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A year ago today, I released one of my most popular videos: A Solide 10 Minutes of Useless
Informatio.
Of the over-40 videos I've released since then, it remains the ONE thing that people
continually request a follow up to.
I don’t know why.
Think of all the productive things you could be doing instead of watching a video like
this.
[Austin sips his coffee.]
Alright... let’s get to it.
[MUSIC]
The study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms that form the structure of molecules
is called stereochemistry.
The average calorie count in a single serving of Peter Pan Creamy Peanut Butter... is 210.
In the year 2014, Vizio recalled 245,000 E-Series 39 inch and 42 inch television sets, which
sold for anywhere between $370 and $450.
The problem?
The television stands had a tendency to snap.
Telephone numbers in Kazakhstan are under a unified numbering plan with Russia and use
the country calling code +7.
According to a study based on 2010 census data, Lubbock, TX is the most boring city
in America, while Detroit, MI consistently places #1 by various outlets as the most dangerous.
For those interested, Google Maps estimates it’s about a 22-hour drive to or from (if
you’re wanting to avoid toll roads).
John L. Sullivan was a 19th century Irish-American boxer recognized as the last heavyweight champion
of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring Rules, and was affectionately known as
"The Boston Strong Boy.”
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written
between 1590 and 1592.
In the United States, the first major radio adaptation (a 45-minute version by John Barrymore)
was aired in 1937 on the NBC Blue Network.
The Spring of Khosrow was an ancient Persian carpet that allegedly covered 40,000 square
feet.
This is a shag area rug that is available at most Walmart Super Centers.
It covers 35 square feet, and can be purchased for the retail price of 38.88.
One of the oldest typefaces still in regular use is Garamond, which originated around the
year 1530, and to this day is still widely used in book printing.
This stock footage clip is entitled "Farming Tractor Carrying a Load Haystacks Driving
Along an Open Field at Sunset", and was produced by freelance videographer Kristian Kettner.
It has a total runtime of 30 seconds, but we’ll cut it short because I think it’ll
help the overall pacing of this video.
Lewis Wilson was the first actor to play Batman on-screen in a 1943 black-and-white 15-chapter
theatrical serial from Columbia Pictures.
Crying usually gives you a runny nose because excess tears produced by your lacrimal glands
flow into your tear ducts and drain into your nasal cavity.
The first expedition to reach the South Pole was led by a Norwegian explorer named Roald
Amundsen.
On December 14, 1911, he beat a British party led by explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who would
arrive five weeks later.
The Canon AE-1 is one of the most reliable 35mm film cameras in the world.
It has a small battery compartment in the front, and it's used to power the camera's
light meter.
The Baldknobbers is the longest-running variety show in the tourist town of Branson, Missouri.
Door knobs were first manufactured in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.
Simon Says is a children’s game for 3 or more players in which one player issues instructions
to the other players which are to be followed only if specific permission has been given
with the preface “Simon says”.
If an action WITHOUT this preface is performed by a player, they are eliminated from the
game.
A similar permission game is “Mother May I?”, which adds the game mechanic of stepping
forward or backward to a finish line.
Rather than being eliminated for a mistake, in Mother May I, a player simply takes a step
backward, and is allowed to continue playing until one player crosses the threshold.
Canadian Geese have an average lifespan of anywhere from 10-24 years.
This is Alan Sheperd.
At age 47, he became the fifth, the oldest, and the earliest-born person to walk on the
Moon.
During his mission, he hit two golf balls across the lunar surface.
In 2003, New Zealand issued 50 cent pieces featuring Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Sauron,
and Aragorn to celebrate The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy.
By the same token, the St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that started
as the Milwaukee Brewers.
In 1906 they moved to St. Louis and played there for 52 years before relocating to Baltimore
and changing their name to the Orioles.
While friendly, Cocker Spaniels tend to have the most health issues out of the various
dog breeds.
They are known to have a wide variety of orthopaedic issues, and are also prone to heart disease,
liver disease, and epilepsy.
For a richer flavor when making cookies, try chilling your dough for a few hours before
baking!
It helps the moisture and fat spread evenly throughout the dough as it bakes, and it’ll
give your cookies a nice, soft center.
This is the Shure SM58.
It's a professional dynamic cardiod microphone usually used in live vocal performances.
It's the best selling microphone in the world, and is also known as one of the most dependable
ever made.
Seriously... you can like, run it over with a truck and it'll still work.
While shooting THIS video, I accidentally dropped it... that explains the dent.
It's okay though, because I bought this replacement, which evidently causes cancer and reproductive
harm when used in California.
The Department of Transportation recommends that yellow lights should be programmed to
last between 3 and 6 seconds.
This is a doodle I received from a guy named Ethan in Williamsville, NY depicting me surrounded
by a flood of letters sent to me from viewers after I recently opened a PO box.
Two weeks in, and I have to say, he was right on the money.
The Little Drummer Boy was a Top 40 hit every December from the years 1958 to 1962.
Yamaha Drums is a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation founded in 1967.
They manufacture acoustic and electronic drum kits… including The Yamaha Phoenix, which
currently retails for over $3,000 USD.
In the pre-WWII era, gas stations had poor lighting conditions.
Gas pumps contained lighted globes on top so drivers could recognize various gas brands
while driving at night.
George Lucas’s very first movie was a 1-minute animated short called Look at Life.
You can find a great breakdown of it from an occasionally pretentious YouTuber using
the link in this video’s description.
Pressing and holding the space bar while using the iPhone’s keyboard is a great way to
quickly navigate to a specific place in a large body of text.
Most Draino products are not recommended for use in toilets, as the heat generated from
the chemical reaction can crack the porcelain used for the toilet bowl or soften and cause
major leaks in the PVC used in most pipes.
