There was an episode of a US cartoon series called 'The Racoons' when the Mr Burns-like boss Zero Sneer lost out on a business deal because he didn't have the required sum of gold by 6:00PM. When he angrily insisting that he did have the gold, and that it was only 5:55PM, his son reminds him that he had all the clocks set to run slow to get an extra hour of work out of his employees, at that the time was actually 6:55PM, missing the deadline.
At 2:33, France's borders look off but are accurate due to its loss of Alsace-Lorraine from the Franco-Prussian War that had occurred almost a decade prior to the conference. Most other video makers would just include a modern day outline of France, but I found this call to historical accuracy as a sign of good research and craftmanship.
Yes, and they also put correct borders on the Netherlands. Lot's of people use a modern map of the Netherlands on these kinds of historic presentations and it is hugely different as we have been slowly gaining ground against our biggest enemy.
All of his videos all full of those insane little details, this has got to be one of the best channels around when it comes to accuracy. It’s not just maps, but the leaders’ faces and attire, some backgrounds, heraldry and vexillology, inside jokes, etc.…
@@JonatasAdoM I still remember in oblivion I saved kavatch and met martin when he told me to meet him somewhere, then just went out and did my own thing. It was 2 in game years before I ever saw martin again to finish the main quest.
@@AngryFrenchPenguin Ironically, as we're both former colonial powers, we're both very similar to each other now. Neither of us entirely sure of our new place in the world. We've both lost a lot of our influence. We have such a love hate relationship, but we do look across the channel at each other and recognise ourselves in one another. The Franco-British relationship is so complex.
When WW1 broke out Ottomans called it Cihan Harbi which meant World War in Ottoman Turkish. It would be good to know what other countries called it though.
Liberia and its creation should have its own short. What an experiment with prince hall masons modeling the former US colony after the US. Just think if President Lincoln wasn’t killed and his repatriation plan was fully implemented
Please make video :" how socialistic countries (like China , Viaetnam , North Korea and Cuba) reacted on the collapse of the USSR " P.s. thanks for your work
@@bluezero8557 They were socialistic countries run by communist parties or at least parties with "communist" in their name. AFAIK, none of them ever claimed to have achieved communism.
When Liberia was mentioned the first time, I thought, "Huh, interesting, at least they get to participate," but then it led to a great payoff at the end.
You'll find that there is no end to weird pronunciation in the UK. Edit: And before I got some mouth breather commenting, yes it's because English changed constantly in the ~1500 years it existed.
Bocbin : I raise you with Slaithwaite .... which to say means ignoring most of the letters adding a few and confused looks of anyone from outside the area as to how the hell it ends up how it does.
It is politically motivated with no practical purpose. Everywhere in China is "Beijing Time", as a constant reminder of the central authority in Beijing.
@@Archangel_sNest Please tell me you're a 1%? Otherwise you are blowing your own face off with a bazooka. Unions made the middle class. Capitalism needs a counter balance otherwise the capitalists will take everything. There is a direct connection between loss of unions and loss of middle class. So please tell me you are a 1%er, that way we can label you as selfish. Otherwise we would have to label you as stupid.
@@writerconsidered yeah that’s not true, unions didn’t make ‘the middle class’ or the forty hour work week just by the by This guy you may know named Henry Ford made the 40 hour work week and gave a fair wage which made his place the place to work for and robbed other companies of the best employees as they flocked to him not them, see how unions weren’t involved? Of course unionists won’t accept the fact that Unions 1st have done fuck all and 2nd will never do fuck all, as economic history has shown between unions and progress, the unions always lose
It sounds so neat and organized, as long as you don’t mention the International Date Line, the North and South Poles and Daylight Savings Time. It’s a miracle it works at all.
Fun fact: As shown in the maps at 0:03 and 2:40, the entirety of China is on one time zone, Beijing time. This is because of the Communist government's desire for complete unified control. This one time zone is also despite the fact that China is almost as wide (east-west) as the continental United States. So in the western parts of China, work technically starts at 9:00am despite the fact that the sun has barely risen because right across the border in Afghanistan, it's 5:30am
I had always assumed there were 24 time zones until I was watching live coverage of the beginning of the year 2000, and learned there are time zones that are only 15 minutes and 30 minutes different from their neighboring time zones. I think there are about 40 time zones in all. Lewis Carroll wrote an article in the 1860's or so, in which he put forth the concept of the International Date Line, on the opposite side of the world from Greenwich. He pointed out that there had to be some place in the world where--at NOON--people would stop telling you it was Monday and start telling you it was Tuesday.
