💖 The Tale of Tiffany 💖

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  • @CGPGrey
    @CGPGrey  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3667

    A sequel of sorts: th-cam.com/video/qEV9qoup2mQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @shork416
      @shork416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      YAY

    • @CyberCenturion
      @CyberCenturion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Unnyay

    • @shork416
      @shork416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@CyberCenturion NOO

    • @hye2354
      @hye2354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@CyberCenturion >:(

    • @hye2354
      @hye2354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

  • @rocksnaek
    @rocksnaek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8816

    In few years im expecting a spike in people named Tiffany, and 700 years from now someone mentioning grey as the reason

    • @Anaguma79
      @Anaguma79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +599

      I'd expect an even larger relative bump for Theophania.

    • @idiosyncraticlawyer3400
      @idiosyncraticlawyer3400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Which I'm sure Grey would want to be alive for.

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I'm putting money on this. Get out your cryogenics, lads, we have a bet to win.
      I'm betting against the OP, for the record.

    • @ayoxe348
      @ayoxe348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Careful what you say everyone. This is now a landmark of history.😉

    • @CaesiumAKAPianoslam
      @CaesiumAKAPianoslam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Very much so! Pretty sure it would become “Teff” or plain “tiff”

  • @jcoogs7149
    @jcoogs7149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31680

    If you gave 1 million Grey fans 1 million years, there's no way any of them could guess what the topic of the next Grey Explains video will be

    • @michaelvnuk
      @michaelvnuk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +501

      Pumpkin pie

    • @BryceJ80
      @BryceJ80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1628

      Makes you wonder what he was actually researching when he fell down this rabbit hole.

    • @danghostman2814
      @danghostman2814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +403

      Well, let's start guessing.
      Birbs and areoplane design.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      the topic was your mom

    • @justlithuanian9142
      @justlithuanian9142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@Blox117 And what about moms?

  • @therabbithat
    @therabbithat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9766

    Tiffany, incredible military strategist, knows when a battle is doomed. Tells people it's astrology.

    • @jennychen1297
      @jennychen1297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Wow this might actually be true. Given how females had basically no say in anything.

    • @emeraeldfoxx2405
      @emeraeldfoxx2405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@jennychen1297 certain ones. And certain ones had almost all the say. Whoo!

    • @SavageGreywolf
      @SavageGreywolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      ...this is surprisingly plausible. Movie when Hollywood
      Oh right, never, because you'd rather fart out C- Marvel movies forever.

    • @CAPUSA
      @CAPUSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Prequel to "Psych"

    • @ongseungwu4311
      @ongseungwu4311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well if she said she's a master strategies.. she could have been killed immediately especially in 900s

  • @RamathRS
    @RamathRS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22190

    My 5-yr-old daughter is named Tiffany. She loved every minute of this, watching with wide eyes bright with excitement. She said, "He made a video about me!!"

    • @sonam9881
      @sonam9881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1138

      This is so adorable!!

    • @HappyfoxBiz
      @HappyfoxBiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +710

      glad she doesn't have a tiff with the video.

    • @theargonaught44
      @theargonaught44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +392

      Well that's just adorable.

    • @calamaribowl8683
      @calamaribowl8683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Aw

    • @morganhall6459
      @morganhall6459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +417

      Presenting Tiff, Empress of the Empire! The Top Tiff!

  • @TalasDD
    @TalasDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8013

    Grey got Lost in the Forest of all Knowledge again. This time He discovered the woods of Parish Registers and Familie trees. All because someone made the wordplay of Tiffany epiphany.

    • @BigFatWow
      @BigFatWow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      It's not even a pun, since it's named after the Feast of the Epiphany. Thus the serpent eats its tail.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      At this point, Grey has set up camp there.

    • @TalasDD
      @TalasDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 he is building a Kingdom there.

    • @robinsuj
      @robinsuj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@TalasDD With rank choice voting, of course

    • @adrianthoroughgood1191
      @adrianthoroughgood1191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I love this community!

  • @TiffanyCheung0912
    @TiffanyCheung0912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3256

    As a Tiffany, that’s an uncomfortable amount of Tiffany being said in a short amount of time

    • @albevanhanoy
      @albevanhanoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      But do you have a Neon Torch?

    • @internetperson3436
      @internetperson3436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Username checks out

    • @TiffanyCheung0912
      @TiffanyCheung0912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      @@albevanhanoy of course for I am but a Tiffany

    • @TiffanyCheung0912
      @TiffanyCheung0912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@internetperson3436 why thank you for your observation

    • @nanananaxhhd4330
      @nanananaxhhd4330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@internetperson3436 well she already said she is a Tiffany

  • @shuriken05
    @shuriken05 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5561

    The funniest part about this all is that I watched this video AFTER the sequel....and the fact that the poem is nowhere to be seen cracked me up despite being the one to cause you much pain.

    • @Imbeachedwhale
      @Imbeachedwhale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +472

      It’s not completely absent. Look at the books at 8:25, Grey left a reference he alone understood before the poem video.

    • @utkarshmishra7416
      @utkarshmishra7416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sameee

    • @davidschmidt5507
      @davidschmidt5507 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same!

    • @KuromiLiz
      @KuromiLiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMAO SAME

    • @yanirmicha3206
      @yanirmicha3206 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same

  • @leagueoflags
    @leagueoflags 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1681

    The dinosaur eating historical records is the most accurate metaphorical description of any historian's feeling when trying to desperately find just even one source of a historical element.

    • @yuuri9064
      @yuuri9064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      In case you are a historian, I have a question: how does one even find potential sources, let alone access them? Are a lot of them replicated or digitized? Grey said that he looked at basically anything and everything that seemed like it could've been a list of names, but how might he have found them, do you think?

