40 Random Ridiculous Geography Facts (Thoughts + Commentary)

[@louisaufyt7255]

i've been watching you for a good month or so now and my mental health is skyrocketing thanks to you.

[@NoProtocol]

This is so cool to read! I’m glad (:

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Always brings a smile to my face when I see a new video.

[@thewhat6219]

Breakups can be long, drawn out, and exhausting, so I guess I can see the symbolism 😅 still would probably enjoy the phone call more.

[@rauminen4167]

It's better to tear off the bandaid.

[@skipstopstart]

True, a simple, quick phonecall is also symbolic of how worthless the relationship has become🙃 hence...💔

[@deaddoll1361]

@@skipstopstart Worthless to one of those involved maybe.

[@kamron_thurmond]

Geographics is my favorite channel about geography. The channel is a deep dive into a monument, region, or geographical feature. Great stuff.

[@NoProtocol]

I’ll check it out, thank you

[@jeff0125]

@4:40 Re: Nauru, it is the smallest island country, smallest non-city-state country, and smallest republic. I would guess he meant non-city-state as he used that qualifier a few times, but all are true.

[@bradseward8342]

The Amazon spans not only Brazil but also Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and more SA countries

[@bradseward8342]

I was fortunate enough to be able to see the headwaters and forests of the Amazon Basin in Ecuador about 9 years ago. It was striking how it had such a distinct feel as compared to the rest of the country.

[@pheobebuffet3719]

thanks for getting to my suggestion NP !

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks for sending it in!

[@pheobebuffet3719]

@@NoProtocol anything else from this same channel would be great !!!

[@ivy_savage69]

Been watching for since the universe is bigger than you think and it's refreshing to see someone who doesn't necessarily take everything seriously but you put some serious thought into all these different things when I feel like most people won't try to understand something new to them but more try to shape into something they are familiar with, but this channel can just flourish any type of content for the viewer to keep interest and it's very well done and thought out on your part, keep it up

[@holycrapchris]

The Marina Abramović performance art mentioned @ 1:11 is called _Lovers_ . There are several video clips available on YT discussing it.

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

I think I saw clips of it along with some of her other crazy performances. The whole spirit cooking controversy was also great for her publicity. I became aware of her before the Podesta issue and Lady Gaga credited her techniques with helping her to quit smoking.

[@suzannehawkins383]

to add to your Great Wall story, years later she was giving an art performance which consisted of her and random people sitting in chairs facing, looking at each other in the eyes for like 5 minutes. He heard about it and sat, unannounced, in the chair. they faced each other for 5 minutes, eyes streaming, then he left.

[@willvr4]

This channel is fun for geography. I've seen the other 2 you mentioned at the end, but I'd watch again to see your reaction. Cheers!

[@TheBurr75]

"You guys into performance art" for some reason amuses me way too much😂

[@TheBackupUp]

performative art has always been so interesting

[@jedaaa]

Book recommendation, ' the power of geography - ten maps that reveal the future of our world' It's superb! There's a follow-up book to it I bought but haven't read yet. Happy Monday by the way x

[@FewVidsJustComments]

18:14 "France's longest border is..." Me: Australia (If your wondering how, think Antartica)

[@josemorales5117]

FYI: I'm Mexican-American and it's funny to see that for most people, don't really know how big Mexico is . The distance between Tijuana and Cancun it's bigger than the distance between Portugal and Ukraine.

[@noelnegele6039]

Didn’t know Monaco was considered a country of its own but more like a municipality in France. Oh well. Good to learn things.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Yeah always blown my mind that California's nominal GDP is larger than the UK's, France's or India's. Looks even funnier when you see it in a list: United States China Japan Germany California India United Kingdom France

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks for the list!

[@RockDocNeal]

This video had a lot of interesting facts (although, it's always good to check the source and age of the quoted data). According to 2021 data from the UN, the top 10 countries with the highest "intentional homicide rate per 100,000 residents" are... 1) Jamaica- 52 2) South Africa- 42 3) St Lucia- 39 4) Honduras- 38 5) Belize- 31 6) St Vincent and the Grenadines- 31 7) Bahamas- 29 8)Trinidad and Tobago- 29 9) St Kitts and Nevis- 29 10) Mexico- 28 (Venezuela was at about 50/100,000 in 2017, but it had dropped to 19 in 2021 and I was shocked to see that the US Virgin Islands was at 49 in 2012, the last year they released data). Some other homicide statistics I thought you would find interesting....Mexico has 8 out of the top10 most dangerous cities in the world, ranging from a homicide rate of 73.40 homicides per 100,000 residents for the #9 city, Uruapan, to an absolutely mind-boggling rate of 196.6/100,000 for the #1 city, Zamora.

