1 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:13,178 (tess) lincoln's like, your balloons are [bleep] awesome. 2 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,415 I want to send them into the sky so that you can spy. 3 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:18,617 [bleep] yeah, I will do that. 4 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:21,887 This is the funnest job ever. [laughs] 5 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:22,855 (mark) it would be like, 6 00:00:22,857 --> 00:00:24,423 This and this and this and this 7 00:00:24,425 --> 00:00:27,192 Then go with this and this and this and this, 8 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:29,928 And the other would go, you wish, tuna fish. 9 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:30,796 [laughs] 10 00:00:30,798 --> 00:00:32,564 (jenny) they're like, we hear this thing. 11 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:33,499 It's like [imitates static]. 12 00:00:33,501 --> 00:00:37,436 Oh, my god, this is basically the sound of the big bang. 13 00:00:37,438 --> 00:00:40,072 Boing! [babbles] 14 00:00:40,074 --> 00:00:43,242 [patriotic music] 15 00:00:43,244 --> 00:00:48,447 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:52,919 --> 00:00:55,120 (man) I was born in jersey. 17 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:56,255 I was raised in jersey. 18 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:59,358 I am definitely going to die in jersey. 19 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,294 (man) jersey's [bleep] goddamn [bleep] cold. 20 00:01:02,296 --> 00:01:05,597 And, like, the next day, it's [bleep] fine. 21 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:07,132 And then, like, two days later, 22 00:01:07,134 --> 00:01:09,435 It's [bleep] cold as [bleep] again. 23 00:01:09,437 --> 00:01:11,370 (man) I love jersey, 24 00:01:11,372 --> 00:01:15,841 But everything in jersey pisses me off. 25 00:01:15,843 --> 00:01:17,976 [geese honking] 26 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:21,580 - Let's do a shot. - Let's do a shot. 27 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:26,351 You did all that in one? Tess! 28 00:01:26,353 --> 00:01:27,486 'cause we're on camera. 29 00:01:27,488 --> 00:01:29,455 - Mmm! - It's delicious. [giggles] 30 00:01:29,457 --> 00:01:32,391 - Oh, giving me more--oh. - Oh, [bleep]. 31 00:01:32,393 --> 00:01:35,094 - Bless your sweet heart. - Oh, [bleep]. 32 00:01:35,096 --> 00:01:37,129 You put so much more in mine. 33 00:01:37,131 --> 00:01:38,797 I did. 34 00:01:42,802 --> 00:01:43,535 Doesn't have a cork. 35 00:01:43,537 --> 00:01:47,372 You only need a cork if you're not gonna finish it. 36 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:49,708 Hello, I'm tess lynch, 37 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:52,144 And today we're gonna talk 38 00:01:52,146 --> 00:01:56,048 About the union balloon corps. 39 00:01:56,050 --> 00:01:57,149 [derek laughs] 40 00:01:57,151 --> 00:01:59,852 (tess) so it's a week into the civil war. 41 00:01:59,854 --> 00:02:01,653 Thaddeus lowe is a balloonist. 42 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:04,723 He's airborne in hoboken, new jersey, 43 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:08,460 And he's like, [bleep] yes. Like, aah! 44 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:12,598 And everything seems great, until, oh, boom. 45 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,198 Winds hit. 46 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,535 Whoo! And it's like, [bleep]. 47 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:18,437 [bleep] winds, you know? 48 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:20,639 But, like, the winds? They don't care. 49 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:21,607 The winds don't care. 50 00:02:21,609 --> 00:02:22,875 They're like, we're gonna have you land 51 00:02:22,877 --> 00:02:25,777 Wherever the [bleep] we want you to land. 52 00:02:25,779 --> 00:02:26,578 [blows] 53 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:27,946 (tess) and all of a sudden, 54 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:31,917 He finds himself blown into south carolina, 55 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,954 Like, right in the middle of confederate territory. 56 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,956 Are you serious? 57 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:39,158 So he was like, boom, 58 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,927 Blown into the hands of the confederate mob. 59 00:02:41,929 --> 00:02:45,764 So they freak, and they're like, whoa. 60 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:47,232 Are you a yankee spy? 61 00:02:47,234 --> 00:02:48,267 What's your deal? 62 00:02:48,269 --> 00:02:51,270 And he's just like, what the [bleep] do I do? 63 00:02:51,272 --> 00:02:52,771 So he has all these papers with him 64 00:02:52,773 --> 00:02:55,641 That basically are like, thaddeus lowe, 65 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:58,010 Important balloon person. 66 00:02:58,012 --> 00:03:00,512 And they're like, you know what? 67 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:02,981 You seem like a cool dude. 68 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:04,016 You can go. 69 00:03:04,018 --> 00:03:05,384 And he leaves. 