    • @leagueoflags
      @leagueoflags 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@yuuri9064 It really depends on your subject matter. Generally speaking, the Industrial Revolution with its explosion in literacy and writing made it so that there are many, many sources on, say, WWI.
      Once you get to the Early Modern period (the time between the discovery of America and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, reading and writing becomes a hobby and means of communication of the church and the remaining other social elite. Even though common people often had some basic understanding of reading, their oftentimes everyday writing basically never got preserved, as you wouldn't preserve your shopping list, for example.
      So, to finally answer your question. If you are just looking for new information, grab a handbook and check out the sources cited within, working your way down to the originals. If your subject matter is of some interest, chances are someone wrote an index of sources (which is not the case in the Tiffany question). Finally, if you've gone through all of the paper trail that exists and all of the secondary literature, you have to do very basic work yourself. This means going to archives, reading old church records, that kind of thing. However, this is like looking for a needle in a haystack and most historians do NOT do this, unless it is their personal field of highest experience and it has basically become their main source of work. As an example, a naval historian on the Spanish Silver Fleets might have an intricate knowledge on, say, the naval archives of Sevilla, where he personally scanned or transcribed many hundreds of pages from Early Modern ship and freight records, analysing those and publishing articles or even books on it.
      I hope this helps.

    • @yuuri9064
      @yuuri9064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Love Law Thank you!

    • @yuuri9064
      @yuuri9064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@leagueoflags Thank you for such an in-depth response! I didn't know that there were indexes of sources at all.

    • @leagueoflags
      @leagueoflags 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@yuuri9064 You're welcome!

  • @tiffy717
    @tiffy717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1855

    As a Tiffany I can confirm I own and carry a neon torch with me at all times.

    • @calebthompson8230
      @calebthompson8230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wouldn't help, the bag is also neon

    • @shototodoroki3543
      @shototodoroki3543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      just saying because if you're reading this and still trapped in religion it's not too late to leave and seek truth

    • @awsomeabacus9674
      @awsomeabacus9674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      but are you also a divine manifestation?

    • @shototodoroki3543
      @shototodoroki3543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@awsomeabacus9674 that's illogical.

    • @stereo123
      @stereo123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm halfway through the video and paused it to scroll down and see if there were many tiffanies commenting. There are not. Thank you for speaking up!

  • @benshort9071
    @benshort9071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4705

    I feel like the turning of “I really don’t care about this” into “why do I actually *really* care about this” is solidifying as the niche of this channel. Love it

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Grey basically just says "I care about this now, for some reason, and I'm dragging the rest of you along with me!"

    • @cadebradbury9334
      @cadebradbury9334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I don't think there's a more perfect description of this video

    • @MrTridac
      @MrTridac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      SHARKS!

    • @Dubloh
      @Dubloh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This one stayed in the I don't care about this category. But had someone not recommended it I wouldn't have clicked on it anyways so oh well

  • @xaviersaavedra7442
    @xaviersaavedra7442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +991

    The scotchronomicon in front of his desk is a nice homage to his struggle.

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ...but where the chuthlu-like book named "the struggle" go?
      (Refferrence to :Brexit and Brexit: revisited video).

    • @rodlurks66
      @rodlurks66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@nfspbarrister5681 that was "the troubles"

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rodlurks66 ah yes. Mea culpa. But grey has to talk about it! Especially now.

    • @Whiterabbit124
      @Whiterabbit124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scotichronomicon

    • @ashercd6487
      @ashercd6487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the crotch gnome what now?

  • @FWDDGS
    @FWDDGS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1749

    AAAAH!!!! I just saw the Scotichronicon!!! The hints! The Hearne Hints! The Hidden Hearne Hints! The hidden Hearne hints half-heralding a horoscope of heroic historiography only revealed today!

    • @Trekeyus
      @Trekeyus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Oh if only I could punch hearne

    • @anonymouscausewhynot
      @anonymouscausewhynot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Trekeyus go punch his grave (when it’s safe to travel)

    • @catgaming9369
      @catgaming9369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@anonymouscausewhynot i might do that too. (When its safe to travel)

    • @the1Blind
      @the1Blind ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Horror!

  • @glasdonjm
    @glasdonjm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17240

    This honestly feels like the most quintessentially "Grey" video in a while. Thoroughly researched, genuinely interesting, and completely irrelevant to my daily life.

    • @obiwankenobi4252
      @obiwankenobi4252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +627

      Thoroughly researched, possibly after Grey was researching a bigger topic before falling down a rabbithole that was meant to be a small tangent

    • @bassrelic5030
      @bassrelic5030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I Love this Comment 😅

    • @uhohhotdog
      @uhohhotdog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Queen lion is very relevant though

    • @PramkLuna
      @PramkLuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I'll never need to know or will be the pope, but I'm still glad Grey made a video about it

    • @Zoroasterisk
      @Zoroasterisk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As I type this, your comment now has 4K likes. Before I upvoted it, it was 3.9k. Here's Tom with the weather

  • @EnsBowentc
    @EnsBowentc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3398

    Theory: Grey chooses his subject based on his opportunity for alliteration and wordplay

    • @miriamrosemary9110
      @miriamrosemary9110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      It certainly feels that way!

    • @dubbel3088
      @dubbel3088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Call it "The Tiffany Theory"

    • @hOREP245
      @hOREP245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It definitely feels like the constant alliteration distracts from the actual content. He really overuses it.

    • @miriamrosemary9110
      @miriamrosemary9110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@hOREP245 He did repeat "hexagon is the bestigon" way more often than I was comfortable with 😂

    • @lucasng4712
      @lucasng4712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@miriamrosemary9110 Not alliteration

  • @Glace_cakes
    @Glace_cakes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1478

    “If you look in English you won’t find much” ah yes. Because of a certain poem… perhaps?

  • @belltowersubductions5104
    @belltowersubductions5104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    If you ever want someone to understand the butterfly effect, show them this video. Random guy moves to America, suddenly thousands of people are named Tiffany a couple hundred years later.

