The Mystery of the Iron Pillar of Delhi
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No
Glass is super-cooled liquid.
@sampary3749 It's an amorphous solid.
link to Discord isn't in the description! Liam?!
I don't like this sponsor, hair growth "tonics" would be prescribed by a doctor if they were based in fact and medical aids would include it as they do cosmetic surgery. This channel has always been based in fact, this sponsor detracts from your authentic reputation.
Liam didn't add the link to the description. He needs to spend some time in the basement to reflect on error of his ways.
You mean the sub-basement?
😅😅😅
This is not the path to North Korea, Liam.
Dang it Liam.
😅@@Leonardhbrown
"It's not particularly thick and it tapers as it goes up" bro stop attacking me 😂
"It is noticeably less smooth at the base."
That's want she said
23ft though? Your the one with a weapon. Stop gloating
@@GM-ie2zl 😂😂😂
😂
love the reoccurring bit of measuring things in danny devitos it really puts things into perspective
Somehow I feel I have a near perfect gauge of the true size of Danny DeVito thanks to Katy using him as a measurement lmao
When she clarified by using the length of a bus, I immediately thought "BUT HOW MANY DANNY DEVITOS IS IT???" and was so relieved when she followed up with this crucial information. 😄
Official "Whistlerverse" measurement standards. 😭😂💃🏿😂😭😂🤣
I am exactly 5 feet tall (F). I have experience being used as a measuring device.
He's clearly taken US into consideration! Lol.
Fun fact about super old glass windows! There's a few reasons why the panes are like that, where they're thicker at the bottom: Reason number one being that way back in the day, the way that you could get large enough flat enough thin enough pieces of glass to cut into windows was to melt the glass and pour it onto a spinning plate! You'd get a *reasonably* flat disc of glass at that point, but more importantly, centrifugal force causes a bit more of the glass to "pool" towards the outer edges of this disc, thereby resulting in non-uniform thickness of the plate glass. From there, the window panes are cut oriented so that the vertical axis of the pane is more or less radial. This orients the increasing thickness of the glass in the vertical direction, with the thicker part towards the intended bottom of the pane. When the pane is oriented in this way, it is more stable once set into the window framing and thus less likely to just fall out over time. :)
Aside from the spinning technology, you mentioned, in a lot of houses at least in the US, from the 1800's to the early 1900's, you can look through original windows & actually see a wavy pattern in them, because they were made with blown glass, where instead of making a bottle, the molton glass bubble is blown larger then split open, while the glass is still hot enough, & flattened out by hand. They couldn't get it perfectly flat, because it cooled off too fast & became solid, but because the glass was thin, it didn't noticeably distort the view, so unless someone looks for the waviness, it isn't noticeable at a glance.
I think mass produced window glass as we know it today, didn't begin to become common until sometime in the early 20th Century.
They also didn't always put the glass in thickest at the bottom. So some panes were thinker at the side, or even the top. Gravity didn't do that! 🤣
Itwas caused by gravity just not from sitting in said setting over time
Thank you for sharing your niche knowledge 😊
I enjoyed this info dump, thanks
I wasn’t ready for the British Museum joke. Nailed it.
I immediately suspected that the lower part is bumpy and rusty because people touching (and/or kissing) it for good luck, as people are wont to do with "holy artifacts" within their reach, were rubbing off a protective layer. The last bit of the video confirmed such a tradition. I am surprised and honestly a bit disappointed that the only posited explanation, though, is that the rusty part was originally supposed to be underground.
PS: Simon saying that he likes his kids more than himself warmed the cockles of my heart. What a good dad. 😊👍
the whole thing is rusty. Iron isn't dark red. Rust is... saying it's not rusted when it's entirely covered in rust is insane...
Never stop using Danny DeVito as a unit of measure. It makes me so happy every time. 😅
Hey Simon! I've been studying Hindu scripts, and there is a reason is says "quit the Earth" instead of death. Basically, the body is just the body, the soul within never dies. It quits the body at the end of its' time and moves on to new plains of existence. That may be spending time in a heavenly abode or hell, or it may be reincarnation (potentially after spending time in one of the spiritual plains). Depending on their spiritual level, they may have attained the goal of spiritually and have ceased being part of the reincarnation cycle. So when looking at ancient Hindu works, it may be a little confusing compared to most Westernized cultures. The wording is an indicator of a concept that is part of the religion. Hope that helps 😊. (Also side note: You're quip about the British museum made me laugh soda out my nose. Thanks for the now clear sinuses, lol.)
