1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,080 Aaron and Danny, to lifelong best friends, take turns picking 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,040 topics. Then they see where it ends. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,480 So wild. It's weird and sometimes 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,520 specific. Whatever it is, you know it will 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,720 be terrific. It's hyperfixation time. 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,720 All right, welcome to hyperfixation time. 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,680 I'm Aaron. And I'm Danny. 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,160 And this is the podcast where we take turns, keep diving into 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,800 something that we are interested in that's completely random. 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,160 It's usually topics that are weird or wild or just kind of 11 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,800 random and the other person doesn't know what the topic is 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,160 going to be for that week. So this week is Danny's week. 13 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,040 Nothing's off limits. So I believe you said last time 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,560 it may be a location. Is that right? 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,200 I believe my clue to you was that I would take us like around 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,920 the world a bit. Yes, OK, interesting. 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,240 I mean, if you see the title of this video, you already know 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:00,320 where this is going. But yeah. 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,640 Yeah, exactly. But Aaron doesn't. 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:08,720 I don't know right now. Well, one thing I wanted to 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,120 mention is that me and you have both put in a lot of work on the 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:17,080 podcast over the last week and like you apparently got it so 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,640 that now our podcast is on all the platforms. 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,840 Is that correct? I think so. 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,160 It's everything that Spotify creator allows, so everything 26 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,520 should be there. And actually tomorrow is the 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,320 test. So when that episode goes out, 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,280 I'm hoping it'll work. The platforms OK. 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,120 Yeah, yeah. So you have to see. 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,120 If you prefer a different platform, I don't know. 31 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,800 I don't know what else there is, but apparently people use other 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,880 things. Amazon That makes sense. 33 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,320 Amazon's one big one. Yeah, there's. 34 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:50,640 That seems like a pretty big one. 35 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:51,920 That makes sense. Totally. 36 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,240 So yeah, share us with, you know, other people that listen 37 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,920 on different platforms as well. And then also, if you're 38 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,520 watching the video of this, you will have seen the intro song 39 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,600 video that I made spent some time on that. 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,160 So I hope you all enjoy. If you're watching the video 41 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,080 form. I think this is that's only on 42 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,920 YouTube now, right? Yes, I believe so. 43 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,640 But thank you so much for doing that. 44 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,080 That was so awesome. I sent it to my sisters and they 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,560 were like, this is epic. I can't like, so cool that you 46 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,160 guys have this. And yeah. 47 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,360 Thanks, Aaron Sisters. I think things are just 48 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,680 starting. Yeah, we did a ton of work like 49 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,440 you said, so. Yeah, that was pretty much. 50 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,320 I appreciate all my updates. Oh, we have a Facebook page now 51 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,720 too, so go ahead and like us there. 52 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,320 Find us on Facebook as well. Thank you Danny for putting that 53 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,240 up. My dad is always the first to 54 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,680 like. Yeah. 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,080 Every poster picture which I appreciate, so thanks dad. 56 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,880 I love it. Well, I had that funny story. 57 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,880 Well, it's not funny. OK, well. 58 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,440 Weird. No? 59 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,680 Like it's funny only because it turned out being OK. 60 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,800 Like everything's fine, but in it could have been bad. 61 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:15,000 OK, I understand. OK, so we were going to PJ's 62 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,840 parents for just like a get together for Christmas kind of 63 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,280 thing just planned like couple hours to drive down to where 64 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,640 they live and they were making some prime rib. 65 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:30,400 And I don't really eat red meat if I can avoid it for the most 66 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,920 part and I'm not a huge fan of prime rib anyway. 67 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:36,360 So I was like OK, great, that's that's awesome. 68 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:42,080 And I will also make like a salmon dish was my plan. 69 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:47,360 So I was making said sandwich, sandwich, salmon dish. 70 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,840 And I was like, well, OK, the salmon's done. 71 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:55,080 But I think I really want to get like a crispy layer on on the 72 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,320 top of it. And so I put some olive oil in a 73 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,240 pan, turned it up and all of that. 74 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,360 And then I was like, oh, some olive juice would be or not. 75 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,680 Oh my God. I have not talked tonight. 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,000 I'm so sorry. You're fine. 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,320 Some lemon juice would be great for this because I love salmon 78 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,040 and lemon juice. Like honestly, I'm like 79 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,840 minimalist when it comes to salmon. 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:16,640 Yeah. Yeah. 81 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,040 Like olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice. 82 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,880 So I put some lemon juice in the pan as well and the whole thing 83 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,640 went up in flames. All right, good job. 84 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,720 That sounds scary. It was very scary. 85 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,280 We have like a microwave above our stove top and it went even 86 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,320 past that. Oh God, OK. 87 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,160 Very, yeah, very big. I think based on my research, I 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,920 think that the oil was too hot when I added the cold lemon 89 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,040 juice. That's. 90 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,720 Interesting. I learned that cuz I cuz you can 91 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,440 and cook with the two together. Yeah, I think that that's what 92 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,600 happened. So it completely torched our 93 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,000 control panel of our microwave above. 94 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,880 Wasn't there something with that already? 95 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,840 Yes, we had already bought a replacement because I had not 96 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,480 for the same reason, but like just since there's a burner 97 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,080 underneath the control panel, like I didn't realize that it 98 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,600 affected the that so much. And now I know, but it just kind 99 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,360 of like shorted the control panel I think like within a year 100 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,960 of when we moved in and then yeah. 101 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,960 So now I. Whoops. 102 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:34,280 But OK, my questions 1 Like you were fine. 103 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,280 Like you, I mean obviously like So what it was just, I don't 104 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:40,080 know, like you just weren't in the line of it. 105 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:41,960 Yeah. So you don't really know how 106 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,560 you're gonna react in those situations. 107 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,520 Yeah, because I'm totally fine and that's lucky. 108 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,400 And there's besides that control panel, that's the only thing 109 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,840 that is damaged. Like I'm really lucky that our 110 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,320 cabinets, we have like papers above our cabinets. 111 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:03,320 Like the? Inside and I grabbed the pan, 112 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:08,200 which it had like a, you know, can't get burned kind of handle 113 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,160 pulled it off and turned on the stove at the same time and then 114 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,760 it went away. So honestly this. 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,040 Whole thing down basically. OK, Yep, that's what my other 116 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,200 question was. Yes, it went down. 117 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,920 So honestly this whole thing took a span of like 5 seconds, 118 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,600 you know, in general. But in the moment I learned how 119 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,600 I apparently scream when something like this happens, 120 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,960 which is just like instead of like a, you know, high pitched, 121 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:45,200 I don't know, girly scream. It's so I was yelling pitch like 122 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,080 this for some reason and he didn't hear me. 123 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,840 Oh, my dogs barked when I did that, but nobody got his 124 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:55,160 attention, I guess. But he tried, like he pulled 125 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,120 his, he said he pulled his headphones off and then he was 126 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,200 like, I didn't hear anything after that. 127 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,040 I'm like, yeah, cuz it was a span of five seconds. 128 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,640 I don't blame him obviously, but almost started my whole kitchen. 129 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,240 Oh my gosh. Well, I'm glad it all worked 130 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,400 out. Yeah, very lucky nothing got 131 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,440 like severely burned. That would have been, yeah, that 132 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,640 would have been so shocking. Like, I don't know, I just. 133 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:17,880 I don't know. Yeah. 134 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:23,440 What do you do in that moment? So I guess a word of caution, if 135 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,360 your olive oil is too hot, do not add cold lemon juice. 