Unexpected Absurdity

🖱In this Halloween Edition Wikipedia clickhole, we'll start with a LIVE brain in a jar and make our way to a creepy AI brain project, but we’ll stumble across 19th century brain doctors and experiments, hypnosis, hysteria, radiation accidents, and secret labs in the desert on the way.  

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Intro and outro music: Kendwa by Jones Meadow Background music: House of Shadows (Yellowbase); Lock It Down, A Few Demands (Matt Large); Doll Houses (Justnormal); The Sirens of the Lambs, A City in Ruins, Gloomy Thoughts (Matt Large); Halloween Clown Circus (DJ DENZ THE ROOSTER); Insomniac (Matt Large)  

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🖱In this Wikipedia clickhole, we'll start with sea snails and their little trap door closures and end at the 1940s Mexican American Pachuca subculture. En route, we'll learn about crazy Swiss history, assassination by guy in bear suit, a strange language, and how John Lennon took a calligraphy class.  

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Intro and outro music: Kendwa by Jones Meadow Background music: Earl Grey (Dylan Sitts); Nothing Too Serious (Matt Large); The Days of Old (Matt Large); 368 (Jobii); Jacuzzi (Jobii); Believe Me When I Say It (Matt Large); NEAR (SINY); Corn Candy (Guustaav); Dusty Conscience (Matt Large); Waiting For Summer (Matt Large)  

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🖱In this casual Wikipedia clickhole, we'll start with radioactive cats and other Human Interference Task Force ideas, wind our way through naughty political scandals and singing senators and congressmen, to the London underground en route to NIMBYs and Fenno's Paradox.  

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Intro and outro music: Kendwa by Jones Meadow Background music: Earl Grey (Dylan Sitts); Nothing Too Serious (Matt Large); The Days of Old (Matt Large); 368 (Jobii); Jacuzzi (Jobii); Believe Me When I Say It (Matt Large); NEAR (SINY); Corn Candy (Guustaav); Dusty Conscience (Matt Large); Waiting For Summer (Matt Large)  

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FIrst and foremost, thanks to nnhk00 their suggestion. Big thanks to Wikipedia for the articles from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

🖱In this casual Wikipedia clickhole, we'll start in the epic dancing plague of 1518 and wind up in some insane history in Ethiopia that reads like Game of Thrones. Along the way we'll also explore a laughter epidemic and discover a questionably named missionary group, before wrapping up in Gondar, Ethiopia's old capital.  

Thanks to nnhk00 and XSVIN for starting point suggestions! nnhk00's suggestion of Human Interference Task Force advances to the next random picker round.  👍 Please like or subscribe if you enjoyed!  Leave a suggestion in the comments for next Clickhole Wednesday's starting point. 

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Intro and outro music: Kendwa by Jones Meadow Background music: Earl Grey (Dylan Sitts); Nothing Too Serious (Matt Large); The Days of Old (Matt Large); 368 (Jobii); Jacuzzi (Jobii); Believe Me When I Say It (Matt Large); NEAR (SINY); Corn Candy (Guustaav); Dusty Conscience (Matt Large); Waiting For Summer (Matt Large)  

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🖱In this casual Wikipedia clickhole, we'll start in the tiny French commune of Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas and magically click our way to Elvis Presley's favorite rollercoaster, the Zippin Pippin. Along the way hopefully we'll learn something new, or at least some random trivia.  👍 Please like or subscribe if you enjoyed!  Leave a suggestion in the comments for next Clickhole Wednesday's starting point. 

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Intro and outro music: Kendwa by Jones Meadow Background music: Blue Nights and Yellow Days (Matt Large); Fly Shroom (Giant's Nest); Ill Flava (Lax Superlatives); Open Market (JustNormal); NEAR (SINY); Thru The Wall (Matt Large); Corn Candy (Guustaav); Burgess Hill (ocean jams); Jay Troit (Lax Superlative)  

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⛏ Today we explore the sanely named but still curious and purposeful town of Round Mountain, Nevada. From where to get a drink to rating internet quality, we'll explore all aspects of local life in this very organized mining town through Google Maps.

I know it's not a dirty named town, but I hope you'll find this one also interesting.

