*Fun fact:* The Romans also had really extreme and curious hobbies. A clear example would be the Lupercalia, a party (in commemoration of the pranks that Romulus and Remus committed as children and dressed as wolves) in which naked men covered in goat and sheep blood ran through the city while hitting women with leather straps as a way of wishing them good fertility. In fact, many important figures of the time such as Mark Anthony participated in a lot of Lupercalias. Interestengly, the birth rate in the city considerably increased 9 months after each Lupercalia...
@@JOEFABULOUS. that is a vague fun fact, and I am not sure if its accurate entirely. This is a cut and paste, from the wiki page for the word Asylum as it pertained to antiquity (Roman and Greek)...I assume this is almost exactly what you are referring to, as slaves being set free because they fled and went a place was not a thing, not within the empire. "The asylum (temple of the god Asylaeus) that Romulus is said to have opened at Rome on the Capitoline Hill, between its two summits, in order to increase the population of the city (Liv. i. 8; Veil. Pat. i. 8; Dionys. ii. 15), was, according to the legend, a place of refuge for the inhabitants of other states, rather than a sanctuary for those who had violated the laws of the city. In the republican and early imperial times, a right of asylum, such as existed in the Greek states, does not appear to have been recognised by the Roman law. Livy seems to speak of the right (xxxv. 51) as peculiar to the Greeks:-Temphim esi Apollinis Delium- eo jure sancto quo sunt templa quae asyla Graeci ap pellant. By a constitutio of Antoninus Pius, it was decreed that, if a slave in a province fled to the temples of the gods or the statues of the emperors, to avoid the ill-usage of his master, the praeses could compel the master to sell the slave (Gains, i. 53); and the slave was not regarded by the law as a runaway-fugitivus. This constitutio of Antoninus is quoted in Justinian's Institutes (1. tit. 8. s. 2), with a slight alteration; the words ad aedem sacram are substituted for ad fana deorum, since the jus asyli was in his time extended to churches. Those slaves who took refuge at the statue of an emperor were considered to inflict disgrace on their master, as it was reasonably supposed that no slave would take such a step, unless he had received very bad usage from his master. If it could be proved that any individual had instigated the slave of another to flee to the statue of an emperor, he was liable to an action corrupti servi (Dig. 4-7. tit. 11. s. 5.). The right of asylum seems to have been generally, but not entirely, confined to slaves (Dig. 48. tit. 19. s. 28. § 7. Comp. Osiander, De Asylis Gentilium, in Gronov. Thesaur. vol. vi.; Simon, Sur les Asyles, in Mem. de PA cad. des Inscript. vol. iii.; Bringer, De Asylorum Origine, Uau9 et Abusu Lugd. Bat. 1828; C. Neu, De Asylis Gott. 1837; respecting the right of asylum in the churches under the Christian emperors, see Rein, Das Criminalrecht der Romer, p. 896.)." *Important notes......"a place of refuge for inhabitants from other cities" is not the same as "slaves". Its vague because it says it was actually used for people who violated laws of the city.....but being a slave and running away would be violating the laws of the city. That is where its up to the individual case..... "Compelling" the master to sell the slave does not imply that the slave is set free, only that it is sold. It specifically says that them running brought dishonor to the master because it implied that they were treated poorly. What it also implies is that instead of the master having to kill his slave for being disobedient and running...... and wasting his money..... (what he had to pay for the slave) it gave him a chance to sell the slave instead. I see it as a wealthy Roman way of getting a return on a purchase that you werent happy with. Its just that we are talking about slaves in this instance.
Weird History 2122: crazy hobbies people had 100 years ago. First one, scrolling through 5 different five social media apps even though it was very detrimental for people's mental health. Crazy!
The narrator for this channel is great, Dudes a natural. he has the perfect voice for narration and the subject matter. Others that narrate history mostly have such a boring tone and way of speaking, but this guy is upbeat with a sense of humor that keeps you intrigued.
My favorite uncle was a marine stationed in Utah during 1951. He and his 3 buddies would share a keg of beer and watch the atomic bombing light show. Six years later he converted to a religion that encouraged healthier lifestyles. Unfortunately he passed away of brain cancer in 1986.
I once asked my grandmother why she and my grandfather had so many kids. Her answer was because they didn't have tv back then...so not everyone was I into weird stuff to pass the time.
So my Dad who would have turned 100 this year told me about this: He said when He was a little boy His relatives would take Him for entertainment to the local State Hospital for an afternoon of watching the "crazy people". ( People that had problems with mental illness). There was a viewing room where people would make fun of these sick people. So I guess that was a hobby? Really sad. Also you could talk about people going to "freak shows" at the circus.
This was one of my favourite episodes. As an Englishman, I love how many of the 'hobbies' were British. You missed Cheese Rolling, the Haxey Hood, and Scandinavian Wife Carrying! However, I didn't appreciate you sneaking a pic of Howard Carter into the 'Mummy Unwrapping Parties' segment. He was a proper archaeologist and that pic was taken in-situ in Tutankhamun's tomb. Bad WH!
