15 SECRET Facts About Famous Monuments

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
  • They're some of the most popular tourist attractions wherever you visit and they form the backdrops of the most famous settings in the world… but how much do you really know about the most recognizable places? From secret messages and rooms, to surprising structures, hidden meanings, and strange uses… it’s time to tour the world and reveal the 15 most surprising facts about famous monuments.
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Komentáře • 205

  • @epolk1968
    @epolk1968 Před 26 dny +34

    They couldn't have added the 50 States in 1924. Alaska and Hawaii weren't States until the 1950s.

    • @matthewblanchard9301
      @matthewblanchard9301 Před 20 dny +3

      @@epolk1968 Alaska was admitted as the 49th State on January 3, 1959 and Hawaii was admitted as the 50th State on August 21, 1959.....🇺🇸

    • @christianthompson3926
      @christianthompson3926 Před 13 dny +2

      The video says the "feature" of placing the name of each state and when it joined the Union was added in 1924...meaning the stonework was added. The video (which, presumably was made after the advent of the internet in the 1990s) states that "featured stonework" list the 50 states. It isn't saying 50 states were originally featured in 1924!

    • @obi-ron
      @obi-ron Před 11 dny

      I'm a Brit, but I know that the last two states joined the US in 1959 because that was the year I joined the human race.

  • @magpietexas9475
    @magpietexas9475 Před měsícem +26

    Don't bother - Clickbait

    • @Bigfoot-px9gj
      @Bigfoot-px9gj Před 20 dny +4

      That's life on CZcams, 90% Clickbait and 10% Quality, and the only ways to tell which category a video is in is to watch part of it or read the comments. Very few people read comments first...

  • @bobeg749
    @bobeg749 Před měsícem +34

    Per the National Park Service website, Lincoln’s hands do not spell out “A" and “L" in ASL. It is a myth.

    • @S.Clause
      @S.Clause Před 28 dny +4

      What do they spell?

    • @Llew70
      @Llew70 Před 24 dny +1

      @@S.Clause The left is an A, the right is nothing but an open palm... an L would be extended index and thumb only with the others curled.

  • @matthewblanchard9301
    @matthewblanchard9301 Před 28 dny +23

    Why wasn't the Eiffel Tower's Apartment on the Observation Deck mentioned?🗼

    • @jason119900
      @jason119900 Před 14 dny

      Dunno. Why did they call the video "15 secret facts" instead of "1,500 secret facts"? A line has to be drawn somewhere, you know. They can't include every possible fact about monuments.

  • @tw1356
    @tw1356 Před měsícem +46

    Starting with click bait , filed with puff and stuff inaccuracies.

  • @bobbyboyd4737
    @bobbyboyd4737 Před 29 dny +43

    Click bait. No apartments under the Washington Monument. Shame that. I usually like this content.😢

    • @LongWalkerActual
      @LongWalkerActual Před 28 dny +7

      Thanks for saving my time!

    • @sheppardfun5360
      @sheppardfun5360 Před 17 dny +2

      lol, looking at the “apartments” beneath the monument, you’d think giants live there!

  • @RH-yc5yy
    @RH-yc5yy Před měsícem +30

    Why does this sound like it was narrated by AI Charlie Sheen tho

    • @koriw1701
      @koriw1701 Před měsícem +4

      This narrator has been with this channel since its inception, so, to quote just about every piece of fiction, 'any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.'

    • @stevenkidd6761
      @stevenkidd6761 Před měsícem +3

      Haaa, he really does have a Charlie Sheen sound, just no slurred words 😅

    • @RH-yc5yy
      @RH-yc5yy Před měsícem +3

      @@koriw1701 I’m not complaining it’s a winning voice regardless

    • @RH-yc5yy
      @RH-yc5yy Před měsícem +2

      @@stevenkidd6761 hahahaha totally!

