This is the first ever episode of Megaprojects. I hope everyone enjoys it.
Delays, over budget, but when it's done it's going to be pretty darn cool.
And yes... It totally has a swimming pool on-board :D.
This episode is PART 1 of a two-parter, with what my editor, Jen, describes at "Concordski" (aka Soviet Concorde) coming early next week :).
AKA Concordski. It took everything for me to not just title the video that ;). Second of a two parter on these two commercial super sonic planes!
The Delta Works are an incredible flood prevention system that we can all learn from. And will need to learn from.
What should you do when all of your country's water is in the south, but all of your country's people are in the north?
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In the early 1900s, airships were the next big thing, with wealthy Europeans crossing the Atlantic inside of a huge floating ball of gas. An explosion that has become synonymous with failure changed all that... well, at least for the remainder of the 20th century. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Visual Politik: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3v6vL2H5HK4loLMc8pmCw Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw
Amid the heat of the cold war, both the US and Russia experimented with several different types of advanced nuclear jets, including a variant that was actually powered by a nuclear reactor. The prototypes were mothballed long before the Reagan and Gorbachev could ever sit down for brunch together, leaving modern military historians to wonder if planes like the XB 70 were a success or a failure... Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Visual Politik: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3v6vL2H5HK4loLMc8pmCw Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw
Why travel over the Alps when you can just ride right
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Do: use 10,000 pounds of amber to create a stunning golden room. Do not: use amber (in any amount) to treat infantile teething. I mean... we're not doctors, but this seems pretty obvious. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehV
And you thought going to the gym on Earth was hard. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Visual Politik: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3v6vL2H5HK4loLMc8pmCw Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC
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Last month, we told you about the highs and lows of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Today, we're zooming out to profile the entire Chinese global infrastructure development plan known as the Belt and Road Initiative. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.
The Cold War is the conflict that keeps on giving -- especially for Mega Projects. In today's investigation of yet another ridiculous, horrifying tool of nuclear war, the Soviets decided ICBM's were SO 1955, so they invented a way to hang a nuke in space, where they could deorbit it at any moment and drop it directly onto the US. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://w
Not to be confused with Troll B Platform. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME, AND THE NORWEGIANS WON'T LET US FORGET IT. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Visual Politik: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3v6vL2H5HK4loLMc8pm
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This video is sponsored by Newsvoice. Download Newsvoice for free: https://newsvoice.com/mega June 6, 1944. Normandy. Omaha Beach. The 101st Airborne. You know the date. You know the location. But do you know the insane planning and infrastructure that propped up the largest seaborne invasion in human history? Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ This video is #sponsored by Newsvoice. Simon's Other Channels: To
The F-117 Nighthawk was a super-secret Lockheed project that stayed secret throughout the course of its secrecy so that the US could secretly execute air missions in secret. Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Simon's Other Channels: TodayIFoundOut: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Visu
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Yes, really. Two MILLION Euros. Just wait until we talk about the "bike hut".
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