Comments by "Andy Babb" (@Andy_Babb) on "Get.factual" channel.

  1. I love this series. So glad they did an episode on the Akkadian empire bc there’s so few documentaries on that empire. Thank you for uploading!!!
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  2. Exactly. The oldest known empire, until we find an older one!
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  3. Thank you! I’ve been desperate for some quality History!
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  4. I’ve seen this but really glad to see the channel putting out great content on ancient and prehistory!
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  5. More like this please. The new Neanderthal documentary was AWESOME and actually hadn’t seen it! Same with this one. More of these pretty please! Lol This channel is usually pretty damn great
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  6. I’ve been trying to find something new on the Huns!! Nice!!! I love this series. Please continue to upload the episodes lol
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  7. I don’t think I’ve seen this one. Some really, really great ancient and medieval documentaries lately!! Really enjoying the recent uploads. Thanks so much!!!
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  8.  @richiemitchell6899 ”climate not change cuz me saw snow”
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  9. Sweet! Haven’t seen this one. This is one of my favorite channels in YouTube lol so many awesome uploads
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  10. GREAT series! THANK YOU for uploading ancient history topics!! There’s literally nothing more interesting
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  11. Woohoo! Enjoying this series very much! Thank you!!!
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  12. Thank you again for airing these really, really good AND NEWER ancient history documentaries! Love it
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  13. Do you have any sources? I’m actually asking bc I’d be fascinated to know more if that’s true!
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  14.  @WaffleSauze  I’ve done that too, but since I’m on YouTube in Massachusetts and not chilling in South America, listening to documentaries and reading articles is what I’ve got. What a weird comment
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  15. Thank you, AGAIN! I haven’t seen this one yet. But even when it’s a topic I’ve seen, I absolutely love seeing the perspective from other countries. At the very least there are always bits and pieces that aren’t in whatever US version has aired. This channel and the Hazards And Catastrophes channel are two of my favorite on all of YouTube! Please never stop uploading ancient history docs and series lol being from the US we don’t get a whole lot of quality educational programming like a lot of Europe has. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you guys making these available for us across the pond. Maybe some day I’ll get to move to Europe 😔 lol
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  16. Suuuper impressive how German permeated all three of these civilizations! 😂
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  17.  @botsharing1702  what a quick way to stay stupid, huh? “Derr they said a word I don’t like so I don’t want to learn this topic”
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  18. I love the new info and docs about Doggerland. That ancient period of Europe and the UK is so fascinating
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  19. Thank you! Thank you so much for continuing to upload NEW ancient history content!!!!!
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  20. It’s a little ironic listening to German historians talk about American atrocities… not that there weren’t plenty, but I feel like this is one of those “fine people on BOTH sides” kind of documentary lol
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  21.  @get.factual  thank YOU for the great uploads and not sharing garbage like ancient aliens 🤮 I really enjoy the ancient history documentaries from UK and Europe that we don’t get to watch here in the states. I also love that most of the foreign language docs are dubbed instead of subtitled so I can listen to and learn new things as I go to bed lol keep up the great work and know that your efforts are much appreciated!!
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  22. Another big THANK YOU! Keeping my ancient interests fed and happy!😂
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  23. Thanks once again. Not religious but still find ancient topics fascinating lol as I’m sure you know doubt realize from my 8 million comments 😂
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  24. I think they eventually get to that explanation lol but yeah, it was a lot of bacteria, bad luck and wild coincidences. A lot of the deaths that are linked to the tomb are things that don’t happen for decades in some cases lol people will find “mysterious circumstances” any time they’re searching for it lol
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  25. This channel really does have the absolute best history docs. Thank you so much! Not many channels have stuff I haven’t seen yet anymore lol
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  26.  @reesbritton6623  you already know they do lol
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  27. Thank you! Would love to see some more on ancient Middle East and first civilizations. Love this channel lol
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  28. Yeah this spear found a thousand years after a crucifixion in a city with spears buried everywhere is definitely the exact same one. Totally logical. 🙄 biblical history is pretty fascinating (the real history, not the fiction) without having to add in fake artifacts
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  29.  @get.factual ditto! Human evolution and ancient humans/civilizations, and generally anything ancient Britain are my favorite and you’ve done a great job keep folks like me happy and entertained lol
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  30. Great upload… again! Thank you! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!!
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  31. He said Longinus wrong lol is this another one of those AI narrators? I miss human narrators 😞
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  32.  @kaloarepo288  i mean, it’s pretty basic to understand that as a sailor Columbus would have known the stories of accounts of lands to the west. Merchants and sailors of that time had plenty of knowledge of other sailors and merchants accounts. It may have just been legend at that point, but he most certainly would have known the stories. What Columbus DOES deserve credit for was beginning the genocide and systematic enslavement of an entire race of people whom he deemed as inferior.