You do realise there's no such thing as a 'soul'....
@@Chris-hx3om Are you referring to the concept of "Self"? If so, yes I do understand that quite well. However, a brief explanation answer vs trying to summarize the information and concepts within both the Bhagavad Gita and The Upanishads seemed like the better approach. If not referring to "Self", then I'm assuming you're just saying that because you don't personally believe that soul or spirit is something that exists. Perfectly fine either way, just putting that out there.
Yeah so he dies
*"Planes" of existence.... Carry on.
@@Chris-hx3omNo one can ‘realize’ that. It is unfalsifiable.
Well done Katy, Simon tangented in 10 seconds. Well done indeed. You should get an extra mushroom ration. Cheers from Tennessee
There are that many writers and editors crammed into Simon's Basement... I doubt that there is 'MushRoom' left for anything else... (taxi for Paul please..)
Liam didn't give discord link
Are you surprised? Lol. You watched the video, thats all that matters
Huh?
Don't blame me. That's not fair 😢
@@liammarshall5047get your shit together Liam 😡
Snitch
Just an error correction: the North Korean calendar starts at the conception of the great leader, not his birth. Very important distinction (eye roll).
But...What existed before that?
@@jeffdroog Obviously the dark pre-civilized times of ignorance and suffering.
@@tubensalat1453I'll never understand how that joke of a country has allies lmao. Please just let south Korea take it over. Or Britain, or Canada, or anyone but that fat joke of a 'human being'. Hey, he doesn't consider himself a person so why should I?
@@jeffdroog What existed before 0 AD?
There was no Year0, 1A.D. followed 1B.C.
very pleased that 'danny devitos' has become a standard measurement- good work team!
Simon mentioning glass gave me an idea for a script. Look at 4 or 5 mini myths- like glass flowing, do fish only remember things for 2 minutes etc and do a rapid fire episode - put them all together
That would be a good short
Simon should definitely do an episode on the massacre of the royal family in Nepal. Idk if casual criminalist or this channel would be appropriate for it but it has a lot of conspiracy elements to it!
A decorative bell... end?
an Amazing Bell End...
Fantastic Bell End
Firm bell end
Funny story; my mother saw one of Simon's videos once and asked me what a bell end was. I was like: "Nope, not explaining that"
I'm guessing that the "blood" that was allegedly seen when the pillar was first dug up to be moved may have been mositure ladden rust from however long it was in the ground. If the Ghee was applied before it's removable then the bottom 1/3 would have not received the protection being buried.
You should do a video on Tasmanian Tigers or Thylacines and the fact that they may have either gone extinct later than originally believed or may still be alive. There's fun ring camera footage and new studies that suggest they may have been alive up to 2000.
... or that Ancient Aliens kidnapped them alll !!!!!!!!
Tasmanian tigers and Thylacines are the same thing and they might exist in Tasmania; in small numbers but it’s not likely.
Ring cameras? That wasn't a thing until 2015 so I highly doubt any "ring camera footage" that suggests they were alive in 2000. Either you got some details wrong or someone lied to you.
@@IgabodDobagi as I said, some people believe they are not extinct and there's ring camera footage from the modern day. But I understand that some people struggle with reading comprehension and can't see that I said there's a belief they never went extinct.
@@Timbo6669 yes I'm aware, but not everyone is so I use both. And it's got some interesting stuff going on
The "pillar talk" double entendre.😂
Pillar as in shaft or column
Pillow talk
Piller ? A person who drops pills in drinks of unsuspecting victims?
Sorry, segue. Lol
Katy sticking with the DeVito measuring system. I love it. 😂 Good luck to everyone in the CrossFit community taking on 24.3 this weekend.
