The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing 

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“Sometimes dumb, lame, little pieces of rock end up mattering a lot because of where they are...” Casually glances at the Falklands.

The Sicilian flag looks like if the Isle of Man's flag was naked

That up close shot of a nose disturbed me. And I don’t think I’m the only one.

Sicilly, 1831: Man 1: *Smells sulfur gas* Alright, who did it? Man 2: He who smelt it dealt it. Man 1: He who denied it, supplied it. Man 2: He who deduced it, produced it. Man 1: He who attributed it, distributed it. Man 2: He who detected it, projected it. Man 1: He who perceived it, conceived it. Man 2: He who expressed it, compressed it. Man 1: He who related it, deflated it. Man 2: He who protested it, foam-crested it. Man 1: He who derided it, provided it. Man 2: He who maligned it, designed it. Man 1: He who smelled it, expelled it. Man 2: He who opined it, refined it. Man 1: He who rued it, brewed it. Man 2: He who revealed it, peeled it. Man1: He who quipped it, ripped it. Man 2: He who knew it, blew it. Man 1: He who reported it, exported it. Man 2: He who decoyed it, deployed it. Man 1: He who averred it, disinterred it. Man 2: ... it wasn't me.

I live in Palermo, Sicily and your pronunciation of "Sciacca" is not bad at all

Scilies: hey look at this new island we should cla- The UK: Hippity Hoppity this island is obviously my property

How big is it? "Two Starbucks, a McDonalds and a parking area for doggers."

"The first to claim it were the Brits, because after all, Britain loves claiming things" Half as Interesting is spitting facts, as usual.

"I don't see mirage island today"

As an italian I have never heard of this. These updates the devs are adding are so weird, they should fix the previous bugs first.

I love how he's always throwing shade at someone or something

The Island: aight im a head out

As an Italian I can say that the part about regions hating each other’s is absolutely correct 😂

Sofa? Every one calls that a couch. Also from PNW here.

Someone finally had to say it The flag of Sicily is horrific

1:47 "Dumb, lame little piece of rock" Britain: You cut me deep, HAI...you cut me real deep just now.

China: "Silly Europeans. Why wait for island, when you can make an island." *HaHaHa* "Regardless, the disappearing island has been part of China since ancient times."

HAI: Like In how most of the US you would call this a- My brain: couch! HAI: sofa My brain: am I some kind of joke to you?

"Remember that before 1861, the Italian peninsula was made up of a bunch of little countries that all kind of hated each other, unlike now, when it's all one country made up of a bunch of regions that all kind of hate each other." I mean... you're not wrong

This is literally the plot of a Diskworld book 😂

Island: *exists* The British Empire: *It's free real estate*

Any landmass The UK: it's free real Estate

*Located in southern Italy* “It was racist” Sounds about right...

Gonna prank this island when it comes back Day 1 : Day 2 : Day 870 :

My money was on sea monster. I'm glad there are information packed videos like this to straighten everything out.

“Very strong sulphur smell” Ah yes I the time traveler have did the deed

As an Italian, I wish the "one country made up of a bunch of regions that all kind of hate each other" was fake :(

So basically, this is the Aight Imma Head Out of islands. Four countries wanted it? Wow

*sees title *expects a Lost joke/reference

"sometimes dumb lame little pieces of rock end up mattering a lot because of where they are, just look at the UK"

There's been a Citation Needed episode about this island...

Two words: Citation. Needed.

Teacher: How to waste Britain's time Me:

Shout out to anyone else who already knew about this from watching "Citation Needed" with The Technical Difficulties on Tom Scott's channel!

Huh, I expected more “citation needed” references. If you haven’t, I recommend checking them out! They covered this topic in an episode

Who wants a lawn ornament Edit: what did Malta do during this

The best thing to come out of all of this was Terry Pratchett's Jingo.

and in the uk we call that "sofa" a couch

watching this video without sound is a whole new experience

"The very important spot of here" Brilliant 🙃

*Island Appears out of no were* Britain: It’s free Real-estate

The documentary that's on nebula is amazing wendover/HAI did an amazing job

Everyone: starts fighting over it! Island:”Aight Imma head out!” Everyone: Surprised Pikachu face!

sarcastic, witty, yet very informative! i love this channel

3:08 "Ferdind named it 'Ferdinandea' after his best friend - himself"

4:17 - I love the subtle implication that whack-a-mole is about hitting carnies. Sorry, carnies.

