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Facts taught in 2010

341 sincere fact claims from 2010; 186 come with figures. Each figure is shown as said, with what it measures, who it counts (for) and where it applies (in) when recorded (said, or clear from the context), its as-of date, the source the speaker gives (if any) and the extraction-time check. Where no as-of date was said, the one shown is implied (the date said in the video, else the upload date); relative dates such as "last year" keep their words and are resolved against that same date. "Unchecked" means nobody has checked it yet, not that it is wrong. Back to the overview.

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Science & nature (102)

  • 2010-01-11 · Ecosystem Services 101 with Hank — Hank says when New York City's water became undrinkable, restoring the Catskill watershed matched an $8 billion filtration plant at about a tenth of the cost. (00:01:19)
    • $8 billion (USD) — cost of the proposed water filtration plant · in New York City · as of 2010-01-11 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • like 10 times less (ratio) — cost of restoring the Catskill watershed relative to building the plant · in New York City · as of 2010-01-11 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-11 · Ecosystem Services 101 with Hank — Hank says New York City has some of the best water of any American city, and the Catskill ecosystem keeps up although water use keeps growing quickly. (00:01:48)
  • 2010-01-11 · Ecosystem Services 101 with Hank — Hank says scientists and economists in 1997 estimated the world's ecosystem services at about 33 trillion dollars, about twice the value of the whole world economy. (00:02:18)
    • about 33 trillion dollars (USD) — estimated value of the world's ecosystem services · in the world · as of 1997 · source: a group of scientists and economists (1997) · unchecked
    • about two times (ratio) — value of global ecosystem services relative to the world economy · in the world · as of 1997 · source: a group of scientists and economists (1997) · unchecked
  • 2010-01-11 · Ecosystem Services 101 with Hank — Hank says the creation of topsoil alone is worth about as much as the whole current global economy. (00:02:47)
    • about the same amount of money as exists in the current global economy (USD) — value of topsoil creation · in the world · as of 2010-01-11 (implied: date said in the video) · source: a group of scientists and economists (1997) · unchecked
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Hank explains that everything is made of atoms, with protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons orbiting; the number of protons determines the element. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Protons are positive and electrons negative; an atom by definition has no charge, so with unequal protons and electrons it is an ion; neutron counts vary even within an element. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Electrons sit in orbitals that 'really like to be full'; orbitals come in s, p, d and f types holding two, six, ten and fourteen electrons. (00:00:29)
    • two (electrons) — capacity of an s orbital · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • up to six (electrons) — capacity of a p orbital · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • ten (electrons) — capacity of a d orbital · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • fourteen (electrons) — capacity of an f orbital · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Orbitals fill in a set order; carbon's six electrons fill two s orbitals and part of the first p orbital, so carbon is four electrons away from being 'happy'. (00:00:58)
    • six (electrons) — number of electrons in a carbon atom · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • four electrons away — electrons carbon lacks to fill its orbitals · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Carbon fills its orbitals by sharing electrons with other atoms: with hydrogen it forms methane, with oxygen carbon dioxide, which Hank calls the two principal greenhouse gases. (00:01:27)
    • the two principal greenhouse gases — principal greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) · as of 2010-01-15 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Bonds in which atoms overcome their repulsion to share electrons and fill their orbitals are called covalent bonds. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — Sodium needs to lose one electron and chlorine to gain one, so sodium gives its electron to chlorine and the opposite charges hold them together as salt. (00:01:56)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says a giraffe kick has been known to decapitate a lion. (00:00:17)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says Cantor's giant softshell turtle covers itself with sand in a riverbank and sits still 23.5 hours a day, moving only to eat. (00:00:28)
    • twenty-three and a half (hours a day) — daily time spent motionless · for Cantor's giant softshell turtle · as of 2010-03-24 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says the frog Trichobatrachus robustus, when threatened, breaks a bone in its own foot and uses the fragment as a claw to stab. (00:01:00)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says baby potato beetles, lacking adults' hard shells, cover their bodies in their own poisonous poop to discourage predators. (00:01:31)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says the moth Mabra elephantophila gets most of its sustenance from elephant tears, scratching elephants' eyes to make them cry more. (00:01:55)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says Americans fear black widows, but Australian funnel-web spiders are very aggressive and their fangs can shoot through human fingernails. (00:02:19)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John says platypuses are among the very few egg-laying mammals and have electrolocation, sensing the electromagnetic fields of predators' muscle contractions. (00:02:39)
  • 2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — John's number one: the carpenter ant Camponotus saundersi, about to lose a fight, contracts its abdomen so hard its body explodes, spraying poison. (00:03:06)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank explains that white light is many colors mashed together, which separate when light passes through water droplets, giving a rainbow. (00:00:33)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank explains the sky is blue because blue light, on hitting oxygen and nitrogen, bounces all around the atmosphere. (00:00:47)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Using Obi-Wan Kenobi's head as Earth and his lightsaber as the sun, Hank explains night: the Earth spins while the sun stays put, so we turn out of its light. (00:01:11)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank explains clouds are tiny water droplets blown around by air currents; a drop that grows big enough falls as rain. (00:01:43)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank explains fire hurts because too much energy breaks the chemical bonds in your hands, and the body signals something is wrong, which is pain. (00:02:42)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank explains planes stay up because air over the curved top of the wing must travel faster than below, giving low pressure on top and high pressure underneath. (00:03:11)
    • the air across the top has to travel faster than the air on the bottom — airflow over an airplane wing (cause of lift) · as of 2010 · no source named · doubtful
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank first says Earth's size was unknown until a few centuries ago, then corrects himself: people worked it out long ago with math, though the planet wasn't fully mapped. (00:00:00)
    • a few hundred years ago (years before present) — when the size of the Earth became known (retracted on air) · for humanity · as of 2010 · no source named · speaker error
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says 500 years ago Columbus sailed expecting to run into India, not knowing North America was there. (00:00:00)
    • 500 years ago (years before present) — time of Columbus's voyages · for Christopher Columbus · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says the Sun is much bigger than Earth, as They Might Be Giants have told John: if the Sun were hollow, a million Earths would fit inside. (00:00:29)
    • a million (Earths) — number of Earths that would fit inside a hollow Sun · for Sun · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says our galaxy has at least 200 billion stars like the Sun, maybe as many as 400 billion, since counting them is hard. — hedged: “could be” (00:00:29)
    • at least 200 billion (stars) — number of stars · for our galaxy (Milky Way) · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • as many as 400 billion (stars) — number of stars (upper estimate) · for our galaxy (Milky Way) · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank calls the Hubble Space Telescope the most powerful telescope ever created by humankind. (00:00:58)
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Using a dot on his hand, Hank shows the tiny patch of sky NASA scientists pointed Hubble at: empty, with no visible stars, galaxies or nebulae, so some asked why photograph nothing. (00:00:58)
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says they left the shutter open for days, once before and again in December 2009; the result is called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. (00:01:58)
    • December of 2009 (date) — date of the repeated deep exposure · for Hubble Ultra Deep Field · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • for days (duration) — exposure time of the deep-field image · for Hubble Ultra Deep Field · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says that speck of black sky contained over 3,000 galaxies, every dot in the image a galaxy with billions of stars. (00:01:58)
    • over 3000 (galaxies) — number of galaxies in the image · for Hubble Ultra Deep Field patch of sky · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • billions (stars) — stars per galaxy in the image · for galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-19 · I Shall BLOW YOUR MIND — Hank says it took humanity 99.9% of its existence even to understand that we live on a ball of rock circling a globe of plasma. (00:02:35)
    • 99.9% (percent) — share of humanity's existence before understanding that Earth orbits the Sun · for humanity · as of 2010-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Path two: Hank says that, apparently, time passes more slowly for someone travelling near the speed of light, so a traveller could return to find cures developed. — hedged: “apparently” (00:00:58)
  • 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Path five: Hank says futurist Kurzweil believes machines will build smarter machines in an intelligence explosion that could, theoretically, help humans save themselves. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Path six: Hank says the immortal jellyfish can shift back and forth between its polyp and adult forms perpetually, so it is literally immortal. (00:01:56)
  • 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Path eight: Hank says telomeres cap chromosomes, scientists think their breakdown causes aging, and mice engineered to make more telomerase live 50% longer. (00:02:26)
    • 50% (% longer lifespan) — lifespan gain of mice engineered to produce more telomerase · for genetically engineered mice · as of 2010-05-07 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-05-26 · How to Be Green Without Being a Prick — Hank says the internet, if it were a country, would have the fifth-largest carbon footprint of all countries. (00:00:00)
    • fifth largest (rank) — carbon footprint of the internet ranked among countries · for countries · as of 2010-05 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-05-26 · How to Be Green Without Being a Prick — Hank explains Breathing Earth, made by David: in real time it marks births and deaths by country and flashes a country red each time it emits a thousand tons of carbon dioxide. (00:00:29)
    • a thousand tons (tons of carbon dioxide) — national CO2 emissions represented by one red flash on Breathing Earth · as of 2010-05 · source: Breathing Earth (as described by Hank) · unchecked
  • 2010-05-26 · How to Be Green Without Being a Prick — Hank notes that since they started watching, India's birth indicator has blinked nonstop and China and the USA have flashed red quite rapidly, which he finds frightening. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-05-26 · How to Be Green Without Being a Prick — Hank says there is not nearly enough land on Earth for everyone to eat the way Americans eat. (00:02:55)
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — John introduces Neisser and Harsch's late-1980s work on flashbulb memories, the famous classic 1989 Challenger flashbulb memory study. (00:00:30)
    • 1989 (year) — year of the Challenger flashbulb memory study · as of 1989 · source: Neisser and Harsch · unchecked
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — In 1986 the space shuttle Challenger blew up on launch, killing everyone aboard including teacher Christa McAuliffe, as millions of American schoolchildren watched. (00:00:30)
    • 1986 (year) — year of the Challenger explosion · as of 1986 · no source named · unchecked
    • millions (school children) — schoolchildren watching the Challenger launch · for school children · in America · as of 1986 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — The Challenger explosion is one of those moments when everyone knows what they were doing and who they were with when they heard the news. (00:00:59)
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — John reads two accounts of hearing the news, in a dorm watching TV and in religion class: one participant wrote the religion-class one the day after and the TV one, with total confidence, three and a half years later. (00:01:28)
    • three and a half years — delay before the second account was written · for a participant in the Challenger flashbulb memory study · as of 2010-06-30 (implied: date said in the video) · source: Neisser and Harsch · unchecked
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — Almost everyone in the study remembered three years later who they were with and how they heard, yet the vast majority were wrong. (00:01:28)
    • almost everyone (participants) — share of participants who remembered the circumstances three years later · for participants in the Challenger flashbulb memory study · as of 2010-06-30 (implied: date said in the video) · source: Neisser and Harsch · unchecked
    • the vast majority (participants) — share of participants whose recollections were wrong · for participants in the Challenger flashbulb memory study · as of 2010-06-30 (implied: date said in the video) · source: Neisser and Harsch · unchecked
  • 2010-08-30 · Thoughts from Places: The Centennial Valley — Hank says that, as far as he can tell, Monida has only a sagging barn he has seen in many online photos, some closed shops and a distant school-bus graveyard. — hedged: “As far as I can tell” (00:00:29)
  • 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank says an oil well can be drilled three miles below the ocean surface, so deep that no submarine on the planet could reach it to fix a problem. (00:01:27)
    • three miles — depth of a deep-sea oil well below the ocean surface · in ocean · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-08 · Where are the Space Aliens?! — Hank says there are between 100 billion and 400 billion stars in our galaxy. (00:00:00)
    • 100 billion (stars) — number of stars in the Milky Way (lower bound) · in Milky Way · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 400 billion (stars) — number of stars in the Milky Way (upper bound) · in Milky Way · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-08 · Where are the Space Aliens?! — Hank recounts that the physicist Enrico Fermi, discussing civilization and the size of the universe with fellow scientists, asked 'Where are they?' (00:00:00)
  • 2010-09-08 · Where are the Space Aliens?! — Hank says our civilization has been broadcasting ultra-high-frequency broadband signals that can be detected tens of thousands of light years away. (00:00:58)
