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[@scodellina5482]

I am Italian and I can and do drink straight milk from the refrigerator. It quenches my digestion difficulties especially if cold... In Europe we consume LOTS of dairies, there are thousands of cheese types.

[@BergenDev]

Milk & cheese is amazing.

[@ForsakenLogitek]

Portuguese here and yeah, we consume a lot of milk here,

[@Dreyno]

North or south? The change from butter to olive oil and Parmesan to Pecorino that happens as you drive south in Italy is really stark.

[@herm195]

I drink 1L of milk in a day😂

[@Anson_AKB]

@@herm195 I just looked in my fridge how much "nutritional value" one liter has ... Milk 550-680 kilocalories, coca cola 420 kilocalories, and eating a bar of chocolate (100g) is around the same amount of calories as 1l of milk ...

[@kerotomas1]

As weird as it sounds in WW1 Tsar Nicholas II, Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V were all cousins to eachother as they were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

[@Dreyno]

It’s not weird. Royalty are incestuous inbreds. I’d be more surprised if they weren’t related.

[@barrylyndon5084]

In fact, if you see photographs of them, they are physically identical

[@jarluhtraed9725]

Tzar Boris of Bulgaria and the king of Romania were cousins too (not first degree but still)

[@mikkorenvall428]

Don't know about Victoria, but all of them had a mother that where Danish princess of origin. That's why they where cousins.

[@ledatufarulo7316]

That's why a genetic sickness was spread throu all aristocratici families of europe! That's why the son of the last zar was very sick, he had emofilia!

[@kimmern999]

Here in Norway, not drinking milk is basically unheard of. We usually have a glass of milk with our meal daily, and usually for more than one of the meals. For me personally, living a life without drinking milk is just a hypothesis that's hard to imagine being an actual reality.

[@VelidAgovic]

For me it is hard to imagine humans, who do not even drink their own species milk after the aproximate age of two, would go as an adults and drink milk from the other animal, which is ten times heavier.

[@danielcraig243]

@@VelidAgovic We also dont eat our own species but we eat others. Drinking their milk seems normal to me

[@patrickhein6986]

Living in Northern Germany here it´s the same. Can´t imagine living one day without drinking some Milk.

[@jonnor6883]

Oh I'm Norwegian and I don't drink milk. Have no problem, just don't like the taste. Used be normal in the days to drink milk, but it's decreasing.

[@kimmern999]

@@jonnor6883 Yes, I'm not saying that there aren't Norwegians that don't drink milk. I have a wife that don't need to drink milk. I'm just saying it's the norm, and that we as a society is based on the "fact" that milk is something we appreciate and see as an integral part of our cultural heritage.

[@fiachramacaodha1260]

There are actually 26 countries using the Euro, 20 in the EU and six non-EU countries. The four microstates of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City have a monetary agreement with the EU. Kosovo and Montenegro just decided to adopt it unilaterally. It is also used in many overseas territories of EU member scattered around the world.

[@gogollepremier6969]

You made a good point

[@jarluhtraed9725]

And Croatia should adopt it this year if i recall correctly

[@mikkorenvall428]

​Originally yes, as there where using German Marks, but today Croatia is a member of EU.

[@renato147101]

​@@mikkorenvall428 we changed to euro last year,2023.

[@mortimersmithsr2522]

EU is doomed. You can come back in one year and say i'm Nostradamus.

[@tubekulose]

Please note: The Dark Ages actually do not bear this name because of their cruelty and life-hostile nature. They are mainly called like that because of a lack of historical documentation during certain centuries of the Early Middle Ages. Historians are still puzzling about how this gap of information between Late Antiquity and High Middle Ages is possible. By the way the reputation of the Middle Ages is much worse as they deserve it. Compared to the few centuries of Modern Era the Middle Ages were almost a paradise on earth, when you observingly study them. In the 20th century alone we had more wars and genocides in total than medieval Europe in the course of a 1000 years. Also the plague struck only once for two years in the 14th century (all the other plague epidemics were post-medieval). 🙂

[@2dimitropolis370]

In Serbia it was age of inlightment

[@tubekulose]

@@2dimitropolis370 I guess you are refering to the reign of tsar Stefan Dušan, right?

