The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1488

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    • @Repleh
      @Repleh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half as Interesting just a note, Thälmann is pronounced like “tall-min” not “thal-man”.

    • @GigsTaggart
      @GigsTaggart 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas You can always gerexit. The EU would be so screwed.

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Google Maps has apparently disabled the Wikipedia link. But it still shows up on Maps. No explanation I can find why it has stopped working.

    • @elektrotehnik94
      @elektrotehnik94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Planes? Have you considered planes, like, ever?

    • @monterxz
      @monterxz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi there, great video as always. i've already heard about Nebula several times when I heard you say that I can get a Nebula subscription for free if I subscribe for Curiosity Stream at the end of the video. but I can't find any info about it neither on Nebula nor on Curiosity Stream. is this some kind of promotion for new users? (I already have the Curiosity Stream subscription).

  • @technicality
    @technicality 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7199

    Small brain: The Cold War
    Galaxy brain: The Chilly Conflict

    • @DenGuleBalje
      @DenGuleBalje 5 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      Brain that has transcended this dimension: Warn't

    • @dudebop8203
      @dudebop8203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      The Frigid Standoff

    • @mrlegodude96alt2
      @mrlegodude96alt2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      doubly hilarious because Chile is on the brink of civil war

    • @tripletgalaxy
      @tripletgalaxy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thx for the compliment

    • @owendiaram3870
      @owendiaram3870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Chilli con-conflict

  • @BengVideo
    @BengVideo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2941

    The teddy bear is worth $20 and the „symbolic“ giveaway of an island is worth $0 😤.
    Germany got ripped off once again.

    • @Eza_yuta
      @Eza_yuta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      They should ask the teddy bear back.

    • @ibfreely8952
      @ibfreely8952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      But the teddy bear probably had a bug in it, so the East Germans maybe still got some value out of it.

    • @DarkLordoftheMeme
      @DarkLordoftheMeme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cuba got free training for their secret service, courtesy of the STASI

    • @finscreenname
      @finscreenname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Germany got ripped again by not claiming it. England has some of the most remote islands on the planet all for control of the territorial waters. They may not have been able to control the waters but they would have had access. Fishing alone would have made it worth it.

    • @forloop7713
      @forloop7713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@finscreenname They should claim the island but won't do it because of their past

  • @eoghansmith9927
    @eoghansmith9927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1825

    1:58 misspelled federal, its for the next mistakes videos

    • @demi172
      @demi172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      fderal lol
      this needs more likes

    • @sb9246
      @sb9246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Or they can change the dictionary spelling or make a new word.

    • @GogetaXR4
      @GogetaXR4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Same at 4:22

    • @bradlemmond
      @bradlemmond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *it's

    • @avayaridatrane2836
      @avayaridatrane2836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Goes well with the audio disruption at the same time.

  • @hallowizer440
    @hallowizer440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1517

    "The matter formed stars, which eventually led to World War 2"

    • @Amy-dq2lg
      @Amy-dq2lg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Well yes

    • @Sola_nin
      @Sola_nin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh, a terraria guy

    • @imadeamistake7151
      @imadeamistake7151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The matter formed stars which eventually led to E

    • @kenzosuzukii
      @kenzosuzukii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

    • @noahtrullbi
      @noahtrullbi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WHAT HAPPENED TO WW1 OR NEPOLICK WARS OR CIVAL WAR OR WAR OF 1812 OR. AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  • @Whatamievingdoing
    @Whatamievingdoing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    I just can’t get over the fact that they gave Castro a teddy bear

    • @sammybeaver9130
      @sammybeaver9130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The teddy bear is worth more than the island as well

    • @Sodomizxr
      @Sodomizxr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well Ernst Thälmann' nickname was actually "Teddy", soooooo we got the Ernst Thälmann Island and we gace Castro a Teddybear, probably, called "Teddy". Kinda funny when you think about it.

    • @KNNY_-sp6kq
      @KNNY_-sp6kq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sammybeaver9130 wait for real? I mean there’s nothing there but it’s still Land in the Catrinen Right?

