The ammunition ship explosion occurred in Halifax in 1917. The resulting damage extended for a half mile throughout the city, and almost 1800 people were killed. Those train passengers were very fortunate.
3:49 The context: The explosion in question was the infamous Halifax Explosion of WW1, the largest man-made detonation before nukes became a thing. The ammunition ship he was talking about was the Mont-Blanc, which was stopping by Halifax on its way to deliver ammunition for the war effort. On its way into Halifax Harbor (usually ammo ships weren't allowed in, but the risk of encountering U-boats was judged worse than the risk of an accident. Isn't hindsight fun?), it encountered the Norwegian ship Imo in a narrow chokepoint, and the resulting game of 'no, on your left' ended with the ships colliding and a fire starting on Mont-Blanc. The crew couldn't control the fire and abandoned the ship, which drifted against a dock. The sailors tried to warn onlookers that their ship was about to explode, but for the most part they weren't heard over the commotion. One of the few people who were warned in time was Vince Coleman, who decided to stay at his post to warn incoming trains. Coleman would be killed in the blast, but his telegraph was heeded by a passenger train that happened to be minutes away from Halifax and almost certainly would've been caught in the explosion had he not stayed to stop it. 4:09 There are few ways to die more badass than driving a burning dynamite train to save a village.
Absolutely true. Jesus Garcia Corona is a Mexican national hero. You should check out his Wikipedia page. Not surprisingly, there have been famous songs written about him. I'm an old Southern lady, and I may be 68, but I'm not dead, so I've gotta say it -- holy cats, he was a good-looking guy! And thank you for filling us in on why the flaming ship was heading into, instead of away from, the harbor. I checked out the Wikipedia article on the event, and it's unbelievable how much destruction the blast caused.
Thank you to all the heroes mentioned in this collection, both human and animal. Some, like Madame Curie and the Van Buren sisters, are particularly inspiring to me. 🩷
I don't know when Otto was causing mayhem, but unfortunately octopuses only live for about two or three years. Which is the opposite of a fun fact, because they are generally very smart animals and many have been known for their shenanigans.
The Whynot town name reminds me of the name of a band which became insanely popular in the Netherlands: Doe Maar. Meaning something like yeah, whatever, let's do that. Also adopted because they couldn't decide on a band name and were tired of trying.
You mean thousands of years before Mexico existed. At least the spanish conquerors kept the 14th century Nahuatl name: Mexihco (place in the navel of the moon). People have lived in the area for 15,000 yrs. If they could develop a grass seed head into something similar to the current ear of corn by the time the Spanish ripped through, I’m sure they developed tomato sauce a long before that.
@@jpbaley2016 I said hundreds because while we are sure people were eating tomatoes thousands of years ago, we don’t have much evidence as to how they ate them. But we know for a fact that the Aztecs were making sauce out of them, which is what the video referenced. While the Spanish used the name Mexico to refer to the region which probably came from the Nahuatl, no one today uses the name “Mexico” to refer to the Aztecs.
10:33 is just a common myth (and a funny one, at least for non-Australians). The accent developed like this because of the different dialects that were merged together.
I run a small but profitable business and I support my family with it. I am the CEO. Should I be in prison? No. Your argument is not well thought out and makes generalized assumptions. Did you know TH-cam, where you post your opinions, has a CEO? Come back when you think this through. Good to know you're a fan of flooding society with inmates....stay safe, my friend.
2:27 - I suspect watching reviews before seeing the movie itself does something similar. You know what will happen, it is just that the first time you watch it the details are new to you. There are a few movies I have watched after seeing reviews - Annihilation, Suspiria (2019), and Shin Godzilla to name three. Out of those, my Mum (in her late 70s) took a huge fondness to Annihilation and it now in her regular movie circuit.
0:29. Let's be honest, a lot of people are at that level without the incurable illness... 7:03. That doesn't even begin to explain it. Many haunted buildings will have new, safe appliances, or no appliances at all, or the ghosts will appear outside, or in one famous case, in modern airliners... 16:29. I have never even heard of this custom...
The ammunition ship explosion occurred in Halifax in 1917. The resulting damage extended for a half mile throughout the city, and almost 1800 people were killed. Those train passengers were very fortunate.
3:49 The context: The explosion in question was the infamous Halifax Explosion of WW1, the largest man-made detonation before nukes became a thing. The ammunition ship he was talking about was the Mont-Blanc, which was stopping by Halifax on its way to deliver ammunition for the war effort. On its way into Halifax Harbor (usually ammo ships weren't allowed in, but the risk of encountering U-boats was judged worse than the risk of an accident. Isn't hindsight fun?), it encountered the Norwegian ship Imo in a narrow chokepoint, and the resulting game of 'no, on your left' ended with the ships colliding and a fire starting on Mont-Blanc. The crew couldn't control the fire and abandoned the ship, which drifted against a dock. The sailors tried to warn onlookers that their ship was about to explode, but for the most part they weren't heard over the commotion. One of the few people who were warned in time was Vince Coleman, who decided to stay at his post to warn incoming trains. Coleman would be killed in the blast, but his telegraph was heeded by a passenger train that happened to be minutes away from Halifax and almost certainly would've been caught in the explosion had he not stayed to stop it.