    • tens of thousands of light years — detection range of humanity's broadcast signals · as of 2010 · no source named · doubtful
  • 2010-09-08 · Where are the Space Aliens?! — Hank says we've broadcast radio for barely a hundred years; if the nearest listening civilization is 50,000 light years away, our signals won't arrive for another 49,900 years. (00:02:56)
    • barely a hundred years — duration of human radio broadcasting · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 50,000 light years — hypothetical distance to the nearest civilization that could detect our signals · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 49,900 years — remaining time before our radio signals reach a civilization 50,000 light years away · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — The song recounts that in 1950 at Los Alamos, Enrico Fermi, talking with friends about the universe, shouted 'Where is everybody?' and did simple calculations suggesting Earth should have been visited (wording partly unclear). (00:00:31)
    • 1950 (year) — date of Fermi's 'Where is everybody?' conversation · in Los Alamos · as of 2010-10-07 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — The song says the galaxy has 400 billion stars. (00:00:31)
    • 400 billion (stars) — number of stars in the galaxy (Milky Way) · as of 2010-10-07 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — The song argues our listening is limited by our senses and has lasted only a couple dozen years, so we may not notice aliens; the cosmic phone could be ringing unanswered. — hedged: “could” (00:01:55)
    • a couple dozen (years) — time humans have been listening for alien signals · as of 2010-10-07 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-19 · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — John says almost all male giraffes are bisexual: researchers believe 90% of giraffe sex is male-male and 1% female-female, so only about 9% is heterosexual. (00:01:23)
    • almost all — share of male giraffes that are bisexual · for male giraffes · as of 2010-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 90% (percent) — share of giraffe sex that is male-male · for giraffes · as of 2010-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · source: researchers · unchecked
    • 1% (percent) — share of giraffe sex that is female-female · for giraffes · as of 2010-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · source: researchers · unchecked
    • just about 9% (percent) — share of giraffe sex that is heterosexual · for giraffes · as of 2010-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · source: researchers · unchecked
  • 2010-10-19 · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — John says giraffes neck a lot; biologists long thought it was fighting, but while it sometimes is, it is also kind of a way of hugging. — hedged: “kind of” (00:02:58)
  • 2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — The song says a quark is a fundamental constituent of matter, observed in 1968 through 'deep elastic scatter', which showed protons are not solid but made of three pieces. (00:00:09)
    • 1968 (year) — year quarks were first observed (deep inelastic scattering) · as of 2010-10-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 3 (pieces) — number of separate pieces (quarks) a proton is made of · as of 2010-10-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — The chorus names the quarks up, down, strange, charm, top and bottom, says you have them even if you don't know what a quark is, and that with leptons and bosons they make up everything we know exists. — hedged: “unless something's amiss” (00:00:31)
  • 2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — The song says things made of quarks, such as protons and neutrons, are composite particles called hadrons; many types are theoretically described, but most exist only very briefly. (00:00:42)
  • 2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — The song says quarks have electric charge, color charge, mass and spin; color charge means they exist only inside other particles, so they have never been studied alone. (00:00:53)
  • 2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — The song says quarks join in two ways, baryons (three quarks) and mesons (a quark and an antiquark), and that most instantly decay. (00:01:15)
    • three (quarks) — number of quarks in a baryon · as of 2010-10-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • one quark and an anti-quark — composition of a meson · as of 2010-10-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-03 · Phineas Gage: A Song — The description says Phineas Gage survived the iron rod through his brain for 12 years before dying of severe seizures. (video description)
    • 12 (years) — survival time of Phineas Gage after his injury · for Phineas Gage · as of 2010-11-03 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says the odds of ten heads in a row are 1 in 1024, so if 102,400 people flipped ten times, roughly 100 got ten heads and 100 got ten tails. (00:00:55)
    • 1 in 1024 (probability) — probability of ten heads in a row with a fair coin · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • roughly 100 (people) — expected number of ten-heads runs · for 102,400 people each flipping a coin ten times (hypothetical) · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank defines P(A): when all outcomes are equally likely, it is the number of events where A is true divided by the total number of events. (00:01:35)
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says a coin has a 1 in 2 (50%) chance of heads, so of 100 flipped coins roughly 50 land heads, with some variation. (00:02:05)
    • 1 in 2 (probability) — probability of heads on a fair coin flip · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • roughly fifty (coins) — expected heads when flipping a hundred coins · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says the chance of A and B is the product: two heads is 1/2 times 1/2, or 1/4, and ten heads is (1/2)^10, or 1/1024. (00:02:25)
    • 1/4 (probability) — probability of two heads in two flips · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1/1024 (probability) — probability of ten heads in ten flips · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says the chance of rolling a 5 on a die is 1/6, and its complement, 1 minus P(A), gives 5/6 for not rolling a 5, an important idea; an even number is 3/6, or 1/2. (00:03:05)
    • 1/6 (probability) — probability of rolling a 5 on one die · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 5/6 (probability) — probability of not rolling a 5 on one die · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1/2 (probability) — probability of rolling an even number on one die · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says there are 2,598,960 possible poker hands and 123,552 two-pair hands, so the chance of two pair is 4.7%; he looked the counts up on the internet. (00:03:57)
    • 2,598,960 (hands) — number of possible five-card poker hands · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · source: the internet · unchecked
    • 123,552 (hands) — number of two-pair poker hands · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · source: the internet · unchecked
    • 4.7% (percent) — probability of being dealt two pair in poker · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says probabilities fall on a scale from zero (impossible) to one (certain), which is why they are often given as percentages, i.e. out of a hundred. (00:04:23)
    • zero to one (probability) — range of possible probabilities · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-08 · Probability 101 — Hank says multiplying P(A) by P(B) works only when A does not depend on B, giving snake eyes 1/36, while 'A or B' adds them: a 2 or a 3 on a die is 1/3. (00:04:44)
    • 1/36 (probability) — probability of rolling snake eyes with two dice · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1/3 (probability) — probability of rolling a 2 or a 3 on one die · as of 2010-11-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says you have trillions of red blood cells delivering oxygen wherever it is needed; that is all they do, and if they stopped you would die instantly. (00:00:29)
    • trillions (red blood cells) — number of red blood cells in a human body · for a human body · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says making a red blood cell is called erythropoiesis, from erythrocytes and 'poiesis', Latin for to make, which is also the root of 'poetry'. (00:00:58)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says near the end of its creation a red blood cell expels its nucleus and organelles, and by then holds 270 million hemoglobin molecules. (00:00:58)
    • 270 million (molecules of hemoglobin) — hemoglobin molecules per red blood cell · for one red blood cell · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says hemoglobin is a protein complex with four heme molecules, each an organic compound with an iron center that bonds very well to oxygen. (00:00:58)
    • four (molecules of heme) — heme groups per hemoglobin molecule · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says hemoglobin actually prefers to bind carbon monoxide, which is why breathing in too much carbon monoxide kills you. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank traces a cell made in, say, the femur up the inferior vena cava, the largest vein, into the right atrium; the right ventricle pumps it through the pulmonary arteries. (00:01:56)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins carry it to the heart, so the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood, which is not weird at all. (00:01:56)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says lung capillaries, on the alveolar sacs, are narrower than the cell; without its nucleus the cell, holding 230 million hemoglobin molecules, can fold to squeeze through. (00:02:26)
    • 230 million (molecules of hemoglobin) — hemoglobin molecules per red blood cell · for one red blood cell · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says oxygen moves from the alveoli down its concentration gradient into the hemoglobin, which keeps soaking it up so oxygen keeps flowing in until it is full. (00:02:55)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says the oxygenated cell returns to the heart through the pulmonary vein, enters the left atrium and ventricle, and is pumped out into the body. (00:03:24)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank explains that carbonic anhydrase turns carbon dioxide and water into carbonic acid, which releases protons; hemoglobin reacting with them lets go of oxygen. (00:03:53)
  • 2010-11-12 · Blood!!! — Hank says the cell repeats the circuit every 20 seconds for about a hundred days until the liver filters it out (helping make poop brown); bleeding or giving blood is the only other exit. (00:04:52)
    • every 20 seconds — time for a red blood cell to complete one circuit of the body · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • hundred or so days — lifespan of a red blood cell · as of 2010-11-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-22 · Thoughts from Places: On a Horse — Hank says horse domestication probably happened only once, in one place, and within a thousand years had spread everywhere it could. — hedged: “probably” (00:00:58)
    • only happened once (occurrences) — number of independent origins of horse domestication · for horses · in the world · as of 2010-11-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • a thousand years — time for horse riding to spread everywhere after the first rider · for humans · in the world · as of 2010-11-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-22 · Thoughts from Places: On a Horse — Hank says horses, like almost all domesticated animals except dogs and cats, were originally domesticated for food. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-11-22 · Thoughts from Places: On a Horse — Hank says horses' complex social structure leads foals raised by people (after their parents were killed for food) to put humans at the top of their hierarchy, which is probably how domestication happened. — hedged: “probably” (00:01:56)
  • 2010-11-22 · Thoughts from Places: On a Horse — Hank says before 4000 BC all work for humans was done by humans; using beasts of burden was a leap on the order of the industrial revolution or the internet. (00:02:21)
    • 4000 BC (year) — date before which all human work was done by humans · for humans · in the world · as of 2010-11-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says tortoises can live to be more than 200 years old. (00:00:07)
    • more than 200 years old — maximum lifespan · for tortoises · as of 2010-11-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says tortoises often do not reach sexual maturity until about 20 years old. (00:00:41)
    • like 20 years old — age at sexual maturity · for tortoises · as of 2010-11-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says an average adult male tortoise weighs 200 pounds more than females. (00:00:45)
    • 200 pounds more — male-female body weight difference · for adult tortoises · as of 2010-11-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says the male's underside shell, the plastron, is concave so the shells fit together, and the male balances like a three-legged stool on hind feet and tail. (00:01:40)
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says the mating noise is the only noise tortoises ever make, apart from occasional hissing. (00:02:01)
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says that when a female is unwilling, the male bites her feet until she retracts them into her shell, leaving her immobile so he can go around her and, as John puts it, 'you know'. (00:02:15)
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says that after insemination females lay eggs in a shallow nest and baby tortoises arrive eight months later. (00:02:39)
    • eight months — time from egg-laying to hatching · for tortoises · as of 2010-11-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank reports Mike Lombardo's calculation, counting only the rocket trip to the Moon and back with the pasta: about 400 times more energy-intensive than growing a cow, which Hank thinks seems low. (00:02:24)
    • something like four hundred times more energy intensive — energy intensity of Moon pasta (rocket trip only) relative to growing a cow · as of 2010-12-01 (implied: upload date) · source: Mike Lombardo (viewer video) · unchecked
  • 2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank reports the Dancing Hawk's calculation, which includes shipping supplies to build a lunar farm: Moon pasta about 6,500 times less efficient than Earth beef, which Hank finds sound. (00:02:39)
    • about 6,500 times less efficient — efficiency of Moon pasta (including building a lunar farm) relative to Earth beef · as of 2010-12-01 (implied: upload date) · source: the Dancing Hawk (viewer video) · unchecked
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says the giant squid is very secretive: we don't know what it eats, how deep it can dive, or for sure how it mates. (00:00:36)
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says most squid have eight arms, two longer feeding tentacles and one hectocotylus, a penis-like arm that the female breaks off during sex. (00:00:50)
    • eight arms — number of arms · for most squid · as of 2010-12-03 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • two longer tentacles — number of long feeding tentacles · for most squid · as of 2010-12-03 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • one hectocotylus — number of hectocotyli · for most squid · as of 2010-12-03 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says giant squid have no hectocotylus but a three-foot-long penis, and like many invertebrates produce spermatophores, sacs containing sperm. (00:01:05)
    • three-foot-long (feet) — penis length · for giant squid · as of 2010-12-03 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says researchers hypothesise that the male giant squid's penis shoots a spermatophore into the female's arm like a fire hose. (00:01:28)
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says female giant squid are much larger, and biologists think the male penis is so long so males need not get too close to females. (00:01:53)

