The Sizes Of History

[dyingscarlet]

That's pretty interesting, please make a full video about this sort of stuff

[z-beeblebrox]

*"The Appalachian Mountains are older than the trees"* is some foreboding shit the old guy says to the hikers in a horror movie

[solkatlol]

So John Denver wasn't lying when he sang "Life is old here, older than the trees, younger than the mountains...". Hidden history lesson.

[sciencebfdiamondproscpelog]

". . . and yet they are still here for us to enjoy."

That is such a beautiful thought. . .

[taylornox]

Im a Scot from the highlands and when i walked the Appalachian trail it was incredibly eerie the feeling of nostalgia as if i had walked the trails before, the nature is incredibly similar still to this day, the Appalachian trail just has some incredibly wild bugs in comparison lol.

[NMYFF]

When I was in high school, I interviewed a WWII veteran who had met a US Civil War veteran and so I got to hear a second-hand account of the US Civil War. Best extra credit assignment ever.

[Locket.L]

Favourite thing about Seymour is that on the show he said he was only a child when he saw Lincoln get assassinated, and his only thoughts were him feeling a bit bad for Booth after he jumped from the box since he didn’t know why Lincoln was slumped over.

[wlz_]

vsauce, your the reason I love history you make it actually so interesting than being stuck in class getting taught this over a week

[doodskie]

You momma so old, it makes the Appalachian mountains look like a teenager

-Vsauce probably

[georgespalding]

I hate to admit that I'm so old that I actually watched that I've got a Secret episode when I was a kid when it first aired. Life goes quickly folks, make every day a fruitful one.

[miserablepile]

I can't believe that Lincoln died watching Breaking Bad

[brettroberts]

Hello West Virginian here..thank you for giving truth and light upon the beauty that makes up my home :]

[Miked]

That man lived through every major US war (except the revolution) and was close to seeing Man walk on the moon.
He lived through the Civil War, then lived through the great depression, the dust bowl, WW1 and WW2. He also got to witness the invention of the automobile and then it's mass production from Ford with the
Model-T, all the way to the iconic 1956 Corvette.

This dude saw so much. He was born at exactly the right time to see an enormous amount of progression.

[ashleysmith]

Bryan Cranston being used as a form of time measurement is gold

[SomeRandomKydd]

Egypt was an empire for over 3000 years. It was so old that the people at the more recent end were archeologists studying their own history!

[shanshansan]

I like how a civil war and Bryan Cranston was used as comparisons to how much things this guy has lived up to

[ryan]

"the Appalachian mountains are older than bones" is my favorite quote on that subject

[Arc_]

"Mista White! They shot Abe Lincoln!"

"Jesse it's been 90 years"

[mickey]

“The Appalachian’s are so old…” sounded like the start of a yo momma joke 😂

[beccanetta]

Suddenly John Denver’s starting words of “Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains…” in his song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” makes even more sense to me now with your explanation.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a part or segment of the broader Appalachian Range. And they are very old. So life is old there but still younger than the very old mountains. Cool point of connection. 😊