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@KvnDWrمنذ 3 سنوات The language portion of the video was brilliantly executed 3208
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@nikolaosboukouvalas449منذ 2 سنوات In Greece we are mostly taught about Hardrada as a famous member of the Byzantine emperor's Varangian guard, who later went on to become a Norse king. id="hidden1" class="buttons"> Learning that he was killed in Stanford bridge is strangely like being informed that an old friend has died. Kind of wanted him to have had a better ending. ....وسعت 3102
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@t7mfمنذ 2 سنوات Fun fact: The son actually became infamous in history for one reason. Once, when he was battling some vikings, he noticed their ship had crashed and they couldn’t form proper battle lines, and so he decided to be honorable and not attack so that they could form battle lines and regain their strength, after they regained their strength, they said “Hey, thanks man!” and proceeded to slaughter the kings entire army. The end. ....وسعت 1663
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@LateCloverمنذ 3 سنوات When I used to do history in school, my school had a hill, so for one history lesson we got to go outside and recreate this scene, we got foam swords, id="hidden3" class="buttons"> and little foam arrows to throw up the hill, obviously the hill team won. I played the cavalry so I just got a little foam spear and just kept jabbing people with it on the hill. ....وسعت 3768
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@roshandriyaالعام الماضي People mentioned in this video:
Rollo the Viking
Charles the Simple
Eadwig the All-Fair
Edgar the Peaceful
Ælfthryth
Æthlred the Unready
Wulfthryth of Wilton
Edward the Martyr
Emma of Normandy
Edward the Confessor
Alfred Ætheling
Goda of England
Sweyn Forkbread
Godwin of Wessex
Cnut the Great
Canute III
Edith of Wessex
Harold Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson
Grufudd ap Llwelyn
Edgar Ætheling
William the Bastard
Robert the Magnificent
Fulbert of Falaise
Herleva of Falaise
Harald III of Norway
Anselm of Baggio ....وسعت 591
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@celkatمنذ 3 سنوات The pope counting his phat stacks just kills me every time 378
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@herbivorethecarnivore8447منذ 3 سنوات "Just one problem: The wind. It was blowing the wrong way. So they waited. And waited. And William said 'screw it' and got shipwrecked because id="hidden5" class="buttons"> the wind was blowing the wrong way"
the composition on this joke was fucking godly ....وسعت 4108
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@adampescosolido5413منذ 2 سنوات RIP Harald Hadrada. Dude lost, but he still went down in history and is remembered almost 1000 years later. He became the legend he set out to be. 274
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@G.P.Telemann4261منذ 2 سنوات "The Problem with becoming king in the middle ages was that your country wouldn't support you at first."
Every Crusader Kings player:
"I felt that" 678
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@simond.9457منذ 2 سنوات I'm actually srtudying for my final exam on the history of the English language. I LOVE your video! 211
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@Ryan-rzx3منذ 4 سنوات Ironic how the man whose father gave someone a red hot poker in the eyes took a stone cold arrow in the eyes 5877
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@jovannathebonana5448منذ 3 سنوات
Village: Hooray for William!
William: and I took that personally- 123
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@Temulonمنذ 3 سنوات I recently bought "Age of Empires IV" and the battle of Hastings was included. It was narrated and even showed you, you are playing William, id="hidden8" class="buttons"> Duke of Normandy, step by step how to beat Godwinson's forces. I must have played that scenario a dozen times and always had my ass handed to me. It was embarrassing. ....وسعت 507
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@sathreyn9699منذ 2 سنوات A cool story from the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and moment of historical badassery: Apparently, before the battle, a lone English rider approached the id="hidden9" class="buttons"> Norwegian host and found Harald Hardrada, who was accompanied by Tostig Godwinson. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's brother, but had been stripped of his titles and exiled, so joined Harald Hardrada to get some revenge and his land back. This lone rider spoke to them and offered Tostig his land back if he turned on Harald and sided with the English. Tostig asked what Harold Godwinson would offer Harald Hardrada for his trouble, and the rider responded "Six feet of ground, or as much more as he needs, as he is taller than most men." The rider then turned and left. Harald Hardrada, impressed by the boldness of this lone rider willing to stand before the entire Norwegian host and threaten their king, asked Tostig if he knew who he was - Tostig said yes, and that lone rider was none other than Harold Godwinson himself.
The tale may be apocryphal; it's recorded in written accounts, but they were all written by people who lived long after the battle. If true though, damn; Harold Godwinson was himself every bit as badass as the great warriors he was arrayed against. ....وسعت 187
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@MKBrealمنذ 3 سنوات “When people don’t listen to you, burn down some villages.”