History & curiosities (87)

  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says the first Super Bowl aired in 1967 and that it has since become America's most watched yearly event. (00:00:00)
    • 1967 (year) — year of the first Super Bowl broadcast · in United States · as of 2010-01-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • America's most watched yearly event (rank) — Super Bowl audience rank among yearly events · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says that in 1980 Mean Joe Greene tossed his jersey to a boy for a Coca-Cola, an ad so popular it became the only one ever to get a full-length movie. (00:00:36)
    • 1980 (year) — year of the Mean Joe Greene Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad · as of 2010-01-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says Apple's 1984 ad channelled Orwell's 1984 to cast IBM as Big Brother, which he finds senseless in hindsight, yet it raised the bar for Super Bowl ads. (00:00:36)
    • 1984 (year) — year of Apple's 'Big Brother' Super Bowl ad · as of 2010-01-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says Budweiser started the Bud Bowl, a miniature beer-based Super Bowl, in 1989. (00:01:17)
    • 1989 (year) — year the Bud Bowl ads began · as of 2010-01-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says that in 2000 more than a dozen dot-com companies spent their funding on 30-second spots costing over $2 million, and most no longer exist. (00:01:46)
    • more than a dozen (companies) — number of dot-com companies advertising in the Super Bowl · as of 2000 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than $2 million (US dollars) — price of a 30-second Super Bowl ad spot · as of 2000 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says the first 3D television commercials debuted at the 2009 Super Bowl, with agencies handing out 3D glasses at bars. (00:01:46)
    • 2009 (year) — year of the first 3D TV commercials at the Super Bowl · as of 2010-01-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials — Hank says that in 2010, for the first time in almost 40 years, the cost of a Super Bowl ad is dropping. (00:02:15)
    • almost 40 years — time since the price of a Super Bowl ad last fell · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the first large man-made explosion was in Delft in 1654, when 30 tons of stored gunpowder blew up and pretty much destroyed the town. (00:00:17)
    • 1654 (year) — date of the Delft gunpowder explosion · in Delft · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 30-ton (tons of gunpowder) — size of the gunpowder store that exploded · in Delft · as of 1654 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the largest accidental explosion came when two ships collided off Halifax, one full of WWI explosives; it caused a tsunami and killed over 2,000. (00:00:33)
    • over 2,000 (people) — deaths in the Halifax explosion · in Halifax, Nova Scotia · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the second-largest pre-nuclear explosion destroyed an island in New York's East River for shipping; a similar 1950s blast in British Columbia was filmed. (00:00:54)
    • second largest (rank) — size rank among explosions before nuclear weapons · in East River · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the largest pre-nuclear explosion, from British mines dug under German lines in WWI, killed around 10,000 Germans; a British general predicted changing geography, not history. (00:01:12)
    • around 10,000 (Germans killed) — deaths from the largest pre-nuclear explosion · for German soldiers · as of World War I · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the MOAB, the largest non-nuclear weapon designed by the US, has roughly the force of 12 tons of TNT and can destroy a 10-city-block radius. (00:01:36)
    • 12 tons of TNT — explosive yield of the MOAB · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 10 city block (city blocks (radius)) — destruction radius of the MOAB · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says Fat Man and Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are the only nuclear weapons used in war and roughly 1,000 times bigger than the MOAB. (00:02:04)
    • 1,000 times (times the MOAB) — yield of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs relative to the MOAB · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says Ivy King was the largest fission bomb of all time, roughly 30 times the Hiroshima bomb. (00:02:13)
    • 30 times (times the Hiroshima bomb) — yield of Ivy King relative to the Hiroshima bomb · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says no one is sure what caused the 1908 Tunguska event, stronger than 1,000 Hiroshima bombs; the leading theory is a small comet exploding before impact. (00:02:21)
    • larger than 1,000 (Hiroshima bombs) — explosive force of the Tunguska event · as of 1908 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the 50-megaton Tsar Bomba was probably about five times the Tunguska event, roughly 4,000 Hiroshima bombs. — hedged: “probably” (00:02:41)
    • five times (times the Tunguska event) — yield of the Tsar Bomba relative to the Tunguska event · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 50 megaton — yield of the Tsar Bomba · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 4,000 (Hiroshima bombs) — yield of the Tsar Bomba in Hiroshima bombs · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says the largest explosion in recent geological history left Yellowstone a volcanic caldera; it last erupted 640,000 years ago with about 17,000 times the Tsar Bomba's force. (00:02:55)
    • 640,000 years ago — time since Yellowstone's last eruption · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 17,000 times (times the 50-megaton Tsar Bomba) — force of Yellowstone's last eruption · as of 2010-03-26 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-26 · Top 10 Freaking Amazing Explosions — Hank says geologists say Yellowstone is due for another eruption, and he lives way too close to it. (00:03:29)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John explains that patron saints are associated with a place, an ailment or a career, and can be asked to advocate on your behalf in heaven. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John says St. Clare of Assisi is patron saint of television because, too sick to attend Mass near her death, she saw the Mass appear on her wall. (00:00:32)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John says St. Nicholas of Myra, the original Santa Claus and not white, is patron saint of children because he resurrected three children murdered and pickled in brine. (00:01:31)
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John describes Padre Pio as a 20th-century Italian priest who had the stigmata, or burned himself with acid on purpose, depending on your perspective. (00:02:00)
    • 20th century — period in which he lived · for Padre Pio · in Italy · as of 2010-04-16 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John says Padre Pio is famous partly for his reputed gift of bilocation, being in two places at the same time. (00:02:29)
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — In 1848 Phineas Gage, a hard-working, well-liked railroad construction foreman, was helping blast a mountainside so a railroad could run through it. (00:00:15)
    • 1848 (year) — year of Phineas Gage's accident · for Phineas Gage · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Hank explains blasting: drill a hole, add powder, pack sand and tamp; distracted, Gage skipped the sand, his rod struck a spark, and the powder ignited. (00:00:25)
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — The iron rod went through Gage's head and landed 80 feet away. (00:00:49)
    • 80 feet — distance the tamping iron flew · for Phineas Gage's accident · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Three minutes later Gage regained consciousness, talked, got into a cart, sat up for the three-quarter-mile ride home and chatted with the doctor. (00:01:08)
    • three minutes — time until Gage regained consciousness · for Phineas Gage · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
    • three-quarter mile — length of the cart ride home · for Phineas Gage · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Quoting the doctor's notes, Hank reports that Gage vomited and pushed out about half a teacupful of brain onto the floor. (00:01:29)
    • half a teacupful — amount of brain expelled when Gage vomited · for Phineas Gage · as of 1848 · source: the doctor's written notes · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Gage drifted in and out of a coma from brain hemorrhaging; his family, told he could not live, readied his coffin, yet two months later he was walking and talking, basically normal. (00:01:58)
    • two months — time from the accident until Gage was walking and talking · for Phineas Gage · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Gage wasn't quite the same Phineas Gage; his behavioral problems cost him his construction job. (00:02:19)
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — P. T. Barnum found Gage and his iron rod, and Gage earned money touring the circuses. (00:02:33)
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — His psychological problems subsided; he held good jobs and moved to Chile as a long-distance stagecoach driver where nobody knew who he was. (00:02:39)
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Twelve years after the accident late-onset epilepsy, very common in such injuries, set in, and his health declined until he died. (00:02:49)
    • Twelve years — time from the accident until late-onset epilepsy · for Phineas Gage · as of 2010-06-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Hank marvels that a three-and-a-half-foot iron rod passed through Gage's head at hundreds of miles per hour and he was pretty much okay for twelve years. (00:02:57)
    • three and a half foot (feet) — length of the iron rod · for Phineas Gage's accident · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
    • hundreds of miles per hour — speed of the rod through his head · for Phineas Gage's accident · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
    • twelve years — time Gage was pretty much okay after the accident · for Phineas Gage · as of 2010-06-29 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — In 2009 a couple uploading their old-photograph collection to Flickr titled one 'The Whaler'; users said the iron was no harpoon, and a commenter suggested it was the only picture of Phineas Gage. (00:03:05)
    • 2009 (year) — year the photograph was identified on Flickr · as of 2009 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-29 · Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage — Hank calls Gage the only man ever to have had an iron rod pass through his skull at hundreds of miles per hour and live to tell the tale. (00:03:43)
    • hundreds of miles per hour — speed of the rod through his skull · for Phineas Gage's accident · as of 1848 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says Romanian has no word for 'shallow', so translators into Romanian must say 'not-so-deep'. (00:01:33)
  • 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says English has no plural for 'you', which leads people to invent words like y'all and youse guys. (00:01:41)
  • 2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — After another follower suggested 'lacuna', Hank explains that for linguists a lacuna is a missing word that should exist; with non-linguists, 'lexical gap' is clearer. (00:01:54)
  • 2010-09-27 · Stop Embarrassing Yourself — With on-screen pictures, Hank points out that the creature usually called Frankenstein is Frankenstein's monster, not Frankenstein. (00:00:43)
  • 2010-09-27 · Stop Embarrassing Yourself — Hank says the United Kingdom (of Northern Ireland and Great Britain) contains Great Britain, an island of three autonomous countries: Wales, Scotland and England. (00:01:34)
    • three (countries) — autonomous countries on the island of Great Britain · in Great Britain · as of 2010 · no source named · verified
  • 2010-09-27 · Stop Embarrassing Yourself — Hank explains affect vs effect: effect is almost always a noun and affect a verb ('the greenhouse effect affects the climate'), but effect can also be a verb meaning to bring about. (00:02:10)
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John says the book runs to 671 pages and contains more than 3,000 people's last words. (00:00:26)
