10 Solid Minutes of Geography & Culture Facts

[@GeographyGeek]

Corrections - I misspoke when mentioning the time zones. I meant to say contiguous not continental. I also meant to say 70 billion rupees not million when talking about the cost of the Taj Mahal. I also said millimeters instead of milliliters. Apparently, I can't talk.

[@TheModernRival]

also in Iceland you're not reaaally swimming in between 2 tectonic plates, I presume you're meaning "Silfra" right? To quote Tom Scott, "Plate tectonics is messy and 3 dimensional. This is just where it looks dramatic". Great vid though!

[@GeographyGeek]

@@TheModernRival thanks! I actually watched that same video after this was made. He does a good job clarifying it.

[@jamesmeppler6375]

I had no clue there was a difference. We've always called the lower 48, continental. Wasn't the point to show that the US has 5 more time zones then China, im confused on why only the contiguous, mattered

[@GeographyGeek]

@@jamesmeppler6375 when you say continental it includes Alaska since it is part of the North American continent where contiguous does not include it. This actually adds 2 more time zones than what I stated.

[@jamesmeppler6375]

@@GeographyGeek I didn't even notice, but good one on you for making corrections.

[@abesapien9930]

This is not a "useless" video. Every week I fight the urge to waste my time on KZbin videos that are actually useless--this one, on the other hand, increases my appreciation for our world and gets me interested in a valuable subject.

[@khaliqmuhammad5325]

Same

[@bobc4123]

You're not alone Abe. It's an amazing world, full stop.

[@adrianarnold4552]

Well said Abe, I hope to see you in Hellboy 3 someday

[@creamage.]

my gf is Dutch and I recently got to visit her and her family for the first time in the Netherlands. I can understand how it made the top 5 happiest countries. I didn't meet a single unpleasant person there. Truly such kind and amazing people. I can't wait to move there.

[@CitroTeam]

Indonesians, on the other hand, may have a different opinion. Things from other times.

[@ItsLunaRegina]

I find it such a sad thing that many Dutch feel they have no culture. As an outsider looking in, I can assure them they have beautiful culture they just don't quite notice it as they are surrounded by it daily. Wonderful people.

[@RobertSimpson-vt8jb]

4:10

[@paulstewart6293]

The new president will welcome you with open arms. You'll be a whitey I suppose?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Japan not only has the oldest company, it also has one of the oldest chains, Mitsukoshi, a department store chain founded in 1673. And fun fact, they have a North America location at Epcot in Disney World where you can get lots of Japanese snacks and candies

[@GeographyGeek]

Really? I’m going to Disney World in about a month. I’ll have to check that out.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Also the oldest hotel, run by the same family since AD 705 and likely also the oldest family-run business that has remained in its founding family.

[@sporgiii]

Havent seen u in a while Avery lmao

[@Perririri]

Mitsubishi is a knockoff 😂

[@jerometaperman7102]

Tokyo bananas?

[@anthonyn.7379]

As a total geography nerd, I’m so happy I found this channel today :D

[@GeographyGeek]

I’m happy you’re here!

[@lifeoutsidecomfortzone]

There’s nothing more satisfying to me than listening to these fact-filled videos 😊

[@danielpatterson4298]

As someone not very good with geography and wanting to learn more this was very informative thank you

[@AiVersify]

As someone who wants to teach geography, I’m glad I found this channel to learn more facts

[@GeographyGeek]

Good luck man! I'm happy you found the channel useful.

[@asicsjohnson]

As someone who has actually lived in a geographical location every day of my life (🤯🤯🤯 ikr)... I, too, am glad I've found this channel to learn more facts.

[@aaronkalifa1356]

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[@avgjoe-cz7cb]

You got some lucky kids.I hope they know this.

[@petermgruhn]

The facts are fun, but they only serve as an underpinning to geography.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Netherlands: The highest point of the main part of our country is only 322 m! Denmark: Well ours is only 171 m! Tuvalu, with a highest point of only five meters: *Amateurs*

[@mitchb4091]

Highest point in the Maldives in the entire nation is just under 8 feet (about 2.4 meters).