136 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,280 OK. And if if somebody lets me know 137 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,680 that it actually is that combination, then yeah, I'll 138 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,160 take that too. Cool. 139 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,280 That's it. Almost started my kitchen on 140 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,960 fire, but the meal was delicious. 141 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:42,960 Nice. That's good. 142 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,400 It was. So good and I'm mad because not 143 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,840 enough people got to enjoy it. You know, you texted me about 144 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,200 the salmon and so I was like, well, I know you couldn't have 145 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,640 fucked it up too bad because. No, I and I, because I hadn't 146 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,440 put the salmon. Yeah, I hadn't put the salmon in 147 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,080 the pan at that point. I just had the olive oil going 148 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,120 to get it hot so I can like, sear the top of it or make it 149 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,200 crispy. Yep. 150 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,040 That's funny. That's my story. 151 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,160 I enjoyed it, thank you. Do you want to talk about your 152 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,600 microfixation first or second? Sure. 153 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,240 Yeah, I'll go first. OK. 154 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,400 Mine is the podcast called Beth's Dead. 155 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,560 OK, Have you heard of Sorry? I thought you were going to be 156 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,440 like our podcast. And our podcast as well. 157 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,240 It's all. Dead. 158 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,559 No, I haven't heard of that. Oh my God, I feel like I'm 159 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,440 interrupting you so much today already. 160 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,400 I need to do spaces in between what I'm saying for sure. 161 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:42,520 So it's not just you, but no, Beth's Dead is a podcast that 162 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:48,520 what is done by Monica Padman, who is of armchair expert and a 163 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,360 few other podcasts and I binge the whole thing today. 164 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:58,680 So it's really interesting. I don't think I agree with the 165 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,160 outcome of like that whole situation, but. 166 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,160 OK. I I but I still recommend it do. 167 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,440 You want to give like a summary of what it is. 168 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,800 It's hard because there's a twist to it, so. 169 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,720 Well, I don't like, Can you just like what? 170 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,880 Like what even is it? Is this a true story? 171 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,480 Is it like a fictional tale? What are we talking about here? 172 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,080 It's a true story and it's, yeah, it has to do with 173 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,280 parasocial relationships. OK. 174 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,360 So I'll leave it, I think, at that. 175 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,120 But it's very interesting. I'll check it out. 176 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,560 Yeah, I don't know, I sent it to my mom too, but all right. 177 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:40,960 What is your micro fixation? I have been totally fixated on 178 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,520 playing with my son's Christmas toys. 179 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,720 Which one? So a few. 180 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,240 Do you remember what like a Spirograph toy is? 181 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,520 Like the drawing, like you take a pen, so it kind of guides you 182 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,440 into like a shape or something like that, or into whatever you 183 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,920 want, depending on what it looks like, yeah. 184 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,840 Basically you put like a marker or whatever into like a hole and 185 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:09,080 then you like follow the circle guide thing like you said and 186 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,320 then it creates like a spiral and it depending on like which 187 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,840 shape you use or like which size you use, which hole you use, 188 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,800 like they come out different. So here if you're watching the 189 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,040 video, you can see my little Spirograph examples. 190 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,600 They're like mandalas. Yeah, literally. 191 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,160 Leon loves it, but so do I. And then the last one. 192 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,880 And the most fun for me? Even more fun than the 193 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,600 Spirograph has. Been like it could get funner. 194 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Has been the Astrobot game for the PS-5. 195 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,600 Oh my God that game is so much fun. 196 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,680 It's just like it's just pure fun. 197 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:49,760 That is the whole game. Is it and he can hire like just. 198 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:52,520 Yeah, we we've been doing it together. 199 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,480 So we've been having a really good time with that. 200 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,040 That's awesome. I love that. 201 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,400 He's just like a little gamer too, I know. 202 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,360 I mean, not that I. Expected anything different, 203 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,440 right? That's so fun. 204 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,600 I had a friend who's playing Astrobot as well. 205 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,400 I recommend it to anyone like it's so fun. 206 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,720 Is it main topic time? Main topic time. 207 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,080 All right, do you feel like taking a gander at a topic? 208 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,600 A gander or a guess? A gander? 209 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,560 That is a guess. I'm taking a gander. 210 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,800 'S like. I think a gander is when you 211 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,640 look at something like no specifically. 212 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,960 I'm going to look this up. Laundry machine Gant. 213 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,080 I'm like so confused right now. No, like it says that. 214 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,040 You're right. I guess in my head it was like, 215 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,840 like take a try like. That makes sense. 216 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,600 I can see that it's pretty close. 217 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,800 I'm like confusing my whole life again. 218 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:56,040 I'm so no. And it's weird because after the 219 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,800 whole like washing machine debacle, I think I call it a 220 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,200 washing machine. That's like what I've been 221 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,800 saying naturally, like without thinking about it, you know, And 222 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,400 that makes sense. I mess with my words sometimes. 223 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,200 That's OK. That's OK. 224 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,840 I don't mean to like, call you out on it either. 225 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,040 No, it's fine. I would. 226 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:21,400 I don't like being wrong, not like in the way that like I 227 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,440 don't want to like. I would rather you tell me, you 228 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,240 know what I mean. Like I don't want to be like out 229 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,400 here looking stupid so. You don't look stupid either 230 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,560 way. There's no, there's no reason, 231 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:36,840 but you're yeah, it's very close to again, take a look or a 232 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,400 glance is what Gander means. Like The thing is like, I think 233 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,320 I know that, but I just feel like I just said it. 234 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,280 In a weird way in that in that context, I guess. 235 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,000 Yeah, whatever. Moving on. 236 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,640 Well, real quick, it's also a male goose. 237 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,760 That's yes, a gander is a male goose. 238 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,960 OK, I have nothing. That's totally fair. 239 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,440 You're not going to guess it. I don't know. 240 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,360 Yeah, I got nothing. I'm ready to to ready. 241 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,960 To hear it. Hear it? 242 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,280 Yes, please. OK, well today we're going to be 243 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,920 talking about the new 7 Wonders of the World list. 244 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,360 That's a thing. That's the thing. 245 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,240 Wow, I didn't realize I'm gonna. Get into it. 246 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,840 So I guess when you hear wonders of the world, what do you think 247 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,960 of like, do you know any of the wonders? 248 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,400 This is kind of a trick question also, so I'll get into that, 249 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,120 but. Isn't there like a garden? 250 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,080 Are the pyramids part of it or that is Sphinx or something one 251 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,440 of those? Yeah, this tells me that you're 252 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:40,720 going to learn a lot today, I think. 253 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:46,200 Yes. So the pyramid is actually one 254 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,400 of the ancient 7 wonders of the world. 255 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,720 That is one of the Ogs, and it's the only ancient wonder of the 256 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,280 world that's still standing. All the other six don't exist 257 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:58,680 anymore. Really. 258 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,040 Yep. Wow, they are ancient. 259 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,880 This original list, and I'll kind of get into this, was made 260 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,600 in ancient Greece. So then there's ancient world 261 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,640 and then there's like a modern. Is it just two then like 2 262 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:15,680 separate lists? So there are a few kind of it's 263 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:19,560 generally 3 different lists. OK, OK, so when you hear wonder 264 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,240 of the world, you're either thinking of one of the seven 265 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,320 ancient wonders of the world, one of the new 7 wonders of the 266 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,280 world, which we're going to talk about today, or one of the 267 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,960 natural wonders of the world, the seven naturals. 