That's pretty interesting, please make a full video about this sort of stuff

*"The Appalachian Mountains are older than the trees"* is some foreboding shit the old guy says to the hikers in a horror movie

You momma so old, it makes the Appalachian mountains look like a teenager -Vsauce probably

"the Appalachian mountains are older than bones" is my favorite quote on that subject

Mr. Steven's, I'll have you know that my children, when they were in elementary and middle school, showed me your, "What if the whole world jumped at once?" video, and we've enjoyed many of them together over the years. My youngest just turned 24 4 days ago. It has been a privilege and honor to be amongst your audience.

So John Denver wasn't lying when he sang "Life is old here, older than the trees, younger than the mountains...". Hidden history lesson.

My Dad was on "I've got a secret" In 1959 He was in the Navy and was the 1st to swim/dive under the polar ice cap. Such an old show.

I thought Vsauce was gonna come with a your mom joke.

“Jesse, I’m inside a Vsauce short”.

I hate to admit that I'm so old that I actually watched that I've got a Secret episode when I was a kid when it first aired. Life goes quickly folks, make every day a fruitful one.

"Back in my day, we didn't even have dinosaurs!" "...Okay Gramps, go back hilling around."

I was prepping for a “yo mama” joke that never came

I can't believe that Lincoln died watching Breaking Bad

Favourite thing about Seymour is that on the show he said he was only a child when he saw Lincoln get assassinated, and his only thoughts were him feeling a bit bad for Booth after he jumped from the box since he didn’t know why Lincoln was slumped over.

Michael is younger than Lana Del Rey. So there’s a fun piece of vsauce trivia, I guess.

awesome info! its hard to understand some folks are resigned to believe Earth is only a few thousand years old!

The Appalachian mountains are so old, they were around when Vsauce was still making long form content.

That man lived through every major US war (except the revolution) and was close to seeing Man walk on the moon. He lived through the Civil War, then lived through the great depression, the dust bowl, WW1 and WW2. He also got to witness the invention of the automobile and then it's mass production from Ford with the Model-T, all the way to the iconic 1956 Corvette. This dude saw so much. He was born at exactly the right time to see an enormous amount of progression.

Bro watched lincoln die and lived until its time to cook

Country Roads makes a lot more sense now.

Always wild to remember that for Saturn, having rings is just a short phase it’s going through. And we’re just lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it at the right time

Egypt was an empire for over 3000 years. It was so old that the people at the more recent end were archeologists studying their own history!

"And yet, they are still here for us to enjoy," felt weirdly wholesome.

This sounds like one of those your mom jokes. “Your mom is older than Saturns rings.”

the appalachian mountains must be a skeleton compared to all the other mountains let alone a grandpa 💀

this feels like old vsauce, we need more OLD vsauce

Sounded like bro was roasting the Appalachians so hard.

Stuff like this is why Vsauce is a YT legend everyone loves

So the guy was 5 when he saw Lincoln get shot then? Formative as hell memory

My great-aunt Wilda (grandmother's sister) was born in 1901. She married at 19, and by 20 she and her husband had purchased a rather large hotel in my hometown, which was a fairly prolific logging town at the time, located near the Ottawa River in Canada. Their hotel was 3 storeys tall, and in a pinch could accommodate as many as 150 guests. Aunt Wilda's husband was the "owner" ostensibly, but every single aspect of it's running and management were handled by her for the better part of 5 decades. There was a girl working there in the early days who's entire job was to clean and refill the kerosene lanterns they used. She's one of the first people I ever heard about who lost a job due to technology, as the hotel purchased a generator to power modern (at the time) lighting some time in the late 1930's. They sold the hotel, IIRC, in the late 70's and Wilda's husband died around a decade later. She, however, lived to be 104, dying in 2005. She was alive during the fall of multiple empires, the Ottoman, German, Japanese, and British most notably. She saw the fall of the USSR, lived through both World Wars, the Cold War, and a couple dozen other major national conflicts. In her lifetime the Pope changed 9 times, the British monarch changed 5, and she was alive from the 26th President (Theodore Roosevelt) through to the 43rd (George W Bush). She was born before the first powered flight was achieved. Before the Ford Model A existed. Decades before the first transatlantic phone call. The first television "broadcast" happened when she was around 10. She would have been around at the time of the third bubonic plague outbreak, as well as 2 separate global Influenza pandemics. She was born before penicillin, bakelite (first synthetic plastic), nylon, cellophane, and FM Radio. Just about every single thing we'd think of as being a modern computer didn't exist. During her childhood the absolute norm, especially in rural Canada, would have been horse-drawn carriages and dirt roads. A round-trip "overseas" would have been a matter of weeks, and the sort of thing only the very wealthy would do just for fun. Easy long-distance communication was mainly limited to a telegraph, and not the kind of thing you'd even be able to do from home. Meanwhile, at the time of her death cellphones were fairly common, TV and internet were basically everywhere. You could get a flight across the ocean for less than a week's wages and get there in less than a day, and cars were damn near more common than trees. All things considered, 1901-2005 saw that woman live through a mind-blowing contrast of times and technology. One of my very few, honest regrets in life is that I wasn't mature enough to be able to understand and appreciate that fact while she was still alive, because I can't imagine the kinds of stories and experiences she would have gladly shared with me if only I had been bright enough to ask and listen.

