10 Things That You Didn't Know About the United States

[@Valicroix]

Of course New Jersey owns the gift shop at the Statue of Liberty. That's the most New Jersey thing that I've ever heard.

[@tuckern.3534]

I’m pretty sure this isn’t true, in theory they could because they claimed part of Ellis island after a land reclamation project, but they’ve never done it for Liberty island so as of right now it’s in New York.

[@tomswanton9529]

New York owns all the Hudson up to the jersey shore. In 1867 New York decide to cut the Hudson in the middle but all island would be New York terrortory . Liberty Island is federal. Ellis island is part of NY state . All backfill for Ellis island is Nj trash all the other islands in th😢e harbor are newyork even islands in New Jersey waters

[@Help_im_sad]

Yea 😂 go NJ! Take what counts!! $$$$ Port Authority of NY and NJ control the island but this is true about the gift shop

[@Director_Orson_Krennic]

​@@tuckern.3534it is true, to the point it was decided by the US Supreme Court after the two states had been warring over the islands in the Hudson basically since the US existed

[@katrina_blox]

We will take what is rightfully ours…. one day

[@GafatasiFuimaono-y3m]

"Its not about who owns the monument, it's about who owns the gift shop to the monument." - CGP Grey

[@robloxjj5461]

CGP Grey reference?

[@GafatasiFuimaono-y3m]

@@robloxjj5461 yes, that is correct

[@maiacameron-jones4637]

I love cgp grey

[@industriesofintelligence2236]

Lame

[@Funment2]

Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

[@Greenchantment]

Fun Fact; Minnesotas Northwest angle was made a part of MN because of a mapping error by the French in the late 1700s

[@stovepipefrog]

As a Minnesotan not a lot of people know this 🙏🏻

[@realalbertan]

Fun Fact unlike Dougie Sharp your sister is not an Olympic Champ in freestyle ski half pipe 😂

[@thecomedypilot5894]

@@stovepipefrogI’m a Minnesotan and I didn’t know this lol

[@edljnehan2811]

How come everyone in the comments says fun fact and then when I read it I'm not having fun at all😅😅

[@combineecho5831]

I have family that lives up there, we also own an island on lake of the woods.

[@wertbe1718]

The LA county population being so big is actually astonishing

[@TyinAlaska]

Not really

[@eliasaquino2152]

It shouldn’t be. Literally all those people from those States simply all moved to Los Angeles.

[@DrBootyJiggler]

And that's why we have the electoral college

[@CallMeJarv]

And yet NYC has a higher population then LA, Chicago, and Miami combined. . . And Its the most densly populated city in the US. Fun facts

[@coastaku1954]

And yet it's a huge car infested hellscape. Tokyo has a similar population yet you can live in it without a car

[@whitest_kyle]

Similar to Minnesota, there's a small town in Washington called Point Roberts that's detached and only shares a border with Canada

[@CallieCatCuddles]

My father was a fire prevention engineer who worked for the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau. In his work, he drove around the state to meet with fire chiefs in different areas. One of his trips took him to Point Roberts, and that was when I learned about this anomaly. It was interesting to read your comment as it took me down memory lane. Thank you for that.

[@williamjenkins4913]

There is some fun/dumb history with Point Roberts were the US almost went to war with France.

[@CallieCatCuddles]

@@williamjenkins4913 😲

[@keganengelke8886]

@@williamjenkins4913 LOL what history books are you reading?

[@wizengy]

Alaska has the Northern most, Western most and Eastern most points in the -United- States. Hawai'i has the Southern most point. That makes the rest of the states the 'Middle 48'. edit. now only states

[@norml.hugh-mann]

forget American somoa?

[@kittrelkeller6423]

​@norml.hugh-mann is not a state

[@johnchalleen2314]

Specifically it's the continental US

[@wizengy]

@@johnchalleen2314 The Continental US are the states on the North American continent and that excludes Hawaii. Hawaii calls it the mainland

[@caydenherring9196]

@@norml.hugh-mannkey word is state

[@reelstellar]

I’ve lived my whole life in SLC and that fact about being as north as New York actually blew my mind

[@DialloMoore503]

Right. NYC seems more North than SLC.

[@gabrieljohnson5077]

Same!