    • 671 (pages) — length of Last Words of Notable People · as of 2010-10-08 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • more than 3,000 (people) — number of people whose last words are collected in Last Words of Notable People · as of 2010-10-08 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John reads last words from the book's F's: Douglas Fairbanks ('I've never felt better'), Ben Franklin, composer John Field, Richard Feynman ('this dying is boring'), Marshall Field II, Robert Frost. (00:00:55)
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John says William Faulkner, a novelist he grew up admiring, had boring last words: 'yes, Jim, I will', to his brother-in-law about a hospital pickup. (00:00:55)
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John says Faulkner wrote 'the best resignation letter ever' when he resigned from the US Postal Service in 1924, and reads the letter. (00:01:25)
    • 1924 (year) — year William Faulkner resigned from the US Postal Service · as of 2010-10-08 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John corrects Looking for Alaska: he quoted Millard Fillmore's last words as 'the nourishment is palatable', but they were 'the nourishment is palpable'. (00:01:54)
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — John reads that Archimedes' last words were 'wait until I've finished my problem' and, skipping ahead, that Goethe's were 'more light'. (00:01:54)
  • 2010-10-15 · TOP 7 FAILS OF HISTORY — Hank says that in 1962 a Decca Studios manager told a four-man band auditioning there it had 'no future in show business'; two years later the Beatles sold $50 million of records. (00:00:48)
    • 1962 (year) — year of the band's Decca Studios audition · in Decca Studios · as of 2010-10-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 50 million dollars (US dollars) — value of the Beatles' record sales two years after the Decca audition · as of two years after 1962 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-15 · TOP 7 FAILS OF HISTORY — On a more understandable scale, Hank says Wim Esajas, Suriname's first Olympian, slept through his race at the 1960 Olympics. (00:02:07)
    • 1960 (year) — year of Wim Esajas's Olympic performance (sleeping through his race) · in Suriname · as of 2010-10-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-15 · TOP 7 FAILS OF HISTORY — Hank says in 1876 Western Union, owning America's communications, rejected Hubbard's telephone patent as an 'electrical toy'; Bell then founded AT&T and the telephone became history's most valuable patent. (00:02:24)
    • 1876 (year) — year Western Union owned America's entire communication system and was offered the telephone patent · in America · as of 2010-10-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the Enlightenment, including French thinkers Rousseau and Voltaire, argued that rational thought rather than God's interpreted will should be the source of truth and authority, troubling the monarchy, whose authority rested on God's will. (00:00:15)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the US had just won its Revolutionary War, which would have been impossible without France's support. (00:00:38)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says France had racked up tremendous debts supporting the American Revolution and fighting the Seven Years' War. (00:00:44)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — To show the scale of France's debt, John says the US spent 5% of its federal budget servicing its debt in 2009, while France in 1789 spent 50%. (00:00:51)
    • 5% (percent of federal budget) — share of the federal budget spent servicing debt · in United States · as of 2009 · no source named · unchecked
    • 50% (percent of federal budget) — share of the federal budget spent servicing debt · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says that in 1789, besides the debt crisis, there was a famine: the price of bread rose 50% in one year while wages did not rise at all. (00:01:25)
    • 50% (percent) — rise in the price of bread in one year · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
    • didn't go up at all — change in wages over the same year · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says that in May 1789 Louis XVI called the Estates General, a meeting of the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second) and everyone else (Third), about 98% of the population. (00:01:42)
    • about 98% (percent of population) — share of the French population in the Third Estate · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the Third Estate came with about 600 representatives against about 300 each for the others, and wanted one assembly where it would have a slight majority; the others refused. (00:02:15)
    • about 600 (representatives) — Third Estate representatives at the Estates General · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
    • about 300 (representatives each) — First and Second Estate representatives at the Estates General · in France · as of 1789 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly; locked out by Louis XVI, it met in an indoor tennis court at Versailles and swore the Tennis Court Oath to write a constitution, and Louis backed down. (00:02:30)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says Louis XVI was meanwhile flooding Paris with loyal troops, so people suspected he meant to destroy the National Assembly by force. (00:03:21)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says that on 14 July 1789 revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, less to free its seven remaining prisoners than to get its many guns, a big turning point. (00:03:34)
    • 7 (prisoners) — prisoners remaining in the Bastille when it was stormed · in Paris · as of 14 July 1789 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the Bastille's governor negotiated a ceasefire that saved lives on both sides, but the revolutionaries killed him, decapitated him and paraded his head on a pike. (00:03:49)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says the National Assembly next issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France's equivalent of the Declaration of Independence, giving all men (not women) liberty, property and security. (00:04:06)
  • 2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — John says that with France looking like a constitutional monarchy, a rumour that October that Marie Antoinette hoarded grain led armed peasant women in the Women's March to force the royals from Versailles to Paris. (00:04:21)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John skips ahead a year, noting only that the National Assembly made no one less hungry, the financial crisis continued, and many nobles (the émigrés) took their money and left France. (00:00:13)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says General Bouillé offered Louis and Marie Antoinette refuge at his country estate, and for this was later likened to a bloodthirsty despot in the French national anthem. (00:00:54)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says that in July 1791 (as he dates it) Louis and Marie Antoinette fled disguised as servants, were captured at Varennes one day later, and were humiliatingly returned to Paris. (00:01:11)
    • one day — time between the royals leaving and their capture at Varennes · in Varennes · as of July 1791 (as said) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says radical revolutionaries, including the Jacobins, argued that the king's leaving Paris amounted to abdication, so France had no king and could become a republic. (00:01:42)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says the Jacobins then ran a petition drive for a republic on the Champ de Mars, and troops controlled by the National Assembly fired on the crowd, killing 50 people. (00:01:58)
    • fifty (people killed) — people killed when troops fired on the Champ de Mars petition crowd · in Paris · as of 1791 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says the National Assembly finally finished its constitution, fulfilling the Tennis Court Oath and creating a constitutional monarchy with power in the Legislative Assembly and a royal veto on some things. (00:02:39)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says neighbours grew nervous, especially the Holy Roman Empire (per Voltaire neither holy nor Roman nor an empire), whose emperor Leopold II, Marie Antoinette's brother, directly ruled only Austria. (00:02:56)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says Leopold II, fearing a republic next door, issued the Declaration of Pillnitz with Frederick William II of Prussia, promising to restore the French monarchy and further radicalising the revolutionaries. (00:03:37)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says that with France poor, hungry and fighting two wars, radicals led by the Jacobins held a session excluding most of parliament and declared France a republic, voiding the year-old constitution. (00:04:39)
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says Louis XVI was guillotined in January 1793, making it hard for Austria and Prussia to keep their promise to restore him. (00:05:25)
    • January of 1793 (date) — date of the execution of Louis XVI · in France · as of 1793 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says that within a month of the king's beheading France was at war with Prussia, Austria, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal. (00:05:37)
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says no one had yet done anything about the famine, so the sans-culottes, poor labourers, started rioting. (00:00:13)
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says this happened under the Committee of Public Safety, led by Maximilien Robespierre, a paranoid despot who foreshadowed Kim Jong-il, Saddam Hussein and Joseph Stalin. (00:00:46)
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says Robespierre and the Committee, hating anyone tied to the Church or royalty, oversaw over 16,000 guillotinings in 1793–94: nobles, insufficiently revolutionary revolutionaries, oath-refusing clergy and Marie Antoinette. (00:01:03)
    • more than 16,000 (people) — people guillotined under the Committee of Public Safety · in France · as of summer 1793 to summer 1794 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' and, like almost everyone killed in the Terror, posed no threat to the government. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says the Terror's guillotining is often seen as Enlightenment thinking run amok, but in fact more people were killed by guns during the Terror than by the guillotine. (00:01:52)
    • more people were killed by guns during the terror than by the guillotine (comparison) — deaths during the Terror by guns vs by guillotine · in France · as of 1793-1794 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says the French military succeeded largely because in 1793 France instituted the first military draft, giving it far more soldiers than anyone else. (00:03:13)
    • 1793 (year) — year France instituted the first military draft · in France · as of 1793 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John says the military was the only institution people trusted, which is why they were initially pleased when General Napoleon Bonaparte seized power. (00:03:23)
  • 2010-11-11 · REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III — John calls the best quote on the French Revolution former Chinese president Zhou Enlai's answer, when asked in the 1960s about its impact, that it was too soon to say. (00:03:44)
    • the 1960s (decade) — when Zhou Enlai was asked about the impact of the French Revolution · in China · as of 2010-11-11 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — Hank defines a fricative as a sound made by bringing two parts of the mouth very close and blowing air through them (f, th, s, sh), among the most complicated things the mouth does. (00:00:19)
  • 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — Hank says tongue twisters are probably more mind twisters than tongue twisters: people reading them silently take longer than reading non-twisting sentences. — hedged: “probably” (00:01:00)
  • 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — Hank notes 'I slit the sheet' is entirely iambic, with almost every accent falling on a pseudophone. (00:02:00)
  • 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — Hank says tongue twisters are prevalent in every single language, including American Sign Language, which has 'finger fumblers'. (00:02:30)

