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history of the entire world, i guess

bill wurtz · 185.6M views · 2017-05-10 · 19:26

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Overview

A fast, absurdist 19-minute animated run through the history of the whole world, narrated and scored by Bill Wurtz in his distinctive style. It compresses millennia of events into jokes, songs and quick visuals.

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HN commenters list it among favorite long-form, info-dense YouTube videos and as a representative piece of Wurtz's quirky creativity.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

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purgedreality · 2024-10 · Recommendation

Journey to the End of Time - [LINK] Veritasium on Thermite reaction - [LINK] Problems of a Shared Office - [LINK] History of the entire world, I guess - [VIDEO] Colin Furze Underground Activities - [LINK] Future of Reasoning - [LINK] Sex in Trek - [LINK]

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Isinlor · 2021-12 · Recommendation

Everything from 3 blue 1 brown: [LINK] Visualization of Quantum Physics (Quantum Mechanics): [LINK] history of the entire world, i guess: [VIDEO] TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K): [LINK] Humanity was born way ahead of its time. The reason is grabby aliens. and Grabby aliens: when we'll meet them, how big they are, and other predictions [LINK] [LINK] Everyday Astronaut videos (he has 90 min documentary on Soviet rocket engine): [LINK] Cool Worlds - a lot of 25-35 min very nice astronomy explanations: [LINK] 'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss: [LINK]

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IanCal · 2018-06 · Recommendation

smartereveryday I love (particularly the enthusiasm), numberphile too. Anything (not a channel name, just anything) by Tom Scott, his recent gameshow has been pretty good as it's like Only Connect but I've got a better chance of answering the questions. Huge backlog of things too and as he's got more popular he's got more access to interesting places and things. Just seems like a genuinely nice guy explaining things he finds interesting. Probably worth starting with "things you might not know" or "amazing places". CollegeHumor - can be hit and miss but the ratio is good enough for me. They did a series of a gameshow called "Umm actually" which was great. Gus Johnson - never quite sure where I am on things going too far on these but it keeps me laughing and coming back. exurb1a ClarkeAndDawe - teaching me about Australian politics, one fake interview at a time. What got me into it: [LINK] Bill Wurtz - Ranging from absurd 5 second clips to, well, this: [VIDEO] CasuallyExplained

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