A Solid 30 Minutes of Useless Information

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    Special Thanks to @BrianBitner for researching a TON of the material in this video.
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  • @kryten1300
    @kryten1300 Před 3 lety +9516

    Shakespeare:*talks to a woman*
    Woman:*rolls her eyes*
    Shakespeare: this must be what women do when they think someone is hot

  • @lillianschlotte6469
    @lillianschlotte6469 Před 3 lety +9316

    I feel like I’ve learned so much but at the same time I’ve learned nothing

  • @Nerdgirl1648
    @Nerdgirl1648 Před rokem +441

    The amount of this I actually absorb and end up telling other people is startling.

    • @Dizma_Music
      @Dizma_Music Před 10 měsíci +10

      Rabbits can’t vomit!!! 😱

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Před 5 měsíci +11

      It takes me 10 minutes to walk down to my local pub, but 35 minutes to walk home. The difference is staggering.

    • @ashtoncullinan5946
      @ashtoncullinan5946 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Bro I still tell people about the world’s longest bench and it’s been over 3 years.

  • @meganthememe130
    @meganthememe130 Před rokem +189

    I've been falling asleep to these, keep my brain engaged enough to not wander off to bad thoughts but also not intently focused

    • @JoeMcVideo
      @JoeMcVideo Před 7 měsíci +3

      Good idea

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat Před 3 měsíci +2

      Excellent idea (after having had a night of almost no sleep)

    • @fantasmedits681
      @fantasmedits681 Před měsícem

      Same here

    • @marionpeebles3836
      @marionpeebles3836 Před měsícem +1

      I was trying that but I live in Springfield mo. Lots of weird weather facts but so confused because it seemed incomplete after 10 minutes it bugged me so much I had to roll over and start again To find I hadn’t missed a thing it was just a statement of temperature.

  • @Blue_Salamander8
    @Blue_Salamander8 Před 2 lety +1417

    Teacher - “Now remember everyone there will be a test on this later”

    • @reapingbennefits
      @reapingbennefits Před 2 lety +2

      @@charlzker why though lol

    • @BlackLegVinesmokeSanji
      @BlackLegVinesmokeSanji Před 2 lety +2

      Me ugh can you repeat the vidio

    • @NotRainbowOfTheLego
      @NotRainbowOfTheLego Před 2 lety +6

      Then proceeds to have different questions that we also didnt study for

    • @Blue_Salamander8
      @Blue_Salamander8 Před 2 lety +10

      @@NotRainbowOfTheLego I had a teacher who did that one time in 8th grade. We had one question from a book we read. The book we read however, was the shortened version and didn’t include the moment it referenced. The teacher than proceeded to instead of say, get rid of the question, he told us the answer ONCE and then proceeded to put the question on the FINAL EXAM!

    • @hi_im_bored527
      @hi_im_bored527 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Blue_Salamander8 that’s just sad

  • @r3d_d3d64
    @r3d_d3d64 Před 3 lety +12366

    *"a solid 30 minutes of useless information"*
    Schools: Those are rookie numbers

    • @watchoutitsoceanman6540
      @watchoutitsoceanman6540 Před 3 lety +79

      Agreed

    • @jaeger4000
      @jaeger4000 Před 3 lety +351

      CZcams: 30 min of useless info
      School: solid 12 years of useless info

    • @allftw2677
      @allftw2677 Před 3 lety +92

      True , *sips tea with an overly sacrcasticly serious face whilst looking at tablet* True true
      Okay maybe that was too much

    • @noahmitchell4696
      @noahmitchell4696 Před 3 lety +10

      HAHA

    • @jimmyjohn272
      @jimmyjohn272 Před 2 lety +16

      Do you watch Gray still plays 😂

  • @ChrisJensen-se9rj
    @ChrisJensen-se9rj Před měsícem +17

    Potato and bacon are not coconut.
    I waited a lifetime for such truly information

  • @SmokedBacon07
    @SmokedBacon07 Před rokem +33

    a man once tried to mail a 40 ton building across utah because of tax rates in 1917 and was made illegal to mail any type of building across any where

  • @matthewfulton4490
    @matthewfulton4490 Před 2 lety +5082

    I love how this whole thing is delivered with a tone of moderated aggression.

    • @TiffanyWeiland
      @TiffanyWeiland Před 2 lety +142

      It's because he has a leaky ceiling, I'm guessing.

    • @chapsm.7334
      @chapsm.7334 Před 2 lety +17

      @@TiffanyWeiland Genius!

    • @bailey6517
      @bailey6517 Před 2 lety +27

      @@TiffanyWeiland oh hey tiffany is that one guy’s middle name i guess i did actually learn something

    • @OmniaViridis
      @OmniaViridis Před 2 lety +4

      Always

    • @thepudge6953
      @thepudge6953 Před 2 lety +2

      You watched this whole thing

  • @nicolasinguanti9986
    @nicolasinguanti9986 Před 3 lety +1760

    At least It doesn’t last 5 hours and I’m not forced to remember it because there’s gonna be a test about it.

  • @jaredkennedy6576
    @jaredkennedy6576 Před 7 měsíci +9

    So the cost of gas in 2009 sent me down a little rabbit hole on gas prices vs oil prices. I get that there are other expenses beyond the cost of crude, but why is the cost of gas in 2023 around double what it was in 2009, while the WTI index is within a few dollars?
    It's corporate greed. That's it.

