Tom Scott
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After ten years, it's time to stop weekly videos.
Find me here: ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com/ ua-cam.com/users/lateralcast 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ 🟥➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: ua-cam.com/users/tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: ua-cam.com/users/techdif 🟥 MAIN SITE: www.tomscott.com/
On January 1st, 2014, I uploaded the first "Things You Might Not Know" video. Once the initial rush of videos settled down, I aimed for one video a week, and while there have sometimes been guest videos and occasional blatant filler: to my own satisfaction, I never missed a week. But now, it's time to stop.
I never got to space. I never got to the ocean depths. And I never got to fly off into the sunset, harnessed underneath a helicopter. I couldn't find an excuse for that one.
CREDITS
Producer: Cambria Bailey-Jones
Director: Guy Larsen
DoP: Jamie MacLeod | www.jamiemacleod.co.uk/
Stunt Coordinators: Dilwyn Sanderson-Jones; Scott Heffield
Drone Team: Lec Park; Andrew Lawrence
Pilot: Will Banks
Refueller & Ground Co-Ordinator: Gary Wise
BTS: Bryn Williams | www.brynscamera.com/
Editor / Colourist: Jamie MacLeod
Composer: Ben Squires | www.benjaminsquires.co.uk/
Sound Mix: Dan Pugsley | www.cassinisound.com/
A Penny4 Production | www.penny4.co.uk/
Special thanks to Abi Hensby and the team at GB Helicopters | gbhelicopters.com/
"Lifted" by Benjamin Squires is available on streaming platforms: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/benjaminsquires/lifted/
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People are going to be angry about pylons.
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Britain's power grid is turning inside-out, which means pylons are about to become a lot more controversial in Britain. At the National Grid Training Centre, I climbed one. ■ The "Great Grid Upgrade": www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade National Grid also asked if I'd plug their Early Careers page, for anyone in the UK thinking of joining the industry: jobs.nationalgrid.com/UK/content/E...
Why the government drops flies on California
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There's a good reason for it. ■ More about the program: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/prpinfo/ Edited by Michelle Martin mrsmmartin 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com/ ua-cam.com/users/l...
A robot just swapped my electric car's battery
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Nio is a Chinese auto maker that offers an alternative to charging: just swapping out the whole battery whenever you need it. I borrowed one of their cars. ■ Nio: www.nio.com/ Camera: Dion Huiskes feedbuilders.nl/ Editor: Julian Domanski www.juliandomanski.com/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from t...
Why don't subtitles match dubbing?
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Translation is really difficult. ■ AD: 👨‍💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com/ ua-cam.com/users/lateralcast...
Why use many streetlights when one will do?
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The moonlight towers of Austin, Texas, are the last urban municipal lighting towers in the world: because before every street was wired to the grid, how else would you light up a city? ■ Austin Energy: austinenergy.com/ ■ Moonlight Towers www.austintexas.org/listings/moonlight-towers/5895/ Producer: Jodi Shores at Sparksight sparksight.com Director: Kelly Shores at @readysetdrone DoP: Noah Kill...
These tiny ships have a serious purpose
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At Port Iława in Poland, pilots and captains of massive ships train on 1-to-24 scale ship models: and I got to drive one. ■ The Ship Handling Research and Training Centre: www.ilawashiphandling.com.pl/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) Edited by Michelle Martin mrsmmartin 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of ...
Every mistake I've made since 2014.
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Does the language you speak change how you think?
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No. Mostly. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about Arrival: lingthusiasm.com/post/157167562811/transcript-lingthusiasm-episode-3-arrival-of-the • More Language Files: ua-cam.com/play/PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0.html Gretchen's book BECAUSE INTERNET, all about the evolution of internet language, is available: 🇺🇸 US: amzn.to/30tLpjT 🇨🇦...
Boarding planes could have been very different
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There's a world in which everyone boards planes with "mobile lounges", PTVs, or Plane-Mates... but this is not that world. ■ YUL Montreal-Trudeau International Airport: www.admtl.com/en ■ AccessAir: accessairsystems.com/ Thanks to Eric Forest and the airport team, and to Christian Brice for stepping in for additional camerawork! 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details a...
0-100 in less than a second. And I'm driving.
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AMZ Racing's "mythen" holds the world record for electric vehicle acceleration: 0-100km/h in 0.956 seconds. And they let me drive it. ■ AMZ: www.amzracing.ch/en amzracing ■ Their world record video: ua-cam.com/video/88cVs5zZFTE/v-deo.html Main camera op: Juan Pablo Salazar Additional cam op: Tobias Binder Drone camera ops: Felix Kunz, Marco Odermatt 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.tomscott....
there’dn’t’ve
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This script was a nightmare to pronounce. • Written with Molly Ruhl and Gretchen McCulloch. Gretchen's podcast has an episode all about this: lingthusiasm.com/post/662535562508517376/lingthusiasm-episode-60-thats-the-kind-of • More Language Files: ua-cam.com/play/PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0.html Gretchen's book BECAUSE INTERNET, all about the evolution of internet language, is available:...
I finally rode the weird, curved German elevator.
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At the New Town Hall, the Neues Rathaus, in Hanover, there's a strange elevator where the track curves unevenly. For years, people from Germany have been emailing me about it: well, I finally visited. ■ More about the Hall: www.visit-hannover.com/en/Sightseeing-City-Tours/Tourist-Highlights/The-New-Town-Hall Camera: Maximilian Unger Producer: Viktor Sramo at Klein Aber 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: www.toms...
The largest telescope that will ever be built*
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The asterisk is important. ■ AD: 👨‍💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ■ More on the ELT: @ESOobservatory eso.org The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European S...
Spherical houses weren't a great idea.
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The Bolwoningen, in Den Bosch, in the Netherlands, are experimental architecture: the surprising part is that people still live there. Local producer: Jasper Deelen Camera: Jeroen Simons Thanks to @NotJustBikes for the Rotterdam cube house footage A lot of my history research for this video is based on the 2019 book "Experimentele Woningbouw in Nederland 1968-1980: 64 Gerealiseerde Woonbeloften...
How languages steal words from each other
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How languages steal words from each other
This library has every book ever published.
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This library has every book ever published.
Why are adverts so loud?
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Why are adverts so loud?
This man built his office inside an elevator
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This man built his office inside an elevator
No-one built these for 5,000 years… until now.
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No-one built these for 5,000 years… until now.
This town throws pennies at people. They hurt.
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This town throws pennies at people. They hurt.
This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones)
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This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones)
Storing dead people at -196°C
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Storing dead people at -196°C
A bear found my GoPro and took a selfie
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A bear found my GoPro and took a selfie
Grizzly bear GoPro selfie: raw unedited footage
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Grizzly bear GoPro selfie: raw unedited footage
If this survives for an hour, it passes the Bear Test.
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If this survives for an hour, it passes the Bear Test.
I thought this rotating house was impossible.
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I thought this rotating house was impossible.
How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?
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How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?
The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains
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The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains
The cable car that you pedal by hand
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The cable car that you pedal by hand