[@michel9372]

Spot on. It was during the so-called dark ages that all gothic cathedrals were built. Not so dark after all.

[@tubekulose]

@@michel9372 Right!

[@soewenue]

​​@@michel9372of course it depends on the country u are Living, but in most countries the dark ages are over ~ 1000 AD, so before gothic was invented. Here in germany we count the dark ages between fall of West rome and Split of the frankish empire. Have Talked with a brit bout this topic some time ago and he said that in England it is count from West rome until William the conquerer showed up. Gothic started in the 12th century so at least 100 years after end of the dark ages. The only huge cathedrals I know which were built in the dark ages are the romanic cathedrals of Aachen, Lindenthal, hildesheim and Zeitz (dont know about other countries). Even the most famous romanic cathedrals of germany (mainz, trier) werent built during the dark ages. Mainz was after the dark ages and Trier was before the dark ages. Edit: what has happened during the dark ages and Not gets enough attention These days, are the huge numbers of monasteries during this time, which were the true megaprojects of this time. So if u want to See what These people could built during the dark ages go to the so called "campus galli".

[@juanmontull8550]

YES! Finally someone has said it! The Spanish flu is called "Spanish" because the greatest number of victims were in Spain, yet it came from the USA. We are tired of this misunderstanding that is still going on. Greetings from Spain by the way😅

[@reineh3477]

Most people didn't die in Spain (other places had more), it was as they said in the video. Europe was in war, Spain was neutral and didn't censor their news so all news about the flu came from Spain. I think every video talking about the flu have mention it.

[@rubenm.brandi2354]

la llamaron gripe española porque fue el único país que informó abiertamente sobre la enfermedad y el número de muertes. No porque fuera donde mas muertes hubo

[@gerardflynn3899]

Actually it was called the Spanish Flu after it killed the King of Spain. But you are correct that it came from the US, from a small town in Kansas.

[@henriikkak2091]

It was the Kansas Flu

[@jal051]

No, no. The greatest number of victims weren't at Spain. The greatest number of victims were in the countries at war, with no medical care at all. It's called Spanish flu because in Spain the people with the illness filled the hospitals and the press reported it, so the world knew about it from the Spanish press.

[@zugi]

I hate when people call it 'European colonialism'. There were few countries that were colonisers but some didn't attack any other country. I think those that were should be called by name and not stick that sh*t on everyone.

[@Niki91-HR]

Finally someone who shares my opinion. I hate it too. I am like my country was busy surviving colonisers from the East aka Ottoman Empire for example. What irritates me even more is though that people still call European colonisers although it ended quite a long time ago. I would be weird if I would call todays Turkish people Ottomans.

[@cetus4449]

And what's more! Some European countries and nations were themselves treated colonially by empires (Poland and Ireland for example)

[@michel9372]

Actually there were two flavors of colonialism. British, Spanish and Portuguese - economical in nature, which aimed at 'acquiring' natural resources (see India and Latin America), and French - triggered originally by incessant acts of piracy by the Barbaresques (North Africans), which led to the construction of roads, hospitals and schools (see French-speaking Africa). A little known fact is that French colonies in Africa actually represented a net deficit for France but anti-colonials will never tell you that.

[@Phoboska511]

Right? My country was invaded several times, hell it's been 35 years since we were finally freed from Soviets and they keep saying European colonisers. My country didn't colonise anyone as we were too busy getting rid of those who colonised us. It's like saying Europe is a country. Name those who were the colonisers, don't put everyone in the same bag.