I kept expecting him to say! "Psych, how long did you know I was lying? ! "

Not the unintentional shade to Bryan Cranston. Lmao

I'm so old I remember when Vsauce made full length videos. I miss those days. But I also understand that these shorts are a way better, and admittedly addicting, supplement. I just wish we got the long form videos more often.

Michael is being absolutely serious here. No joke.

If I don't want to sleep, I don't drink energy drinks, I watch your videos. The shock they give me keep me up all night

Love the lesson and I live in the mountains. Longer lessons from you would be awesome.

That fact about the man who was present for Lincoln's assassination is incredibly fascinating. It reminds me of the fact that John Tyler, who was born himself in 1790, still has a living grandchild in the year 2024.

I love how Bryan Cranston existing is a timestamp for history. In all seriousness I love him and his work.

I was preparing for a your mom joke in the whole latter half😂

Not only that, but the Appalachian Mountains have caves within them that are devoid of any fossils. These caves formed before life itself even began.

Its been like 13 years but Michael still has the ability to hook me in and blow my brain open unlike ANYBODY else. Vsauce forever.

This was a surprisingly calming video. Thank you!

“…older than the trees. Younger than the mountains.” Has a whole different meaning all of a sudden

Vsauce. I love the pause after every one of your shorts. Idk why. Just makes it feel like you made it on the fly just sitting there thinking about it.

By far the closest a Vsauce short can get to a full length video. I absolutely love it when you talk about time-related things like this.

In my mind, I turned this into a “yo mama so old joke”

That “older than trees” line just makes me think of Jordan Peterson and serotonin working on lobsters

We need more content discussing historical facts

One of my favorite factoids has always been that, since the Appalachians predate life on land, there are several caves where there are no fossils. Not because fossils are rare and require specific conditions to form, but because the caves are literally too old to have given anything the chance to fossilize before forming.

Fuk, I I0ve VSauce! Sometimes you release one that gets me emotional

That old dude looked like he could possibly be Abraham Lincoln

There is a saying in Mexico when someone is called old, the response is "viejos los cerros" which translates to "the hills are old". Alluding to the fact that when put in perspective, humans really aren't old at all.

Never seen Michael act so normal

I felt like there was a joke about my mother coming for a sec

This guy sounds like the history teacher I didn't have.

The Scottish Highlands and the Appalachians being the same land is pretty hilarious 😂 considering the British resettled refugees from the Scottish Highlands in Appalachia

Yo' mamma so old she walked her childhood dog from the Appalachian Mountains to the Scottish Highlands.

Warren Buffet was around during WWII. Maybe he’ll still be around for WWIII

My grandfather just passed away at 97 years old. It's so insane to me that he lived in a time when they still farmed everything by horses, and initially the house he lived in didn't have light bulbs, then watched as everything transitioned from radio, then to TV, then fast tracked to computers and cell phones.

Older than the rings of Saturn... I'm blown away man.