    • @sammybeaver9130
      @sammybeaver9130 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KNNY_-sp6kq well in terms of how much the item cost the island was a free gift and the teddy bear was like $20 from what I've heard

    • @KNNY_-sp6kq
      @KNNY_-sp6kq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sammybeaver9130 oh okay

  • @davvydavx3675
    @davvydavx3675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3167

    Ironically, it’s in the west
    Edit: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3K LIKES I DID NOT EXPECT THIS!! LOVE U ALL 💓

    • @artman7780
      @artman7780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas
      Unification of Germany was great. Instead of East Germany, Bavaria should have separated from the rest.

    • @alex_gaimar
      @alex_gaimar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Well, west is relative. It's only west because it's west of Greenwich.

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas hello conspiracy theorist!😂

    • @Nico_LaBras
      @Nico_LaBras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      TruthTV - Este tipo de pessoas pnr.estetipopessoas As a German, I have only this to comment on this: dafuq?

    • @Nico_LaBras
      @Nico_LaBras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Depends on which way you go

  • @tzwacdastag8223
    @tzwacdastag8223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1396

    "The Expansion of THe Universe led to Germany starting World War 2 " --- HAI 2019

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    • @eliwatson7936
      @eliwatson7936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      I mean he’s not technically *wrong*

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@eliwatson7936 there's only about 13 billion years between them sooo...

    • @sleet1650
      @sleet1650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Chuck Tomney still not wrong

    • @captainufo4587
      @captainufo4587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@eliwatson7936 Exactly. And technical truth is best truth.

  • @makr0295
    @makr0295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2300

    99 Luftballons a German classic.

    • @firelight193
      @firelight193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Indeed, but I have to laugh at his pronunciation

    • @LostieTrekieTechie
      @LostieTrekieTechie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Quatre vingt dix neuf ballons 🎈🎈🎈

    • @FoxBoi69
      @FoxBoi69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ich hasse des schaaß lied

    • @lewatoaofair2522
      @lewatoaofair2522 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      .....about the Cold War going nuclear.

    • @rubeushagrid8990
      @rubeushagrid8990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      10,000 luchtballonen in the dutch language

  • @westonblock7097
    @westonblock7097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1496

    1942 - Britain giving Germany headaches
    2019 - Britain giving Germany headaches
    😦

    • @properfunny
      @properfunny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Well the reason that Britain is giving them headaches is Germany gave it to them first in both situations.

    • @mikebather6688
      @mikebather6688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Fuck nazi Germany

    • @aidanhill5586
      @aidanhill5586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@properfunny I mean 2019 is because Britain is full of retarded sheeples who want to please their rich overlords by giving them a tax haven and leaving the Eu

    • @travelleryu
      @travelleryu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@shiptheb4559 You mean for centuries the war criminal British giving everyone headaches?

    • @sebastianr1204
      @sebastianr1204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bigbullshooter 14 That’s way the Germans invented Aspirine

  • @clippygoat
    @clippygoat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    2089: The Bit of North Korea That Might Still Exist

    • @NoName-gy7yr
      @NoName-gy7yr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Well, there is a north korea above north korea that isnt korea, but kinda is

    • @DeeJayFM
      @DeeJayFM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@NoName-gy7yr *_what_*

    • @obiechan8994
      @obiechan8994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      2080: The Bit of The Republic of China That Might Still Exist

    • @CookiesNCreme-ty6wz
      @CookiesNCreme-ty6wz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@NoName-gy7yr I don't know the name, but you are right, that being a work camp in Russia

    • @goosw5502
      @goosw5502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@obiechan8994 actually that exist now as Taiwan

  • @Therealpresidentobama
    @Therealpresidentobama 5 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    Most people: to understand why East Germany collapsed let’s go to the end of World War Two
    HAI: To understand why East Germany collapsed let’s go to the Big Bang

    • @jasondaniel918
      @jasondaniel918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well, that was a habit of James A. Michener. For example, his novel "Centennial" begins with the prehistory of Colorado. So there is at least one precedent.

    • @buddyzjeans8404
      @buddyzjeans8404 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right

    • @samuelthecamel
      @samuelthecamel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And don't forget that the real cause of World War II is the Big Bang.

    • @familygash7500
      @familygash7500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BAZINGA!

  • @slightlycrookedworkshop
    @slightlycrookedworkshop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    "This would eventually lead to World War II"...skips a bit but still technically correct.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The best kind of correct!

    • @JenniferinIllinois
      @JenniferinIllinois 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Nothing significant was skipped. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @defdfdsyw
      @defdfdsyw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think i start every story like this now lol

    • @DeeJayFM
      @DeeJayFM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@JenniferinIllinois WWI: am I a joke to you?

