hey guys today we're going to see how some small mistakes in history led to some pretty big consequences so strap in with your favorite toothpaste and orange juice cuz here we go king of Scots Alexander III was revered by his subjects as a kind and Noble King so he was a pretty cool guy he put an end to an ongoing war with Norway with the signing of the Treaty of Perth this stopped the invading Vikings from doing their stereotypical graping and pillaging and made them frig off back to Norway the treaty also let Scotland gain
possession of the West Isles and the aisle of man with all this land expansion going on as well as increased exports and cash flow Scotland entered a bit of a golden age everything was pretty good until it wasn't after all no story is complete without some good oldfashioned character development from a Disney Pixar family tragedy in the mid 1280s King Alexander's wife Queen Margaret bit the dust which was pretty devastating since they were married since childhood well at least he had his own children to care for except for the fact that they all died too
little Margaret junor who hilariously became queen of Norway expired at the age of 22 while pooping out her only child a daughter named Margaret we'll get to her later Alex Jr died on his 20th birthday at the age of 20 don't know how he died either sources just say he just died the youngest child David also kicked an uneventful bucket at age 19 with his family tree essentially trimmed down to the trunk Alex was desperate to generate new successors so he married a French Countess Yolanda of Drew she moved in with the King but like
in a different town for some reason well one night the King was acting pretty eager to uh perform so he set out to do the deed of sewing his seed and nothing was going to block his urge to splurge nope not even that despite pleads and warnings from bro code breaking advisers the king set out to get his dunk sunked he had a few of his servants accompany him as guides and they made it to the queen but the King on the other hand got separated in the harsh storm and was quently yeed off of
his horse over a cliff where he was found the next morning dead as a doornail with no other air it was Margaret Jr Jr's time to shine but since she was only 3 years old with the attention span of a goldfish the political landscape of Scotland fell into ruin ending the shortlived Golden Age all because the king needed to slam some sweet queen scush as I'm sure you know the luxurious ocean liner Titanic was the ship of dreams that ended end up becoming a complete nightmare the ship died in 1912 after Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate
Winslet distracted the two Lookouts in the Crow's Nest from observing the giant [ __ ] Iceberg floating several hundred fet in front of them despite the crew's best efforts the ship collided with the iceberg and got flushed into the North Atlantic a few hours later joking aside It is believed that the entire disaster could have been prevented or at least significantly reduced if it weren't for one key mistake an actual missing key Lookouts Frederick Fleet and and Reginald Lee were tasked with the important task of making sure that no icebergs were in the ship's path
in the Crow's Nest the two men were equipped with a warning Bell and a telephone to alert crew of any potential dangers in the chilled Waters ahead they also had one more tool a pair of binoculars which were secured in a box a locked box with a missing key apparently this key was accidentally taken off of the ship before it set sail by a Second Officer David Blair what's this uh what's this here in my pocket huh H I'm sure that's not a big deal with no binoculars the Lookouts had to rely on eyesight alone
and that wouldn't be so terrible if it weren't for the fact that the night was extremely dark cold and Calm making it very hard to see icebergs luckily there were almost none all night almost both Lookouts miraculously Survived The Sinking and when interviewed agreed that if they had binoculars they could have seen the iceberg and reacted more quickly avoiding the unnecessary loss of over 1,500 lives but dooming James Cameron's film career the key donated to the British sailor Society by Officer Blair's daughter was eventually sold at auction for 90,000 British [Music] pounds if you've ever
dealt with the trouble of remembering how many tablespoons are in a gallon or that they're 660 ft in a furong you probably long for the ease of the metric system being an American myself I'm genetically inclined to detest the anti-freedom units but getting an engineering degree made me appreciate the simp icity of the metric system I mean guys it's it's really great everything is just a multiplicative of 10 kilogram it's 1,000 g a meter it's 100 cm like wow amazing anyway that convenience was stolen from us by a band of scallywag Pirates during America's infancy
in 1793 Secretary of State Thomas mother FN Jefferson recognized that the United States needed to standardize their units of measure as multiple systems were being used making commercial trading a logistical nightmare luckily the French of people had an answer scientist Joseph Dum was dispatched to the United States with a special gift a carefully crafted copper cylinder which would serve as the Revolutionary new standard in weight measurement the kilogram just one component of France's newly developing metric system while sailing to the states with his cylinder in one hand and the kilogram in the other damb ship
