50 People Reveal A Weird Fact About Their Home State | Culturally Speaking | Condé Nast Traveler

[@ejay5506]

You can totally tell who searched for a good answer and who just showed up and said any random thing that came to mind, lol.

[@connorm_3605]

Florida girl lol

[@NAcHO-wx5vg]

ConnorM _ that’s how she normally is though.

[@kayd731]

Yep.

[@LeeCDylan]

Weird stuff happens all in Florida, and you go with "Flo Rida means Florida"?!

[@keyleeh.4138]

And she only JUST realized it? What happened to the Latina that used to do Florida, I liked her. This current one seems... dim.

[@connorm_3605]

Kay H. Yesss! Her or the guy needs to come back. Anyone with a brain (who can spell), would’ve figured that out by now.

[@kaitlynlunt8114]

I can’t stand the Florida girl

[@jillianliner7486]

I love the girl !! But switch it up

[@erice6381]

🤦‍♂️

[@luisdg6232]

Time Stamp (Alphabetical order) Alabama: 5:19 Alaska : 1:29 Arizona: 1:35 Arkansas: 3:42 California: 1:10 Colorado: 4:44 Connecticut: 1:41 Delaware: 3:17 Florida: 00:46 Georgia: 00:53 Hawaii: 00:24 Idaho: 00:40 Illinois: 1:06 Indiana: 4:30 Iowa: 1:46 Kansas: 5:28 Kentucky: 00:35 Louisiana: 2:23 Maine: 2:39 Maryland: 2:42 Massachusetts: 1:56 Michigan: 00:00 Minnesota: 2:26 Mississippi: 3:56 Missouri: 00:56 Montana: 5:13 Nebraska: 3:05 Nevada: 3:30 New Hampshire: 1:26 New Jersey: 4:09 New Mexico: 5:09 New York: 3:24 North Carolina: 2:53 North Dakota: 2:29 Ohio: 5:25 Oklahoma: 4:15 Oregon: 00:51 Pennsylvania: 2:45 Rhode Island: 4:23 South Carolina: 4:56 South Dakota 3:49 Tennessee: 00:13 Texas: 2:13 Utah: 5:05 Vermont: 1:04 Virginia: 00:21 Washington: 5:31 West Virginia: 1:18 Wisconsin: 4:33 Wyoming: 4:03 Hope this helped 😁

[@VishalSingh-mo8cl]

Thanks 😊

[@sloankenley706]

I would not have the patience to do that. Cutos to you

[@luisdg6232]

Your Welcome!

[@mrs.allamerican7999]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@AGJ117]

I feel so bad for Florida residents. That's was awful.

[@mvelez5002]

Thank you. As a Floridian I can say I agree 💯

[@nutshellpilot5294]

That was cringe. For florida i would say the suprising thing is it actually gets a little "chilly" in the winter or public drinking is allowed

[@nutshellpilot5294]

Rhode Island: the city i grew up in has the most italians per capita Me: wait.... Rhode island is more than just providence?

[@613lcd]

love your comment...LMAO......she's sweet but it seems like she lived here for a couple of years and now just visits.....🤔

[@613lcd]

@@nutshellpilot5294 I would of said the growing population of iguanas

[@frequentlyoffline3917]

Plot twist: Maryland girl became self aware because they found someone dumber, the Florida girl.

[@oliveranderson7264]

@Mira M Maryland girl or Florida girl ?

[@krisandres2011]

California Strange Facts: - The San Francisco fog has a nickname: Karl. - Films have to be shown in Los Angeles County to be eligible for an Academy Awards submission, although this year is an exception due to COVID-19. - Steve Jobs hated license plates, so he leased a new Mercedes-Benz SL 55 AMG every six months. - There are over 100 nationalities residing in Fresno. - The state produces 80% of the world’s almonds.

[@purpleglitz]

Fresno? Really? Shocking 🤨 but the Central Valley does have a lot of almond fields! Nice facts!