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- Před 28 dny +5

      Hi there! I'm the narrator for this channel and I totally get that comparison to Charlie Sheen all the time. 😋 lol

  • @koriw1701
    @koriw1701 Před měsícem +24

    20:30 It is thought that the sphinx originally had the head of a lion which was in proportion to the body size. Kafre later having it chipped down to create his own appearance is the predominant explanation as to why the head is comically small in comparison.
    Also, it has been generally accepted that the sphinx is far older than the mere 4,500 years given. The reason why the body of the lion has significant erosion on alternating layers is because it was subject to intermittent flooding and drying. Evidence has been found on its body that shows that the sphinx was buried up to its neck for a significant period of time. Thousands of years of the Nile's widely varying water height is another reason why the layering likely took place, because many recurrent periods of standing ground water caused the disintegration of alternating layers.

    • @Llew70
      @Llew70 Před 24 dny +2

      You are correct, it's a shame this video contains Egypt's continued denial mantra of being the one's who built it rather than the one's who found it. If it had been a symbol of Kafre, the pyramid behind (which I doubt he built either) would have been ALIGNED with the Sphynx. Erosion dating puts this structure quite a bit further back in time, perhaps even before the Younger Dryas.

  • @willscarlet7625
    @willscarlet7625 Před 26 dny +6

    Only made it to 6:44 as I am wondering where are the secrets. Maybe they cover all of them at the end but I am not wasting any more of my time to find out. 👎🏼

  • @velvetjones1856
    @velvetjones1856 Před 27 dny +13

    List of 50 states added in 1920? There were only 48 states then.

    • @agold2125
      @agold2125 Před 26 dny +2

      The memorial didn’t even exist until 1922. What a foolish presentation this is. And, you’re correct, of course

    • @tajon5394
      @tajon5394 Před 24 dny +1

      That’s not what they said.

  • @evolancer211
    @evolancer211 Před měsícem +9

    "this monumental structure was not constructed in a single effort"
    That's the in depth knowledge and facts we all watch for. That's not something you get if you take a class or read an article, top notch stuff there
    The Opera House construction was more of a fiasco than you make it out to be. It was big news back then

  • @matthewblanchard9301
    @matthewblanchard9301 Před 13 dny +2

    Alaska was admitted as the 49th State on January 3, 1959 and Hawaii was admitted as the 50th State on August 21, 1959. 🇺🇸

  • @rexlex1736
    @rexlex1736 Před 29 dny +6

    These are "secrets?" I promise to keep them a secret!

  • @neobayer
    @neobayer Před měsícem +8

    Another video filled with stolen content and a deceptive AI generated thumbnail. Don't waste your time.

  • @christopherjahn2044
    @christopherjahn2044 Před 29 dny +12

    Lincolns hands do not form the letters A and L in ASL. There 33 states in 1865.

    • @agold2125
      @agold2125 Před 26 dny +2

      You probably meant 36. Thanks

  • @jennaholmes6958
    @jennaholmes6958 Před 25 dny +3

    Thumbnail clickbait.
    Watched this to hear about the secret under the Washington monument depicted in the Thumbnail. But once I got to it in the video not a damn thing

  • @DoodleU7656
    @DoodleU7656 Před 28 dny +9

    That's funny, there weren't 50 states in 1924...

    • @tajon5394
      @tajon5394 Před 24 dny +3

      That’s not what they said. They said the feature was added.

  • @UltimateMadWorld
    @UltimateMadWorld Před 28 dny +2

    This thumbnail beneath the Washington obelisk is not accurate!

  • @davidwatts4517
    @davidwatts4517 Před měsícem +79

    The names of all 50 states were added to the top of the Lincoln Memorial in 1924? So they knew the future 35 years back then? Stopped watching at that point. Facts matter.

    • @stuartm6069
      @stuartm6069 Před měsícem +13

      You're absolutely right, I had to go back and relisten to that part. There are only 36 states listed on the Lincoln Memorial, one above each column. Representing the 36 states, during Lincoln's presidency. Also, Lincoln's right hand does not form the letter "L" in sign language. It is an just open hand, said to represent Peace and forgiveness, while the fist of the left hand is said to represent the War and the struggle to preserve the union.

    • @stevethirdcitymo6527
      @stevethirdcitymo6527 Před měsícem +22

      Stop, you’re both wrong. The FEATURE was added in 1924, NOT all of the future 50 states. The Feature allowed for the additions as time (and new states) went on.