-Sun Tzu 901
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@gemsteel2010منذ 2 سنوات I literally can not stop laughing at "red hot poker in the eye" and the animation for William the Bast-er-Conquerer burning down the villages. And then the angry expressions and "unboinked". 36
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@RobloxianGamingمنذ 4 سنوات Fun fact: The 1066 battle was actually fought in Battle, England; so it would’ve really been the Battle of Battle 21943
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@lparry9004منذ 2 سنوات This story serves as a stark reminder for Britain, to never let a foreign army step foot on the mainland. There's a reason why the only nations to id="hidden11" class="buttons"> ever fight England on their soil after this were neighbouring Wales and Scotland. ....وسعت 1204
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@nyguesswhoمنذ 3 سنوات I like how they show Edward the Martyr being born second, yet being the older one some how. 293
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@idontcare6505منذ 2 سنوات Fun fact: Despite the British monarchies being descendants of William the Conqueror, they are also descendants of the Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred the Great. id="hidden12" class="buttons"> Henry II’s great grandmother was an English noblewoman who was a descendent of Athereled the Unready. ....وسعت 170
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@cum3173منذ 3 سنوات An interesting fact is that a few years after the big fight and the Norman conquest of England the pope ordered William to do something nice because of id="hidden13" class="buttons"> all the people that he had killed. So, in the town of battle, on the very hill that the big fight took place, William constructed battle abbey, a memorial to the big fight. At the top of the hill which the big fight was fought, there used to be an altar, but now a stone, marking the place that Harold oofed.
The church and monastery no longer stand because of big Henry the six wives dissolution of the monasteries but the abbots quarter were turned into a country house and are now an extremely posh private school. ....وسعت 319
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@ericcook5224منذ 2 سنوات "Unboinked". New word for my vocabulary. Now I just have to find ways to use it appropriately. 9
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@bigmansam18منذ 3 سنوات "The sun is shining"
Me, an Englishman: Impossible 4097
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@Clustershagمنذ 2 سنوات I had a 4th or 5th grade English teacher who asked us at the beginning of the year…”What was significant about 1066.” We all answered when she asked at the end of the year, “The battle of Hastings!”
Didn’t ever get an explanation. 25 years later….. ....وسعت 116
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@joshuapatrick682منذ 3 سنوات It’s crazy how this reads like a chapter of the Silmarillion complete with some legendary hero taking an arrow to the eye..Tolkien really was a master of English history/literature.. 167
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@Will-tn8kqمنذ 2 سنوات this is great! I always wondered about these things. I knew English was a mish mash of languages from different conquerors, but I love how you gave so many specific examples. 37
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@devyph6310منذ 3 سنوات i like how the doctor just calmly says: "Hey your dying of dysentery" like nothing happened 101
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@alice28639منذ 2 سنوات This really helped me in my history test. Thank you!!! 68
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@shaneschofield6303منذ 3 سنوات Shrewsbury Castle, a strategically positioned fort above a River Severn meander, was commissioned by William the Conquorer around 1070 CE. Still stands id="hidden17" class="buttons"> today and looks rather great actually.
Kind of mind boggling how long ago this was. ....وسعت 71
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@verwardمنذ 3 سنوات I've heard that he didn't run out of food per se but that his men needed to return home to harvest summer wheat. If they didn't go home then the crop would be lost. ....وسعت 51
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@guywhocantgrowabeardمنذ 2 سنوات The last time England was captured/defeated by a naval invasion.
Also, LOVE that detail of the sound of the flag turning. Absolutely LOVE it. 12
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@markgallagher1790منذ 2 سنوات The amount of times the weather has bailed England out of certain death is staggering 25
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@kontro_1قبل 6 أشهر I remember in school when our history teacher let us recreate the battle of Hastings. We used paper as our arrows and we made shield walls. They were so fun. 7
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@heatfeurig8851منذ 5 سنوات Fun fact: the actual battle was at a town called “battle” NEAR Hastings but no one wanted to call it “Battle of Battle” so they just called it Battle of Hastings. 7516
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@OR56منذ 3 سنوات I learned this story by playing the game 1066, it was great. And educational 42
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@wildboy9124منذ 3 سنوات this video is so good and fun to watch at the same time.
thank you OverSimplified 10
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@nightillusion574قبل 11 أشهر This video made me go and visit Hastings! Truly a beautiful place with a great sea-view and rich history. It may be too late but thank you for the video. 5
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@SecretSquirrelFunمنذ 3 سنوات I just love the King of Norway “fight scenes”.
