50 Geography Facts Most People Get Wrong

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[@earthbasics10]

Also watch the second part of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6CkoKd9h9KSoNksi=y6aSlb56D055Whks

[@TheRepublicOfSavadia]

I don't know how to feel as you pointed out our capital, all I can do is sing a bit of our national anthem. O Canada, our home (and/on) native land. True patriot love, and all thy sons command.

[@Dolphinsfan123]

0:51 by the way there is actually an enclave for the island that the statue of liberty 🗽 is on so technically it’s still in new York

[@Miguelsworld7_mapper]

Only 9 likes 💀

[@Im_me345]

Why does Latin America exclude Antarctica?

[@Regular_Youtuberi]

SWITZERLAND HAS NO CAPITAL HAAHAHHAHHAABAH

[@earthbasics10]

Hi guys, at 8:00 it should of course be Spanish. Hope you can still enjoy the video. thank you!

[@NotRedLeaf]

Ok

[@Darkify_]

7:14 The capital of Switzerland is none, it's because Switzerland is so neutral that it doesn't want any part of the nation to have more power than the others Berne is a De Jure capital since it's extremely important to Switzerland, but never a de facto capital as it's not officially recognised as one

[@MicropigmentareDia]

A

[@coltbuxkemper6230]

Oh

[@leemeyerthal6744]

You got one wrong Bern is the UNOFFICAL capital but the country had to have one but it technically has none.

[@theprobrickbattle3431]

Apparently “Spain”is the 2nd most spoken language We learn new things everyday!

[@bbryan3750]

Greatings from spanish 🇪🇸

[@marc.alvarez]

Saludos from English! 😉

[@borschel9665]

"Spain" is no language. Iit is a country. The language is called "Spanish"

[@bbryan3750]

@@borschel9665 yeah, but in the video he said Spain as language, that's the pun

[@borschel9665]

@bbryan3750 I totally got that. no need to explain that to me.

[@benjaminrealy5661]

Correction request: statue of liberty is in New York. It is in new jersey waters, but much of (but not all of) the island is a New York enclave.

[@eddiejc1]

It all goes back to negotiations between the colonies of New Jersey and New York about the Hudson River border. NY wanted all the islanfs, and NJ didn't Nats long as they had the right to build ports on their side and freely navigate the river. That's why despite being injured waters, Liberty Island belongs to NY. However, when NY or the federal government dredged the river to make Ellis Island bigger, guess what side of the river they were dredging? NJ, and the Supreme Court ruled that extra land belongs to New Jersey, so that particular island is split between the two states.

[@immediateprofessionals]

Thanks for information

[@dougmontgomery4851]

Something else about New York State: Fishers Island, N.Y., has the ZIP Code of 06390. Usually NY state post offices have a ZIP beginning with aa 1, but Fishers Island is unique in that its ZIP begins with a Zero.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

That's a good correction. However, it requires a correction of its own. All of Liberty Island is in New York (despite the island being in New Jersey waters, where it is an enclave of New York). The island that is divided between New York and New Jersey is Ellis Island. As a result of a Supreme Court ruling in a case of first impression, the original land of Ellis Island belongs to New York, and the portion of the island that is made of landfill belongs to New Jersey.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

New York City has liberty island 🗽 no way 😮

[@arniemejia]

Some day I would like to learn Spain. I’ve heard it’s a useful language in Latin America and this country in Europe I just can’t remember the name of. Oh wait, I remember! It’s Spanish.

[@user-rl4rl7sv2y]

Yeah, I learned Italian because I live in Italy, but it's still helpful for understanding spain!

[@cheryla7480]

🇨🇦🇨🇦As a Canadian I have never ever heard of Canada being mistaken as largest country in the world. I am used to people being surprised when they find out it’ second largest though.

[@makaylaelsinga7751]

same (im from pei)

[@Pseeeeeebsuuu]

I saw that you spelled caca and didn't read anymore of your comment.

[@cheryla7480]

@@Pseeeeeebsuuu That word is not in any comment of mine.

[@Pseeeeeebsuuu]

@@cheryla7480 I realize now that I'm on my phone that you made two Canadian flags. I wrote the comment on my computer, which registers flag-emojis as codes. Canada's registers as 'ca', so the two first flags just read 'caca'.