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  33.  @dawsondetrana5496  ohhhh they forgot! If only they had sticky notes. So Vikings had hundreds of stories that they passed down from generation to generation for over a thousand years without losing details… but it toooootally slipped their mind to mention or record that they found land to the west full of resources. I mean, aside from the world famous Vinland Map they made showing land to the west. And aside from the stories they DID pass down telling of lands to the west. But other than that, yeah, they totally forgot!
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  34.  @mahakalabhairava9950  lmao for real.
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  35. Poseidon doesn’t play games
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  36. Hello Oman! Greetings from Massachusetts (USA)!
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  37. The library of Alexandria was actually destroyed a number of times by different groups of people
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  38. You DO know this channel didn’t MAKE this documentary… right?
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  39. Idk what that means but I think we’ve been a superstitious lot for basically as long as we’ve been human
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  40. 10:14 “this would make explain” lol so it’s definitely AI narration. I get it’s cheaper and easier but wth! It’s so frustrating when I want to listen to a really interesting topic at night and get that awful computerized voice
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  41. Columbus never stepped foot on North America. He’d probably heard legends or stories of lands to the west from Scandinavian merchants. But I agree with you… it’s time to change the name of Columbus Day to Viking Day lol
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  42. I’m really enjoying the prehistory/Stone Age history topics of late! PLEEAASE keep sharing more like this!! We don’t get intelligent history here in the US so I need to rely on these from other countries. Please and thank you!! 😬
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  43. For now lol
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  44. The second I see the word “ancient” in the title my eyes widen just a little bit 😂
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  45. Thank you! Man it’s really cool to know this channel not just sees comments but actually seems to try their best to give the people what they want lol Isn’t this only half the episode? Is this like a condensed version? lol
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  46. Love it. More Christopher Clark and more ancient history please lol
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  47. Right?? I can count on 1 finger the number of Akkadian empire documentaries I’ve seen. This series is great, I really hope they have a second season
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  48.  @yoshimitsu8643  I mean, I don’t generally believe everything I see. Most people are idiots.
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  49. … this channel doesn’t actually make the documentaries. They upload some great content, but they don’t produce them 😂
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  50. 29:50 he’s speaking English lmao why did they dub it?!? 😂😂😂
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  51. No that’s just Amber Heard in her true form 😂 Depp is weird, Heard is… well, I guess Chupacabra actually does fit pretty well for her lolol
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  52.  @dzulkar9umar  definitely agree with you. Looking at the destruction of so many ancient monuments is heartbreaking
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  53. Great series! Of course I love anything that relates to ancient times 🤷🏻‍♂️
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  54.  @get.factual  You’re very welcome! I liked it! I do still enjoy a full length episode for when I’m laying down to go to bed lol but I did really like this bc it cuts out a lot of the “noise” and filler and keeps just keeps it much more direct, more focused. It’s cool that you offer more than one option for ppl depending on which format they feel like watching. It’s just nice to know there’s a real human(s) back there actually making an effort to keep your subscribers happy! Especially all the ancient history dorks like me 😬 I also bet I speak for a lot of your subs when I say how grateful I am to never see any ancient aliens crap on this channel. Thanks again
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  55. 5:14 lol as if it’s a total mystery whether they could make a hot air balloon fly
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  56. @ I’m a premature commenter lol but I’m with ya about learning more of indigenous oral histories, that would be fascinating to hear all the similarities and differences. Check out the channel Crecganford, I think you’d like a lot of his content if your interested in like the oldest stories and myths
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  57. 11:32 this experiment is still going on
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  58. Your opinion. Not mine.
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  59. And you liked it? 🤦🏻‍♂️
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  60. I don’t think any part of that makes sense… just sayin
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  61.  @kaloarepo288  ok? Not sure how that changes anything I said. So we should celebrate that he was a murderous salver that “discovered” something that’d already been found and never actually set foot on North America? The fact that it’s happened throughout history still doesn’t change anything I said
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  62.  riverbend  thank you! I feel sometimes like people just decide they like their version of history better than the real story, so eff it, they’ll just stick with the fiction. The stories of lands to the west would have been shared between merchants and sailors. He also never thought the earth was flat.
