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history of the entire world, i guess
bill wurtz
A fast, absurdist 19-minute animated run through the history of the whole world, narrated and scored by Bill Wurtz in his distinctive style. It compresses millennia of events into jokes, songs and quick visuals.
HN commenters list it among favorite long-form, info-dense YouTube videos and as a representative piece of Wurtz's quirky creativity.
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