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  1. wait... does the name of the café change to correlate with all the books they talk about? I would go check but I will just assume yes bc its more fun like that
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  2. So wait, did the Kiners just up and learn how to play Kora over a long weekend, or do they just like, put an ad on craigslist with the money you pay them?
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  3. Great bit of music, just shows the tense buildup for Japan going from industrialized nation to militarized empire, up to its most fateful decision.
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  4. Oof fire this animator
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  5. Me: Coming back from a 12 hour shift Extra Credits: “Is drinking a sin?” Me, Heavily drinking after work: “ABSOLUTELY NOT Belch THATS HERETIC TALK!”
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  6. “Apparently, the Concord library has condemned Huck as ‘trash and only suitable for the slums.’ This will sell us another twenty-five thousand copies for sure!” - Mark Twain
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  7. James and Dan, have explained this before in a Q&A. The answer is : "a mix of both". Most of the time "me" means the writer (which in EC is usually James, and in this series i believe is Soraya). But Dan also reviews and edit each script before recording, and he would make slight adjustments on format and style to it, and so, it also reflects "his thinking". TL;DR: ME refers to "Character Dan" regardless of who wrote the script.
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  8. Investors in the 1600s: Tulips are nice and pretty Investors in 2022: meem
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  9. This episode had the most beautiful artwork to date in any of your videos! Huge props to the artists!
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  10. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you for covering company towns! Ever since Hardspace Shipbreaker came out I've wanted extra credits to cover this horrible topic. Growing up in Pennsylvania where the coal mining and steel industry were huge we were taught all about this topic, bur sadly most of the rest of the US, much less the world, know not just the hopelessness of the people, but the horrors and how very very recent this all is.
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  11. Latin America and the Phillipines had a completely opposite history with Christmas, it's not just one day; its a whole season of festivities. In Mexico it begins since Advent with "Las Posadas" and then comes Nochebuena or "Good Night" (Christmas Eve), then a less formal Thanksgiving like party on Christmas Day. Then more revelry in New Years (in Mexico they follow the Spanish custom of eating 13 grapes, each for each month of the year plus one, at midnight) and also cider is preferred in many homes to Champagne. Then comes the "Rosca de Reyes" or fruit glazed round cake and then the children get their presents. And last on Candlemass (La Candelaria) you feast on Tamales of all flavors, colors and sizes and then finally its over.
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  12. For a moment I thought James had written a book. Btw, James, you should totally write a book, and I will totally buy it.
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  13. The Napoleon of Italy he deserved his own movie or better his own series, like how HBO Rome is based on Juilus Caescar ❤
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  14. Guys, you've been covering Garibaldi's life better than how my high school textbook in Italy did.
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  15. Man,the Romans were the greatest hypocrites of antiquity. They saw someone doing the exact same thing only with more local resources and they were like: Barbarian!
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  16. WALPOLE MOMENT!!! Did you know that the HMS Walpole was part of the D-Day invasion? WALPOLE WAS RIGHT THERE... -JP
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  17. I like bean-ally and bean-rob desperately running after the little animated car with Zoey and the child in it.
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  18. Wish you had mentioned Elizabeth Farrell, the woman who carried the surrender to the British. She was photoshopped out of the photo of the surrender. Also a nod to Margaret Skinnider who fought in the rising and was wounded in the fighting would be nice too. Otherwise a solid episode.
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  19. These intros are genuinely amazing, great job y’all! Watching this series with a Buddhist friend of mine rn.
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  20. The university made all of the human factors majors read this book, and through them I found this book. It's crazy how accurately he predicted technology. I also like that Hiro and YT are absolutely not hooked up at the end even though they are set up as the main man and woman in the story.
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  21. Japanese mythology PLEASE.
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  22. This has to be the first time an episode of the series covers a book that I actually have read. Because I read this book several years ago to prepare myself for the movie. Though I never did see it, I’m glad I read the book anyway.
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  23. 5:17 I really appreciate that you include the people not really mentioned, not only is it more accurate but also puts things to perspective
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  24. Your talk about third-party candidates makes me wonder...how do these rules work outside of the USA? Not just "how do small parties affect elections when there aren't just two serious parties," but "how many of these things are true in foreigh countries, and how true are they?"