  • @brotemca8020
    @brotemca8020 Před rokem +44

    You forgot to mention my favourite bit! The Beatles' LOTR movie was turned down by Tolkein himself, due to having lived three doors down from them in 1964. He described the sounds of them practising as "indescribable", which I'm sure is a very evocative term for a writer of his calibre.

  • @themuskratianempire
    @themuskratianempire Před 2 lety +1351

    “The patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire”
    I r o n y

  • @redstonegenius2609
    @redstonegenius2609 Před 3 lety +2581

    I love how he started this series out of spite and is now spiteful that its popular

    • @fdsajfldaskjf
      @fdsajfldaskjf Před 3 lety +106

      He’s evolving. Just -backwards- sideways.

    • @badeugenecops4741
      @badeugenecops4741 Před 2 lety +5

      Spite, it's underrated.

    • @HPBgirl
      @HPBgirl Před 2 lety +1

      Oh forreal? How come?

    • @Bunkerdwarfputin
      @Bunkerdwarfputin Před 2 lety +2

      😂😂😂
      Larry David opened up a spite store (coffee shop) on Curb Your Enthusiasm...
      ...and it backfired on him too!
      😆

    • @sylvie395
      @sylvie395 Před 2 lety +4

      @@HPBgirl I think he’s spiteful about it’s success bc all of his other videos take so much effort and hours of editing to make but we keep asking for videos about useless information which takes no effort at all and is super easy to do.

  • @InflatablePlane
    @InflatablePlane Před rokem +146

    As someone who loves being a fountain of useless knowledge, I vibe with this!

    • @HexaByte.
      @HexaByte. Před 8 měsíci +1

      i am the same way 🤣

    • @DogloverTravis
      @DogloverTravis Před 6 měsíci +2

      “A potato and bacon are not coconuts”

    • @bobmiller7502
      @bobmiller7502 Před 5 měsíci

      @@DogloverTravis we live and leaarn everyday travis, who would of thought, NOT coconuts, crazy man,,

    • @DogloverTravis
      @DogloverTravis Před 5 měsíci

      @@bobmiller7502 sure is crazy

  • @anubis_atg
    @anubis_atg Před rokem +192

    how the heck can a backwards marathon world record be faster than the normal marathon world record?

  • @levilynde8220
    @levilynde8220 Před 3 lety +3749

    I’m on vacation so this is as productive as it gets

  • @2xxRasor
    @2xxRasor Před 2 lety +1284

    "Honey does not spoil."
    This is useful.

    • @kcasc_hd
      @kcasc_hd Před 2 lety +10

      Roasted Wolly mamoth trunk in honey crust. The newest ingredient are the spices everything else is 4000-40000 years old

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM Před 2 lety +9

      Because it is bad to begin with ; )

    • @KOYORIDE
      @KOYORIDE Před 2 lety +6

      Oh. I guess this isn't the video I was looking for. Thanks.

    • @repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741
      @repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741 Před 2 lety +5

      Repent to Jesus Christ!!!!
      “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”
      ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:19‬ ‭NIV‬‬

    • @Chuckf66
      @Chuckf66 Před 2 lety +9

      @@repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741 HAIL SATAN! 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈

  • @pokey-ee4cv
    @pokey-ee4cv Před rokem +30

    You questioned the popularity of these videos. Your narration is engaging and enthusiastic. The video is interesting and keeps the pace very well while not being busy or difficult to track. These really are a delight to watch. They're the "comic strips" of art, really. It's fun and easily accessible entertainment that is very well done.
    And you should know that the popularity of these have brought you to the attention of people like me, who rarely use CZcams for anything but listening to music.

  • @Unknown17
    @Unknown17 Před rokem +3

    I assure you that eye-rolling had a "negative connotation" WELL before the 1980's! I was born in 1958, and, as early as kindergarten, an eye-roll toward either Mom or Dad would earn me a slap. They would say, "Don't you roll your eyes at me, young man!" It took a lot of discipline to curtail my eye-rolling activities! I'm sure any senior watching this video would absolutely concur with me. Facts that you get out of a book somewhere can't hold a candle to actual experience!

  • @user-zq7dd3hm9k
    @user-zq7dd3hm9k Před 2 lety +1312

    "Every 60 seconds in africa a minute passes"
    It's a fact

  • @adamwilding9520
    @adamwilding9520 Před 3 lety +1547

    Austin you can't just keep one-upping yourself like this
    2029: A solid day of useless information

    • @theharoldsshow
      @theharoldsshow Před 3 lety +63

      2050: A Solid Week of Useless Information

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth Před 3 lety +70

      2070: All Information.

    • @MrKaju01
      @MrKaju01 Před 3 lety +49

      2100: All Useless Information about The Afterlife (REAL EXPERIENCE)

    • @shelvacu
      @shelvacu Před 3 lety +28

      2035: The world record for the longest string of useless information is this video, clocking in at 45 hours, 20 minutes, and 20 seconds.

    • @chase1069
      @chase1069 Před 3 lety +15

      2077
      A solid year of information on the 2020 game made about this year

  • @lordkreigs1978
    @lordkreigs1978 Před rokem +8

    Tomatoes are fruits, and yet 1:31 "Tomatoes are the official "vegetable" of New Jersey.
    I just CAN'T be the only one to have caught that.

    • @ClaudeSac
      @ClaudeSac Před 10 dny

      I just did not want to comment.