[@cheryla7480]

@@Pseeeeeebsuuu Lol I get it. The Maple Leaf became our flag in 1965, before that it was the red ensign.

[@albatross1688]

Actually, Mandarin being the most commonly spoken language is only half-right, as that statistic only accounts for native speakers, and yes, it is the most common native language. However, English is the most common lingua franca, and is actually spoken by more people in total when you consider second (or third, etc.) languages, with Spanish still being the second most spoken regardless of which metric you use.

[@et76039]

Geographically, English would be the most widely spoken language. Although Mandarin Chinese is spoken by more people, it is much more confined geographically.

[@albatross1688]

@@et76039 Spoken natively by more people you mean, but yes, you are correct that it is much more confined geographically.

[@northernsnow6982]

​@@et76039Mandarin is only spoken more by people, as a first/native language. So English is 3rd among first languages. However, when you count how many people speak English as a second or third language, their are more people who can speak English. When it comes to English speaking people, when they learn a second language, it's often Spanish, French, German or other European languages. It's not often they learn the same language as each other, and less often they learn Mandarin. Yet larger numbers of people around the world learning English as their second language. There are more Mandarin speaking people, who also know English, than the other way around. In China, there are 300 million-400 million people learning English. That's learning English, if they succeed that will significantly increase the 30-40 billion that fluently speak English. Where there only 25 million people outside of China, that are trying to learn Mandarin. Also, many people who speak English as a second language, actually use English more than their native language. There are 1.5 billion people who speak English as a first and second language, whereas only 1.2 billion speak Mandarin as their first or second language. So English is more widely used geographically and in population.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

English is 10th most spoken language

[@northernsnow6982]

@@Alphabetlowercasei according to what statistics?

[@NKthecat_23]

8:02 i never knew spain was a language 😮 edit:MOM IM FAMOUS

[@salsa_bruh]

Sí yo tambien lo pense

[@superawesomenathan]

You dumb. My school learn Spanish😂😂😂😂😂

[@FrenchUncleLou]

That’s really bad considering that it’s the second most spoken language in the world 😅

[@haewonized]

@@FrenchUncleLouit really isn’t bad considering Spain is a COUNTRY, not a language. SPANISH is what they meant, but if you think Spain is a language then that’s BAD…

[@SsvbxxYT]

​@haewonized Of course it's not a language. Not every comment is meant to be taken seriously.

[@hugovanbree6625]

Fact 41: Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. This is not entirely true, because Switzerland does not have an official capital city. Bern does however function like a capital city would.

[@mistasomen]

Yeah, it's a de facto but not de jure capital.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Look at part 2

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

And it’s like Nauru doesn’t have a capital

[@Chocolate_egg]

They call "Bern" a Capital because They have government office. And yeah, They dont have a official Capital. Even Google is wrong.

[@funmilolaojo7085]

Fact: canada has 879,800 lakes

[@ThatADHDFlygon]

As a Canadian, I can confirm this.

[@phl9440]

More than the rest of the world combined

[@NyarNaYeYint]

Another fact : Canada has the 62% of the world's lakes

[@EaioehRobloxGamer]

Nah it has like 1 million

[@theannley4790]

@@ThatADHDFlygon u counted?

[@Darkify_]

7:14 The capital of Switzerland is none, it's because Switzerland is so neutral that it doesn't want any part of the nation to have more power than the others Berne is a De Jure capital since it's extremely important to Switzerland, but never a de facto capital as it's not officially recognised as one

[@bucktooth002]

The capital is all of Switzerland. Biggest capital on the planet.

[@theunsuskid]

​@@bucktooth002no

[@YTZ_Windy]

This infromation is true. The UN picked Bern as the capital.

[@chinhhoangondiepchinh5610]

@@bucktooth002he capital is most likely to be Geneva, but Bern is also could be count as one because it's so important

[@arcquestions]

The Swiss capital is cheese

[@jaydenzheng7318]

0:55 The Statue of Liberty is located on an island within the waters of New Jersey, however the land belongs to New York.