    • @Graham_Wideman
      @Graham_Wideman ปีที่แล้ว +12

      a couple hundred years later is hardly "suddenly".

  • @MrCheeset
    @MrCheeset 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4990

    Grey is slowly going insane with his recent videos and the lengths he goes to for them and i'm totally here for it

    • @thewatcherinthecloud
      @thewatcherinthecloud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      What is the pursuit of knowledge but
      the insane leap into the unknown?

    • @soghitankoiko6059
      @soghitankoiko6059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Maybe Tiffany is just his girlfriend

    • @esbenandersen5706
      @esbenandersen5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      _Sharks!_ is listed as a related video. I'm not entirely sure how you would think those two related, but Grey made the leap.

    • @iamkulit1cs735
      @iamkulit1cs735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The pandemic is just letting him make videos on random things he finds on the internet

    • @suspecm6316
      @suspecm6316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Let's not forget Grey traveled to another continent just to find a museum of an old dead person closed, then went into a cementery to find an old person's grave.

  • @a.h.s.3006
    @a.h.s.3006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3241

    Expectations: Grey talks about how names form over hundreds of years.
    Reality: Nope, he is actually specifically talking about Tiffany

    • @Trazel_Apeally
      @Trazel_Apeally 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      If he did all names, we'd probably be here for at least as long as Tiffany has been.

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      spending hundreds of hours gaming fan
      spending hundreds of hours scouring census books enjoyer

    • @notmee2388
      @notmee2388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Which begs the question: Why Tiffany?
      My guess: He's got a thing for a girl named Tiffany.
      If so, nicely played.

    • @Human_traain
      @Human_traain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Teophany

    • @beskamir5977
      @beskamir5977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@notmee2388 Yea that'd make sense, my guess he's probably either married to a Tiffany or in need of baby names.

  • @davidfadden7948
    @davidfadden7948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    this, and the "dead person ruined my life" videos are WAY more interesting then they need to be. Holy crap, I am sharing this with everyone

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same.

    • @johannesstephanusroos4969
      @johannesstephanusroos4969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      than*, not then

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Science journalism.
      Most 'alternative' news avoids this frustration by _going by memory._ Which is blasphemy.

  • @geofford
    @geofford 2 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    5:03 “No sharks allowed!” Brilliant callback.

    • @trash1089
      @trash1089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sharks!

    • @snowleopard064
      @snowleopard064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don’t get it *cry*

    • @Your_choise
      @Your_choise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@snowleopard064 reference from the sharks episode

    • @EliasMheart
      @EliasMheart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, didn't see it until now :)

    • @dmitriykashitsyn3383
      @dmitriykashitsyn3383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have a look at the barrels on the right ;)

  • @TheGroovyGuitarDude
    @TheGroovyGuitarDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14915

    I feel like Grey’s channel has turned from a mostly history related channel, into an embodiment of the “Wait… how did I get here??” sentiment we all have when falling down the TH-cam rabbit hole. I love it.

    • @ansubanerjee672
      @ansubanerjee672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I love seeing you everywhere man, one of the most active ppl on yt

    • @TierosIsBetter
      @TierosIsBetter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I’m so deep in this rabbit hole that by now I shall never escape. SEND HELP NOW I’VE BEEN STUCK AT MY COMPUTER FOR NEARLY ONE AND A HALF DAYS STRAIGHT

    • @julonkrutor4649
      @julonkrutor4649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@TierosIsBetter "Help" will be there shortly ... just close your eyes, count to 10 and power down the PC

    • @Suntoria236
      @Suntoria236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly

    • @fligglebobbin
      @fligglebobbin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Seriously how does he decide on his topics? (Not complaining it's just funny)

  • @neverson42
    @neverson42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1611

    people: "omg you need to make more videos!"
    grey: **literally puts 400 hrs of research and scripting into an 9 minute alliterate video about "tiffany" that no one knew they needed**

    • @Engieman909
      @Engieman909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @White wolf maybe so, but its hard to chase relevant topics when it takes a month or even more to finish a single video. And I personally wouldn’t like it if he started talking about current politics like the US election and start a war in his comments. Grey fits in right where he is

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @White wolf I really like the random deep dives into obscure topics. There are a lot of other people doing the more relevant topics, but few really excel in Grey's niche.

    • @Lumpfriend
      @Lumpfriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @White wolf I think its hard to know how much research a topic can require before you've already got your nose in it

    • @Sofiaode18
      @Sofiaode18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @White wolf That will make him no different than any other channel that does trending topics. Grey is doing well staying in this niche so frankly talking about the pandemic or current politics isn't unique at all.

    • @TheInfectous
      @TheInfectous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Engieman909 not to say that he shouldn't do this but let's be honest, this isn't reaallly a historical video, it's a fictional entertainment piece based on a few facts of the time, yes it's well researched but you could say game of thrones is well researched... covering different more relevant topics don't necessarily have to be current events. it could be the description of the life of someone living in different areas to give perspective of why certain beliefs are the way they are in certain areas. division is a problem relevant to current day, so a video to address division could literally be a video based on the lives of nobility vs the lives of a commoner in ages past and talk about their different interactions what they heard, learned, society productivity roles.
      personally though I think it's fine to give entertainment for entertainments sake but I can see why the other commenter would like more relevant videos.

  • @cammm063
    @cammm063 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    People who haven’t seen this video’s sequel: “aww this is a cute, simple video!”
    People who have seen this video’s sequel: “My deepest apologies, Grey.”

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    "While I can't prove the Tephany-Hugh connection 100%--which kills me..."
    Welcome to every genealogist's life.

  • @calumwatt4360
    @calumwatt4360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1276

    The authentic Grey experience: "Well, I have no idea what this is really going to be about, but I know it is going to be interesting"

    • @Kihidokid
      @Kihidokid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm actually very confused about the title

    • @jasonreed7522
      @jasonreed7522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was expecting a video on a "Tiffany" stereotype lifestyle or something.
      Not a video on how you trace names through history.