[@tuckertootsie9639]

esha there is not over 100 nationalities residing in Fresno lol.

[@walter4981]

@@tuckertootsie9639 can you back that up? lol

[@tuckertootsie9639]

That Car Guy yes. It’s called Google

[@walter4981]

@@tuckertootsie9639 ok, I'll google it too Edit: There's 75, not technically 100, but still a lot

[@landonsmith295]

2:12 That's why the amusement park chain is called Six Flags because the first Six Flags was Six Flags Over Texas and there was Six Flags that flew over Texas and I guess the name Six Flags just stuck.

[@deanlock2986]

What’s strange to me is that they use the name internationally. Are they all western themed or what?

[@grbear01]

Dean Lock Six Flags Over Texas has a couple different areas based on the countries that used to own Texas, so there are some western themed things, but the whole thing isn’t western

[@jonahs92]

@@deanlock2986 Six Flags is based in Texas. It's a Texan company. Why would they have another name in other places? The Disney amusement park in Shanghai is still called Disneyland....

[@sloankenley706]

I always just thought that they were based off of Looney Tunes characters. Good to know

[@glong86]

See that's unique 👌 something that most people probably don't know. You should replace one of these people.

[@imfromdowntown]

Nebraska guy is thoughtful and seems intelligent but he's mentioned the football stadium fact in at least four different videos. Dude is just phoning it in now. 😐😂

[@seansmith7263]

There is about 5+ states that can say the same thing. University of west Virginia's football stadium is the largest city in west Virginia during a sellout.

[@a.j.marcantonio153]

And the Georgia man is always talking about Waffle House.

[@Chibears1985]

And it's not even true to only Nebraska. The same can be said about Pennsylvania in that only Philly and Pittsburgh are more populous during a Penn State game

[@courtneywagner5016]

they need a new person to represent nebraska bc this guy sucks with answers

[@kambo63]

Here's a Nebraska fact: Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state in the US. Almost 80,000 miles of rivers in the state.

[@gabrielle-75]

I didn’t think the Colorado guy’s sentence could get any weirder but then he just kept going

[@Iflip4starkid]

Gabrielle Lund it’s gets stranger: we call the horse Blucifer

[@ocularnervosa]

But if you know the story of the Denver airport and the horse it all makes perfect sense. :)

[@suzijinnett889]

The horse is so terrifying to drive past

[@matmusich7278]

I love seeing Blu at DIA

[@心中-y4e]

Suzi Jinnett what do you mean I love that horse maybe it’s because I’ve never seen it at night

[@RiceBenderson]

When the South Carolina guy said, “We like to take people down”, I though he was going in a different direction

[@circa81]

California guys strange fact, "there is a fault line in LA..."

[@danielleporter1829]

The San Andres Fault is directly under Downtown LA. A fact that most Angelenos don't know is that it a actually has snowed once in the city before. Back in 1947 , I know because my dad told me because he was 9 or 10 @ the time

[@michaelzhang5074]

There are a million things to say about California but he chose the San Andreas fault, which I'm sure everyone in the nation knows about. Kinda disappointed ngl

[@plqthora5323]

@@danielleporter1829 its not under downtown LA, it goes through Palmdale haha

[@KrzNena]

@@danielleporter1829 There’s a fault under downtown L.A that is connected with the San Andreas but it’s NOT the San Andreas fault.

[@Zaalpe]

Feel like Florida has a lot of weirder things about it than Flo Rida's name.

[@lawrencepoluchowicz3314]

-Elephants can also get parking fines in Miami. -University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville has an emergency plan in place if a zombie apocalypse occurs. -The reason why many Florida Man articles exist is because of a law that allows news sites and channels to have unrestricted access to all police reports. - A woman married a ferris wheel named Bruce in 2013.

[@RiceBenderson]

Is the Maryland girl just trolling us at this point?