It's good Simon finally got himself an arch-nemesis. Every Fact-Hero needs one. "Von Danikaaaaaaaaannn!"
I become giddy when ever Von Daniken gets mentioned because hes a meme now and I know Simon will rip into him.
True only because of that stupid show ancient aliens.
He ain't as much a crack pot as people think IMO he held a few degrees as well.
I've read some of his books and a lot of it is very well thought out and backed with hard science,
the other bits of his own personal thoughts however are what we make fun of.
All in all he's is/was pretty cool lol
No Discord link in the description. Dammit, Liam! You had ONE JOB.
The Whistlerverse, my favorite multiverse.
Ah yes. the olde "Rubbing Ghee on the lower bits" bit. I remember it well.
My new measurement system is now Danny de vitos 😂
So it's not Just a'Muricans, who use ANY measure of measurements, before using SI units? (jokes, just messing...)
He’s very useful 👍🏼
@@katywatson4940It's catching on, when Simon first mentioned the height I instinctively wondered how many Danny DeVito's it was!
@@JeeVeeHaych It's 4.9 Danny Devitos in height.
How many Danny de Vitos are in a Giraffe, and how many Bananas make up 1.0 Danny's?
The issue you take with translation is one of my favorite parts of studying ancient languages. Do we translate literally, to better understand the ancient cultural context, or translate using modern vernacular to convey the meaning by relating it to something more relevant but still equivalent? There are times and places for both types of translation, and I don't personally have a preference. But the conversation around the philosophies is interesting to me :)
Do both
Culture rules.
Just think about this in modern terms.
One group of people may use a specific word as a hateful sexist or racist word and another may use the same word to mean their brother or good friend.
So context is critical when translating anything.
@@sjenny5891Tbh I agree 100%.
@@sjenny5891 I don't think that really should be your focus when translating ancient text though, your mission as a translator is to make us understand the text without actually learning the language. If the text say something that doesn't really work with our modern view, that irrelevant in those cases.
Yeah, it might be different when translating modern commercial works but if someone get offended for something written 1600 years ago in India, they probably shouldn't study old texts.
It is more complicated if it is written in some kind of rhymes though, there you can argue that you want to try to make it still rhyme or be as exact as possible while losing said rhyme, something translators of Homer have wrestled with for millennia.
But if a ancient text is racist? We can't censor millennia old texts just because someone today might get offended. History is all about understanding the past and maybe hopefully learn from mistakes done back then. Pretending things didn't happen or that everyone was nice and happy is not doing anyone any favors. Of course you shouldn't add in opinion in the text but you are free to add your own comments after the text as many historians do.
@loke6664
Thank you for proving my point.
It wasn't the words that were said but the meaning behind them that was being conveyed and you obviously missed it.
yeah my thought upon seeing the pictures was black rust, its stable and protective, its how old guns still look so good, assuming no particular deleterious circumstances
Glazer here, a glass worker in layman's. Thank you for getting it correct about old windows Simon!
The old hand drawn and poured glass manufacturing techniques left the edges of the billets ever so slightly thicker than modern machine rolling practices. One thing that has stayed the same though is that glazers who install glass will cut their pieces from the edges to conserve material. This results in that wider edge being included in the final product, often at the bottom for ease of installation. A wider base allows you to not hold the piece in place, allowing you to use both hands to apply glazing putty or wooden stops.
To prove this you can simply look at the edges of any 1800 Series Restoration glass billets. They are made in the old way and still have the wider edges.
Awww Simon saying 'I like them more than I like me' about his kids and future grandkids is so lovely haha
And then a few minutes later describing in detail how he would humiliate his religious conquests, you know, if he were into that lol
Hoping humans stop pushing the world into a hellscape though. Think of the children. 😂
As someone with no desire for kids and might be a bit of a cynic. That got me, makes me feel like he's probably doing it well.
Ah we Brits. Give a hint of 'shaft' or 'bell-end' and we can't stop the laughter
I will never not love the use of Danny DeVito as a unit of measurement. Gets a laugh outta me every time
There are people who gain good luck from wishing fountains -- those who clean out the fountains.