70 00:03:05,386 --> 00:03:07,753 Okay, one second. 71 00:03:07,755 --> 00:03:10,689 This is the funnest job ever. 72 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,591 [both laugh] 73 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:13,492 Okay, so basically, 74 00:03:13,494 --> 00:03:17,296 He's just like, I don't think this is working out for me. 75 00:03:17,298 --> 00:03:18,797 The winds keep taking me 76 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:21,633 Into, like, the worst, [bleep] neighborhoods. 77 00:03:21,635 --> 00:03:23,202 Like, I'm done with this. 78 00:03:23,204 --> 00:03:25,204 But then, he gets a call. 79 00:03:25,206 --> 00:03:27,973 But not a call because it's back in the day. 80 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:32,110 So he gets a message, and it says, hey, you. 81 00:03:32,112 --> 00:03:33,011 I've had my eye on you. 82 00:03:33,013 --> 00:03:36,415 Why don't you come on down to washington? 83 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:37,549 And he's like, who are you? 84 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:38,517 Okay, I'll go. Whatever. 85 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,185 Like, trip to washington sounds good. 86 00:03:40,187 --> 00:03:44,423 So he goes down to washington to this, like, fancy room. 87 00:03:44,425 --> 00:03:46,425 All of a sudden, who walks in? 88 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:49,127 It's [bleep] president lincoln. 89 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:50,963 And lowe's like [gasps]! 90 00:03:50,965 --> 00:03:52,297 Like, oh, holy [bleep]. 91 00:03:52,299 --> 00:03:53,232 Like, president lincoln. 92 00:03:53,234 --> 00:03:54,733 I didn't know you were, like, 93 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:56,802 You know, keeping tabs on my balloons and stuff. 94 00:03:56,804 --> 00:04:00,239 And lincoln's like, I have been, and guess what. 95 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:02,941 I have heard tell that your balloons 96 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:04,209 Are [bleep] awesome. 97 00:04:04,211 --> 00:04:05,110 I want to send them into the sky 98 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:08,914 So that you can spy on the confederate troops. 99 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,249 Let's see what you can do. 100 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:13,118 You know, put your money where your mouth is. 101 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,086 Thaddeus lowe's like, 102 00:04:14,088 --> 00:04:16,788 [bleep] yeah, I will do that. 103 00:04:16,790 --> 00:04:18,123 Lugs his balloon out, 104 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:20,425 Takes it out to the washington mall. 105 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:21,126 Whoop! 106 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:23,161 500 feet above ground, boom. 107 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:27,499 He's like, I am gonna send an aerial telegram down. 108 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:29,301 [imitates beeping] 109 00:04:29,303 --> 00:04:32,104 Hey, lincoln! I see you down there! 110 00:04:32,106 --> 00:04:32,838 It looks pretty cool. 111 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:36,441 I see all the, you know, this and that and whatever. 112 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:37,276 Boom. 113 00:04:37,278 --> 00:04:40,045 Lincoln is like, this is awesome. 114 00:04:40,047 --> 00:04:45,817 Like, I can only imagine what you can do for the union 115 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:47,686 When you're--whoosh-- 116 00:04:47,688 --> 00:04:49,021 You're all like, tchh-- 117 00:04:49,023 --> 00:04:53,425 Above the forces, and you're just reporting back. 118 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:54,126 Thaddeus lowe, 119 00:04:54,128 --> 00:05:00,766 I'm gonna task you with making the first union balloon corps. 120 00:05:00,768 --> 00:05:03,168 So he, like, bands them all together. 121 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:06,338 Lowe is like, check out what I've got. 122 00:05:06,340 --> 00:05:08,774 I've got, like, a billion balloons. 123 00:05:08,776 --> 00:05:10,542 I've got the excelsior, 124 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:11,476 The constitution, 125 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:14,346 The [bleep] whatever, 126 00:05:14,348 --> 00:05:15,947 The this, the that, 127 00:05:15,949 --> 00:05:17,849 The intrepid! 128 00:05:17,851 --> 00:05:21,386 They become a, like, balloon force. 129 00:05:21,388 --> 00:05:23,922 It's crazy. It's balloons. 130 00:05:23,924 --> 00:05:27,659 So thaddeus takes lowe, and-- 131 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:30,128 Wait, no. What? That makes no sense. 132 00:05:30,130 --> 00:05:33,165 [laughs] 133 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:34,766 Are you okay, derek? 134 00:05:34,768 --> 00:05:37,235 This is what happens with this show. 135 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:39,171 You get a little-- 136 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:40,572 I'm wobbly. 137 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:41,540 [laughs] 138 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:44,142 (tess) so he goes, and he spies. 