[@kayleeholt0712]

Completely agree

[@agentsmidt3209]

It is how I constantly think S.America is directly south of Central and Northern America...not quite. It is way off on the right. Just like the entire US fits into the Sahel region in Northern Africa or the entire Western Europe fits inside the DRC...maps are wild.

[@xinzheng9105]

I live in NYC and I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS EXIST

[@jack-q8y8b]

That salt lake city fact was actually worth it. Thank you.

[@o0oStillWeRiseo0o]

Yes!

[@riggs20]

Yeah, that one blew my mind!

[@phinsup402]

There's no straight lines - Terrence Howard

[@robdawson5835]

He's correct in nature there are no straight lines

[@anthonyjensen5524]

​@robdawson5835 except the horizon along a waterline..

[@Gic424_YT]

@@anthonyjensen5524if you think about it, the waves don’t make it straight, so not even a horizon line is straight (atleast on a ocean)

[@agentsmidt3209]

There is a book on Chaos theory that actually explains this. It is a thing. The more you drill down to the finest points you find fractals.

[@anthonyjensen5524]

@Gic424_YT now you're getting into semantics. Nothing is actually straight if you zoom in on a small enough level, but that's why engineers create acceptable tolerances to define how straight something is. Straight itself is a word that falls under loose scrutiny as we created it to define something that falls under a certain amount of "perfectness," whereas in reality, nothing is perfect. If you want to look at it your way, yeah, you're right. Nothing is "straight." But the word itself defines things that are level to the human eye, and the word itself is a human creation. You can't say "nothing is straight" because if nothing truly was straight, we wouldn't use that word to describe things that fall under that description. So yeas, the horizon is straight, until you zoom in far enough to see more detail.

[@Katertismenae]

“If you drive directly south”…proceeds to drive south-southeast. 💀

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Well, he was following the direction of the bridge that actually exist there. But it is true if you flew directly south as the crow flies from Detroit, you would end up in Windsor.

[@kevintarrant5854]

The state of California has a population larger than Australia .

[@alimbis]

and canada

[@Horizons76-ez3yb]

so does texas

[@Treetops27]

@@alimbis Not canada

[@alimbis]

@@Treetops27 yes canada. just barely though

[@MazanMapping]

And Poland

[@kristend344]

Point Roberts in Washington state is also only accessible by going through Canada, or by boat.

[@Retired-Don]

I came here to say that as well.

[@QuantumLeaper25]

He should have used that as a more obscure fact. But you, me, and Don are examples of people who knew that too.

[@xviper2k]

@@QuantumLeaper25 It's not obscure. There's lots of videos about it.

[@cjthompson420]

Yeah but that’s a fact that almost everyone knows, it’s so old by now and overdone on KZbin.

[@TheMandaloreFett]

@@xviper2kThat’s pretty obscure if you’re not into geography or sum, like that.

[@hankamaniac4]

Always gotta measure from the base

[@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk]

thanks for this... funniest comment I've seen today

[@retrofication]

💀💀

[@newsaxonyproductions7871]

Too real

[@Tolohtony]

"Measure from the anus , twice around the balls." - Adam Carolla

[@presidentcamacho]

Don't forget to include the Yaw.

[@nolby1758]

I remember during covid and the border shut down, it caused many many issues for Americans who went to northern Minnesota but relied on the close grocery and shopping stores for their own cabins/homes. They were essentially locked out and made things quite difficult. I'm from Winnipeg,Canada and we'd hear about this a lot as we're only about 2 hours from the area.

[@Refereeatussoccer]

The distance from Brownsville on the southern tip of Texas to Texline in the NW corner of the Texas panhandle is 889 miles in a straight line. NYC to Jacksonville, Florida, is a distance of 835 miles in a straight line.

[@rubenatalamantes3903]

And I drove from LA uhaul moving truck to Miami,2,998 miles.

[@greggyp647]

​@@rubenatalamantes3903 I hope you left the California Leftist politics behind

[@AlvinSeville1]

In fact NW Texas is closer to five other state capitals than it's own in Austin (Denver, CO; Cheyanne, WY; Santa Fe, NM; Oklahoma City, OK, and Topeka, KS)

[@Eli-ss9gj]

@@AlvinSeville1I remember reading this before. The fact that Cheyenne WY is closer to the Panhandle than Austin TX is insane.

[@wilfordbrimleypranks]

Well southern wyoming was once texas territory

[@jdotoz]

The Hawaiian archipelago is so remote that even its EEZ boundary has no straight lines.

