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Overly Sarcastic Productions

     This channel has a split between the two who talk on it; the two personas are Blue and Red. Blue covers more of the idea of traditional history, red covers literature and mythology; they also cover more modern works. They, as in the name, love to use sarcasm when they talk about history; they will do scenes where they do character comedy or just comment. I love how passionate they are about the history, literature, and mythology they cover. Blue has an obsession with domes and Venice.  The Queen of the Adriatic   https://youtu.be/7cHK4xzAhzE?si=mpPV_WJ6bXuZV6Bj       Venice, by all means, shouldn't have existed as a nation, a city paved in marble, sitting on a lagoon with nothing but piles keeping it afloat. It was a republic, which wasn't a very popular idea in Europe during most of its existence. The city of Venice is over 1300 years old. The Republic of Venice lasted from the 8th to the 19th century in a very lets say, hostile work environ...

History Abridged with Jack Rackem

  (So too start off, hey everyone, welcome to my blog. I will be covering history YouTubers. I'll cover their overall content as well as my favorite videos and things you learn from them. There will be one older and one newer video on each post.)  History Abridged with Jack Rackem, a historian known for his comedy and for how he portrays history in a modern comedic light. He loved to cover the funny and stupid sides of history, while he loves history. You can learn some facts about historical figures in history, for example, Teddy Roosevelt.  https://youtu.be/pnFmrgYh1fw?si=jV9wgapc44dkCQ4o In this video, you learn little facts like the fact that he has asthma and that he brought a fist to a gun fight and won. He was a Harvard graduate and became a published historian and ornithologist. He also had crippling asthma, but still joined the rowing and boxing team. He decided to refuse his doctor’s warnings.  Shortly after his daughter was born, his mother died before his...