139 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:46,345 The confederates were trying their best. 140 00:05:46,347 --> 00:05:48,046 They were like, look, if you see us, 141 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:50,282 We're gonna shoot cannons at you. 142 00:05:50,284 --> 00:05:51,416 He's like, boom. 143 00:05:51,418 --> 00:05:52,751 He's like, what the [bleep]? 144 00:05:52,753 --> 00:05:55,954 Like, you're trying to shoot me with cannons. 145 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:57,522 It's ridiculous, you guys. 146 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:58,657 I'm way the [bleep] up here! 147 00:05:58,659 --> 00:06:02,094 And they're just like, pbbt, you know what I mean? 148 00:06:02,096 --> 00:06:03,862 Like, it's reverse fart noise. 149 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:05,197 It's not gonna happen. 150 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:06,098 (derek) what? 151 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:07,999 (tess) well, fart noise is pbbt, 152 00:06:08,001 --> 00:06:09,968 And reverse fart noise is [slurps]. 153 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:13,105 Yes, 'cause gravity. [giggles] 154 00:06:13,107 --> 00:06:15,240 So that's basically the end of it, except-- 155 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:18,210 - That's it. - No, it's not it. 156 00:06:18,212 --> 00:06:18,710 No. 157 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,613 (tess) so he comes home with all this intel, 158 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:22,314 And he's just like, 159 00:06:22,316 --> 00:06:25,784 Hey, lincoln, I took a bunch of good notes up there. 160 00:06:25,786 --> 00:06:26,551 What do you think? 161 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:30,555 And lincoln is like, oh! Balloons! 162 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,258 What the [bleep]? They're the awesomest. 163 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:38,330 This is the country's first air force. 164 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:40,499 And he did. He did. 165 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:42,134 - He should. - No, he did. 166 00:06:42,136 --> 00:06:45,237 He should, and he did, and he would. 167 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:48,774 I'm seeing, like, so many of you. 168 00:06:48,776 --> 00:06:51,710 - [laughs] - that's the worst. 169 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:53,545 [both laugh] 170 00:06:53,547 --> 00:06:54,279 [patriotic music] 171 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:58,817 These are the people that created paleontology. 172 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:02,087 Marsh is like, einstein isn't invented yet, 173 00:07:02,089 --> 00:07:03,655 But you're no einstein. 174 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:05,357 [laughs] 175 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:10,762 (man) there's actually a place, 176 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:11,963 Here in new jersey, 177 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,598 Where you can learn to be a wrestler. 178 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,168 That's all I've ever wanted to be. 179 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:17,369 [laughs] 180 00:07:17,371 --> 00:07:20,439 [hard rock music] 181 00:07:20,441 --> 00:07:21,440 [bleep]. 182 00:07:21,442 --> 00:07:22,841 This is a dream come true. 183 00:07:22,843 --> 00:07:24,876 You might be really good, or you might be really... 184 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:25,610 Bad, you know. 185 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:27,412 It's either one or the other. 186 00:07:27,414 --> 00:07:30,215 Smack the mat, tuck your head. 187 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:34,486 All right. 188 00:07:34,488 --> 00:07:35,620 Take this to the next level? 189 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,255 - Yeah. - All right. 190 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:43,061 ♪ ♪ 191 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:44,129 Ooh! 192 00:07:44,131 --> 00:07:47,499 [all shouting] 193 00:07:57,743 --> 00:08:00,445 One, two, three! 194 00:08:00,447 --> 00:08:03,215 [all cheering] 195 00:08:03,217 --> 00:08:09,120 I do vodka because it doesn't give me a hangover. 196 00:08:09,122 --> 00:08:11,556 You don't have to keep looking at the camera. 197 00:08:11,558 --> 00:08:13,024 It's, like, a documentary. 198 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:14,092 I come from the office. 199 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,228 I was on the office for three years, 200 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:18,830 And we look at the camera and go-- 201 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:19,731 [laughs] 202 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:23,768 Hello, my name is mark proksch, 203 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:28,673 And today we are gonna talk about the bone wars. 204 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:30,609 [snickers] 205 00:08:30,611 --> 00:08:32,043 A lot of people know this. 206 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:35,180 The first dinosaur wasn't discovered 207 00:08:35,182 --> 00:08:37,015 Until the mid-19th century. 