It sounds like the Gods of Mount Olympus had an intense debate over how time should work in this newly-created "universe" thing, so they settled for a compromise which everyone was dissatified with.
I'll take this opportunity to state that I was surprised that History Matters did not cover a video on the Seven Years' War. Please, make a video explaining the war that led to all of us speaking English in the comment section :)
Seven Years War is a good idea but it would probably have to be a 10 minute history video but History Matters can't do that anymore cause of TH-cam's stupid demonetization process.
I can sum it up for you: everyone hates France, Britain kicks their ass in America, Prussia kicks their ass in Europe, France cries while Britain and Prussia laugh and take their stuff. xD
Some Guy not everyone hates France it’s more of, everyone decides that Prussian meat is back on the menu, but Prussia is literally to angry to die. while Britain happily eats everyone’s colonies
@@samarkand1585 Not so much anymore, we use metric measurements for most things these days. We do still measure our roads in miles but otherwise we generally use meters, kilograms etc.
@@appleslover It's really because there are so many signs, textbooks, etc that would have to be replaced that would just cost too much money for its worth.
@Master Yoda Well Americans do drive on the right, like almost everyone else. Whereas in Britain we stubbornly drive on the left. We're rebels too in that regard. :P
Same with Afghanistan, Iran, Newfoundland, Burma, Japan, Bhutan and central Australia. Also kinda Portugal, but not really, looks weird tho. Finally Caucasus region stands out, together with Oman and parts of russia
Same with Afghanistan, Iran, Newfoundland, Burma, Japan, Bhutan and Bangladesh are friends, and finally central Australia. Also kinda Portugal, but not really, looks weird tho. Finally Caucasus region stands out, together with Oman and parts of Russia
@History matters: there is one thing you need to add: the influence on europe time zones during nazi reign. The nazi regime standardized the time zone even further nu declaring berlin time (GMT +1) the standard time for all countries they took over. For a great part of countries this remained after WW2. For example: dutch time is GMT +1 but GMT would actually make more sense to use since geographically, the Netherlands is located GMT +20 minutes.
@Nathan Waterser I suppose France was also part of the Nazi Germany time zone and kept it in convenience after the war. I do now that France used their own time zone during the 1st WW. But on your remark on freeing from British rule, I know that former British colonies use timezones different from their neighbouring countries. One example that comes to mind would be Afghanistan. Because they did not want to adhere to a British timezone system they use GMT +4,5 hours. There are more countries that use the same logic.
Dude, your signs, are some comedic brilliance I look forward to every time I see that notification go off. But without your dead pan delivery, wouldn’t be nearly as funny. That’s what comedic brilliance truly is. You have it my friend.
@@Admiral45-10 That's because with modern measuring equipment such as scales or rulers we can more precisely measure things with the metric system. Before these things were invented or available to the masses measurements had to be done using comparisons to things people had available to them, such as hands and feet or stones or whatever. So in the past Imperial was easier for the common man to use in his daily life whereas to us it seems strange and unnecessary.
Actually, since the International Date Line didn't exist and Magellan died in the Philippines, timezones didn't affect him. It was Juan Sebastian Elcano who led the Armada back to Spain. Elcano and the other survivors had lost a day in their journey, but that really didn't affect anything until they got back to people who used the same calendar.
This channel is just as good as oversimplified and maybe even includes more knowledge! *Tho I understand why so many people love oversimplified I do to!*
World powers: ah yea time hahaha (condescending voice) Liberia: I’m here too World powers: glad everyone’s joining again Liberia: my time has once again come
Love your videos, you’re always great at explaining everything that you produce. I’m interested in your methodology in creating videos, but I assume it’s just what your patrons vote on or what you want to do. I’m curious if you’d ever do a video on any of the Sudanese Civil Wars, Apartheid in South Africa or how Finland fought of Russia in WW2.
I would like to request an episode about why "Greenwich" is pronounced so much differently than it's written form suggests. Love your series! Thank you!
Simple. Many words in English ain't pronounced how they are spelled because of change in how us English say it and couldn't be arsed to change the spelling. That or we just said it like that for no particular reason.
@@Captain_Yorkie1 It's the latter - mostly no particular reason. Same reason why people write k instead of ok or okay. It just started at some point and now it doesn't stop.
