Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "Blue's Dumb History Tales" video.

  1. Why is Walpole so famous?
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  2.  @Magmafrost13 : Ah, so a bit like that "except the Mongols" thing.
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  3.  @Magmafrost13 : Hmm, I've seen a bunch of Extra History videos and I don't remember references to Walpole except in the South Seas bubble videos.
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  4.  @twotothehalf3725 : Ah, that explains it. I've usually only watched the main videos and not the lies part.
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  5. England was already at war with Spain but then sued for peace and tried to get rights to trade with the Spanish ports in South America. The got the right to send one ship per year to each port, which was nowhere near enough.
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  6. I think the South Sea Company did get the right to send one ship per year to each Spanish port in South America. Of course, that's not nearly enough.
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  7. An interesting tale from legitimate medicine. Do you know what was one of the earliest ways to cure syphilis? Why deliberately contracting malaria of course. It induces a fever high enough to kill the syphilis bacterium.
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  8. Blue leans more towards ancient history.
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