When I was a kid, I went to the William Trent House museum in Trenton New Jersey. He was the founder of the city in the 1700's. They told us that back then guys used to bet money on weird stuff. Like they would sit and watch animals like birds and squirrels running outside and bet on which one would get somewhere first, like a race. They said it sounds boring, but you have to remember that they didn't have anything back then.
Hey! I went there with my kids a few weeks ago! My wife is from Trenton. And, my grandma lives in Morrisville. Right on the other side of the bridge from Trenton. I went to West Trenton Highschool for a very short time when I was a teenager, too. It's called something else, now. I forget what, though.... Lol... Sorry, no one ever seems to talk about that city. And, it's a state's capital!
@@katiefrankie6 oh they do.. literally 100’s but they keep it quiet because it destroys tourism …. This is not actually true, but if you didn’t know 🤷🏻♀️🤣
It was not Guy Fawkes plot at all. He was involved, but his only role was the explosives. Guy snitched out who came up with the plot and planned it from the beginning. That was Robert Catesby. He got Robert killed along with two of my ancestors Kit (christopher) and John Wright.
The corpse-viewing trend, the war-front front-line picnics... humans are such fascinating sociopaths sometimes. It's the same as public executions, reality tv, or Jerry Springer: people are voyeuristic creeps, by and large... and thank god! Life would be way less interesting if we didn't have such topics for Weird History to cover :)
Always entertaining and interesting. One feedback, the background music seemed too loud on this one. It was super distracting. But you do you... just my opinion. 😅
On another note about the shin-kicking point, it was incorporated into the Devonshire style of wrestling during the 18th and 19th centuries, and was so prevalent that retired wrestlers tended to have chronic vascular conditions in one or both legs.
My mom’s devil spawn little sister kicked her so hard in the shins with her stiff wooden shoes that she still has a dent in her leg to this day, 55+ years later.
I like the Bill Run story. Heard it before. It’s funny because that’s what you’d expect when you OBSERVE WARFARE like it’s a movie. You become part of it.
I always thought that taking the whole family with picnic in hand to witness a hanging was on the morbid side. Bring the kids! The whole town turned out and it was a carnival atmosphere, to watch them hang a man to death. Up until the 1930’s when the last hanging took place.
Imagine the amount of treasure that went into circulation (or private collections) or that was simply melted down for other stuff, that was found in the layers of wrapping on some of those mummies. Really such a thoughtless and wasteful way to deal with history.
Dead bodies being displayed in the morgue window was intended to help discover the identity the deceased if the identity wasn't known. A passerby might recognize who the person was and alert the family or be able to provide a positive ID on the dear departed. There weren't all of the many ways to put out the word as there are today.
I'm French. I'll just add one detail about water jousting: it's mostly famous in the city of Sète (/set/) and other French cities on the Mediterranean coast, even more than in Lyon. And yes, it's still extremely popular and very entertaining to watch.
I wish you guys had some merch. I would totally buy a weird history shirt or hoodie or something. I talk about this channels videos all the time. I need some merch to wear to show my love of the channel
Okay,so I came here because I was bored and I wanted to learn something absolutely that I didn't know before and now I have to live with that regret! But if I'd have ordered a glass of water, I'd have got the ice just to be cool. This video totally "shin- kicked" me right in my cerebral section! Well done!!!! 👏👏👏
And any one of them would look at us staring at our phones watching fail vids and celeb antics, shake their heads, and go back to juggling flaming cats.
Excellent video! x Unwrapping mummies - unbelievable, talk about elitists x Morgue visits - That is morbid and strange, I can only imagine the conversations there. x Civil War Picnics - The soldiers there should have drug them out to the battlefield. x Mob Football - I would be concerned someone would die through something like suffocation, but it does sound fun in a dangerous way. x Atomic Tourism - I would be concerned that a good time there would actually cause cancer. x Shin kicking - That has to be a classic hobbie for extreme boredom, and more fun than punching yourself in the face. x Killer Ceramic figurines - That would be popular today, especially for people that are crazy about shows like CSI. x Headless Photos - That would be popular today too, the practice should be started in Sleepy Hollow (that is an actual village). x Cheetah taming - There is a couple that has their own TH-cam channel who have a tamed Cheetah (named Gerda) and a mountain lion. x Making Silly Faces - That would be a popular event too, especially for comedians and actors. x River Jousting - Sounds like a great idea, though possibly slow. This video is a gem.
Cheetah are very shy and get stressed easily, sometimes at the zoos they get guardian dogs to help them deal with anxiety - if the dog and cheetah met when they were still cubs they can become friends
@@btetschner Figurine collection is still a thing my aunt still collects clowns and an ex girlfriend collects figurines of owls . Headless photos available on photoshop . Gurning is an annual tournament in England open to men and women on an equal basis . However the video failed to mention Cheese Rolling from Gloucestershire , England , this was first reported on in 1846 although it is believed it started 300 to 400 years earlier . A 9 pound ball of Double Gloucester cheese would be rolled down a 100 foot hill and the first official runner to get hold of it wins and they can keep it .This still happens today . Another couple of weird games from England Bog Snorkelling which involves swimmers going across a a 100 foot peat bog as fast as possible and Welly Wanging/Boot throwing which involves throwing a boot or Welly as far as possible . Bog Snorkelling and Welly Wanging go back to the 1970's .