[@sparkyfromel]

My best break up ( I knew it was coming ) " you will start by telling me ..life is tough and it will finish with ... I'm sorry ... spare me the middle ! we had a cuddle and that was it .

[@davidcopson5800]

That pronunciation of 'lake' is making my toes curl!

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Oh yeah I've bought a few of Peter's books and they're quite a good read. Big Pete's not everyone's cup of tea but one thing he certainly is good at is making topics digestible and entertaining. I don't always agree with him but some of his more logically laid out stuff is great, and heck it's not like I'm always right either. When he called the Russia/Ukraine war when I was first watching him back in 2014 I just couldn't imagine that actually happening

[@C-24-Brandan]

A cool & interesting topic to look up and watch would be the beginning of the human & canine/dog partners/teams. How since the first wild dog and human accepted each other & became a lethal combo for protection, hunting etc and how selective breeding has gotten the canine species as while to where it's at currently. Find it super interesting how impactful the relationship of humans and dogs have shaped both of our histories etc.

[@jokuz9133]

Great Channel

[@metalcoffie]

That's an epic mutual break up. LOL. Also...I should really start checking out your recommendations. You're into some cool shiz. Haha.

[@arvoltage]

My favorite part of your videos is your smile 🫣

[@ZertusDarkSun]

40 geography facts and right out the gate the first fact isn't about geography

[@Asher-Tzvi]

The way he says lake jars me

[@Themata]

Many would be surprised to see Australia on the tree list at 5:30

[@cr10001]

I guess there are a lot of scrubby bush-like trees (obviously the definition of 'tree' vs 'bush' would have a bearing on it) but Australia has a huge area. Again, many of the trees in Russia and Canada would be relatively small pine trees, but then Canada and particularly Siberia are vast.

[@spicynuggetguy1859]

I would like to see you react to unbiased history of Rome , it would be a nice series for the channel

[@matthewgarrison-perkins5377]

If you're interested in learning something about Geography, I'd suggest Prisoners of Geography, Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World, by Tim Marshall. its a bit under 300p, and its may shed some light on things you may have considered, but didn't have enough info about to fully grasp the Why.

[@CrustyRetiredMarine]

@noprotocol947 JFYI, The Holy See isn’t the smallest nation. The Sovereign Order of Malta. Is. One square city block in Rome , the SOM shares ambassadors with a surprising amount of nations.

[@Scrub_Jake]

Wanna see a piece of almost unexpected performance art? Watch Devin Townsend do his song Deadhead, Live at Royal Albert Hall… his mind makes music that can engage so many emotions it’s crazy. It’s a brilliant mix of heavy metal, performance art, poetry, singing prowess, humor and deep emotions. I know this isn’t really a music reaction channel but when you asked about performance art, that was the first thing that came to mind. It’s definitely worth a watch in my opinion. Love the channel ✌️❤

[@paulmartin2348]

Devin Townsend - Kingdom on EMGtv is more memorable (imho)

[@Scrub_Jake]

@@paulmartin2348 I’ll give you that but I haven’t seen anyone react as emotionally to it, as they have to Deadhead 🤷🏻

[@benjaminroe311ify]

You are correct Vatican City and Monaco are the smallest countries. He might have been referring to smallest country that is NOT a City-State.

[@justguy-4630]

The fact that the whole Vatican City can fit in a stadium is wild. I don't remember which stadium, however, which is sad but it's a large stadium.

[@SimonJM]

"that's probably why I'm not an artist" - that had me rolling in laughter and I can so relate to the sentiment! And, for the record - from what I have seen - I have zero time for performance artists! @2:22 I am confused, if they have less than half the GDP of California how is 1.8

[@gdasher]

Nauru is about 48 times bigger than Holy See (Vatican City). Nauru is about 10 times bigger than Monaco.

[@koubenakombi3066]

The map of this "place" is imprinted at the moon... the channel vibe of cosmos may help you! Just check the flight paths and their weird stops... in the moon map they all make sense...