[@Niki91-HR]

@@Phoboska511 this is so relateable ...in my country's case it wasnt the Soviet Union but Yugoslavia... before that Austro Hungarian Empire, plus Italians and the Ottomans... we were hella busy as well. But some people apparently dont know history too well. It would be stupid as well if we called Asia colonizers just because Ghengis Khan did it with his Mongol people. These days though its a trend on hating on Europe as one unit and no matter if our ancestors did something or not we are all bad 🤮 They wanna sound smart but end up being dumb. Thats all I am going to say

[@irishflink7324]

I am from Sweden and I am 64 years old I still drink Milk everyday I just Love Milk

[@tohe0000]

Me too

[@Tove_Ishockey]

I'm 13 from Sweden and I don't know how to survive without milk

[@reinhard8053]

I'm German and some years younger, but a glas of milk everyday, too.

[@-Alemann]

Aye

[@Tove_Ishockey]

@@-Alemann ?

[@picobello99]

Another fun fact: the largest national park in the EU is about twice as large as the largest national park in Europe. How that's possible? The largest national park in Europe is on Iceland. The largest national park in the EU however is located in French Guyana, which is in South America, but it's a department of France and therefore officially part of the EU. So it's in the EU, but not in Europe. Kinda strange, right? The ESA rocket launch platform is also in French Guyana. Being closer to the equator is an advantage for launching rockets. The NASA one is in Florida for the same reason.

[@inotoni6148]

A lot was left out. For example, Spain, Northern and Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia were hardly treated. It focused primarily on England, France, the Romans and Greece

[@mbm5889]

Cuentan solo lo que les interesa.

[@zpitzer]

we nordics agree

[@rolflin]

No mention to little Andorra...landlocked too

[@190PITER]

I wanted to say the same thing

[@michalhejny8086]

and many more I believe@@rolflin

[@montrealbreakcore3241]

I'm Ukrainian, been enjoying milk my entire life, turning 24 tomorrow and will probably celebrate it with a generous chug of milk! Pretty sure most people drink milk here, my grandparents did so well into their later years.

[@jzsf82]

Have a happy birthday neighbor :) I'm turning 43 this year and I could count on my hands the days I haven't drink milk :) I was born in a medium size village in Romania and as a kid, I was drinking milk directly from the source(literally). All our neighbors had cows and I was always there when they were milking them. My main meal in school was a 1L bottle of cocoa milk. To this day, I buy 2L fresh milk every second day. I really feel bad for those who can't enjoy milk or dairy foods. Cheers.

[@draculakickyourass]

What is normal for us can be poisonous for other people around the world. I had an american english teacher in highschool here in Romania who got sick and been in hospital after trying....smantana (or smetana,depending on what side of border you are,lol) spread on bread......wich is crazy. Also they can get sick from the carp eggs salad (i heard about some cases), so be careful what you put on the table to foreign visitors.

[@mattlevuix8200]

​@@jzsf82milk directly from the cow, still warm, is one of the best things an human can enjoy...so an european😅. 35yo and drink milk instead of beers 😂.

[@JR-mh8vn]

@@mattlevuix8200 I think beer is even more European then milk or at the same level atleast for the Dutch and German

[@lv.1crook]

17:30 In Poland we basically had a government sponsored TV campaign that promoted drinking milk by children ( many famous Polish sportsman were included ) and it said "Drink milk, you'll grow big". So yeah, many Polish people drink milk without an issue.

[@herrakaarme]

A big dairy company had a campaign like that over here in Finland in the 1980's. They chose Ben Johnson for the ads, as an example of how strong you can become by drinking milk. Then it was revealed Johnson was a heavy doping user. The ads disappeared quickly.

[@Adrienmon]

We had a similar milk products propaganda by the milk lobby in France which was VERY prolific since not so long ago (until around the second half of the 2010s I'd say). Happy it slowed down, because the benefits we tended to give to milk are now proven to be way overrateded, if not bullshit. And as a country very well known for its cheeses, it's quite hard to not encounter resistance when you say that milk products are not so good for your health, regardless your ability to digest them or not.