208 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:40,285 This created kind of a new science. 209 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:42,821 Two of the first paleontologists 210 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:47,158 Were othniel marsh and edward cope. 211 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,929 Cope discovers this great discovery in new jersery. 212 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:53,632 New jersery--not a place. 213 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:54,399 New jersey! 214 00:08:54,401 --> 00:08:57,936 The first dinosaur that's nearly complete. 215 00:08:57,938 --> 00:09:01,072 And so the lar-- 216 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:03,141 And so marsh gets there, 217 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:05,143 And they tour around. 218 00:09:05,145 --> 00:09:06,845 It's like, hey, cope. 219 00:09:06,847 --> 00:09:07,746 You're a great guy. 220 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:10,115 Love you. Thank you so much. 221 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:11,349 You're awesome. 222 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:14,853 And then he goes to the owners of this site 223 00:09:14,855 --> 00:09:18,423 And says, listen, buddies, here's my dollars. 224 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:22,327 Dollars good in the eye of the federal government. 225 00:09:22,329 --> 00:09:26,765 If you find any more dinosaur bones, 226 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:28,667 Don't send them to cope. 227 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:29,868 Send them to me. 228 00:09:29,870 --> 00:09:30,502 And they do that. 229 00:09:30,504 --> 00:09:35,440 Cope finds out about this and becomes infuriated. 230 00:09:35,442 --> 00:09:36,675 You were my friend. 231 00:09:36,677 --> 00:09:38,877 I let you come see this site. 232 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:41,079 Why would you do that to me? 233 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:42,380 Marsh says, listen. 234 00:09:42,382 --> 00:09:47,352 If I can make this work for me, then bully to me. 235 00:09:47,354 --> 00:09:49,254 That's what I'm all ab-- 236 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:50,221 [exhales] 237 00:09:50,223 --> 00:09:50,889 All about. 238 00:09:50,891 --> 00:09:55,493 And so cope then breaks into marsh's sites 239 00:09:55,495 --> 00:09:58,597 And starts pillaging and stealing. 240 00:09:58,599 --> 00:10:00,532 Marsh finds out about this. 241 00:10:00,534 --> 00:10:02,033 [bleep] livid. 242 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:03,268 What the f? 243 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:05,737 What do you think you're doing, mister man? 244 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:07,572 You're not--why would you-- 245 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:09,207 And cope is like, listen. 246 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:11,443 This is the game we're playing. 247 00:10:11,445 --> 00:10:12,544 I was here. 248 00:10:12,546 --> 00:10:14,012 I found these bones. 249 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:19,718 Just 'cause you're not here yet doesn't mean nothing to me. 250 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,254 [stammers] 251 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:24,723 Eh. 252 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,424 [both laugh] 253 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:29,294 Well, cope finds this dinosaur, 254 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:31,563 And he starts publishing all this information. 255 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:35,100 And marsh gets there, and he's like, wow, that's-- 256 00:10:35,102 --> 00:10:36,301 I mean, that's neat. 257 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:39,671 Um, why did you put his head on his ass? 258 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:43,742 It's supposed to be on the other end, you dingus! 259 00:10:43,744 --> 00:10:45,443 Marsh takes the head, 260 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:48,680 Puts it on the tail, and it fits perfectly. 261 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:52,150 And marsh is like, einstein isn't invented yet, 262 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:53,218 But you're no einstein. 263 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:55,820 So marsh-- oh, no, no, no, no. 264 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:58,456 Cope is like, screw you. 265 00:10:58,458 --> 00:11:01,059 We are obviously not friends. 266 00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:02,494 Let the bone wars begin. 267 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:05,363 - Dun-dun-dun-dun. - Da-da-da-da. 268 00:11:05,365 --> 00:11:08,133 (mark) a race breaks out to discover 269 00:11:08,135 --> 00:11:11,536 New dinosaur fossils in council-- 270 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:16,107 In ccccomo--coun-- como bluff, wyoming. 