It’s not only the perfect sword fighting sound effect/s, it’s those little additions, those little lines at the end of each sword ⚔️ that implies movement - and in this case manic sword fighting movement. So good.
Man, it’s awesome. I’m so glad that you shared all of your hard work, thanks, much appreciated as always
P.S in fact, all the sound work in this is awesome - you even added a little sound when putting the crown on Hardrada.
And dude, you even gave William a little Norman hair “style”! So funny. ....وسعت 2
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@elramyeonالعام الماضي 4 years later and we finally get a series about Æthelred the Unready and his son Edward. It’s called Vikings Valhalla if you’re wondering. It follows the story of the vikings and their need for revenge. 10
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@MyLowK22منذ 3 سنوات ᵒ ⁿᵒ ˡᵒᵒᵏ ᵒᵘᵗ ʳᵉᵈ ʰᵒᵗ ᵖᵒᵏᵉʳ ᶦⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉʸᵉˢ 3589
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@Monty2022منذ 3 سنوات Another reason Godwinson lost was due to his soldiers being untrained and were mostly farmers since they lost soldiers in York. Also King Edward was known as Edward the confessor. 69
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@shock5620منذ 3 سنوات The battle of Stamford Bridge was the coolest part of the war the Vikings made a song about it, it’s called “Ved Stamford Brua” 4
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@SheldonAdama17منذ 2 سنوات “Dude where are your arms?”
I really shouldn’t be laughing at that, but I am 5
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@nikhilrath8870منذ 3 سنوات This guy makes the best videos for history, keep up the good work 10
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@shemwilliams5814قبل 7 أشهر I love Oversimplified! Could you do one on the whole Anglo Saxon era: 410AD to 1066AD? Lots of awesome trickery by Danes and lots of political intrigue 5
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@Koloka_exeمنذ 4 سنوات English village: exists
William: “And I took that personally” 3948
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@minimahoon7280منذ 3 سنوات We are learning about this in school and this made it way more fun and it actually kind of helped. Keep up the work! 4
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@harmfulhornet5998منذ 3 سنوات Thanks so much for informing people about this it’s actually what started my family 2
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@SheldonAdama17منذ 2 سنوات Aleçon: (insults William’s mother)
“This enraged William, who punished them severely” 6
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@capteagle9منذ 3 سنوات I love how he keeps the ad in the end..its just perfection 1
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@jeremiahgoncalves1694قبل 4 أشهر Miniwars is very cool. Invasion of Greneda would be interesting to cover 2
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@jaydenwright9203منذ 5 سنوات "Which one should we make King?"
Directed to second child
"This one, cause he's older"
Me: "Hold up" 3260
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@valentinadannunzioمنذ 2 سنوات Omg I laughed so much watching this I can't believe it could have been so funny learning history ahah thank you so much (also if yes, I had to rewatch id="hidden29" class="buttons"> every few seconds 2-3 times. because it goes so quick and with so many informations!) I love studying like this, thank you really!!!!! ....وسعت 9
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@fxgo4552منذ 2 سنوات Very interesting as a Quebec francophone. Beef from boeuf, pork from porc, etc. Great video as usual! 2
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@derekmullings7438منذ 3 سنوات I've been watching OverSimplified all night. Great stuff. 4
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@leonleborgne573منذ 2 سنوات Being familiar with the history of England, made this more enjoyable. Most excellent presentation. 4
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@thijmen5295منذ 5 سنوات Edward left his wife unboinked
THIS ENRAGED HIS FATHER WHO PUNISHED HIM SEVERELY 5490
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@lukemiller5986قبل 5 أشهر Y'all, i learned this in history class (i'm in 6th grade) and it is so cool to hear it from an oversimplified point of view. 2
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@ItzKryptek64منذ 3 سنوات Learned about this in one of my Criminal Justice classes and how it drastically changed the old CJ system and gave us the one we have today in America, closely modeled after the one established in Britain 3
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@samcannon5257منذ 2 سنوات Over simplified should do the Peloponnesian war that would be a banger 4
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@astrobotplayz8722منذ 3 سنوات "The 'a' sounded more like an 'o' to normans."
William: Hey Harold, I'm going to fight you!
Harald: Uh no my name is Harald, Harald Hardrata. 34
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@johnteets490العام الماضي "Viking king".
I love portmanteaus. This is by far the best possible way you could smoosh two words together.
Vi-King.