[@allium_lily]

Yes that’s true

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

😡

[@parkerchern6077]

The Statue of Liberty IS in New York. And that’s coming from a New Jersey resident. Liberty Island is an exclave of New York, and therefore a part of New York, drspite being in New Jersey waters. However, Ellis Island is mostly a part of New Jersey. This is because Ellis Island was also a NY exclave. However, NY wanted to expand the island and turned the island into the shape it is today. Then NJ sued NY. (Which I’m pretty sure is unconstitutional). Why? Because New York was illegally invading NJ by expanding their island over NJ waters. Consequently, the expanded part of the island was gaven to New Jersey, while the original island shape was still part of NY.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

It’s in the New Jersey water’s but they map of New York City has the liberty island

[@jaystrickland4151]

Fun fact The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless artic bird. It went extinct in 1852 and it was the first bird known as Penguin.

[@viivv6230]

this video was actually really interesting but as an aussie, his pronunciation of canberra killed me 😭 but this video was great.

[@earthbasics10]

Sorry and thank you!

[@JaneNewAuthor]

Americans tend to think that Texas is a really big state at 695,662 square km. Western Australia is 2,646,000 square km.

[@hayd23043]

English is the most spoken language if you count non native speakers

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

As someone from Detroit who has gone into the tunnel to Canada, technically you do need a passport, but if you have some other kind of documentation on you and not your passport, and you answer their questions accurately, they will let you into Canada without any problem. That’s just because the border security on the Canadian side are mostly nice about it.

[@liveandletdie22]

Is it true that the border guards translate everything to French as well.

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

@@liveandletdie22 No. It’s mandatory for them to be bilingual and be able to read or speak French, but since it’s Ontario that Detroit borders, they don’t have to translate anything.

[@Chop7264]

I’m from Detroit too

[@glenmallory6181]

Passport cards will do nicely in this situation.

[@OwlGreene]

'preciate that, main.

[@dlfjessup]

0:52 is wrong: the Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island which is an exclave of New York entirely surrounded by the waters of New Jersey. Part of Ellis Island is a similar exclave, except that it is mostly reclaimed land (that is, extending the island by filling in the surrounding water with rocks and sediment), and the reclaimed land is part of New Jersey.

[@jeffscott3186]

Totally correct. Wikipedia: The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue. There was some movie in the 90s that a couple is looking off a ferry at the Statue of Liberty and the guy says, "Most people think she's a New Yorker, but she lives in Jersey." I have no idea what movie, but the clip appears in a KZbin video about the Statue of Liberty, where they also point out that the movie is wrong and Liberty island is part of New York.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

WRONG it’s in 🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬New Jersey

[@therealmaxwell13]

@@Alphabetlowercasei no, it’s in Delaware

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

@@therealmaxwell13 no

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

I put liberty island on New York City

[@deathboy126]

Canada doesn’t just border the USA, it also borders France and Denmark if you count maritime borders

[@matthewcastleton2263]

The most fun fact he left out however is that France's longest land border is actually with Brazil. This is due to the existence of French Guiana.

[@Not_thaawesome]

@@matthewcastleton2263 Since exclaves count, Then so does France's antarctican territory which borders Australia on both sides.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

It borders Hans island

[@08_BTR]

2:59 the Missouri River is just a part of the Mississippi River system, so it’s still technically the Mississippi. 3:09 Sources disagree on this, but I’ve found that generally, most reliable sources do rank the Nile as longer than the Amazon. This can vary though from source to source due to the difficulties in measuring river length.

[@painless465]

Nile is the longest river in the world but the Amazon has the most water

[@alastairlong4444]

When it comes to river length it all depends on how you choose to measure it. If going by main steam then the longest is the Nile, but if you go by furthest tributary then it is Amazon. But you can also measure by total length of connected flowing water (actually a river or stream not just a swamp or glacier) which actually, due to a quirk of geography, is the Mississippi/Columbia River since they are connected by Two Ocean Creek which splits in two, with one half eventually going to the Columbia River and the other half eventually going to the Mississippi. Effectively combining their lengths when measured by connected flowing water. It’s the only place in the world that does this that is currently known. This is why it’s almost impossible to say what the “longest” River in the world is, since that measurement can change dramatically depending on how you measure it.