Such a delight to see these little videos at the top of my recommended. My reaction is always "Yeah, why DID that happen? I got four minutes. Let's find out. "
I really like this video because it is about a basic internationally agreed scientific standard and not about conflict or borders. Even this has politics, but for once, nobody dies.
At this point in time we really ought to have the patreon supporters face each other off in a series of duels. There can only be one! James Byzanette vs Wiston Caward. Philda Oink Oink vs A Man of Culture
Interesting! By the way, in Russia at every railway station there are still two clocks, one of which shows Moscow time - because it is the official time on every train.
0:11 you be surprised, still disappoints me that even with our wealth of knowledge, scientific and mathematical understanding people still think the world is flat.
Indiana was on effectively 3 time zones: Eastern standard for most of the state with no Daylight time, Central time for Gary and Evansville, and Eastern Daylight for the north shore of the Ohio River. Only some years ago did the standard time part of the state adopt Daylight savings time. Arizona and Hawaii still disregard Daylight time. Alaska went from 4 to 2 time zones in the early 1980s. See half hour time deviations, where some countries or parts of countries have their time 30 to 90 minutes different from adjacent countries or regions. The four Eastern states in Australia do it, as does Newfoundland, Canada.
Liberia: I’ll sign up for the time zones
1 century later
Liberia: I hope I’m not too late
Look, we appreciate you attending and all but I'm not sure you comprehend what we're discussing here... xD
Just in time, you get it? ... Time. Ok forget it
Liberia, setting new standards for procrastination.
Lost track of time. NBD
@@SinerAthin American congress, and really governments in general practically invented the word
I have never heard about factory bosses buying purpose-made slow clocks, but I gotta say I'm not surprised they did that.
Sorta like metropolis
They also were able to speed them up for break and lunch times.
There was an episode of a US cartoon series called 'The Racoons' when the Mr Burns-like boss Zero Sneer lost out on a business deal because he didn't have the required sum of gold by 6:00PM. When he angrily insisting that he did have the gold, and that it was only 5:55PM, his son reminds him that he had all the clocks set to run slow to get an extra hour of work out of his employees, at that the time was actually 6:55PM, missing the deadline.
Pretty sure someone would notice if someone changed the clocks every day.@@garcjr
Because James Bizanet needed to regulate his donations to History Matters
The man, the myth, the legend!
Bruh
Finally I can sleep peacefully knowing he knew all Legends about James bisonette
Stahp its no longer funny
@cycl0ps__ spinning three plates as well
At 2:33, France's borders look off but are accurate due to its loss of Alsace-Lorraine from the Franco-Prussian War that had occurred almost a decade prior to the conference. Most other video makers would just include a modern day outline of France, but I found this call to historical accuracy as a sign of good research and craftmanship.
@@mrbisshie ı think it looks better than modern day France
Yes, and they also put correct borders on the Netherlands.
Lot's of people use a modern map of the Netherlands on these kinds of historic presentations and it is hugely different as we have been slowly gaining ground against our biggest enemy.
@@basedperson1533 I'm more confused as to why my comment was purged...
All of his videos all full of those insane little details, this has got to be one of the best channels around when it comes to accuracy. It’s not just maps, but the leaders’ faces and attire, some backgrounds, heraldry and vexillology, inside jokes, etc.…
History Matters is acurate with borders but not with flags, he has used the wrong version of the french flag on countless ocasions
Liberia is literally your custom character in a cutscene...
And takes ages to make up their mind, just like the game's protagonist.
Nice
@@JonatasAdoM To be fair its not their fault. Was probably just a high ping.
@@JonatasAdoM their time zone was 44 MINUTES behind GMT until January 1972. 😭😭
@@JonatasAdoM I still remember in oblivion I saved kavatch and met martin when he told me to meet him somewhere, then just went out and did my own thing.
It was 2 in game years before I ever saw martin again to finish the main quest.
Britain: Does literally anything
France: **Angry baguette noises**
it also goes the other way.
France and Britain, they hate each other, but can't live without each other.
MrSpacemau5 it’s a complicated relationship
HyperVoxel They are a real life anime rivalry.
@@AngryFrenchPenguin Ironically, as we're both former colonial powers, we're both very similar to each other now. Neither of us entirely sure of our new place in the world. We've both lost a lot of our influence. We have such a love hate relationship, but we do look across the channel at each other and recognise ourselves in one another. The Franco-British relationship is so complex.