Internet & YouTube (27)

  • 2010-01-29 · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank says the YouTube rentals are available only in America and a rented movie can be watched for 24 hours. (00:01:16)
    • 24 hours — viewing window of a YouTube movie rental · in United States · as of 2010-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank compares the $3.99 rental price with the $5.99 a month he pays Netflix for about five DVDs a month plus unlimited streaming. (00:01:52)
    • $3.99 (US dollars) — price of one YouTube movie rental · as of 2010-01 · no source named · unchecked
    • $5.99 a month (US dollars per month) — price of Hank's Netflix plan · as of 2010-01 · no source named · unchecked
    • about five (DVDs per month) — DVDs mailed on Hank's Netflix plan · as of 2010-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-01-29 · The iPad and Dolphin Murder — Hank says The Cove rental costs $3.99 and, he thinks, is available only in North America and only until this Sunday (31 January 2010), after which it will be on Netflix. — hedged: “I think” (00:02:56)
    • $3.99 (US dollars) — price of renting The Cove on YouTube · in North America · as of 2010-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — Hank cites Einstein writing to Harry S. Truman that World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones, and telling a friend his own mathematics difficulties are greater. (00:01:03)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank reports, as bad news, that Viacom has decided to stop showing The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on Hulu. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says 19 of the top 20 most subscribed YouTube channels make kinds of content that have no name because they did not exist five years earlier. (00:01:26)
    • 19 (channels) — number of top-20 most-subscribed YouTube channels making new kinds of content · for top 20 most subscribed channels on YouTube · in YouTube · as of 2010-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank says Google is getting better at it and has analytical access to the world's largest database of recorded spoken words: YouTube. (00:00:58)
  • 2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank says Google has talent, money and strong incentives: understanding speech would let it run contextual ads on videos, and contextual ads are how Google makes all its money. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank explains geocaching: people hide things and leave the GPS coordinates; others find the cache, swap items and sign the logbook. (00:00:31)
  • 2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank says the telecoms found that 85% of bandwidth is taken up by BitTorrent, and decided to throttle it since those users are breaking the law anyway. (00:01:27)
    • 85% (% of bandwidth) — share of internet bandwidth used by BitTorrent · as of 2010 · source: telecom companies (as Hank reports) · unchecked
  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank says May 17 is not really YouTube's fifth birthday: YouTube was created in February 2005, and May 17 is apparently being marked as the birth of the YouTube community. — hedged: “I guess” (00:00:00)
    • February of 2005 (date) — date YouTube was created · as of 2010-05-17 (implied: upload date) · source: Hank · unchecked
    • May 17th (date) — date YouTube marks as the birth of the YouTube community · as of 2010-05-17 · source: YouTube (as reported by Hank) · unchecked
  • 2010-05-21 · How to Make a Website in Four Minutes — Hank says anyone who follows his steps will have a website by the end of the day, with about three minutes of work and about $80. (00:00:00)
    • three minutes — hands-on work time to set up a website (domain, hosting, WordPress) · as of 2010-05 · source: Hank · unchecked
    • about $80 (USD) — cost to set up a website with domain and a year of hosting · as of 2010-05 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-05-21 · How to Make a Website in Four Minutes — Hank says AN Hosting quotes up to 24 hours to set up the account and link the domain, but it has never taken him longer than two hours. (00:01:27)
    • as long as 24 hours — maximum time for AN Hosting to set up a hosting account and link the domain · as of 2010-05 · source: AN Hosting (as reported by Hank) · unchecked
    • two hours — longest time AN Hosting account setup has taken in Hank's experience · as of 2010-05 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-06-04 · YouTube vs. Viacom The Battle Explained — In his description Hank concedes that YouTube knew copyrighted clips were being uploaded. (video description)
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John's description update corrects the example: Coulton had given Spike.com's predecessor permission to upload the video. (video description)
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John's description says Viacom-owned Spike.com has been placing ads against content that does not belong to it for years, Coulton's 'Flickr' among it. (video description)
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — John releases this video, like Coulton's 'Flickr', under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Creative Commons licence. (video description)
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — Coulton made his song video 'Flickr' from Creative Commons-licensed Flickr images and released it under a licence allowing sharing and remixing with attribution and no commercial use. (00:00:55)
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — Recapping Hank's video, John says Viacom is suing YouTube for a billion dollars, claiming YouTube grew on pirated content and made ad money from Viacom-owned content. (00:00:55)
    • a billion dollars (USD) — damages Viacom seeks from YouTube · as of 2010-06 · source: John, recapping Hank's video · unchecked
  • 2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — Following Hank's mention of Spike.com, John found Coulton's Flickr video there behind a cell-phone pre-roll, with ads for Mountain Dew, American Express and Guitar Hero alongside. (00:01:58)
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Recapping, Hank says Viacom is suing YouTube for profiting from Viacom-owned content and wants YouTube to manually approve every uploaded video. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Manual approval is a problem, Hank says, because about 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. (00:00:29)
    • 24 hours (hours of video per minute) — video uploaded to YouTube · for YouTube uploads · as of 2010-06 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Viacom says Spike.com is manually approved, yet most of its viral-category videos belong to independent creators who never let Viacom run them with 30-second pre-rolls and ads. (00:00:58)
    • a huge majority (share of videos) — viral-category videos on Spike.com owned by independent creators who did not give permission · in Spike.com · as of 2010-06 · source: Hank · unchecked
    • 30 second — length of the pre-roll ads on those Spike.com videos · in Spike.com · as of 2010-06 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — John says lemmings are tiny rodents living in the Arctic. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — John says White Wilderness's makers, finding no footage of lemming suicide, shipped lemmings across Canada and forced them to commit suicide. (00:01:18)
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — As examples of French Revolution trivia, John says a significant event happened in an indoor tennis court, and that Marie Antoinette's actual last words were 'Sir, I beg your pardon' after stepping on her executioner's foot. (00:02:16)
  • 2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — Hank supposes autocomplete works by finding what other people searched for that starts with the same letters, which he calls convenient-ish. — hedged: “I imagine” (00:00:15)