[@shallowmajnta8680]

English is only the third most widely spoken language if you just consider native speakers. If you consider non-native speakers English is more widely spoken than Mandarin Love the video though!

[@im0rtalpunk]

Or just second (or third) native language speakers. Somehow, native speaker databases only assign one language per person which is ridiculous. Simultaneous bi(or more)linguals are never being taken into account.

[@dougmontgomery4851]

Something else ironic here: China has more English speakers than some members of the Commonwealth.

[@DylanEditzz]

English is the most spoken language because a lot of people learn it as a second language and that number only counts 1st language speakers

[@Awam-da-king]

Bro he said as a native language not second and it only has about 400M native speakers

[@mobiusflammel9372]

@@Awam-da-king he didn’t start by specifying native language though. He just said most widely spoken language, and after that said mandarin was the most widely spoken *native* language. I don’t think it was intentional, but those are two very different statements.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Mandarin Chinese: 1st Spanish: 2nd English 3rd

[@brianh9358]

In relation to English, it is not the most spoken "native" language. However, it IS the most spoken language. 1.75 billion people speak English. Many of those people use English as a secondary language because they have a multitude of local (and in some cases tribal) languages that make it very difficult to communicate with one another. Also, it is a legacy of the British empire that makes English so widespread.

[@TheXCuber1]

Actually, The Statue of Liberty IS a part of New York. Geographically, it was a part of New Jersey, but New York claimed it to be theirs. In 1834, a pact between the two states ratified by Congress declared this issue. The actual Liberty Island would be part of New York, but the waters surrounding it was New Jersey owned.

[@ironiccookies2320]

English is actually the most known language in the world. It's basically the lingua franca of Earth. This includes L1, L2, and anyone else that can communicate in English even if it's just the basics. When a Japanese and a German meet, most likely they'll be using English to communicate. Join any groups with a diverse people who all speak different languages. The one thing that brings them all together is English.

[@Lboec3]

The biggest country is currently Russia

[@Lboec3]

Canada is the second biggest country in the USA food in China is Fore

[@et76039]

Yep. English is the most widespread language; Mandarin Chinese just has more speakers. It is also an official language in countries that aren't commonly treated as having L1 speakers, like India, and a working language in others.

[@JohannMarshall-pu2dw]

​@@franciscapicornellarrom4518the term used in the video was "Most spoken" not Native speakers. So #1 is still English.

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

English is the most understood language in the world, but is not most spoken than Spanish. I understand it quite well myself, but I don't write it, much less speak it.

[@biosaari]

As a cultural entity, there are differing definitions of the Middle East. Some include Morocco. Some include Pakistan.

[@NoNumbersAtTheEnding]

Morocco is West of the UK though. How in the fuck is that the middle east? The middle East is names such because it is east of Western Europe but not as east as East Asia. Morocco is so far away from the rest of the middle east. It is definitively part of the Maghreb, which is very culturally similar to the middle east but also very much ts own thing

[@biosaari]

@@NoNumbersAtTheEnding As my degree was in Islamic Studies, I could explain it, but with that attitude, why bother?

[@NoNumbersAtTheEnding]

@@biosaari are you one of those people that assumes swearing means hostility? In most of my experience it implies an easygoing attitude because it is associated with comedy. I added it to make it seem more casual and less argumentative. Some people online I notice take offense. If you are someone that interprets swearing as hostile or argumentative then that's the only way I figure there you could say there was attitude in my comment. What is the purpose of the acronym MENA? Islamic studies isn't geography? Middle East is not even an Islamic term, it is a European term - the east means to the east of Europe but not as East as the far East. Morocco is to the west of Europe. Culturally you could say it is aligned with the middle east, this is true, but again, this is why the acronym MENA exists, with Morocco firmly in the NA section.

[@biosaari]

@@NoNumbersAtTheEnding I was unaware that you swore. However, learning basic netiquette may help you a great deal in the future. Did you perhaps come online only 20 years ago?