[@sundeepsingh246]

Well, Nepal 🇳🇵 has highest point of 8848 meter… I guess my country won..

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

@@sundeepsingh246 .greetings from the flat Netherlands

[@sundeepsingh246]

@@gerarduspoppel2831 greetings from peak Nepal 🇳🇵

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

@@mitchb4091 Nope. Highest point is Mount Villingili on Villingili is 17 feet (one foot off from Tuvalu's). The point you mentioned was the one previously known before Mount Villingili was discovered to be higher. "The island is also notable for having the highest natural elevation in the Maldives, Mount Villingili. It stands at a modest 5.1 metres (17 ft) and is located at tee number eight on Villingili’s Golf Course. The previously known highest point on Addu Atoll stands at only 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) above sea level" Highly recommend deleting your comment as you have committed the crime of questioning my knowledge

[@raynnusvettmore]

I had a funny geography teacher in middle school. His classes were always as happy as this video. His style was so closed to yours. Glad I have a chance to remember him.

[@Sicaoisdead]

This is a perfect KZbin video. This is exact why I love KZbin. I saw this on my timeline and new I’d love it. Saved to all my favourite playlists. I’ll be watching this many more times.

[@rufus1346]

Iceland not only sits on a plate boundary, it is also right above a mantle plume. I believe it's the only mantle plume to break through were the tectonic plates meet making Iceland the most volatile place on the planet. Or at least it's a contender.

[@rankcascade9627]

I would love more

[@GeographyGeek]

😂 I probably will do a “15 Minutes of Geography Facts” at some point.

[@Perririri]

Косово је Србија

[@SissyFlower5]

2:22 you can walk between these two plates as well! I've done it and it's a super cool experience. as far as i know it's the only place in the world where you can stand between two continental plates

[@doomchild333]

Best and quickest 10 mins I have spent on YT for a while !! Great work.

[@Mattnoble80]

I absolutely loved that lesson on geography. My enjoyment of learning is ever present

[@bre_constant]

Very good video man, new sub. A fact about my country, Brazil, that you have to include if you do a part 2 is that Brazil northernmost point is closer to every country in the Americas, including Canada and Uruguay, than Brazil southernmost point

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you! I like this fact! People forget how large Brazil is. I may have to include this in part 2.

[@Thawhid]

@@GeographyGeek Brazil is massive come to think of it

[@MrMz4eva]

I dont get what you're saying...

[@johnbernstein7887]

@@MrMz4eva It's father to the south than north to other countries.

[@julianoperez9199]

Uruguai nao ne meu

[@iheartafrica8794]

Haha this is awesome. Hi fives all around to you and your students. My favs: Sierra Leone and Egypt being closest to Circle/Square in shape Pheasant Island switches between French and Spanish every 6 months! Reno is farther west than LA! So great, looking forward to episode 2!

[@michaelmiddleton3311]

best teacher ever!! As a Geography major, and , one who worked in the field, I really enjoyed this!

[@benmcallister6768]

“Geography is Everything”

[@DexM47]

Wherever you are in Switzerland, there is a lake less than 16 km away from you 🙂

[@adad15711]

Each fact can be a separate video unto itself. Mind blown.

[@Roberto-REME]

Outstanding video. Well done!

[@Elizabeth-de4tc]

The amount of times I rewatch this vid >>

[@matteli539]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you students!

[@theophilos0910]

What a great idea to present so many arcane & obtuse geographical-historical facts - please continue the series in the same format & length for at least 365 segments / volumes-one for each day of the year !!!

[@ianlawrie919]

This was the most riveting video I’ve seen in a long while. Well done to you and your students 🙀👏

[@thestartrader2149]

Geography is Everything!

[@marismelms662]

Scrolled way to far for the most important fact

[@suecox2308]

Fascinating--thanks to you and your students!

[@TheSaltydog07]

This is mind-boggling and deserves a other watch. I love the pace. Thank you!!