[@aaronhunt1925]

Although Midway is not part of Hawaii, so the part of the American EEZ attributable to Hawaii forms a (legally meaningless) straight line with the portion attributable to Midway.

[@jdotoz]

@@aaronhunt1925 That's why I didn't say "Hawaii."

[@coopboulton]

LA County also has a larger surface area than the two smallest states, Rhode Island and Delaware.

[@tonyis_lit1137]

Don’t forget Connecticut

[@PInk77W1]

San Diego CA is east of Reno NV

[@rustyking8783]

So is Los Angeles.

[@donho3617]

@@rustyking8783 And San Francisco is closer to Hawaii than Los Angeles.

[@nathanberrigan9839]

El Paso, TX is closer to San Diego than Houston.

[@PInk77W1]

@@nathanberrigan9839 nice

[@LennonB]

Yep

[@Zacheography]

I'm trying to know the world and I learned something thanks Mr. Lee I'm subscribing!

[@HahnJames]

There's some really cool info in this video.

[@Letermen67]

Today everyone learned that ‘Journey’ was referring to ‘Windsor, Ontario’ when growing up in ‘South Detroit…’

[@Lego_Huracan_SuperTrofeo]

No, just kids

[@Helmuesi911]

Especially strange that south Detroit isn’t even a thing.

[@Letermen67]

@@Helmuesi911, IKR?!?

[@mirwareprodzthe]

South Detroit is in fact a thing

[@mirwareprodzthe]

It’s where corktown, southwest, and the riverwalk are

[@dimons5530]

The reason New Jersey owns part of the island was because of long territorial dispute between New York and New Jersey, about river and islands. The Supreme Court ruled that New York has ownership over the islands, but New Jersey owns everything below the water. At the time of this settlement, liberty Island was smaller. But now that it is larger, the Supreme Court ruled that the land came from below the water, and so that it is now in New Jersey. Which the gift shop is placed on since it’s newer. This is a very oversimplified version. Credit to CGP gray for a very interesting explanation to this topic

[@industriesofintelligence2236]

Cool

[@TyinAlaska]

Supreme Court was like, "cut the baby in half."

[@NJFireDepartment]

​@@TyinAlaskaThey were just tired of NJ dragging NY to court. NY didn't even show up one time.

[@Realhardt]

I was confused about this as well. After some research on my own I didn't find anything on New Jersey owning any part of Liberty Island, only Ellis Island. Both Islands grew in size since their original borders were established, but only on Ellis Island it was ruled (in 1998) that the original natural part of the Island still belongs to New York, and the new artificial part belongs to New Jersey. I also watched the video mentioned by CGP Grey*, and he explained: "The court ruled everything above the water was New York, and everything below the water was New Jersey. But if below became above new New Jersey it would be." On Wikipedia it also continues: "This proved impractical to administer and New Jersey and New York subsequently agreed to share jurisdiction of the entire island. This special situation only applies to Ellis Island and part of Shooters Island." Ok, but what about Liberty Island? Well, he said that the new added land SHOULD be New Jersey, not New York, the same as with Ellis Island. BUT "it hasn't been thought over yet." Continuing: "While it would still leave Lady Liberty on the New York side, you know what WOULD be on the New Jersey side? The Gift Shop." So I guess that's were you got confused, he said it hypothetically, IF it would get ruled the same way by the Supreme Court as Ellis Island was, but it hasn't been done (yet, at least). So currently all of Liberty Island is owned by the New York state. I'll quote him again on his conclusion: "But as it is, within the waters of New Jersey, there's an island of New York that's federal land atop which the national monument of the Statue of Liberty stands." Wikipedia also states: "Part of the State of New York, the island is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey." I think this should also be added about the federal ownership and the gift shops: "Liberty Island has been owned by the federal government since 1801 [...]. Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1966, encompasses land in both states, control of which is superseded by the United States. [...] Liberty Island itself is an exclave of the State of New York and a part of New York City, allowing the state and city of New York to retain sovereignty of Liberty Island, serve process there and collect sales tax from Liberty Island souvenir shops."

[@kolossoshussle9584]

4 things I didn’t know, 6 I knew. :) Thx :)

[@marklawrence76]

New Subscriber. Keep the videos coming

[@Just.N0w]

HOW is Nebraska the ONLY triply landlocked state? I'm looking at the map and that makes no sense.