US politics & society (19)

  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Hank says the 98th birthday of Alan Turing, one of his favorite people though dead, is fast approaching. (00:00:00)
    • ninety-eighth (birthday (ordinal)) — Alan Turing's upcoming birthday anniversary · as of 2010-06 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — The description calls the Trevor Project the leading national organization for crisis and suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth, launching Be the Change during Pride Month. (video description)
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Hank's reasons Turing is a favorite: he was a colossal nerd, helped win World War II, and helped create the machine the viewer is watching on. (00:00:06)
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Turing not only built computers but programmed them to make codes for the English military and break the German military's codes. (00:00:20)
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — In the 1950s Turing went to court and a jury convicted him of being a homosexual; being gay was then illegal in England. (00:00:48)
    • 1950s (decade) — date of Turing's conviction for homosexuality / period when being gay was illegal in England · in England · as of 2010-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Oscar Wilde was convicted under the same law and sentenced to two years' hard labour for being a homosexual. (00:01:05)
    • two years (years of hard labour) — Oscar Wilde's sentence for homosexuality · in England · as of 2010-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Turing could choose two years in jail or hormonal treatment to decrease his libido; he chose the estrogen injections. (00:01:13)
    • two years (years in jail) — jail alternative offered to Turing after his conviction · in England · as of 2010-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — After his conviction Turing's security clearance was revoked, he was barred from the computers he had developed, his name was tarnished, and homosexuals were implied to be spies. (00:01:24)
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Soon after, in 1954, Turing injected an apple with cyanide and ate it. (00:01:34)
    • 1954 (year) — year of Alan Turing's death by a cyanide-injected apple · as of 2010-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-14 · Be The Change - vlogbrothers — Hank says Turing did everything a person can to win his nation's support, saving thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of British soldiers' lives and creating world-changing machines. — hedged: “possibly” (00:01:40)
    • thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands (lives) — British soldiers' lives saved by Turing's work · for British soldiers · as of 2010-06-14 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John reports an opinion poll last week (week of 9 August 2010) found more than 20% of Americans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. (00:00:01)
    • more than 20% (percent) — share of Americans who believe Barack Obama is a Muslim · for Americans · in United States · as of 2010-08 (last week) · source: an opinion poll · unchecked
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John explains the Five Pillars of Islam are its most central facets of belief and practice; the first, the Shahada, is reciting and believing there is no deity but God and Muhammad is his prophet. (00:00:21)
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John says observant Muslims pray at least five times a day: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and night. (00:00:41)
    • at least five times a day (times per day) — number of daily prayers of observant Muslims · for observant Muslims · as of 2010-08-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John says zakat is almsgiving: Muslims are required to give 2.5% of their wealth every year to the poor. (00:01:20)
    • 2.5% (percent of wealth per year) — zakat obligation · for Muslims · as of 2010-08-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John says Muslims do not eat or drink from dawn to dusk in Ramadan, which began August 11 this year (2010); on August 17 Obama was photographed ordering and eating lunch, and he eats in daytime nearly every day. (00:01:40)
    • August 11th (date) — start date of Ramadan · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • August 17th (date) — date Obama was photographed ordering and eating lunch during Ramadan · as of 2010-08-17 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! — John says able Muslims must make the hajj to Mecca once; Obama hasn't and likely never will, since the Saudi government bars non-Muslims from Mecca. — hedged: “unlikely” (00:02:03)
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John says the astonishing thing is that even all the Democratic leadership's tax increases plus all the Republican leadership's spending cuts would still leave a huge deficit. (00:00:59)
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John says the vast majority of the federal budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Defense; 'other' is mostly other mandatory programs, chiefly unemployment insurance. (00:00:59)
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John repeats his argument that pennies are stupid, cost hundreds of millions of dollars a year and should go, but says abolishing them would not solve the coming deficit crisis. (00:01:57)
    • hundreds of millions of dollars (US dollars per year) — annual cost of the penny to the United States · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked

Global development (18)

  • 2010-02-03 · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, the Harry Potter community and the Nerdfighter community have together raised $86,000, enough to charter two cargo planes of aid to Haiti. (00:02:15)
    • $86,000 (US dollars) — amount raised for Haiti · for Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter community and Nerdfighter community · in Haiti · as of 2010-02-04 · no source named · unchecked
    • two (cargo planes) — number of aid cargo planes the amount raised can charter · in Haiti · as of 2010-02-04 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's posted script adds that human lifespan has increased by over 35 years in the last 100 years, from an average of only 45 years. (video description)
    • over 35 years — increase in human lifespan · for humans · as of over the last 100 years (resolved: 1910–2010, from the date said in the video 2010-09-17) · no source named · unchecked
    • 45 years — average human lifespan · for humans · as of 100 years ago (resolved: c. 1910, from the date said in the video 2010-09-17) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's posted script says average lifespan is now almost 80 and rising every year; at that rate a child born in 2008 would live to 98 on average. (video description)
    • almost 80 (years) — average human lifespan · for humans · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 98 years — projected average lifespan · for children born in 2008 · as of at the current rate of increase · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's script says smallpox once killed millions of people a year and has now been completely eradicated. (video description)
    • millions (deaths) — smallpox deaths per year · in the world · as of once, per year · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's script says the Red Cross collects 15 million unpaid blood donations a year, because people just like helping other people. (video description)
    • 15 million (donations) — blood donations collected by the Red Cross · as of per year · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's script says that over the same period as the bald eagle's recovery, whooping cranes came back from 50 birds in the whole world to over 500. (video description)
    • 50 (birds) — whooping cranes in the world · for whooping cranes · in the world · as of 1970 · no source named · unchecked
    • over 500 (birds) — whooping cranes in the world · for whooping cranes · in the world · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank's script gives the violent-crime figures as a 5% drop between 2007 and 2008 and a fall every year since 1993, not since 1970 as said on the call. (video description)
    • 5% (percent) — one-year decline in violent crime rate · as of 2007 to 2008 · no source named · unchecked
    • dropping consistently every year — violent crime rate (trend) · as of since 1993 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says Montana is one of twelve states where a phone call cannot be recorded unless all parties agree, so viewers only hear his side. (00:00:42)
    • twelve (states) — number of US states requiring all-party consent to record a phone call · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank tells a stranger that teen smoking, teen pregnancy and teen drug use have all declined significantly since the late 1990s. (00:00:59)
    • declined significantly — teen smoking rate (trend) · for teens · as of since the late 1990s · no source named · unchecked
    • declined significantly — teen pregnancy rate (trend) · for teens · as of since the late 1990s · no source named · unchecked
    • declined significantly — teen drug use rate (trend) · for teens · as of since the late 1990s · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says cancer rates are falling significantly year over year, not only because lung cancer is falling but also thanks to screening for precancerous lesions and the HPV vaccine. (00:01:17)
    • decreasing significantly — cancer rate (trend) · as of year-over-year · no source named · unchecked
    • decreasing — lung cancer rate (trend) · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says global poverty rates have dropped 30 percent since 1990 and are on track to drop another 10 percent before 2015. (00:01:48)
    • 30 percent — decline in global poverty rate · in the world · as of since 1990 · no source named · unchecked
    • 10 percent — projected further decline in global poverty rate · in the world · as of before 2015 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says divorce rates are much lower than people assume: 80 percent of people married in the 1980s are still married. (00:02:02)
    • Eighty percent — share of marriages still intact · for people who married in the 1980s · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says there were only 400 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the 1970s, but since the Endangered Species Act there are over 10,000. (00:02:13)
    • four hundred (breeding pairs) — bald eagle breeding pairs · for bald eagles · as of the nineteen seventies · no source named · unchecked
    • over 10,000 (breeding pairs) — bald eagle breeding pairs · for bald eagles · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says violent crime rates have dropped every year since 1970, and by 5 percent between 2008 and 2009 alone. (00:02:29)
    • dropped every year — violent crime rate (trend) · as of since 1970 · no source named · unchecked
    • 5 percent — one-year decline in violent crime rate · as of 2008 to 2009 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John says everyone knows making pasta is far more energy-efficient than making beef, even if the pasta is imported from Italy. (00:02:13)
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says YouTube's help let P4A change the YouTube logo, get 40 front-page video features and work with a team of YouTube employees on a fancy live show. (00:02:04)
    • 40 (front-page video features) — number of YouTube front-page features of P4A videos · for Project for Awesome 2010 videos · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank calls P4A 2010 the most successful ever: 600,000 comments on over 3,000 videos with a total running time over 40 hours and over 10 million views. (00:02:17)
    • 600,000 (comments) — comments on Project for Awesome videos · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • over 3,000 (videos) — number of Project for Awesome videos · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • over 40 hours — total running time of Project for Awesome videos · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • over 10 million (views) — total views of Project for Awesome videos · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says earlier P4As were about raising awareness through videos, but this year (2010) also raised money: over $100,000 in small donations and over $130,000 in total. (00:02:29)
    • over $100,000 (US dollars) — money raised in small donations · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • over $130,000 (US dollars) — total money raised · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked

Economics (17)