    • @OpTubeShorts
      @OpTubeShorts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

  • @betelgeuse7322
    @betelgeuse7322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    HAI: The Universe began to exist, which eventually led to World War Two
    Me: Damn Universe, what have you done?

    • @jaydenwong3345
      @jaydenwong3345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You're about to undergo supernova in a million years or so, aren't you?

    • @Kevin-sy8uf
      @Kevin-sy8uf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I told you already, it was only symbolic!

    • @Czeckie
      @Czeckie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      help, I just wanted to make an apple pie from scratch and now there are nazis

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Universe killed the dinosaurs. But it also created them. Its a love hate relationship.

    • @ezekielsmemes6659
      @ezekielsmemes6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAI Hi

  • @shep7544
    @shep7544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    I shall invade that island, rename it to the German “Empire”, and name myself as Wilhelm IV.

  • @bikkiikun
    @bikkiikun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    There is a term for this: Estoppel. Meaning, losing a claim by forgetting about it or by actively ignoring it.

    • @salvadorromero9712
      @salvadorromero9712 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately, there is no doubt this island is now legally Cuban; not even in the most "technical" sense could it be said otherwise. Content creators of this type love to find situations like these, and dwell on and distort their reality. This is actually one of the more benign ones; many others would do much more to actively imply that the island was in fact German or East German in some technical sense.
      It is easy to see how this type of interpretation keeps order, so that, say, Brazil does not find some sort of old document from the Pope in a church basement and start pursuing a claim against its neighbors. Though there has long been no danger of actual violence, the boundaries between our states in the USA are governed by the same principles and at least one (incorrectly decided, imo) court case _New Jersey v. New York_ centered around this principle. The decision and dissent are good summaries of the history and practical operations of the principles at play, albeit using American legal language.

  • @connorking8503
    @connorking8503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1956

    In the beginning, the universe was created.
    This made a lot of people very angry, and is widely regarded as a bad idea.

    • @anselmschueler
      @anselmschueler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *move

    • @JLXTV
      @JLXTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i get this reference

    • @wingate76
      @wingate76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

    • @jacob414
      @jacob414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Connor King I am a Christan . So I believe “ in the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth “

    • @zaidkhan6296
      @zaidkhan6296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@jacob414 Okay but there are many scientific studies and evidence for otherwise XD

  • @Yamezzzz
    @Yamezzzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +398

    5:07 *"island"*
    Me: *Angry murmurs in Northern Irish. *

    • @martenkats6915
      @martenkats6915 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      As someone with strong links to the Scottish islands, there are angry murmers from me as well...

    • @Yamezzzz
      @Yamezzzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@martenkats6915 I guess that counts..?
      Now all we need is someone from Anglesey, Wales (preferably Llanfair-PG) and someone from the Isle of Wight (or even the isles of Scilly) in England to make an angry murmuring chorus!

    • @kiri2784
      @kiri2784 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      JamesTavRule also people from the Overseas territories. They count right?

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @施亮 But not on _that_ island.

    • @gearoidgarvey8266
      @gearoidgarvey8266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A United Ireland would both solve as well as cause problems, I would love it, as we would finally have our land back, as well as independence, but it would cause a lot of problems

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    They should’ve sent a Trabant to the island to officially call it DDR territory

    • @NotAmira_
      @NotAmira_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Hello there Kim, we shall make peace together! Oh and nice haircut

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      comment with ur main channel

    • @koyba3747
      @koyba3747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yes, oh great leader

    • @stoplightgaming2302
      @stoplightgaming2302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You again, I see all your comments! Are you gonna be the next Justin Y.?

    • @bradlemmond
      @bradlemmond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      At least the body would still be there, even if the rest of it succumbed to the salty, humid climate.