    • @stuartm6069
      @stuartm6069 Před měsícem +10

      @@stevethirdcitymo6527 Technically, I was not wrong. The frieze above the columns has the 36 states, The Attic frieze above that has the 48 states at the time of the dedication of the Monument. Alaska and Hawaii are acknowledged on a plaque in the Plaza. This is direct from the National Park Service website.

    • @AgnesCongdon-xk8hr
      @AgnesCongdon-xk8hr Před 29 dny +6

      There were not 50 states in 1924.

    • @someguy4131
      @someguy4131 Před 27 dny +2

      One word..... Illuminati 👀

  • @davidgentile5225
    @davidgentile5225 Před 27 dny +7

    The way it was stated they added new states and the dates that they were added they didn't have all 50 states in 1924 so you're misinterpretation is both Incorrect and impertinent

    • @tajon5394
      @tajon5394 Před 24 dny +2

      Huh? I suggest you learn to listen what is said, not what you thought he said.

  • @charlesoosthuizen6339
    @charlesoosthuizen6339 Před 28 dny +1

    Thanks for all the insight, especially Easter Island

  • @scot0151
    @scot0151 Před 24 dny +1

    @8:21 “it’s amazing, I cannot get left”.

  • @dogone7262
    @dogone7262 Před 27 dny +1

    Statues on Easter island are markers for fresh water, even in the ocean where it runs out from the island.

  • @garymiller5937
    @garymiller5937 Před měsícem +2

    Some beautiful creations. Thank you! 😃😃😃❤❤❤

  • @georgee6303
    @georgee6303 Před 29 dny +4

    This was interesting and the best part was the lack of an AI narrator.

  • @9300cadet
    @9300cadet Před 29 dny +3

    As soon as I hear that voice it's over for me

    • @AgnesCongdon-xk8hr
      @AgnesCongdon-xk8hr Před 29 dny +1

      It is a computer voice but ignorant individuals write the scripts and draw the images.

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- Před 28 dny +1

      @@AgnesCongdon-xk8hr I assure you it's not a 'computer voice'. I'm the narrator for the channel. But I will try and get some more emotion in there! 😊

    • @DoNotTredOnMe
      @DoNotTredOnMe Před 17 dny

      ​@ChrisKane-
      Why the clickbate pic of a complex under the Washington Monument?

  • @itsROMPERS...
    @itsROMPERS... Před 11 dny

    The things I've always wondered about the Sphinx is, if you look at it from the back, can you see its sphinxter?

  • @whatadamnusername
    @whatadamnusername Před 28 dny +1

    I don’t know how they are now after the big renovation, but the acoustics of the Sydney opera house were actually known to be quite bad

  • @markteaney8381
    @markteaney8381 Před měsícem +4

    The sphinx is much older, this channel should be ashamed that they do not confront this truth.

    • @ShiaKorchin
      @ShiaKorchin Před měsícem +1

      Is that like aqua velva? Lol

  • @kyststudio-epicartadventure

    There are restrooms somewhere at Versailles. My roommate complained that it was just a hole in the floor with foot placement images by the hole.

  • @Mr-Probability-Storm
    @Mr-Probability-Storm Před měsícem +4

    I have been in the crawl space under Lincoln.. on fallout lmao 😅

  • @nellermann
    @nellermann Před 27 dny +2

    kids don't cite this video in any history reports. good grief.

    • @kateburns8126
      @kateburns8126 Před 19 dny

      Most things aren't taught in school.
      Education is so in need of a mass overhaul.
      Never stop learning.

  • @gillian-clairepearman3125

    You're wrong! Versailles has toilets, I was there January 2023, and used the facilities!

  • @jameswaterfield
    @jameswaterfield Před 28 dny +1

    Big Ben. The MP imprisoned was not imprisoned for refusing to swear an oath to queen victoria, he was imprisoned because he refused to swear on a bible as he was an atheist and, therefore, led to a fundamental change in oath taking

  • @plhebel1
    @plhebel1 Před 28 dny +2

    Versailles was disgusting back when the court moved there, one would turn a corner only to find someone squatting under a staircase taking a dump and the fireplaces was the normal place men would empty their bladders and if I could use a word coined by Jan Brady,,, The place reeked in "stinkie-osity"

  • @edwardhamm5535
    @edwardhamm5535 Před měsícem +1

    No mention of Lincoln's sculptor, Daniel Chester French?