  • @CGPGrey
    @CGPGrey  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9851

    • @jaradsmethers3601
      @jaradsmethers3601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +589

      all hail tiff

    • @bassammulla
      @bassammulla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      i got to admit, you got a talent where you could answer a question that i wouldnt have asked in a million years and make it interesting, i am sure if you only used 1 percent of your brain in something relevant, you would find the cure for cancer.

    • @BujuArena
      @BujuArena 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      How did you put a custom image into a TH-cam comment? Oh, is it a custom emoji, which can be used for your stream chat?

    • @professionalsimpdestroyer4135
      @professionalsimpdestroyer4135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@jaradsmethers3601 The top tiff!

    • @brizzly1787
      @brizzly1787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The best tiff, the top tiff

  • @CreepersNeedHugs
    @CreepersNeedHugs ปีที่แล้ว +43

    2:26 For anyone wondering, this is the conversation:
    "Should we verify it?"
    "We do not want to break this beautiful history."

  • @fyu1945
    @fyu1945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I've just came back from the newest video about the poem and I just realized there's a Scotichronicon laying under Grey's desk from 5:34 onwards. Those details!

  • @AlasdairGR
    @AlasdairGR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1653

    Grey has lost all pretense of safely and accurately navigating the Forest of All Knowledge and now has just become an aimlessly wandering resident 😂

    • @TheRealColBosch
      @TheRealColBosch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      "And here is the Philosopher's Stone, the Godhead of Reason, the Alchemical Heterodyne, the Sacred Hermaphro . . . dammit, Grey, stop taking notes about the Shrub of Tiffany!"

    • @thundercrash4775
      @thundercrash4775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      So, he's a Knowledge Hobo?

    • @therealyeeterman
      @therealyeeterman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Aren’t all smart people

    • @cruxdraloor8950
      @cruxdraloor8950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Not all who wander are lost

    • @lordrorek1907
      @lordrorek1907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's become the Rama of the forest of knowledge! 😂

  • @znoyce
    @znoyce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2197

    I love how Grey's video topics are, increasingly, selected primarily based on the strength of the alliterations and rhymes he can use in them. "a Tiffany epiphany"

    • @pafnutiytheartist
      @pafnutiytheartist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Hexagon is the bestagon?

    • @RainbowFlowerCrow
      @RainbowFlowerCrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@pafnutiytheartist eh, that's the truth, Ruth

    • @P-Mouse
      @P-Mouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Carol Brown just took a bus out of town.

    • @weirdo1896
      @weirdo1896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Electroboss I think that's an emoji Grey made for channel members

    • @dagreatleaf9003
      @dagreatleaf9003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Electroboss that is only available for people with membership for his channel. Pay up!

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Can Tiffany be a reoccurring character in your videos? I love the way she talks and she provides an excellent contrast to your serious, studious character. Plus, hearing you do her voice is hilarious.

  • @zacharytaylor2983
    @zacharytaylor2983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Kinda sad that you never mentioned Charles Lewis Tiffany’s son:
    Lewis Comfort Tiffany.
    He was the foremost American interior designer of the Victorian/Edwardian era, and was quite famous.
    His work with stained glass, particular decorative lamps and windows, are stunning and are still highly sought-after antiques.

    • @calunsagrenejr
      @calunsagrenejr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Comfort Tiffany was shown on screen.

    • @varana
      @varana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@calunsagrenejr But that was Charles Lewis' father. Zachary Taylor was talking about Charles Lewis' son, evidently named Lewis Comfort after his father and grandfather.

    • @MeowyMorganstine
      @MeowyMorganstine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you, Mr President

    • @MenloMarseilles
      @MenloMarseilles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      wait is THAT why they're called "Tiffany Lamps"??? wow

    • @zacharytaylor2983
      @zacharytaylor2983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      MenloMarseilles
      Yes

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3818

    I imagine the second mini explosion in the late 1980s was also because of the pop star Tiffany who was popular in the late 1980s.

    • @fn6391
      @fn6391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You here

    • @selahrising
      @selahrising 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      I was surprised she wasn’t mentioned.

    • @AramatiPaz
      @AramatiPaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I had to google to find out who she was, but thanks spotify I find out I've heard her before.

    • @munkyphunkable
      @munkyphunkable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      you and I are the only people who remember the singer Tiffany. There were thousands of us, it was once common knowledge. But alas, I think we're alone now

    • @tkfaf15
      @tkfaf15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@munkyphunkable Flying in to say there is a 3rd person who remembers the singer Tiffany.....That song was way overplayed some days.

  • @LonelySandwich
    @LonelySandwich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3789

    Was expecting him to be cry-laughing in a random graveyard again

    • @dgreegmdz
      @dgreegmdz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Wait... *again?*

    • @deanrubin3639
      @deanrubin3639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@dgreegmdz yes

    • @clubgop
      @clubgop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@dgreegmdz Staten Island race episode or rather the behind the scenes episode about that.

    • @chaincat33
      @chaincat33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm sad he didn't

    • @Apersonl0l
      @Apersonl0l 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok now what is all this

  • @alexia3552
    @alexia3552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I love that pop culture shaped a generation so drastically. It's an interesting point to observe how strongly a piece of art that resonates with you can change your choices

  • @tiffanyb94
    @tiffanyb94 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As a Tiffany, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and will now be requesting a neon torch of my own.

  • @TheAvengineer
    @TheAvengineer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2257

    This is actually unironically a topic I really enjoy, there's just something really fun about perceived anachronism when history actually had a lot more things we just assume couldn't have or didn't exist then.