@@robertclark2253 Those are some unusual activities! Wouldn't it just feel disgusting to bog snorkel? (Maybe that is part of the fun of it) Welly Wanging is a great name for something as simple as boot throwing lol. Guming would be an activity that would probably make my stomach turn. Are you from England? (Btw, thank you for posting all those unusual activities)
@@btetschner Welly Wanging/Boot throwing comes from throwing a Wellington or rubber boot as far as possible as for as Bog Snorkelling it's mainly an English thing . No I'm not English I'm a Scotsman living in England . But if throwing huge logs through the air as far as possible or dancing across swords isn't strange then I might as well come from Antarctica .
A topic I think might be interesting is the history and inspiration behind Oliver twist- and the story of the workhouse in andover that had workers fighting over scraps of bone marrow- and helped to bring on much fairer conditions and rules in place~
This is my new favorite history channel. The narrorator is funny and it helps keep the dark history more digestible to learn. Ten to fifteen minute videos are also great for short attention spans or just being short on time.
Fascinating video as always! Just a tip, though - the clip from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shown at 7:07 is from 2008, not 2014 as claimed.
6:30 Me: "WHO THE HELL COULD USE SOMETHING HORRIBLE LIKE ATOMIC DESTRUCTION AS PURE MERCHANDISING?!" Weird History: "America" Me: "Oh...Right...America..."
The Water jousting is kinda fun....we have one during summer where young men climb up a greased pole atop of which is a prize.....it's connected with a saint's feast. I have to mention the pole is over water at an angle so they have to climb upwards....so if they fall they go into the sea. It's a very old tradition but lots of fun. We call it 'il-gostra' please do not try to pronounce it lmao but the 'g' sounds like 'gee'
The best narrator 🙌. I was in Vegas not long ago and the test site where the first atom bomb was just about to open back up for tours. When I looked into it further the tours were already sold out for the next few years.
You left out one of the CREEPIEST details about mummy-unwrapping parties: a lot of these parties involved EATING pieces of the mummy! I’m serious, they thought eating it was like taking medicine… Europe and England did this. Thanks for mentioning atomic tourism. My grandpa used to tell us about how, when he was little, he would sit out and view the above-ground testing. He said they’d have a little picnic or just watch the explosions. No idea how bad it was for their health!
I'd love to see a Weird History video about the phenomenon of the early days of local traveling Pro Wrestling. My dad is Bobby Colt whom wrestled in the 70's and 80's and came from the same PNW circuit the gave us Rowdy Rowdy Piper.
I always wonder what will be considered weird in the far future. Tanning beds, dog shows, swimming with sharks, braces, using fossil fuels... I imagine the archeologists trying to figure out what it all meant to our culture and civilization lol
I heard "dust off your pog collection" and thought my calling finally came. But alas I can not YET rub it in my fiances face that I kept them instead of throwing them out cause they are 'useless.'
I’m from Manassas, VA. Where the battle of Bull Run happened. And the people thought this was going to be a “one hit and done” situation. That it wasn’t going to be so violent. It had been a very long time since the last war: the revolutionary war. There was no one alive to tell them what real war was like. BTW: The battlefield and the Stone House are pretty freaken hunted.
If anyone is curious, shrove tuesday is another way of saying pancake tuesday. its meant to be a treat for catholics before they commit to lent, which is 40 days and nights of fasting or giving up something you normally like. though back in the ole days in ireland everything that was fun got shut down, dance halls, cinema's, pubs, everything. everyone just went to church all the time. thankfully that started to calm down in the 80s
@@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 I agree! It's just hard to imagine living in a world without indoor plumbing, air conditioning/heating, easily accessible information and modern medicine. I've adapted to this period in time, so it's difficult to know how I would feel if I lived then or in the future. In my opinion, the past was the worst. Lol
I’ve been to a couple of tar barrel nights. They’re mad! You follow the barrels to different streets. Nipping into the occasional pub for a pint then back out to see the nearest barrel run!
Interestingly they have found two mommies or rather almost perfectly preserved corpses in China that have been determined to be over 2500 years old but when they examine the bodies their extremities were mobile similar to a person who was in a coma. And then when they extracted the organs they determined that they were so well preserved it would be equal to someone dying today and have an being prepared for burial. Fascinating stuff but the question one may have is the various different spiritual kickbacks from a somewhat perfectly preserved corpse versus one that has been completely cremated either way spiritual relevance is the common denominator in determining eternal placement and recognition which equals spiritual relevance maybe even authority that leads to being classified as power personified over life death soul and spirit. And if that's the case we should be able to apply some of those best case scenario situations aspects into today's people way of living and dying.