What he's really saying in plain English is "this pillar built up a special form of corrosion that doesn't flake off and expose new iron like normal rust".
Sounds like forge blueing.or hot bluing
@@thomasbaker6563Known as "browning" before chemical blueing became a thing. Same reason the Brown Bess musket was named. Similar reason that iron manhole covers don't just rust away.
Which is obvious to anyone with eyes. Iron isn't dark red. Rust is
"I can feel it coming in the air tonight," oh lord!
Lol, serpents blood AKA a reddish brown liquid AKA rusty water. Well done, ‘The Past’ 😂
BTW the guy who interviewed Daniken isn't the same Timothy Ferris that wrote about a four hour work week, he's actually a much cooler Timothy Ferris, who popped up here and there in the 80s and 90s a fair bit.
The square light that is constantly above Simons glossy head keeps making me think he is wearing an electric morrocian hat😂
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who was screaming at Simon the whole video that the pillar does, in fact, have rust all over it.
The "Glas is a liquid" is not a urban legend, but a lot more complicated.
no, it isnt complicated at all. glass is an amorphous solid, which means it doesnt have a crystalline structure. this does not mean it's a liquid, the name literally has SOLID in it.
the reason the bottom is heavy is because they were bad at making glass, and when they installed it they installed the heavy side (imperfections) on the bottom, because that makes the most sense.
i also believed this because a teacher told me it in elementary school, but it simply isnt true. glass is just weird and has unique properties, but being a liquid is not one of them
glass is not a liqid, nothing like pitch.
in the way back machine, i had neighbours whos name was Lyon. 19:20 all four boys had white blonde hair and were some of the nicest people i knew. thanks for the memory :)
Village of the Damned?
Many years ago in my hometown, they built a bank out of pre-rusted iron beams for exactly this reason. We called it "the Bank and Rust"
Love the Carl Sagan quote. Absolutely nailed it. I would also add that VD not only never even tried to understand anything, he actively avoided learning anything that might inhibit his wild speculation.
I would just like to say that I'm one of those people who likes to look at these sorts of weird stories. However, unlike some, I absolutely love your treatment of them. It saves me the trouble of looking into them myself to figure out what's really going on. And when I already know the story and what's really going on, I enjoy anticipating whether or not the theory that I've come up with or found through my own research is still viable.
Keep up the good work.
It's been a while since I laughed, but watching Simon suffer at having to reference the "scholar" von Daniken brought unexpected joy to my heart.
He kept saying his name so much, I thought he was going to appear
I like this channel because of the multiple perspectives, from mythological to supernatural to logical to philosophical, usually only the logical answer is correct but hearing all the theories is interesting
I am loving the Divito scale of measurement.
I took a fluid mechanics class in which the professor mentioned glass being an exceedingly viscous liquid, with the glass being thicker on the bottom of windows of old buildings as proof.
Leaving semantics aside, a big problem with the professor's "proof," of course, is the assumption that the glass was of uniform thickness when it was first installed.
This is why Simon is the king at this. He’s himself. This serves as information and comedy. Great work Simon and Team
Oh my God all this time and I never said thank you to Katie 💖🙏🏻 you make Simon look even better than he already is you rock Katie
Thanks!
The ``liquid`` glass and iron ``healing`` is a property of solids which indeed renders them to behave like a liquid over long time or under certain factors... It is the tendency of materials to slowly ``melt`` and pool around the initial shape(manufactured shape in this case), it is called ``material creep`` and it is a strong factor in precision industry, be it machine making, precision measuring equipment, optics and many other fields not directly related to high levels of precision... In machinery, you can easily see this very effect in old machines that were designed poorly, where say a very long mill table or a grinder table essentially buckles in the middle... Properly designed components are much much slower at exhibiting this effect, but it does happen... Some poorly designed lathe beds tend to buckle in the middle, resulting in a ``bow`` of cast iron which is a real shitty situation and a lethal sentence for the machine... There ain`t no rebuilding a badly bowed lathe... Wear you can scrape and rebuild with material of choice, but yeah, materials which we deem solid do indeed have properties that take effect over very long periods of time that does indeed demonstrate the unexpected fluidity of some materials... Just how diamonds slowly shed carbon and disappear over time, making a joke out of the ``diamonds are forever`` idea, so do many other materials come with some hidden properties...