[@sobrevalorado]

Middle East does not include Lebanon, Israel or Palestine, that's Near East. Just in the last 40 years, English speakers began to confuse about it

[@campbellblock3061]

2:30 the furthest north penguins live (excluding zoos) is Ecuador on the Galapagos, not Peru. 3:07 the Missouri River stops in Missouri where it joins the Mississippi, so you added a bunch of extra length on that map. However it is actually almost the same length as the Mississippi and even slightly more by some measurements. Rivers and coastlines are notoriously difficult to measure accurately and consistently so it is difficult to actually determine how these rivers or the Nile/Amazon rivers compare. 5:37 Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers, but English still has the most total speakers counting second languages, which you should if the question is “most widely spoken” 8:01 Bro really said the language of “Spain” which as mentioned before, is only more common than English by excluding second language speakers.

[@SPSGeography1]

Sore Loser

[@semen_tv8478]

4:42 Liberia too

[@dariusmcnair601]

Spain is the 2nd most spoken Language? 🤔

[@maxfax1012]

​@dariusmcnair601 No, thats Mandarin Chinese.

[@marc.alvarez]

I did not know I live in a language... 😉

[@binary10balls]

The Nile is the longest river but the Amazon has more water in it. Mandarin is the most widely spoken in China, but English is the most widely spoken around the world

[@traviswhite9175]

I agree with you about English 100%.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

No🙄

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

On Wikipedia, Amazon river is 6,992 km, not. 6,400 km

[@DylanEditzz]

The penguins actually go farther north than peru because there is the Galápagos Islands

[@stephenjames5745]

Most people do not think Africa is the largest continent on the planet. The size of Africa has historically been understated if anything. I’ve never heard a single person suggest Africa was the largest continent.

[@aavnn_]

im honestly tired of people saying english isnt the most spoken language, it is. But the thing is people usually only look at the native speakers

[@quelelelele8946]

4:38 you forgot liberia was never colonized too

[@user-fh5gx4yb5s]

Apparently about 3 counties on earth have never been colonised by any European country as we already know Liberia but the other 2 are Japan and South Korea

[@TheEarthDude47]

u cant speak spain its spanish

[@nothyiscool]

yes

[@liliasantana2605]

Sí

[@aaronbarrea8922]

The Statue of Liberty is in the New York State. The island and a part of Ellis Island are owned by the state, not New Jersey.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

The island is in New York 🏙️

[@little8person493]

Fact: english actually has about 300m more speakers than 1b

[@NewYorkBall558]

You got it wrong, the Statue of Liberty is part of NY because they said they get all of the islands that is between the maritime borders of NJ and NY

[@Cyroid_1]

7:14 Correction: Switzerland has no capital. The leader of Switzerland does not want to give one region more than the other.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Switzerland has no longer capital

[@playfullisagoofygoober123]

Same with nauru, some people think its yaren but its not

[@itzamia]

One thing you should emphasize when it comes to maps is all countries are larger than they really are closer to the poles due to the Mercator projection. I remember looking at Antarctica on the World map in elementary school, and it looked like the largest landmass of anywhere else. It's just how countries closer to the poles on both sides are drawn.

[@SomeBavarianGuy.mp4]

8:01 aha, the great language of Spain

[@judyradtke7433]

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but they have around 14,000, and Wisconsin has nearly 16,000

[@ferruccioveglio8090]

There are 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 5 ares (500 square metres)

[@floppy8568]

0:45 the fact that you had to tell this XD

[@HDCygnus-16BB]

4:42 It was occupied by the Kingdom of Italy at one point during World War 2. So it would be Liberia which has not been under European rule.

[@robertrisk93]

They even speak italian in Eritrea, which was part of Ethiopia.

[@germany-ball855]

Fun fact:Switzerland actually has no official capital,but it is true that most people say Berne

[@dvongrad]

At 5:51, your depiction of Earth as an ellipsoid appears to bulge at the poles, whereas the true bulge at the equator might have been better represented by having Africa at the centre of the graphic and the poles at the top and bottom.

[@LuxieDamned]

Thank you, this bugged me a lot

[@paulbedichek5177]

Oblate spheroid.

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Poles are flat

[@jaimehsoto]

2:33 The northernmost country with penguins is Ecuador. There are penguins in Galapagos islands, barely north of the equator.

