, but I wouldnt bet on it.
Listening to Grey laugh over a Supreme Court recording is awesome
It was very funny!
He’s the new red letter media
"Ohhhhhh.......New Jersey, you're getting wrecked. And it's only just begun"
R E A L L Y E X C L U S I V E J U R I S D I C T I O N
And eating popcorn while listening
The layman might think this is a video about a boat race.
The expert can see this is a prolonged explanation for why CGP Grey uploads so rarely.
I like to think something like this happens for each of the videos he uploads, he just uploaded this one so that people would understand.
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@@tab160 honestly though i found this one great and wouldn't mind more content like this.
Exactly my thoughts, lol
10:45 It's almost like they are smiling at you from their grave
911: 911 what's your emergency?
Caller: Yeah there is a man wearing a black hoodie mumbling to himself, we're at the cemetery.
10 minutes in: "Is he turning to necromancy?"
"Alright so I found Billops corpse and now I'm gonna draw the pentagram"
@@KawaiiCanadafreememes the resurrected corpse of billops: sorry, but I cant remember.
I just gave you your thousandth like dude. Can we split the prize money? ;D
Not necromancy but necromantcy
I wonder what someone would think if they saw someone trekking through the rain with a backpack to someone's grave and then recording themselves giving a thumbs-up seemingly to the grave. Lol.
"Ignore my emails? I might just show up."
CPG Grey straight gangsta
ThatGuanfranco even good that he, himself, just trash mails in reading mere less than a sentence.
He might just show up - but Homeland Security might just inform the museum and they'll be closed on the days he is in town. (Probably used their secret weather control devices to provide an excuse - just how deep does the Staten Island conspiracy go? The POTUS? The Pope? Maybe all the way to the top, to Tom Scott and Computerphile? Who knows, who knows... I bet Dan Brown does, and even he is too scared to write a book about it.)
Challenge accepted!!
Except they knew he was coming so they closed up shop early
only grey can ignore emails, no one else can
Don't look Disoway. Look Dataway.
Thank you, Mr. Grey. My childhood home & the site of my Eagle Scout Community Service Project. Your quote about being ready to change your opinions if you always want to be right hangs in my Florida classroom for my middle school students to read.
It's funny to see that Grey is listed as a reference on the Christopher_Billopp_(Royal_Navy_officer) wikipedia page.
Bruh really?
Edit: Oh shit its true.
Cool
He’s actually mentioned in the main article too, under the Staten Island Legend
Jeremy X This video is even one of the references in that subsection!
Stands to reason, Grey is probably the most knowledgeable person on this story in the world now
Remember when Grey called France the queen of not letting go?
I think she may have some competition.
Does anyone remember which video he called France this? haha
@@larkinlover The one about the EU.
@@Marconius6 Thank you!
He said the QUEEN of not letting go. He didn't say anything about the KING of not letting go.
😂
10:30 PEAK DESIGN 😍
yo muda, yo muda, OPENda
CGP Grey shows he is a true academic in pursuit of rabbit holes every video and I live for it
The amount of source checking in this video would make any English teacher pass out.
Original Shitposter loool 😂 😂 😂 💔
Or make any English teacher hard.
Brad Lemmond well that wasn’t very Christian channel like of you.
I AM an English teacher. I passed out.
Yea
I'm surprised you left out the part where you screamed "Damn you Disoway" into the rain for 4 hours
I can't tell if this was a patreon extra bit or not, and I think it's more fun not knowing.
I want to see it
@@josephwodarczyk977 We need answers!
@@reeven1721 careful, might lead you across the Atlantic
@@josephwodarczyk977 dude was there to pay respect to his loved ones and he saw a wild Grey
I find it amazing it just so happened to rain when Grey arrived there. Like Grey said, don't want to get all conspiratorial, but there's something going on here.
9:10 I can feel your pain in that laugh.
Grey: "I need to go to New York"
Mrs. Grey: "Why?"
Grey:
Mr Grey: the turth is out thier, cue X-files music
Good comment, but Lady Grey is a better name.
Let's be honest, she probably got tired of him complaining to her about it and said "just go to America and find out in person"
Vi Celia G That is absolutely how I choose to think it went down. He was complaining about this for several days very angrily and eventually she passively says “Maybe you should just go to New York to find out” not expecting him to actually do it
she's married to him, she knows why.
This sounds like a lovecraftian horror story where Grey goes mad on the pursuit for unknowable cosmic truths as he travels to distant lands
Double G. Where a huge conspiracy is unearthed
That would only happen if the article in question was about Massachusetts.
Speaking of, Grey - got anything on Innsmouth? :P
read House of Leaves. similar energy
@@orion1836 MAAAAASSSSACHUUUUUUUSSSEEEEEEEETTTS!
It’s the 14th biggest state
Massachusetts
Just four hours from New York
Read amazing books for free at the Boston Library or try the local brie
Massachusetts
It’s a melting pot, my friend
Massachusetts
So many cultures hand in hand
In perfect harmony
Watching Grey go progressively more insane from this to Tiffany. It is wonderful.
The amount of effort Grey puts into his research is honestly astounding.