The UK joke got me so good. Well done well done

"The UK loves claiming things" Just like tea, originally from the east, but the british people claimed it was theirs back in the days

0:24 that's a Couch

I must say your documentary about Majuro was excellent and definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it yet

I really hope you will upload soon the Majuro film on youtube. I watched the whole thing without even knowing how quickly time went by and it left me speechless. This film has a strong emotional impact and more people need to see it, maybe, just maybe, it would be able to inspire people to become more active when it comes to global temperature rising.

is that the same underwater island that might have been bombed during the war in Libya? (mentioned in Citation Needed)

Graham Island: *appears* Britain, France, Sicily, and Spain: “It’s mine!” Graham Island: “Alright, I’m boutta head out.“

So much new information! Another great video!

Great video Sam! Very informative and engaging!

As an Italian, I would say that: this vulcanic island is not the only thing "disappearing" (never to be seen again) in the sea in the south of Italy 🙄🙄🙄

Aight, somebody's been watching The Technical Difficulties again....

This channel's research is AAA. Editing is crisp along with the animations. How do you guys do it? These kinds of videos inspire me to do better on my channel.

Good video. Keep up the good work. Learned a lot.

'Just like the UK" OUCH. I felt that.

The island reminds me if my dad

i am from wisconsin and can confirm that not a single person in the entire midwest calls a sofa a davenport

That part about the UK not claiming Kazakhstan yet is suspiciously specific

This island is the original whack-a-mole. You gotta claim it before it goes back down.

"Sometimes small little stupid rocks are important because of where they are, just liike Britain."

Now these are the things i love researching for my podcast!! (Files Obscura)

aight finally subscribed to curiosity stream /nebula. this vid was the turning point lmfao. final days of majuro here i come!

Go watch the citation needed episode of this topic. It's hilarious!

*Britain has claimed the comment section

i teared up during your latest video on the marshal islands.

Your videos are so cool and actually teach me something, england loves claiming things love ya

“wOw iM sO eArlY lAsT tiMe i wAs eArLy *insert bad joke here*”

To me the island=my Dad

“Much like a child in a custody dispute, it will run away” damn that’s dark

I'd love to watch more Nebula videos! But I waiting on the app to come out. The mobile site is pretty difficult to get working smoothly :( love what you guys are doing though and love to support it!

@1m19s: Unnecessary comma. July 17th is more than sufficient. "July, 17th" is silly. :-)

When I got the notification, I just had to call it.

Sicily flag: *shows up* Isle of Man flag: *finally a worthy opponent*

I love the commentary, hilarious

island: *literally shows up* British: "hippity hoppity ur now my property"

1:35. Honestly, I wouldn’t have been surprised since everything is considered racist these days

Lawn ornament.. lol. Cozy and functional ones at that (at least for about six months until the weather disintegrates them).

Damn, every time I think I’ve watch all his videos there’s always a new one

Last time I was this early these types of comments were funny and original

I’ll bet you could get there with a plane

Your are today TOP 1 science animated divulgation channel. Some others lost their birds and corollas.

Could you do a video on why there still isn't a fixed link between the island of Sicily and the rest of Italy.

When your island dissappears: ;-; Then It reappears:

? What. I am pretty late: two minutes, but somehow there are only 37 views.

This video would've been the perfect chance to make a joke about how new zealand keeps getting forgotten on world maps

The documentary about Majuro was really interesting. Surely I would recommend watching it.

Are you an island? Sciacca: *Well yes, but actually no*

This island Be like: *allow me to introduce myself* And sometimes Be like *ight imma head out*

From the Midwest here - nobody calls it a Davenport

Me: 2020, what are you doing? 2020: **casually raises island from the ocean floor**

Whoa, these 2 comments that are supposed to be here are just like the subject of this video!

"I am just kidding. A bunch of people started to fight over it". . . . . . At first, I laughed so hard. But then, I cried, because.... well, that's classic humanity.

In Austin, TX we have an island is lake travis and we call it "Sometimes island". Sometimes you see it, when the lake level is low, and sometimes you don't, when the lake level is high.

This has to be the longest ad for his movie