I live in Ottery St Mary, and it’s true, we do carry flaming barrels on our heads. We also do something called “squibbing” in the local town of Bridgewater, where people carry mallets that have fireworks coming out of them down the town 😂🇬🇧
✨I was thinking about the mummy unwrapping parties just yesterday, and how disrespectful it was.✨ Viewing of dead criminals was different, however. With outlaws making such a impression. They allowed the curious into the morgues. To dispell the idiotic myth that their was anything at all cool. About being a hunted and brutally mutilated criminal. By the weapons that murdered them.✨
*Fun fact:* The Romans also had really extreme and curious hobbies. A clear example would be the Lupercalia, a party (in commemoration of the pranks that Romulus and Remus committed as children and dressed as wolves) in which naked men covered in goat and sheep blood ran through the city while hitting women with leather straps as a way of wishing them good fertility. In fact, many important figures of the time such as Mark Anthony participated in a lot of Lupercalias. Interestengly, the birth rate in the city considerably increased 9 months after each Lupercalia...
I would do it, it sounds like a fun time.
Another fun fact Rome in its early days was the world's first sanctuary city offering freedom to run away slaves who made it there
@@JOEFABULOUS. that is a vague fun fact, and I am not sure if its accurate entirely. This is a cut and paste, from the wiki page for the word Asylum as it pertained to antiquity (Roman and Greek)...I assume this is almost exactly what you are referring to, as slaves being set free because they fled and went a place was not a thing, not within the empire.
"The asylum (temple of the god Asylaeus) that Romulus is said to have opened at Rome on the Capitoline Hill, between its two summits, in order to increase the population of the city (Liv. i. 8; Veil. Pat. i. 8; Dionys. ii. 15), was, according to the legend, a place of refuge for the inhabitants of other states, rather than a sanctuary for those who had violated the laws of the city. In the republican and early imperial times, a right of asylum, such as existed in the Greek states, does not appear to have been recognised by the Roman law.
Livy seems to speak of the right (xxxv. 51) as peculiar to the Greeks:-Temphim esi Apollinis Delium- eo jure sancto quo sunt templa quae asyla Graeci ap pellant. By a constitutio of Antoninus Pius, it was decreed that, if a slave in a province fled to the temples of the gods or the statues of the emperors, to avoid the ill-usage of his master, the praeses could compel the master to sell the slave (Gains, i. 53); and the slave was not regarded by the law as a runaway-fugitivus.
This constitutio of Antoninus is quoted in Justinian's Institutes (1. tit. 8. s. 2), with a slight alteration; the words ad aedem sacram are substituted for ad fana deorum, since the jus asyli was in his time extended to churches. Those slaves who took refuge at the statue of an emperor were considered to inflict disgrace on their master, as it was reasonably supposed that no slave would take such a step, unless he had received very bad usage from his master. If it could be proved that any individual had instigated the slave of another to flee to the statue of an emperor, he was liable to an action corrupti servi (Dig. 4-7. tit. 11. s. 5.).
The right of asylum seems to have been generally, but not entirely, confined to slaves (Dig. 48. tit. 19. s. 28. § 7. Comp. Osiander, De Asylis Gentilium, in Gronov. Thesaur. vol. vi.; Simon, Sur les Asyles, in Mem. de PA cad. des Inscript. vol. iii.; Bringer, De Asylorum Origine, Uau9 et Abusu Lugd. Bat. 1828; C. Neu, De Asylis Gott. 1837; respecting the right of asylum in the churches under the Christian emperors, see Rein, Das Criminalrecht der Romer, p. 896.)."
*Important notes......"a place of refuge for inhabitants from other cities" is not the same as "slaves". Its vague because it says it was actually used for people who violated laws of the city.....but being a slave and running away would be violating the laws of the city. That is where its up to the individual case.....
"Compelling" the master to sell the slave does not imply that the slave is set free, only that it is sold. It specifically says that them running brought dishonor to the master because it implied that they were treated poorly. What it also implies is that instead of the master having to kill his slave for being disobedient and running...... and wasting his money..... (what he had to pay for the slave) it gave him a chance to sell the slave instead.
I see it as a wealthy Roman way of getting a return on a purchase that you werent happy with. Its just that we are talking about slaves in this instance.
Plebs, lol
So romans were the o.g. furries lol
Weird History 2122: crazy hobbies people had 100 years ago. First one, scrolling through 5 different five social media apps even though it was very detrimental for people's mental health. Crazy!
And yet here ya are, in the comments of a social media
Why would we need to wait 100 years to come to that conclusion? Most people are recognizing that right now.
Okeh
@@urikayan2368 It started a revolution.
3/5/1770. Boston media people. Like me.
FakeNewZ was sent everywhere.
Kings HATE IT.
@@canaisyoung3601 whooosh
The narrator for this channel is great, Dudes a natural. he has the perfect voice for narration and the subject matter. Others that narrate history mostly have such a boring tone and way of speaking, but this guy is upbeat with a sense of humor that keeps you intrigued.
Agreed! I just love the little asides he does throughout! Makes it interesting and funny!
Yes I’ve always enjoyed his narrations.