Aidan Colwell That’s kinda beautiful in a way. It’s like if the Brady Bunch kids were rivals
(Future title to a video) When did people start calling the World Wars ,World Wars?
Good idea. I'll add it to the list.
Also shouldn't the 7 years war be the first world war?
When WW1 broke out Ottomans called it Cihan Harbi which meant World War in Ottoman Turkish. It would be good to know what other countries called it though.
Hmm.I was wondering the same
I wonder what the wars with names X Years' War were called at the time they were being fought.
"They saw delegation from all the worlds powers and also Liberia"
This was funnier then it should have been
@ユジン Lmao
Liberia and its creation should have its own short. What an experiment with prince hall masons modeling the former US colony after the US. Just think if President Lincoln wasn’t killed and his repatriation plan was fully implemented
Liberia: Yeah, we'll sign the treaty... in a 100 years.
Different time zone
Please make video :" how socialistic countries (like China , Viaetnam , North Korea and Cuba) reacted on the collapse of the USSR "
P.s. thanks for your work
Excellent recommendation, the video was great.
*Vietnam
Use the edit button!
Viaetnam
*communist.
@@bluezero8557 They were socialistic countries run by communist parties or at least parties with "communist" in their name. AFAIK, none of them ever claimed to have achieved communism.
It’s about TIME we got a video on this
...It's TIME to stop!
Get out
Hyuck hyuck hyuck!
AHAH
All these jokes about time are so funny, but they must stop. Hour comment section shouldn't be flooded with them.
But my question is; Why does Luxembourg exist?
because it does
Because why not
Better question: why do non-Luxembourg countries exist?
Because the european powers would never let germany grow more powerful again, why does austria exist? Same reason.
Because why not add another country to the confusion of Europe?
When Liberia was mentioned the first time, I thought, "Huh, interesting, at least they get to participate," but then it led to a great payoff at the end.
Liberia is the friend that always texts "on my way" when actually they're just getting in the shower
This is a rare case where I have actually asked myself this sort of question before.
Finding out that "Greenwich" is actually meant to be pronounced "Grennich" was the deepest I have ever felt betrayed by that point.
You'll find that there is no end to weird pronunciation in the UK.
Edit: And before I got some mouth breather commenting, yes it's because English changed constantly in the ~1500 years it existed.
Now try pronounce Warwick
@@bocbinsgames6745 i believe it is pronounced warick
There is a British surname, called featheringstonhough, which contrary to all reason and sense, is pronounced fanshaw
Bocbin : I raise you with Slaithwaite .... which to say means ignoring most of the letters adding a few and confused looks of anyone from outside the area as to how the hell it ends up how it does.
"People have known for a very long time that the Earth is round"
Oh those were the days.
“For a long time people have known the world is round”. You have triggered some people
Some people are dumb
Liberty Prime it truly is scary when you realise the amount of dumb people in this world !
Liberty Prime Stop being Arrogant.
It’s sad how some idiots think the world is flat
Are any of those people here
"When Did Time Zones Become a Thing"
*China laughs in the distance*
China ,Spain whats the next country with weird GTZ , DPRK with a 30 min?
@@marcodepril4888 Nepal with a 45 min
@@marcodepril4888 North Korea has switched back to UTC+9
Xinjiang uses their own local time. Because the sun and clock being 4 hours off is stupid.
It is politically motivated with no practical purpose. Everywhere in China is "Beijing Time", as a constant reminder of the central authority in Beijing.
"Intentionally ran slow..." Wow, that's one of the most evilest things I've ever heard.
@@Oi-bg9bc *I detect a little communism*
Don't tell Jeff Bazos.
@@Archangel_sNest Please tell me you're a 1%? Otherwise you are blowing your own face off with a bazooka. Unions made the middle class. Capitalism needs a counter balance otherwise the capitalists will take everything. There is a direct connection between loss of unions and loss of middle class. So please tell me you are a 1%er, that way we can label you as selfish. Otherwise we would have to label you as stupid.
@@writerconsidered yeah that’s not true, unions didn’t make ‘the middle class’ or the forty hour work week just by the by
This guy you may know named Henry Ford made the 40 hour work week and gave a fair wage which made his place the place to work for and robbed other companies of the best employees as they flocked to him not them, see how unions weren’t involved?