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  • @user-hj3ok3bv9p
    @user-hj3ok3bv9p 25 хвилин тому

    Waste of money and time.

  •  37 хвилин тому

    Content

  • @perl4396
    @perl4396 59 хвилин тому

    Aaah, nostalgia, I really miss interacting through rest api between services, now it’s dozens of microservices, kafka, grpc and much much more. And people seriously want a junior to know all that right off the bat. I remember the days when you were a junior if you knew what encapsulation were…

  • @blinkoncebuddiesreveluv6961
    @blinkoncebuddiesreveluv6961 Годину тому

    4 years later

  • @SylvesterDageone
    @SylvesterDageone Годину тому

    there are major differences between switzerland and the USA...1. the taxes are WAYYYYYYYY higher 2. the racial demographics put white ppl at about 90-95% of the population meaning its a homogenous society and not a melting pot like the USA 3. most of the gun/violent crimes by percentage of racial groups in the USA put blk ppl as the major aggressor despite being 13% of the population

  • @user-zx2nh1pe2x
    @user-zx2nh1pe2x Годину тому

    Fun fact Carmen san Diego once stole it

  • @cavinrauch
    @cavinrauch Годину тому

    4 Months and going strong! Hope the rest is going well! Not expecting you back at all just here to say I hope it's going well and that you enjoying the breaks in life :)

  • @Thyme-on_your_sidedish
    @Thyme-on_your_sidedish 2 години тому

    Spot on! I'm impressed.

  • @jaripekkajekunen2713
    @jaripekkajekunen2713 2 години тому

    So you could do this with a video of a busy street, seems more cheaper..

  • @Kesh789
    @Kesh789 2 години тому

    Even funnier they built it again, also wrong, in Florida

  • @vraudio.
    @vraudio. 2 години тому

    It's been 4 months. feels like a year.

  • @47softmonk17
    @47softmonk17 3 години тому

    Ok 29

  • @rollowz
    @rollowz 3 години тому

    I still miss you Tom. I hope you are happy.

  • @jeddjoseph237
    @jeddjoseph237 3 години тому

    We miss you Tom.... <3

  • @anti2229
    @anti2229 3 години тому

    *We were the ones born to inherit the stars.*

  • @Jukebox300Minecraft
    @Jukebox300Minecraft 3 години тому

    I think my solution is decent? fizzbuzz(n): if n < 1: return f = 0 b = 0 output = "" for i from 1 to n: f++ b++ if f = 3: output += fizz f = 0 if b = 5: output += buzz b = 0 if output = "": print i else: print output output = "" return fizzbuzz(100)

  • @eggsalad0
    @eggsalad0 4 години тому

    Its correct still 😸

  • @airwave3
    @airwave3 4 години тому

    Just found your channel love it and your content!!!

  • @user-tw3rh9po4t
    @user-tw3rh9po4t 4 години тому

    Human Supremacy, for life.