I finally understand why CGP Grey uploads very seldomly
He is a madman. He only gives us glimpses of it so to not infect us with his madness. England beware.
@@andyoli75 Englad calling here. We're already mad!
@@themasqueradingcow91 Jolly good, carry on.
Staten island is mad because grey has plauged it with madness
@@RobespierreThePoof This isn't a classroom, we're allowed to write colloquially.
XD CGP: *shows up at the Billopp's museum*
Historians: "oh shoot, it's him! CLOSE THE DOORS AND PRETEND YOU'RE NOT HERE!"
Open UP!!! I DEMANDS ANSWER!!"- Grey
WRITE SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE. ABOUT A HEAT WAVE OR SOMETHING I DON'T CARE JUST DO IT
@@ndemers DO IT NOW HE'S LOOKING AT HIS PHONE!!!!!
@@nurlindafsihotang49 I KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!
Gray: Let me iiiiiiin! LET ME IIIIIIIIN!
I feel your pain about missing sources. An organization I belong to sent a document of ministry-by-ministry suggestions to the Canadian Government in the 80s. I found out about this from a point form history we produced marking 50(?) years in operation. Curious, I starting looking for a copy of the document. The organization didn't have it so I checked library archives. The Toronto Library says they have it but it is currently missing. I'm not quite at the level of emailing former cabinet ministers about a document they may have glanced at for all of four seconds in the 80s but give me time, I'll get there.
Beginning of clip: Rainbow is invented but story is real.
End of clip: Story is invented but rainbow is real.
Nice.
🤯
Lesson learnt: Always reply to CGP Grey's emails or he will come after you
Despite the fact that he won't answer, or even read, yours :P
@@chatoyerhuggins2894
Did you try going to his house and bothering him extremely politely?
but he will just walk away if you say you are closed.
Or never reply to his emails if you want to meet him and have an autograph
@@swarm232 If you listen to Cortex you'll find two explanations there (well, more, but here are the main 2):
1. He doesn't read the majority of his email, and if an email looks to wordy he skips it as well. He has an assistant go through most of his contact stuff and forward him things of interest.
2. Much more importantly, Grey is not a social guy. Going to cons and meeting people there is about as taxing as he wants to get, and he has to prep himself for that. He doesn't want to meet fans out in the wild, and he hates even his baristas recognizing him in coffee shops.
Edit actually the second point comes up more on Hellointernet, since Brady is the opposite of him in that regard.
"Where is the truth?"
Just over... Disoway....
Get out
I want to be mad... really i do, but this shit eating grin on my face tells a different story.
Guttube +++
LOLZ
I hate you.
Take your thumbs up and leave!
Probably my favourite video of all time, the storytelling is impeccable. The plot twists: excellent.
I have so much respect for your dedication to these stories 🥲 The end with the rainstorm in the cemetery was epic! 🌈
At the end
*cuts to grey with shovel
Grey: I NEED TO KNOW
@EmperorJuliusCaesar The guy that this whole video is about. Since this whole story about Staten Island is centered on this one person and appears to be nothing more than a fairy tale to begin with Grey wanted to know for sure if the guy, Christopher Billop, even existed to begin with. You can pause the video and see his name on the headstone.
darknight10000 Bro are you blind that’s Disoway’s headstone.
EmperorJuliusCaesar He’s the guy that made up the story to begin with. 6:08
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Storyteller
@@darknight10000 No he is the old man storyteller.
"We are closed due to extreme heat."
*massive rainstorm ensues*
It can be hot out and still rain.
That is what happens when it is 100 degrees with humidity in the northeast...
Heat -> increased evaporation -> thunderstorm
It is very common in the northeast to have massive thunderstorms during extreme heat. It will usually bring in cooler air.
“Extreme heat”. Bit odd considering that New York doesn’t go above 100 degrees....
this makes me think about how many other “historical facts” that i learned are actually just tell-tales
And here I am once again rewatching this masterpiece of a video.
Customs:
Why are you visiting the USA?
CGP Grey:
BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW!
I'm pretty sure CPG Grey is an American citizen and they wouldn't need to ask that kind of question.
I unironically believe that's what he said to the poor guard at customs lol
every116 yeah, they would just say, “welcome home,” I believe.
@@aymarafan7669 That means he's still a US citizen.
"I don't need sleep. I need answers."
Grey’s getting dangerously close to showing his face in video
Not any closer then he has already gotten. I don't want to see his face. With youtubers like him the ambiguity is a lot of the fun.
@@program4215 I've seen it for just a few seconds. But it's so amorphous now in my mind, I don't really care that I saw it.
what are you talking about? he shows his face in every video
Роман Козак he is on camera in the background of a numberphile video on an airstrip with the longest printed number, if I remember correctly :)
@@raa14211 So I know which numberphile video to never watch, thanks.
I was delighted with your visit to the Billopp House museum. As a child it was my stomping gtounds.
The curator gave me the run of the place, and taught me how and where to look for Native American artifacts on the grounds and in the surrounding countryside;not an official park at the time.
It was pure magic. Sorry you couldn't get in.