Knowing Better

Two Year Anniversary

I will be putting out a Q&A video to coincide with my channel's two-year anniversary, so please ask any questions you might have.

I would especially like to thank all of you, my patrons, for helping to support me in this little endeavor.  This last month I can finally say with certainty that I'm at least breaking even on the cost of...

Death Comes For All | Death Anxiety

We are all going to die - and that is terrifying. So we've come up with several ways to ignore and deny death in order to keep ourselves sane.

Creating Causes: The Power of Hindsight

Whenever the unthinkable happens, people naturally want to figure out why.  But when there's decades of historical data to work with, people might end up creating causes out of thin air.

April Fool's: Ten Things About Ferrets

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to clarify why this video was not put up for Early Access, which is part of the new $5 rewards. Since it was an April Fool's joke and I don't normally act like an over-the-top tool like that, I didn't really want to spoil the joke by putting up for review a day early. I hope that's understandable.

There's a...

Ireland: Europe's Appendix

Ireland is more than that once-a-year holiday, leprechauns, and Guinness. It may actually be Europe's true savior.

Asking Better Q&A

When I hit 1000 subscribers and one year of the channel's existence, I opened myself up to your questions, here was the result!

1000 Subs Blooper Reel

From June 2017, when I hit 1000 subs.

Bloopers from September 2016

Since I've decided to make bloopers a patron-only reward, I suppose I should post them here, right?

Free Vault: Tetrachromats Don't Have Superpowers (Clean)

The original version of this video, available on YouTube, has one or two moments that may not make it very classroom or child-friendly.  So I have made a "clean" version of it - but left it unlisted and am instead offering it for free here.  This isn't something I always intend on doing, but in this case I felt rather compelled.

If...

Her Happy Majesty

By Poethewondercat for UK Government for Dummies... and Americans

GradeKUnderB

By Donnythenuts for How to Get People to Like You

Casually Knowing

By Donnythenuts for How to Get People to Like You

Bloopers and Thanks for 500 Subs!

I've reached 500 subs so I decided to put out my third blooper reel.  Don't worry, I'll get my act together eventually.  This is the first video to feature the shoutouts to all of my new patrons.  The Fake News video included the names of those of you who have pledged $10+ in the end screen as promised.   As I get more peop...

Ferret and Cat around the Apple Display

By Poethewondercat for "What Happened to the News"

Cactus' Driver's License

By Poethewondercat for "The Most Important and Overlooked Amendment" 

Wheatley's Obamacare Card

By Poethewondercat for "The Dirty Words of Ecomonics" 

"Luck" Molecule

 By Poethewondercat for "Superstitions and the Cosmic Feeding Schedule" 

Anchor Baby

By Poethewondercat for "The Most Important and Overlooked Amendment"

State of the Channel 9/21

So we did it! We finally hit 250 subscribers (267 last I checked) and made a video about it. While I made a video talking about some of the behind the scenes aspects of my channel and its content, along with some tomfoolery involving ice and some cinnamon, I didn’t address the upcoming changes to the channel.

While our community is still small,...

250 Subs: Facts, Thanks, and Challenges

On Saturday, 9/17, I finally hit 250 subscribers while I was filming my Railroads video.  So naturally, the next day I filmed this, my 250 milestone video.

In it, I discuss Patreon and how it is a much better platform to help support me and my channel.  My content will always be free on youtube, however youtube ads pay little and are un...

Sick Wheatley

By Poethewondercat for "Oh, Quit Faking it: Munchausen Syndrome [Quickie]

100 Subs!

Last night KnowingBetter topped 100 subs!  We finally made it to the big leagues!  Honestly, I didn't think the channel would make it this far, I kind of thought my drive would fizzle out after the first few.  But all of the comments, feedback, and support I had been getting from so few of you was enough to keep me going and now we'r...

July 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

So I decided to create a Patreon

I feel like somewhat of a sell-out for doing this, but I assure you I'm not. Nobody who starts a YouTube channel does it for the money - just like being a teacher. But between copyright strikes (which I have none *fingers crossed*) and random de-monetization, YouTube has a number of ways to take away those hard earned nickels and dimes. But I do...