  • @armokil
    @armokil Před 9 měsíci +3

    6:35 ‘potatoes and bacon share a commonality in that neither of them is a coconut’
    best fact of the video hands down

  • @andy1354
    @andy1354 Před 2 lety +3378

    I just wasted 30 minutes of my day hearing things I’m gonna never remember and I’m proud

    • @nick_leitch
      @nick_leitch Před 2 lety +43

      Honey can’t spoil and polar bears are left handed, the only ones I can remember

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM Před 2 lety +21

      Better than 70% of what we consume daily to be honest

    • @imillusion492
      @imillusion492 Před 2 lety +23

      I do this at school every day but i never feel proud

    • @galaxymaster4526
      @galaxymaster4526 Před 2 lety +2

      Same bro

    • @HouseofEvilNexusRule
      @HouseofEvilNexusRule Před 2 lety +6

      It's not 30 minutes wasted if I speed it up to 2x :3

  • @Geoooooooooo
    @Geoooooooooo Před 2 lety +2972

    "Charlie Chaplin once entered a look alike contest of himself, and lost."
    Not only that, but he lost SPECTACULARLY. There was about 40 competitors, and he came 27TH. Lmao

  • @ItsGubbinTime
    @ItsGubbinTime Před rokem +11

    My roommate was fixated on hand washing his dishes, saying it saves water. I nearly lost my mind because there was still food stuck to pans and shit too he just sucked at hand washing.

  • @walterwhite9409
    @walterwhite9409 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I rewatch all these videos when I’m sick, currently can’t eat solid food so this is a very mind numbing way to disassociate. Thank you very much sir.

  • @StarryOak76
    @StarryOak76 Před 2 lety +1942

    “Rabbits not being able to vomit” that is an extremely important thing to know for bunny owners!

    • @relser187
      @relser187 Před 2 lety +100

      That makes me wonder if there are scientists who SPECIFICALLY run tests to see if certain animals can vomit…

    • @catchara1496
      @catchara1496 Před 2 lety +82

      @@relser187 yes, and rats also can’t

    • @Bumblexo
      @Bumblexo Před 2 lety +39

      Neither can horses

    • @galenicalhoover6508
      @galenicalhoover6508 Před 2 lety +66

      @@catchara1496 Temple University School of Pharmacy pharmacology lab last demonstration was feeding a bunny an oral lethal dose of nicotine. It was horrific. Two different kinds of seizures the last one so bad the bunny broke its own back. We were told at the time that bunnies unlike humans cannot vomit up a poison.
      Why was this demonstration done? To get our attention. Make no mistakes because stuff like this will happen to our human patients. In my 40 years of practice, if I ever have ANY doubt about a prescription, IT DOES NOT GET FILLED. I have thrown away thousands of dollars worth of compounds because I had doubt about how it was made.
      I remember that damn bunny like it was yesterday.

    • @neey3832
      @neey3832 Před 2 lety

      not exactly, if rabbits did vomit, it wouldn't change anything

  • @DaBestNub
    @DaBestNub Před 3 lety +1444

    Of course the letters T H E would be the most used in the Nancy Drew series

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety +34

      I guess that mystery is solved.

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +16

      I was wondering why H was used so much.

    • @urishitapawar
      @urishitapawar Před 3 lety +3

      I didn't really get the joke, could you please explain it to me? 😅

    • @jonathansmith1281
      @jonathansmith1281 Před 3 lety +31

      @@urishitapawar The letters T, H, and E spell the word "the" which is used in most (if not all) of the book titles.

    • @urishitapawar
      @urishitapawar Před 3 lety +4

      @@jonathansmith1281 Ohhhhhhhh 😮
      Got it, thanks a lot for telling! 😁🤍🤎

  • @callabeth258
    @callabeth258 Před rokem +1

    I was surprised by the sales of CDs and vinyls fact not because vinyls are more popular again but because I didn’t realise that CDs were already available in the 80s

  • @nopeyadayadayada1248
    @nopeyadayadayada1248 Před rokem +3

    Sir this is hands down my favorite video on CZcams. You knocked it out of the park.

  • @insertname.5985
    @insertname.5985 Před 2 lety +862

    I like how the fire hydrant’s patent was destroyed in a fire.

    • @lilgaymarker
      @lilgaymarker Před 2 lety +28

      you became the very thing you swore to destroy (or the other way around, i dunno)

    • @jeffthebass6212
      @jeffthebass6212 Před 2 lety +34

      @@lilgaymarker you got destroyed by the very thing you swore to destroy

    • @TalesGrimm
      @TalesGrimm Před 2 lety +9

      The fire was trying to save itself lol

    • @capapofa
      @capapofa Před 2 lety +3

      Ironic

    • @lukemimnagh4185
      @lukemimnagh4185 Před 2 lety

      @ insert name, must resist the urge to like

  • @x3k258
    @x3k258 Před 2 lety +1242

    “A solid 30 minutes of extreme trivia questions you will need to know at game night”
    Fixed your title

  • @ryan_0000
    @ryan_0000 Před měsícem +2

    OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I WAS KIDNAPPED AND THE GUY WOULD ONLY LET ME GO IF I KNEW THE TEMPERATURE OF Springfield, MO, USA, on 2/1/11 TUE (5:55am)

  • @ThomasLeonard454
    @ThomasLeonard454 Před 2 měsíci +3

    OMG this is freaking Brilliant. I can't remember 1 of your statements but this kept my attention untill it was finished.
    Great stuff.