Also, for those curious, PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride.
Just throwing that out there.
Lincoln Logs, the children's toy that consists of square-notched miniature logs used to build
small forts and other structures, were invented around the year 1916 by John Lloyd Wright,
who was the second son of the well known architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Prepackaged salads tend to keep in most refrigerators for about 3-5 days, and the average chiropractor
visit in the United States can range from $34 to $106 depending on where you live.
The most expensive Beanie Baby ever sold at auction was this Purple Princess Bear, a special
edition created to raise money for The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund following
her untimely death.
It snagged $10,000, and another one is currently listed on Ebay with an asking price of over
$600,000.
The National Weather Service will occasionally issue both Tornado Watches and Tornado Warnings.
What's the difference?
A Tornado Watch can last for up to 6 hours, and means tornadic storms are possible in
the area.
During that time frame, it is advisable to make shelter preparations.
A Tornado Warning means that a tornado has either been observed or detected in an area,
and shelter needs to be taken immediately.
These can last for up to an hour.
You aren’t JUST getting bigger… the candy IS getting smaller!
Shrinkflation is the seedy practice of subtly reducing the size of a product while keeping
or raising its original price.
In 2010, Kraft reduced its 200g Toblerone bar to 170g.
In March 2014, Coca-Cola reduced the size of their 2 liter bottle to 1.75 liters.
What are YOU gonna do about it?
Along the same lines, “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” is a 1989 comedy film starring Rick
Moranis, one of my favorite actors.
Fast Travel, a video game mechanic where a player’s character can instantly warp between
two previously discovered locations without having to move between them in real time,
was likely first introduced in 1981’s Ultima, originally released for the Apple II.
To this day, it continues to be a controversial game mechanic that, although convenient, often
robs players of a game world’s sense of scale, and an element of realism in open-world
quests.
Silhouette Animation is a variant of Cutout Animation in which the characters are backlit
and only visible as silhouettes.
For an example, you can see the 2000 French motion picture Princes et Princesses, or this
video I produced in 2019 on how to survive a bear attack.
A philanthropist is a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, typically by
generously donating money to good causes.
A philanderer is a man who frequently enters into flings with various women without ever
committing to a serious relationship.
It is VERY important not to get these two words confused.
The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967 between the Kansas City Chiefs and
the Green Bay Packers.
Nobody at the time realized how big the game would become over the years, so both NBC and
CBS wiped the videotapes of the broadcast.
A complete recording of the game was thought to be lost, until January 11, 2016, when the
NFL announced they had combed the earth and recovered footage of all 145 plays from various
sources.
This found footage was meticulously stitched together, and the game was finally re-aired
in its entirety 49 years after the original broadcast.
W-who cares who won?
Moving on!
Noh is one of the oldest theatre traditions in the world, originating in 14th century
Japan.
A highly rigid and traditional art, it gave birth to Kabuki, a much more lively and flamboyant
variant featuring contemporary stories and exciting fight scenes.
Until the 1680s, real weapons were used in its sword fights.
Available in this video's description is a Kabuki adaptation of the new Star Wars trilogy,
and I highly recommend you take the time to watch it.
It is estimated that windmills kill about 328,000 birds per year.
There are only two bathrooms on the International Space Station.
The urine of both the crewmembers and the station's lab animals is filtered back into
the drinking water supply.
[Audience lets out an 'ewwww' sound.]
"Wild Bill" Curry was one of the first professional wrestlers to use a folding chair in the ring.
The first text message was sent on December 3, 1992.
The average person has about 10,000 taste buds, most of which are replaced every 2 weeks
or so.
In his younger years, Herbert Hoover lived in China with his wife developing gold mines
on behalf of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company.
While there, the couple learned how to speak the native language.
Years later, when he served as the 31st President of the United States, the couple could have
private conversations in Mandarin without fear of anyone eavesdropping.
Sprinkles last for about 3-5 years after the best buy date stamped on the container.
Of the 413,752 votes cast in the 1926 Nebraska Gubernatorial Election, 7 were for write-in
candidates.
Over a 78 and a half year lifetime, the average person will use 656 bars of soap.
The 2017-2018 model of the popular Titleist Pro V1 golf ball has 352 dimples.
Starting with iOS7, the iPhone’s clock icon became animated to reflect the current time.
An average of 21 games were released every day in the year 2017 through Steam, a video
game digital distribution service by the company Valve.
For those interested, it was 45 degrees Fahrenheit at 6:31pm in Tokyo, Japan on March 13, 2003.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, most car accidents
occur between 3 and 6pm, due to the high volume of vehicles on the road.
Saturday is considered the most dangerous day of the week to drive.
The Columbia Pictures film "To Sir, With Love" was the sixth-highest grossing movie of 1967.
Speaking of which, the planet Jupiter has 67 confirmed and named moons.
The New York Knicks had a record of 43-39 in the 1967-68 season.
They finished 3rd in the NBA’s Eastern Division.
About 14.5 billion spam emails are sent every single day.
They account for 45% of total emails, and they usually generate 1 reply for every 12
and a half million sent.
The bicycle was invented in 1817.
On February 7th of that same year, Baltimore became the first American city lit by gas
street lamps.
After both players take a single turn in a game of chess, there are 400 possible board
setups.
After the second pair of turns, the number increases to 197,742... and after three turns,
the number increases to 121 million.
The Polaroid Corporation hit peak its revenue with three billion United States dollars in
the year 1991.
Mississippi's state flower is the magnolia, and last (but not least), in an official survey
conducted by the company Crayola in both the years 1999 and 2000, the most popular crayola
color was…
...blue!
Six other shades of blue finished in the Top 10 including cerulean, midnight blue, aquamarine,
periwinkle, denim, and blizzard blue.
Whew...
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