    • @arklestudios
      @arklestudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Ridley Scott had to remove a sequence involving merchants sponsoring gladiators from the movie Gladiator because even though it was (as far as we can tell)m a thing that happened, studio execs thought it would be too anachronistic.

    • @LordOOTFD
      @LordOOTFD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah, it seems like a lot of the time people think that the people of the past were idiots, not just ignorant of modern knowledge. They came up with a lot of clever ideas and applications of what they did know that are really fascinating, since even without our modern knowledge they were for the most part just as smart as people today.

    • @maple22moose44
      @maple22moose44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@LordOOTFD yeah, it’s kind of like how people think that people thought the earth was flat till recently, the greeks knew about it and even calculated the circumference with surprising accuracy
      edit: spelling

    • @nocturnomedieval
      @nocturnomedieval 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now do it for Karens. I'm pretty sure Homer wrote somewhere "release the Karen" 🤣

  • @iq9844
    @iq9844 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1830

    "I am known by many names."
    "Mountain Slayer."
    "Thunder Lion."
    "The Chocolate Axe."
    "But you? You may call me... Tiffany."

    • @nowydexter13
      @nowydexter13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Did not expect SAO Abridged reference, but it fits perfectly xd

    • @xdruidmaster
      @xdruidmaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I watched the video and was going to put this if someone else hadn't. 10/10

    • @greenben3744
      @greenben3744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Man, this username fits.

    • @ciherrera
      @ciherrera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Damn how did I not think of this myself… I need to go rewatch all of SAO abridged

    • @chancetempleton3829
      @chancetempleton3829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      SAO Abridged is better than SAO...Fight Me!

  • @duckyhascurls
    @duckyhascurls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    This made me weirdly emotional and I don't know why. Thank you, Grey, what a wonderful story

  • @QodeMusic
    @QodeMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I said, "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
    She said, "I think I remember the film."
    And as I recall I think we both kind of liked it.
    And I said, "Well that's one thing we've got."

  • @boo453
    @boo453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2163

    Grey down the Tiffany rabbit hole: "I think we're alone now..."

    • @Nerdykid95
      @Nerdykid95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      There doesnt seem to be anyooooone arooouuuund

    • @mclarkerules
      @mclarkerules 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      "And as I recall, I think CGP kinda liked it."

    • @stozoul
      @stozoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The beating of our hearts is the only sound

    • @pintpullinggeek
      @pintpullinggeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What would they say?

    • @MrAdrianeagle
      @MrAdrianeagle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@Nerdykid95 I think we're alone now

  • @SpirusOfH
    @SpirusOfH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1165

    I was sure the Tiffany thing would be a metaphor or way to explain his methodology for the main subject, but nope it was just the main subject.

    • @Maxoverpower
      @Maxoverpower 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      "Wait... It's all Tiffany...?"

    • @rxquettes402
      @rxquettes402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Maxoverpower always has been 🔫

    • @ramoncatalangonzalez8301
      @ramoncatalangonzalez8301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And I'm glad it wasn't. This was very interesting.

    • @alistairwraight3890
      @alistairwraight3890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man the internet just cant get enough of the christmas sneezing photo

    • @benshort9071
      @benshort9071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s Tiffanys all the way down

  • @merrinatrix
    @merrinatrix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I am a teacher. And I can't wait to show students some of your videos as a way to see different kinds of animation, but also how someone can go research topics that they find interesting and then use that information to create some thing interesting and entertaining. I love your rabbit holes.

  • @victoriareissilveira9129
    @victoriareissilveira9129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is amazing. I love studying genealogy and census records, the oldest Tiffany I was able to find with that spelling was one Tiffany Catyll from Devon in England, born in 1572 (according to Devon Parish Records)

  • @interwebhatemachine7
    @interwebhatemachine7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2542

    Grey is exactly the right kind of crazy. I point my students to his videos for what REAL research looks like; spiraling down irrelevant rabbit holes when trying to research larger topics.

    • @HarryVoyager
      @HarryVoyager 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Which is how I ended up stumbling upon the origin of the word "tarmac" while trying to figure out whether it was, in fact reasonable for an R-2800 to fail catastrophical after 5 minutes at 66" with methanol water injection.
      Yes, that's a real thing...

    • @rawcookiedough7518
      @rawcookiedough7518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@HarryVoyager wow that must've been a trip and a half

    • @calamaribowl8683
      @calamaribowl8683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wooooo

    • @torgranael
      @torgranael 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@HarryVoyager I have no clue what an R-800 is, but I feel you.

    • @bugjams
      @bugjams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I love this kind of "irrelevant" research, because it's totally relevant. It's human history. The fact people call it "irrelevant" is incredibly sad. What else that we consider important today will be called irrelevant tomorrow? It's exactly how history is lost. Every bit of human history is worth holding on to.

  • @CubicDoggo
    @CubicDoggo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1259

    CGP Grey: The man who can monetize going down a TH-cam/Internet rabbit hole

    • @someguy7412
      @someguy7412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don't forget the guy who literally puts out a series called "down the rabbit hole"

    • @Raptor810Blue
      @Raptor810Blue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@someguy7412 ???

    • @ringostarr6167
      @ringostarr6167 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except this isn't a internet or TH-cam rabbit hole

    • @Raptor810Blue
      @Raptor810Blue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ringostarr6167more of a history rabbithole

    • @adambabieradzki5923
      @adambabieradzki5923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Raptor810Blue the channel is Fredrick Knudsen, great videos but they stretch out a bit longer then greys.

  • @genghiskhan6809
    @genghiskhan6809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The Truss of Trust is my favorite part of history. It allows the injection of crackhead energy into an otherwise stiff and boring academic field.