[@mattlevuix8200]

​@@AdrienmonLa même chose en Suisse 😂

[@LadyMoonboy]

13:08 Greenland is an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark so it makes sense that they were in the EEC/EU PS: Nevermind they said that later in the video.😅

[@tompsu9536]

the shortest flight is done, because the ocean can be there really wavy and dangerous for a boat so they decided to do the short island hop on plane to carry inhabitants to for example like school or work between the two islands

[@simonrobbins8357]

Also worth pointing out the plane pictured in the video is not the type used. I’m not a plane enthusiast but the one in the video is some kind of jet with probably 150-200 seats😂

[@schwartzy65]

Cant build bridge?

[@draculakickyourass]

@@schwartzy65 Can you build a 300 meters pillar on the bottom of the sea? If so,how much it would cost? It would be like building many Burj Khalifa under salty water.

[@HPL2007]

We invented bridges, we just understand when not to over dangerous areas.

[@kerriondarkice]

@@schwartzy65 its Deep and Rough water - with storms that hamper boats - any bridge built would need to weather this and also any traffic on this would be at the mercy of the weather the cost of building it would be astonomical in comparsion to just a small play jump

[@mmmnnnnnnmmm]

I'm from Bulgaria... I love milk. I drink a big cup of milk mixed with coffee 4 times a day + sometimes often I just can drink a liter of cold milk instead of water, just because I'm thirsty :) *** Also another interesting fact, coming from Europe is that the oldest gold treasure in the world that was found came from the Varna Necropolis, as it is to be known. It contains over 300 graves dating back to the 5th millennium BCE. Among the graves were several that contained gold objects, including the famous Grave 43, which contained the oldest gold treasure in the world.

[@vogel2280]

Actually IKEA technically is no longer Swedish. They officially moved their headquarters to the Netherlands and are now officially a Dutch company. But in heart they still are very Swedish. I cannot deny that.

[@Lilygirl283]

They did for tax reasons?

[@vogel2280]

@@Lilygirl283 I'd say that could be a safe assumption.

[@goranforsberg639]

And SAAB is American and Volvo is Chinese...

[@Henrik_Holst]

If we follow that logic than A LOT of companies are really from Guerney and other tax havens.

[@TheXshot]

Just because their HQ is in the Netherlands, doesn't mean it's Dutch. But that being said, they're registered as a non-profit (charity) in The Netherlands. Tax haven.

[@bastiwen]

Here in Switzerland we are big consummers of dairy products so while drinking straight up milk is not very common, drinking or eating milk products (like chocolate milk, milk chocolate, cheese, etc.) or even using milk in something else (coffee and tea, using it in a recipe) is a daily thing for most people here. When it comes to villages with funny names, there's a village named "Bitsch" in Valais, Switzerland.

[@Alirion]

20km (12.5mi) to the West of the Vesuv tere is the super vulcano-system called "Phlegraean fields" located, with could be as deadly as the Yellow Stone in the USA. @IWrocker EDIT: Funfact - AUSTRIA drove at least on the left side of the road from 1915 on. BUT several changes made the situation on the streets rather complicated! Vorarlberg: turned to right at August 21st in 1921 On April 2nd 1930: only the West of Austria: Tyrol (without East-Tyrol) and the West of Salzburg July 15th 1935: Kärnten und East-Tyrol July 1st 1938 („Anschluss“ to the German Reich" the german aw was introduced for all Austria BUT not for Upper Austria (Upper-Donau) Vienna and the North of Burgenland and some parts of the Northern Styria, where some exception rule were given. These last exceptions turned to right traffic at September 19th in 1938!

[@marco_grt4460]

I was trying to write it, thank you for the information

[@rahansk8200]

and as a reminder, Yellowstone, there have been approximately 70 eruptions inside the crater, since its last big eruption. An eruption in Yellowstone does not necessarily mean cataclysm.

[@Hartmut-oo5ts]

Hi Ian, the shortest flight from Papa Westray to Westray is 7,25 £ one-way, or roughly 10 $. btw: The shortest INTERNATIONAL flight was between Germany and Switzerland from Friedrichshafen to St. Gallen across Lake Constance (Bodensee). "Duration" 8 minutes.