[@HusoSelimovic]

Thank you and your students for putting this together. I’m from Bosnia, if you do part #2 - Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia) was the first city in Europe with a full-time electric tram

[@jerometaperman7102]

That story about the rats is one of the best illustrations of the absurdity of mythological beliefs.

[@stanwoody4988]

Or, there was no way to get rid of the rats, so they made peace with them rather than give up their temple. Come to think of it, I do not recall any cat images in Indian art.

[@jerometaperman7102]

@@stanwoody4988 - You could be right. I, for one, ain’t never making no peace with no rats. Not with mosquitoes nor ticks, neither. Maybe you can’t get rid of them but you can mitigate the problem by killing as many of the little blighters as you can.

[@lifetools-help8017]

Excellent! Very fun and interesting! Thank you!

[@bobmach8844]

Speaking of Colorado, it has approx. 6 times the mountainous area compared to Switzerland. FF- Montana comprises 9,000 sq. miles more than Germany

[@sputumtube]

Absolutely fascinating - thanks for posting.

[@viktorvaughn7341]

I could honestly sit here for hours listening, should do this with students every year

[@jpeters3053]

Quick, informative, interesting, nailed it!

[@SprunkCovers]

I'm a semester away from being a Geographer and just found this channel? awesome content!

[@GeographyGeek]

That’s awesome! Congrats on graduating! And thank you!

[@gordonshumway6825]

congrats! Have u passed the semester?

[@SprunkCovers]

@@gordonshumway6825 yes! currently working on our local Geological and Minery National Service with GIS, not doing Geological stuff but working in the geomatics area, everything has been amazing!

[@GeographyWorld]

Great video with random yet interesting facts!

[@cush6827]

How did you determine the "interesting" part?

[@dippyfresh8155]

@@cush6827 some people are into geography. I enjoyed these

[@cush6827]

@@dippyfresh8155 I am into geography. I run a website about ancient locations. This video is still unrelated triviality. And what is "10 solid minutes" even supposed to mean"?

[@dippyfresh8155]

@@cush6827 it means the video is 10 minutes long (well approximately 10) and it includes facts about geography for the span of that time. It’s fine if you don’t care but others do.

[@SadeTulloch]

Im 35 years old and couldn't feel more grateful for this knowledge.

[@randomobserver8168]

Very good list! I did wonder about the rupee to dollar conversion. There's always a place for these kinds of eclectic facts lists.

[@edproulx2682]

70,000,000 rupee is worth just less than $1,000,000 in 2022.

[@jh58]

Keep videos like this coming, they are great!

[@GeographyGeek]

Here is Part 2: "Another 10 Solid Minutes of Geography & Culture Facts" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH60qoKun7qdirM

[@marcmitchell5306]

😊

[@minibagels]

You know you're a geo nerd when oyu already knew 85%+ of these facts

[@GINNERMAN]

Great work to you and your class!

[@adamnorton1734]

A great companion to the LA/Reno fact is: Savanna GA, a port on the Atlantic Ocean, is entirely further west than Canton OH, which is in a state that doesn’t border a state on the Atlantic coast.

[@MrMichaelAndrews]

This was really interesting and cool. Great job

[@pelagiajones7963]

In Perth Australia they don’t have any houses with the number 13 in the address

[@respectedgentleman4322]

The foreign aid joke was hilarious :)

[@williammartin9567]

Wow! Those facts came too fast for my brain to absorb. Repeat viewing required by me. Thank you for providing an hour of facts.

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

William - I noticed that right away, and switched the video settings to the playback speed of ".75" - which made it much easier to absorb the rapid-pace facts, and his voice actually sounded quite normal... 😏

[@leslie6938]

Very interesting! I bet your students love you and your class. Very cool of you to credit the guy who inspired the idea for this video and your students for their participation. I’m going to listen to this again and watch the part 2 video, but two facts straight do out to me as particularly memorable: 1) that eating items bitten by a rat in a place in India is considered to be a good think (major YUCK!), and 2) that the name Idaho was inspired by a girl named Ida (Ida Ho! I would not be flattered if I was Ida, lol!). Here’s a question that could be included in a future video in this series, if you know the answer or can find it easily. Why are Kansas and Arkansas pronounced so differently? Why don’t we call the latter Ar-KAN-suss? Thanks for these videos, they’re great!