  • @Bananaman-jm4xl
    @Bananaman-jm4xl 5 годин тому

    I have many questions. I’d love to find out the energy consumption of this facility compared a human operated one. How much do the groceries cost compared to a traditional grocery store? How much lithium and other resources that are in very high demand are required to keep this facility operational. How many less jobs does this facility create compared to a traditional one. How much stock can one of those totes hold? It didn’t look like much. How many square feet was that facility compared to a traditional one. It seems like it needs to be much bigger. From what I’ve seen in this video I don’t think this is likely to be the way we do things in the future.

  • @l2919
    @l2919 5 годин тому

    Title is currently off by 2 views for me

  • @HighDins
    @HighDins 5 годин тому

    People live in this zone of death man like i live right in that area. The palisades reservoir isnt barren of people.

  • @nikosthegreek12
    @nikosthegreek12 5 годин тому

    5:40 I tried to do that. I almost choked and threw up

  • @plowe6751
    @plowe6751 6 годин тому

    2:47 The movie "Airplane" has a joke about "Radar Range".

  • @Digifantatic
    @Digifantatic 6 годин тому

    It's not that dissimilar from the elevator pods in the St. Louis Arch in concept

  • @TheLasombra077
    @TheLasombra077 6 годин тому

    Explains why I was so good at climbing and running around like a monkey

  • @user-sc1hx6nq9d
    @user-sc1hx6nq9d 7 годин тому

    If God wanted us in the water he would have given us gills like a fish but since he didn't we have no business down there

  • @javimelecio
    @javimelecio 7 годин тому

    oh that was so cooL!

  • @G4GR
    @G4GR 7 годин тому

    Its wrong again

  • @cachehunter86
    @cachehunter86 7 годин тому

    Amazing

  • @crazymonkeypuppies7174
    @crazymonkeypuppies7174 7 годин тому

    Quizlet

  • @corniercookie2783
    @corniercookie2783 9 годин тому

    oh no

  • @SSM24_
    @SSM24_ 9 годин тому

    I think there's a missing distinction here between "language can affect the way you _can_ think" versus "language can affect the way you think about things in practice". And I'm not sure all of that can necessarily be explained away just by cultural differences.

  • @gamiyoyo7828
    @gamiyoyo7828 9 годин тому

    "Deutsche Autobahn"

  • @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous
    @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous 9 годин тому

    I don't know why it mostly is just a normal youtube video (an annoying one but still normal)? Besides the odd 'brain back-up' thing what is so futuristic? They were using sound effects that are UA-cam-meta game-wise, ancient. And so is the style of video. The video would have been better if it took more liberties to do something real weird to project what 'UA-cam prank videos' will look like in 2028. Perhaps by spreading rumours of someone by using AI to get them fired from their job (sick prank bro), or something about the UA-camrs pranking protestors of the new federalization of the EU - you something a bit scrt byt still reasonable. Sure this video is 5 years old and have missed out on so many events informing what I'll be expecting from the future that Tom and his team couldn't even have thought of but still, this is the least interesting and way to long video of the three [>>] video playlist.

  • @joe_z
    @joe_z 10 годин тому

    "If Trump gets elected again, I'm noving across the street!"

  • @kronos_1337.
    @kronos_1337. 10 годин тому

    Me: E.E.I.N.D. E-Eastern E-Educated I-Industrialised N-Not really rich D-Democratic

  • @Fr4ncM
    @Fr4ncM 10 годин тому

    *Terra Invicta* ⚛️🌐⚔️

  • @justarandomchannel1319
    @justarandomchannel1319 11 годин тому

    someone got the n word on their url but they removed the vid and reuploaded

  • @bombardygamer4248
    @bombardygamer4248 11 годин тому

    After getting more involved in this stuff, and thinking more about it, I can't help but think. Instead of putting overhead power lines on motorways for long distance trucks, could we not just get those trucks off the road and put the cargo on to electric trains instead? Then have battery trucks for shorter distance trucking where batteries are a decent option. I know a lot of freight is already carried by rail, but seemingly not enough, as very long-distance trucking, where rail freight is significantly more cost-effective, is still very much a thing and is still carrying a significant amount of freight every year.

  • @DailyFrankPeter
    @DailyFrankPeter 11 годин тому

    Visionary architects FTW!

  • @michaelfrancis3558
    @michaelfrancis3558 11 годин тому

    Hats off to those barge captains. They don't look easy to steer.

  • @TrainBoy227
    @TrainBoy227 12 годин тому

    Fastest Mystery Biscuits?

  • @dava-c5345
    @dava-c5345 12 годин тому

    Waterbabies 👍 - this is where Tom jumps in to the water world beneath…

  • @Highland_Moo
    @Highland_Moo 12 годин тому

    My home ❤

  • @Authentic_Ayo
    @Authentic_Ayo 12 годин тому

    Recommended again and it is 100 percent correct

  • @alex-if8zf
    @alex-if8zf 12 годин тому

    grow ur hair out like the good old days

  • @FEADER
    @FEADER 13 годин тому

    71,886,766

  • @mimis.748
    @mimis.748 13 годин тому

    Ok I'm born in Germany and I'm now 40 years old! I never heard of that cool elevator, but I'm very impressed!