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Tought this was Maastricht to Liège..

[@PanAm747Clipper]

look a the route from FRH to STG @@Real_Claudy_Focan

[@HrLBolle]

@IWrocker Quite some time ago I came across a bit of a proper documentary about volcanoes and in the segment on super volcanoes there was a mention that Mt. Vesuvius sits right on the edge of a caldera forming the "Bucht von Neapel" and the Phlegraean Fields are likely connected to same system as well.

[@g1g3l]

I mean. Let me put it like this for the milk commoness, especially cheese in europe. Every country in europe has *at least* one national cheese, but they usually have more than one. And we can narrow it further by saying that some countries have specific types of cheeses by specific regions like Parmegiano (named after Parma, Italy), Brie (named after Brie, France), Emmental (Emental, Switzerland), or even by specific geographical features, like Grana Padano named after Po Valley/Padan Plain in Northern Italy. We're talking about thousands of different cheeses out of different milks. Some people around here see the concept of lactose intolerancy as a joke.

[@_asphobelle6887]

"Some people around here see the concept of lactose intolerance as a joke." That only means they don't understand what lactose intolerance is. First of all, except for the more severe cases, being intolerant and drinking milk anyway will cause minor digestive problems like a lot of gas and runny stool. Not fun, but not a health risk, and some can judge it a not so bad price to pay for having a good ice cream on a hot summer day, for example. And second, lactose intolerant people can have cheese all they want, as most of, if not all, the lactose in the milk is destroyed during the cheese making.

[@LatinSlav]

that's just plain ignorance , that lactose intolerance is a joke , do they also believe that diabetes is a joke? I mean how can someone not eat fruits and bread am i right? Also one of the reason for this ignorance is that not all people dink milk, most usually drink it in coffee ; While eating cheese as a european , most of us do , but the ones that you mentioned usually don't have lactose . By ageing the cheese the lactose is reduces , the more it ages the less it is. Also europeans eat a lot of cheese that naturally don't contain lactose like pecorino , hollumi ,etc

[@JR-mh8vn]

Not even mentioned the Country in the EU litteraly made out of cheese called the Netherlands.. very dissapointed

[@sushi777300]

Last year I've been to Romania's parliament palace and it is indeed extremely big. Guided tours only cover a small fraction but even that is a lot

[@AciduZZu002]

My father worked there in a bunker (military man). Under the building is a small city.

[@user-we4lb8wg1t]

​@@AciduZZu002keep your mouth shut

[@leisuretime4756]

@@AciduZZu002și să nu uităm ca pe teritoriul României se află dovezile celei mai vechi civilizații europene, chiar suntem ombelico del mondo, un pic exagerat dar totuși nu suntem ultima găină din coteț așa cum vor unii să inducă ideea.

[@Prof.Dr.Diagnose]

The dangerous thing with the Vesuvio volcano is, that it‘s nearby the city of Naples, and Naples itself is located right on top of the phlegraean fields, which basically is a volcanic minefield and described as a supervolcano. What‘s frightening is, that there are many signs for an upcoming outbreak like toxic air and sulfur is coming out of the ground in increasing amounts and already took over some villages. And it‘s still not clear how to evacuate all the people from Naples and many more cities and villages in the region when the Vesuvio or one of the volcanos in the phlegraean fields or, in the worst case, both (affected by one another) really decide to break out

[@Kamonohashiii]

An another fact is France invented the metric system during the French Revolution and spread to Europe by Napoleon. And later by extension their colonies everywhere on the globe. This is why the metric system used by all countries today except 3 countries. The English since they cannot accept that the metric is better than their imperial kept their system. Despite all, the English colonies and even partially UK later adopted the metric. Except the US for some reason.

[@Dreyno]

Because the Americans, along with the imperial measurements, also inherited the arrogance from their erstwhile rulers.