  • @hoytoy100
    @hoytoy100 Před 22 dny

    I seem to remember the visitor center being under the Lincoln memorial. So no secret there.

  • @willieknows2708
    @willieknows2708 Před měsícem +1

    Interesting 😀

  • @carleecash241S8
    @carleecash241S8 Před dnem

    Why weren't the Roman balistrades (think that's what they're called) on each side of Lincolns throne not mentioned?

  • @Sabotage_Labs
    @Sabotage_Labs Před 14 dny

    24:46 I love the Ravens of the Tower of London. So long as there is a raven at the tower, the Kingdom shall never fall!

    • @obi-ron
      @obi-ron Před 11 dny

      As long as their batteries are regularly charged, they'll be there for as long as humankind 😅

  • @geraldstiling3735
    @geraldstiling3735 Před měsícem +1

    🎶Three coins in a fountain ⛲🎶

  • @ClementGreen
    @ClementGreen Před 16 dny

    The Versailles gardens are bisex? And it's not the Elizabeth tower, it's the tower of St Stephen.

  • @Malingator74
    @Malingator74 Před 28 dny +1

    Just shows you there’s always the ruler’s and the ruled and we never really know what’s going on.

  • @sguth3
    @sguth3 Před 28 dny +2

    Fact check

  • @the23rdbryan
    @the23rdbryan Před měsícem +4

    This is just plain stupid, inaccurate, and wrong. EASY thumbs down and should be removed.

  • @truSN8P
    @truSN8P Před 22 dny

    The Eifel Tower has a "secret" room on top, which is a well known fact nowadays. You not mentioning this is a sacrilege!

  • @mospeada1152
    @mospeada1152 Před 28 dny +1

    I know for sure the Sydney Opera House is NOT a monument and if they had let the architect do his job, it would have been completed properly the first time!

  • @GVanArsdale
    @GVanArsdale Před 21 dnem

    You can poke around a 1:1 replica of the Undercroft below the Lincoln Memorial in the game The Division 2. That game is basically a full digital recreation of central Washington DC. The area beneath the Washington Memorial is cool too.

  • @MrPlankinton
    @MrPlankinton Před 15 dny

    Lincoln's hands do NOT form letters in sign language.

  • @user-pj5by8lx2m
    @user-pj5by8lx2m Před měsícem +1

    I didn't leave the ground I'm afraid of highest 😅 so I'll wait for you down here.

  • @SteelWolf13
    @SteelWolf13 Před 21 dnem

    . . . Does not even mention the Eifel tower had a private apartment.

  • @josekentucky86
    @josekentucky86 Před 25 dny +1

    Is the the simple history guy,?

  • @williamhaden6656
    @williamhaden6656 Před 28 dny +1

    Marble was from Colorado- didn’t go further

  • @chipmartin7608
    @chipmartin7608 Před 29 dny +1

    Why is Mao's picture on the forbidden city when he didn't even live there? Why not Pu Yi? Don't the Chinese even know their own history?

  • @rachristensen
    @rachristensen Před 23 dny

    ASL wasn’t codified unto the 70’s. It would have had to be the signed alphabet.

  • @flyguyusair
    @flyguyusair Před 27 dny +1

    is Charlie Sheen the narrator?

  • @clubjed6276
    @clubjed6276 Před 10 dny

    There wasn't 50 states in 1924

  • @giuliani3570
    @giuliani3570 Před 14 dny

    In 1924, we did not have 50 states. Try again.

  • @douglassisson7966
    @douglassisson7966 Před 26 dny +1

    Numerous inaccuracies, such as the Great Wall as 13,000 miles long. You need to fact check. But an entertaining video.

  • @wogoman
    @wogoman Před 16 dny

    Thumbnail is misleading. Don’t bother watching.