[@traviswhite9175]

I'm 34, & study stuff like geography every week; geography was one of my subjects like math when I went to school. I have read lots of books, checked lots of websites, watched lots of videos, & +80% of my family, friends, & myself know English is the most-spoken language on Earth, that Spain is a country in Europe, that Spanish is the official language of Spain, & lots more. According to Ethnologue, English is the most-spoken language in the world including native and non-native speakers. Like Latin or Greek at the time, English has become the world's common language. It is the default language in international business, tourism, technology, and much more. I believe that the said Spain 🇪🇸 by accident when they meant to say Spanish. They probably did that by mistake for Spain and Spanish start with the same first 3 letters, like French & France, English & England, Chinese & China, Portuguese & Portugal, Japanese & Japan, Russian & Russia, & more.

[@ltgaming8510]

Actually, French only has the first 2 letters same as France

[@martinbynion1589]

I think he means "most spoke native language". English is the second or third language of a lot of people, but that's not what this is about.

[@nathanides7584]

English is the most spoken language though, that statement doesn't exclude people who speak it as a second language And Spain is not a language, Spanish is

[@shaunmemes6685]

Another misconception, Canberra is not pronounced can-bear-a, it’s pronounced cambrah.(this is coming from an Australian)

[@Gic424_YT]

I knew most of these as I’m a geography nerd

[@Tapazi]

This is a good and helpful and I enjoyed it but I still found some mistakes in the video: 1. Switzerland technically doesn't have a capital since the title of capital city was never assigned (7:13) 2. Ethiopia was colonized by Italy in WW2 for 5 years so the only non-colonized country in Africa is Liberia which you didn't also include (4:33) 3. English is the most spoken language with 1.4 billion speakers and Mandarin Chinese has 1.1 billion (5:36)

[@tacit4663]

Italy didn't colonise Ethiopia it was only occupied theres a difference

[@invitingbuildkpop]

English is more spoken tahn Mandarin in the "non-native" term, in native terms it's the 3rd most spoken

[@ubiozmiec]

@@invitingbuildkpop Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora.[4] English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India.[5] English is also an official language in seven states and seven union territories of India, and the additional official language in seven other states and one union territory. Furthermore, English is the sole official language of the Indian Judiciary, unless the state governor or legislature mandates the use of a regional language, or if the President of India has given approval for the use of regional languages in courts.[6] btw don't think that Mandarin is native in all of China, have you heard of Cantonese?

[@dougmontgomery4851]

Other Chinese dialects are Hakka, Min, and Wu.

[@Domjot5569]

Honestly as a History Buff, and a Geography nerd, I only didn't know the last one, I was honestly surprised.

[@ZBisson]

The Statue of Liberty is inside of New York, and penguins also live in the Galápagos Islands, which is farther north than Peru.

[@kyrgyzstaniscool]

Even if the Russian republics were to split up, Siberia would still be the largest country

[@srgwcov]

Russian *republics* (not the outdated soviet socialist republics) make up the Russian Federation ...

[@kyrgyzstaniscool]

@@srgwcov ah, thanks

[@WangLaker]

Holy crap. Nearly all of them got wrong and I wouldn't expect that to happen.

[@alvexok5523]

6:35 - The Middle East lies in 3 continents, Egypt is in Africa, Turkey is in Europe, and the rest of the Middle East countries are in Asia

[@FairhavenOffical]

Switzerland doesn't have a capital according to its Constitution. the only reason we think Berne is because almost all of the government building are in that city.

[@BoosterTheGamer]

At 7:20 The capital of Australia is pronounced Can-Bra and it is between Sydney and Melbourne (not trying to be a autocorrcet)

[@steinadler4193]

As a german speaking person, I have always pronounced it Kän-Perrra, thanks for your correction.

[@mistasomen]

Many of these facts depend on how you look at things. Per example, the most spoken language. Sure, if you count the nr of nazive speakers, it's Chinese. But if you count the nr of people who can converse in the language, things look VERY different, with English surpassing Chinese easily.

[@robertrisk93]

1 geography fact that MOST people get wrong is that LA PAZ is the capital of BOLIVIA. Even on this video, at 6:59 you show a map that marks LA PAZ as the country's capital. The truth is, that it may be the DE FACTO capital, but Bolivia's constitution CLEARLY states that SUCRE is the country's capital.