Of course unionists won’t accept the fact that Unions 1st have done fuck all and 2nd will never do fuck all, as economic history has shown between unions and progress, the unions always lose
@@looinrims Labor movement was a thing, and with good reasons.
James Bissonet said and I quote.....
“I AM THE ONLY TIME MASTER.”
Once time travel was discovered, it was kind of an essential next step
Everyone thinks about James Bissonete
But noone thinks about "A man of Culture"
It’s implied
Izzy? all the way!
Kelly money maker too
You think about 'A man of Culture'? Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well... （￣～￣;）
@cycl0ps__ I didn't know how to write it so I just hoped someone would correct me in the answers. Thank you.
It sounds so neat and organized, as long as you don’t mention the International Date Line, the North and South Poles and Daylight Savings Time. It’s a miracle it works at all.
I wouldn't say a miracle. There was a fair amount of work involved.
Fun fact: As shown in the maps at 0:03 and 2:40, the entirety of China is on one time zone, Beijing time. This is because of the Communist government's desire for complete unified control. This one time zone is also despite the fact that China is almost as wide (east-west) as the continental United States. So in the western parts of China, work technically starts at 9:00am despite the fact that the sun has barely risen because right across the border in Afghanistan, it's 5:30am
That's insane! 🤯🤯🤯😱
_"...Because it was important not to have two trains on the same track at the same time."_
That never stopped Gomez Addams.
So what youre saying is that Britain has the power of time and the sun on its side?
If so, they didn't really do a whole lot with all that power, did they?
@@Sunthaz With great power comes great responsibility
Yes, yes we are.
@@Sunthaz the queen exploits time in order to live forever
That's funny - the time was invented by a state which hadn't have even seen a sunset XD
Correction: The Maritime provinces of Canada are on Atlantic Time so the 5th timezone still exists.
And Newfoundland is on it's own time zone as well making a sixth.
I had always assumed there were 24 time zones until I was watching live coverage of the beginning of the year 2000, and learned there are time zones that are only 15 minutes and 30 minutes different from their neighboring time zones. I think there are about 40 time zones in all. Lewis Carroll wrote an article in the 1860's or so, in which he put forth the concept of the International Date Line, on the opposite side of the world from Greenwich. He pointed out that there had to be some place in the world where--at NOON--people would stop telling you it was Monday and start telling you it was Tuesday.
History Matters' narration is so compelling, I find myself listening to the patron names all the way to the end.
I can't put my finger on why, but the title "Definition of Time Act" sounds terribly unsettling.
It does sound like something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie
Time zones are't neutral acts, or even keeping time. Look at China- one time zone for the whole country, even Tibet. That's a power move right there
It sounds like the Gods of Mount Olympus had an intense debate over how time should work in this newly-created "universe" thing, so they settled for a compromise which everyone was dissatified with.
Nobody:
The UK: The laws of time are mine, AND THEY WILL OBEY ME!!!
the UK victorious
So... that's why Doctor who is always over there 🤔
Deus Ex Mau5 ever seen doctor who, one of the most British shows out there, and it’s fantastic
"I claim this time in the name of her majesty queen. Long live the Queen!"
The British Empire was so powerful it even governed time itself. xD
I'll take this opportunity to state that I was surprised that History Matters did not cover a video on the Seven Years' War.
Please, make a video explaining the war that led to all of us speaking English in the comment section :)
*Angry Québécois noises*
Seven Years War is a good idea but it would probably have to be a 10 minute history video but History Matters can't do that anymore cause of TH-cam's stupid demonetization process.
I can sum it up for you: everyone hates France, Britain kicks their ass in America, Prussia kicks their ass in Europe, France cries while Britain and Prussia laugh and take their stuff. xD
Some Guy not everyone hates France it’s more of, everyone decides that Prussian meat is back on the menu, but Prussia is literally to angry to die. while Britain happily eats everyone’s colonies
@@brrrrrtenjoyer "History Matters can't do that anymore cause of TH-cam's stupid demonetization process." Why is that just out of interest?
UK:Rule,Britannia!Britannia rule the time!
France:Non.
well at least they got over it in 1911, meanwhile the UK still uses stones and yards and whatever other dumb shit
@@samarkand1585 Not so much anymore, we use metric measurements for most things these days. We do still measure our roads in miles but otherwise we generally use meters, kilograms etc.