[@simonpowell2559]

You do know that was over 2000years ago, right?​@Dreyno

[@goranforsberg639]

Well Metric is common in Usa. In medicine, science and loads of other applications..

[@Dreyno]

@@simonpowell2559 200 years, not 2000. And what of it? Two countries dripping in arrogance, one of which is the spawn of the other.

[@simonpowell2559]

@@Dreyno ha ha. Yes thanks. Bloody auto fill. "erstwhile rulers" would that be an inch ruler or a centimetre ruler?

[@NK-bj8li]

I didn’t realise Vesuvius erupted in 1944. Imagine 5 years into the biggest war u’ve even seen n u get hit by a volcano, ud think the gods r against u😂

[@rimasto3692]

Etna erupted in 2013 and Stromboli (another active volcano in Italy) erupted in 2019 😅 the gods might be preparing something

[@clubardi]

@@rimasto3692 also worth noting the Sundhnúkur eruptions in Iceland in 2023-2024 with last eruption being literally last month

[@YuriChan-428]

4:21 Indeed! Poland has Złoty, Czechia has Koruna, Sweden has Krona,...

[@Lovi89]

And Hungary has forint

[@thepasqu1759]

Wanna say, just found you around the internet and I like your channel so much!! Im from Spain by the way so I like to see what an American thinks about the countrys around here. And also it's nice to see a Wagon fan in America ;)

[@mgranseth]

I've heard/read some time ago that the left and right hand drive comes from when we used horses. Like the left hand side is from old when we used shields, and you usually hold the shield in right hand, so it's safest to stay on the left side of the road. But with industrialization we started using carts with multiple horses. And alot of the industry carts had the horseman riding the horse and not the cart, and since you get up on the left side of the horse you would sit on the left horse and it's easer to navigate when you drive on the right side. And as the video said, UK used the old rules, but France and central Europe used the newer right hand rules

[@fredericlepeltier3435]

Paris metropololitan area has a population of around 10 millions. Paris proper, aka "Paris intra muros" after the last wall on which the ring freeway was build has, only 1.8-1.9 millions inhabitants.

[@monicacarolina6480]

Belgrade metropolitan 8 million. Paris is NOT that special

[@fredericlepeltier3435]

@@monicacarolina6480Paris Metropolis if you prefer. Metroplitan Frances has 68 millions pop. Serbia has 7millions inhabitants, Belgrade and its suburbs only 1.6. 🤣 (Get your numbers right!) Paris is NOT that special, London and Berlin metropolis are way bigger!

[@strahlberger]

I am 42 year old German. I drink Milk daily, sometimes one Liter.

[@SIP100Ka]

French here same, it's so good that I can't stop drinking it lol

[@ngabeee]

+1 from Hungary 😁. Grown up drinking unboiled, warm, fresh cow milk 😋.

[@Tingelingkiss]

Norwegians love milk 🥛 We use it to everything 😋

[@-Agis-]

One liter every day for this middle aged Finnish man 🖖🏻

[@Nic-bd6bj]

try american milk and that amout will go to 0 liters.. 😂

[@CM-ey7nq]

Squats and very large amounts of milk seems to have worked for Arnold in his early days in Austria ;)

[@irissupercoolsy]

yeah it's such cheap protein

[@DenmarkRadar]

21:30 For really fun info: Sweden switched from left-hand drive to right-hand drive on Sunday the 3rd of September 1967.

[@MrBrutalicus]

And there was total chaos. 🤣

[@xuser48]

But the cars had the steering wheel at the left side both before and after the switch.

[@hr35rasmus]

Love your reactions……..a Brit here, I’m 64 and drink loads of milk everyday, on cereals every morning and obviously in cups of tea (many) and gulps of fresh cold milk from the fridge when I’m thirsty throughout the day! These days it’s semi-skimmed……………I love cheese too and eat loads of it! BTW, according to a CT scan I had the other day (free via the wonderful NHS), my arteries are completely clear! 😊

[@michel9372]

Ditto and I'm 63. Speaking of cheese, it seems the bacteria contained in cheese made from unpasteurized milk helps reinforce the immune system. As a kid I had never heard of allergies among school buddies but now that processed cheese has become widespread, so have cases of allergy. Stilton anyone?