  • 2010-02-08 · Hypocrisy: All They Want is Money — Hank says Rage Against the Machine got a profanity-laden 1992 song to the top of the UK Christmas charts, beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry by about 50,000 units through an online campaign. (00:00:29)
    • 50,000 (units) — sales margin of Rage Against the Machine's song over Joe McElderry's in the UK Christmas chart · in United Kingdom · as of 2009 Christmas · no source named · unchecked
    • 1992 (year) — release year of the Rage Against the Machine song · as of 2010-02-08 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-02-08 · Hypocrisy: All They Want is Money — Hank says both acts' music is owned by Sony Music, through Sony BMG (McElderry's label) and Epic Records (Rage Against the Machine's), so Sony won the chart battle either way. (00:00:43)
  • 2010-02-08 · Hypocrisy: All They Want is Money — Hank says Kraft promotes meatless meals through Boca Burger while selling hot dogs and steak sauce, and until recently was owned by Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes. (00:02:32)
  • 2010-02-08 · Hypocrisy: All They Want is Money — Hank says Unilever sells Slim-Fast for weight loss while owning about twelve ice cream companies, including Breyers, Klondike Bar, Good Humor and Ben & Jerry's. (00:02:58)
    • twelve (companies) — number of ice cream companies owned by Unilever · as of 2010-02-08 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-30 · The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes — John says that in 1945 US debt was over 100% of GDP and the deficit over 20% of GDP, yet this immediately preceded the largest economic expansion in US history. (00:00:59)
    • more than a hundred percent (% of GDP) — US government debt as share of GDP · in United States · as of 1945 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than twenty percent (% of GDP) — US federal deficit as share of GDP · in United States · as of 1945 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-04-30 · The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes — Against those blaming wasteful spending, John says the US isn't close to a balanced budget: it would have to eliminate both its two biggest expenses, Social Security and defense, to come close. (00:02:36)
    • both its two biggest expenses (budget items) — US federal spending cuts needed to approach a balanced budget · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — In the description John updates his figures as out of date: in 2009 it cost 1.6 cents to make a penny and 6.1 cents to make a nickel. (video description)
    • 1.6 cents (US cents) — cost to produce one US penny · in United States · as of 2009 · no source named · unchecked
    • 6.1 cents (US cents) — cost to produce one US nickel · in United States · as of 2009 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — In the same update John says the US Mint lost $22 million on penny and nickel production in 2009, not the $70 million it lost in 2008, because the recession had made zinc and nickel cheaper. (video description)
    • 22 million (USD) — US Mint loss on penny and nickel production in 2009 · in United States · as of 2009 · source: John · unchecked
    • 70 million (USD) — US Mint loss on penny and nickel production in 2008 · in United States · as of 2008 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says his inflation calculations came from the CPI inflation calculator, and points to a Washington Post article and a Consumer Affairs article for the opportunity-cost and lost-productivity figures. (video description)
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says that because of inflation a 1972 penny was worth what a nickel is today, yet the 1972 economy worked fine without a coin worth a fifth of today's penny. (00:00:31)
    • what a nickel is worth today (USD) — value of a 1972 US penny in 2010 money · in United States · as of 1972 vs 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • one-fifth of a penny (USD) — value of a 2010 penny in 1972 money · in United States · as of 1972 vs 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says it costs the US Mint 1.7 cents to make a penny, so every year $70 million of federal tax money subsidizes the penny. (00:00:45)
    • 1.7 cents (US cents) — cost to produce one US penny · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · doubtful
    • 70 million dollars (USD per year) — annual federal cost of subsidizing the penny · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — Invoking opportunity cost and several studies, John says time Americans spend fiddling with pennies costs up to a billion dollars a year in lost productivity. (00:01:11)
    • as much as a billion dollars a year (USD per year) — productivity cost of time Americans spend handling pennies · for Americans · in United States · as of 2010 · source: several studies · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says there is no legitimate argument for the penny: many studies show dropping it wouldn't raise prices or cut charitable contributions. (00:01:34)
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says the only institution that benefits from the penny is Jarden Zinc Products, a company in Greeneville, Tennessee. (00:01:42)
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says a nickel, worth five cents, takes more than nine cents to produce, as if a bank paid nine cents for every nickel. (00:02:18)
    • more than nine cents (US cents) — cost to produce one US nickel · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · doubtful
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — John says the three-coin system would save billions of dollars a year, enough to pay for many of the job-creation programs politicians fight about. (00:02:42)
    • billions of dollars annually (USD per year) — savings from dropping pennies and nickels · in United States · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — Second, John says coinage reform isn't partisan: about half its major advocates in the last ten years were Republicans and half Democrats, so it fires up no base. (00:03:10)
    • about half (share) — major advocates for coinage reform who were Republicans · in United States · as of 2000-2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • about half (share) — major advocates for coinage reform who were Democrats · in United States · as of 2000-2010 · no source named · unchecked

Personal life (17)

  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank says greyhounds, because they spend their early lives as working dogs, are never called by name, so the dog has no name and comes to adorable noises. (00:01:08)
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank says greyhounds are bred specifically to chase fluffy things, so they tend to focus on them, and he doesn't want the dog focused on Cameo's tail. (00:02:08)
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John says Amanda Bynes tweeted that she hates being misquoted, then less than 24 hours later tweeted a line attributed to Albert Einstein, which he calls a misquotation. (00:00:46)
    • less than 24 hours — time between Amanda Bynes's tweet against being misquoted and her Einstein-attributed tweet · as of 2010-02 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank says that with so many eggs some come out abnormal and shows a tiny egg, a gigantic egg and a double yolk, which he calls pretty rare and delicious. (00:02:20)
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank says he learned that 80-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be on Dancing with the Stars. (00:02:20)
    • 80-year-old — age of Buzz Aldrin · as of 2010-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says hockey is proportionally a much bigger deal in Canada than the Super Bowl in America: around 80% of Canadians watched the final Olympic hockey game. (00:01:57)
    • around 80% (percent of population) — share of the population watching the final Olympic hockey game · for population of Canada · in Canada · as of 2010-02 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says five planes full of aid supplies are already on their way to help Haiti heal. (00:03:11)
    • five (planes) — planes of aid supplies sent · for Helping Haiti Heal campaign · in Haiti · as of 2010-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John recalls that in 2003 some members of the US Congress, angry that France saw no link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda, renamed French fries and French toast 'Freedom' in the congressional cafeteria. (00:00:58)
    • 2003 (year) — year members of the US Congress renamed French fries 'Freedom Fries' in the congressional cafeteria · in United States · as of 2003 · source: John · unchecked
  • 2010-08-04 · Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! — Hank says bison look docile, slow and peaceful but can run as fast as a horse and are extremely aggressive. (00:02:32)
  • 2010-08-04 · Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! — Hank calls the bison a very beautiful, amazing animal that humans almost drove into extinction through ignorance. (00:03:02)
  • 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John says Edinburgh's 'Folly' got its name because builders tried to replicate the Parthenon but ran out of money. (00:02:44)
  • 2010-09-11 · Giant Baby Attack — John says they both have thousands of outstanding Facebook friend requests because Facebook allows only 5,000 friends. (00:01:52)
    • 5,000 (friends) — maximum number of friends on a Facebook profile · for Facebook users · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John says Waupaca is a city of 6,000 people with three independent bookstores. (00:00:37)
    • six thousand (people) — population · in Waupaca, Wisconsin · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • three (bookstores) — number of independent bookstores · in Waupaca, Wisconsin · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Seeing the sunrise from 36,000 feet, John reflects that until a century ago no one in human history had ever seen that. (00:00:32)
    • 36,000 feet — altitude from which John saw the sunrise · in flight to Munich · as of 2010-11 · no source named · unchecked
    • a century ago (years) — time since humans first saw a sunrise from flight altitude · for humans · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — John says urns in St. Stephen's catacombs hold the pickled innards of various Habsburgs, including Franz Joseph I. (00:01:53)
  • 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — John says more than 11,000 people are buried beneath St. Stephen's square, and when the catacombs filled, prisoners stacked the bones to free up space. (00:02:23)
    • more than 11,000 (people) — people buried beneath St. Stephen's square · for the dead · in Vienna · as of 2010-11-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — John says Vienna buried its dead in the catacombs for 400 years but stopped in 1783 because the stench kept people from going to church. (00:02:23)
    • 400 years — duration of burials in the St. Stephen's catacombs · in Vienna · as of 2010-11-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1783 (year) — year burials in the St. Stephen's catacombs ended · in Vienna · as of 2010-11-24 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Health (14)

  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says lightning-strike survivors often have memory, balance and motor-control problems and are much more likely than average to commit suicide. (00:00:19)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says being struck by lightning makes you much more likely to be struck again; Roy Sullivan was struck seven times. (00:00:34)
    • 7 (times) — number of times Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning · as of 2010-03-22 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says pica, common in children and pregnant women, makes people want to eat non-food: nails, dirt, coal, sand, even hair stolen from beauty salons. (00:00:53)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says Nintendinitis is any repetitive stress injury caused by video gaming, and jogger's nipple is fissures from tight shirts rubbing joggers' nipples. (00:01:09)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says some people's skin is blue or red; lots of silver in the diet, from water or silver-related pica, turns skin blue. (00:01:31)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says toxoplasma is a parasite living in cat poop; women with toxoplasmosis are statistically happier, while men suffer more negative effects. (00:01:50)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says people with congenital analgesia, who cannot feel pain, generally die young because they don't know when they are injured; children bite through lips or damage their eyes. (00:02:10)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says nutmeg in large enough quantities causes nutmeg psychosis: paranoia, hallucinations and feelings of impending doom. (00:02:32)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says people with trimethylaminuria lack the enzyme to break down trimethylamine, so their breath, sweat and pee smell like rotting fish. (00:02:42)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says people with Ondine's curse, officially primary alveolar hypoventilation, literally die if they fall asleep; it is congenital or follows serious trauma. (00:03:05)
  • 2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says the name comes from the myth of Ondine, in his telling a man in Greek mythology who cheated on a water nymph and was cursed to forget to breathe in sleep. (00:03:28)
  • 2010-04-12 · On the Separation of Conjoined Twins — John says Chang and Eng, two men from Thailand and the original Siamese twins, were the most famous conjoined twins in American history; they became successful circus performers, bought a plantation, married and had children. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-04-12 · On the Separation of Conjoined Twins — John says one of Chang and Eng was an alcoholic and the other was not, even though they shared blood. (00:01:27)
  • 2010-04-12 · On the Separation of Conjoined Twins — John says that even in the 19th century Chang and Eng could possibly have been separated by a surgeon, but they did not want to be, since conjoinedness has advantages too. — hedged: “possibly” (00:01:52)
    • even in the 19th century — feasibility of surgically separating Chang and Eng · for Chang and Eng · as of 19th century · no source named · unchecked