271 00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:17,375 So you have these two pits. 272 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:20,578 It's like, hey, this discovery is pretty neat. 273 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:23,915 And the other would be like, nuh-uh! 274 00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:25,583 This and this and this and this 275 00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:28,353 Then go with this and this and this and this. 276 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,221 And the other would go, you wish, tuna fish. 277 00:11:30,223 --> 00:11:33,258 This and that was part of this and that. 278 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:35,160 The other would be like, cool your jets. 279 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:41,132 The two of them discovered over 140 species of dinosaurs, 280 00:11:41,134 --> 00:11:43,401 But they were, like, fighting, 281 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:46,571 Throwing dirt in each other's pits, 282 00:11:46,573 --> 00:11:49,974 Sabotaging their own findings. 283 00:11:49,976 --> 00:11:50,875 Marsh would be like, 284 00:11:50,877 --> 00:11:53,411 Don't let cope get ahold of these. 285 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:54,112 Blow it up. 286 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:56,748 Just so cope wouldn't find them. 287 00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:59,751 Cope was like, don't let marsh get ahold of these. 288 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:01,152 Blow these up. 289 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:02,854 This is insane. 290 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:05,290 They even had a dirtball fight. 291 00:12:05,292 --> 00:12:07,592 [laughing] these are two of the people 292 00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:10,595 That created paleontology. 293 00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:13,465 They're acting like spoiled little babies. 294 00:12:13,467 --> 00:12:15,834 Put diapers on 'em! 295 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:16,601 Give 'em a nuk. 296 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:19,437 This went on then for 15 years. 297 00:12:19,439 --> 00:12:24,642 And marsh becomes the head of u.S. Paleontology 298 00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:27,712 Because he discovered the most bones 299 00:12:27,714 --> 00:12:28,780 And is like, 300 00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:32,183 All of the fossils collected by cope 301 00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:35,153 Belong to the usgs. 302 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:36,721 That's all cope had left, 303 00:12:36,723 --> 00:12:40,458 And marsh was trying to take that [bleep] away from him. 304 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:43,128 Cope was like, screw you. 305 00:12:43,130 --> 00:12:45,864 I'm going to fight you on this. 306 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,499 Cope, it turned out, 307 00:12:47,501 --> 00:12:49,734 Had been collecting evidence 308 00:12:49,736 --> 00:12:55,006 That marsh was sabotaging all this science 309 00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:56,508 This entire time, 310 00:12:56,510 --> 00:13:00,545 Back to new jersey, to como bluffs. 311 00:13:00,547 --> 00:13:04,282 Cope gives the new york herald... 312 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:06,384 [laughs] 313 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:09,120 All of these notes! 314 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:11,356 I get delightful when I'm drunk. 315 00:13:11,358 --> 00:13:14,025 The new york herald publishi-- 316 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,361 Publicizes all this information, 317 00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:19,364 And it ruins marsh. 318 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:20,465 [laughs] 319 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:22,600 I got it. Don't worry, guys. 320 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:24,536 [chuckles] 321 00:13:24,538 --> 00:13:26,704 (mark) this war, the bone wars, 322 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:29,107 Established paleontology. 323 00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:31,943 But these two, they're children. 324 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:33,711 Cope was like, you know what? 325 00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:37,949 I hate marsh so much that, when I die, 326 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:40,752 I want my brain weighed and measured. 327 00:13:40,754 --> 00:13:45,190 I bet my brain is bigger than othniel marsh's. 328 00:13:45,192 --> 00:13:46,925 And so when he died, 329 00:13:46,927 --> 00:13:49,060 He had his brain cut out. 330 00:13:49,062 --> 00:13:52,831 And then marsh was like, no, I don't want to do that. 331 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,165 [chuckles] 332 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,667 [laughs] 333 00:13:55,669 --> 00:13:57,268 Guys, let's eat! 334 00:13:57,270 --> 00:13:59,704 Let's enjoy a mouthfil--ful. 335 00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:01,806 A what? 336 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:05,944 You want us to enjoy a what? 337 00:14:09,782 --> 00:14:11,583 [laughter] 338 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:15,453 I mean, I didn't do myself any favors. 339 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,088 I really just made this drink. 