[@soundp6915]

You should check out more African facts

[@ravenward626]

If you are still looking for comedy recommendations, I remember this one as being a very entertaining story: "Theo Von - Me and Darryl Strawberry - This Is Not Happening - Uncensored".

[@TheRealBrotherGrimmy]

in 2015, My friend Zel offered to fly me to Dubai to stay in the Burj Khalifa for my birthday (our birthdays were 4 days apart). I constantly regret choosing real life and being able to pay my bills, than that once in a life-time offer. Actually there were a couple OIALT offers that I got while we were friends... It sucked having a rich friend who couldn't fully understand having to work to be able to do anything... but she was an absolute sweetheart

[@kalen1702]

4:40 I believe he is excluding city-states like Vatican City, Monaco, etc so Nauru would be the smallest place fully considered a country. That's just my thought process.

[@beneficent2557]

CGP Grey has some great Geography

[@chocobojoe6906]

the song you're referencing is "How I Became the Bomb - Ulay Oh :)

[@xFurashux]

2:23 it's worth adding that those countries have total population of around 25 mln when California has around 40 mln people. Also half of 3,5 is 1,75 so no, they don't have less than half of California GDP.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

One of my fav sites.

[@bradseward8342]

The movie "The Great Wall" with Matt Damon was quite interesting, for a fictional fantasy flick.

[@MyBigMouth]

Bonus Fact (related to #39): From it's East to it's West, from the North to it's South, the largest country in the world is not Russia, but France. As all "overseas territories" of France are considered French soil and not just dependencies or territories, in the way that other countries recognise thier overseas territories.

[@davidcopson5800]

You don't need an apostrophe in any of those "it's".

[@paulmartin2348]

@@davidcopson5800 When you are illiterate you need them "just in case".

[@sailorb3944]

Hi NoProtocol, would you like to react to "Top Hardest Punchers In Boxing History" by Mr SLAV ? Would you like more sports requests or should I slow down with these ? I don't know whether you notice them or not.

[@sttuuu3442]

can you react to timeline of WW2? :)

[@JJFO1]

wow, thanks!!!

[@hossdaniels2964]

This woman amazes me

[@joepiekl]

The middle-aged one is a bit of a misnomer though. People act like life expectancy is the same thing as a normal lifespan. It's not, it just describes how risky it is to live in a particular country. A country with high levels of infant deaths will have a lower average life expectancy. But once you survive into adulthood, you're not likely to drop dead at 55 because that's the life expectancy. Obviously poorer healthcare of public safety might make you more likely to die early, but it doesn't mean everyone should only count on living to 55, just that lots of unlucky people never even make it that far.

[@Traski]

Peter Zeihan visited Joe Rogan a month or two ago, good bits

[@NoProtocol]

I didn’t know that! Thank you Traski

[@TheCrimsonOne508]

In regards to the US violence one, if I’m not mistaken, if you remove the 5 most violent cities from the statistic we go up to the top ten or twenty. Not saying it isn’t a problem, but it’s crazy that five cities have such a heavy impact on our violence rate

[@bradseward8342]

Not directly related, but I think you might enjoy the video by Randall Carlson - After Skool entitled "The Lost Record"

[@bradseward8342]

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[@domiiinik4320]

With Nauru he probably means that it's the smallest country that is not city-state

[@andreimordovskoi9192]

Kure Atoll is 1,300 miles away from what we usually call Hawaii.

[@pheobebuffet3719]

also, "what we usually call Hawaii" wtf does that mean? Are you saying the main islands of Hawaii? Kure Atoll is very much what us informed people call Hawaii

[@stevecam724]

The Great Wall from England to NZ and to Australia? I'm calling BS on this one 😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidcopson5800]

The long and winding road. Who said the wall was straight?

[@stevecam724]

@@davidcopson5800 who says a wall to Auckland would be straight and flat? You can't have it both ways champ 🙄

[@ravenward626]

You seem interested in both history and geography. I just watched a video with both in good measure that I found also found interesting. It's a bit longish (~20min) but it's an informative narrative. Why 80% of New Zealand is Empty - RealLifeLore

[@amishzomby]

do you take requests from the comments? I really wanna see you react to Andy Kaufman... i havent seen a lot of reactions to him. Specifically his first appearance as the foreign man on SNL.