4:09 There are few ways to die more badass than driving a burning dynamite train to save a village.
Absolutely true. Jesus Garcia Corona is a Mexican national hero. You should check out his Wikipedia page. Not surprisingly, there have been famous songs written about him. I'm an old Southern lady, and I may be 68, but I'm not dead, so I've gotta say it -- holy cats, he was a good-looking guy!
And thank you for filling us in on why the flaming ship was heading into, instead of away from, the harbor. I checked out the Wikipedia article on the event, and it's unbelievable how much destruction the blast caused.
13.38 so a computer software company couldn't google his town to prove it existed, i hope he got an apology at the very least!
Thank you to all the heroes mentioned in this collection, both human and animal. Some, like Madame Curie and the Van Buren sisters, are particularly inspiring to me. 🩷
1:48 Otto needs new activities everyday. Poor thing should be getting classes, like math, literature, homemakerto keephim active! Brilliant!
he could be next president of the USA
I don't know when Otto was causing mayhem, but unfortunately octopuses only live for about two or three years. Which is the opposite of a fun fact, because they are generally very smart animals and many have been known for their shenanigans.
Nah, overqualified @@kussemeinkont
The Whynot town name reminds me of the name of a band which became insanely popular in the Netherlands: Doe Maar. Meaning something like yeah, whatever, let's do that. Also adopted because they couldn't decide on a band name and were tired of trying.
Great job on this video.
I love these!
Charlie Chaplin had other reasons to avoid the U.S. He was no saint.
And the guinea pig’s name was Randy. I’m still laughing.
I'm guessing they named him Randy after learning of his prowess!
@6:35 'hache Parmentier' is a French dish of ground beef, in sauce, with mashed potato on top. Like cottage pie.
12:51 bold move calling tomato sauce “Mexican” when it was being prepared hundreds of years before Mexico existed…
You mean thousands of years before Mexico existed. At least the spanish conquerors kept the 14th century Nahuatl name: Mexihco (place in the navel of the moon). People have lived in the area for 15,000 yrs. If they could develop a grass seed head into something similar to the current ear of corn by the time the Spanish ripped through, I’m sure they developed tomato sauce a long before that.
@@jpbaley2016 I said hundreds because while we are sure people were eating tomatoes thousands of years ago, we don’t have much evidence as to how they ate them. But we know for a fact that the Aztecs were making sauce out of them, which is what the video referenced.
While the Spanish used the name Mexico to refer to the region which probably came from the Nahuatl, no one today uses the name “Mexico” to refer to the Aztecs.
3:30 I heard Doris was only a cook because he wasn’t allowed a fighting role due to his skin color.
No, he ate the strawberries and also he was a locksmith and a great key-cutter.
10:33 is just a common myth (and a funny one, at least for non-Australians). The accent developed like this because of the different dialects that were merged together.
The jaguar is my new spirit animal 😁
I love these!!!
@16:20 - so that guinea pig made of the mockery of the system he was in 😅
But surely he lived up to his name...
2:26 - Wait, so all those times I rewatched a movie as a kid were because I wanted something to help me feel safe??
science
I watch ' The Bishop's Wife' every year. It tells me everything happens for a purpose. Very calming.
Junkie Jaguars!
Hahahaha! 🤪🐆🐆😻😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
If prison inmates are saving people's lives they be incarcerating the wrong people. CEOs need to be there instead
You're argument assumes that people are all bad or all good anyone is capable of doing the right thing at least once
I run a small but profitable business and I support my family with it. I am the CEO. Should I be in prison? No. Your argument is not well thought out and makes generalized assumptions. Did you know TH-cam, where you post your opinions, has a CEO? Come back when you think this through. Good to know you're a fan of flooding society with inmates....stay safe, my friend.
2:27 - I suspect watching reviews before seeing the movie itself does something similar. You know what will happen, it is just that the first time you watch it the details are new to you. There are a few movies I have watched after seeing reviews - Annihilation, Suspiria (2019), and Shin Godzilla to name three. Out of those, my Mum (in her late 70s) took a huge fondness to Annihilation and it now in her regular movie circuit.
Chaplin's Oscar in 1972 was NOT honorary. It was competitive for Limelight.
Fun
0:29. Let's be honest, a lot of people are at that level without the incurable illness...
7:03. That doesn't even begin to explain it. Many haunted buildings will have new, safe appliances, or no appliances at all, or the ghosts will appear outside, or in one famous case, in modern airliners...
16:29. I have never even heard of this custom...
The woman with the tumor story - I'm calling it for divine intervention... The Good Lord saved her life... 🙏✝️
None of the other brain tumors were polite enough to ask to be removed.
No, the doctors saved her life.