Symbols You Don't Know the Meaning & Origins of

What's ¶? Where does π come from? Why is & called an ampersand?! Tune in to find out!

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[ArnavKhode]

Props to the cameraman for traveling through history to give us context on what these symbols mean

[ayharshmusic]

Apollo's Friends: "The worse she can say is no"
She: Converts herself to a tree

[randyreese]

The power button is binary yes, but it is a combination of the on and off symbols found on old flip switches with the “ l “ meaning “on” and the “ O “ meaning off. Since the power button both turns things on and off, the two were combined into the power symbol.

[Achmat-OG]

"That joke's too long"
He straight up just gave up 😂

[cyber]

I love this channel, I always watch Be Amazed videos as soon as possible or sometimes as soon as they come out, I've actually been subscribed since 2018, but watching since 2017, Seeing the video of history on technology, the IBM machine with 8mb of storage to the SD and micro SD card, its impressive how much this channel has grown and to see the amazing content this channel has to offer.

[laurahooper]

You forgot about part of the use of the fish symbol in ancient Roman times. If 2 individuals met and were unsure if the other was a Christian, one would draw half of the fish in the dirt. If the other was also a Christian he would complete it. If he wasn't, he would have no idea why the guy had drawn a half circle.

[CinderaceQueen]

I feel like I learned more history from this channel in the past few weeks than I ever did in any history class! 😂 I'm so glad I stumbled across it! So much fun and mindboggling entertaining videos!

[Rosewolf]

Fun fact about crosses: if you were to be stuck to a cross, it would not be able to stand upright and your body wouldn’t be able to be held up on it in that ✝️ position. It would be an X instead.

[Martin-hbil]

The controller one is actually just the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, as the number of lines in each shape.

[nothyiscool]

Your right, I don’t know these. But whoever does *needs an oscar* .

[DavidEdwards]

2:45 You get me on most of these, but I was always taught that it was the middle finger salute that was to show that the brit archers could still fight. The middle finger was required for accuracy therefore was the one that mattered.

[weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

Oh these were absolutely fascinating! I burst out laughing about us Brits and our rude V signs, given out as equally to friends as well as to pillocks 😂😂😂 I love the history of the ampersand, I use that so much when writing 😊 Really entertaining video yet again from a completely unexpected angle, thank you❤

[Wingrider]

I bought my parents a computer. My dad wanted to inventory his firearms and my mom wanted to write letters (letters she would print, put in an envelope, and mail). I made them 5x7 cards with step by step procedures for the things they wanted to complete. A week later she called and asked how to turn it on. She said she had looked for an On/Off switch. I explained the switch was on the right side at the rear (original IBM PC). She said that all she could find was a switch with some odd symbol. I explained that it was the On/Off switch. She asked why was it not labeled On/Off. I explained that geeks like Binary, and that in Binary 1 = On and 0 = Off. She asked what a geek was. I explained that a geek was a cool nerd. Needless to say, a couple hours later she was able to turn her computer On and Off (1 and 0).

[pierrevillemaire-brooks]

Ampersand is an actual contraction of 'and per se &'.
Learning something new every day 🤔

[rjones]

A circular concept about the letter V.

In WWII, the British used to transmit secret messages via the radio to the French Resistance. To signify the message start, they would play the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Da Da Da Daaah. In morse code dot dot dot dash is the code for the letter V. As as we know, the letter V in Roman numerals is V.

[HITMAN_]

You guys never disappoint. Even if i don't want to watch a long video, I still feel like like clicking it because of the amazing content 🎉

[sparkyprojects]

The power symbol was originally for 2 buttons, commonly seen on start/stop buttons on machines
The combined symbol is used when the button does both jobs, like your computer power button ;)

[MoWeinerIV]

When I was pregnant, I spent a lot of time lying reclined on the exam table at my OB/GYN. As in all doctor exam rooms, there was always a needle disposal container with the biohazard symbol on it. As I lay reclined, I would stare at the biohazard symbol from an angle. After 9 months, I realized that when viewing the biohazard symbol from that angle, it looked like a smiling face.

[Mr_Blade.]

Damn Mr amazed is definitely amuzing me with his uploads. I mean, he uploads even faster than my games download 😅

[glennkrieger]

At 24:52 the alphabet has the ampersand written after it, but the alphabet itself is missing the letters j, v, and w.