  • @maryatremblay6049
    @maryatremblay6049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this made me smile today. the amount of research grey puts into things is absurd and wholly needed at the same time. thank you

  • @gormauslander
    @gormauslander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +779

    If he doesn't propose with a Tiffany & Co cavalry saber, that's not your man

    • @EzioHanitore
      @EzioHanitore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Omg I love your sword where'd you get it?
      Omg thank youuu i got it a Tiffany's

    • @sammyisanoctopus
      @sammyisanoctopus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Truer words were never spoken.

    • @idiosyncraticlawyer3400
      @idiosyncraticlawyer3400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      already married, he is (he proposed with a tungsten ring)

    • @00Klingon
      @00Klingon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      she'll pretty much have to

    • @urchinowdelaresistance5109
      @urchinowdelaresistance5109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Well, that was a romantic fantasy I wasn't expecting. I'd love for a partner planning to make commitment vows with me to offer a sword*

  • @JoelJames2
    @JoelJames2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3010

    Grey’s Wife, Tiffany: “Babe, you didn’t forget my birthday, did you?”
    Grey: *snaps out of Forest of All Knowledge induced haze* “Wha-of course not! Here, I made a video all about you!”

    • @odhynth8404
      @odhynth8404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      is his wife really named Tiffany?

    • @parkerbond9400
      @parkerbond9400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +504

      @@odhynth8404 let's not let facts get in the way of a humorous story!

    • @zionj104
      @zionj104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@odhynth8404 No one knows

    • @rosepinkskyblue
      @rosepinkskyblue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      His wife is named Lady Grey.

    • @ClarinoI
      @ClarinoI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      No, his wife is named Jean. She's super.

  • @samrevlej9331
    @samrevlej9331 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    1:50 And her husband mentioned here is Bertrand du Guesclin, one of the most famous French commanders during the Hundred Years' War. He's one of the architect of France's rebound in the latter half of the 1300s, after Crécy and Tours, under King Charles V. By the time he died, France had gotten back most of its southwestern territories except for the Aquitanian coast.
    PS: It is pronounced more like "Teefehn".

  • @maiaemmett2399
    @maiaemmett2399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you for finding the specific guy that's quite possibly responsible for the Tiffany Explosion

  • @heroino89
    @heroino89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    Ah yes, my favorite medieval movie:
    Breakfast at Theophanu's.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I also like the late-Medieval French remake, Dejeuner chez Tiffaine.

    • @pathaleyguitar9763
      @pathaleyguitar9763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      underrated comment

    • @roidroid
      @roidroid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      GATHER, TIFFANY ARMY, WE FEAST ON THE MORN'

    • @danvince2360
      @danvince2360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know how safe I'd feel eating breakfast at Theophano's.

  • @rstainsbury
    @rstainsbury 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6650

    I swear, I absolutely CANNOT predict what subject this guy is going to cover next. Voting, nuclear weapons, medieval names...his next video could be either about colonising the moons of Jupiter or how turnips are farmed in Uzbekistan and I wouldn’t be surprised!

    • @dre5586
      @dre5586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      That’s exactly what Grey would do

    • @aliencow9220
      @aliencow9220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      I swear his next video better not be about turnips because of you. though it would probably still be amazing

    • @IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar
      @IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Uzbekistan turnips are the Best-i-stan turnips?

    • @RealRomplayer
      @RealRomplayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      How about planting turnips on a moon?

    • @shambhav9534
      @shambhav9534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Why Uzbekistan is the Bestistan?

  • @jasmadams
    @jasmadams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    For the record, ancient (or really classical in this case) pronunciation is often entirely knowable. Just as today, people write down descriptions of how words are pronounced. There are also methodologies of interpolation and comparative analysis at play.

    • @angelakramer9399
      @angelakramer9399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to mention the use of rhyming poetry!

  • @scoobidywoobidy7214
    @scoobidywoobidy7214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is honestly the content I've been looking for. Thanks for Being different, grey. Look forward to watching other videos from you

  • @thedofflin
    @thedofflin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +608

    I can't honestly believe Grey decided it was worth picking up and reading "Transcripts of Charters relating to Bilbertine houses" just for 30 seconds of video content.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's a riveting read.

    • @miobiuscrimson2828
      @miobiuscrimson2828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That's what's history is most of the time. Sometimes it's even more tomes and even less knowledge, not to mention the trouble you have to go through to get to see some of them.

    • @erinmcdonald7781
      @erinmcdonald7781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@miobiuscrimson2828 Tome: the sound my brain makes when it realizes that in it's quest for the grail of knowledge it must suffer a journey through perilous caverns of dry verbiage.

    • @miobiuscrimson2828
      @miobiuscrimson2828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@erinmcdonald7781 I'm not sure what you are getting at exactly.

    • @jogennotsuki
      @jogennotsuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Gilbertine

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4000

    Shoutouts to all the people named Tiffany watching this

    • @soulsidejourney2693
      @soulsidejourney2693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      imagine being a dude and named tiffany lmao

    • @Eterrath
      @Eterrath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      @@soulsidejourney2693 Imagine not being named Theophanus

    • @edsweet2858
      @edsweet2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Imagine having no mustache

    • @slayden2737
      @slayden2737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      hey

    • @jupiter2175
      @jupiter2175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      TH-cam LITERALLY PUSHED UR COMMENT TO THE TOP LMFAO

  • @user-mg4cn6wm1u
    @user-mg4cn6wm1u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video is amazing. I've now watched it probably a dozen times and I'm mesmmerized every time, Up there with Metric Paper and Hexagon are the Bestagons for my all time favorite Grey videos.

  • @Juli-zg7sj
    @Juli-zg7sj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Came back to this after watching your Tiffany rabbithole breakdown.. Props to you sir. Thank you for all the work you do.

  • @AdamPreset
    @AdamPreset 2 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    I’m married to a Tiffany and she rules. I will call her “Top Tiff” from now on.

    • @TJ52359
      @TJ52359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      If she's Top Tiff... wouldn't that make you Bottom Adam (Not that there's anything Wrong with that)

    • @notfunny3397
      @notfunny3397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Unfortunately top tiff was already claimed in the 14 century.