19:56, love this rant. Thank you, Simon. My heart is filled with joy.
Magic, aliens, curses. What about magic alien curses Simon?! MAGIC ALIEN CURSES!
Ah, that Cursed Alien Magic
Glass is actually often thicker at the bottom in old buildings, and for the longest time this was believed to be due to the fact that glass indeed 'flows' over long periods. However more recent research has suggested that the time needed for this is much longer than the age of glass window making. The current prevailing theory is that builders simply put glass windows in with the thicker side at the bottom, thinking this would make for a stronger and more durable construction.
1:40 - Chapter 1 - The mystery
3:00 - Mid roll ads
4:45 - Back to the video
6:20 - Chapter 2 - Pillar talk
10:15 - Chapter 3 - The history of the iron pillar
21:55 - Chapter 4 - Rust free since th 5th century CE
PS: 1:55 - The sceptic tank ?
His immediate reaction to the mention of Eric is priceless
That British museum joke is why I watch all of these channels!!!
Hypothesis:
1. Some type of iron alloys that doesn't rust
2.Antirust paint
3. People oiled it
2) false
3) false
1) no such iron ore is found in the entire Indian subcontinent
the glass has been long debunked. They just couldn't make 100% flat glass and understood that putting the thicker part at the bottom would improve the odds that the glass wouldn't break over balancing it on the thinner bits.
Liam pulled a power move by not adding the Discord. He's your boss now.
Tangent inside of a tangent inside of a rant via a segue topped off with a random yet purposeful
“Allegedly”
Priceless 😂 #whistlerverse
I love the fact you debunk the crazy Simon, it helps keep me sane and on the right track. In fact whenever I accidentally stumble across a conspiracy theory video I immediately search for a debunking video for actual balance. So thank you!
Miniminuteman fan then? His videos are great
@@SugarandSarcasm
There not the same caliber of debunker at all.
Milo is great all the time with his facts, where as Simon is a 50/50.
He talks a lot of shit sometimes and inserts his "opinions" but still good stuff.
@@DROK278 absolutely agree with that.
Wow posted 18 secs ago. Never get them this fresh.
20.04 I LOVE the reaction when Erich von Däniken is mentioned, because it is the exact same as my reaction 😁
Danny DaVito's - love it !!
Wow, I came to watch at 53s after release. 😂 Near-perfect timing.
I like the approach The Why Files takes with this stuff (I like your take too, Simon) where he tells the story as the conspiracy theory people tell it in the first half and then tears it all down in the second. You get a good story (usually) and then get to hear the facts. Best of both worlds.
marvellous, another episode I really enjoyed. thanks!
Lol "about 9/10 of a bus" ME: Yeah but how many Danny Devitos???!!!
Hm not seeing the discord link
Glass is considered a super cooled liquid and over the course of 100 years the effects of it slowly "flowing" in a window pane can easily be seen.
100% this!!
No. Glass, however, is actually neither a liquid-supercooled or otherwise-nor a solid. It is an amorphous solid-a state somewhere between those two states of matter. And yet glass's liquidlike properties are not enough to explain the thicker-bottomed windows, because glass atoms move too slowly for changes to be visible so its just the way they made them. Stop be stupid. It's just a google search dude
Here's the truth to why old windows are thicker at the bottom, they sucked at glass making and those who installed the glass made the conscious decision to put the thicker parts at the bottom.
No, old windows are thicker on one edge because the way it was made ended up with a thicker edge for various reasons depending on the process. Modern windows are uniform thickness and smooth because the molten glass is poured onto and floats on top of molten tin and everything stays flat and decently smooth because gravity (OTOH the process for making the perfect-surface-finish ultrathin glass for LCD screens is, as far as I can tell from looking at the patent documents, magic). Look up "plate glass".
@@viking_nor if you are talking about older glass then that is true. They were basically a tube blown and then cut to lay flat. But more modern glass is not created the same way and is extremely consistent in it's thickness. Yet you can see the ripples and thickness changes in this older, but still modern process of glass. If you are interested you can Google the glass installed in my old barn for more information. Because Google is ALWAYS right.