[@jmac1851]

LMAO

[@jacoba5988]

LOL

[@gabel.g7812]

Honestly I couldn’t think of anything

[@dominabox]

Tbh she did better than Washington and Florida at least 🤣

[@NAcHO-wx5vg]

We can only hope xD

[@davidtrottier7066]

Maine: We have the coldest springs in the US Alaska: laughing

[@StnrVibe]

He said coldest, not frozen XD

[@digitalrookie]

I was born and raised in Michigan and when someone said we were going to Coney island, went went to this dive restaurant and got Coney dogs and fries. If and when I go back, no one better take me to a deli.

[@remyjarrett8863]

Yeah I've literally never heard someone refer to a deli as Coney Island

[@MarcusWilliams]

She's the only person in the world that thinks Coney Island is a deli.

[@robinhoodieradio3394]

This Colorado guy is always on point. Very Coloradan. Good casting Conde Naste!

[@ivegotextrabread9652]

Okay I’ll tell you what the actual weird fact of Minnesota is. There is a Jason Vorhees statue chained to the bottom of one of our lakes, which just so happens to be called Crystal Lake. You can go scuba diving to go see it and it’s a really cool site!

[@liamjaeb20676]

Yeah that fact she gave didnt seem true. I looked it up and I was right. St. Paul has always been our capital

[@carolinethayer7932]

The New Jersey dudes a Hamilton fan😂

[@jakebutler291]

Caroline Thayer and we stan!!!

[@carolinethayer7932]

@@jakebutler291 Of course!!!

[@suzijinnett889]

Ok but the Colorado one is spot on

[@drewconway7135]

Seriously, Mr. Washington? “It’s not Canada.” How weird. 😒

[@Bluelvis]

🤣😂🤣 Thank you! 🤪

[@vanferuli3]

If your. ID card puts "vancouver W.A". Everyone looks at you suspicius...they try to put sirupe on my soup at one time

[@lizaharris4517]

wow i never would have guessed

[@walter4981]

He's just kidding around, no need to make a big deal about it

[@guapogordonguapofraizer8311]

Because washington is the 42nd state, the capitol bullding in olympia has 42 steps, Washington had a large fight called “the pig war” which started over the murder of a pig

[@NurseKayceeHere]

I didn’t think about the Coney Island thing but she’s got a point 😂😂

[@Hydra48]

But Coney Island isn’t even a deli..

[@NurseKayceeHere]

Chris yeah it’s more of a restaurant -is maybe what she was trying to say?

[@Hydra48]

Kaycee Peterson I honestly have no idea lmao, I just found it weird that she called it a deli but used finger quotes lol

[@Eldon_is_The_Best]

Utah - SLC has the world’s first KFC...and it has an all-you-can-eat buffet.

[@jamesmckenzie9529]

Proud of Nevada guy. First time he gave a fact that wasn't centered around Las Vegas. Good job!

[@paigey-poo4235]

Real Washington fact: the city of Seattle got buried and rebuilt a floor upwards, every building in the old areas you see is actually the second floor and the bottom floor is underground, connecting the city with a network of tunnels! They offer tours and it’s pretty rad. If I remember correctly it was all to do with toilets???

[@cold894]

I watch the entire video for Washington and all I get is that we're not Canadians??? 😤 Smh

[@Mallroy85]

The exact comment I was going to make.

[@JCdevoss]

Florida 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@zoeweaver418]

I live in the Ohio town with the big picnic basket! It used to be the corporate offices for a basket-making company (the inside has a beautiful grand piano, ballroom, glass elevator), but it was recently sold to become a hotel.

[@BaileyBellSparkle]

I didn't know they had turned into a hotel! Now I want to go visit lol. It's near Columbus right?

[@zoeweaver418]

@@BaileyBellSparkle they just bought it! I don't think renovations have started yet haha. But yeah, its about an hour east of Columbus!

[@thatperson6818]

Florida - Flo Rida. Had she never seen it written down???

[@lrose1310]

I think also the album for his 1 big song, he had his name designed so the "F" in it looked like the shape of Florida.

[@suzijinnett889]

Once again. My NM guys does not disappoint.

