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2:03 · 3.6M views · Jun 25, 2011
A 2-minute clip of US Representative Hank Johnson telling a congressional hearing he feared Guam would become so overpopulated that it would tip over and capsize. Johnson later said he was joking.
HN uses it purely as a joke about politicians' grasp of geography and science.
4 comments from Hacker News
The submarine might burrow itself down into the Mariana Trench and then set them all off at the same time. This would open a crack in the ocean floor, draining the ocean. I’m studying how these things work where this guy went to school: this video
And here's what you get when Congressmen Hank Johnson asks if an island, Guam, will capsize and tip over if overly populated. this video
Probably because Congress isn't smart enough to realize his mistake. Here's one of them worried that Guam might capsize this video
Or my personal favorite, Rep Hank Johnson thinks Guam will tip over if too many troops get deployed onto it. this video