His name is Tom Blank. A improvisational comedy teacher living in LA.
Cool, thank you for the information !👍@@nicholaswhorley8343
My favorite uncle was a marine stationed in Utah during 1951. He and his 3 buddies would share a keg of beer and watch the atomic bombing light show. Six years later he converted to a religion that encouraged healthier lifestyles. Unfortunately he passed away of brain cancer in 1986.
Was it from the beer or the radiation?
@@canaisyoung3601 I’m going to take a safe bet and say it was the radiation. Even with a hazmat suit on that sounds very dangerous.
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Not sure why it tickled me so much, but “The Great Skedaddle” made me laugh so hard, I almost choked on my drink.
Same! Could it sound anymore American old-timey? 💀
So very American lol
I love this channel. Always reminding us that humans really are absolutely crazy.
And lazy!
@@Me-qp8vz wish I had someone to comment for me.
It really is a wonder we've made it this far😄
I once asked my grandmother why she and my grandfather had so many kids. Her answer was because they didn't have tv back then...so not everyone was I into weird stuff to pass the time.
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No, just non stop fkn apparently lol I mean if you don't consider sex addictions weird 🤣
yeap. Waste of precious hours trying to find the holy grail
Most people then didn't have a lot of time, energy or $ for much in the way of hobbies.
@@wendyeames5758 with all those kids, I’m not surprised they didn’t have money 🤣
So my Dad who would have turned 100 this year told me about this:
He said when He was a little boy His relatives would take Him for entertainment to the local State Hospital for an afternoon of watching the "crazy people". ( People that had problems with mental illness). There was a viewing room where people would make fun of these sick people.
So I guess that was a hobby?
Really sad.
Also you could talk about people going to "freak shows" at the circus.
Now we watch hobo's smoke meth downtown
@@Cj-yw8cs - Oh, you’re from Portland, too??
That's really messed up.
Yall should do an episode on weird superstitions from around the world!!! I think it would be interesting 😁
Yes, I love this idea!
Those Brits sure are ....
Creative with their Freetime
Most of us still are 🤣🤣
Sounds like a lost segment of. "JACKASS"!!
It's because they're always drunk
This was one of my favourite episodes. As an Englishman, I love how many of the 'hobbies' were British.
You missed Cheese Rolling, the Haxey Hood, and Scandinavian Wife Carrying!
However, I didn't appreciate you sneaking a pic of Howard Carter into the 'Mummy Unwrapping Parties' segment. He was a proper archaeologist and that pic was taken in-situ in Tutankhamun's tomb. Bad WH!
I know what you mean. It was this episode that made me realize that victorians were showmen at heart.
Throwing Buffalo chips!
Did they say “Kish my Ash?
You have as much chance as a one legged man in a shin kicking contest! 😅
Claude Freely the former wild animal trainer.
When I was a kid, I went to the William Trent House museum in Trenton New Jersey. He was the founder of the city in the 1700's. They told us that back then guys used to bet money on weird stuff. Like they would sit and watch animals like birds and squirrels running outside and bet on which one would get somewhere first, like a race. They said it sounds boring, but you have to remember that they didn't have anything back then.
Hey! I went there with my kids a few weeks ago! My wife is from Trenton. And, my grandma lives in Morrisville. Right on the other side of the bridge from Trenton. I went to West Trenton Highschool for a very short time when I was a teenager, too. It's called something else, now. I forget what, though....
Lol...
Sorry, no one ever seems to talk about that city. And, it's a state's capital!
Russell Crowe says that when betting on racing animals, always choose the lesser of two weevils.
We are pretty, hard crazy in England.. we still die chasing cheeses down hills for fun 🤷🏻♀️🤣
Cooper's hill back this yr after being banned through covid
I watched a documentary on that terrifying, incredible race. Amazing!!! How don’t more people die doing that??
@@katiefrankie6 oh they do.. literally 100’s but they keep it quiet because it destroys tourism ….
This is not actually true, but if you didn’t know 🤷🏻♀️🤣
@@user-hx5xq6tl9f Ahhh, so they just tuck the broken corpses into the hill’s natural divots and the cheese just bounces over them. Makes sense!
@@katiefrankie6 and so the hill becomes more dangerous every year 🤷🏻♀️🤔🤣
It was not Guy Fawkes plot at all. He was involved, but his only role was the explosives. Guy snitched out who came up with the plot and planned it from the beginning. That was Robert Catesby. He got Robert killed along with two of my ancestors Kit (christopher) and John Wright.
"Once played water polo, until my pony drowned." Author unknown.
The corpse-viewing trend, the war-front front-line picnics... humans are such fascinating sociopaths sometimes. It's the same as public executions, reality tv, or Jerry Springer: people are voyeuristic creeps, by and large... and thank god! Life would be way less interesting if we didn't have such topics for Weird History to cover :)
English elite ate the mummies after.. so gross. So saying eat the rich isn't as wierd as it sounds since the rich were eating us in the Victorian era
Always entertaining and interesting.