[@orlamacgrath8409]

4:50 how could he not mention the horse is called "Bluecifer" 😂😂

[@kambo63]

Oregon fact: Oregon is the only state with a flag that has 2 different sides. The state seal on one side and a beaver on the other.

[@vyronix5698]

It’s a cool fact, but I have a much weirder one: In 1984, this one guy named Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh started a cult and wanted land to build it on, so he asked the government. They said no, so him and his cult members poisoned the salad bar restaurants in the town of The Dalles with salmonella to suppress non-cult voters. Eventually they got the land.

[@kambo63]

@@vyronix5698 two of my cousins ate at one of the places they spread the salmonella. There's a great doc series on Netflix about them called Wild, Wild West.

[@alli457]

Yeah Hamilton made that a widely known fact NJ guy. "Everything's legal in New Jersey"

[@alli457]

Rural Illinois loves Casey's pizza too, breakfast pizza is the best

[@ilikecapybaras6806]

"we have wet land" why is this dude representing utah

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The NYC Subway has been operating since 1904, quite a long time! It's the system with the most stations. Over 400!

[@ManNamedStacy]

Weird Fact about MI, we have a representative on your channel who’s never experienced her own state beyond Woodward Ave.

[@impractical1158]

Oof that’s sad I like the West Virginia guy I always agree with what he has to say about the state

[@NYChica23]

New York girl got it on point...the one constant you can count on in the subway system is that at least one line will be delayed or not running

[@genius179]

Fun fact: Utah’s state snack is Jello

[@rachele3334]

I believe that. I lived there for a semester and I went to a pot luck dinner and there was so much jello and so many varieties! Some of it even had vegetables in it. 😂

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

NEW YORK : Subway trains that are delayed! : ) I agree with the lady in New York.

[@wmehigan]

Oregon's fun fact is the exploding whale incident. Just type "Oregon exploding whale" in your KZbin search bar.

[@laurelanderson6782]

Will, that’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life

[@matthewyothers2906]

@@laurelanderson6782 I agree, and also, the Oregon representative in the first group (he's a different guy) said that in the previous strange fact video.

[@Redorgreenful]

THAT was the interesting fact. The other one is Rajneesh Puram cult.

[@glong86]

Oh there are earthquake fault lines in CA? Thank you so much for that enlightening reveal. Can we get a new rep please!

[@amandas.6500]

A Blucifer reference! Go Colorado rep!

[@peterd5843]

i love the Colorado guy

[@annabelvb]

MA you did not disappoint 👏🏻 history ✅ puns ✅

[@cherie..cherry]

It’s always funny telling people you’re going to Coney Island and they’re surprised when you’re talking about a restaurant!

[@insanitysam]

I would drive by that blue horse every time I went to the airport to visit family as a kid, and it terrorized me even before I knew the story behind it

[@user89076]

So, South Carolina's is pretty much: "we can be bitchy at times". Well, so much for "southern hospitality" 😂

[@GeronFletcher]

I’m Cumberland Kentucky is one of only 2 places on earth you can see a moon bow, which is a rainbow at night

[@circa81]

Rainbow at night, huh?

[@Catboy_Lyon]

Weirdest fact about California is something else. We were are own nation but we don’t have much records or stuff because we weren’t recognized as a nation by anyone

[@ItsKimOlson]

There's a town in West Virginia where Wi-Fi is illegal?!

[@impractical1158]

It’s becuz there’s this like observatory near it where there can’t be any outside radiation within a certain radius of it so it doesn’t interfere with anything. It’s like in the middle of no where so not very many ppl even know about it I believe

[@tammywilliamskeefer]

The Greenbank radio telescope resides there, and it's the largest moving structure in the world. It's so sensitive that the people living around there (including parts of VA and maybe even a tip of MD) aren't only not allowed to access wifi, but they can't use radios or microwave ovens either!

[@mariannebalogun9442]

the molassacre took me outtt

[@Mac11-92]

New Mexico is not the only state to test nuclear bombs. They have also been detonated in: Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.