[@isfrom5169]

The statue is under NY, actually . Its kind of like an exclave

[@Evertech.]

He forgot Liberia was also always independent too lol

[@NoNumbersAtTheEnding]

Technically it started as America's one and only coloney

[@Evertech.]

@@NoNumbersAtTheEnding fair

[@dinofangzz]

6:49 the Caspian Sea is widely believed to be a sea and yet is approximately 27 metres below sea level.

[@manelmunoz2375]

it's a lake, though

[@dinofangzz]

@@manelmunoz2375 so what constitutes a lake and a sea

[@manelmunoz2375]

@@dinofangzz lakes are not conected to the oceans. The caspian sea, despite its name, is the biggest lake on Earth.

[@dinofangzz]

@@manelmunoz2375 fair enough mate

[@arcquestions]

Rivers tho?

[@TitanCameraman16282]

I knew Some Of These Facts Already, But Still Great!

[@Jamesonsullivan1644]

Fun fact: I know Russia is the biggest country but not bigger than Africa it’s only bigger than 3 continents they are Oceania, Europe and Antarctica

[@eeshanm5617]

Nah the Missouri River is just a tributary river that doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t longer but you included the banks of the river which are parts of the Missouri river

[@howto302]

Spain is a language???

[@kalebwieland4938]

As of 2023 Over 1.4 billion people speak English Around 1.1 billion people speak Mandarin Nearly 500 million people speak Spanish

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

error: english IS the most spoken language, mandarin chinese just has the most native speakers.

[@rayannoor5350]

i used to think canada was the largest country 6:06

[@earthbasics10]

Appreciate the honesty mate!

[@capy_turtle]

It has the longest coast line

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Canada is the largest country in North America

[@KuroKomix]

0:55 That is leaving out... a *lot* of information there, dude. Tecnically yes, Liberty Island and Ellis Island are in the territorial waters of New Jersey. It was a compact between New York and New Jersey in 1834 that properly defined the water border betweeen the two as existing straight down the middle of the Hudson River and giving a large chunk of the Upper Bay to New Jersey - however the same compact specified that Liberty Island and Ellis Island would remain part of New York's territory despite being in the territorial waters of New Jersey (and this was further complicated by the expansion of Ellis Island through land reclamation - the original area of Ellis Island is still part of New York, but all the expanded territory of the island is part of New Jersey because it was reclaimed from New Jersey waters. Basically, the Statue of Liberty is on an island that is an Exclave of New York, and and to say it's not part of New York because the island is in New Jersey waters would be like giving Spain's Canary Islands to Morocco because they lie within territorial waters for Morocco, or Gibralter to Spain because it's right there surrounded by Spanish Territory.

[@kaipfannschmidt4140]

same thoughts here, thank you

[@mattslupek7988]

I was surprised that Ecuador uses the $US. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember that Holland was only part of the Netherlands. I’m pretty sure that the reason some people think that Canada is the largest country in area is because it used to be the second in size to the USSR, and assumed that after the breakup of the USSR, Canada would claim largest country status, when it actually became Russia.

[@gaedingar9791]

I have wonderes how you get that idea. But your explanation makes actually kind of sence. Been born after their breakup, I unsurprisingly learned in geography class, that Russia is the largest country. And that was many years before talking about the USSR in history class. So, I am probably too young to make that mistake.

[@mattslupek7988]

@@gaedingar9791 Yeah, I was born in 1965, so I remember the Cold War. I saw the stuff you learned about in history class on the news. LOL

[@vol.4691]

I am quoting google, because why not. "The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue"

[@EaioehRobloxGamer]

What about Australia the largest city is Sydney and the capital is Canberra

[@earthbasics10]

Maybe watch the whole video mike?

[@EaioehRobloxGamer]

Oh ok I saw it

[@EaioehRobloxGamer]

And the capital of Switzerland is Bern but you wrote Berne

[@EaioehRobloxGamer]

And Shanghai in China is the largest city and the capital is Beijing

[@jennifermorrey7378]

7:51 I love speaking Spain, I'ts very fun.