    • @Mark01962
      @Mark01962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean Tip Top Tiff

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mark01962 tippy-top tiff!

  • @asdfaeou8391
    @asdfaeou8391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    Once again, Grey makes me care about something I could never imagine caring about seconds before the video started.

  • @rogerscurlock2927
    @rogerscurlock2927 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Trusses of trust, betwixt islands of evidence?
    Yes... yes, yes yes, yesyes! That is definitely the way I will refer to filling in or jumping the unknown gaps between two known things.

  • @luanesvieira6625
    @luanesvieira6625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh Grey! This is a masterpiece. On current times, I see most people not enjoying their time because they don't feel "part" of something.
    But look at your own video! You got a triviality and bought it to a perspective that made everything interesting. The "might and might not be" connections, the" something odd is going on, right?" is so carefully stated. At the same time, we can see how close you went to show us some individuals in our human history :O
    Now I feel that "anything" that I apply my attention, I can turn into amazing if I care about that details that it naturally shows, no matter how trivial

  • @ZackRice-sg15z
    @ZackRice-sg15z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    I see Grey spent his lockdown in a totally sane way

  • @infiniteoctopaw
    @infiniteoctopaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4055

    As a Gen Z Tiffany, I appreciate this. Thank you. I carry my neon torch given to me by my 80’s mother who named me after a truly awful 80’s singer, with pride.

    • @P-Mouse
      @P-Mouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Children Behave...

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Tiffany wasn't that bad

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Come on, she had at least one great song. :)

    • @atruv2089
      @atruv2089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Male 09 Yup. Born 2002. 19 years old.

    • @hexogramd8430
      @hexogramd8430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      tiffany was a great singer

  • @darthbots0062
    @darthbots0062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    3:35 If you look in the pile of books you can see a green blob that is apparently is called the glitch.
    Also at 2:45 if you look under the wax you can see a bee

    • @nfspbarrister5681
      @nfspbarrister5681 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But where's the chuthlu-like-tentacled book titled "the struggle" (ireland history) go?

  • @DexyRoblox
    @DexyRoblox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm learning so much from him. You are really informative. I already shared this. Aren't we really proud to know all this from Grey? I am. Thanks, Grey.

  • @chase9316
    @chase9316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    With almost a million views, there's bound to be someone in the audience that names their kid Tiffany because of this video.

    • @creativecredence850
      @creativecredence850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I'm thinking it's more likely that they use "Theophanus" and call 'em "theo" for short.

    • @blahsomethingclever
      @blahsomethingclever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *their

    • @dave2.077
      @dave2.077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah im going to do it. but its going to be spelled tifanny and is going to be pronounced like fanny pack

    • @RainbowFlowerCrow
      @RainbowFlowerCrow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@dave2.077 just make sure that they don't go to England then; fanny means something different over there....

    • @dave2.077
      @dave2.077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RainbowFlowerCrow i dont know what you mean by that but i am already scared of the english

  • @cheesychio8317
    @cheesychio8317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    This man and his rhymes. I feel like I'm watching Dr. Seuss if he had a history channel

  • @Noi5ee
    @Noi5ee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I just realized that the music, while keeping the same melody, slowly evolves throughout the video to fit the current time until the VHS then its "shocked" into the 80s.

  • @insainsin
    @insainsin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You make the best videos that people never knew they wanted.

  • @isiffrin
    @isiffrin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    "No sharks allowed."
    Loving these subtle callbacks to past videos Grey.

    • @cloverandanais
      @cloverandanais 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      SHARKS!

    • @Jacobstx
      @Jacobstx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I feel betrayed... He went on and on and on about how it must always be spelled _Sharks!_
      And then he just.. doesn't?! My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined! Ruined I say!

    • @scottishbananaclan
      @scottishbananaclan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sharks!

    • @mrtuocs8531
      @mrtuocs8531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      in this picture there is a shark hidden in the background

    • @theothercd
      @theothercd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Patrick Chang ever heard of a joke

  • @AlasdairGR
    @AlasdairGR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    “The Top Tiff” is one of the highest titles and honors in the land.

  • @jedgrahek1426
    @jedgrahek1426 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    nothing has made me laugh so hard in so long, who knows how many years, as discovering your channel and binge watching videos, and getting to the graph correlating drowning deaths with Nick Cage movies, I feel like you're going to kill me if I keep going tonight : D

  • @syzygy4702
    @syzygy4702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love no matter how random the video topics are they always relate what is going on in my life at the time. I was just reading about Tiffany Blue this morning.

  • @blueblade6174
    @blueblade6174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    This channel is just magnificent. Taking a random topic that seems uninteresting or unimportant at a surface level then turning it into a fun learning experience.

    • @kysier6015
      @kysier6015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You just summed up exactly why he does it. "There are no uninteresting topics"

    • @soghitankoiko6059
      @soghitankoiko6059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wonder what encouraged him to made video about Tiffany 🤔🤔🤔

    • @kysier6015
      @kysier6015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@soghitankoiko6059 No idea, but my head canon is he has this enormous partial dyson sphere a few systems over that has only 1 purpose: Spin a planet sized roulette wheel with every conceivable topic in existence on it. Next week: *spins wheel* The origin of mashed potatoes.

    • @dexter2392
      @dexter2392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are videos on this channel about really important topics, like "Rules for Rulers" or "How the Electoral College works", and then there's this... Pirates, tumbleweed, and now Tiffany

    • @Ghost-gj1bx
      @Ghost-gj1bx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kysier6015 Now I want to know the origin of mashed potatoes lmao

  • @mjohnson5030
    @mjohnson5030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    Grey's super power is an overwhelming addiction to solving history mysteries.
    Grey's super weakness?
    An overwhelming addiction to solving history mysteries.