One feedback, the background music seemed too loud on this one. It was super distracting. But you do you... just my opinion. 😅
The 'French accent' at the beginning really floored me 😂
On another note about the shin-kicking point, it was incorporated into the Devonshire style of wrestling during the 18th and 19th centuries, and was so prevalent that retired wrestlers tended to have chronic vascular conditions in one or both legs.
My mom’s devil spawn little sister kicked her so hard in the shins with her stiff wooden shoes that she still has a dent in her leg to this day, 55+ years later.
Great video! I really like your sense of humor also. Thank you!
The headless photographs are pretty cool. I’d definitely use a few of those as decorations for my annual Halloween party.
There's a great series of books based on odd photographs. Ms perigreins home for peculiar children by ransom Griggs.
I like the Bill Run story. Heard it before. It’s funny because that’s what you’d expect when you OBSERVE WARFARE like it’s a movie. You become part of it.
I always thought that taking the whole family with picnic in hand to witness a hanging was on the morbid side. Bring the kids! The whole town turned out and it was a carnival atmosphere, to watch them hang a man to death. Up until the 1930’s when the last hanging took place.
Taking a picnic to watch a battle was a pastime for centuries before the civil war.
Yeah, but war was fought much differently in Europe at that time.
About the mob football, you should read "Unseen Academicals" from Terry Pratchett. It's funny AND clever. 😉
I was going to post the same comment. 😄Though I didn't know that mob football was a thing until this video.
Imagine the amount of treasure that went into circulation (or private collections) or that was simply melted down for other stuff, that was found in the layers of wrapping on some of those mummies. Really such a thoughtless and wasteful way to deal with history.
Dead bodies being displayed in the morgue window was intended to help discover the identity the deceased if the identity wasn't known. A passerby might recognize who the person was and alert the family or be able to provide a positive ID on the dear departed. There weren't all of the many ways to put out the word as there are today.
No one mentioned Victorian hair-jewelry making! :P
Sounds crazy, but it was a thing back then! :)
I'm French. I'll just add one detail about water jousting: it's mostly famous in the city of Sète (/set/) and other French cities on the Mediterranean coast, even more than in Lyon. And yes, it's still extremely popular and very entertaining to watch.
Thank you so much for this insight!
My in-laws live in Sete and I have seen this. It’s really cool to see and the people take authentic pride in water jousting.
Always interesting and informative
Thank you
Peace 💕🇺🇲
I wish you guys had some merch. I would totally buy a weird history shirt or hoodie or something. I talk about this channels videos all the time. I need some merch to wear to show my love of the channel
“While their neighbors shot cannons at each other.” I lol’d. I never lol.
Okay,so I came here because I was bored and I wanted to learn something absolutely that I didn't know before and now I have to live with that regret! But if I'd have ordered a glass of water, I'd have got the ice just to be cool. This video totally "shin- kicked" me right in my cerebral section! Well done!!!! 👏👏👏
I personally think headless photographs and water jousting were pretty cool.
My favorite hobby is ball in the cup. My father was a champion and I too practice getting the ball in the cup.
This one 🤣
Man I'm not unwrapping anybody. That just sounds like the start of a horror movie. This was very interesting. Cheers guys, from 🇨🇦
And any one of them would look at us staring at our phones watching fail vids and celeb antics, shake their heads, and go back to juggling flaming cats.
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I mean everyone watching this pulled up a video about how weird history can be
Love history.. it’s so much more interesting than now.. because everything was So Amazing back then because we knew nuffink 🤷🏻♀️
@@user-hx5xq6tl9f we still don't know as much as we think we do just because the internet can pull up fast facts on a whim lol
@@cloudbloom absolutely! 🥰
Give this guy credit idiot he's a genius your not LMAO.
Yep, that was the joke
Henry VIII actually had to ban football as too many men were getting injured and couldn’t fight in his army
If I remember correctly, there was also a time some of the rich would drink a small amount of mummy dust believing it had a wide range of benefits
Excellent video!
x Unwrapping mummies - unbelievable, talk about elitists
x Morgue visits - That is morbid and strange, I can only imagine the conversations there.
x Civil War Picnics - The soldiers there should have drug them out to the battlefield.
x Mob Football - I would be concerned someone would die through something like suffocation, but it does sound fun in a dangerous way.
x Atomic Tourism - I would be concerned that a good time there would actually cause cancer.
x Shin kicking - That has to be a classic hobbie for extreme boredom, and more fun than punching yourself in the face.
x Killer Ceramic figurines - That would be popular today, especially for people that are crazy about shows like CSI.
x Headless Photos - That would be popular today too, the practice should be started in Sleepy Hollow (that is an actual village).
x Cheetah taming - There is a couple that has their own TH-cam channel who have a tamed Cheetah (named Gerda) and a mountain lion.
x Making Silly Faces - That would be a popular event too, especially for comedians and actors.
x River Jousting - Sounds like a great idea, though possibly slow.
This video is a gem.