[@mathGaud]

Icelamd has no mosquitoes, now thats the kind of facts I came here for

[@niccolopaganini1782]

Amazing video my friend! The quality of the videos overall makes one think the channel would have atleast half a million subs. We'll get there one day though and much more! Best of luck!

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you for the kind words! Maybe one day

[@StoneSoupVideos]

Terrific! Huge hattip to the students who gathered the facts!

[@hertogyarno746]

Great video, thanks! (:

[@kimberly1567]

Thank you for creating this vid

[@philipgermani1616]

Fun video. Geography has always been my favorite subject. My parents said I had an Atlas in my playpen. :)

[@philipgermani1616]

btw I am 64 years old and started studying geography in the 1960s. My goodness, all the changes over the decades!

[@forrestpatterson6053]

I love your accent. It makes the narration even more engaging to listen to.

[@DGC816]

Keep doing videos like this 👍🏻

[@GeographyGeek]

I have a couple similar planned but it won’t be for a bit. I have to many videos on the schedule lol

[@gloriasymes4290]

Love your videos and grateful you're sharing your knowledge... 🙏

[@BMoney8600]

This is a great video!

[@williammansfield9711]

Thanks to your students. Great vid

[@mrFunkyPickle]

For part 2; Alberta, Canada is the largest place without rats in the world!! We have our own rat border patrol

[@infuse4448]

im from alberta

[@goldenc4770]

Great video to watch at 2am when you should be doing homework would recommend 9/10 could be 30 min

[@Perririri]

Normiе

[@sandybruce9092]

Absolutely fascinating!!! Loved this video!

[@geoffevans1763]

Very enjoyable video, loved it, I did hear one mistake which may have been picked up in the comments below. At 8.27 the rainfall figure is quoted in millilitres (ml) which is a volume measure, should have used millimetres (mm) which is a distance measure and used to measure rainfall.

[@greggdsciotto8952]

Great info!! Keep these coming! Thx.

[@whyyoulidl]

My fave subject at school; u, my friend, have a new sub 🤗

[@GeographyGeek]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Kikyo8887]

Trivia night here I come

[@shrn]

We wan't 1 Solid Hour of Geography facts. This shit is too good

[@gabecooper8186]

Ten SOLID minutes of geography content I could not resist if I tried

[@revmo37]

Loved this video, your channel and narration. Most of all I love geographical facts. You have a new subscriber with notifications. Thanks for posting. Glad I found your channel.

[@garyb2392]

🤯🤯🤯🤯 blown away by all these “jeopardy” like facts

[@Jerraleon]

Love these

[@kentuckyblue3822]

Maybe my favorite KZbin video ever,good job.

[@GeographyGeek]

That’s awesome! Thank you from me and on behalf of all the students that helped make this video!

[@evlx1240]

Ngl this might come in handy in trivia competitions so thanks!

[@Perririri]

Don't use abbreviations, this is not Twitter

[@evlx1240]

@@Perririri sry abt that m8, thx 4 the concerns tho, idk if i'd take ur thoughts into consideration however..

[@257796]

I like the shout out to Austin. Awesome video friend

[@topmaps4491]

This video is great! Geography is fascinating!

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you! I’d have to agree with that second sentence 😂

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

3:37 I can remember visiting my very ancient relatives in deepest darkest Dorset when I was still in short shorts and loving the open door experience. These at first glance apparently quite risky ways of living, upon reflection turn out to be just about the best way to go about your daily routine. Typical that the exception to the rule involved a tourist ~ someone not used to it. Can't believe that no-one has remarked on the delicious irony that the theft occurred in a place which still has doors i.e. a car too!

[@melondasher]

That were 10 minutes? It felt like maybe 3.. I need a longer version!

