A while back I was on a youtube-binge, and I stumbled across the Sam O’Nella Academy. Quite a large channel, and it’s a small wonder I hadn’t heard of it sooner than I did.
Concept
The channel features hilarious stick figure drawings, while the content creator gives an introduction to a topic, usually some strange or often outright bizarre piece of history or science. He’s a fantastic joke writer, and packs his animations with a lot of personality. The guy definitely understands comedic timing, and that less can be more if you do it right.
Topics
Sam O’Nella Academy has videos on a variety of topics. Here’s a video about pre-industrial surgeries, definitely one of my favorites from this channel.
Other great example topics are Tarrare – the Frenchman with an extreme appetite, Why being a pirate used to suck, Fidel Castros weird fixation on dairy, and Diogenes – the Greek cynic philosopher who lived on the street.
Definitely worth checking out this channel.