They didn't think we'd notice... 

Meanwhile me, an italian, knowing that exist one different folklore for every region in Italy.

I’m American but lived in Italy for 13 years, just sayin that Italy has an incredible wealth of folklore and legends. Whoever made that missed the mark big time

Italy's folklore is just too big to be noticed normally considering that most christian/Catholic myths come from Italy. Or just think of the divine comedy: it defined how we imagine heaven, purgatory and hell to this very day!

Europeans and Americans: “Lmao, Italy have no folklore” Italy: literally invented Renaissance Europeans and Americans: realise themselves are Italian folklore

Drew: Italians have no folklore Europeans: What inspired them to their literature and operas, when the rest of us still was using up greek and roman folklore as base for our medivial storytelling?

4:11 by "Qaisar-e Rum" it meant "Kayser-i Rum". After conquering the Constantinople and ending the Byzantine Empire, 21 years old Mehmed II. called himself "the Kaiser of the Romans" which is basically that.

When people finished colonising the Pacific Ocean Islands, the planet had 2,000 fewer species of bird.

About italian folklore, here there a story about a festival celebrated only in Florence (others Italian cities have different festivals and folklore): Easter is celebrate in various way in different countries and cities. For exemple, in Florence (in Italy) “Scoppio del carro” took place on Easter Day. You can see this celebration in first and second photo. The Scoppio del Carro ("Explosion of the Cart") is a folk tradition of Florence. On Easter Sunday, a cart, packed full of fireworks and other pyrotechnics, is lit and provides a historic spectacle in the civic life of the city. On the morning of Easter Sunday, the antique cart (in use for over 500 years), moves from the Porta al Prato to the Piazza del Duomo. Hauled by a team of white oxen festooned with garlands of the first flowers and herbs of spring, the cart is escorted by 150 soldiers, musicians, and people in 15th century dress. Meanwhile, a fire is struck using the historic flints from Jerusalem at Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli. It is then carried in procession to the cathedral square by members of the Pazzi family, clerics, and city officials. The cart is loaded with fireworks while a wire, stretching to the high altar inside the cathedral, is fitted with a mechanical dove (the "colombina"). Shortly thereafter, at the singing of the Gloria in excelsis Deo during Easter Mass, the cardinal of Florence lights a fuse in the colombina with the Easter fire. It then speeds through the church to ignite the cart outside. During all of these stages, the bells of Giotto's campanile ring out. The complex fireworks show that follows lasts about 20 minutes. A successful display from the "Explosion of the Cart" is supposed to guarantee a good harvest, stable civic life, and good business. The event of the "Scoppio del Carro" has its origins in the First Crusade, when Europeans laid siege to the city of Jerusalem in a conflict to claim Palestine for Christianity. In 1097, Pazzino de' Pazzi, a Florentine from a prominent family, was by tradition the first man to scale the walls of Jerusalem. As a reward for this act of bravery, his commander gave him three flints from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which were then carried back to Tuscany. These are kept in the Church of Santi Apostoli. It became the practice for a "holy fire" to be struck from these flints at Eastertide, which was then carried throughout the city by groups of young men bearing torches. In time, this tradition evolved to something similar to what is seen today; a cart bearing a large candle was rolled through the city to the cathedral, from where the holy fire would be distributed. By the end of the 15th century, the Scoppio del Carro assumed its present form.

Yeah, you'll notice that Portuguese Africa didn't have different flags because it was all Portugal to them. As such, higher budgets were spent on developing Countries like Angola and Mozambique than in the actual mainland. There wasn't a siphoning mentality because after a 500-year presence it was all national territory. We're not the same as other colonial powers.

4:57 imagine being so deep in WW2 lore that you miss the obvious joke

NO FOLKLORE IN ITALY!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! Despite being such a little strip of land we've one of the richest and diverse folklore in the world. I usually don't get offended by memes about my country because they're usually accurate and funny, but this one is a complete bull sh!t in an very offensive way.

