LET THERE BE LIGHT! Crushing 2000 Olives to Make Lamp Oil

Before the lightbulb, the world's work was done by lamp. Today, I'm diving deep into the world of oil, olive oil that is. By crushing over 2000 olives with a stone press, I make enough oil to power my newly crafted genie lamp!


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[meltedyakkystick]

Teacher: what do you want to be when you grow up?
Andy: I wanna be a professional caveman

[darksskull]

This is still one of my favorite series on youtube.

[killer]

Youtuber with a solid viewer base.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK*
Youtuber: "Who is it!?"
Door: "Raid shadow legends"

[TheGreatCthvlhv]

Welcome to htme, where we just have buckets of stones everywhere

[Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Well you know, sometimes you've just gotta go crush a couple thousands olives and make some lamp oil

[DanielKLaux]

Shout out to Annalise! She is has been an awesome addition to the channel and is very talented. She da real MVP!

[connorcallahan]

Youtuber: *exists*
Raid Shadow Legends: “It’s free real estate”

[legofanguyvid]

"LAMP OIL, ROPE, BOMBS?" "YOU WANT IT?" "ITS YOURS MY FRIEND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ENOUGH RUBIES"

[MrAqr]

0:28~ Glad to see the HTME intro again.

[CannonGround]

Centuries from now archaeologists are going to be so confused when they find neolithic and other ancient items with styles from all over the world somewhere in the suburbs of the twin cities lmao

[skye_wolfe]

I can't even imagine how much time you put into the episodes, great job.

[turencmpressor]

Fun fact: There would now (4'000 BCE) be about 7 million people, which is less than 1/1000th of today's world population.

[Just_Sara]

THAT IS *THE* CUTEST LAMP, special props to Annalise!!

[Ikopiano]

Really cool video and I liked the stats. 20 hours for all of that is a good quote🙂 hello from Germany

[lolapoppy]

Omg the last time I was this early humans used oil lamps

[arpioisme]

This invention opens up a whole new world of advancement

[sqam_bam]

I really like this show its such a great idea

[victorunbea]

A second groove should've been added to avoid wasting as much olive juice

[Michealfarmer]

Brilliant video. I love the fact that a culmination of tools needed to be created before this could be attempted and then they were all used. It clearly shows the intricacies of creating anything from scratch. It also helps to “shine a light” on the fact that information had to survive long enough between people to develop this technology. That alone says volumes about the human condition. Cheers!

[trevorsmith]

I can’t wait to see in like 20+ years when he makes a iphone from scratch