[@mathguy37]

8:02 51. Spain is a country, not a language

[@Friendlyplushyadventures]

This was interesting I definitely did not know some of these 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TLawGOAT74]

Ill give you some facts if you respond and pin

[@nicolebiewald18]

No he won't

[@kyrgyzstaniscool]

He might respond, he won't pin you though. I could be wrong

[@TLawGOAT74]

@@kyrgyzstaniscool thx and good to knwo

[@earthbasics10]

Here’s my respond, thx for the support and I don’t need the facts, but thank you anyway!

[@TLawGOAT74]

@@earthbasics10 thank you

[@enugudouala1314]

Russia is big!!!!!!!!!

[@mostkhanum1467]

Reallllllllllllly blg

[@mostkhanum1467]

Reallllllllllllllllllly big

[@Kelli_Animates_AndGd]

We know

[@Ireland_needs_monies]

6:35 Caspian Sea: ima head out but why are loads of countries pointing shotguns at me?

[@theunintelligentlydesigned4931]

The Middle East doesn't have a clear definition. It used to not include Turkey, Iran, or Egypt. In fact, if I remember my history correctly, it didn't include Iraq either.

[@user-sm8wf1mj9g]

I used to believe that Canada was the largest country thanks for the information

[@AdamLorenz]

yes its "SPANISH" as the second most spoken language in the world not Spain

[@14xpm14]

The statue of liberty is in new york. Liberty island and ellis island was given to new york, but they are surrounded by new jersey.

[@thatoneplaneandcar]

Thanks for that info

[@grimekid666]

1:44 those maps were used for sailors back in the day, so that the straight lines going up the map can correctly show where you'd end up

[@Xavier911-ph1wh]

Why Greenland and Russia seem bigger on maps is because of distortion you can’t make a absolutely correct map without a bit of inaccuracy

[@superlegendbg9743]

As a Spanish my life changed when he said "Spain is the second most spoken language"

[@ChickenTruck69-dl8ck]

Also English is the most spoken if you include most of The UK Colonies.

[@lauralevy3994]

As a American I learned at the beginning of march that Puerto Rico is part of my country🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@red5085]

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[@gigafishwasnottaken]

ah yes i love learning the spain language

[@horsepowerandtalk1033]

English is spoken in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Austrailia, New Zealand in all countries in Europe and taught to all Chinese school children thatshould put it over the top. But they're not realy good at it.

[@hunterpayne3551]

Well technically Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers but if we count everyone that can speak English then it has the most speakers

[@traviswhite9175]

I agree with you about that 100%.

[@kuub16]

4:42 Liberia: Am i a joke to you?

[@Alphabetlowercasei]

Yes

[@darkyboode3239]

I assure you that Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan aren’t in Europe, they’re in Asia.

[@Parso77]

I wouldn’t agree that English is not the most spoken language. It is not the most spoken language *natively*. But overall, it is the most spoken.

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

In Argentina, we're taught that there's 7 continents... ((yea... America is one big landmass but its the same as Eurasia, the Isthmus of Panama joins both North and South America, ((making them a single landmass, also its not AUSTRALIA... its Oceania.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

And here we have yet another failure of the Argentine educational system. Australia is a continent. Oceania is a region, not a continent. A continent a land mass and ocean is not land. This is defined by professional geographers and accepted by their international association. It has been for centuries. It is not up to anyone's personal interpretation. But of course Argentinians seem to have a record of not understanding geography, what is where, and who it belongs to.

[@user-zk6qg6xt5y]

51) Egypt doesn’t have the most pyramids. It’s actually Sudan

[@angle_animations]

Statue of liberty is in New york for some reason even though its on the new jersey side

[@Gorillify_]

You said Spain, not Spanish is the second most spoken language😂😂

[@robertrisk93]

Fact 50. The pyramid of Cholula undoubtely is the largest pyramidal man made structure of the world, however it is buried underground and you can only see a spanish church built above what seems to be a hill, but rather is the Pyramid of Cholula, under it. The pyramid that you show in your video as Cholula's Pyramid at 8:26 is in fact the Templo of Kukulcán, in Chichén Itzá.