7:00 So you say the Polynesians achieved something incredible? I don't know, sounds to me like... A L I E N S

A bit of folklore from my city (Bergamo): - On December 13 we celebrate saint lucia. this saint was blind, and as santa claus she brings gifts in exchange for milk and biscuits for her donkey. however, children are told to be careful, because if you look at her face by mistake, you go blind. in many areas it is celebrated with ceremonies and processions. - Each grandmother tells her grandchildren a nursery rhyme about a goat, without bones or skin, which would come and kill them if they weren't good. - We have a lot of masks and puppets that are inspired by the medieval and renaissance tradition. The most famous is the harlequin (from which harley queen took inspiration), but the most iconic is the Gioppino. saying "you are a Gioppino" is an insult and is equivalent to saying "you are a clown". - Every mountain, lake or palace has its own legends. some have ancient roots and involve goblins and mythological characters, while others have Christian roots and involve the devil or demonic forces. Now, since Bergamo is a small city and every Italian city has its own legends, I'd say that meme is quite inaccurate.

Some legends and creatures of the region in Italy where I live, Campania region (Campania region has as capital a city called Naples): 1) Partenope siren Usually the word "Partenopeo" is used in Italian to identify things or people from Naples (also the word "Napoletano" is used and both words are translated in English as "Neapolitan"). The term derives from the name of a siren named Partenope, who was buried where the current Campania's capital stands (indicatively). According to legend, Partenope was beautiful enough to compete with Venus (the goddess of beauty) herself. Like her fellow men, she was a charmer, and she attracted sailors with her song and then led them to death. Finally came Ulysses (maybe you know him because of "Odyssey"), a smart navigator, who had himself chained to the main mast of his ship so as not to give in to the creature's enticements. Partenope, having failed the mission, fell in love of him, to the point of committing suicide. Her body was transported by sea currents to the shores of the Italian peninsula, where the city of Partenope was founded. Further on, the inhabited center was destroyed by the Cumans and Neapolis (that literally means "new city" in their ancient language) was built in its place. The name then became Naples. 2) 'a bella m'briana Also in Naples, among the home walls of the house there is the Bella M’Briana. In the collective imagination she is defined as the spirit of the home, a benign presence that comes to the aid of the family in times of real need. Often she manifests herself as a beautiful woman dressed in white, ready to help the family only in case the house is clean and tidy. This is the only condition that allows this presence to house within the home walls. Order and respect are those cultural cornerstones that once (even if today some legacy remains) defined the people of Southern Italy. This domestic spirit can transform herself into a gecko and present herself to people in this form. M'Briana can also turn into a beautiful butterfly or a moth. So be careful when you find a small gecko on the ceiling or on a wall of your home, or if you see a butterfly fluttering: the Bella M’Briana could be there to understand if peace really reigns in your home. 3) the Papera Cugliuta (papera means duck) We are in front of a mythological beast with grotesque features. Its description reveals all the irony of the people of Campania region. The Papera Cugliuta, according to the Neapolitan tradition, resides in the wells of oldest city and is a being endowed with remarkable male gen!tals. Another of its characteristics, along with the extra large gen!tals, is the malevolent nature. On Christmas night, at midnight, the duck emerges from the well and looks around, hoping to find some prey. Anyone who has the misfortune of looking at it, d!es instantly. Or probably, if victim is male, he d!es of envy. Sorry for broken English

Thank you so much for posting these videos, it actually helps with my history

Fun fact: Someone was struck by both nukes in Japan… he survived, and so did his family, by hiding in places the nukes couldn’t reach. I don’t know whether he’s the luckiest or unluckiest man in the world! Source: BE AMAZED

Italy has one of the richest Folklore history in the entire world wtf

In Italy during 1935 there was “The Stresa front”. It was the expression used to define the agreement, in an anti-German function, signed between the French foreign minister Pierre Laval, the British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald and the head of the Italian government Benito Mussolini, following the meeting between the three in the homonymous Piedmontese town on Lake Maggiore, between 11 and 14 April 1935, at Palazzo Borromeo. Ultimately this pact didn’t lasted long since there were disputes between Mussolini and the two countries (for example regarding the invasion of Ethiopia which leads to the definite breakdown of relations UK France) 6:20

Great job man keep it up!

love these kinds of memes! Keep it up bro!

As a Zambian still we believe we will go to mars one day😂😂

People should stop making memes about Italian history if they literally know nothing about it.

Keep it up drew great memes!