  • @AhmadRashid-q9e
    @AhmadRashid-q9e Před 28 dny +1

    You missed one of the most famous building in the world. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Palestine.

  • @christianheichel
    @christianheichel Před 16 dny

    If it's not baroque art dont fix it.

  • @generalkanevo4291
    @generalkanevo4291 Před měsícem +4

    I wish countries would divulge the truth so at least these guys could get there facts straight... I don't know how anyone could come to the conclusion that the heads on easter island were carved and then buried in a couple hundred years time.. for no apparent reason lol. I wonder what there theories are on all the heads that are under the sea along the coast of the island 🤨

    • @markteaney8381
      @markteaney8381 Před měsícem +1

      Well said very well said thanks for your knowledge on this matter.

    • @markteaney8381
      @markteaney8381 Před měsícem +2

      I must say more, I never new that the statues were off the shore line thank you for this information.

  • @9vHeart
    @9vHeart Před 25 dny +1

    The Opera House was copied after the Adelaide Opera house

  • @montyhinton4971
    @montyhinton4971 Před 15 dny

    Yep not just the fifty states but as the mystery of Easter island is given inthecutting down of the trees on the island.

  • @bilgedastogroup
    @bilgedastogroup Před 24 dny

    normal video but that thumbnail is totally deceptive AI clickbait

  • @phillipjones611
    @phillipjones611 Před měsícem +3

    Why if this is called top 5s is it always the top 15?

    • @Coryalan2
      @Coryalan2 Před 28 dny +1

      Because nothing matters anymore. Stop asking questions.

  • @elijahgrey3904
    @elijahgrey3904 Před měsícem +2

    Click bait

  • @user-wc3bc5ml2l
    @user-wc3bc5ml2l Před měsícem +2

    i was expecting you to mention about Monument of Axum , Lalibela and many more ancient statues in Ethiopia?

  • @lisareed5669
    @lisareed5669 Před 24 dny +1

    Doric. Not door.

  • @johnpaulhenry2566
    @johnpaulhenry2566 Před měsícem +3

    Oceanus was a Titan!

  • @donaldcurtis9229
    @donaldcurtis9229 Před 11 dny

    Parthenon is not in Athens.It's in rome italy

    • @itsROMPERS...
      @itsROMPERS... Před 11 dny

      Nope. It's in Athens.
      Maybe you're thinking of the Pantheon.

  • @alexp2629
    @alexp2629 Před 27 dny +15

    I stopped the video after you stated that Lincoln's hands are shaped to look like the letters A and L in sign language. You can clearly see that's not the case at all. So probably the rest of the video is also BS. 😂

    • @user-pt7sx7ev1k
      @user-pt7sx7ev1k Před 15 dny +3

      Just like the names of all 50 states added in 1924. Nope

    • @coleplacemb
      @coleplacemb Před 14 dny +2

      Well, his left hand looks like he is forming (or attempting to form) the letter A, but his right hand does NOT look like the letter L. Also, who signs with their hands and forearms laying on an arm rest?!

    • @eviehammond9509
      @eviehammond9509 Před 12 dny +3

      Are you making this up as you go along?😂

    • @clubjed6276
      @clubjed6276 Před 10 dny +3

      ​@@eviehammond9509there definitely wasn't 50 states in 1924 tho

  • @matildamarmaduke1096
    @matildamarmaduke1096 Před 23 dny

    I love sticky rice

    • @itsROMPERS...
      @itsROMPERS... Před 11 dny

      I like it too, but I can't eat it. Diabetes. It spikes my blood sugar

  • @user-ih8fw7bu5p
    @user-ih8fw7bu5p Před 28 dny +2

    ❤😂😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅😅

  • @ronherrle141
    @ronherrle141 Před měsícem +5

    You missed the most important one, The Statue Of Liberty!!!

  • @earthquake903
    @earthquake903 Před 24 dny

    Cholula is the best hot sauce

  • @malik-gs9of
    @malik-gs9of Před měsícem +2

    Hi 👋

  • @4589593106
    @4589593106 Před 18 dny

    48 states on the Lincoln Memorial. Pyramid of Cholula was abandoned and overgrown when the Spanish arrived. They just thought they were building on hill. No serious notion that it was a pyramid until the 19th century. -Stopped watching after that.