  • @colinking5745
    @colinking5745 Před 2 lety +926

    "asthma causes kids to miss 10 million school days every year"
    me who knows there's only 365 days in a year:

    • @llkg9
      @llkg9 Před 2 lety +40

      Kids: who feel like there are 10 million days in the school year

    • @insiidioux
      @insiidioux Před 2 lety +7

      Get this to 365 likes

    • @vixy2321
      @vixy2321 Před 2 lety +2

      When I read that the video said that and It was so perfectly timed

    • @NoThankUBeQuiet
      @NoThankUBeQuiet Před 2 lety

      @@llkg9 Definitely not there's like 170 or something. I don't actually know but it's around that

    • @llkg9
      @llkg9 Před 2 lety +5

      @@NoThankUBeQuiet Thank you for clarifying. I thought there were actually 10 million.
      So it's NOT going to take 59k years for my kids to graduate? 🤣

  • @RyKaB17
    @RyKaB17 Před 3 lety +495

    "Potatoes and bacon share a commonality in that neither of them is a coconut"
    I can't man...

  • @raysapaw
    @raysapaw Před 3 měsíci

    Sunday. Severe bachake. I so needed this. Thank you.

  • @sslushi506
    @sslushi506 Před 12 dny +1

    6:43 to 7:49 sounds exactly like a piece of dialogue I would hear in a dream that somehow carries the entire plot, causing me to wake up in a cold sweat, and vaguely remember while stressing over trying to figure out what it meant.

  • @anoonymouse4861
    @anoonymouse4861 Před 3 lety +7523

    Now do "A solid 12 years of useless information" and now you made school free for every student watching

  • @ssh2449
    @ssh2449 Před 3 lety +385

    "Potatoes and Bacon both share a commonality in that neither of them is a coconut"
    Thanks for the clarification

    • @jan_harald
      @jan_harald Před 3 lety +10

      they also share that with most humans...

    • @user___name2468
      @user___name2468 Před 3 lety +8

      @@jan_harald nah im a coconut

    • @sharkdogs
      @sharkdogs Před 3 lety +5

      I'll be honest, I was looking for this comment

    • @gracefvl.
      @gracefvl. Před 3 lety +1

      @@user___name2468 really? Im a sammich

    • @inkamacron
      @inkamacron Před 3 lety +4

      @@gracefvl. Really? I’m a squid.

  • @cynicalrabbit915
    @cynicalrabbit915 Před rokem +1

    I just find your smooth deadpan delivery relaxing. Better than ASMR for resting.
    Sadly no tingles.

  • @Moridin69
    @Moridin69 Před rokem +5

    “It is of course better to know useless things than to know nothing.” by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

  • @sarabwall
    @sarabwall Před 3 lety +368

    His FBI agent must be so confused with his search history

  • @Pixelcraftian
    @Pixelcraftian Před 3 lety +6449

    “I should get out of here before they call the cops”
    Who walks into their garden to see a random person saying common names whilst a drone is spinning around them

  • @quincycostello6726
    @quincycostello6726 Před rokem +2

    wow. this video has really enlightened me. before, i never knew that bacon and potatoes were not coconuts, but now i do.

  • @notimportant914
    @notimportant914 Před rokem +1

    "Tony Toni Toe-NAY" made me laugh harder than it should have. 😂

  • @craftymuffin3066
    @craftymuffin3066 Před 3 lety +313

    “There’s so many productive things you could be doing” well it’s my lunch break and I’m eating soup

  • @mxdnight1
    @mxdnight1 Před 2 lety +1439

    6:35
    "Potatoes and bacon serve a commonality in that neither of them is a coconut"
    GENIUS who could've thought

    • @kngsvg8201
      @kngsvg8201 Před 2 lety +17

      that sht cracked me up 😂😂

    • @stevenstewart3414
      @stevenstewart3414 Před 2 lety +16

      Ergo, since neither potatoes nor bacon migrate, coconuts do.

    • @51hankyspanky7
      @51hankyspanky7 Před 2 lety +5

      I've always wondered about that.

    • @ashemgold
      @ashemgold Před 2 lety +5

      Cannot argue with that!

    • @arfansthename
      @arfansthename Před 2 lety +27

      Everything in this universe is either a coconut or not

  • @hospitalgal101
    @hospitalgal101 Před 5 měsíci

    This is far and away one of the best videos on the platform

  • @janetbuck2007
    @janetbuck2007 Před 11 měsíci

    how am I just now finding this??!!?? I LOVE IT!!❤

  • @688case3
    @688case3 Před 2 lety +435

    this is like having a conversation with my grandpa

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 Před 2 lety +25

      He sounds interesting and wise. You’re very lucky to have him as your grandpa. Obviously, none of us will be around forever, but he’s older than you are, so be sure to enjoy him as much as you can, and to appreciate having him in your life, and be sure that he knows how much you do. I wish I’d taken that advice while I still could. You still can, so take advantage of it.

    • @rp.630
      @rp.630 Před 2 lety +13

      @@chriswebster24 wow

    • @Snarl_Marx
      @Snarl_Marx Před 2 lety +1

      This is like having a conversation with myself.