@@someguy3766 I wish you've done it earlier so that the Americans don't stick to as a sign of patriotism
@@appleslover It's really because there are so many signs, textbooks, etc that would have to be replaced that would just cost too much money for its worth.
@Master Yoda Well Americans do drive on the right, like almost everyone else. Whereas in Britain we stubbornly drive on the left. We're rebels too in that regard. :P
I'm a bit disappointed you skipped over Sir Sandford Fleming, who was key to this system.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Definitely reminds me of those Heritage Minutes ads on Canadian television!
Same.
History Matters' captions on signs and in the background are the unsung heroes of his videos.
0:03
India be like: look at me I am different
Same with Afghanistan, Iran, Newfoundland, Burma, Japan, Bhutan and central Australia. Also kinda Portugal, but not really, looks weird tho. Finally Caucasus region stands out, together with Oman and parts of russia
Same with Afghanistan, Iran, Newfoundland, Burma, Japan, Bhutan and Bangladesh are friends, and finally central Australia. Also kinda Portugal, but not really, looks weird tho. Finally Caucasus region stands out, together with Oman and parts of Russia
China is all in one timezone.
TSeries Standard Time
dude, still loving the well you put when you say well. It something that made me that you had smt special about the content you create.
"We need to control time itself" - Chester A. Arthur. Probably.
*When certain Canadian provinces don’t even use them because it messes with their farming/livestock routines...*
Do they just use daylight savings time or an even weirder thing?
@History matters: there is one thing you need to add: the influence on europe time zones during nazi reign. The nazi regime standardized the time zone even further nu declaring berlin time (GMT +1) the standard time for all countries they took over. For a great part of countries this remained after WW2. For example: dutch time is GMT +1 but GMT would actually make more sense to use since geographically, the Netherlands is located GMT +20 minutes.
@Nathan Waterser I suppose France was also part of the Nazi Germany time zone and kept it in convenience after the war. I do now that France used their own time zone during the 1st WW.
But on your remark on freeing from British rule, I know that former British colonies use timezones different from their neighbouring countries. One example that comes to mind would be Afghanistan. Because they did not want to adhere to a British timezone system they use GMT +4,5 hours. There are more countries that use the same logic.
Dude, your signs, are some comedic brilliance I look forward to every time I see that notification go off.
But without your dead pan delivery, wouldn’t be nearly as funny. That’s what comedic brilliance truly is. You have it my friend.
Liberia also still uses imperial units. Daddy America is proud.
As does Myanmar. Not sure if America is proud of them.
It's not like America is 100% imperial, we use the metric system in anything related to science and laboratories as well as the military.
@@seneca983 Myanmar actually uses their own traditional units, rather than Imperial or Metric
I will never understand Imperial system...
@@Admiral45-10 That's because with modern measuring equipment such as scales or rulers we can more precisely measure things with the metric system. Before these things were invented or available to the masses measurements had to be done using comparisons to things people had available to them, such as hands and feet or stones or whatever. So in the past Imperial was easier for the common man to use in his daily life whereas to us it seems strange and unnecessary.
This is the only channel that can make 2-5 minutes so good
Actually, since the International Date Line didn't exist and Magellan died in the Philippines, timezones didn't affect him. It was Juan Sebastian Elcano who led the Armada back to Spain. Elcano and the other survivors had lost a day in their journey, but that really didn't affect anything until they got back to people who used the same calendar.
This is the only channel whose patreon readout is worth listening to.
If this video was posted about 2 minutes ago does that mean that Australia had early access to the video?
Yes
This channel is just as good as oversimplified and maybe even includes more knowledge! *Tho I understand why so many people love oversimplified I do to!*
Tho I do like they upload more!
World powers: ah yea time hahaha (condescending voice)
Liberia: I’m here too
World powers: glad everyone’s joining again
Liberia: my time has once again come
Hearing James Bizenet at the end of every video is the height of my day
Love your videos, you’re always great at explaining everything that you produce. I’m interested in your methodology in creating videos, but I assume it’s just what your patrons vote on or what you want to do. I’m curious if you’d ever do a video on any of the Sudanese Civil Wars, Apartheid in South Africa or how Finland fought of Russia in WW2.
Reason for this channel: Question I had never thought about, but now I MUST know
1:23 this was great idea 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I would like to request an episode about why "Greenwich" is pronounced so much differently than it's written form suggests. Love your series! Thank you!