[@panxtomate8822]

Geography Bible is great watch more from him

[@countk1]

Next to extreme temperatures, humidity levels should be calculated in earth's extreme climates, as the combination of both temperature and humidity takes climates to even more extremes. And maybe you should take wind chill (or the lack of) into account as well when it comes to experiencing extreme climates. This also demonstrated how evolution works: all life on earth is specialised to the climates that are available here. When, for instance, combining a temperature above 37°C with a humidity above 65-ish % relative humidity, you (a mammal) start to drown while breathing as your lungs are the coldest part the air touches and water will condense in your lungs. Your body actually refuses to breath in these conditions if values are increased as it feels the same as drowning. You also start to heat up while breathing as you don't loose any bodyheat anymore that way. Typically, this circumstance doesn't occur on our planet, hence we (mammals) didn't need to adapt to it.

[@emanuelparedes9187]

forget your pronunciation of Honduras. I will never say Lake the same way again haha.

[@davidcopson5800]

Oh man, your toes curled up too?! "Laayyyyyk" I can't even spell it!

[@1ListerofSmeg]

Fun Physical Geography Fact: If you are in Cleveland, Ohio (the 81st meridian) & you attempt to fly directly south to South America from North America .... You will not fly over South America, You will be just off it's west coast.

[@dr4g_sho7]

Hey, i'll just comment🌹🔥..

[@MeFreeBee]

The world's highest recorded air temperature was 134 °F but, since this was in Death Vally, it is also the lowest temperature recorded in the USA.

[@bradseward8342]

My favourite performance art video: Dimash Qudaibergen - The Story of One Sky

[@bradseward8342]

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[@jcraigshambaugh5417]

If you took the East coast from Boston to Atlanta .How big would that economy be .I think larger Nine cities compared to 6

[@elchacal535]

Northest part of Brazil is closer to canada than it is to it's own southern most part.

[@SonOfMuta]

11:52 Everest is NOT the world's tallest mountain. Mauna Kea is Hawaii is. Everest stands 29,035 feet above sea level. Mauna Kea only stands 13,796 feet above seal level, but the mountain extends about 19,700 feet below the Pacific Ocean. Over half of it is submerged. That puts the total height of Mauna Kea at about 33,500 feet - nearly a mile taller than Everest.

[@davidcopson5800]

So what's your point?

[@cmlemmus494]

The Nauru vs Vatican City vs Monaco etc. thing is getting into nitty-gritty definitions of what a country is. VC is an independent state under international law, but it isn't a country. Monaco is a city state; technically a type of country, but one that exists entirely within a single city. Nauru is neither, it has land outside the city walls. Also, Nauru is a Republic, which none of the other small countries are. VC is a monarchy, Monaco is a principality.

[@AdamFishkin]

The world's economy is a Pandora's Box of existentialism. But I can vouch that Luxembourg is indeed filthy rich. My visits there have been an overload of luxury, particularly the wine. The amount of wine that gets passed around at gatherings has damn near killed me multiple times .... and I'm Irish. Coming back from that, you start to vividly feel how much you and everyone around you struggles to afford things.

[@bmxfjolla]

At 1:02 ish the video says the nile is the logest river, i thought the amazon was considered the logest river?

[@cr10001]

No, it's always been the Nile. Amazon has 70 times the flow, though.

[@cr10001]

As in: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_river_systems_by_length

[@davidrippon3149]

Hi, I think The Vatican is a state, not a country. I always thought Luxembourg was the smallest country, i need to check. Anyway love these videos. Thanks.

[@ibk367]

Eventhough 0.01% of Oman's land is forested, these forests are the only place where confirmed sightings of the Arabian leopard and the Arabian cobra. 2 extremely rare and endangered species.

[@steveisenburg7953]

You should watch the video how geography made the u.s.a. superpower

[@wizardflaps]

Vatican City is a city state. Monaco is a principality.

[@McKavian]

I though the Alaskan Aleutian islands were further west than Hawaii.

[@yaminoyomi9914]

Dont break up over the phone, that cruel 🤨

[@andraslippai3169]

meeting in silence... what a massive emotinal encounter was. I want to see again and I stumbled upon the music version.... what a sacrilege! Put an idiotic pop song on this beautiful silence. Why? Its like shiting on Mona Lisa

[@SonOfMuta]

1:10 The Nile is NOT the world's longest river. The Amazon is the world's longest river

[@justguy-4630]

I checked it and it's been updated to 6,800 kilometers (a 400 km increment compared to the last one). Good to know. Thanks. I should also drop the length of the Nile river. It's 6,695 km. 6,800 km = 4,225 miles 6,695 km = 4,160 miles

[@idot3331]

The first fact about life expectancy is a bit misleading. Life expectancy at birth in can be very low in poor countries, but this is skewed by a high infant mortality rate. Once children make it past age 5 the figure for life expectancy can increase by 10-15 years, so a more accurate "middle age" in the central african republic is probably somewhere in the 30s.