[@leonbattistaalberti6691]

But it was the first.

[@Ah_Yote]

Okay to be fair on this one as well, Maryland girl is pretty correct, we have someone the most haunted places in the entire U.S. But a weird fact that gets mentioned often by tourist, is our flag is everywhere, never knew that wasn’t normal until it kept getting mentioned as I got older

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

That’s your weird fact, Florida? Not one of your weird laws?

[@jmac1851]

Hey arent you that guy on Drew Durnils videos?

[@juanroberto8460]

@@jmac1851 he is an account named after kim jong-un which is the dictator of north korea you must be slow if you didnt know that

[@jmac1851]

@@juanroberto8460 you must be slow if you didn't think i know that, but Im pretty sure you're trolling, right?

[@juanroberto8460]

@@jmac1851 yes and no I wanted to troll but I also thought your wording in the original was weird and made you look like you did not know his account, so I was just bored and you can take this however you want but yes this is a troll

[@jmac1851]

@@juanroberto8460 oh ok yh I already knew I was just wanting to know if he's the same account since a lot of people can name themselves Kim Jong Un.

[@edgargutierrez1569]

Get it together Florida girl 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ramsey6227]

why did my guy really just say "I don't know"

[@Sampdelu]

half the time he gives dumb answers

[@OsagieGuobadia]

Every people in this Conde Nast Travler, has their own opinion! : )

[@DragonKazooie89]

Utah - How about the fact that the first KFC was opened in here?

[@DoulaGarcia]

A more tasty fact! But, this time, he actually had a correct answer that fits because most wouldn't think of wetlands here making it "strange". KFC is definitely a more fun strange fact though.

[@crayolacrayons3118]

Really the az guy could have said anything and he said one of the first drive through McDonald's was in az bruhh where do I audition for this btw I would have said that it's illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub

[@divingintoive112]

The Maryland girl should answer about that town in the east part of Maryland that was named 'ACCIDENT'.

[@myawilibay595]

1:06 what about the fact that Gacy(the real pennywise clown) lived their.

[@parkersackewitz6266]

New Mexico: “We’re the only state to have an atomic bomb go off.” Nevada: “Am I just a joke to you?!”

[@gavin2915]

Lol in the Denver airport, because part is open to the air, there are birds that just like live in the airport lmao

[@clairecurran458]

Y’all gotta get a new spokesperson for Washington...

[@izarazmi1]

Nooo.. keep him.. he's funny ahaha

[@juanroberto8460]

And florida

[@rachele3334]

I’m surprised he didn’t mention coffee this time 😂

[@Mallroy85]

We’ve been trying.

[@buckingnutz09]

Another one for Ohio: A river near Cleveland once caught fire because of an oil slick on the river.

[@lepurpleboi3266]

Yep, the Cuyahoga River has caught fire about 13 times

[@jameshouse6241]

Nebraska guy uses the same fact for every question asked 😂😂

[@AGJ117]

4:08 Well, we know someone watched Hamilton.

[@robinchesterfield42]

Utah weird (?) facts: If Nevada is the silver state and California is the gold state, we're the copper one. One of the biggest copper mines ever is in Utah. There're even cities/counties named after what was/is mined there. ("Carbon County.") We have an official state dinosaur (the Allosaurus). The Velociraptors in Jurassic Park are probably based more off of Utahraptors (and/or Deinonychus). Yes, these are all rock related. What do you want, it's a rocky state! :P

[@michiokoxiiiable]

Yay!!! For once I can agree with Colorado dude!

[@mskapyak17]

Blucifer gives me unsettling vibes whenever I drive pass him, so I totally agree

[@arlaur]

Matt S. “Blucifer!” I take it that’s the colloquial name for the horse statue? That is awesome!