  • @klieu90210
    @klieu90210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    1:59 "Urnst Thallmin..."
    Nooooo. It's pronounced "Airnst TTehl'man"

    • @stitchfinger7678
      @stitchfinger7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sorry that the Anglo Saxons and later British were so afraid of umlauts it's not our fault I swear

    • @gato_feliz605
      @gato_feliz605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gdhxbridbjsbsjd

    • @chiggen_wings5703
      @chiggen_wings5703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aianst Taelmun

    • @rogerthat3157
      @rogerthat3157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No it's pronounced Ernst Tehlmann

  • @hugostiglitz6914
    @hugostiglitz6914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Weird thing is in my first job I was posted from UK to Berlin in 1987. We used to go into East Germany on day trips.
    I was good friends with a woman who worked for the East German government. We kept in contact by letter (no internet in those days)
    I was always impressed with her immaculate English and handwriting.
    I was in Berlin when the wall came down. We lost contact from about 1982. I still have her letters and it's clear from reading them that she knew that the wall was coming down at least 10 month before it did. One letter dated February 1989 she talks about great changes before the year in out.
    She ended up working for the all German Government but sadly died in 1998.

  • @ACogloc
    @ACogloc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I read about this two days ago as part of a Wikipedia binge that involved Emperor Norton, and the Republic of Molossia which is still "at war" with East Germany. Highly recommended articles.

  • @shunyat9023
    @shunyat9023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Bill Wurtz: history of the world in 23 mins
    HAI: [laughs in 0:40-0:54]

    • @pedrocrb
      @pedrocrb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm being pedantic, but the bill wurtz video is a little less than 20 minutes long

    • @hasdarivahsla6351
      @hasdarivahsla6351 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nah, it's 5 seconds long
      th-cam.com/video/n9xQTEHebpA/w-d-xo.html

  • @katieandkevinsears7724
    @katieandkevinsears7724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    So it's an unoccupied island with uncertain ownership? I claim it.

    • @boredidiot1640
      @boredidiot1640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What if it has oil

    • @aceanonymous3647
      @aceanonymous3647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      USA: SOMEBODY SAY OIIIILLLLLLLL

    • @comradejosefstalin3097
      @comradejosefstalin3097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@aceanonymous3647 WE claim it comrades

    • @generalwreck7662
      @generalwreck7662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No! I claim it!
      This led to a claim-kerfuffle, until eventually Donald Trump, after his exile and third impeachment, bribed the Cuban government and settled there, naming it as Trumpia. Thousands of rich Trump supporters joined him and invaded the island, and Trump's lawyers created a constitution and stole some nuclear weapons, forcing the United Nations to recognise Trumpia as a fully independent nation.

    • @comradejosefstalin3097
      @comradejosefstalin3097 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@generalwreck7662 WE claim it

  • @randomobserver8168
    @randomobserver8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Also, "do you know what gives ME headaches- the inherently unstable nature of existing online video platforms that disincentivizes experimentation..." is a world class advertising segue.

  • @addisonmoo7479
    @addisonmoo7479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Ah, yes. The timeline of everything:
    -the big bang
    -wwll

  • @johnoropesa725
    @johnoropesa725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    1:59
    Person: What's your favorite country?
    Me: The Fderal Republic of Germany

    • @laurentaccount346
      @laurentaccount346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Person: I think you mispelled Fedaral Me: no, it is the spelling of Fderal accirding to Half As Intresting

    • @C003
      @C003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@laurentaccount346 You said Fedaral instead of Federal ;)
      Edit:You also said accirding,not according

    • @katoakman2761
      @katoakman2761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      4:21 too

    • @DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger
      @DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mines the 3rd version of germany

    • @robsche1337
      @robsche1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Prussia

  • @iumasz6088
    @iumasz6088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    When you are playing hoi4 and instead of taking all states at once you take them individually and forget one

    • @Moechtegernpilot1
      @Moechtegernpilot1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Iumasz gladly they added take all states button 😅

    • @szexmaster
      @szexmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Moechtegernpilot1 but sometimes you don't have enough victory points :P

    • @kermitthevodkafrog7039
      @kermitthevodkafrog7039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@szexmaster then just pass :D

    • @szexmaster
      @szexmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kermitthevodkafrog7039 yes

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    You know someone is depressed when they skip directly from Big Bang to WWII

  • @AstralComplexity
    @AstralComplexity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    "EAST germany"
    The island: I am gonna ruin this guy's whole name

    • @Insert-thing-here-Fan
      @Insert-thing-here-Fan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now Comunist Germany

    • @jimmye128
      @jimmye128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *EAST* Germany, more like *VERY WEST* Germamy

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimmye128
      It depends on which way you go. ;)

    • @houselemuellan8756
      @houselemuellan8756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Southwest Germany

    • @szexmaster
      @szexmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Caribbean socialist republic of Germany

  • @philippebelozeroff9346
    @philippebelozeroff9346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "Lets start from the beginning" * Starts at the beginning of the Universe *
    Me: Epic, epic.
    "*THIS EVENTUALLY CAUSED WW2*"
    Me: wait a diddly darn second
    Edit: I accidentally didn't write half of the comment because I pressed enter but it posted the comment for some reason

  • @michaellyden2580
    @michaellyden2580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    0:38
    "....This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

    • @Stadtpark90
      @Stadtpark90 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what he should have said.