You'll notice that those bottom couple meters of the pillar indeed are covered with that classic reddish rust we commonly see on smaller iron pieces. That's because the 1000 years of people touching and rubbing the pillar have removed the ancient protective layers of oxidation. It that pillar is going to rot through anywhere, it's going to be at the bottom, and then 6 tons of iron are going to fall on anyone unlucky or unaware enough not to get out of the way.
That head movement when Super irritated is priceless ! 😂😂😂
FACT BOY FRIDAY
Glass is indeed a liquid and not a solid Simon. You're in Prague look at the old church window and his they are skinny at the top but heavy at the bottom. It's just a super viscous liquid
this is a myth, it was just really hard to get glass to be an even thickness all the way through back in the olde times.
they placed the thicker part at the bottom for stability.
Sorry, if glass flowed, there should be counter tops in old bakeries and jewelry stores that sag in the middle. You’ll never see that. Before the invention of plate glass, glass for windows was made in a methods that resulted in a thicker edge, and the glazier installed that side down to help water run off the window and not soak into the frame.
So, this is the most recent episode that I remembered to suggest this, but I feel like something that would be a great addition to both this channel and Casual Criminalist would be playlists by author, as each has a mildly different writing style, and sometimes call back to previous work that they've done, so it would be nice to be able to track down the other pieces from the same author if someone wants to go through all of them. In addition, on CasCrim, you have guys like George and Arnaldo who do very impressively researched local crime, and it's always exciting when one of their scripts comes up, but it can be difficult to tell just off the title or a pain to try to find where in the intro Simon mentions who wrote it. Just a thought, pretty sure I may have seen someone suggest it before, but I figured it might deserve a consideration.
Hello, new subscriber from India here. Love all your content from all the channels, Simon. BTW, Sheshnag was another king from another dynasty, if I recall my middle school history correctly. So there may be something lost in translation.
Funny thing is, as a child when I first read about this pillar in the text book, I thought 'okay, so maybe they forged it in a way that we don't do these day?' and not ancient aliens. Keep up the good work.
I thought Sheshnag was a mythical snake!
@@katywatson4940 you may still be right. A lot of the older dynasties drew their last names directly from Hindu mythology.
@@katywatson4940 well kings are kings and they love the names that boasts power
What I've hard about the glass in old buildings being thicker at the bottoms is because the glass they produced was uneven, so the glaziers installed the glass with the thicker part at the bottom for stability.
Glass is still technically a liquid, what's happening is, over the centuries it has been in place, gravity has taken hold and has started to make the glass flow downward
@@captainspaulding5963Insert I Robot meme. No.
Lol no
17:30 "... Tomar lost his head." Someone better let Chris and Zach know how deep the Tomar lore truly goes.
Indians have been talking about the Tomar for thousands of years.
I believe the emeralds are mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita.
Thank you Simon, you made it surprisingly interesting 👍👍
Glass is not a solid. Nor, however, is it a liquid. It is an Amorphous Solid.
.... so it's a solid.
@@dafook7182 Again, no. It is its own state of matter, actually. There is a 5th, known as Glassy Liquid as well, that was recently discovered. That one holds a lot of implications for materials science, actually.
The 3 'prime' states of matter haven't been the only states of matter for half a century.
@thalastianjorus I think you're misunderstanding what an amorphous solid means. Bottom line is that the "transitional rate" so it's been called is pretty much nonexistent
@@dafook7182 I think that I work in materials...
@thalastianjorus I mean if you're not sure then maybe you shouldn't be so confident in your answer.
The reason they translate things as close as possible word for word is to avoid misinterpretation. Subtleties in language can be interpreted to mean vastly different things.
A+ video!
Awesome writing and analysis, intriguing topic!
At 25:00 it seems pretty clear that the pillar has a naturally formed layer of phosphate, which is a rust-resistant coating used on modern steel items, most famously on firearms.