Ok that 2nd one was hilarious, keep up the good work

Everytime I think Drew can’t get anymore illiterate he proves me wrong

We have more folklore in a single city, than USA in a whole country. Carnevale di Venezia and Palio di Siena, just to mention something even American may know about...

U r posting a lot now lol AND I LOVE IT lol I love when u post lol

1:22 There are people fighting the War on Terror today who were -2 years old when it started.

I love these, I was watching his vids in the hospital with a fractured leg

7:06 as a Polynesian thank you so much!

Drews vids are the best

I hope he posts these types of meme videos forever

Exemple of Italian folklore are: 1) Maschere della commedia dell'arte. They are masks 🎭 that symbolize typical characters. Every region in Italy has its own characters. Exemple are Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Dr Pantalone, Colombina, Brighella. These masks were used in Commedia dell'arte (theatre comedies) and they are still used in *Venetian carnival* . 2) Sardinian region folklore is one of richer. Exemple are Mamuthones; but other italian regions have a rich folkloristics celebrations such as "scoppio del carro" in Florence; "battaglia delle arance" (oranges war) in Ivrea, Piedmont; "Palio di Siena" in Siena, "infiorate di Spello" in Umbria, "Calcio fiorentino" (florentine football). 3) some monsters of italian folklore are: Badalischio, Badalisc, munaciello, Bella 'Mbriana, Gatto Mammone, Wyvern, Azzurrina, Befana 4) some tales of italian folklore are in book "Pentamerone" by Basile, in which you can read one of firstest versions of Cinderella, Beauty and the best and many others tales (many of them are rich of s€x and dark). A movie about some tales of this book also had been produced: the name of the movie is "tale of tales" (2015). 5) one of most famous italian folkloric tale is Pinocchio 🤥 6) Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri show how italians in middle age thought afterlife was (hell, purgatory and paradise structure) 6) National folkloric festivals (celebrated in whole Italy) are Ferragosto (celebrated since imperial Rome), Epiphanies, Ognissanti, Saint Stefano. 7) traditional songs are different in every city (so a national folkloric songs do not exist or are very few such as "Bella Ciao") foe exemple the song called "pizza time" on internet is in truth named "funiculì funiculà" and it is part of Neapolitan music tradition (so it is ONLY part of identity of city of Naples). Naples also founded a new music genre called Neomelodico which is characterized by songs in Neapolitan language ("pizza time" is not Neomelodico genre because it was composed in 1880, but... Yes, "pizza time" have a lyric and it is in Neapolitan, not even in Italian).

I’ve been to Ohio several times and it’s not really hell, it’s more like purgatory.

Italian lore is the entire christian history

"You can't legally be a war criminal if you can take us to the Moon". I know it's a joke, but at the same time it is not.

Don't you love it when you close your eyes and then the next second your strapped to canon

7:54 it was possible to have 1M+ troops in 5th century BC in the middle east. There were a millions of people living in the middle east (with many being fighting age people) and had developed agriculture. Same goes for China and South asia, as the same conditions were there as well.

nice work man 🎉🎉

The alternate timeline I want to see were Zambia gets to Mars before sputnik

Yes new vid from Drew i was 20 minutes late hahaha 12:20am in the Philippines

USS Nevada (BB-36) had to be sunk because it was radioactive after being nuked, USS New York (BB-34) met the same fate.

Drew makes our days better

Werner Von Heisenberg *walks in* Saul: My real name’s McGill. The Jewish name is just for the homeboys. Heisenberg: oh, ok *takes hand off his Luger*

2 videos in a row with North Dakota being mentioned I’ve never been so happy

2:28 My great-great grandfather Edmund Hachey from Bathurst, NB was a first responder to the Halifax Explosion

Drew: Uploads Me: 🏃‍♂️💨

I live In Halifax and its really sad what happened

Damn real life lore be getting all the shout outs from RU-vidrs

Well.... We still didnt

I just spent an hour from 4:00 AM to 5:00 AM looking for my iPad. Eventually my mom used find my ipad and it was blending into a stool all along. I am now watching Drew Durnil on my iPad while being very tired.

I wanna know how the Polynesians had such amazing navigational skills to find all those tiny islands.

