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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the Renaissance video, John points out that with a flourishing art scene, artists painted multiple images of the Madonna over and over an over and over and [[Music/{{Madonna}} ov--]]
-->'''John''': STAN!
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** John apparently believes that military history consists solely of discussing the fighting. The ''reasons'' people are fighting, the logistics that support the combat forces, and what it's like to actually be a soldier in the field are all apparently irrelevant.

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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets:
** John pretty much [[InvokedTrope declares open season]] on any slavery apologetics in the comments section of the Slavery video. [[InternetJerk This did nothing to stop them from descending on the comments section like a swarm.]]
** He also takes a few potshots at UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin.
** The episode of World History on nationalism and the Meiji Restoration has him directly proclaiming that he likes paying taxes towards public education because he "doesn't like living in a country with stupid people".
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the "Big History" section, Hank mentions that bonobos are peaceful and "like hippies" because they are female-led when compared to the violent male-led chimpanzees. However, the studies Hank is referencing dealt with bonobos in captivity. Bonobos in the wild are just as violent as chimpanzees.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** In the US History series, John repeatedly claims that Creator/NathanielHawthorne was the only author of note in UsefulNotes/AntebellumAmerica, completely ignoring such writers as Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, Creator/HermanMelville, or even Creator/WashingtonIrving, not to mention all of the transcendentalist writers that he actually brings up in those same episodes just to mock. This is particularly strange, because not only is John a writer himself, but he also hosts Crash Course Literature.
** Despite what is said in the Protestant Reformation video, Martin Luther didn't come up with the first vernacular Bible.

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