  • @RandomAssist
    @RandomAssist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Little Spanish lesson here!
    The Gulf of Calzones would actually literally translate to the Gulf of “Pants” in Spanish, which made me ask, before the reveal, why would Cuba name a bay after pants?

    • @FalafelTheBurner
      @FalafelTheBurner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They also have a bay named after pigs

    • @juang9224
      @juang9224 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's worth to clarify: "pants" in the british sense of the word

  • @JabobKrauskopf
    @JabobKrauskopf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Last time i was this early, germany was still divided

    • @kyrakia5507
      @kyrakia5507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Germany unified in 1871, and this video was made in 1990, so something doesn't add up...

    • @b-cantaradrianjoesj.8436
      @b-cantaradrianjoesj.8436 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kyrakia5507 yeah

    • @aidenb3069
      @aidenb3069 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last time i was this early frace and poland were part of germany

    • @robroux6074
      @robroux6074 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It still is ... AFD is winning.

    • @hansnase364
      @hansnase364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robroux6074 In East Germany, aka the part with the poor people, low employement rates and general irrelevance.

  • @joeaverage3444
    @joeaverage3444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    From the Big Bang straight on to WWII 😁 I guess Douglas Adams was right: “In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

  • @a_literal_brick
    @a_literal_brick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    **hits blunt**
    “The Big Bang eventually lead to WW2”

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Normie

  • @tecker7454
    @tecker7454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    3:02 'BEARly a gift'
    Your sense of humour is really peculiar.

  • @Thoomas2001
    @Thoomas2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    "Ninety-nine Luftballons"
    I've never heard something so wrong and I love it.
    Edit: Also, not gonna lie, G+ was made awesome by the fact that it wasn't as big. Felt really humble.

    • @ayle1312
      @ayle1312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Looftballoons

    • @joeyknight8272
      @joeyknight8272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't understand

    • @NERO_MYBAND
      @NERO_MYBAND 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      R.I.P. G+

    • @AccessDenied20078
      @AccessDenied20078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Google+ veterans rise up!

    • @SoftBoyAllison
      @SoftBoyAllison 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Rip G+. It feels like forever since it was shut down but its only been six months

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    When it turns out that Hitler was behind the Cuban missile crisis

    • @dodovomitory3496
      @dodovomitory3496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What does Hitler have to do with this? How much you bought those likes for?

    • @blueeyedblondhairedo5879
      @blueeyedblondhairedo5879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@dodovomitory3496 r/wooooooooosh

    • @abver092
      @abver092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dodovomitory3496 r/whoosh You just got whooshed.

    • @dodovomitory3496
      @dodovomitory3496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      i really hate redditors

    • @Dandandandandandandandandanda1
      @Dandandandandandandandandanda1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dodovomitory3496 Just google Cuban Missile Crisis or watch a RealLifeLore's video called "The Day the World Almost Ended"

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    German teddy bears have a proud and long tradition for being high quality children's toys.
    Most renowned is (I think) the German Steiff Company but that was located in West German during the Cold War.
    What I could find from former East Germany is a Richard Diem Teddy Bear. It was manufactured first in the 1930s but a 1950s (East Germany period) model is offered today for 328 Euros.
    Description:
    Rare vintage Richard Diem GDR East Germany Teddy bear gold mohair pluche 1950s 15 inch height or 38 cm.
    Growler glas eyes. Fully jointed.
    So it was by no means a cheap teddy bear.

  • @AliShaikh1
    @AliShaikh1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When David Hasselhoff started singing on cars, they were putting the wall back up!

  • @TheSonicsean
    @TheSonicsean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "The Gulf of Calzones"
    HAI you really shouldn't write these while hungry.

  • @jacesimons5307
    @jacesimons5307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    1:58
    Does-
    Does that s-
    Does that say "Fderal?"