    • @bellautopia818
      @bellautopia818 Před 2 lety

      What's your grandpa's number? x I'm 😋🤗🤔😹😹😹...but forrealzies...🤔🙏🤔🤗💋💜💜💜💜💜

    • @bellautopia818
      @bellautopia818 Před 2 lety

      @@chriswebster24 thank you for speaking the same language comedy and wisdom and love go hand in hand 🤗💋💜💜💜💜💜💜🙏

  • @modifiedakm2651
    @modifiedakm2651 Před 2 lety +491

    "I dont know how to play our taxes but I know that rabbits dont vomit"

    • @AllenFreemanMediaGuru
      @AllenFreemanMediaGuru Před 2 lety +27

      Playing your taxes is more fun than paying them

    • @ashwantsicecream
      @ashwantsicecream Před 2 lety +5

      horses don't vomit either

    • @MrPizzaeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
      @MrPizzaeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Před 2 lety +1

      @DEEJMASTER 333 same

    • @raleo7466
      @raleo7466 Před 2 lety +1

      Pigeons don't have a sense of fullness so they may die due to overeating. Also, some birds have to swallow and vomit rocks to help with digestion

    • @BloodyBay
      @BloodyBay Před 9 dny

      Rats can't vomit either; it's an anatomic impossibility for them. That's why Strychnine is so effective against them; Strychnine may (occasionally) cause vomiting in other animals - including humans - but rats can't do anything but digest it and die.
      Same with rabbits, apparently. Please don't keep the rat poison in Little Bunny Foofoo's cage, thanks. 😕

  • @rachedenO
    @rachedenO Před 4 měsíci

    I usually scroll past this series on my home page, however now i'm tipsy with nowhere to go in a hotel room what perfect timing for this!

  • @roadcone76
    @roadcone76 Před rokem

    Just found this. What a hoot! Great to listen to while doing puzzles.

  • @stealthpoint
    @stealthpoint Před 3 lety +727

    Imagine if all colors were named after fruits.
    “My favorite color is banana”

    • @OmegaTheSillyWolf
      @OmegaTheSillyWolf Před 3 lety +17

      MY FAVORITE COLOR IS PLUM
      (the purple ones, not the pinkish red ones lol)

    • @etakambient2670
      @etakambient2670 Před 3 lety +5

      blueberry

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. Před 3 lety +5

      My favorite color is Granny Smith apples

    • @Jaydee-wd7wr
      @Jaydee-wd7wr Před 3 lety +20

      @@OmegaTheSillyWolf, Instantly exposed the flaw with this system.

    • @OmegaTheSillyWolf
      @OmegaTheSillyWolf Před 3 lety +1

      @@Jaydee-wd7wr lol true. Maybe our established system should stay in place

  • @aaronleoxylive852
    @aaronleoxylive852 Před 3 lety +476

    "Did you do it?"
    "Yes."
    "What did it cost?"
    "30 Minutes."

    • @ananditasaxena8022
      @ananditasaxena8022 Před 3 lety +5

      you have summoned the marvel fandom

    • @cheekybastard1018
      @cheekybastard1018 Před 3 lety

      So did I 😂
      It may be useless information, but it’s not boring.

    • @Wolf_runner12
      @Wolf_runner12 Před 3 lety

      People why are u watching this? Are you like being fed with horseshiatttt? Smash a dislike, he just made $ and waste your time!

    • @ziadayoub2405
      @ziadayoub2405 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Wolf_runner12 WE BROUGHT THIS ON TO OUR SELFS, WE CHOSE TO WATCH AND HONESTLY, NO REGRETS

    • @aaronleoxylive852
      @aaronleoxylive852 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Wolf_runner12 He did warn us. He isn't the one to blame for, for "wasting our time". To be honest, it's our own fault that we clicked on this video. It's our own choice whether to watch this video, and to click off this video. To blame someone that posted a video and telling their viewers that they wasted their time is a dumb reason to hate on their actions.

  • @meiyashi424
    @meiyashi424 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I never realized how much I hated useless information until I watched this. Your deadpan yet “disappointed in humanity” type of narration is exactly the vibe that fits a video like this.

  • @humanguy1
    @humanguy1 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for giving me the last 20 questions of my Quizbowl game for school.

  • @aminamokhtari7708
    @aminamokhtari7708 Před rokem +1629

    As a histopathologist, the fact that my field of work being the number one piece of useless information hit me in the feels 😭 😭

    • @soldier1913
      @soldier1913 Před rokem +23

      Damn

    • @sugarkane1571
      @sugarkane1571 Před rokem +66

      I’m sure it’s a very important study, but for non-medical students we just see every subcategory of medicine as “medical studies”

    • @glittergrapefruit5843
      @glittergrapefruit5843 Před rokem +13

      what course did you study to become a histopathologist? Also is it a good/ fun job I'm really interested in it!

    • @jakubcejka9109
      @jakubcejka9109 Před rokem +5

      Skill issue

    • @antoninbourdin163
      @antoninbourdin163 Před rokem +5

      @@glittergrapefruit5843 it's a great job

  • @facelessfigure7985
    @facelessfigure7985 Před 2 lety +2881

    "Most people lose about 30% of their taste buds while flying in an airplane"
    So THAT'S the deal with airline food...

    • @GogiRegion
      @GogiRegion Před 2 lety +229

      You joke, but that’s actually where that comes from. Food tastes weird on a plane because of the pressure, so it’s enough of a universal experience to make a good joke.

    • @xiro6
      @xiro6 Před 2 lety +76

      its caused by the extreme low humidity. Also its believed the constant noise also contributes to it.

    • @Firstthunder
      @Firstthunder Před 2 lety +12

      🤣🤣🤣🤣
      Science people say the funniest stuff.