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The r/Nevada Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nevada/comments/ierrg5/i_explore_unusual_towns_via_google_maps_and_made/

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00:00 We hit the desert road

00:12 We reflect on some news from a local in Uranus, Missouri

00:47 We head to Round Mountain, Nevada

01:42 The big reveal of what the town is really all about

03:07 The Hadley subdivision, or, where people really live

03:52 Exploring the town website and where to get a job

04:59 Where the bars are at (hint: New York City)

06:22 The Round Mountain Wikipedia page

08:30 Exploring via Google Images

10:12 It's property time on Zillow

10:27 Must-see locally made video on mine life

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Background music: Open Market by Justnormal

Property time music: Summer City (Instrumental) by Chasing Madison

Intro and outro music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large

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Big thanks to that list I found at work for the recommendation, the Kinross Gold Corp for digging a giant hole, and Google for the maps from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

🍩 Nestled near the Ozarks in Missouri, Mayor Louie Keen owns the fudge out of Uranus. Via Google Maps, we'll sample the fudge in this roadside attraction that should be a real town, find out if it's possible to live in Uranus, wonder how the Mayor funded it all, and look for evidence of feuding.

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00:00 We hit the road

00:07 An update on Sheriff Frank Loop of Floyds Knobs, Indiana

01:02 Still searching for the best dressed pig at Swine Time Festival in Climax, Georgia

01:18 Dave & colleagues recommend Uranus, Missouri

01:37 We get started in Uranus

02:07 Exploring via the Wikipedia page

03:32 About the mayor, Louie Keen

04:11 The Uranus town website

05:23 Checking out Google Maps and Saint Robert, Missouri

07:37 Google reviews

10:26 More on Louie Keen

11:07 Zillow adventures

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Background music: Blue Nights and Yellow Days by Matt Large

Intro and outro music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large

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Big thanks to Dave in Indiana and his colleagues in Troy, Illinois for the recommendation, Louie Keen for his zany genius, and Google for the maps from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

🍑This week, we're out of the midwest and into the South as we navigate the rural roads of Climax, Georgia via Google Maps. We'll adventure around the Climax city website, check out Zillow offerings, wonder if people know how reviews work, and attempt to find Swine Time's best-dressed pig of 2019.

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Background music: Earl Grey by Dylan Sitts

Sad music: The Glass Slipper by Martin Klem

Intro and outro music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large

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Big thanks to the Floyds Knobs and Indiana & Kentucky folks for your huge support on recent videos, and Google for the maps from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

🍕Thanks for the love, Hoosiers! We're back in Indiana to check out more frisky towns such as French Lick, Loogootee, Gnaw Bone as well as Santa Claus, Correct, Toad Hop, and more. We'll casually compare Arni's to other Indiana pizzas, contemplate Pluto Water, and adventure on Google Maps.

Thank you SO MUCH for your likes, subscribes, shares, and comments. Please let me know where you think we should go next!

P.S. For those new here, "knob" is British slang for... well, a man's one-eyed trouser snake.

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PatchworkStringBand on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzm2-jzGk951xAEybJublWA

Jelley's Jam Room in Floyds Knobs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQOK3OkowcrUpFqTPobpV0Q

Floyds Knobs hilltop AirBnB with a city view:

https://airbnb.com/h/floydsknobscottage

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Background music: Ill Flava by Lax Superlative

Christmas music: Everybody Wants Home for Christmas (Instrumental) by The Snowy Hill Singers

Scary Gingerbread House music: Troublemakers by Experia

Intro and outro music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large

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Big thanks to the Floyds Knobs and greater Indiana community, Reddit, and Google for the maps from which to make content. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.

🍆 It's another juicy Google Maps road trip to the small town of Floyds Knobs, Indiana. We'll explore all the saucy corners of this suggestively named bedroom community outside of Louisville, including who Colonel Floyd is and what's with his many knobs. You'll be glad you came to small town America.

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Background music: Fly Shroom by Giant's Nest

Title and end card music: Eastern Shades by Matt Large

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Big thanks to Indiana for the town and Google for the maps from which to make content, and n00bvin on the r/Louisville subreddit for the recommendation. This video would be quite literally nowhere without it.