[@FLUFFALUMP_FPV]

Exactly what I came to find out!

[@arlenstrauch]

The Missouri River runs through many states and drains into the Mississippi River. So they can travel by boat.

[@Just.N0w]

@@arlenstrauch sorry, but that doesn't help.

[@purpl3spartan]

@@arlenstrauchthat is not why

[@arlenstrauch]

Nebraska isn't just landlocked; it's actually the only triple-landlocked state in the country. That means that you have to travel through at least three states (or two states and a Canadian province) to reach an ocean.

[@Spartan-kc1qt]

Finally, a video that says "10 things you didn't know" and I didn't actually know it!

[@meanmutton]

Helps when one isnt true

[@Eli-ss9gj]

@@meanmuttonwhich one

[@squirrelydan3]

I think everybody knew Hawaii was the southernmost state, but the rest was interesting!

[@TheBLGL]

@@squirrelydan3I thought everyone knew the Detroit/Canada one.

[@FoxWood2222]

Ask any of today's high school graduates. Most of them don't know what two plus two equals.

[@brad506th]

Texas is so large you can fit 2 United States and another Texas inside it.

[@alimbis]

i actually fact checked this and it's true

[@redrox3312]

So this what they teach in Texan schools

[@dennishearne2610]

You must be from Texas. And you must be high on something😅

[@TheRemvitoRepublic]

it can even fit my mom

[@alimbis]

@@dennishearne2610 no it's true

[@WaveManMike]

NYC and Salt Lake City shocked me 😳

[@finns23653]

If you live in Minneapolis in South-Central MN, you live further North than 50% of all Canadians ... Also since the great lakes connect directly to the Atlantic via locks that allow for freighters to traverse Nebraska isnt REALLY triple landlocked

[@atniem684]

LA needs to be its own country at this point

[@cartersports1]

Facts 😂

[@CantTellYou]

it’s only one letter away!

[@John82930]

Nah

[@skipads5141]

Have fun with that water supply coming from 1,200 miles away.

[@simonrespeto]

I'm not American but let's just not include em

[@Wraithfish]

❤ the channel dude

[@dkmrlee]

love you dude

[@Gee-Oh1]

Tampa, Florida stands at exactly the same latitude as the peak of Mt. Everest.

[@sunshine4days611]

Thanks for sharing!❤

[@GeoTube9]

Interesting… I did know some of these already.., but I do know a lot about these things (sometimes lol).

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

It makes sense that Hawaii would be the only state without a straight line border. It's the only state that is a series of islands. The border is where land meets water; not another territory.

[@jm-xh4yz]

What distance constitutes a straight line (assuming spherical geography)?

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

@jm-xh4yz what I mean is that many states define their border by a line of latitude or longitude, so it makes sense that their border would be a strait line. Hawaii's border is simply the island. It's the difference between the state ending at ''x" degrees north and.......your state ends when the the island ends.

[@azumuh]

it’s kinda wrong tho cus it really just depends on what scale ur looking at

[@ack7956]

​@@azumuhAt that point you're intentionally being pedantic to "erm, ackshually 🤓" and serving no purpose.

[@azumuh]

@@ack7956 literally how this is just the truth 😭 anywhere could end up looking like a bunch of straight lines or lil curves and shit it jsut depends on the scale we’re measuring

[@x3raffy]

the LA one is crazy we so over crowded here

[@brucebradley5877]

and half the state this shows would like to pass a law that people from LA would ban migration from LA. MGT wanted to remove California from statehood by divorce.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

All long as I've been alive, there have been groups trying to split California into 2 or even 3 states...

[@gunslinger9786]

I live there

[@Ale-x802]

Fr though I live 20 mins from LA and it’s jam packed even here

[@nat_pen_rose]

You're not overcrowded your city just has too many cars and not enough of literally any other mode of transit. Build denser, construct transit infrastructure, and get people walking and biking. You could easily fit double the amount of people in LA county than there are now.

[@ASDF84.0]

That LA fact blew my mind..

[@Notmanypeople]

No worries, because is not true. LA County has 9.21 M. And in that map he shows, Virginia alone has 8.62 M.