POV: Trying to find a comment relavant to the video and not just about the thumbnail:

The queen just refusing to die :)

As an Halifax resident I am highly offended that you didn’t know about the Halifax Explosion. How ever I’m glad he’s called a Chad

0:27 I hope nothing bad happens...

they don't know that most famous fairy tales originally come from the Pentamerone

9:47 in UK they had mummy unwrapping party!!!

4:30 wait till he finds out about soccer players

7:58 Here are a couple of legends from northern Italy: Krampus (in Trentino-Alto Adige & Friuli, shared with Slovenia, Croatia and Austria) Le Masche (Streghe del Piemonte) Ungumani (Boar-men) The entire Susa Valley: - The story of the man in the iron mask (shared with France) - The Sacra di San Michele (It is part of a series of 7 monasteries dedicated to St. Michael arranged in a perfect straight line. The extraordinary thing is that these monasteries range from Ireland to Israel, passing through Great Britain, France, Piedmont, Puglia and Greece. It is said that they was made to close the crack that was created when Lucifer was sent to the center of the earth by God) - The legends of Mount Musinè - The city of Turin (The three cities of Turin, Lyon and Prague are said to form an energetic triangle of white magic. Each city is symbolized by a zodiac sign: Taurus, Leo and Virgo) Here a bit of folklore from all over Italy: The alchemists (Cagliostro, Casanova, Pico della Mirandola...) Le Janare (Streghe di Benevento) Le maschere (Mamuthones are literally a creature from the dark souls universe) The problem is that Italian folklore is very very rich but most of the legends are not known outside the individual villages. However, there are even some bestiaries and collections of popular legends if you look carefully.

Newton was such a chad

0:13 or george, you could call them that too!

5:45 Jokes on you we get 156 - 188 days

0:17 and then came john.

Now the second yugioh meme and the firsr yugioh zexal meme in this channel.

"Japan proposes joint naval drill with Germany" I swear if they invite italy next-

I live near the Halifax explosion so I see anchors from then

2:18 i had a serious time not crying very loudly

gentle giant

I'm sure someone has already said this but the idea of medieval peasants only working for 150 days is BS.

i guess the thumbnail just completely forgot about the romans

The british museum should be the universal museum

3:07 like those Cristiano Ronaldo memes lol

Drew Durnil, the meme lord

:24 just the average Tuesday morning math revolutionization.

Can you make a vid about worldbox since i like them and a new update dropped which improved how villages attack

Yeah, gotta admit, people urging Japan (and Germany apparently) to get back in the fight isn’t sitting well with me. I just hope we’re on the same side this time around. Such wondrous technology wasted on atrocities the last time.

8:00 *lauth in Sardinian folklore*

I lived in italy for my whole childhood and there are forklore

Zambia will make it there soon

I literally got the first video suggestion as a RealLifeLore video

Fun fact there is a town in Michigan called Hell

0:05 The British: Mmmh... *interesting* 1:36 This is so true 😂 (We French have a good friendship with the english huh ?)

Come to Ulm: Day 8

The Italians have no folklore? Nonsense Every European folk lore is just Roman Province folklore

alternative title: reading memes for my viewers

8:52 Fyi, this guy is a math teacher from Malaysia and he's really famous

Fun fact : There's a Canada heritage moment about Coleman.

“Casually bring back the plague” Japan built different.

1:23 the hundred years war wasnt fought continuously for a hundred years, there were lots of points where there was no actual fighting for several years, it only took 116 years for an actual official peace treaty to be signed

me :sees xinping or mao me: ALL HAIL OUR GLORIOUS LEADER

Italy is like so weird like bro is it green or red like can we go you know road

5:38 you know you fucked up when medieval church have genuinely better idea.

so true

Idea: planethumans with planetballs! Another idea: statehumans with stateballs♡

I did a presentation about Patrick Vincent Coleman when I was in grade 6, we were supposed to write about our hero, most of my class mates chose athletes and musicians, I chose the hero of my city PVC

Daily Dose of Drew Received Engage Happiness

Did Doolittle cause a freight train to get yeeted 200 feet into the air? Just look up lucky flucky.

Constantinople fell on the day that this video was posted :(

3:15 "How were they able to do that?" Look at Germany vs Greece - they weren't able to do that.