Simple. Many words in English ain't pronounced how they are spelled because of change in how us English say it and couldn't be arsed to change the spelling.
That or we just said it like that for no particular reason.
@@Captain_Yorkie1 It's the latter - mostly no particular reason. Same reason why people write k instead of ok or okay. It just started at some point and now it doesn't stop.
Last time I was this early we were still using sundials.
Such a delight to see these little videos at the top of my recommended. My reaction is always "Yeah, why DID that happen? I got four minutes. Let's find out. "
*VIDEO SUGGESTION:*
'Why is daylight saving a thing?'
WW1, farming and so on. But yeah, any topic for this channel is interesting, even if you already know the answer :)
In my opinion it's dumb only like 45countries use it
@@mayankkumar4161 didn't know that
2:19 = me drawing the US flag
2:38 "And thus the international system of standardized timezones was created..."
shows the horrifying mess of modern time zones
@@BlockedUser420 They should, truthfully, be stricltly longitudinal, regardless of borders.
I like how History Matters answers questions that never eveb occured to me.
“The worlds great powers and also Liberia “
Could you do a short on "Why Mongolia never joined the Warsaw Pact"? Seems like it would be an interesting topic.
You just keep answering questions that no one asks, but everyone wants to know
This video is actually quite good for me as I am going to travel across multiple time zones tomorrow
British railways: exist
Beeching: *snap*
I really like this video because it is about a basic internationally agreed scientific standard and not about conflict or borders. Even this has politics, but for once, nobody dies.
"F*** the UK, I have my one timezone!"
this is the most French thing I can think of.
So it was the railroads. Interesting. My wife's grandfather was a railroad engineer and his pocketwatch is a family heirloom.
0:12 The flat earth society would like to have a word with you.
I have learned more about history from your 3 minute TH-cam videos than I did in 12 years of schooling
We have got Russia the US, Britian and you just have Liberia from nowhere
This channel is great. Very underrated
2:54 ah yes a man od culture
This is a GREAT little video. Thanks a million!
Mutton chops!
At this point in time we really ought to have the patreon supporters face each other off in a series of duels. There can only be one!
James Byzanette vs Wiston Caward.
Philda Oink Oink vs A Man of Culture
lmao love the channel bro
Interesting! By the way, in Russia at every railway station there are still two clocks, one of which shows Moscow time - because it is the official time on every train.
Because Spinning Three Plates and Phil the Oink Oink said so
These humorous endings were a really good decision! Great work!
Mind blown that Ireland had it's own time zone for a while
Makes sense since there is no railroad between Britain and Ireland.
I love the ones that have a post credit scene :)
No one:
UK: The laws of time are mine!
It's frightening how much information this guy packs into three minutes
I love how Liberia was just sorta there despite being the last to adopt it 😂
fun fact:
this is the very first video that I watched in my 20th birthday,good one
0:11 you be surprised, still disappoints me that even with our wealth of knowledge, scientific and mathematical understanding people still think the world is flat.
But now they're more popular.
I thought the subject of time zones would have related to longitude. You should do a video on longitude. It’s a fascinating subject.
Thank god Britain invented time!
Indiana was on effectively 3 time zones: Eastern standard for most of the state with no Daylight time, Central time for Gary and Evansville, and Eastern Daylight for the north shore of the Ohio River. Only some years ago did the standard time part of the state adopt Daylight savings time.
Arizona and Hawaii still disregard Daylight time.
Alaska went from 4 to 2 time zones in the early 1980s.
See half hour time deviations, where some countries or parts of countries have their time 30 to 90 minutes different from adjacent countries or regions. The four Eastern states in Australia do it, as does Newfoundland, Canada.
1:58 Canada still has 5 time zones. Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, and Atlantic.
And Newfoundland Time.
Always good to hear someone mention Dublin Mean Time. It's a constant source of annoyance for Midday commemorations, particularly the Easter Rising.
That must be why the rising failed, half the lads showed up 25 minutes late.
Flat Earther has entered the chat.
Thank you for this brilliant, fun, and educational videos.
1st
Wow i was aswell
This question just popped up in my mind and really intrigued me so here I am
Never post in online chat rooms, goodnight or good morning. Found that one out the hard way.
Liberia: "sorry we are late guys, you still handing out the sign in papers?"
Speaking of Liberia, a video about how that country came to be would be interesting.
The "mutton chops" bit made me chuckle.