  • @jimhawking11
    @jimhawking11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This may be my favorite video of yours. It is such a random historical question to ask with a shockingly interesting answer.

  • @iamjustaviewer6416
    @iamjustaviewer6416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have no relative named Tiffany nor I am named Tiffany nor I know someone named Tiffany so this educational video about Tiffany is perfect fit for me. Thanks grey

  • @tiffanymorales3813
    @tiffanymorales3813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    As a Tiffany, I thank you for this magical journey, sir. You have my utmost respect!

  • @tealduckduckgoose
    @tealduckduckgoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    This weird progression of history for Tiffany has led to the coinage of "The Tiffany Problem". The phenomena where things which were contemporary in medieval times seem too modern to be believed by audiences, much like a woman named Tiffany in the 1600's

    • @Tacticslion
      @Tacticslion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Fun thing: I was literally reading up on that yesterday. What fun timing!

    • @maddie9602
      @maddie9602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I remember a post about that going viral a few months back (which I suspect Grey was inspired by). Some other fun examples are that Rome not only had what were basically fast food restaurants -- stores where the lower classes could buy cheap, pre-prepared food and eat standing at the counter -- but also had athlete sponsor deals, where famous gladiators and chariot racers would be paid to endorse products. They also celebrated birthdays -- in a class on Roman history I took in college, we read a translation of a letter from one highborn woman in Roman Britain -- presumably an officer's wife -- to another, inviting the latter to her birthday party. It's one of the Vindolanda Tablets, if you want to look it up; I think the names were Cornelia something or other and something Lepidina.

    • @adjoint_functor
      @adjoint_functor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup, he's talking about that in the director's commentary! Almost what this video was going to be about. Turns out to mainly be based in Lady Godiva stories though.

    • @donov25
      @donov25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@maddie9602 I guess I don't fall for it as a problem.
      My favorite I guess not quite example of this is still the graffiti in Pompeii because if you saw it written on a bathroom stall today you wouldn't bat at an it. We've been people the whole time it turns out.

    • @nenntmichbond
      @nenntmichbond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Two "phenomena", one "phenomenon"

  • @pavloverboy
    @pavloverboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I need this to become a thing on this channel. Would love to see episodes covering all kinds of popular names and how they became popular in strange ways

  • @adamthevirgo9297
    @adamthevirgo9297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    These days people will probably start spelling it “Tiphaneigh”

    • @KingdaToro
      @KingdaToro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's worse than "Keightlynne"!

  • @walterkipferl6729
    @walterkipferl6729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Love the little mistake monster hiding in the book stack when Grey is annoyed he can‘t prove the connection between crusader Hugh and Tephany.

    • @fazdoll
      @fazdoll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      3:35

    • @ragingmaia3919
      @ragingmaia3919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fazdoll thank you for that

  • @DeFlekkie
    @DeFlekkie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +750

    I love the fack that not being able to prove a 1100 family connection "kills" Grey.
    It's alright Grey, you can call that one.

    • @paulbelanger7383
      @paulbelanger7383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Did you mean 'fact'?

    • @rolosfriend7553
      @rolosfriend7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@paulbelanger7383 Didn't you watch the video? English spelling is whatever

    • @DexFire1115
      @DexFire1115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rolosfriend7553 tat es uh phakt

  • @Lea-im3wr
    @Lea-im3wr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Growing up in Germany I never meet at Tiffany... but this was still delightful x)!

    • @tiffanie4306
      @tiffanie4306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea I'm named Tiffanie with a "ie" on the end, and I live in Sweden so I can relate

  • @AtomicCodeX
    @AtomicCodeX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How you researched for all of this is amazing

  • @koenpvr5186
    @koenpvr5186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    "Hackney, No sharks allowed!" And that little shark behind the barrels, all at 5:03 . I see what you did there Grey

  • @SwitchAndLever
    @SwitchAndLever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    That's like, totes, a gnarly video Grey! Tubular!

  • @Ryotaiku
    @Ryotaiku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    5:35 Scotichronicon. Foreshadowing for the sequel.

  • @TheBluePhoenix008
    @TheBluePhoenix008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:19
    This has "We're top chicken" energy and I live for it.

  • @orCane
    @orCane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    "Neon Victorian" is now a setting I desperately need to see realised in fiction!

    • @roidroid
      @roidroid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "The Diamond Age" is kinda close, but it's like Snowcrash explores nano-assamblers and everyone's very into Victorian styling (it's a sci-fi).

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Cyber-steampunk.

    • @orCane
      @orCane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@eyesofthecervino3366 Ok, scathing, but not uncalled for. I guess what I saw before me was really more a neon-lit Belle Époque or something. Cthulhu Gaslight but the gaslight in question is a neon sign.

    • @eyesofthecervino3366
      @eyesofthecervino3366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@orCane
      Oh.
      Well, I definitely wasn't going for scathing. More like a glory-days-of-Doctor-Who zany mashup.

    • @TalasDD
      @TalasDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ima already happy with the slew of neon noir movies that came out this year.

  • @CJ_McK
    @CJ_McK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    "Trusses of trust betwixt the islands of evidence" - I really like this line, it keeps popping back into my head

  • @toaster_
    @toaster_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats on 5 mil!

  • @aayushbansalpog
    @aayushbansalpog ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I freaking love the dedication

  • @NotaTechGuy177
    @NotaTechGuy177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I seriously respect Mr. Grey’s ability to “utilize the Forest of Knowledge,” so to say.

    • @TalasDD
      @TalasDD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lets be honest. He is lost there. he even used the doomsday book this time. he is slowly becoming part of the Forest and someone will have to save him.

  • @amandablaise2112
    @amandablaise2112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    CGP Grey never disappoints. A masterpiece as always.

  • @StormyStories
    @StormyStories 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If there is an explosion of people named Tiffany now, We all know who re-sparked the interest.