340 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:21,192 It's like... You know. 341 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:22,393 [both laugh] 342 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,762 Let's talk about outer space. 343 00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:26,497 Hello, I'm jenny slate, 344 00:14:26,499 --> 00:14:29,100 And today we're going to talk 345 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:32,036 About arno penzias and robert wilson 346 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:35,740 And their beautiful cosmic discovery. 347 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:37,942 This is my dog's... 348 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:38,610 Uh, penis, 349 00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:41,646 And then I've also had his balls removed. 350 00:14:41,648 --> 00:14:43,414 - Aw, shame, shame. - Reggie. 351 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:46,017 "give me back my balls." you can't have 'em. 352 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:47,986 I took them away! 353 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:50,288 But I have a full vagina. [laughs] 354 00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:51,456 [clicks tongue] 355 00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:52,523 In 1960, 356 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:57,829 Bell labs made this, like, giant listening device for nasa. 357 00:14:57,831 --> 00:15:00,031 But then, by the time they were ready to use it, 358 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,432 A better thing had been built. 359 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:02,867 So then it was just, like, by itself, 360 00:15:02,869 --> 00:15:04,535 All by itself in new jersey. 361 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:07,672 A lonely horn. [sighs] 362 00:15:07,674 --> 00:15:09,307 But two scientists, 363 00:15:09,309 --> 00:15:11,376 Arno penzias and robert wilson, 364 00:15:11,378 --> 00:15:13,611 They were like, oh, whoa, whoa! 365 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:14,412 Hold on, hold on! 366 00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:17,382 If no one's using that, could we use it? 367 00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:20,551 They were like, come on down to the horn. 368 00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:21,419 So they get to the horn. 369 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:25,023 They're like, we are beautiful scientists with lovely minds, 370 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:28,092 And we want to listen to the sounds between the stars. 371 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:30,395 Boink. They're like, let's go, babe! 372 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:31,429 Let's listen up! [laughs] 373 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:34,799 Oh, god, I love thinking of them calling each other "babe." 374 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:38,169 So they listen, and the sound 375 00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:39,804 Is a hundred times louder 376 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,774 Than any sound they expected to hear. 377 00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:46,911 It's like [imitates static]. 378 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:49,447 The universe is like... [imitates static] 379 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,316 Find out about me! [imitates static] 380 00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:52,650 So they were like, 381 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:56,087 What is this darn sound? 382 00:15:56,089 --> 00:15:56,654 [laughs] 383 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:59,691 It's coming from everywhere in the sky at once. 384 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:01,459 Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere. 385 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:02,260 [imitates static] 386 00:16:02,262 --> 00:16:03,194 And then they were like, no. 387 00:16:03,196 --> 00:16:05,663 There's no way a sound could come from everywhere at once, 388 00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:07,799 So we have to eliminate all the other sounds 389 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:09,434 That might be, like, interfering. 390 00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:13,504 So first they thought maybe-- 391 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:16,207 Someone doesn't care about science. 392 00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:19,844 They were like, it must be coming from, you know, new york. 393 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:21,212 Urban interference, you know. 394 00:16:21,214 --> 00:16:22,914 New york is a city with buildings and lights 395 00:16:22,916 --> 00:16:25,049 And people and subway and blah, blah, blah. 396 00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:27,652 So they were like, point it there. 397 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:28,453 [hums] 398 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:31,089 Pointed the horn at new york city. 399 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:33,091 No, that's not what we were hearing. 