    • @Mullkaw
      @Mullkaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      uhhh the animators are dutch

    • @jacesimons5307
      @jacesimons5307 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mullkaw fr?

    • @Szydencer
      @Szydencer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A F'dral Republic is comprised with states run by guv'nors.

  • @MS-tn6kf
    @MS-tn6kf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The sarcastic undertone & intelligent humour of these videos makes me keep coming back for more!

  • @cedmaster2000
    @cedmaster2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:52 "Impressive failures of infrastructure projects"
    Ouch
    You got us with this goddamn airport.

    • @VeloAufNull
      @VeloAufNull 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmao

    • @jcxz983
      @jcxz983 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Someone is going to misread it and call it the god - airport henceforth.

  • @admiralpawz4699
    @admiralpawz4699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    2:23 "East German Empire"
    I lost it
    Edited because why not

  • @niceColdWuhta
    @niceColdWuhta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Government: *sees this video*
    Also Government: *Let's invade.*

    • @mohammadrickypratama6720
      @mohammadrickypratama6720 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      WW3 started because Germany Invaded Cuba because an island.

    • @4cps777
      @4cps777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh...
      By law germany can't start any wars. You first would have to change it by making Bundestag and Bundesrat allowing it, so 2/3 of Bundesrat and Bundesrat must for it.

  • @Kwarduk
    @Kwarduk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ernst Thälmann Island: _Exists_
    Republic of Molossia: *I'm about to end this man's whole career*

  • @Azeria
    @Azeria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    The Cold War also known as the... The Chilly Conflict

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm in favor of a Chili Conflict. It will be like WWI, but less trenches.

  • @guywithgun6853
    @guywithgun6853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    East Germany: **still technically exists**
    Mollasia: **angry micronation noises**

  • @jus_sanguinis
    @jus_sanguinis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I knew a girl from East Germany. Her uncle told her about his first visit of West Germany in 1980s. He was shocked by three things there: wealth, lots of Turkish/Kurdish mgrants, legal prnography.

  • @roninbayacal7857
    @roninbayacal7857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Half as Interesting: Lets do a quick review and start at the beggining... *Starts at literally the beggining*

  • @socialus5689
    @socialus5689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Literally noone:
    Universe: World war II.

  • @Forcecn
    @Forcecn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "impressive failures of infrastructure projects" hahahaha

    • @lordanonimmo7699
      @lordanonimmo7699 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CipiRipi00 And won't stop construction until 2040.But atleast they might get a maglev train.

  • @brotimwelt
    @brotimwelt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When your playing hoi4 and forget an island during the peace conference

  • @gyanibabu2023
    @gyanibabu2023 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact, there is a micronation named Mollossia which declared war with East Germany. And because of that island, even today on the micronation's official website, it claims that it is still at war with East germany

  • @Stripedbottom
    @Stripedbottom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Could only afford 47 luftballons" :'D

  • @Blackaceed
    @Blackaceed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The Teddybear is probably now a super valuable collector item.

  • @items3sacred
    @items3sacred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:54 I Love the Mention of the BER xD I never knew that even People outside Germany Knew that it exists

  • @tanne78430
    @tanne78430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video ! I love the "let's do a quick reminder, starting from the beginning" joke xD

  • @biliminsrlar5752
    @biliminsrlar5752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Small Brain:Cold War
    Big Brain:Chilly Confilict
    Galaxy Brain:Warn't

  • @NinjaMan47
    @NinjaMan47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pretty sure when Germany unified, Cuba invoked take-sees-back-sees on that island gift.

  • @Ps05205
    @Ps05205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:48 that escalated quickly

  • @tahimig1
    @tahimig1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I imagine the chilli conflict as a sort of cook off... A truly delicious war.

  • @tux1468
    @tux1468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Disappointed you didn't mention the war between East Germany and the Republic of Molassia

  • @Brave_Sir_Robin
    @Brave_Sir_Robin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And Molossia, a legal nation like the Navajo, declared war on it

  • @plucas1
    @plucas1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cayo Blanco, aka Ernst Thalman Island, is uninhabited, but if I remember right there are numerous day trip tourist excursions to it every week by catamaran, as it has gorgeous white sand beaches and shallows that allow you to wade knee-deep hundreds of feet into the ocean. It could probably earn a good amount of money for an owner if ever properly developed.

