Adam Ruins Everything - Why Mount Rushmore is the Weirdest Monument | truTV

Turns out that this national monument was designed to be a national tourist trap.

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Adam Ruins Everything - Why Mount Rushmore is the Weirdest Monument | truTV

[ekbuz]

I'm surprised as just a fun fact that it wasn't mentioned why Roosevelt's head is so far back and turned. They screwed up and had to sort of start over by going deeper into the mountain.

[efumali]

"It was never about the money. We just want our land back..."

That just broke my heart :(

[evansageser]

To add on to this, Borglum was an active member of the Ku Klux Klan and his previous work was the Confederate memorial in Stone Mountain.

[bonesofeao]

He died before it was finished?
I guess he should have...
rushed more


I regret nothing.

[Eaglestheewin]

I guess Xavier's Time Machine really does work.

[legogodzilla]

"We did the heads,
and Borglums dead.
Now it's time to go to bed."

[AniesCorner]

"It was never about the money. We just want our land back." That made me tear up.

[rasgulla]

Those historians looked awfully similar to the New Day members from WWE.
Time travel confirmed?

[franticranter]

This video underplayed the achievements of roosevelt. Remember that he broke the monopolies in America, which was an undoubtedly good thing. I agree he shouldn't have been up their with the rest, but it's unfair to imply that all he was was a guy who liked hunting

[gwyneth]

COW BOY ROCKS, COW BOY ROCK (pulls out trombone )

[Atlas-pnjv]

"I love South Dakota, and I think that's insane." Who loves South Dakota?

[jaeise]

"It was never about the money, we just want our land back"
well that hit me hard, proving that money can't buy happiness or everything

[generalcool]

Theodore Roosevelt was known as being one of the kindest presidents of all time. He went out of his way to remember every person he met by name. That is why he is in the monument he was loved by most. It was not just because he knew the sculpter.

[thomasoconnor]

Can we get a "cowboy rocks" chant on smackdown

[kenjibrown]

I was told the mountain is called "He Sapa" (pronounced "hey saapa" ) in the Lakota nation, which means "the black hills, " and was one of the most sacred places to the native people

[billbutler]

The best part is looking the other direction, as people walk onto the viewing area the emotional range is wonderful.

[zeoalexo]

"custerfluck"

Nice pun. And a Pretty damn creative way around the censors there, Adam

[arukakirigiri]

After a few thousand years when humanity starts all over again, they would wonder why there's random heads in the mountain

[daniellebuchanan]

Interesting fact: Roosevelt's voice was actually quite high. He had asthma and a series of infections as a child that caused serious damage to his respiratory system and vocal chords.

[PhoenixAllen]

They're really downplaying the great accomplishments of teddy. He started the national parks, loved conservation, and took down monopolies