[@mydogskips2]

@@Notmanypeople The video is not saying cumulatively, but individually. It is saying that L.A. County has a larger population than 40 different individual US states with their populations taken alone. I just checked the numbers on Wikipedia, and if your 9.21M number is right for L.A. County, the video is correct (or very close as New Jersey has a population of 9.29 M). If Los Angeles County has a population of 9.21 M, it clearly has a greater population than 39 states with only 11 states having a population greater than 9 million. Or to put it another way, if L.A. County has a pop. of 9.21 million, it clearly has a population greater than 39 states because 39 individual states have populations under 9 million people (whereas L.A. County is 9.21 M).

[@bluecafe509]

Has more people than the country of New Zealand.

[@ASDF84.0]

@@bluecafe509 that’s crazy dude..

[@lederereddy]

I knew two things out of your ten. Mauna Kea and South Point, Hawaii. But the other eight were fascinating! Mahalo for sharing.

[@daviddery2688]

Thank you for the information I didn't know most of this 👍

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Very interesting. Thanks.

[@AintRblxPlayerGMD]

American Samoa, Guam, Pureto Rico and US Virgin Islands: am I a joke to you? Edit: I think I started a war. 💀💀

[@johnpoole7327]

Yes

[@1bad_mule]

Yes and irrelevant

[@salimatoudiallo7165]

Not US states but rather territories. They don’t have the same rights as US citizens.

[@Willie-wf7vj]

You are.

[@marvinbone1379]

Roblo, you have some geographical acumen, but you're terribly lacking in reading comprehension (STATES).

[@Gecko17k]

LA County, OMG!!

[@johnpoole7327]

My first time in LA county driving from San Diego the freeway sign said Greater LA next 207 exits. Insanely big.

[@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk]

Population of LA County is about 10 million, i.e. one quarter of California's. There are only ten states that have a population of 10 million or more: CA, TX, FL, NY are between 20 and 40 million; PA, IL, OH, GA, NC MI are between 10 and 13 million. So if LA County gained a few million more people, it would be bigger than all states except those top 4.

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

I never liked LA too crowded! 😅

[@stevecurry3493]

LA has 4 times that , if you count all the goddam illegals!

[@cabledad65]

We didn't even bring up San Bernardino County, which is the largest county in California. There's a military base in San Bernardino County which is larger than Rhode Island, Ft Irwin & NTC.

[@parislove616]

Los Angeles has so many people you can’t find parking 💀💀💀☄️

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

I knew all these but most probably don’t… geography is underrated and under appreciated.

[@chihickman4836]

I like this video. Im obsessed with maps and geography. I don't understand what he mentioned about Nebraska. Triply landlocked? What does that mean. Also as far as Detroit goes, you can just drive across the river from Detroit to get to Canada. Or swim.

[@beaksters]

I feel like a lot of americans where surprised when Ohio had a bigger population then Las Vegas, then they remember that Ohio has 3, arguably 4 major cities.

[@thejail_berd8731]

The last one was just straight cap 💀

[@SpanixTransport]

"Nebraska is the only triply lanlocked state in the US" WhAt ABoUt NoRtH dAkOtA

[@mrricedoesstuff]

Borders the country Canada which has access to the sea.

[@LandR1066]

Point Robert’s in Washington is cut off by the sound and Canada as well.

[@ynotchristian1366]

I didn’t know! Thanks! ❤❤

[@JDK45ACP]

What makes Nebraska “triply land locked”?

[@sansumida]

Maybe because there are 3 more states to the border on every side? Don't know to be honest 😊

[@JDK45ACP]

@@sansumida me either. 😂

[@stargatis]

Land locked is when there is no water on any side. Double land locked…. Triple land locked???? The core of the earth is 3.14 land locked❤

[@spamsingles5948]

Cause there are at least 3 states plus Canada blocking it from the ocean on all sides

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

You have pass through three other states to get to the sea.

[@UntennUntenn]

I thought my uncle was full of it when he said Muana Kea was the tallest mountain, I stand corrected lol

[@timothyhaines556]

Not really. Because there's no average sea floor depth, and the roots of Mt Everest go far deeper than the sea floor. A curb in Hilo is higher than Manua Kea. That's because they're all volcanic islands.

[@davidtaylor4053]

Gotta measure from the root.

[@LeeHoFooks]

​@@davidtaylor4053..that's what I told her.

[@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk]

@@timothyhaines556 "A curb in Hilo is higher than Manua Kea." Hilo's at sea level. The summit of Mauna Kea is almost 14000 feet above sea level.

[@timothyhaines556]

@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk . Mauna Kea is the one still underwater.

[@Jhereckk]

There's a small area in Washington that is only accessible through Canada. It's called Point Robert's and anyone who wants to get to the area needs to go through Canada as there's water surrounding it on every other side, and there's no boats/ferries that go to and from it.

[@GabrielGarcia-300]

There's a town in Maine, and you have to drive through Canada to get to your house, the border actually runs through some of the US properties

[@atomic_wait]

I've been to the southernmost point in Hawaii, very pretty spot. Really precarious fishing ledges nearby with beautiful water below.

[@Sly88Frye]

So I knew about going south in Detroit would take you to Canada. I just didn't remember the city. The Windsor I'm familiar with is the one that's just one city north of my hometown of Santa Rosa in the state of California. I knew that Los Angeles County was more populated than a whole lot of states but I didn't realize it was 40 of them. I did know about Alaska being both the most eastern most and most western most state. Heard about it one other time before watching this short. I knew about a part of Minnesota being surrounded by Canada. There's also a part of the state of Washington that you actually have to go through Canada to get to the rest of Washington on foot or car So therefore you would have to take a boat if you want to just get to the rest of Washington without having to go through Canada first. I feel like I should have known that Hawaii was the southernmost part of the United States but when I think about the United States I'm thinking about the continental US and not necessarily the states that are outside of the territory. I've actually been in the Statue of Liberty. When I was only about 6 years old as I think this happened in 1995 so I might have actually been 7 years old, but anyways my family and I took a long distance road trip. Obviously starting from my hometown of Santa Rosa but we went down south to San Bernardino to meet up with my cousins and then from there we took a cross-country trip. My family made a stop in Washington DC which was really fascinating And we also went to New York City which was great because right in the backyard of one of my cousins homes in New York there were fireflies. It was awesome. And yes I went in the crown of the Statue of Liberty and since it was the 1990s I saw the twin towers when they were still there. A memory I will cherish for the rest of my life. On the way home we stopped at Mount Rushmore which was really cool and we also were briefly at Yellowstone Park.

[@derekhandson351]

Fun fact, there is a portion of the US where you have to through Canada to get back into the US. Point Roberts

[@dubreil07]

Buffalo to Detroit?

[@agentsmidt3209]

@@dubreil07 If you are under 21, otherwise there is no point really.

[@bobjkelly]

The MN one is not true. The northwest angle is not surrounded by Canada. It is true that if you want to go directly from the rest of MN to the north end of the angle you have to go by boat and if you want to go by car you have to go thru Canada.

[@Mn_frost]

yep

[@SKT3716]

Fun fact: Somewhere in Nevada, there is a small country (im not kidding) called the Republic of Molossia. A small 11-acre land that has their own president, law, navy, currency, and more.

[@ThatElmTree]

Is that even legal? The constitution says that states may not leave the union...

[@SKT3716]

@ThatElmTree iirc, Republic of Molossia really functions as private property within the US law. Also, the U.S. doesn't confirm ROM as a sovereign state. It's most likely a micronation. I could be wrong, tho, so be sure to look it up.

[@isaiahayers1550]

That's a joke. Some random guy bought land and called it a sovereign nation. No nation on earth recognizes its alleged sovereignty.

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

@@SKT3716yeah it’s a micronation

[@railworksamerica]

Mf made Petoria

[@braedenk.4173]

I live close to Windsor. It’s 2 hours away

[@fiddle45]

ur facts leave alot to be desired

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

That LA county fact is insane

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

If you count mount Everest from the bottom of the Indian Ocean it's much higher than mauna kea

[@Anant-ik2lw]

But the Indian Ocean isn’t part of the mountain is it?

[@betochiwas]

@@Anant-ik2lw considering that it got elevated from the bottom of the ocean, yes it is.

[@yasinabdurrahman1543]

As kids living in Michigan it was a tradition to travel to Canada by driving through Detroit when your 16 to go to a bar as the drinking age there is younger than the United States

[@xmockingjayfirex]

I use to be the assistant manager of the statue of liberty gift shop and yeah, this is true. It's always been so cool to have people come in to work using the new jersey ferry boat instead of the Manhattan side one.

[@netterkuchen5228]

New all of them but good video

[@wizengy]

Hawai'i is the only state where you are threatened with deadly force if you attempt to drive across the state or even county borders.

[@j.dunlop8295]

Yeah, currents between islands, definitely so!😅

[@wizengy]

@@j.dunlop8295 Most people who have tried, have not driven past the first 20 feet. The engine floods and then the passenger compartment. Death will ensue unless prompt decisive action is completed.

[@alimbis]

there is actually a county border you can drive

[@wizengy]

@@alimbis Yes, on Molokai, there is a small rough section of dirt road/path that touches the border of Kalawao county (population 50) but it needs 4-wheel drive and is not always driveable with a normal car. No deadly force but if it rains too much you are stuck. There was a mule path to Kalaupapa but I believe it is currently closed.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Isn't one of the islands exclusively for the Native Hawaiians? And that non Native Hawaiians need to get permission to even step foot on the island?

[@dennismayer4936]

In 2022, it was estimated that the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 344.3 in the United States. This indicates that, on average, CEOs received more than 344 times the annual average salary of production and nonsupervisory workers in the key industry of their firm.Nov 27, 2023

[@QuantumLeaper25]

What's your point?

[@Baltic_Hammer6162]

Ummm yeh even IF its true, what about it? If you want to make more money, then work harder instead of wasting time with useless "stats".

[@fredgarvin716]

There's a very large supply of people who can do production work. There's a very small supply of people who can be a successful CEO of a large company.

[@diffened]

@@Baltic_Hammer6162 aahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa ......that's hilarious, you think working harder will translate into making more money.

[@diffened]

@@fredgarvin716 CEOs are mostly sales people. The ones I've seen are nothing special and not all that bright.

[@jasminejeanine2239]

Yep, your vote is worth nearly 80xs less in California than in Wyoming. Yay, republic.

[@FamilyFriesen-dp5vw]

Wow the first time someone actually mentioned my home city Windsor 🇨🇦

[@hyderabadildarshiv174]

😊 thank u ☺️

[@harpazohockey2812]

🇨🇦♥️We love you, Minnesota!♥️

[@Mn_frost]

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[@anubis8586]

Windsor being mentioned is such a surreal feeling, we’re literally so unknown even though our location should provide us with some sort of “clout”/popularity 😭😂

[@catmac3577]

New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado all meet at one point, known as the Four Corners. This is not only the only place in the United States to do so, but it’s the only place in the world that does this. 😊

[@iem123]

It is the only one in the states, but it’s not the only one in the world. Canada has one between Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut and NWT

[@Whoisdringo]

Los Angeles county is the reason LA is the 2nd most populous city in America, if not Chicago would still be the 2nd most populated city in the U.S. I love LA cause it’s urban sprawl more of a thousand suburbs in search of a city!

[@jacobsteidl220]

That part of Minnesota is called the Northwest Angle.

[@Gecko17k]

Southern most point Hawaii? American Samoa: am I a joke to you?

[@ExtraCoolPickles]

Yes because it’s not a real f’ing state

[@PInk77W1]

States

[@jdotoz]

​@@ExtraCoolPickles It's part of "the US."

[@evacody1249]

@@jdotoz Its n9t a state though.

[@jdotoz]

@@evacody1249 Never said it was.

[@rustyking8783]

Arkansas is the only US state that has diamonds. Los Angeles County is 3 times bigger than the sate of Rhode Island. San Jose has twice the population of Wyoming.

[@DavidWalton-g8w]

So you are saying that all of the diamonds in Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming have been found? How do you know this? Arkansas is the only state with an active diamond mine, but I don't know how anyone would know there are no diamonds in any of the other states.

[@deeannafreshwaters3282]

Minnesota is not the only state with a small detached area that is surrounded by Canada.... Washington State also has this.

[@trowwzers5057]

There is also a small portion of Washington that’s surrounded by Canada called “Point Roberts”

[@spencersholden]

Actually. New Jersey hasn’t claimed any part of Liberty Island. They have a legal right to, but haven’t yet. CGPGrey has a great video on it.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

US southernmost point is in American Samoa

[@Buzzverb-gl3zn]

That's an American territory, not a state.

[@meteorhero526]

@@Buzzverb-gl3zn And yet, as stated, it is in fact the "Southermost Point" in the United States. Territories count as formal land claims for a country.

[@NickLinke]

Fun fact: the United States abolished the gold standard

[@fjkfkfkf]

fun fact: the united states is rules by jews and introduced lgbtq, feminism and more

[@johnearle1]

Nixon did it. Vietnam was getting too expensive.

[@Brutaga]

Yes… and that’s allowed them to constantly print money, which is why their day of reckoning is soon approaching

[@NickLinke]

@@johnearle1 no read a little. That's not even close to accurate

[@NickLinke]

@@johnearle1 nope wasn't Nixon. Read up stop deleting my comments

[@hothsurvivor]

That last one is the reason we NEED the electoral college...

[@meteorhero526]

Why? Does land vote, or people?

[@hothsurvivor]

@meteorhero526 without the electoral college, major cities would choose the president every election. Only their votes would count. It should be self explanatory by the picture tbh...

[@ViktorAstril]

​@@hothsurvivor yes people vote not land most people live in cities. The electoral college only exist because farmers want an unfair advantage in politics and had a good ally in Jefferson.

[@Open2Reason]

Fun fact: the electoral college doesn’t offer a degree program.

[@DioTheGreatOne]

If we got rid of electoral colleges, it would be basically democrats for the rest of eternity.

[@jared6470]

LA really does have a lot of people, that traffic is like Boston level annoying.

[@TheButler__]

"Los Angeles county has a larger population than 40 other states." wE ShOulD aBoLIsH ThE ElEcToRaL cOlLeGe 😂

[@RuneLord13]

Could really be called “fun facts about Hawaii” lol

[@jerryjerryson4645]

Well it is way more interesting than any other state

[@QuantumLeaper25]

1) I knew that. It's a given. Hawaii is islands. 2) I knew that, even if to some small degree. The international date line has to divert around Alaska. 3) Did not know that. 4) Did know that. 5) Did not know that. 6) I did know about Detroit and Windsor. 7) I think he got this wrong, as the details are more complicated than he is showing. 8) I definitely knew about Minnesota. 9) I keep trying to tell people about Mauna Kea. 10) I kinda knew this one. I didn't know it was 40 states, but I knew it was a lot of them. I knew it is the most populated county. ------- I did not know 2/10.

[@mariic2]

Mauna Kea is an island, so it doesn't count.

[@QuantumLeaper25]

@@mariic2 That's the dumbest argument I've heard yet...

[@woodsplitter3274]

There's a SW Detroit, but South Detroit is Windsor.

[@DylansPen]

New Jersey - "Eh Libby, shake those tailfeathers we're trying to move merchandise here."

[@Manuall-u1f]

And rhe traffic in los Angeles county is unforgettable

[@DavidWWhite1973]

"Los Angeles county has a larger population than 40 other states." Hence the reason for the Electoral College making sure that people living in 4753 square miles of land doesn't make the decisions for those in the other 3,793,000 square miles.

[@danielcarroll3358]

Land doesn't vote.... or make decisions.

[@EsteOeste-vw7ps]

Its not Land that Votes, its People!. If the party that relies in the Electoral College, actually had a great Platform. it wouldnt matter that so many people live in a small area, their Ideas would win the Hearts and Minds of The Voters!.

[@agentsmidt3209]

Those 3 million miles of land sure do pay more taxes than the 4000 square miles...I mean WTH my guy? Do "representatives" represent land or people? Sheesh!

[@AtharvaSathaye]

FYI the height of a mountain cannot be actually determined as where to consider the "base" of a mountain not scientifically and explicitly determined. That's why sea level is the best thing we have.

[@LifeintheHovel]

# 11...The Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay, in Hawaii stands on a small patch of British owned land.

[@camerynjane4421]

I’m from salt lake and I’ve always felt like new York is way more north than slc. So cool to know that.

[@antoinegibson412]

The last one was the coolest.

[@lpj-g3v]

Salt Lake City is the city in my state, Utah, which is cool to know that New York City is like that.

[@SchrödingerKousae]

Okay, these were some cool facts.

[@AnnieAnnieBuckwheatCakes]

Thank you for pronouncing Mauna Kea correctly.

[@dinguskhan6173]

I live in salt lake city and found that out when i was 13 just looking at google earth, this is the first time i’ve heard someone bring it up so hell yeah pretty cool stuff haha low-key made me happy hearing this random fact

[@jeanlawson9133]

Interesting 🤔⚡