Cheetah are very shy and get stressed easily, sometimes at the zoos they get guardian dogs to help them deal with anxiety - if the dog and cheetah met when they were still cubs they can become friends
@@anita2293 I did not know that, and that would be a very interesting friendship!
@@btetschner Figurine collection is still a thing my aunt still collects clowns and an ex girlfriend collects figurines of owls . Headless photos available on photoshop . Gurning is an annual tournament in England open to men and women on an equal basis . However the video failed to mention Cheese Rolling from Gloucestershire , England , this was first reported on in 1846 although it is believed it started 300 to 400 years earlier . A 9 pound ball of Double Gloucester cheese would be rolled down a 100 foot hill and the first official runner to get hold of it wins and they can keep it .This still happens today . Another couple of weird games from England Bog Snorkelling which involves swimmers going across a a 100 foot peat bog as fast as possible and Welly Wanging/Boot throwing which involves throwing a boot or Welly as far as possible . Bog Snorkelling and Welly Wanging go back to the 1970's .
@@robertclark2253 Those are some unusual activities!
Wouldn't it just feel disgusting to bog snorkel? (Maybe that is part of the fun of it)
Welly Wanging is a great name for something as simple as boot throwing lol.
Guming would be an activity that would probably make my stomach turn.
Are you from England? (Btw, thank you for posting all those unusual activities)
@@btetschner Welly Wanging/Boot throwing comes from throwing a Wellington or rubber boot as far as possible as for as Bog Snorkelling it's mainly an English thing . No I'm not English I'm a Scotsman living in England . But if throwing huge logs through the air as far as possible or dancing across swords isn't strange then I might as well come from Antarctica .
A topic I think might be interesting is the history and inspiration behind Oliver twist- and the story of the workhouse in andover that had workers fighting over scraps of bone marrow- and helped to bring on much fairer conditions and rules in place~
This is my new favorite history channel. The narrorator is funny and it helps keep the dark history more digestible to learn. Ten to fifteen minute videos are also great for short attention spans or just being short on time.
Stamp collecting doesn't seem as weird as before now..
water jousting actually sounds fun af
Super narration....
Fascinating video as always! Just a tip, though - the clip from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shown at 7:07 is from 2008, not 2014 as claimed.
We may think some ways our ancestor's had fun were odd, however not to long ago people were eating tide pods for internet clout.
Have you seen the many odd behaviors people display of themselves on platforms like Tik Tok?
6:30
Me: "WHO THE HELL COULD USE SOMETHING HORRIBLE LIKE ATOMIC DESTRUCTION AS PURE MERCHANDISING?!"
Weird History: "America"
Me: "Oh...Right...America..."
I think you meant 'Murica, didn't you?
@2:50 - 3:46 The author John Jakes wrote about this in the second novel of his North and South Trilogy set during the opening months of the Civil War.
Merry old England used to be such a fun place
Those old hobbies appear to be a damn sight more interesting than spending a day on Facebook trying to figure out what posts are fake.
Now, this is what I call "Weird History" 😅
Nuclear Tourism should still be a thing we all need reminders of how destructive these weapons are
5:35 “come join us for a little shindig” just got a whole new meaning.
The Water jousting is kinda fun....we have one during summer where young men climb up a greased pole atop of which is a prize.....it's connected with a saint's feast. I have to mention the pole is over water at an angle so they have to climb upwards....so if they fall they go into the sea. It's a very old tradition but lots of fun. We call it 'il-gostra' please do not try to pronounce it lmao but the 'g' sounds like 'gee'
You have interesting videos. I don't know why you have to add humor to them. It's like you keep on changing the subject
The phrase "edgelord precious moments figurine" will stay with me forever.
The best narrator 🙌. I was in Vegas not long ago and the test site where the first atom bomb was just about to open back up for tours. When I looked into it further the tours were already sold out for the next few years.
Guy Fawkes, the last man to enter the Palace of Westminster with honest intentions.
He wasn’t good, know you’re enemy.
You left out one of the CREEPIEST details about mummy-unwrapping parties: a lot of these parties involved EATING pieces of the mummy! I’m serious, they thought eating it was like taking medicine… Europe and England did this. Thanks for mentioning atomic tourism. My grandpa used to tell us about how, when he was little, he would sit out and view the above-ground testing. He said they’d have a little picnic or just watch the explosions. No idea how bad it was for their health!
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-eating-medical-cannibalism-gory-history
Im not shooketh about the mummy undressing parties victorians also liked picnics in cemetaries😂but imagine being a credited Egyptologist in the room😂
If you ever get a chance to watch the 1980’s miniseries “the Blue & the Grey” you’ll see the Great Skedaddle” portrayed on screen.
I wouldn't want to try it, but I would like to watch the water jousting. Actually sounds rather fun to see!
shin-kicking is a thing I absolutely never knew existed….I have to say I’m beyond glad to now know of it’s existence lmao
I Love your shows. Great job
I'd love to see a Weird History video about the phenomenon of the early days of local traveling Pro Wrestling. My dad is Bobby Colt whom wrestled in the 70's and 80's and came from the same PNW circuit the gave us Rowdy Rowdy Piper.