268 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,520 So the first two that I mentioned, the ancient and the 269 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,200 new ones, those are all like these are all man made wonders 270 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,800 essentially. OK, OK. 271 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,240 And then there's also the natural wonders. 272 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,400 So originally I was like, let me just talk about all three of 273 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,800 those lists today. And then I was like, very 274 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,240 quickly was like, I'm just so silly. 275 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,040 There's no way. I'm already struggling with one 276 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,840 of these lists to talk about it in our time span. 277 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,120 You know what I mean? Yeah, too much. 278 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,720 Too much to commit to. Yeah, that's fair. 279 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,080 But let me first start by just explaining like why this is an 280 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,200 interest of mine. So it was 2019. 281 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,840 I went to the Grand Canyon with my now husband. 282 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:16,560 That is where he proposed to me. And it was just one of those 283 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,400 experiences where you're just in awe. 284 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,000 I mean, it's like, obviously one of the things people always say 285 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,160 about the Grand Canyon is it's just like, it's just so big and 286 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,520 you just can't tell unless you're there, you know what I 287 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,240 mean? Yep. 288 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:33,680 And so, yeah, it's just kind of, it definitely made us feel in 289 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,520 awe. And I knew like, oh, that's one 290 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,480 of the wonders of the world, you know? 291 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,920 And so like, I want to go to all the other wonders of the world. 292 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,920 It really is. That's one of the natural 293 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:44,680 wonders. Yep. 294 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,080 The natural but it's man made, isn't it the. 295 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,520 Grand Canyon. Oh, grandkid I'm thinking of. 296 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,720 I'm thinking of the Hoover Dam. That's. 297 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,680 What you're like, wow, what a romantic proposal at the Hoover 298 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,560 Dam. Hey I've I've heard that it does 299 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,360 also bring people to. No, but damn it's funny. 300 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,400 Damn, did you mean to throw that in there? 301 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,600 Damn, it's funny. OK. 302 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,720 The Grand Canyon. Yes, OK, makes. 303 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,240 A little bit more sense now. Yes it does. 304 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Yeah, this is what happens when me and Aaron make this podcast 305 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:25,920 too late at night. Yep. 306 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,280 Anyways, out of it. So it's one of the natural 307 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,520 wonders of the world. But at the time, like I just had 308 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,440 it in my head, you know, it's one of the wonders of the world 309 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,480 because that's just a term that people kind of throw around. 310 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,160 Like we're saying, like, people don't know these official lists, 311 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,520 right? And it really made me and Dwight 312 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,160 basically want to visit all the wonders of the world. 313 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,280 And so that was when I, like, kind of looked into this a 314 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,680 little bit more and kind of got some of this knowledge that I'm 315 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,200 going to be talking about today. But I am also just a huge 316 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,160 stickler for lists. I am obsessed with lists all the 317 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,680 time. It's like I'm going to do all of 318 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,480 the things on this list. And so in my head I go, oh, I 319 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,400 have to go to all the wonders of the world. 320 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,480 You know what I mean? I see. 321 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:10,480 Yeah. But obviously, like I said when 322 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,800 I looked into the list a little bit more, the Grand Canyon is a 323 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,720 natural wonder, and there's the three different lists. 324 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,920 And I will, I think, eventually talk about the other two lists 325 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,000 in future episodes. So I do think that this is going 326 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,680 to be like a three-part episode eventually. 327 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,600 I'm not doing it consecutive back-to-back for my episodes 328 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,720 anyways. But so yeah, let's get into the 329 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,880 new 7 Wonders of the World. Each of these easily could have 330 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,080 their own episode in of in and of itself. 331 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,600 So bear with me that these descriptions are going to be 332 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,320 brief and not going to cover all the history. 333 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,000 And I know that there's more that I could be saying about 334 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,520 them, if that makes sense. Reminder again, we are not 335 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:58,480 experts, nor do we try to be, but yeah, no, I, yeah, like last 336 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,080 week when I did my New Year's things, it's like there's so 337 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,040 much more I could get into, but you have to. 338 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,720 Limit it somewhere. Yes, exactly. 339 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,920 OK, I'm ready. So we're going to do that. 340 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,200 And then after that I will talk about like the creation of these 341 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,120 lists, which is just a lot more interesting than you would think 342 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:18,160 it would be. Really. 343 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,920 OK. I think anyways listener over 344 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,000 here okay so these aren't in any order, but we're gonna start 345 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,320 with the Great Wall of China is one of them. 346 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,000 So this is the longest human made structure in the world. 347 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,240 It's the only work built by humans that you can see from the 348 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,720 moon. I've seen a few disputes on how 349 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:44,200 long it is, but there's the UNESCO heritage website said 350 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,720 that it has a total length of more than 20,000 kilometers, 351 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:53,760 which would be 12,427 miles. And it goes from like northern 352 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,440 China all the way through southern Mongolia. 353 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:03,400 It was built 220 BC. So long ago, sections of earlier 354 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,160 fortifications were joined together to form a united 355 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,800 defense system against invasions from the north. 356 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,560 And this is the craziest thing to me. 357 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,560 The construction of it took over 2 millennia. 358 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,440 Seriously. Seriously. 359 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,440 Like. Like in pieces, obviously, like 360 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,960 just kind of overtime. But I mean, it makes sense for 361 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,760 how big it is. Yeah, it's that big and taxes 362 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,600 and all that probably goes into it. 363 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,000 Yeah, I don't know. It's just crazy. 364 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,960 I just keep picturing the movie Mulan. 365 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,440 OK, there you go. Let me know all your movie 366 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,080 references to all of these, because there's a few. 367 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:42,640 OK. All right. 368 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,680 OK, so the next one on the list is Christ the Redeemer statue, 369 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,400 which is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 370 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:54,200 That is the giant statue of Jesus that basically towers over 371 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,600 the entire city. Construction of this began in 372 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:03,200 1926 and took five years to build, which feels a lot less. 373 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,040 Impressive after carried the Great Wall of China. 374 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,120 To millennia, Yeah. Isn't, isn't he like this? 375 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,360 Like he's like holding his arms out or something. 376 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,120 Yeah, like, I'd say like more more even like pretty much like 377 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:20,080 straight out across. Like a hug, Yeah. 378 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,840 So he stands on the peak of Mount Cor Cavado and he stands 379 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,400 2300 feet above the city. He is 98 feet tall from head to 380 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,760 toe, plus another 26 feet for basically just the pedestal part 381 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,240 of it. And his like, arms reaching out 382 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,800 like you said, is 92 feet long. Whoa. 383 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,440 He's the largest art Deco sculpture in the world and made 384 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:50,840 of reinforced concrete. I don't know that you've been to 385 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,320 any of these, like I don't think you have, but I don't know all 386 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,400 your travels. So let me know, of course, if 387 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,880 you've been to any of these as we're going. 388 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,200 Yeah, I haven't been there, but I've seen pictures of it and I 389 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,240 feel like it's one of those things as well, that you just 390 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,480 can't fathom how big it is until you're there. 391 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,080 True, but it feels like welcoming. 