    • @gn8ce
      @gn8ce Před 2 lety +26

      UR JUST AN HATER OF AIRLINE FOOD! I WILL RAGE BECAUSE IT IS SO TASTY IN FACT I STOLE AN AIRLINES CAFE FOOD ANDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YUMMY YUMMY

    • @fifilulu5999
      @fifilulu5999 Před 2 lety +17

      @@gn8ce was that a joke, or are you the joke?

  • @ericvondell5157
    @ericvondell5157 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Useless Information Is ALL Phantom Knows!!!
    THIS Was The BEST CZcams video Yet!💖🥰🎉🥳

  • @ShoeTheGreyCat
    @ShoeTheGreyCat Před rokem +2

    This video was the exact length it took for me to do a mind numbingly boring computer training course.
    Having it on in the background made it not an awful experience.

  • @rycrafter616
    @rycrafter616 Před 3 lety +1371

    When he gets to 8 hours, he should just name the video “school”

  • @Cimlite
    @Cimlite Před 3 lety +325

    _"911, what is your emergency?"_ -
    _"Yes, hello. There's a man, standing in a field... reading off popular baby names from the 50ies, while a drone circles him! COME QUICK!"_

    • @ellie.bowers.
      @ellie.bowers. Před 3 lety +3

      I feel I should comment

    • @darth_shadow7924
      @darth_shadow7924 Před 3 lety +1

      Ngl Karens might be the only ones that has an ability to do this
      reason:
      Intruding on Private Property most presumably

    • @frankzhang866
      @frankzhang866 Před 3 lety

      *italic*"miss in mot sure that qualifies as an emergency.

    • @philtarpehdixon7441
      @philtarpehdixon7441 Před 3 lety

      Stay where you are. Do not try to confront him yourself. Bolt your doors and keep everything secure indoors.
      We would love to come, but there is a real crime going on somewhere and he is not black.

    • @lillyw2695
      @lillyw2695 Před 3 lety

      that is the worst spelling of "the 50s" i have ever read. thank you.

  • @kronosomni2805
    @kronosomni2805 Před rokem +2

    The most likely scenario with the camera you mentioned is probably a lot less foggy if you look at it like this. What I think probably happened, is that they did a limited release market test somewhere that was fairly quiet and far away from large cities, and the test went poorly, hence the scrapped idea. If the statistics you see don't match what you would expect in a small sample size, sometimes companies jump the gun.

  • @gabrielvilliard3223
    @gabrielvilliard3223 Před rokem

    I'm programming a simple flash cards game, I ran out of questions to ask but I think this will help me lot!

  • @ashikat413
    @ashikat413 Před 3 lety +401

    "there are so many productive things you could be doing right now"
    Bitch im learning

    • @unicorncupcakies
      @unicorncupcakies Před 3 lety +1

      @@bluzare learning at 1am in the morning is a great way to learn actually
      i think

    • @jessisveryswag
      @jessisveryswag Před 3 lety

      @@bluzare 6 in the morning for me for some reason ??

  • @jeddparra5984
    @jeddparra5984 Před 3 lety +216

    "Potatoes and Bacon both share a commonality in that neither of them is a coconut"
    *OH REALLY*

    • @bribri7872
      @bribri7872 Před 3 lety +10

      I am also not a coconut
      .... *or am I*

    • @J.Millhouse
      @J.Millhouse Před 3 lety

      @@wramg You and I are not really coconuts... or ARE we?? *theme music plays

    • @mrlel1873
      @mrlel1873 Před 3 lety +1

      HHAAHAHAHAH this fucking killed me

    • @xandi8756
      @xandi8756 Před 3 lety

      can i get a time stanp

    • @hazmat2823
      @hazmat2823 Před 3 lety

      It does say useless information...

  • @yeah____youdude.sorrymaam2298

    Need more that didn’t feel like 30min that was time travel. For real

  • @sonicsphincter6
    @sonicsphincter6 Před 7 dny

    "There's so many productive things you could be doing."
    Bro I did that all day, I just want to not think.

  • @RobSomeone
    @RobSomeone Před 3 lety +425

    "Honey does not spoil" - That's actually some useful info.

    • @PuhlReshaped
      @PuhlReshaped Před 3 lety +6

      Redo the video with new info

    • @jlotrujillo
      @jlotrujillo Před 3 lety +1

      Honey is also the only thing we humans eat that is produced by an insect.

    • @Chagooo
      @Chagooo Před 3 lety +39

      @@jlotrujillo nah I eat beetle shit

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 Před 3 lety +12

      I thought that was common knowledge?

    • @TheRealFluffy88
      @TheRealFluffy88 Před 3 lety

      i mean it’s common knowledge tho

  • @spyrok6607
    @spyrok6607 Před 3 lety +672

    AustinMcConnell: "a solid 30 minutes of useless information"
    Schools: ".. Pathetic"

    • @thatboyakira4202
      @thatboyakira4202 Před 3 lety +32

      "How about 12 years?"

    • @thatboyakira4202
      @thatboyakira4202 Před 3 lety +3

      @@a.t.4527 r/iamverysmart

    • @dogmania2892
      @dogmania2892 Před 3 lety +14

      @@thatboyakira4202 I mean, he was just doing a calculation. r/iamverysmart is usually used for people acting smug and using big words, sometimes incorrectly.

    • @thatboyakira4202
      @thatboyakira4202 Před 3 lety

      @@dogmania2892 so... what should I do? I dont use reddit to much so...