400 00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:34,258 Forget about you, new york. 401 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:37,295 Maybe it's coming from a military base nearby. 402 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,998 And then they just, like, point it at the military bases, 403 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,633 But they didn't hear that noise coming from there. 404 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:44,969 No, it isn't it. [laughs] 405 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,471 So then they were like, okay, next. 406 00:16:46,473 --> 00:16:47,271 Maybe it's from the sun. 407 00:16:47,273 --> 00:16:49,040 They point it at the sun, and the sun was like, 408 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:51,676 I'm just the sun. I don't give a [bleep]. 409 00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,211 They were like, it's not the sun. 410 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:55,279 What the funk is this, man? 411 00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:57,415 And then they were like, we should check our device. 412 00:16:57,417 --> 00:16:59,350 What if there's something inside of this thing, 413 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:02,653 Like, you know, mold or a skeleton... 414 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:05,423 Of a hobo that crawled in there to get shelter? 415 00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:08,459 [laughing] or whatever. 416 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,729 They look inside the horn. Guess what. 417 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:14,699 This [bleep] thing is filled with pigeons. 418 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:20,204 Houston, we do have a problem, and it's pigeons. 419 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:21,939 [both laugh] 420 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:25,443 Arno is like, you do it, robert. 421 00:17:25,445 --> 00:17:26,477 You [bleep] kill them. 422 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:29,647 Robert's like, I don't want to do it. 423 00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:31,182 You do it. 424 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:32,583 [laughs] 425 00:17:32,585 --> 00:17:34,052 Guess what they did. 426 00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:36,087 They shot them with a gun. 427 00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:36,754 A shotgun. 428 00:17:36,756 --> 00:17:38,756 Then they were like, well, that'll do it. 429 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:39,390 [chuckles] 430 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:40,925 After they've wiped the bird blood 431 00:17:40,927 --> 00:17:41,759 Off of their hands, 432 00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:44,529 They're both like, r.I.P. These pigeons. 433 00:17:44,531 --> 00:17:45,329 Let's do this. 434 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:48,332 Boink. They start to listen. 435 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:49,867 They're like, oh, [bleep]. 436 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,202 [imitates static] 437 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:52,236 They hear it again. 438 00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:55,873 What the hunk is this right now? 439 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,141 [both laugh] 440 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,610 They don't have the answer. 441 00:17:59,612 --> 00:18:00,945 They don't know what to do. 442 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:03,614 They listen through the horn for years. 443 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:05,016 They're going through their papers, 444 00:18:05,018 --> 00:18:06,250 Their papers, their papers. 445 00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:08,653 Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, I can't get it. 446 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:10,855 Ugh, ugh, there's nothing here. 447 00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:12,290 Ugh. This one's boring. 448 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,058 Ugh, this is in another language. 449 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:16,794 Just being like, we're never gonna figure this out. 450 00:18:16,796 --> 00:18:20,998 Finally, they find a study done by a scientist 451 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,366 Whose name is dicke. 452 00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:22,934 [chuckles] 453 00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:25,470 He had this crackpot theory that the universe, 454 00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:29,540 Instead of being infinite, actually started at some point. 455 00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:34,145 Dicke's like, 13.8 billion years ago, 456 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:36,314 Aka old as [bleep]. 457 00:18:36,316 --> 00:18:37,148 [laughs] 458 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,082 Check your watch. 