"I was born before saturn had rings, I existed before your kind could draw breath. The concept of life was yet to be and there I was."

As someone who lives in the foothills of these mountains I love hearing about them. Never realized how little I know about them.

One of the sanest videos I’ve seen from vsauce

That is insane about the mountains. Makes me want to travel there

I'm so old at 67 the last 2 of the Civil war vets died and still had steam engine trains operating in 1957. In 1976 i met a 105 year old man born in the days of the Southern Reconstruction and the Great Chicago Fire. For context......in 1885 the Skyscrapers were invented and General and later President, Grant died. Ever heard of Grants Tomb in New York? That was before the electric grid, cars, radios.....but had experimental light bulbs and phonographs..

all I got from this was being reminded how damn old Bryan Cranston is he still looks like he’s in his mid-50s

I've seen the clip before, it's so fascinating to be able to actually hear from someone who witnessed a major historical event in person

There is something life changing about this. A perspective I’ve never truly looked through until now. This is beautiful.

This makes me appreciate living in the Appalachian mountains more

Vsauce: "They are older than trees" My brain: "Okay trees are maybe like 500 years old"

I was waiting for "yo momma's so old" joke lol

Measuring things with Brian Cranston is my new measurement

That’s just so crazy to think about. It’s even a little hard to conceptualize.

After all these years, Michael still makes my eyes widen with childlike wonder

Bart in Vsauce’s shirt is an accurate representation of what I feel whilst watching a Vsauce video/short

I really miss your long form videos, Mr. Michael. While I was in high school/college when I really watched everything you made, I think you instilled in me a love for learning and pushing the limits of what I comprehend.

Where’s my daily “or is it?”

Man I miss old Vsauce videos. Such great content that people have missed out on in the newer gen.

It’s all so good. Traditional Irish music thrived in the Appalachian Mountains. It’s amazing how the geography and people lined up and has that spirit since the beginning.

I have lived below the Appalachian Mountains my whole life and never knew how old they were. Thank you for the perspective

Very interesting, front to back. Thanks!

As a northwest Georgia native & the tail end of the Appalachian Mountains going through there, I appreciate the video & learning something I didn't know.

I will remember that during my Appalachian hike this weekend. Makes it even more fun

That's why Country Roads says that the life in West Virginia is older than the trees, but younger than the mountains.

“Jesse, I’m inside a Vsauce short”

Great short, but I was obsessing over Michael’s t-shirt the entire time. I want one! 😂

Damn this stuff is very fascinating. What shorts should be.

You should do a video on weird regional pronunciations, the Appalachian mountains are actually pronounced a few different ways, technically the correct way is (app-uh-latch-in) but I’ve always pronounced it as (apple-ay-shin) as well as everyone I know, but in Southern states for example they’ll pronounce it in a few different ways

i was flinching left and right expecting a your mom joke after every turn of this short the self control on mr vsauce is superhuman

Erosion of the Appalachians in North Alabama has actually caused to soil to be a bright red color from the iron oxide

“Appa-what? Oh. Appalatcha” My in-laws from East TN would say 😂

Damn I've driven through mountains that are older than the rings of Saturn.

I love how Micheal adds together different concepts so effortlessly it's truly remarkable

this feels like a setup to a mom joke

My grandma was born in 1907 and lived for 108 years. She had many interesting stories about her life and childhood. They were in many ways similar to the life I have lived. Technology and culture change rapidly, but I don't think humans change much in 100 years. From my POV at 35, 1800 CE was only like two grandmas back. A millennium seems long ago but it's really only 10 grandmas. She never talked about her grandma that I recall. I don't even know how long my great great grandma lived for. If you have a living grandparent, ask them about their grandparents. When you are a grandparent, tell your grandkids about your grandparents.

Vsauce was literally my entire childhood and ill never stop watching your videos

I remember telling my teacher that the Appalachian mouths were older. She argued with me that they were younger than the Rockies because they had just more recently formed from Continental Drift. It's been years, but I'm finally am vindicated. That you, Vsauce.

The Saturn one got me, that’s wild

Scottish person here and its always cool to imagine if you followed the hills west you'd hit the US. Literally the same hills! mad.

Mountains so old that Saturn was still single