was blown off course by a storm now head for the 1700s Caribbean British Pirates at the time usually attacked non-british ships to impede their trade and unfortunately D was one of those victims he was held hostage for ransom but died in captivity D's death meant that Jefferson never got the metric standard meaning it was never adopted so the United States stuck with the English units as their standard while it is possible that we could all be measuring are all be Franks using centimeters it's doubtful as multiple attempts over the years to implement the metric system
have been defeated at the greasy hand of American Pride Ethiopia and Italy typically aren't two countries that you would hear about in the same sentence but during the late 1800s when Africa was getting absolutely reamed by colonization Italy had its sight set on some potential land expansion candidates one of them being you guess it erria Ethiopia's Northern neighbor this led to a bit of an unofficial scuffle called the Italo Ethiopian war of 1887 which lasted for 2 years and ended with Italy formally occupying itria and the signing of the Treaty of wall among other rules
the treaty basically stated that peace was to remain between Italy and Ethiopia however one article had two different meanings between languages in Italian the article stated that Ethiopia must act through Italy if they wish to do business with other governments the Amharic or Ethiopian version stated that Ethiopia can act through Italy for external business which suggested that wasn't mandatory very different things the treaty was nonetheless signed and eventually the two countries clashed again Italy claimed that it had full control over Ethiopia's external Affairs but Ethiopia claimed nuh dude Italy then invaded Ethiopia in 1895 starting
the official first Italo Ethiopian war with Italy's Army of 44,000 against Ethiopia's 125,000 the Italians ended up getting their spaghetti eating teeth kicked in securing Ethiopia's Independence in 1896 until Italy invaded again in 1935 Italy won that time all in all around 25,000 lives were lost during the first Italo Ethiopian war all because Italy decided to skip its daily dual lingo [Music] sessions when you're a power hungry dictator to millions of food hungry citizens your people will probably hate you which is something that Joseph Stalin was shocked to find out when leading the Soviet Union
from 192 4 until his death in 1953 although he came into Power with some strong initial support it quickly dried up as his first few years sucked eggs he went balls deep into National industrialization and uprooted the agricultural system no food means famine and famine means people die so people died millions of them Stalin was now officially an [ __ ] and [ __ ] need to be wiped clean his political Rivals demanded his removal prompting Stalin to switch to defense mode in doing so he began stringent investig a of the government for anyone who
might even toy with the idea of questioning his policies yes hello I have [Music] question no one was safe during what came to be known as the Great Purge between 1936 and 1938 Stalin expanded his investigations to anyone he deemed a threat to the Soviet Union by the end there were over 700,000 documented executions of workers artists teachers whoever while in reality it is estimated to be about 1.2 million even his own Red Army saw 37,000 soldiers executed or sentenced to labor camps and these weren't just lowly foot soldiers either I'm talking like commanders and
Generals his his top guys stellin was absolutely unhinged with his paranoia destroying his mental and physical health he ended up Surviving a severe heart attack and a stroke in 1945 with his health never fully recovering on the night of February 28th 1953 Stalin was chilling with some Bros watching movies and having dinner after a long night of joking and smooches Stalin retired to his private quarters specifically instructing not to be disturbed until he woke up the next morning well the next morning came and nothing afternoon nothing remember that even his closest friends were terrified of
defying him lest they be sent to the goog night came still nothing and by now they're pretty worried it wasn't until 11:00 p.m. that a housekeeper dared to check on Stalin he was found on the ground on unconscious and unresponsive still terrified to call the doctor it took another 8 hours for Stalin to receive medical attention with an extremely high blood pressure of 190 over 110 Stalin had suffered another intense stroke he received around the-clock care for 3 days before he ultimately despawned on March 5th 1953 had he been kinder to his Bros and not
such a complete butthole he may have been treated sooner and survived as ailment even if it was short-lived the Soviet Union eventually collapsed in 1991 and there we have it you can clearly see how small itty bitty mistakes can lead to some severe consequences so be sure to never make another mistake in your life you can start that Promise by clicking this to check out more of my content that's never a mistake I'll see you there [Music]