459 00:18:38,084 --> 00:18:39,150 I think the universe started 460 00:18:39,152 --> 00:18:43,387 With, like, a crazy explosion, aka the big bang. 461 00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:44,722 But they had no way to prove it. 462 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,557 Then these two guys from new jersey 463 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:50,027 Who have been listening to this [bleep] pigeon [bleep] horn... 464 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:51,095 [laughs] 465 00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:53,865 Call him up, they're like, we hear this thing. 466 00:18:53,867 --> 00:18:55,032 It's like [imitates static]. 467 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,667 Have you ever heard of that before? 468 00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:58,569 He's like, oh, my god. 469 00:18:58,571 --> 00:18:59,170 That's it. 470 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:00,972 This is what we've been studying. 471 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:03,774 Cosmic microwave. 472 00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:07,311 [sighs] what is that word? 473 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:08,212 What is the word? 474 00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:09,347 We know it. What is it? 475 00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:13,417 Cosmic microwave background radiation. 476 00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:15,086 [triumphant music] - okay? 477 00:19:15,088 --> 00:19:18,756 It's the sound of microwaves 478 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:19,790 From the big bang. 479 00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:20,958 [imitates static] 480 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,026 And they were like, yeah, that's it! 481 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:23,494 This is it! We got it! We got it! 482 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,830 This is basically the sound of the big bang. 483 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,532 They wanted to try to find anything, 484 00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:31,869 But what they found was the sound of everything. 485 00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:34,639 Boing! [babbles] 486 00:19:34,641 --> 00:19:38,676 [laughs] 487 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,044 I had to unfollow nasa on instagram 488 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:42,146 'cause it made me too crazay! 489 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:43,314 It would just be like, 490 00:19:43,316 --> 00:19:46,517 This is a picture of a [bleep] black hole! 491 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,553 And I was like, aah! 492 00:19:48,555 --> 00:19:49,520 [laughs] 493 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:50,721 Okay, let me tell you this. 494 00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:53,257 Penzias and wilson get the nobel prize for physics. 495 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,593 Everyone [bleep] flips out, and they were like, 496 00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,962 Yes, the big bang is real. 497 00:19:57,964 --> 00:19:59,764 It happened. It's real. 498 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:00,464 You guys did it. 499 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:02,867 Penzias and, um... And, uh... 500 00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:04,869 Oh, [bleep]. The other guy. 501 00:20:04,871 --> 00:20:06,804 I just keep thinking of winslow... 502 00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:09,540 [laughing] but I know that's from family matters. 503 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:10,675 (derek) carl. 504 00:20:10,677 --> 00:20:11,943 [laughing] 505 00:20:11,945 --> 00:20:16,714 Carl winslow discovered the big bang. 506 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:19,116 Derek, what this is right here, 507 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:22,687 This is the sound of the echo 508 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:26,991 Of the universe being created. 509 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:28,826 [imitates static] 510 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:31,963 Suck on that for a second. 511 00:20:31,965 --> 00:20:32,964 See how you like it. 512 00:20:32,966 --> 00:20:34,532 Just for a second. 513 00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:38,769 The universe is like, just suck on it for a second. 514 00:20:38,771 --> 00:20:41,472 [both laugh] 515 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:42,940 (jenny) I'm the [bleep] universe. 516 00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,909 Suck on it for a second. 517 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:48,079 [patriotic music] 518 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:56,320 ♪ ♪ 519 00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:13,271 Tonight, when I'm through with you, 520 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:17,708 You will be history! 521 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,577 School out! 522 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:20,711 Like, school's out of session. 523 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:20,744 I thought maybe-- was that all right?