Nerdfighteria (8)

  • 2010-01-06 · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank reports that, after Reese's and Dove peanut butter cups, the Lindor Peanut Butter Truffles came out highest at 5.9 calories per gram, and cost more. (00:02:25)
    • 5.9 (calories per gram) — energy density · for Lindor Peanut Butter Truffles · as of 2010-01 · source: Hank and Katherine's calculation in the Target candy aisle · unchecked
  • 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John cites a 2008 study (linked in the sidebar) that he says shows using a hand dryer after washing leaves far more bacteria on your hands than not washing at all. (00:00:29)
    • way more bacteria on your hands than if you just don't wash them at all — bacteria on hands after hand-dryer use vs no washing · for people using hand dryers · as of 2008 · source: a 2008 study about hand dryers · doubtful
  • 2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker likes to say YouTube is for squirrels on trampolines and that advertisers don't want ads next to cats on skateboards. (00:01:43)
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — The prize would let the HPA continue getting books to kids from the Mississippi Delta to Rwanda and grow its human-rights advocacy. (00:02:31)
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank reports that BP has capped the broken well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, ending the outpouring of millions of gallons of oil. (00:01:49)
    • millions of gallons — oil released from the broken well · in Gulf of Mexico · as of 2010-07 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John says that with Esther the Nerdfighter community came together and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. (00:01:02)
    • $250,000 (USD) — money the Harry Potter Alliance won with Nerdfighter help · as of 2010-08-27 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-01 · Supernote and Charlie's Birthday — Hank reports that a planet that may have liquid water and could easily support life has been found 20 light years away, which he finds very exciting. — hedged: “may” (00:02:54)
    • 20 (light years) — distance from Earth to the newly found planet · as of 2010-10-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. — hedged: “probably” (00:00:31)
    • more than 3,000 (videos) — P4A videos made · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010-12 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than 135,000 (US dollars) — money raised (confirmed) · for Project for Awesome 2010 · as of 2010-12 · no source named · unchecked

Philosophy & meaning (8)

  • 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank says Felix Baumgartner will soon try to break the sound barrier skydiving from a helium balloon 23 miles up, where thin air won't slow him. (00:01:14)
    • 23 (miles) — altitude of Felix Baumgartner's planned balloon jump · as of 2010-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John says people traditionally give much more to fight diseases their friends and family get than to fight the biggest public-health threats. (00:01:35)
  • 2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John says cholera is a bigger public-health crisis than breast cancer, killing more people and younger ones. (00:02:04)
  • 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — John says, unsure and admitting he's not good at science, that in about six billion years the Earth will fall into the sun. — hedged: “or whatever” (00:00:27)
    • about six billion (years) — time until the Earth falls into the Sun · in Earth · as of 2010-06-21 (implied: date said in the video) · source: Orlando Science Center planetarium (as remembered) · doubtful
  • 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — Truth or Fail option one, one of two purported facts: the US goal against England in the 1950 World Cup 'Miracle on Grass' was scored not by an American but by a Haitian. — explicitly uncertain (00:02:57)
    • 1950 (year) — year of the World Cup match in which the US beat England (Miracle on Grass) · as of 2010-06-21 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — Truth or Fail option two: the term 'soccer' derives from early football players often playing in their socks rather than cleats. — explicitly uncertain (00:03:08)
  • 2010-06-23 · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Hank reports that the United States is moving on to the next round of the World Cup. (00:00:35)
  • 2010-06-23 · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Hank reports another wonderful win today: YouTube won its lawsuit against Viacom, which he celebrates like a goal. (00:01:05)

Books & writing (7)

  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: She says that if the rumors are true, Apple is announcing its tablet today. — hedged: “if all the rumors are true” (00:01:53)
  • 2010-01-28 · RIP JD Salinger — The description says Salinger died today at the age of 91. (video description)
    • 91 (years) — age at death · for J. D. Salinger · as of 2010-01-28 ('today') · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says an agent represents you in publishing; almost every author has one because editors usually read nothing unsolicited, only what comes from agents. (00:01:03)
  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says the agent handles contracts, sends out submissions and takes care of the business side so the writer can stay home and write. (00:01:03)
  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — Maureen Johnson: Maureen relays that her agent received 3,500 query letters last year (2009) and took two clients from them. (00:01:32)
    • 3,500 (query letters) — query letters received by Maureen's agent in a year · as of last year (2009) · source: Maureen's agent · unchecked
    • two (clients) — clients taken on from those query letters · as of last year (2009) · source: Maureen's agent · unchecked
  • 2010-06-25 · Book Nerd PARADISE — John says the conference lets you hang out with about 30,000 librarians. — hedged: “like” (00:00:00)
    • like 30,000 (librarians) — attendance of librarians at the conference · for librarians · in Washington, D.C. · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John says the children's literature festival is held at a castle first built in the 15th century, now the world's largest international children's literature library. (00:01:56)
    • 15th century — date the castle housing the festival was first built · in Munich · as of 2010-07 · source: John · unchecked
    • the largest (rank) — size rank among international children's literature libraries · for international children's literature libraries · in the world · as of 2010-07 · source: John · unchecked

Everyday life (6)

  • 2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — In the description John qualifies his stalking advice: some experts argue restraining orders are ineffective or even counterproductive, but experts agree on an unambiguous no, then no further contact. (video description)
  • 2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — John says the puzzle is spelled Rubik's Cube, not 'Rubix': it belongs to Ernő Rubik, the Hungarian architecture professor who invented it. (00:01:57)
  • 2010-08-10 · JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! — Hank reports a study published that day finding that young girls are hitting puberty earlier, or at least developing breasts earlier. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-08-10 · JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! — Hank reports Wyclef Jean is running for president of Haiti, with his supposed strength being that he is not a politician and doesn't know Haitian politics. — hedged: “apparently” (00:00:29)
  • 2010-08-10 · JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! — Hank says it would be nice if Wyclef Jean spoke French, which he calls the language Haitians speak, asking how one can run a country without talking to people. (00:00:58)
  • 2010-09-24 · Dumping My Girlfriend — Correcting Hank's lexical-gap examples, John says that it turns out Romanian does have a word for people who aren't virgins. (00:00:16)

Pop culture (5)

  • 2010-06-16 · In Defense of Contemporary Art — Andrea Zittel's Indianapolis Island is tiny, barely tall enough to stand in, yet two people are living on it all summer, with a garden extending into the water. (00:00:29)
    • Two (people) — residents living on Indianapolis Island over the summer · in 100 Acres, Indianapolis · as of 2010-06 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-16 · In Defense of Contemporary Art — Eden 2 is a 50-foot refugee ship by artist Tea Makipaa, maker of TV for chickens; John finds the dislocated ship on an Indianapolis lake awesome. (00:00:29)
    • 50-foot (feet) — length of the Eden 2 refugee-ship artwork · in 100 Acres, Indianapolis · as of 2010-06-16 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-06-16 · In Defense of Contemporary Art — Sarah Urist Green: Sarah says a green, TARDIS-like structure is a temporary intervention into the landscape, there for only a few days, meant to remind us of our humanity. (00:01:10)
  • 2010-06-16 · In Defense of Contemporary Art — Sarah Urist Green: A project by the artist collective Type A has two rings that cast a single shadow exactly one day a year, at the summer solstice. (00:01:10)
    • one day a year (days per year) — days on which Type A's two rings cast a single shadow (the summer solstice) · in 100 Acres, Indianapolis · as of 2010-06-16 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2010-10-25 · Rocky Horror + Glee = ? — Hank says Rocky Horror has had the longest theatrical release of any movie, so this terrible movie is in one respect the most successful movie of all time. (00:00:58)
    • the longest theatrical release of any movie of all time — length of theatrical release (film) · for all movies · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked

Projects (5)

  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. (00:00:52)
    • 1,227 (people) — paid VidCon registrations · for VidCon 2010 attendees · as of 2010-07-02 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — 93 speakers and performers will appear at VidCon, and 24 YouTube employees bought tickets. (00:01:21)
    • 93 (speakers and performers) — speakers and performers at VidCon · for VidCon 2010 · as of 2010-07-02 · source: Hank · unchecked
    • 24 (YouTube employees) — YouTube employees who bought VidCon tickets · for YouTube employees · as of 2010-07-02 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — The hotel wanted to charge $40,000 for wireless internet, which is why VidCon will have no wifi. (00:01:50)
    • 40,000 (dollars) — price the VidCon hotel asked for wireless internet · as of 2010 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Flip is donating 30 VidCon-branded Flip cameras as prizes, and organizers bought 37 bulk boxes of granola bars for tote-bag snacks. (00:01:50)
    • 30 (cameras) — VidCon-branded Flip cameras donated as prizes · as of 2010 · source: Hank · unchecked
    • 37 (bulk boxes) — boxes of granola bars bought for tote bags · as of 2010 · source: Hank · unchecked
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Organizers bought 15,000 playpen balls for a real ball pit at VidCon. (00:02:20)
    • 15,000 (playpen balls) — playpen balls bought for the VidCon ball pit · as of 2010 · source: Hank · unchecked

World affairs (1)

  • 2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John says that for the first 17 days after the mine collapse the miners lived 2,000 feet underground on two days' worth of rations, not knowing anyone would come. (00:02:23)
    • 17 days — time the trapped miners went without contact after the mine collapse · in Chile · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 2,000 feet — depth at which the trapped miners lived · in Chile · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • two days worth (days of rations) — food rations available to the trapped miners · in Chile · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked