40 Random Ridiculous Geography Facts REACTION | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[@michaelschemlab]

Macau used to be Portuguese. It was handed back to China in 1999. Portuguese is a co-official language of Macau along with Chinese

[@JPMadden]

1) Daz is correct about Indonesia having the largest Muslim population. I've never heard of the concept of being "born" Muslim. 2) Macau was transferred from Portugal to China in 1999, two years after Hong Kong was given back by the UK. I don't know the details, but I would imagine China made similar "promises" to Macau allowing it some autonomy as were made to Hong Kong. 3) Tiny Nauru had a population of about 10,800 in 2020. The population density is only 25th highest in the world, behind mostly city-states and other small islands. 4) The highest mountain peak above sea level is Mount Everest. Because the Earth is not a perfect sphere, the summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest point of land away from the Earth's center. Measured from its base far below sea level, the dormant volcano of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i is the tallest mountain. 5) The U.S. being ranked 129th on that "Peace Index" is due at least in part to the easy access of firearms. The world's largest prison population is due entirely to the failed "War on Drugs." (I know you watched the video on Prohibition by OverSimplified. I'll never understand why its failure was recognized relatively quickly, but the War on Drugs has been continued since the 1930s.)

[@StevenCryar]

That's wild about Indonesia. If someone would have asked me to name the 5 countries with the highest Muslim populations Indonesia would have never even crossed my mind.

[@lao5610]

Lake Superior is “of course found in Canada?” That’s weird, then which lake did I visit last week in Minnesota?

[@Talius10]

As a Canadian, as soon as he said that, I was saying "...and America"

[@timhefty504]

Maybe Lake Tittykaka?

[@tylerj7298]

Half is owned by Canada and the other is America.

[@lao5610]

@@tylerj7298 Yes……….that’s the joke lol. I live in America and see the lake every day

[@zekehartley326]

Would it count as one of Canada's many of lakes?

[@TheAvenger62]

French guyana is part of france, they also use the euro and it's from there that european space program launches their rockets into space because it's so close to the equator !!

[@Bayard1503]

French Guiana is not a different country, it is literally part of France and part of the European Union. Some overseas territories of France are not part of EU but Guiana is.

[@hassanharb5807]

French Guiana is an overseas department of France and not its own country

[@jmy450]

French guyana is not an other country. It's a french department, just overseas.

[@ReagonL0L]

I loved Daz's subtle look in regards to switzerland

[@WaitWhoWhat]

The peace index is honestly a stupid stat to begin with. It's not really a viable way to determine how "peaceful" a country is, and never has been.

[@bhojjadamotabanda]

French Guiana is an integral part of France (and EU).

[@luis_g_77]

The Great Wall of China obviously doesn't go in a straight line, but also there are many "branches" of walls that go out in other directions so all added up is the total length

[@jamesleyda365]

I have always loved geography and history. Never understood why people aren't interested in the world

[@brianb8060]

Umm, Lake Superior isn't found "in Canada". It's on the border of Canada and the USA, with most of it in the US.

[@jeremyjdl713]

The video stats shows it’s mainly in Canada.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Indonesia is the fourth most populous country, and since Muslims are a majority, so it's not surprising that it has the most Muslims of any country. Macau was once a Portugese city, like Hong Kong was a British city. Portugal ceded it to China in 1999. Lake Superior is on the border between the U.S. and Canada (not in Canada alone, as the narrator claimed). Three of the other four great lakes (Huron, Erie, and Ontario) are also on the border. Lake Michigan is entirely in the U.S. Some think that obesity is so prevalent in the Pacific islands because the people are adapted to famine. That is, their bodies grab onto and hold every calorie possible. This may have made their long sea voyages on small boats easier to survive.

[@margaretsimmons1598]

The base of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is on the ocean floor which makes it about a mile taller than Mount Everest

[@jodo7814]

That’s funny. Im in Hawaii and my brother lives in Florida.

[@04m6gto]

Mt Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. Mt Denali in Alaska is the tallest land based mountain on Earth, when measured from base to peak. Mauna Kea, in Hawaii, is the tallest mountain, and the largest, on Earth, anywhere, with a total height of 33,497 ft above it's base. However, this huge mountain is so heavy that it sinks below the ocean floor. When you consider it's true base to peak height, Mauna Kea is actually more than 55,000 feet tall, or a bit more than 10.5 miles tall. It's also 90 miles wide at it's base. Quite an impressive geological feature.

[@diggity1039]

Lake Superior is in Canada? That's a straight up lie.

[@kevinprzy4539]

it's shared between the US and Canada.

[@brianb8060]

@@kevinprzy4539 With most of it being U.S. waters.

[@diggity1039]

@Wallahbror Not a lie? Well it definitely isn't the truth.

[@stevenbalekic5683]

I think the great wall of China is a series of walls built over a long time in multiple areas...so it isn't just one continuous wall.

[@MoeDavinci]

That UK and Africa stat is wild

[@marcbates3663]

Macau is very similar to Hong Kong. The Portuguese had to return it to China just like the British did. It has special status again like Hong Kong.

[@josepholszewski2565]

Ok, who is out there counting trees? 🙃

[@Jykke1978]

Fun fact, Finland is only one country away from North Korea.

[@nathanviebranz9111]

And Norway

[@colton3306]

You should react to the best this is sport center commercials

[@SaltyFrosticles]

Or the Terry Tate - Office Linebacker compilation!

[@michaelridenbark9946]

#12 on here actually got broke this year, got like -105 in New England at some weather station.

[@Mody1]

Highest recorded temp in USA : 56.7 c Me in UAE years ago during a 60 c school day : PATHET...*faints*

[@willvr4]

In terms of money gambled, Macau does 4x the business of Vegas at Casinos.

[@ishmaeldarrer]

the caspian sea is an inland sea because it's salt water, lakes are mostly (with a few exceptions) fresh water

[@jimgreen5788]

Conversely, I'm a geography nerd--big time! Not surprising about Siberia, since it's the entire Asian part of Russia--about 2/3 of the country. I know for certain that the highest temp. in the USA was in Death Valley's Badwater Basin, and I'm guessing the coldest was in AK. Macau returned to China a year after Hong Kong. His extreme points in the USA were both bad choices, since the westernmost is Alaska's Attu Is. at 172 degrees E., and the easternmost is W. Quoddy Head in ME, for a width of 8388 mi./13,496km. The only 1 of the 5 lakes that doesn't share its border with Canada is Michigan. So that means he's wrong again, re. Lake Superior. On the American side are MN, WI and MI. The American mountain you're trying to remember is Hawaii's Big Island (of HI). The westernmost point in Asia is Big Diomede (DIE-oh-meed, rather than DEE-oh-meed). It's just 2.3 mi./3.7km. west of Alaska's Little Diomede, but 21 hours apart.

[@SkewtLilbttm]

*Raises the question

[@HTxGhost24]

Can you react to Ralph Barbosa stand up? He's been making a lot of waves lately

[@Tbone-Steak]

What does peace index have to do with geography?

[@JAB2010]

Did you watch the first ten seconds of the video they reacted to?

[@bigdaddyc4471]

Yea that peace index is a little iffy lmao

[@Tbone-Steak]

@@JAB2010 I did and it still doesn't answer my initial question.

[@msam9380]

Azerbijan (96% Muslims) and Saudi Arabia (100% Muslims) are the two countries with the highest percentage of Islam in them.

[@thSpeedyTurtle]

Notice how they aren’t in the most peaceful countries category 😂

[@freedomefighterbrony9053]

The mountain your think of in the us is mount mauna kea

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

You should react to nasty pitches MLB compilation

[@melvinwren]

the great wall of china is longer than nile river? iono but i watched a video explaining the smaller the measuring stick you use, the longer the measurement you will get.

[@melvinwren]

if two people tried to measure Nile River one with a meter stick, and another a ruler stick. the meter stick guy will have a shorter outcome than the ruler stick.

[@michaelschemlab]

The population of Nauru is 10,834

[@scwyd6769]

Mauna Kea in hawaii is the largest mountain no question. you measure mountains from their base

[@keiongarnett1825]

You guys need to react to Wilt Chamberlain nobody loves Goliath

[@MoeDavinci]

More of these types of videos, I like it

[@leemcclennan1118]

Got 99% in me geography exam 💪🏻

[@garyi.1360]

It's hard to be low on the peace index when you are the world police and are always compelled to be involved in conflicts which are mostly of others creation.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

That Peace Index was also jacked up. It's based on a bunch of stats that go against highly populated diverse countries. If you look at the top ten most of them are not multi-racial nor multi-religious or economically expansive. The more people you have from different walks of life, you are pretty much guaranteed to have a lil more strife amongst you. I don't think that America is just slightly less violent than Brazil......Brazil!!! I've lived her my whole 42 yrs. of life and have never had an act of violence done towards me.

[@ItsDefOver9000]

America is one of the most violent countries in the world (definitely THE most violent among developed countries). We just gotta own it the same way you'd own anything positive & stop trying to deflect. Whatever you think is the cause, it doesn't detract from the point. And w/ all due respect your anecdote only signifies your life experience, it doesn't really mean anything. Obviously quality of life in the US is highly variable, a big reason IMO why I think so many Americans can't relate to one another.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

@@ItsDefOver9000 America isn't as violent as they want to make it out to be. If that's the case mostly everyone in America would have encountered some form of violence towards them multiple times in their life. Just because you possibly live a shitty life around shitfaced people doesn't mean that applies to America as a whole.

[@ItsDefOver9000]

@@kikibigbangfan3540 none of what you said refutes anything that I’ve said in my earlier comment nor the statistical ranking outlined by the video. Cheers to you though.

[@timhefty504]

To be fair, we're really good at war. I think that's where our number comes from

[@marqetteliz]

Some depressing stats in that video

[@Jaysin999]

The swits actuallly havent collected any russian oligarch assets like other countries have, theres alot in switzerland rn

[@NocnaGlizda]

About GDP. This is not so shocking when you realize how much poverty there is in Afrika.

[@eemaanakhany]

French Guyana is actually part of France proper, not its own country

[@pratikdharanep.d.8938]

Now earth's total GDP is about $110 trillion dollars i guess and he should have included one more no.41 all the countries on this Earth thier total DEBT is about $350 trillion dollars in all. He should have included that.😊

[@luis_g_77]

Indonesia is the largest total Muslim population. So # of Muslims it's the highest.

[@tracymiller1149]

I never heard anyone say "kilometers squared" instead of "square kilometers". Also, some very strange pronunciations in this video.

[@JayyeStone]

interesting

[@kingwacky184]

How is Sweden not on the list of the most peaceful nations in the world at 15:30? They have been neutral longer than Switzerland. And Denmark that is in Nato can never be seen as more peaceful.

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

You’re heated about a list made by a human which in turn means it’s opinionated that is about a ranking of nations based on peace…

[@kingcarlos7048]

Sweden is actually one of the most violent countries in Western Europe lol

[@d420guy9]

If you could buy the world who gets the money?

[@tylerj7298]

No French Guyana is not a country, it's a french territory. It's owned by France.

[@ComeAlongKay]

No North Korea has a higher prison population. Also in China those numbers aren’t probably that available they have work camps and possibility with Russia also. Really those numbers seem hard to get for countries like that. Also there’s variance of are these long term prisoners or low level ones vs who has the most max security long term vs sort of shifting population. It’s saying China ranks higher that index seems ridiculous. They have actual work camps. Also constant conflict on their borders with India and pretty much everyone else. They’ve assaulted their own people many times and boarded peaceful in forcibly in their homes there’s no way they’re more peaceful. Also Japan had like beheadings at schools and a full on mad max war over an airport so these very safe nations aren’t exactly like oh it’s so safe for us all. They also do have gangs. Even if it’s less it’s not like you go there and it’s all cool but the rankings seem weird. We can’t usually get clear data on a lot let alone something that size that’s shifting so much. Also data can be manipulated. A lot of violence reporting varies and a ton of violence if people don’t report it then it changes the score and that varies from place to place.

[@biffbarely7045]

Anyone know this guy's accent? I can't place it.

[@บุญยอรแก้วคงธรรม-ภ1ว]

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[@kikibigbangfan3540]

Don't believe a lot of the statistics, most of them are skewed! Like the BMI to calibrate obesity is solely based off of European body standards. Which do not fit the criteria for people of other ethic backgrounds. Specifically those descendants of Afro or Native heritage. I.e. as Daz spoke of Fijians and Samoans, Aboriginals etc....and so on and so forth.

[@MuriKakari]

It also doesn't account for muscle weight

[@bigdaddyc4471]

Your ethnic background has nothing to do with it , fat is fat . But it doesn't account for muscle if that's what u mean . You don't get special criteria because ur skin is a different color , that's some critical race theory b.s.

[@you_can_call_me_T]

​@@bigdaddyc4471Geeze turn off Tucker Carlson for a while and come up for air. Many non-European ethnicities are more curvaceous (butts, hips, thighs, boobs) and/or muscular, both of which add to body weight... And you clearly have NO IDEA what CRT actually is. All you know is that it doesn't deify yt people and Ron D. told you it's bad. You're one of those sheep who doesn't realize he's a sheep.

[@glida458]

I think they showed jamaica new york there