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  63.  @stiannobelisto573  some of us in the west* There are those who don’t understand what’s wrong with the confederate flag - while claiming they love America lol there are a frighteningly large number of people who think enslaved peoples in the US were happy to be there and singing songs in the fields. History is becoming less and less important to people
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  64.  @paulw314  there’s no evidence that China made it the Americas
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  65. Stoked! Thank you! Another one I haven’t seen yet. This is such a great channel lol
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  66. Sooo… episode 2? It’s been a month 😕 also… any chance of uploading Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire? I can’t find it anywhere 😔
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  67.  @sharimeline3077  damn genetics are fascinating. It blows my mind how we’re able to keep learning soo much about where we come from… but at the same time still know seemingly very little. I’m curious about the evolution within Africa, but I’m ALSO super curious about if/how/when humans evolved AFTER leaving Africa. The development of our regional fascial features, skin color and eye color, even how our blood carries oxygen (like the Sherpas in Nepal). Also did other kinda of humans have deities? Did they worship anything or have rituals? How much alike are we, which parts of our genome come from which line lol so freaking many things I want to know!!
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  68.  @organichuman  I don’t buy into that. None of the people of science who I trust and respect, and who would be more than willing to accept the evidence if that’s where it pointed, have or would make that claim. There’s no evidence to support that human ancestors didn’t originate in Africa. We continued to evolve after leaving Africa, and we were not the first or only species of human to migrate out of Africa. I’m by no means educated in genetics or biology but I feel confident in saying our ancient ancestors began in Africa and, as recently as just 5-10,000 years ago our ancestors still had darker (not black) skin. Genetics will only continue to get better and I’m excited to learn more about what genes we got from Neanderthal and other human species that we’re tied to somewhere in the deep past.
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  69.  @organichuman  watch Miniminuteman, he’s legit and he’s hilarious. He also grew up just a couple towns over from me, albeit a feeeew years apart lol But he’s one of the ppl I trust a lot in terms of not BSing or twisting any truth. He’s also young and willing to accept new ideas and evidence
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  70.  @mirquellasantos2716  yeah it’s kind of the pot calling the kettle black, if the pot was a genocidal regime filled with storm troopers, shock troops and vile, sadistic guards who enjoyed raping and torturing innocent people only to then lead them to the gas chambers once they’ve had the last of their dignity stripped from them. Sorry… sometimes I rant.
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  71. That’s the point of the show.
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  72.  @Dr.Yalex103  Well said. I think those 3 characteristics pretty much cover it! People believe what they want to believe instead of reality lol 🤷🏻‍♂️
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  73. Please tell me this is just part of a series lolol
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  74. Hasn’t seen this! Thanks again !!
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  75. I feel like it was probably taken by the Babylonians, or it was moved and eventually stolen for its gold to melt down. It’d be neat to know what it would have really looked like in ancient times.
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  76. No sir, it has not. Im in a country with a section of people who can’t admit their party lost an election and quite literally ignores reality in place of whatever feeds their prejudices. Kinda seems like another “empire” is about to bite the dust
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  77. ⁠ @Steve-318 umm… dude, you know that Christianity has been around longer and responsible for even more atrocities in history than Islam, right? Religion in general is the biggest cause of death and destruction in the history of mankind. I’m not saying one is better than the other or one is right and the other wrong; both religions have done more horrible, horrible things over the last 2,000 years than anything else.
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  78. It looks like one of the DW docs, and they (I think it’s the channel who does it) redo a lot of French and German language documentaries. It can be a little annoying at times lol but it’s really cool to be able to get some more history of the mainland. Esp from here in the US, we’re lucky to have 4-5 actually decent history series, at least that aren’t the lame pseudoscience type of shows
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  79.  @Selfstatereflection I mean, that’s not untrue but what’s that got to do with the price of fish? lol That’s completely irrelevant to the persons comment 😂
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  80.  @marieskavo7159  Was I funny? 🤔
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  81. Combined with Lethal Ice Hockey, a well known favorite of ancient Canadians
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  82.  @get.factual  Very much so lol it’s just so hard to get or find so many great docs from other English speaking countries… esp in the US bc dummies would rather watch ancient aliens 🤦🏻‍♂️
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  83. This might be the best one in the series. I love the ancient history and prehistory docs!! Thank you and more please lol
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  84. What about the 60,000 years before the convicts showed up? Lol
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  85. Ehemm… more please? 😊 Love it
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  86.  @get.factual  Of course you are! Can’t get enough of the docs from SBS and France, Germany, Australia giving a different perspective of ancient history than the crappy American shows lol Thanks again for all the great videos!!!
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  87. Yeah? So what IS the grail? All the relics that claim to be it are medieval forgeries (like every “holy relic” in every church) and there’s never been a contemporary document mentioning it. It would be awesome if it turned out to be real and was found, but I think it’s most likely a myth.