  • @dukeofhaas
    @dukeofhaas Před 15 dny

    At 12.02: Does the Great Wall of China extend for 13 thousand miles? Of course not. And if all the "secret facts about famous monuments" were true, how did the producers of this video come to know such secrets?

  • @bukreels
    @bukreels Před měsícem +1

    hi guys

  • @Timmycoo
    @Timmycoo Před měsícem +1

    Lol I was waiting for you to mention the Eiffel replica in Vegas.

    • @CopiousJohn
      @CopiousJohn Před měsícem +1

      What about the one at King's Island in southern Ohio? It is 1/3 scale.

    • @SkiBumMSP
      @SkiBumMSP Před 29 dny +1

      @@CopiousJohn Or the one at Kings Dominion in Virginia about 20 miles north of Richmond. You can actually see it from I-95, especially during the winter when the leaves are off the trees.

  • @hillterry86
    @hillterry86 Před 13 dny

    no taj mahal

  • @williammcdermet6932
    @williammcdermet6932 Před 2 dny

    You. Need. To. Increase. Your. Meds.

  • @twcstransam
    @twcstransam Před 14 dny

    this is so full of incorrect information, this is what facebook fact checkers should be checking
    Abe's hand does not make an L "The National Park Service lists the idea that "Lincoln's hands are making sign language symbols of his initials "A" and "L" as a myth along with other myths on its Lincoln Memorial Myths web page."

  • @glynchivers9519
    @glynchivers9519 Před 17 dny

    What about the "secrets" we were promised, no sign of them 👎

  • @adamberndt4190
    @adamberndt4190 Před 15 dny

    Kids, the thumbnail is what we call 'Clickbait' and that concludes today's lesson on shity CZcams channels.

  • @JamesKaufman1973
    @JamesKaufman1973 Před 24 dny

    So just a recital of commonly-known facts, no "secrets" anywhere in this video.

  • @renstimpy5472
    @renstimpy5472 Před 8 dny

    Fun fact. Under the Washington monument, there is 1000 tons of semen ready to erupt out of the tip of the erected tower

  • @Jaggerbush
    @Jaggerbush Před 15 dny

    Life long National Certified RID ASL interpreter here - while that lore about Lincoln's hands loom large in the Deaf community - it's totally false. That was never the intent of the artist.

  • @urhurd
    @urhurd Před 24 dny

    Kasey Kasum if you know you know

  • @RickFruckberry
    @RickFruckberry Před 9 dny

    Click bait Lincoln's hands do not spell anything

  • @immortaldale
    @immortaldale Před 22 dny

    10:32 oversized hands??

  • @orisisseibert3507
    @orisisseibert3507 Před 10 dny

    I have yet to see anything that is a "Secret" 👎

  • @zbigniewteterycz1571
    @zbigniewteterycz1571 Před měsícem

    SUPER IDEA . POZDRAWIAM WSZYSTKICH .

  • @flojotube
    @flojotube Před 21 dnem

    This video FAILS to provoke any thought whatsoever... The landmarks showcased here are DEEP RABBIT HOLES of mystery, yet all we get here are Wikipedia factoids about them (which are largely misleading ot false) and ZERO of the questionable, controversial, or mysterious aspects of them are mentioned...
    If you want a mindless, thoughtless tour of these amazing places, this is your video. But a FAR BETTER video would explore the UNEXPLAINABLE aspects of them, only using the lame wikipedia data as a point of reference...

  • @martijnkeisers5900
    @martijnkeisers5900 Před 29 dny +2

    "American" monuments are a copy of a Greek Temple or a copy of an Egyptian obelisk..😂😂

  • @johnbernal3292
    @johnbernal3292 Před 23 dny

    Agreed click bait

  • @Ponykeg53
    @Ponykeg53 Před měsícem +1

    you sure left out a lot of info on the Washington monument.

  • @ShiaKorchin
    @ShiaKorchin Před měsícem

    Their, not there