    • @penpen5528
      @penpen5528 Před 3 lety +1

      @@a.t.4527 I respect your commitment and I don’t wanna bother checking

  • @DylanDraper-bc3ow
    @DylanDraper-bc3ow Před 11 měsíci +2

    “The horse raced past the barn fell” is something I cannot wrap my mind around

    • @idealab5289
      @idealab5289 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Think of it as "the horse that was raced past the barn fell"

    • @DylanDraper-bc3ow
      @DylanDraper-bc3ow Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@idealab5289 the horse (that raced past the barn) fell down?

    • @idealab5289
      @idealab5289 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@DylanDraper-bc3ow The horse itself didn't race. It was raced. The horse (that was) raced past the barn fell

    • @BloodyBay
      @BloodyBay Před 9 dny

      ​@@idealab5289 Ohhh, there's a thought. I took that sentence as "fell" in its uncommonly used Adjective form instead of as a Past Tense Verb. "The horse raced past the barn unholy" or "The horse ran swiftly past the wicked barn." It's still a little archaic and awkward, but it makes sense. 🤔

  • @bd2970
    @bd2970 Před rokem

    More of these, please!!!

  • @jml6263
    @jml6263 Před 3 lety +259

    I physically nodded when he said "Still here?" as if to get him to get on with it and dispense me my useless facts.

    • @Krankify
      @Krankify Před 3 lety +1

      I did that "frown smile" thing people do, then said "yup" and laughed as if he was right here ._.

    • @jml6263
      @jml6263 Před 3 lety +1

      @BLVGaming / Y1000 nods

  • @Flint_Inferno
    @Flint_Inferno Před 3 lety +337

    "Honey does not spoil."
    Sadly this video was not sponsored by Honey or that could have been a good segue.

    • @cj-3810
      @cj-3810 Před 3 lety +4

      The first correct spelling of segue for its intended purpose on the internet I’ve seen in the past two decades

    • @bonezoner9999
      @bonezoner9999 Před 3 lety +2

      @@cj-3810 I’ve been living a lie, I’ve always thought it was Segway, like the vehicle.

    • @youtubeneedstochange4414
      @youtubeneedstochange4414 Před 3 lety

      @@bonezoner9999 Ah yes, the invention whose owner killed himself while trying to test out the product.

    • @ARCHIVED9610
      @ARCHIVED9610 Před 3 lety

      @@youtubeneedstochange4414 uhhhh lets talk about bees instead

  • @erickcastillo267
    @erickcastillo267 Před rokem

    I think my favorite part was the drone going around in circles as Austin said all 40 names, the footage almost felt like what you see in a "Continue?" screen of Soul Calibur or Tekken.

  • @user-xc3ip1py4q
    @user-xc3ip1py4q Před 3 měsíci

    I hate studying in silence and music is distracting so thank you for this

  • @ippedhairntertainment2328
    @ippedhairntertainment2328 Před 3 lety +2357

    Austin: “30 minutes of useless information.”
    Schools: *that’s insultingly low.*

    • @_justice570
      @_justice570 Před 3 lety +111

      mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

    • @bearbear-hf7cn
      @bearbear-hf7cn Před 3 lety +35

      @@_justice570 we separate kids using right brain from the left brain

    • @matthew_wagner813
      @matthew_wagner813 Před 3 lety +22

      Yeah this was only half of a normal class time school reccomends that but eight times more (6 periods) Yes, we watch this pretty much 8 times a school day.

    • @captainjackpugh6050
      @captainjackpugh6050 Před 3 lety

      @Xedx No

    • @the-anhpham3364
      @the-anhpham3364 Před 3 lety +7

      just wait a decade he'll get to 6 hours eventually

  • @MyoticTesseract
    @MyoticTesseract Před 3 lety +297

    Fun fact: I once upset my grandmother as a kid because she wanted to go up the Empire State Building but I am deathly afraid of heights so we didn’t go

  • @cadietuc
    @cadietuc Před 2 měsíci

    i have never failed to fall asleep while listening to this, THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @elizabethlewis1311
    @elizabethlewis1311 Před rokem

    This was FANTASTIC!

  • @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial
    @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial Před 3 lety +378

    Sequel Idea: 30 minutes of productive things you _could_ be doing right now.

  • @Luischocolatier
    @Luischocolatier Před 3 lety +369

    "The average person consumes 3 bottles of ketchup a year"
    *Worriedly looks at my second bottle for this month*

    • @iceran9622
      @iceran9622 Před 3 lety +47

      And on stark contrast here I am, who hasn’t consumed a single drop of ketchup in the last 3 years. You can enjoy your 2 to 3 bottles a month I’ll make the average stay the same

    • @janoslegyenfennajanoshegyen
      @janoslegyenfennajanoshegyen Před 3 lety +33

      In the eyes of statistics, if you go hunting, and miss a deer with 3 inches to the left, then 3 inches to the right, you shot the deer

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +5

      @@iceran9622 anti ketchup gang let's go

    • @bruce4139
      @bruce4139 Před 3 lety

      Dont worry my mom doesnt eat any ketchup

    • @natestickeler924
      @natestickeler924 Před 3 lety +1

      @@whirlwind872 Yes, I hate ketchup.

  • @sanic9246
    @sanic9246 Před 4 měsíci

    Now I'm waiting for an hour version of this.

  • @Kilomegaminx
    @Kilomegaminx Před měsícem

    Can I just say that the Squarespace segue takeout was absolutely incredible!