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  25. Yayyy, Dutch history!!!! As a Dutch person myself I am absolutely stoked!!
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  26. Fun Fact: Sitting Bull's headdress is on display at Royal Ontario Museum in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture. I've seen it with my own eyes. 🧐
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  27. I know Medici where not without spilled blood, but attack during mass is real low blow. (And shows how messed up renaissance Italy was since this wasn’t even the first time. And how corrupt catholic church was when a mercenary is more afraid to sacrilege than two priests.) Why were people allowed to carry weapons in a church? Weren’t those supposed to be left into a designated space?
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  28. A new Extra Credits video! I'm all Set to Bast in its glory
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  29. Trojan Malware inspiration
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  30. The animation has gotten better and better with each video. Kudos to you Extra History!
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  31. Don't forget to mention how bad poetry came about, when Odin accidentally pooped out some of that poetry juice in eagle form while running (or I guess flying) away from giants. (Well, according to Neil Gaiman at least. But I like that version the best!)
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  32. Anyone else getting a serious Gracchi brothers vibe?
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  33. I pray we don't return to a time of gun slinging in the streets as normal 😢
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  34. Thank you all at the extra credits team. These videos are amazing to use in the classroom for my world history class. My sophomores live them with their narratives and fun artwork. I like them for the diverse range of topics you cover.... many of which add to my curriculum. Keep up the great work!
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  35. It's ridiculous that the Flu Pandemic of 1918 isn't better known. I guess people focus more on WWI, Prohibition, The Great Depression, then WWII in that period, but it killed 3-5% of the world population. Not just infect that many, but killed them. This flu had a mortality rate of 10-20%, whereas usual flu epidemics are closer to 0.1%. Not only that, but unlike most lethal diseases, it was more deadly to young adults than the very old or very young who normally get hit worse by such diseases. The severity of the pandemic was censored in the media because of WWI (don't want to show your enemy weakness or hurt moral). Spain, being neutral, didn't censor it, leading people to think they were hit hardest, leading to the disease being called "Spanish Flu."
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  36. "Poderoso caballero es Don Dinero."
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  37. Extra Sci Fi: Literature for those who don't like literature.
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  38. What makes this awesome, is that in my history class we are right now learning about the Civil War and this video suddenly came up in my recommendation. Thanks for teaching me, what I needed to know.
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  39. Yes! Ray Bradbury! Will you, by any chance, be covering Fahrenheit 451? Also, congratulations to David! This series' art has been absolutely astonishing so far, full of character and emotion!
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  40. "Capitalism is a dirty business." - GTA IV
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  41. Yes Extra History time!!! Lets gooo :_ExtraEmojiWalpole:
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  42. I like the format you went with, but I think update videos would fare better on a quarterly basis than a monthly one. Rather than previewing upcoming videos, this would allow you to talk about more general plans and ideas that are not yet finalized to gauge which ideas are strong or weak based on community reactions.
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  43. This is why I like this channel. I get to learn new and amazing things that even as a history buff I have never learned. This is how I relax with high school finals coming up. Thank you Matt and the extra history team!
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  44. I love how to Dan every journalist is just perpetually screaming "WHAT A SCOOP!" in 1930s talkies voice. Also, is it really that common and well known for different groups to just hand money to major political parties and go "so hey uh we friends now right? AGGRESIVE WINKING "
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  45. More Norse mythology
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  46. Imagine having to watch this a day later, couldn't be me.
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  47. I like how most of this is basically about how scary Genghis Khan was and how much of it was just people being scared. P.S. Someone let Jac know their boots & gloves are really cool.
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  48. You have to remember, at the time the US military academy at West Point was rapidly becoming like the British Army where rich and powerful individuals put their sons there to earn a officers commission for the sake of maintaining prestige and power. Discipline was before Thayer was not the order of the day per se. Rather they would try their hardest to ensure everyone graduated and the parents would be in the commandant's debt. It was a semi corrupt system that produce semi effective officers.
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  49. I love how you transcend classical literature into modern scifi principles
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  50. His soul goes marching on. Glory glory hallelujah.
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