There is also a modern steel alloy called "Cor-Ten" which seems to have roughly the same make-up as the pillar, minus the large amount of phoshorus, most notably a small amount of copper, which stops the rust from flaking off, so it forms a barrier like the oxide layer of bronze, brass or aluminium, just much thicker.
Glass is technically a liquid but unless said window was a million years old, that is not why it is thicker in the under side. I wouldn't say it was because they were shit at making them though, but the technique they used meant that when you were making large windows one part got thicker due to gravity and they of course always put that side down. That is also why most of the really old windows are made out of many smaller glass squares hold together by lead, they could make them thin.
Old windows are thicker at the bottom because making flat glass was hard and when they were installed they put the thick end at the bottom bc its stronger that way. Glass doesnt flow, the lead in stained glass windows will run and fall out long before the glass does.
I like how Simon looks over his shoulder a bit while thanking his writer. Like he is calling it down the Blazement stairs...
I love how Simon’s reaction to saying Eric Von Daniget (sp??) is “NO!!!!” 😂
"It's not like India didn't have the fucking wheel!" Idk why this made me laugh so much lol 😂
I love that Danny Devito is a unit of measurement now
2:50 to many people like the new history channel.
2:50
Just to push back a tiny bit (I love the channels you have, follow them all, and never miss an episode after all) I know you do not believe in the paranormal. I am referring to something I couldn't see but one night I used a ouija board with 3 friends. Had plenty happen that night for hours - direct answers, figure 8s, Z-O-Z-O, etc.
That night I went from very skeptical to believing something was happening I didn't understand.
The NEXT night, at my own home with no ouija board I was just laying down in bed and putting a movie or something on and I had 3 knocks behind my head on my wall. Then the wall across from that. Then the closet door. Finally, I went to the bathroom, turning lights on as I went of course,
When I came back I reached out to grasp the doorknob and as I did 3 knocks, directly in front of my face.
I do not KNOW it was a "spirit" or "ghost" or a force I didn't understand.
I didn't see a wispy lady in white or old fella with a cane...
But...
Something out of the ordinary definitely happened.
I may not be able to prove to you or anyone else all of the above happened but I swear on my kids' lives everything I just wrote here is 100% true from my perspective. May any living relative, friend, acquaintance or any person I care about or who care about me be stricken with a horrific demise if any of this was a lie or anything I said didn't happen.
May I be struck by lightning this very minute if I am lying...
I find it so frustrating and worry for everyone when I tell them this and they just will not believe me, or at least allow that I am not lying.
It is so profound but I have no way to prove it to others unless they are willing to look for these "answers" themselves 😢
If it ever happens again, just firmly tell them goodbye and to leave. Just don't say things like "come in".
@@SugarandSarcasm Yeah, I qas just so surprised that it was happening because I was still so skeptical at the time and was more trying to prove things like that DONT happen lol
I will absolutely say that if there is a next time. Thank you 😊
I visited Qutab Minar in 2019 and didn't know the Iron Pillar was in the same area. My father was amazed I even knew about it :D
I believe the reason you translate directly is to avoid using terms that although may appear similar on the surface when included with other points of refence (those discovered or yet to be discovered) may lead to faulty information. Our understanding of story is constantly evolving and sometimes one slight misunderstanding can lead people in the wrong direction that may take years or decades to sort out.
So I do agree with directly translating but I wouldnt be opposed to there being a small laymans term blurb that identifies it as such leaving the possibility of being changed as better info is discovered
The glass being thicker at the bottom of really old windows is actually true but NOT because the glass is liquid. Yeah I am aware of the pitch drop experiment, a fascinating experiment in material physics, but the glass windows are different. The manufacturing of old glass simply made one end of the pane thicker and they were intentionally installed thick side down because it is stronger. They are not "melting" and will remain the same for thousands of more years.
I love that Simon's response to a "controversy" about his channel is to apologize, not to the person who is upset, but to his employee who had to read such a stupid comment.
That's good stuff.
I'm pretty sure Simon is the #1 content producer on youtube
Please do a episode on the 2004 USS NIMITZ UFO EVENT. The tic tac ufo!!!!
Today I learned that there's air in the airport. Mind blown. Thank you, Simon!
Very entertaining indeed!