392 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:09,920 Did you get into like the history of? 393 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,240 Like why that one was built? Or like why he's hiding? 394 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,840 Out why and why yeah, don't you think it feels welcoming a 395 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,120 little bit like. I find it creepy, to be honest. 396 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,880 I'm not a big fan of like big statues like that. 397 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,280 They kind of creep me out. There's like a term for that, 398 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,320 like megalophobia or something like that. 399 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:30,840 OK. Yeah, Yeah. 400 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,640 No that. Makes it gives me the creeps a 401 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,400 little bit. So I've never thought it, I've 402 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,760 never looked at it and been like, wow, that's so welcoming. 403 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,880 So we need, we need to move on. So no, just no, it's fine I. 404 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:46,040 Again, he's getting triggered. Easily go into the depth of 405 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,600 these a lot more, but I didn't really look into into those 406 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,040 questions there. OK. 407 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,200 Yeah. No, that's all good. 408 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:53,880 All right, just curious. No worries. 409 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,160 So the next one is Machu Picchu, which is nestled in the Andes 410 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,920 Mountains in Peru. It's the lost city of the Incas, 411 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,840 and it was mysteriously abandoned around the 15th 412 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,640 century. Its purpose is very mysterious, 413 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,040 like there's not there's just not a lot known about Machu 414 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,880 Picchu that they can confirm. One of the possible purposes was 415 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,640 that it was called the Virgins of the Son, which would be for 416 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,400 convent women that took a vow of chastity. 417 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,080 Like nuns that are agreeing to not have sex. 418 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,320 Yeah, right. The Virgins of the Sun. 419 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,800 It was possibly a pilgrimage site, or it was possibly a royal 420 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:33,520 retreat. I. 421 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,280 Don't know. So what that made me think of 422 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,440 was El Dorado, and I don't know if that's a real. 423 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,200 You're getting ahead of yourself, OK? 424 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:44,960 Don't don't even get there yet. This. 425 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,440 The City of Gold. Machu Picchu is one of the only 426 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,440 pre Columbian ruins nearly intact still. 427 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,880 Nearly. Machu Picchu I feel like 428 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,280 personally connected to, even though I've never been there. 429 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:02,240 And the reason why is because when Dwight and I, after we went 430 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,560 to the Grand Canyon and then we got engaged and we got married 431 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:10,480 in 2020, our original plans were to go to Machu Picchu for our 432 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,840 honeymoon. So I did plan an entire trip to 433 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,200 Peru that was never used. So I kind of feel like I've been 434 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:23,000 there just because I did so much research, like I'm Peru and all 435 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,640 of that someday. OK, so the next one is Chichen 436 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,960 Itza. It's located in the jungles of 437 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,680 Mexico at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. 438 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,320 It's an abandoned ancient Mayan city. 439 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 This is why I was saying you're getting ahead of yourself with 440 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,680 your El Dorado thoughts. So more about Chicha Nita. 441 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,280 It flourished in the 9th and 10th centuries. 442 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,480 And basically when people think of Chicha Nita, they're thinking 443 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,120 of that pyramid that's called El Castillo, which means the 444 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,600 castle. But Chicha Nita is actually like 445 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,640 the whole city, OK. And so there's more like ruins 446 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,520 and other interesting sites there than just this pyramid. 447 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,720 But the pyramid is really cool. It towers 79 feet above the main 448 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:12,120 Plaza. And the Mayan culture was very 449 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:19,160 aware of astronomy. So the pyramid has 365 steps for 450 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,200 each day of the year. And this is so cool on the 451 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,320 spring in autumnal equinox, the setting sun casts a shadow on 452 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:31,440 the pyramid that looks like a snake Slytherin down N stairway. 453 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,880 And then there's like a stone snake at the base. 454 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,480 So like it looks like the head and then the shadow of the 455 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,120 stairs looks like the snake's body. 456 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,480 Wow. So cool. 457 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:43,640 Did you see a picture? I did. 458 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:45,800 I looked it up because I was like, I need to look at what 459 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,920 that looks like. You know what I mean? 460 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:53,080 Insert picture here. But I that was so long ago and 461 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:55,240 they are so much smarter than me. 462 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,520 I know. It's it's so impressive. 463 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,240 And then like another interesting part of Chicha Nitza 464 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,080 is that they have the largest talk to Lee, which is a ball 465 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,480 court. You understand now where I'm 466 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,720 getting at with the road to El Dorado? 467 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,360 You remember that movie, right? Yes, I have Road to El Dorado in 468 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,720 my notes. So basically the ball court is 469 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,280 like a long rectangular shape with temples on the North and 470 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,920 South side. And then there's these stone 471 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,120 rings that are pretty high up where the rubber ball would go 472 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,480 through. The rules to the game are like 473 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:36,200 pretty unknown for the most part, but they kind of figured 474 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,120 out some stuff just based off like based off of like pictorial 475 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,120 representations and stone monuments. 476 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,240 So they said like at the beginning of the game, a ball 477 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,080 would be thrown onto the court with a hand, but then after 478 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,760 that, they can only touch the ball like with their hips and 479 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,160 thighs. And this was where I was just 480 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,600 going to bring up the road to El Dorado. 481 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,800 I did look it up. It's not like based in Chichen 482 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,880 Itza, but it took inspiration from a few different similar 483 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,480 cultures and the Mayan civilization being one of them. 484 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,640 OK, so I just had my nieces and nephews watch that movie really, 485 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:19,680 and it was very, I think I know every word nice and it oh God, 486 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,840 it's just such a good movie. It's so. 487 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,960 It was still good when on rewatch. 488 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:25,600 Yes. Well, that's good. 489 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,840 I still quote it, too. Like, one of the big quotes is 490 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,240 the stars are not in position, like, to be able to do 491 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,200 something. OK. 492 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,760 So like sometimes I'll just be like, yeah, the stars are just 493 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,480 not in position. But anyway, I love that movie so 494 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,840 much. Yeah, it reminded me. 495 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,480 Like, I can picture that scene where. 496 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,640 But in their case, they eventually switched the ball out 497 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,040 for the Armadillo to cheat at the game. 498 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:54,520 OK, so moving on to the next wonder, we have the Roman 499 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,640 Colosseum. This is the only one that I've 500 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,680 been to on this list, and it's obviously located in Rome, 501 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,400 Italy. It was built in the 1st century. 502 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,440 It's that giant Coliseum that features a complex system of 503 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,160 vaults and holds up to 50,000 spectators. 504 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,840 It's famous for its gladiator fights. 505 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,120 OK, and this is where it gets a little crazy to me. 506 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,600 So there's some estimates that say that 500,000 people died 507 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,800 there because of these fights. And then this is the other crazy 508 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,200 part. Apparently their other most 509 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,680 popular like show that they would do at the Colosseum where 510 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,520 animal hunts or animal fighting in battles. 511 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,880 So like men would kill exotic wild animals a lot of times like 512 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,440 spectators never even heard of these animals. 513 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,720 Like imagine you don't have access to the Internet. 