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A few days ago I saw that History Channel is coming out with a special series
about George Washington
also known as the father of America
who, I don't know if you were aware, could have been king and instead, he decided to become
president
but anyways it has nothing to do with this story
I'll tell it to you another time.
Before becoming president of the USA, our friend George Washington
was on a retreat for a few years
in some fields
of Virginia
where he fully dedicated himself to his passion:
which was
agriculture
He would spend all his time investigating everything about the latest harvesting technologies
as some plant fanatic lady would do.
And so much passion for agriculture
started to pay off
because it triggered many changes
that ended up being pretty important
in that field (no pun intended)
For example,
he stopped planting so much tobacco, which would destroy the soil
and he replaced it by
wheat which had many more benefits
it even required fewer workers on the field.
And he did many more experiments like that previous one, one with soil
and fertilizer.
Fun fact, he also cultivated a lot of marihuana!
Well, actually,
he planted hemp to make paper.
A lot of letters were found where hemp would be referred to as a marvelous plant
and where he recommended everyone to plant it everywhere.
That's my president, for f*ck's sake!
Anyways besides agriculture
like I said, he also liked livestock very much
and he wanted to have the best breeds
the "pure blood"
to paint the picture...
And he became infatuated with a donkey breed in paticular.
Which, depending on where you get your information from, they always mention a different breed
but they all agree that it was a breed of donkey from Spain.
The problem was that it wasn't easy to get these donkeys because they were very valuable
in Spain and it was fully forbidden
to remove them from the country
unless you had permission from the King.
You needed to get in contact with the King, and tell  him
"Hey King Calors! I would love to have one of your donkeys"
and he had to respond
"Ok Washington, yes, have the donkey. You convinced me!"
And this happened during an era where WhatsApp didn't exist, of course,
so clearly it was a very long and tedious exchange of letters.
But Washington was determined to get one of these donkeys
to breed him with his female donkeys
and to, this way, have pure breed donkeys
and due to the characteristics of this breed,
it was going to be perfect for plowing due to its resistance.
And after many, many, many attempts
He managed to effectively get a petition to reach King Carlos.
And the King, who liked Washington, agreed and gifted him a donkey.
Well, actually, it was two donkeys.
Because back then, it was common practice to send two versions of one gift,
by two different routes, in case one of them would get lost.
And thankfully he did this,
because, at the end of this story, only one donkey arrived and the other one died on the way there.
Rest in peace
And I insist, we're talking about a time period where everything was much slower
I don't even need to remind you but
but just to give you an idea
it took the donkey 160 days to get there.
He arrived on October 7th 1785
and he was called Royal Gift.
But wait,
after 160 days
he had reached the port
he still had to get to George Washington's lands.
And since, obviously, they didn't want this second donkey to die as well
just like the first one did, poor little guy,
RIP little donkey
the second part of the trip was very, very long
because it was done in very short distances
to make sure that the donkey wouldn't die or get stressed out.
Thus, that donkey that reached the port on October 7th
only arrived at Washington's hands on December 5th
of 1785.
And that's where some kind of sex tour began for Royal Gift
because they took him out to reproduce himself with the best female donkeys out there
and George Washington even posted an ad in a newspaper where he offered this donkey's services
In 1793 and after a pretty intense life
sexually speaking
for Royal Gift
this little donkey was already pretty deteriorated
and old
so, during a trip to South Carolina
George Washington decided to leave him there
for him to live calmly the days that he had left.
Or better said, the years
because he only died 3 years after
just hanging out on that field, very chilled out.
And now you'll say "such a big mess for only a mere donkey!"
"Was it worth it? So many travel days, having the other donkey die"... and all that ordeal
Yes!
Because in the area where Washington was
there was basically no donkeys
and 14 years after
Royal Gift's arrival, there were  about 100 donkeys
pure breed.
And there's more, it is believed that today, most donkeys and mares in the United States
are descendants of Royal Gift.
And that's how one little Spanish donkey
successfully populated almost a whole entire area
and allowed for many agricultural advancements.
And about the thing that Washington could've become a king but chose to become a president
I obviously can't tell you the story in this video because it would be an endless video
but, but, but
I recommend that you watch, this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 3, 4, and 5th
on History Channel
the Washington Special
starting at 10:30 pm, where you will find out about that story, and much more.
I've said all I needed to say, so we will meet again in the next video, of course.
See you later.
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