[@cr10001]

I think that factoid about the Great Wall of China could only be possible if the total length of the several parallel and overlapping Walls of different dates were added together. Otherwise, no way.

[@paiute6911]

My wife is from Nepal and from her village you can see Mt. Everest. Tiger attacks are a legitimate threat around the area.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

I'm constantly surprised that people still think middle-aged is around late 40s to early 50s. Like no, the average lifespan of men is roughly 78 years, so middle-aged is actually around 39 years of age. Much younger than people seem to think.

[@janpersson9818]

I have only watched the first one so far but I immediately thought they made the same misleading conclusion as some do when looking at time periods long ago. If the child mortality rate is high that means average age is low but by mathematical necessity those that survive must live longer than the average. Googling tells me Central African Republic has the third highest child mortality rate in the world (at over 7%). So looking at only the group of people who actually grow up then you would not expect to die at 53 because that number is artificially low due to those dying at, or near, birth. At 7% I'm not sure the picture changes drastically but with child mortality rates throughout history at up to 50% this can make you draw very wrong conclusions sometimes.

[@NAFO_MythicPlague]

Hey D the city they were talking about was actually land paid for by an American in the bordering areas' in the Middle East were it was no mans land. The American literally built a Kingdom for his daughter he has around 2000 citizens.It was on 60 Minutes a few years ago.

[@module79l28]

I don't ear anything wrong with the way you pronounced Honduras. 🙂 Portugal, Slovenia and the Czech Republic prove that a country doesn't need to be wealthy and well developed to be safe. 😊

[@wilgarcia1]

The amazon isn't in brazil. Brazil is in the amazon =)

[@roberthall6975]

Have you attempted to tryout for Jeopardy?

[@R90909]

Not an artist *or a spirit-cooker*

[@Peatingtune]

Nauru is indeed the smallest country in the world if you don't count European city-states ("microstates") like The Vatican, Monaco etc. as proper countries. I don't personally count The Vatican City as a "proper" country because there is no such thing as a permanent Vatican citizen. All Vatican citizens are temporary appointees (and their spouses/children in applicable cases) who lose their citizenship and leave at the conclusion of their appointments. I would personally count Monaco since it has jus sanguinis citizenship laws and people who are born, raised and live their entire lives there, although I agree there are arguments to be made whether a sovereign city state truly counts as a "proper" country. By my reckoning that makes Nauru #2 smallest with a strong case for first place.

[@yerrie1908]

is that story of the artist the same women who has a exposition in NY where random people sit down and just look in her eyes and than he sits down (decades later)

[@NoProtocol]

Yes

[@yerrie1908]

I guess she is, the first time they see each other again kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZeboGSqmq-XjtE

[@yerrie1908]

@@NoProtocol Ah you have seen it i guess, amazing video, teers just thinking about it

[@Moshinoki]

Nauru is the world's smallest non-city-state country.

[@5556665012008]

Narau being the smallest country: Monaco & Vatican City are city states not countries

[@kirks386]

She has my vote for Miss America USA!

[@Marcus_Aurelius_Maximus]

Nauru is the smallest country in the world that is not an enclave (8.1 sq m and pop.

[@freudsigmund72]

Nauru is about 10 times bigger than Monaco. Monaco is about 4 times bigger than Vatican.

[@TheAnswerWillleaveyou]

Ok, I really would like to know if you have an internal monologue. Okay, so there are people who have nothing going on up there? who can only hear words. who can only see pictures. who can see pictures and hear words? Last but not least, a small % of people can hear words but don't know that it's their internal monolog, and think it's someone talking to them. I can do everything in my mind. Random IKR

[@ravenward626]

Nauru is an interesting island. They used to have a decent GDP from the mining and export of phosphates. The minerals and money's all gone now. It put them in a bad enough position that they agreed to shelve Australian asylum seekers for a while.

[@eevoottv]

I like the way you said Honduras ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@putivuelta9428]

He forgot about Vatican City i see