514 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,120 You're like, I don't know any. You can't even read. 515 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:52,400 Maybe back then, I don't know. And it's just like, you see this 516 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,080 crazy looking animal come into the Coliseum and like, why would 517 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,960 you be like, I want to kill that then you know what I mean? 518 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,600 Yeah, it probably felt like otherworldly, I guess when you 519 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,440 see that in person, I bet. That's very true. 520 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,680 And sad. Sad that they had to kill them 521 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:08,800 though. Yeah. 522 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,720 And so some of the animals that like basically they would use 523 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,400 almost anything, but some of the ones that they used would be 524 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,440 elephants, lions, Panthers, crocodiles, rhinos, hippos, 525 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,400 cheetahs, monkeys and bears. They would get animals from all 526 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,360 over the world. And the crazy part, though, is 527 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:28,440 that some animals disappeared from their natural habitats 528 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,680 entirely and were brought to extinction. 529 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,080 Because of this. Yeah, like certain like species 530 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,880 of the animals I mentioned literally were brought to 531 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,080 extinction because, oh, they haunted so many of them. 532 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,960 That's so sad. It's. 533 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,280 Crazy. Just for human sport, which is. 534 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,240 And it just goes to show we're, we're just still doing these 535 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,320 things in different ways now, you know? 536 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,960 But yeah, you're right. So I just thought that was 537 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,040 really interesting. Crazy. 538 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,800 I'm just going to go cry for a little bit and then I'm just. 539 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,240 Kidding. Moving on to the Taj Mahal. 540 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,280 Taj Mahal, all right. This is located in Agra, India. 541 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:11,000 It's a mausoleum complex that was utilizing Moog Hall 542 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,520 architecture and basically Emperor Shah Jahan wanted to 543 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,440 build this to honor his wife Mumtaz Mahal. 544 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:24,400 He reigned from 1628 to 1658 and he basically built it in honor 545 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240 of her. She died in childbirth for their 546 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:34,520 14th child in 1631. Not funny, but not funny. 547 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,280 That she died 14. Oh, my God. 548 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,280 OK. Yeah. 549 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,600 Well, I mean, that's beautiful that he built that in honor of 550 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,920 her. I mean, I've only seen pictures, 551 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,880 obviously, but like, it's. Yeah. 552 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,560 I mean, it's intricate and very beautiful. 553 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,680 Yeah. He basically made her eternal. 554 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,600 Yeah, eternal. That's the word I'm looking for. 555 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,040 Like we're talking about her today because of this, you know? 556 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,880 Yeah, yeah. And it took 22 years to build 557 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,960 with 20,000 workers. It has an immense garden with a 558 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,240 reflecting pool, that white marble exterior. 559 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,840 And then it has semi precious stones in geometric and floral 560 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,960 patterns, like you were saying, very intricate. 561 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,800 And it has that, you know, central Dome, giant central Dome 562 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,560 surrounded by 4 smaller domes. This is one that I really want. 563 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,040 Like I want to go to all these places, but I I want to see it 564 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:33,000 because I feel like it's so big, you know, like it just looks 565 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,240 crazy big. Yeah, your mind can't comprehend 566 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,080 like that big. What a beautiful thing for a 567 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,560 husband to do for his wife and mother of fourteen children. 568 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,520 And moving on to our last one on the list, we have Petra, which 569 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,160 is an ancient city in Jordan, located in a remote valley. 570 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,640 It was home to the God. I looked up how to say this 571 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:56,960 before. Naba. 572 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,400 Naba Tans. Naba. 573 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:00,720 Yeah. Nabateans. 574 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,640 Sounded right to me. Thanks. 575 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,200 It's often called the Rose City because of it being made of red 576 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,760 rock. Also Petra means rock in Greek. 577 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,080 And why this was like an important site. 578 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,840 It was part of a major trade route, like a luxury trade out I 579 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,800 think, and especially spices. Oh, OK. 580 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:28,640 It had a population of 30,000 at its height and it was abandoned 581 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,520 due to a couple like major earthquakes. 582 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,400 Sometime I was seeing like after the year 551. 583 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,760 Like doesn't even feel like that should be a year. 584 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:40,760 Seriously. Yeah. 585 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,440 Can't even. Yeah. 586 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,080 Fab. And then when people like, if 587 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,640 you say Petra, like typically what you're picturing is the 588 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:53,680 Treasury, which is Al Al Kazne and the basically that's that 589 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,240 facade with Greek style pillars that's carved right into the 590 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,320 rack wall. And that was built as early as 591 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:05,040 the 4th century BC. Wow, OK, that's insane because I 592 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,400 just looked up a picture too, and that's exactly what it pulls 593 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,680 up every time. It's like, yeah, all these 594 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,120 pictures are the columns and all of that carved into the mountain 595 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,240 side or it's very beautiful. This is really pretty, though. 596 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,640 I'll put a picture up. Cool. 597 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,880 So cool story bro. No, I like it. 598 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,600 So those are the new 7 Wonders of the world. 599 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,080 And again, that original 7 Wonders list was created in 2nd 600 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:39,280 century BCE, so very old. And how this new list came to be 601 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,080 is that there's so there's a man named Bernard Weber. 602 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,520 He was born in Switzerland, eventually moved to Canada at 603 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,680 some point. But he's the founder and 604 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:56,120 president of New 7 Wonders. OK, so in 1999, he was a 605 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,840 filmmaker and he was just kind of thinking of ways to like use 606 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:04,080 the Internet and this new form of like connectedness that we 607 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,840 had with the world. Just like, he just wanted to 608 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,280 reach that global audience. And he was trying to think of 609 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,960 like, what could do that? So he started thinking about 610 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,440 this ancient list and he thought he wanted to revive it. 611 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:23,240 So in 2000 made it a Millennium project, called it the New 7 612 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,120 Wonders, and he decided that he would ask the people of the 613 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,400 world to choose and elect the new Wonders. 614 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,040 OK. Yeah. 615 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,440 What's your question? And he just like appointed 616 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:41,160 himself like he was the deciding factor just cuz just cuz he. 617 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,880 He was the one. He just was like, we're gonna 618 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,480 make a new list. Yeah, Make a new yeah. 619 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,280 Where's the I mean the audacity you're. 620 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,880 Kind of getting ahead too cuz there's some controversy here, 621 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,400 okay? But I'll stop. 622 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,280 No, it's fine. You're thinking ahead and I 623 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,520 enjoy it. I think that originally it was 624 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,800 just kind of like, oh, like let's just do this fun thing. 625 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,680 And he also, I think felt passionate about the like 626 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:11,880 heritage of these sites and like and conservation of these sites. 627 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,840 You know what I mean? So like, the attention was good. 628 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:19,400 Yeah, I just, I don't think they had any idea that it would 629 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:25,520 become as well known into the world as it ended up being, you 630 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,120 know what I mean? Okay, wait, you said it was what 631 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:32,480 year that they became officially announced as the new I'm 632 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,560 getting? To that I haven't said that yet. 633 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,040 In 2000 he started this project. He started this foundation 634 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,960 called New 7 Wonders. And basically a lot of this, I'm 635 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,760 getting off of a letter that he personally wrote on the New 7 636 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,639 Wonders website. And so this kind of goes with 637 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:52,480 what you were just said, like, like he just decided he was the 638 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,320 the guy to do this. And he said that they were 639 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,520 official because we wanted to recognize the ultimate authority 640 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,640 and legitimacy of democratic will. 641 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,840 So I think he just really liked this idea of the people making 642 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,480 the list, you know what I mean? Like everybody having a say, 643 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,520 which I do like. The creation wonders, yeah. 644 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:17,200 Yeah, I do like that as well. But ultimately, was he like the 645 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:21,200 final decision maker? So I'll kind of get to that, I 646 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,680 guess. Well, yeah, so, so originally he 647 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,320 received consultation from the UNESCO World Heritage Center in 648 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,720 Paris and they basically helped him pick the first participating 649 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:36,400 77 locations like on his first website. 