I love this channel
Im pretty sure people in the future will laugh about our Hobbys too
I always wonder what will be considered weird in the far future. Tanning beds, dog shows, swimming with sharks, braces, using fossil fuels... I imagine the archeologists trying to figure out what it all meant to our culture and civilization lol
@@angelface925 Everyone will know that Bird is the Word
They’ll be freaking out looking at toddlers and tiaras! Lol
@@cactuscupcake6146 As well they should. It’s horrifying! (Shudder)
Pokemon would be a VERY different game if you had to damage and catch axe murderers to become Murder Master of the World
I heard "dust off your pog collection" and thought my calling finally came. But alas I can not YET rub it in my fiances face that I kept them instead of throwing them out cause they are 'useless.'
I live near Ottery saint Mary. The tar barrels is a pretty good night. Another fact is you have to live in Ottery in order to take part.
I’m from Manassas, VA. Where the battle of Bull Run happened. And the people thought this was going to be a “one hit and done” situation. That it wasn’t going to be so violent. It had been a very long time since the last war: the revolutionary war. There was no one alive to tell them what real war was like.
BTW: The battlefield and the Stone House are pretty freaken hunted.
Hunted or haunted? Which is it?
I love you guys! How about looking into the photographing of the dead in the Victorian era ... I think. Peace and roses,
Deb the TN Scary Lady
You missed out the Gloucestershire cheese rolling, where people chase down a really steep hill, chasing a wheel of cheese, it is epic.
Thanks!
I'd say that the mentioned hobby of "watching TH-cam videos about weird history" is probably the weirdest of the mentioned hobbies. 😉
Thanks for this! 🐆 #WeirdHistory #Hobbies
If anyone is curious, shrove tuesday is another way of saying pancake tuesday. its meant to be a treat for catholics before they commit to lent, which is 40 days and nights of fasting or giving up something you normally like. though back in the ole days in ireland everything that was fun got shut down, dance halls, cinema's, pubs, everything. everyone just went to church all the time. thankfully that started to calm down in the 80s
Mob football is now known as rugby, or under its better known name “Kill the Man with the Ball”. 😜
i love this channel
The bit about the neighbour in a Trans Am at 3 am... I am that neighbour
Surprised the cheese rolling wasn't on this.
Kick the can and rolling a tire with a stick for fun always seemed made up to me. Life must have really sucked.
Amen. The past was the worst.
@@angelface925 --To be fair, our present ain't all that and the future seems a bit bleak at the moment, too. Oh well. Have a good evening.
@@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 I agree! It's just hard to imagine living in a world without indoor plumbing, air conditioning/heating, easily accessible information and modern medicine. I've adapted to this period in time, so it's difficult to know how I would feel if I lived then or in the future. In my opinion, the past was the worst. Lol
Kick the can and Annie -i -over are kick ass summer,fall night games.
Just realized this narrator brings be back to my losing days playing “You don’t know Jack”
Great tongue in cheek comments. Loved the funny naration.
The test ban treaty was 1963, not 1953
I’ve been to a couple of tar barrel nights. They’re mad! You follow the barrels to different streets. Nipping into the occasional pub for a pint then back out to see the nearest barrel run!
What he didn't mention when they watched the Civil War battle. Many spectators died because the accuracy of the rifles.
1:57 that accent was so outta left field I was utterly confused, bewildered, and slightly terrified.
Imagine explaining sky diving to someone before the modem era. Last week I also watched two Russian guys bare knuckle box inside a phone booth
Interestingly they have found two mommies or rather almost perfectly preserved corpses in China that have been determined to be over 2500 years old but when they examine the bodies their extremities were mobile similar to a person who was in a coma. And then when they extracted the organs they determined that they were so well preserved it would be equal to someone dying today and have an being prepared for burial. Fascinating stuff but the question one may have is the various different spiritual kickbacks from a somewhat perfectly preserved corpse versus one that has been completely cremated either way spiritual relevance is the common denominator in determining eternal placement and recognition which equals spiritual relevance maybe even authority that leads to being classified as power personified over life death soul and spirit. And if that's the case we should be able to apply some of those best case scenario situations aspects into today's people way of living and dying.
This dude hella funny. Delivery on point
I live in Ottery St Mary, and it’s true, we do carry flaming barrels on our heads. We also do something called “squibbing” in the local town of Bridgewater, where people carry mallets that have fireworks coming out of them down the town 😂🇬🇧
James Carrey?
Makes you proud to be British
These soundtracks kick ass!!👍🏾👍🏾
Headless photos would be great at Hallowe'en. Will just have to wait til next year.
✨I was thinking about the mummy unwrapping parties just yesterday, and how disrespectful it was.✨ Viewing of dead criminals was different, however. With outlaws making such a impression. They allowed the curious into the morgues. To dispell the idiotic myth that their was anything at all cool. About being a hunted and brutally mutilated criminal. By the weapons that murdered them.✨
I was thinking as I hit play, this had to be in the video… sure enough, the first thing they show
medieval sports sound fun