[@Ohlalasatan6969]

Super amazing video, so informative and interesting. 🙌🏼

[@Chuyin_mtg]

A small correction at 3:12; the conversion of 70 mil rupees is over nine hundred thousand dollars, not million. I was like "no way the Taj Mahal cost almost a billion dollars to build!" Nonetheless, this is an excellent video overall!

[@GeographyGeek]

The mistake was I actually meant 70 billion rupees lol

[@shixuo]

I would believe if it costed 1bil dollars, imagine if it costs 900k dollars lol, there would be a Taj Mahal on every street 😂, and yeah i assumed it was 70bil rupees. Thanks for clarification.

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

of course, that many rupees would be measured in lakh and crore rather than million and billion

[@tommielee8]

Why would 900 mil be so out of line? Seems like a good price. When it was built that number was in the realm of, perhaps, 35 mill...u.s.dollar. Circa 1850.

[@chrish4439]

Can't buy a detached shoe box in Toronto for 1 mil but you think a giant palace to the gods should only cost that much? 🤡

[@keashablew7728]

Maybe the best video ever. Knowing that this was research by 8th graders!!

[@netsong2239]

And a fact I as a Finnish geography geek like to share whenever I can: The archipelago sea (saaristomeri/skärgårdshavet) located between the Åland islands and the southwest of Finland in an area of just a bit over 6000 square kilometers is the largest archipelago in the world with 40 000 islands. Double the amount of the entirety of southeast Asia. It's so fascinating because there's no way you could spot this on the world map and it could fit like anywhere Including the lake Ladoga. If the Malay archipelago/southeast Asia was this dense with islands it would have 18 million islands. (I'm not a math god so I serve that last number with extra salt.) Anyways great video

[@GeographyGeek]

Thanks for sharing! I did not know this. If I ever make a similar video I may have to include it.

[@netsong2239]

@@yonatan62 Yeah propably true haha. Though thanks to post glacial rebound it'd take more than 1 meter of sea level rise for the Finnish coastline to lower by a meter. Though the lowering of sea level which is currently happening both increases the amount of islands and by eventually combining them lowers the amount.

[@fmyoung]

People usually refer to places like Florida as tropical but Florida is actually not within the tropics. Situated barely north of the Tropic of Cancer it is barely within the northern temperate zone and that's why it does get snow every so often (although mind you it doesn't stay for very long).

[@stephenryan1912]

The fact you recognize Kurdistan, is why I like you and will follow.

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Love geography and these fun facts. Will have to check out Molossia for retirement.

[@josephlance9262]

This video was awesome. Much better than the Austin McConnell thing because this stuff actually seems at least someone useful

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@billbrooks7911]

Awesome exactly what we needed right now

[@just-sayin67]

Interesting - thank you!

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

Our smallest state, Rhode Island, has a larger population than our largest state, Alaska.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Now you have to make one that centres on south of the equator more. Australia, New Zealand. All the countries in Africa bar the 2/3 you mentioned very briefly. More about the countries in South America. Some facts about Antartica and Canada would be nice and other Northern European countries. Netherlands got a big wrap! You never mentioned that it is so small that you can go from edge to edge and back on a bicycle in half a day. I know it seems like a lot of work but you started it.

[@GeographyGeek]

Part 2 is coming soon actually with just about everything you mentioned except for the size fact about the Netherlands. There is a fact about the Netherlands mentioned in the upcoming one though.

[@rachelhunter8247]

Great video! Thanks !!

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@Hollandstation]

YEAH I LOVE IT!

[@fatboyrowing]

Informative and enjoyable.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Our government owes it to the people of Vietnam to get in there and safely remove the unexploded ordinance.

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Excellent. Thanks. You get an A+ in geography!

[@luis_zuniga]

Great video :)

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@philsmith8642]

Enjoyed that thank you

[@pietergreveling]

This was a really great and diverse video, with some very recent material (Iceland)! 👌🏼👍🏻 Thanks! ✌🏼

[@GeographyGeek]

Thanks as always!!