650 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,680 OK, OK. Eventually UNESCO was unable to 651 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,080 continue like helping him because of limitations in their 652 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,120 statutes. That's what he says on his 653 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,760 website. Again, this is kind of 654 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,720 foreshadowing. UNESCO basically just tries to 655 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,920 separate themselves with this list as much as possible later. 656 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,800 OK. So they wanted nothing to do 657 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,560 with this after a little bit, but he says that they helped him 658 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,720 pick the 1st 77 locations. And basically this grew from 659 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,960 this grassroots idea that he had to having millions of voters. 660 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:13,720 The public voting from the year 2000 to 2005 whittled down those 661 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:20,640 77 to 21 finalists. And then in 2006 and 2007, the 662 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:26,880 new 7 Wonders tour happened. And so Bernard and his team went 663 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:32,400 to all 21 of those places which like, let's make a list too. 664 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,440 So I'll. Make. 665 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,960 I'll make one up. Let's go. 666 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,400 We got to go visit those places. It's really important. 667 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,160 Here, Alaska is one of them. Yeah, let's see. 668 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:46,680 So this tour really like led to an increased amount of voting 669 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:51,160 and participation. And the final voting went from 670 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,760 January 2006 and was announced on the 7th day of the 7th month 671 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,360 of 2007. Whoa. 672 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,560 Get it 777. Yep, 7 Wonders of the World 673 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,200 07777. Yep, OK, I get it. 674 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:07,920 I. Get it now. 675 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:12,280 I was like lucky, I think 7 is the most magical number, is what 676 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,680 they say in Harry Potter. So that's when I go, my brain 677 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,480 went. It ended with more than 100 678 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,240 million votes. And yeah, basically Bernard was 679 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:26,480 committed to documenting and conserving heritage. 680 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:30,280 After this list was announced, there was a creation of high 681 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,920 definition 3D models of all of the wonders. 682 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,120 So, like, now we got those. Yeah. 683 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,760 If if anything happens to you know one of these wonders now 684 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,360 there is that virtual form of them still. 685 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,200 I was going to say, was is it virtual? 686 00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:45,640 OK, Yeah. Yep. 687 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,920 So here's where we get to kind of the controversy. 688 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:53,200 So the website says that they are funded entirely by licensing 689 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,520 and commercial partnerships with companies, TV rights holders, 690 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:01,080 event organizers and through interactive revenue shares. 691 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:04,080 It says they do not draw any funds from the public, 692 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,120 government or taxpayer subsidies. 693 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,560 So I guess that's not really a controversy, but I did want to 694 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:14,120 put that in there just so that we kind of know what their 695 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,880 foundation says is happening versus some of the controversy 696 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:18,920 that's going on. OK. 697 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,840 OK, Yep. OK, so one thing is that Machu 698 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,600 Picchu apparently is at risk of losing its title. 699 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,160 I saw there was an article about this very recently in September 700 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,080 of this year. So the reason why is due to like 701 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,680 over tourism, limited conservation policies and social 702 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,440 conflicts. And the new 7 Wonders officially 703 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,200 said. It's too soon to discuss what 704 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,160 the process would be, how it would work, or if it would 705 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,600 happen. What's the social conflict about 706 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,560 it? There's some protests that were 707 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,920 blocking the train tracks to the site and residents protesting 708 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,480 Peruvian government's decision, like regarding online sale of 709 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:02,840 tickets. I think there's just so many 710 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,720 visitors now. I think it's just kind of gotten 711 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:11,200 a little bit problematic. And this year they're expected 712 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:16,040 to exceed 1.5 million visitors, which would break the record for 713 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,080 their highest number of visitors in a year. 714 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:22,200 The previous record was 2019. I was planning on going in 2020, 715 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:28,120 the director of New 7 Wonders, Jean Paul de la Fuente, said 716 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,840 about possibly removing Machu Picchu from the list. 717 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,720 He said this is premature, especially as we believe all 718 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,760 stakeholders can and should consider this as a wake up call 719 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,840 to get the House of Machu Picchu in order. 720 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,880 We already have an official representative advisor in Peru 721 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,800 itself who is ready to support the process toward both short 722 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,880 term and more importantly long term solutions. 723 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,200 So they're not really like pulling the rug out from Machu 724 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,120 Picchu yet. It's kind of more of just like 725 00:39:55,120 --> 00:40:00,160 a, hey you guys, you need to start working on conservation a 726 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,120 little bit more. Yeah, like we recognize it's a 727 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,720 problem and we are brainstorming or trying to figure this out to 728 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:11,800 preserve it still. My issue with them even saying 729 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,320 that they could possibly take Machu Picchu off the list is I 730 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,720 feel like you made this list, you announced it, that's it. 731 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,640 Those are the final results and you can't go back and change it 732 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,160 because this ancient list that you took inspiration from, they 733 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,880 didn't go back and change it when any of their sites were 734 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,280 destroyed. You know what I mean? 735 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,720 Yeah, yeah, true. I understand that for sure too. 736 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,560 And also, do you think that removing it from the list would 737 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:40,760 almost make it just as popular, if not maybe more like a like a 738 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:45,240 controversy of, of being like Machu Picchu is no longer on 739 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,320 this list? Like we need to go there because 740 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,600 we need to give the money as tourists and all that. 741 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,480 Like, you know what I mean? Like it's like, it's like when 742 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,480 Pluto, well, this is not a good comparison, but when Pluto 743 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,320 stopped being a planet, I felt the most like. 744 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,160 Yeah, everyone like they Pluto's still a planet for me. 745 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,680 Yeah, it's my planet, but like, I feel like it's a. 746 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,880 It's still a wonder for me. Yeah, exactly. 747 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,360 Yeah, Yep. That's true. 748 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,640 Just that could happen. OK, So that's Machu Picchu. 749 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,200 OK. And then like I mentioned, the 750 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:22,040 UNESCO World Heritage Center, basically they backed off from 751 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:23,520 this project. They said they have no 752 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,520 affiliation with this project whatsoever. 753 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,720 They said scientific criteria must be defined, quality of 754 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,360 candidates evaluated, and legislative and management 755 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,200 frameworks set up. The UNESCO World Heritage, 756 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:42,200 what's really important to them is the idea of conservation and 757 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:46,960 just like holding on to the history and like preserving 758 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:51,280 these sites, OK. And they feel that like the 759 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,920 Seven Wonders List is just not doing enough for that. 760 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,280 And they don't want anything to do with that. 761 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,760 And they said that the Seven Wonders List is just the result 762 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,600 of a private undertaking reflecting only the opinions of 763 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,800 those with access to the Internet and not the entire 764 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,400 world. Yeah, yeah. 765 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,000 Whereas like UNESCO on their website, they have locations 766 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,400 from all over the world. I see. 767 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,120 And these are obviously all over the world too, but like there's 768 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,920 certain spots that are missing. Yeah, for sure. 769 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,000 OK. I think I understand what you're 770 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,680 saying. Like their mission kind of 771 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:30,120 changed a little bit. Or not the new 7 wonders. 772 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,840 Yeah, the new one. Yeah, you or like UNESCO, I 773 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,960 don't think. No, UNESCO's didn't change. 