  • @burakalp34
    @burakalp34 Před 3 lety +144

    His voice was so full of joy while saying: "Strawberrys have up to 200 seeds"

    • @lukassyversen
      @lukassyversen Před 3 lety +5

      Damn why no spoileralert😭😭😭

    • @NicoZombie23
      @NicoZombie23 Před 3 lety +1

      @@lukassyversen why you looking in the comments before watching the whole video if you dont want spoilers wtf

    • @lukassyversen
      @lukassyversen Před 3 lety

      @@NicoZombie23 hahah you were the comment that came up when i opened the vid

    • @lukassyversen
      @lukassyversen Před 3 lety +1

      @@NicoZombie23 was also a joke, not really a problem to get things spoiled given how useless information this is hahah

  • @humanbeing2282
    @humanbeing2282 Před 3 lety +209

    I like how this series started as a banal middle finger to one asshole commenter and now it’s one of the most popular series on the channel. It’s truly an inspiration

    • @tepotatopugstarwars3040
      @tepotatopugstarwars3040 Před 3 lety +2

      An inspiration to what be an a hole commenter so CZcamsrs get ideas for good videos?

  • @rubendejo
    @rubendejo Před rokem

    I did not know I needed this today 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @neezduts69420
    @neezduts69420 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I was absolutely astonished to learn that a potato and bacon aren't coconuts

  • @austinmcconnell
    @austinmcconnell  Před 3 lety +5180

    Share this video while I go look into the history of knocker-upper knocker-upper knocker-uppers.

    • @Flint_Inferno
      @Flint_Inferno Před 3 lety +45

      You should get input from other creators on CZcams for more of these videos. Tom Scott comes to mind.

    • @paulsangiorgio3093
      @paulsangiorgio3093 Před 3 lety +13

      so you're really gonna reference "51 Famous Filmmakers In 10 Minutes" and not only keep it unlisted but not give any context to where you're referencing all those youtube comments from?

    • @Finn_01
      @Finn_01 Před 3 lety +4

      Thank you, I will retain all of this information so I can flash back to it while I'm doing a math test

    • @davidnotonstinnett
      @davidnotonstinnett Před 3 lety +5

      But who wakes up the knocker upper knocker-upper knocker-uppers?

    • @DisasterxUs
      @DisasterxUs Před 3 lety +5

      Please include if there is any connection to the slang term "knocked up." I really need to know but not enough to research for myself. Thanks.

  • @SilverDSlite
    @SilverDSlite Před 3 lety +674

    I feel like sometime in the future, Austin will release a video saying he's hidden a treasure somewhere in the world, and the clues to find it are within these videos.

    • @g4fly4ever8
      @g4fly4ever8 Před 3 lety +54

      The part where he counts letters from the book titles seems like part of the code

    • @faqihawang236
      @faqihawang236 Před 3 lety +11

      austinmcconnel arg

    • @mrs.pantocow4747
      @mrs.pantocow4747 Před 3 lety +13

      It's in that island that's for sale for $65,000

    • @nomad5544
      @nomad5544 Před 3 lety +9

      @@mrs.pantocow4747 you have to buy the island for $65k in order to win the grand prize of $65,000.01

    • @RefoProduction
      @RefoProduction Před 2 lety +4

      no, i cant believe this video is useful

  • @DRAGBOTMARVEL
    @DRAGBOTMARVEL Před rokem +1

    I would totally listen to this while driving.

  • @prestonhunter45
    @prestonhunter45 Před rokem +1

    I’m hoping that the more I watch these, the more that will get stuck in my head

  • @bernardbrandt6228
    @bernardbrandt6228 Před 3 lety +157

    "the colour orange is named after the fruit, not the other way round" he says while holding a mandarin

    • @kevinnathanielesquibel9143
      @kevinnathanielesquibel9143 Před 3 lety

      Guava

    • @Chris_Cross
      @Chris_Cross Před 3 lety +9

      And the fruit is named after the plant.

    • @thecynth3820
      @thecynth3820 Před 3 lety +1

      Forgot where I heard this (maybe QI), but Austin is wrong, apparently it orginally came from the tree (I think)

    • @douglasparkinson4123
      @douglasparkinson4123 Před 3 lety +1

      mandarin, orange, satsuma, its all just dimpled orange spheres

    • @sebastianoleary2743
      @sebastianoleary2743 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thecynth3820 the fruit was named after the tree then the color was named after the fruit.

  • @TheNunududu
    @TheNunududu Před 3 lety +465

    Austin: "There are so many productive things you could be doing right now."
    Me: "Useless fact number 1."

    • @AlexeiLjanej
      @AlexeiLjanej Před 2 lety +1

      @Jeffery Jerome We love the Australians... but yes, they did lose a war to mf EMUS
      From new Zealand 🇳🇿

  • @hyperfiz0980
    @hyperfiz0980 Před rokem +3

    "Rabbits cannot vomit"
    Me, who owns a rabbit: *not so useless now*

    • @BloodyBay
      @BloodyBay Před 9 dny

      *Pet Stores:* * run out of rabbits *
      *New Wave of Rabbit Owners Worldwide:* *"We will never shampoo critter puke out of our carpets AGAIN!!!"*

  • @rosegraham5780
    @rosegraham5780 Před rokem

    Lovwee uuu. This is perfect. Couldn’t ask for anything more. ❤❤❤❤❤❤