History Matters

History Matters ,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fNLrthKMQ formerly known as Ten Minute History, is an English YouTuber who makes animated videos on various historical subjects. His channel was originally called "Ten Minute History" because all of his videos were ten minutes long up until 2018. 
==History==
History Matters originally started his channel in 2015 while he was applying to become a history teacher. The reason was that he wanted to show that he was dedicated to history, and that he knew a lot about it. Although he never became a teacher, he still continued his channel, publishing videos under the name of "Ten Minute History" apparently intended for A-Level students.
Sometime in 2018, he changed his channel name from Ten Minute History to History Matters, due to YouTube demonetization concerns. The video lengths eventually became shorter, ranging from three to five minutes. 
==Content==
He makes animated history videos that mostly revolve around various historical events and answers various questions, such as "Why Did Somalia Fail?" or "Why Does Kuwait Exist?". Most of the videos never reach above 6 minutes in length, and feature block-like characters used to represent various historical figures. His unique animation format was chosen because he cannot draw proficiently.
He also has a Patreon, from which he chooses patrons to be featured on the end screen of his videos.
==Trivia==
*He was born and raised in Peterborough and he tells people to leave if they are in Peterborough.
*There is a popular rumour that the real name of History Matters is "James Bissonette" due to him always mentioning the name at the end screen of his videos.
*History Matters originally intended for his channel to be called "Twelve Minute History", but he later reduced it to "Ten Minute History" because he wanted to put '20% less effort' into his videos.
* History Matters faces a lot of demonetization from YouTube, due to a lot of his videos featuring controversial historical topics.
*He was a fan of Exurb1a.
*Along with AlternateHistoryHub, he was one of many YouTubers who paid their respects when they heard of the passing of Brain4breakfast.
*When a character dies in his videos, it has a thud sound effect.
*He is also known for mentioning his patrons on Patreon mostly James Bissonette, Kelly Moneymaker, Sky Chapelle, Danny Meloney, Rob Waterhouse, ect.
*None of the characters in his videos talk, so they use signs to communicate, which is well known on his channel.
*In his End of Year Q and A, he explained why his art style is basic and simple as he stated he can't draw well and used Microsoft Painting.
*The following historical leaders appear numerous times in his videos: Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher, Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman, Mao Zedong, Hirihito, Clement Attlee, and Napoleon III. Including Jesus(with a disappointed face).
*In every end screens he made with his art-style are based on famous paintings, one of the most used are; The American Gothic, The Wounded Angel, The Skating Minister(with Robert Walker moving and skating), The Son of Man, Washington Crossing the Delaware(with the boat moving), Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
*In "Why did the Soviet Calendar fail?" In the part where the newspaper spins, there is an explanation of the basic art style and why everybody hold signs to communicate; that he tried to animate the characters' mouths(which he considered it as "the creepiest thing") to say the words, drawing individual fingers and teeth on Stalin, which he claimed "Nightmare fuel that was", meaning it was too creepy for him to it.
*The character Dave(with white shirt, yellow tie, suspenders and brown pants and has dark brown hair) appears for less than a second when the narrator mentions other people with the words "even Dave".
==See also==
*OverSimplified
==References==
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