774 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,040 That's what they feel, that's what they want to do. 775 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,160 They want to conserve, they want to preserve. 776 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,560 They're saying the new 7 wonders didn't do that enough, so 777 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,960 they're trying to back off from them. 778 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,320 Their. Foundation. 779 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:47,240 OK, I see. OK. 780 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,360 They believe that this is only the opinions of those with 781 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,800 access to the Internet and not the entire world. 782 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,720 And I think that that is like a really important point with this 783 00:42:55,720 --> 00:42:58,280 list that I agree with their criticism of. 784 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:03,520 And there is a Cambodian Blogger named Morin Vutha who was 785 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:07,680 talking about the fact that Anker Watt didn't win one of the 786 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,600 spots. And they said, I thought that 787 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,040 the voting through Internet and telephone is not fair and just 788 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,200 for least developed countries like Cambodia. 789 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,600 Most of our Cambodian people have limit to access Internet. 790 00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:23,400 Internet nationwide like developing and developed 791 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,920 countries. Anker Watt is one of the world's 792 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,920 largest religious structures and was one of the 21 finalists. 793 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:35,960 Finalists. Oh OK, I've just pulled it up I 794 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,400 think. Oh, I did not spell it right 795 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,680 though. A lot of people also were 796 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:45,760 criticizing the list for not having any wonders in Africa. 797 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,760 Oh. And Egypt was one of like the 798 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,840 finalists, while the pyramids was one of the finalists. 799 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:58,280 But Egypt declined because like, they're like, we're already, 800 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:01,360 we're already a wonder. Like we're already one of the 801 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,360 seven original wonders, you know? 802 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,240 Yeah, OK. Like what are you even talking 803 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:07,160 about? Essentially it's. 804 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,760 Like, there's no debate here. We already know, yeah. 805 00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,240 And then organizers, this is a big part. 806 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:17,680 Organizers admitted that they had no control over the number 807 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,640 of votes per person because if you went on their website and 808 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:25,200 you entered your e-mail to vote, OK, that's only one vote. 809 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:29,280 But you could also vote by call. You could just call as many 810 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,840 times as you wanted. You could make more emails. 811 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:34,440 Yeah. And vote more. 812 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,640 There's a lot of it. Was problematic. 813 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,720 Yes, thank you it. Was problematic in general, like 814 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,920 the method that they used to go about this OK methods. 815 00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:49,720 Yeah, and so then you know how I mentioned when we was going 816 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:53,160 through the list of the wonders, how the Christ the Redeemer 817 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:58,320 statue just to me didn't feel as awe inspiring, especially after 818 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,360 hearing the Great Wall of China? Yeah. 819 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,000 I am not the only person to have that thought. 820 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,800 OK, Yeah. Of course it's amazing. 821 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:11,400 It's beautiful. It would be really cool to see 822 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,880 in person. I would love to go see it, even 823 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:18,760 though I find it kind of creepy. But to me, I was kind of also 824 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,480 like, it's kind of weird that it's on this list because it was 825 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,640 built in like the 1900s. Like all these other ones were 826 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:28,760 built so much longer ago, took so much longer to build. 827 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,760 Like it's more recent versus like historical and has this 828 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,960 crazy legacy of a long time ago, OK. 829 00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,840 And then even just like if you go online, you'll see people 830 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,960 that did go to all the seven wonders will usually say this 831 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,600 was their least favorite or just like the least awe inspiring of 832 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,400 the seven. And this is kind of spoiling, 833 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,440 but not really. But when I get to the natural 834 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,000 wonders of the world, there is actually another wonder that's 835 00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:00,480 located in Rio. So the harbour at Rio de Janeiro 836 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,640 is one of the seven Natural wonders of the world. 837 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:07,280 And the Seven Natural Wonders list was also made by the same 838 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,320 foundation a few years after this one came out. 839 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,880 So why? How did they get to Wonders of 840 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,680 the world? Well, basically Brazil held a 841 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,440 national voting campaign when this list was coming out and 842 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,840 they even went as far as to text all the residents in Brazil. 843 00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,920 They texted them saying press 4916 and vote for Christ. 844 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,960 It's free so. OK. 845 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:37,760 Good marketing or just good like distribution, I guess to the 846 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,800 people? So 10 million Brazilians ended 847 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,600 up voting, which is 10% of all the votes. 848 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:44,840 Oh my God. So like. 849 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,160 Yeah, of course. You know they got a spot. 850 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:47,880 It's. Skewed. 851 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:51,720 It's skewed, yeah, potentially. Yeah, They were not the only 852 00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:57,120 country to kind of put campaigns around this, but they were just, 853 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:01,280 you know, the most successful. And it makes sense like that 854 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,160 they would want to be on this list because it obviously 855 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,520 increases tourism. I was trying to, like, get some 856 00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,880 numbers on how much it increased tourism to these places. 857 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:15,880 After the list came out, I saw like basically, you know, some 858 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,360 different numbers for different places, but for Machu Picchu, 859 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:23,440 for example, it increased tourism by over 70% between 2007 860 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,520 to 2008. Oh my gosh, yeah. 861 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:27,920 Just in that time. Wow. 862 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,160 So like, it makes sense, like Brazil, basically, they just 863 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,440 invested into their own future, you know? 864 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,360 Yeah, exactly. That's pretty much all the 865 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:41,320 controversy. Final thoughts on the 866 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:45,520 controversy is, I mean, I feel like as far as controversy goes, 867 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,520 it's somewhat innocent. It's it's just like, like I 868 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,640 said, I think he had good intentions this Bernard and 869 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,120 still probably believes in those intentions fully. 870 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,520 They have raised a lot of money for these sites and everything. 871 00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,920 And I just think he truly had no idea how big this list would end 872 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,200 up being. Like, everybody kind of has some 873 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,080 idea of, like, what the wonders of the world are, you know what 874 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,880 I mean? Or has heard that term, you 875 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,520 know. Yeah, yeah. 876 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:16,560 He didn't realize the impact of this new wonders that the world 877 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,920 would be. Yeah, the intention. 878 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,160 I completely agree with like some of the criticism of like 879 00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,680 which sites ended up winning versus which ones lost. 880 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:30,040 Like one of the ones I've seen is like the Acropolis, right? 881 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,480 That one didn't win. Like that's, I feel like a lot 882 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,440 of times people think that's a world wonder, but it's not, you 883 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,440 know? So like what? 884 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,080 What do you think would be a good way to vote for something 885 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,240 like that? Or is there a good way? 886 00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:45,760 Maybe I think like UNESCO basically just decided like 887 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,120 maybe I'm wrong on this, I don't know. 888 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:53,160 But I feel like basically their idea was like, you can't just 889 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:58,160 leave it up to yeah, the public because not everybody even has 890 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,360 access to vote. So like we, we've done the 891 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,600 studying, we've done the science on what makes the site awesome 892 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,320 and wonderful, you know what I mean? 893 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,200 And we're going to tell you what those things are. 894 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:15,640 So I wanted to end it by asking you, almost end it by asking you 895 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,320 if you had to go to one of these wonders tomorrow, which one 896 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,680 would you go to? Money and anything is not a 897 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,680 problem in this fake scenario. OK. 898 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,760 You get to teleport there. You just you're there that. 899 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,840 'D be so great. That's always my superpower if 900 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:35,400 you ask that question like what would? 