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
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@TheRealGuywithoutaMustacheمنذ 4 سنوات I admire the fact that this video was uploaded over two years ago and it still has a very active comments section 6320
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@normiesammieمنذ 3 سنوات I love your animations. So simple yet very informative . It shows their attitude very well. Muahhhhhhh keep up the great work
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@lukecarson1412قبل 4 أشهر I learnt this in my History class years ago that it was actually a strategic tactic named ‘Feint Flight’ where the Norman forces would retreat, baiting the front ranks of the English force to break rank and chase the Normans allowing the cavalry to charge around the soldiers and encircle and kill them. My teacher has his masters degree and has written and published historian articles so i’d like to think this is accurate. ....وسعت 1
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@kirkhenry2652منذ 2 سنوات One of my students told me about this channel. Now I am hooked. :)
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@rahulbharadwaj7191منذ 3 سنوات Thanks man. Cuz of this vid, I got 100% on my assignment. This is the most helpful vid i have ever watched 4
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@olexgrach3627قبل 9 أشهر I just realized a majority of the normand roots in their words have French words embedded… it’s like my 5th time watching this video 6
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@bigludo22منذ 5 سنوات ok, i've found an incorrect statement in the first 3 seconds. "the sun is shining"? in england? 5293
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@DarthSironosمنذ 3 سنوات Good old feigned retreat. Possibly the most clever of all tactics. Exploits the propensity of regiments to break rank to chase fleeing enemies by suddenly id="hidden35" class="buttons"> forming up and cutting the chasers to pieces. Requires a lot of coordination and discipline. ....وسعت 4
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@Lane219منذ 2 سنوات We watched this in our history lesson. I am proud of my teacher 5
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@Mike-eo5jkمنذ 2 سنوات My first video of yours. I enjoyed it immensely, thank you!!
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@kyuu12345منذ 2 سنوات history teachers teach this same thing but make it go over 3 weeks when they can just make the students watch this 23
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@nadarrow6554منذ 5 سنوات Has a son with someone first
Has a son with another person second
Second=older 2403
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@sus2069منذ 2 سنوات They need to make a series on William seriously. It could be the next game of thrones. 7
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@Dr_Crimeمنذ 2 سنوات I’m sitting my GCSEs in exactly 12 hours and this is my last minute recap actually has helped me remember the story a lot thank you bro 1
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@jeremymwihiaقبل 4 أشهر Oversimplified's content has always been good, but watching this back made me realise how much he's improved as a content creator
Well done oversimplified
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@KarmaChameleon3029قبل 7 أشهر I was recently living eith a friend in Eastbourne and we often drove and chilled at Pevensey castle. I loved sitting there and imagining what it wouldve id="hidden37" class="buttons"> been like. I often wish that the rock in the castle walls could tell me the stories that its seen. After all, it still stands almost 1000 years later. ....وسعت
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@sarilimanto854منذ 4 سنوات "An Anglo Saxon might come into a room, but a Norman would enter into a chamber"
Me an intellectual: enter a room 1896
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@lornsumm3249منذ 3 سنوات This is a scenario you can play in civ 5, it's pretty fun and winning as england is slightly challenging 2
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@andrewtatescigar7122منذ 3 سنوات are we gonna ignore the absolute chad that did this he needs a gold medal 2
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@bullwinklefan2003العام الماضي What a wonderful time to be alive!!!

A few seconds later.
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@rgamesinc6751قبل 4 أشهر This was so funny and it helped me understand it way better. Ty so muchb 1
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@devlinmorin7615منذ 5 سنوات The villagers let out a cheer of support.
This enraged their king, who punished them severely. 3461
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@DJrebel3744منذ 3 سنوات I struggle with a learning disability it's very motivating that someone is powerful as him had the same struggles it goes to show you anything is possible as long as you believe in yourself
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@Wolfs2019منذ 2 سنوات I learned about this in class in 1 month. With Oversimplified, I learnt everything I need to know in ~13 minutes. 1
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@DippfaceHQمنذ 2 سنوات Thanks for this video I understand much more about the new Vikings: Valhalla series.
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@elizabethohlund4555منذ 2 سنوات everyone need to watch the oversimplified videos with the subtitles on you get little side notes that just make is so much better!
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@isaachardingdeverson2197قبل 8 أشهر Thanks you helped me revise in this video so thanks 1
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@jeandehuit5385منذ 4 سنوات "The sun shining in England"
Ha! 1238
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@RafaelGarcia-xu9ksقبل 10 أشهر Excited to watch this after finishing vinland 2
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@justinian536منذ 2 سنوات Yo thanks for this video man, helps me in my history finals for school
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@TheMarvelousMمنذ 3 سنوات 1st off, I really do love this video, it's been one of my favorites for years. 2nd, How does it feel to beat the Warner brothers and the Warner sister to the punch on teaching us about the battle of Hastings? 3