  • @nickvangeel
    @nickvangeel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    0:32 Ooohh Sam i love it when you stroke my ego

  • @ottohertteli
    @ottohertteli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first time i've witnessed an english speaking person correctly spelling a word with the letter "Ä" in it

  • @danielle228512
    @danielle228512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    David Hasslehoff with the piano scarf and light up leather jacket will be forever in history books

  • @niku_alt4201
    @niku_alt4201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    East Germany: exist
    Molossia: frustrated angry noises

  • @grangermontag1824
    @grangermontag1824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1990 : East Germany ceases to exist
    2030 : Germany ceases to exist

    • @jasondaniel918
      @jasondaniel918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sadly, with the current second Muslim invasion of Europe, Germany might well cease to exist before 2030.

    • @chillorazor
      @chillorazor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, just a few days ago it was published, that until 2040 about 30% of germans will have ancestors with a migrant background ( btw. 54% from european countries (40 % from EU Members)). And about 5% of the people are following the muslim fate. So just stop with those false claims of a muslim invasion

    • @grangermontag1824
      @grangermontag1824 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chillorazor
      Got a link for that one?

    • @chillorazor
      @chillorazor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You speak german? Only got the geman media as a source, dont think internatiol press would post it, as the relevance probably isnt that high

    • @grangermontag1824
      @grangermontag1824 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chillorazor
      I got google translate.
      Numbers are standard across nations

  • @unboxingcuba5443
    @unboxingcuba5443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A group of Cubans decided to create their own micronation by declaring their independence from the Republic of Cuba, which they consider to be illegal occupants of the State of Cayo Blanco del Sur, which in turn has been organized as a parliamentary monarchy and king Phillip of Spain has been called upon the Throne of the small island-nation. They have since adopted a flag and a coat of arms.

  • @dead-ishchannel6212
    @dead-ishchannel6212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    East Germany: still exists
    Molossia: *[anger]*

  • @ander.ramosv
    @ander.ramosv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Reminds me to those moments in AOC II when you defeat a country, annex it all, but leave some island you didn't know existed as the last remaining piece of the country.

  • @casual_moth
    @casual_moth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    HAI: "calzone"
    Me: bro I had a calzone for lunch

  • @Gurman8r
    @Gurman8r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I AM a highly educated and sophisticated person, thanks for noticing senpai.

  • @Viszistan
    @Viszistan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When france gets parts off germany but the netherlands get credit.

  • @lasttarrasque6223
    @lasttarrasque6223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It exists in my heart, and the heart’s of my comrades

    • @UmQasaann
      @UmQasaann 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🇨🇺❤🇩🇪 ☭

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta8161 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been to the former East and a lot of it remains different. The most telling feature are the different colors of streetlights used, just like the past. My mother was born in Wiesbaden in the west and told me how tense it was when she was young.

  • @PocusRolus
    @PocusRolus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me: ...
    HAI: 2:30 Predicts the future :o

  • @carlosbanderas4238
    @carlosbanderas4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Ernst Thälmann.
    Pronounciation correction:
    "Th" - can be pronounced as "t".
    "ä" - can be pronounced as the "a" in "cAn".
    "mann" - has the "a" of "pArt" and the double "n" means that the "a" is pretty short.

    • @williamwallace4726
      @williamwallace4726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who pronounces Can ‘Ken’?

    • @erikawhelan4673
      @erikawhelan4673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thälmann should be pronounced like Tail-mahn.

    • @carlosbanderas4238
      @carlosbanderas4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williamwallace4726 I don't know. Who does that?

    • @carlosbanderas4238
      @carlosbanderas4238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erikawhelan4673 No.

    • @robinbrooke7839
      @robinbrooke7839 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please don't correct people when you can't pronounce it properly yourself

  • @leergutlars
    @leergutlars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Die Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Deutsch Demokratischen Republik.
    Reisen nach Cuba können bei mir unentgeltlich beantragt werden.

    • @TheySchlendrian
      @TheySchlendrian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ja gerne, wann wirds los gehen? Ich möcht diesen kapitalistischen Alptraum so bald wie möglich entfliehen.