[@mskapyak17]

Ari Shagal yessir

[@celebrityspotlight737]

In the next video can you please ask 50 people if they can whistle

[@realnoahsimpson]

the quality 📉

[@jeffreyrobinson2310]

Washington state has the world's largest egg

[@sakuratree8163]

Well it was nice knowing that I'm not Canadian

[@butterfly99rocker]

Good job New Mexico! 🙌🏻

[@kaitlynsandoval4734]

finally, a thumbnail with the ct rep!

[@charlienolan5594]

Florida girl needs to gtfo for that one

[@stephenhall509]

Texas, birthplace of blue bell ice cream and dr. Pepper 😉

[@macey2486]

Texas represent oh yeah!

[@liammurphy9785]

The Maine dude always cracks me up. Something about him

[@izarazmi1]

He's like the Maine-est dude I've ever seen ahaha.. keep him!

[@hannahlindback9173]

Florida girl continuously lets me down. Couldn’t say that we have amazing wildlife, weird laws, NASA, Disney, literally ANYTHING ELSE

[@imfromdowntown]

@Hannah Lindback Florida rep is definitely lacking every video but Flo Rida is way more weird than Disney, NASA and amazing wildlife. 😂

[@hannahlindback9173]

Tosh T it literally has nothing to do with Florida tho. When I say Disney and stuff I mean weird/unknown facts about these things. Like how Disney was a wetland and was drained or how the manatee is endangered and a gentle giant. Not knowing that Flo rida meant Florida is just stupidity

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

Cape Canaveral lmao

[@davids6898]

For California I’d follow Tennessee’s lead (is that a pun in this case?) and say that Los Angeles is the birthplace of the Zamboni.

[@marisafiji5076]

the wv guy never fails to impress me

[@TheBigmann1991]

Here for the Maryland girl’s response

[@mia7061]

I have one for New York, It always seems to smell like hot trash everywhere you go lol

[@jukelly64]

Born and been living in VT my whole life - had no idea Ted Bundy was born in Burlington.

[@lxd4012]

Me:waiting for state Man:Biggest Basket

[@bncrain]

Wisconsin: There's a Netflix show that is set here.

[@maxima17]

0:40 WTF who would do that? 😹

[@penquin402]

Oklahoma has 2 very weird laws. One of them is that it's illegal to take a bite out of someone else's hamburger. Another law is in Oklahoma city which is that it's illegal to walk backwards while eating a hamburger.

[@jmac1851]

Yall must love your hamburgers

[@macey2486]

Okay but what if I only like cheeseburgers 🤔

[@penquin402]

@@macey2486 I don't know about that

[@penquin402]

@Ba Gawk Well I was getting ready to eat lunch when I made that comment.

[@jhorsmanma]

Boston Molassacre

[@schaefer_hund]

Is New Mexico guy forgetting the Nevada Test Site, or...?

[@slavkopejic3140]

Not only that, but there were some nuclear tests in Alaska, Colorado and Mississippi.

[@sonnyciccone2732]

what is the colorado guys name?

[@gracemcnair5712]

When talking about weird parts of Utah, I too go directly to the wetlands. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@danielaharding2530]

Right? The only wetlands I have even heard of are west of Kaysville by the great Salt Lake. It's cool and all, but not a weird fact.

[@katerinaelshaug6195]

The Utah guy...his answers are always so umm...lackluster. Wetlandsssss. why

[@sakuratree8163]

WTF HE DIDN'T MENTION THE FIRST STARBUCKS OR OTHER THINGS. ALOT OF STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON.

[@matthewyothers2906]

Am I experiencing another joke after I heard Massachusetts' response.

[@JustRaven00]

I read about the molasses flood for language arts lol.

[@roxyperez3411]

In Arizona it's illegal to have an ice cream cone in your pocket.

[@taejoongi1985]

It is illegal to cary ice cream in your back pocket in Kentucky

[@andrackulateamshots501]

Oregon has the most strip clubs per capita than any other state

[@BlobGamingz]

Nice video keep it up it was a very good video

[@Tatie1996]

As a Floridian I feel highly offended that she came up with Flo Rida!