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  88. I concur👍🏼
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  89. I want to know more about early man in Northern Europe and Britain! Not a lot about the post-Roman to pre-Viking history
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  90. Agreed… there’s not a lot out there (at least in the US) in terms of decent documentaries about these different ancient groups and where we’ve come from
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  91. I don’t think any part of that makes sense… just sayin.
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  92.  @irishdivajeffries6668  I agree. Exactly.
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  93.  @anti-Russia-sigma  I think that’s who they believe may have created the white sands prints? I’m not sure tbh. But yeah, there’s becoming a LOT more evidence of that being the case. Considering they were clearly traveling east and inhabiting the islands they came across, I don’t see why it would be unreasonable for a seafaring culture to eventually be able to reach the Americas. Seems logical actually. I think it’s so fascinating that we’re able to keep learning more and more of the history of human migration out of Africa, and how/when we moved, separated into different races and cultures, the societies that developed and how the land and the climate played a role in why we all developed different physical and physiological traits to help us thrive in the various environments we were in… sorry haha like I said, I just find it all fascinating
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  94.  @jhrusa8125  you said it perfectly.
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  95.  @danielefabbro822  i don’t see a single reputable source saying that it’s definitely Roman era. If real archaeologists do come out and say that there is some merit to this, I will gladly sing a different tune bc that would be absolutely fascinating. I hope it is true. But I don’t see anything that tells me it is - just that it’s “thought by some” to be Roman era. And if I do happen to find some reputable sources that say it’s even likely, I promise I’ll amend this comment lol I’m definitely intrigued bc I believe there’s a lot of evidence to point to Indonesian or southern Asian explorers coming to and inhabiting South America. The white sands footprints are REALLY fascinating and there are a lot of reliable experts who are working on studying them to find out who they could be from. There’s a pretty new documentary by Nova I recommend if you haven’t seen it. The title is “Ice Age Footprints”.
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  96. Australia has some great ancient history docs, not just about Australia but in general. Please more from Australia and UK bc they make so much better content than any US network or program lol
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  97. Thank YOU for posting interesting and NEW content! Appreciate the reply. Have a great weekend!
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  98. The mother of us all: The Humog
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  99.  @jessepitt  I’m thinking it’s a joke lol at least… I really, really hope it’s a joke.
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  100.  @2012MRSME  you don’t think humans have contributed to climate change?? Evidence from ice cores and climate records say otherwise. I’ll stick with the science, thanks.
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  101.  @derrickguffey4775  climate IS always changing… it’s just changing faster and in unexpected ways due to human activity. Winter-cold doesn’t start until January now, spring-warmth doesn’t come until June/July. We’re now getting winter hurricanes coming from the southeast in mid-winter. But yeah, snowflakes like this guy can’t handle reality.
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  102. Is there any chance this channel could upload the series Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire?
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  103. #runonsentences #commasaregreat #periodsworktoo lol sorry
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  104.  @kimthetruthofit6965  well, it verifies some events and locations. Let’s not pretend the Bible is a factual history book. It is a story book. Some things are true, many are myth. So yes the Bible is correct about some events in history but it’s far from a history book.
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  105. Lol they had to dub the English English speakers with American English speakers. Hah.
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  106.  @sturzuus  yeah I don’t usually know where they’re from bc in the US we get crap and have like 2 educational channels with any actual production value lol dokuwiki is really helpful for me with locating topics and documentaries from other countries… that aren’t on YouTube. I love how the UK has so, so many different channels and a seemingly infinite number of programs dedicated to history. I just get so frustrated bc even though I find the names of some really great looking series there’s no way for me to view them no matter where I search. Damn. Sorry that was long. lol
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  107. It was found by a monk during the siege of Antioch 1,000 years ago… he was supposedly informed of the spears location by St. Andrew as being* at the Church of St. Peter in a dream. So dude dug and dug and eventually found a lance and said “I got it!” So… yeah it seems pretty unlikely that a random spear being found in a location where there’s almost certainly tons and tons of similar artifacts was actually the spear used to crucify a man one thousand years prior 🙄
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  108.  @Dr.Yalex103  Omg, Yanina I have said the SAME exact thing!! One would think that having a damn-near infinite information resource quite literally at your fingertips would have resulted in humans being smarter and more aware. Instead, we get flat earthers, creationists and halfwits getting “alternative facts” from other halfwits. It IS genuinely depressing. Idk if you’ve seen the movie Idiocracy but that movie is starting to seem more like a documentary! (If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and check it out)
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