    • @pepsi-cola2791
      @pepsi-cola2791 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ich nein sprechen Deutschland

    • @fufsoos
      @fufsoos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ich musste viel zu lange scrollen, um diesen Kommentar zu finden. Er sollte ganz oben stehen

    • @mikeschmidt91
      @mikeschmidt91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Die DDR beim Ami vor der Haustür? 🤔 Erich likes it 😂😭 nur symbolisch... kann man jetzt glauben, oder auch nicht 🤷‍♂️

    • @vornamenachname1210
      @vornamenachname1210 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ganz schön nationalistisch für einen commie

  • @amnont8724
    @amnont8724 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now I really want to visit this island so I could technically say I've been to East Germany

  • @awesomemel1
    @awesomemel1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Me: a German
    HAI: Stuff about strong economy etc...
    Me: feeling proud
    And the out of the nowhere:
    Hai: “failing infrastructure projects” with a picture of the BER....
    Me: heartbroken, close to tears....this just hit me right in the feels

    • @4cps777
      @4cps777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fühle, Bruder, fühle...
      Lass mal die Insel erobern xD

    • @4nc3st0r
      @4nc3st0r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Starke Wirtschaft auch auf deine Kosten durch jahrelange Reallohnsenkung und Schaffung eines gigantischen Niedriglohnsektors dank Hartz IV... Zeit für dich Patriot zu sein, ganz große Klasse.

  • @thelastcommander8765
    @thelastcommander8765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So this is what the Molossian Guy said that he is still at war with East Germany

  • @mordapl1641
    @mordapl1641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Next episode: How the USSR might still exist
    How the HRE might still exist
    How the Roman Empire might still exist

  • @pablonh
    @pablonh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:12 "For the next 51 years..." I think you mean 41 years.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Federal" is spelled correctly at 1:47 but incorrectly at 1:59.

  • @JBM425
    @JBM425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Half as Interesting" videos are twice as entertaining as most videos on TH-cam!

  • @Spikklubba
    @Spikklubba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a small note: during the bit when you say "during a state visit by a east german diplomat", you show a picture of Castro with none other than Erich Honecker, the General Secretary of the GDRs SED party, basically the head of state. And he was there during that state visit, where the picture is from. So it is downplaying it a little by calling it "a state visit from an east german diplomat".

  • @imvine
    @imvine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Germany we know as impressive failures at infrastructures

  • @fruit_punch
    @fruit_punch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "The bit of East Germany that still exists"
    Hetalians: *happy crying noises*

  • @JonathanAdami
    @JonathanAdami 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "It's like google plus" "..... aaaah yeah there was google plus at some point... does that still exist?" point made!

  • @lai17
    @lai17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Southwest coast of cuba
    *proceeds to show north of cuba*

  • @Stinger913
    @Stinger913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wendover I mean HAI you grossly violated the American flag by vertically displaying it upside down. The canton (union) should be on the top right when displayed vetically

  • @mariolis
    @mariolis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "This would eventually lead to WW2"
    *confused universe noises*

  • @rogofos
    @rogofos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:00 HaI:"France"
    Me:"Netherlands"

  • @abouttime1967
    @abouttime1967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Everything is fine, but “the Germany we know and love today ?---------- that’s a bridge too far amigo.
    Many things come to mind when you say Germany, love ain’t one of them.

    • @stitchfinger7678
      @stitchfinger7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      World leading economy, heading the entire green tech movement, economical and serviceable cars... 🤷‍♂️

    • @jakekaywell5972
      @jakekaywell5972 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stitchfinger7678 "Economical and serviceable cars" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

    • @Tjalve70
      @Tjalve70 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deutschland, deine Liebe

      Ist Fluch und Segen
      Deutschland, meine Liebe

      Kann ich dir nicht geben

    • @ioanhogwarts4953
      @ioanhogwarts4953 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least better than that wet island britain and has the most powerful economy in the EU

    • @peterlustig6888
      @peterlustig6888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gott strafe England.

  • @LordDavid04
    @LordDavid04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Boo. I was expecting possibly the following:
    - Trabants/Trabi Safari.
    - Currywurst.
    - East German food brands like Schlager Süßtafel, Spreewald Gurken, Nudossi, Filinchen, Club Cola, Rotkäppchen Sekt, etc.
    - The niche restaurants serving East German (Cuisine) as well as the Russian restaurants serving the food of the Cold War as well.
    - DDR Museum.
    - Souvenir stands all over Berlin.
    - Remnants of the Berlin Wall for sale at gift shops.
    - The iconic Fernsehturm in Berlin.