901 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:36,840 You that's a good power be, yeah. 902 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,880 Teleportation for sure. This is hard, I know. 903 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,320 I want to go to them all. I also want. 904 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,320 To go to them all, I think Machu Picchu. 905 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,320 Yeah, I think Machu Picchu I the I think 2nd place for me would 906 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,360 almost be Taj Mahal. Yep, Yep, Yep. 907 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,400 OK. But I think Machu Picchu, I 908 00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:57,520 think that's my winner. Yeah, I think, I think I really 909 00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,520 like. I think I really like that. 910 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:04,120 Because it kind of also has a mix of like it being a man made 911 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,200 wonder and it's just gorgeous like naturally too, because it's 912 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,640 in the mountains, you know? True, true. 913 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:13,160 I feel like just because of my connection to the road to El 914 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,920 Dorado, Chichen Itza would be. Up there, it's a good choice. 915 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,320 Yeah. That one would be not hard for 916 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,920 us to get to. Yeah, true. 917 00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,080 So yeah, because it's like you can do like day trips from 918 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,960 Cancun. Oh really? 919 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:28,840 So they're OK? That'd be nice. 920 00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:31,040 But yeah, I mean, there isn't really one that I'm like, 921 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,600 absolutely not like I have no interest in seeing them. 922 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:37,640 The Great Wall would be insane. I can't even fathom that as 923 00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,760 well. It all is just like mind blowing 924 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:42,920 in general. But for some reason that one 925 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,400 with how long it is. Yeah, you can see it from the 926 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,960 moon. Yeah, I can see it from the 927 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,800 moon, the. Last thing that I even just 928 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,040 wanted to bring up was have you ever played this game called 929 00:50:55,040 --> 00:51:00,360 Geoguesser? Is it where you go on Google 930 00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,520 Maps and you have to guess where? 931 00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,840 Like it'll place you in on a street in a random country? 932 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:08,240 Is that what it is? And then you have to guess. 933 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:13,280 Yeah, it literally just like the basic original version is it'll 934 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:18,080 plop you literally anywhere in the world that has Google Maps. 935 00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:21,960 Like, what do you call that when you're like the Street View? 936 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:26,240 Yeah, Street View. So you can move around and then 937 00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:28,800 you just have to guess where it plopped you and. 938 00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:33,160 Get like context clues based off street signs or buildings. 939 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,320 Or the trees or you know, anything, anything that might 940 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:40,600 give you a clue. I love that game so much and 941 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:44,680 there's different versions of it where like you can choose like a 942 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:48,120 specific map, so you can choose one like based on the country so 943 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:50,480 that it's like a little bit more, you know, specific. 944 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,800 You can also choose there's one that's like just famous places. 945 00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:00,160 And so I don't know, I just kind of was thinking about it when I 946 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,920 was doing this episode because I really like playing that 947 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:06,080 version. It's fun to me because even 948 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,080 though they're a famous place, a lot of times where it puts you 949 00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,480 is like a place I've never even seen or heard of before, you 950 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:13,200 know? Yeah. 951 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:19,600 And then when I play it, I will just act like a detective and 952 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:24,000 roam around the area, look at any little sign that I can and 953 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,680 start like Googling stuff to try to figure out where I am. 954 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:29,520 If it's like some place that I'm like, where the hell am I? 955 00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:33,000 I feel like I'm in the middle of the desert in whatever country. 956 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:34,920 I don't know what this is, you know what I mean? 957 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,520 And it's just so fun. And so I don't know, it just 958 00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:42,560 reminded me of this. And if you are interested in 959 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,200 that, definitely go look it up, Sir. 960 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,080 That's really cool. It's also just insane to me that 961 00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:51,920 Google Maps has all these places. 962 00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,600 Can you imagine that? Even like in 20 years ago? 963 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,120 Maybe not 20 years ago, but well. 964 00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,840 Yeah, even 20 years ago, I think that would have been 2005. 965 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:03,080 That's before this list came out. 966 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,240 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, you're right. 967 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,160 But I just like, I don't know, sometimes it just like blows my 968 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:16,680 mind how far we've come in a short amount of time, but also 969 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,760 how far we have to go at the same. 970 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,360 Yeah, definitely. It's crazy. 971 00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:25,040 It's pretty amazing. And definitely with all of 972 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:28,400 these, you can look them up on there and I think they have even 973 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,360 more of detailed maps for a lot of these wonders, you know what 974 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:33,800 I mean? Then some other places are just 975 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,120 like, you know, really famous places. 976 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,760 So it's cool we live in a time where even though you might not 977 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,600 be able to travel to these places for whatever reason, you 978 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:44,480 still kind of can. You still have access to like be 979 00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:47,600 able to not be there, but also kind of be there. 980 00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,360 Like I said, I feel like I've kind of gone to Machu Picchu 981 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,640 already because I did so much research before, but. 982 00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,160 Yeah. So you're gonna be a tour guide 983 00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:58,600 when we go? Yeah, that'd. 984 00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:03,600 Be so annoying I. Know that does look really cool 985 00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,280 though. I'd love to do Machu Picchu. 986 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,360 Gosh, yeah. So you have only seen not only, 987 00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:11,760 but you've seen the Colosseum, That's the one that you've seen 988 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:14,120 out of all of them, right? Yeah, OK. 989 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,120 Yeah. I was like 13 years old, and 990 00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,240 unfortunately it was like 108° outside that day. 991 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:28,120 So my memory is mostly me being like, I'm so fucking hot right 992 00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,720 now. You know, it's like when you're 993 00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:34,480 13, you're so annoying. I should have just been like, 994 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,600 wow, I can't believe that I'm here right now. 995 00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:38,960 I think about all his history, but I was like, I'm so hot. 996 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,720 Like I did on one hand, think like, wow, this is really cool. 997 00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:44,400 But on the other hand, yeah, that was. 998 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,720 Well, yeah, you don't appreciate it as much probably. 999 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,840 Maybe. I would definitely appreciate it 1000 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:52,440 more now. Even if it was 108°, I would be 1001 00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,360 like, wow, look at this. Yeah, I'm gonna bring exactly my 1002 00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:56,400 fan with me. Or. 1003 00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:01,720 Fan and spray bottle a Mr. I hate being hot, so I'd probably 1004 00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:04,200 have the same memory of it if I were there with you. 1005 00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,440 It's just so fucking hot. I love it though. 1006 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,320 I didn't know a lot of, I mean any of that really. 1007 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,360 To be honest. I didn't even know there were 1008 00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:15,680 new ones actually. And now you got some stuff to 1009 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,320 look forward to. Yeah, travel plans. 1010 00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,640 No, I. I didn't mean with my episodes. 1011 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,360 Yeah, yes, that's true too. Yeah, to learn more about the 1012 00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:31,520 others, the natural ones, would be really interesting. 1013 00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:33,960 I'm curious about those. I mean, they all will, but yeah, 1014 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:38,120 okay. That's my episode, we made it 1015 00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:41,360 through. Well that was fun. 1016 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:43,600 It really was though. I really, really liked that 1017 00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,320 episode. I did not think it would be like 1018 00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:48,240 did not have any clue that it would be something like this. 1019 00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:51,440 I thought you were going to focus on like 1 area until he 1020 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,040 said around the world. And I was like well that could 1021 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,240 be so many things and yeah, no clue. 1022 00:55:56,520 --> 00:55:59,120 Learned a lot. So I really, really liked it. 1023 00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:00,960 It was a really good one. Good. 1024 00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:07,200 Well that was fun. Thanks for coming along on that 1025 00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:11,000 deep dive. I hope you learned something and 1026 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:16,360 subscribe please. 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