[@dennisengelen2517]

If you add milk to tea it better be Indian chai wit lots of spices and loose black tea, and not that junk in bags.

[@Kamil_PacyfikatoR_Pustelnik]

5:43 yes and fun fact, 50% of IKEA wooden furniture in the world is produced in Poland, so if you have something wooden from Ikea in the USA, there is a chance that it was made in Poland

[@Valuiskihh]

Seems like 90% of future in Europe made in Poland 😁here in Estonia almost all furniture comes with instruction in polishing language 😅

[@davidcousins5493]

Hi Ian, another fascinating video, we have most of our vacations in Europe, often driving our own RHD car. Switching over is second nature to us now, i takes till the first round about to get it right. It is much more difficult driving from the right when overtaking on the left, you need a front seat passenger you trust.

[@christophercutajar4020]

Hey !!! Hello from Malta here 😂 one of the smallest countries in europe..... Fun fact the oldest free standing structures in the world are found here.... Older then the piramids and even stonehenge... And we boast that we defeated the ottoman empire.... Napoleon.... And in ww2 did not let the germans occupy the island... Malta was the most bombed place in ww2 if malta would have fallen germany would have won the north africa campaign etc etc

[@andraskovats774]

not anymore... Gobekli Tepe taken over...also the Turks been defeated mainly by the Hospitallers with Maltese help to build Valletta... WW2 England did not let the Germans occupy Malta, by itself would be done... Napoleon has been taken Malta then left to Egypt, then he died there in exile ....Too much nationalist propaganda, mela

[@MotherGoose264]

To be fair, i tried the milk in the US, it is not the same as ours. Ours goes off 3 days after opening ( why we dont have the gallon juggs like you guys) , yours stays "good" for 2 weeks. That aint normal 😂. It is also more watery and has less taste. . So yeah , there are plenty of adult people who drink milk 😂. I wouldnt say it is a majority but enough for it to be a normal thing. In my case just when i have a sore throat , warm with some honey but I do eat 3 pounds of cheese a week 😂, easily. Personally i dont know anyone that is lactose intollerant, tho i believe that goes for most of Gen Xers 😂 accross the globe. Those who were lactose intollerant just soldiered on, like the rest of us.🤘❤️🇺🇲🇧🇪🇳🇱

[@Dreyno]

Because American milk is UHT (Ultra High Temperature Pasteurisation) milk. The same as the little plastic milk pods you get in hotel rooms. As explained in Fr. Ted kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWWn514rJV6bM0si=mc83oNUgdAI7xmgt

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

it's not milk it's white paint xD

[@etienne8110]

​@@Dreynoour milk is also uht. Just that american milk has less proteins and less fats per l. Plus a bunch of chemicals. It is milk flavoured water, rather than milk like you ll found in europe where there are rules (like the 35, 32 for ex, 35 g of fat per l, 32 g of proteins)

[@Dreyno]

@@etienne8110 Who is “our”?

[@etienne8110]

@@Dreyno EU europe.

[@dariodivkovic8293]

Never heard this for milk. I'm 37 yo from Croatia and I drink almost a liter per day 🤣

[@irissupercoolsy]

yes, I also have periods where I drink half a liter a day

[@dafloo5326]

fun fact to nr 21, Hessen, in germany, TECHNICALLY still has the death penalty, since it was made 3 years or so before the " Deutsches Grundgesetz" but you cant be sentenced to death, since in the "Grundgesetz" it states that not only you cant be sentenced to death, but also that the grundgesetz is HIGHER then "federal state laws", such as hessens law.

[@johnleckieWATP]

First day watching your channel and this is my 5th video, l like the diverse obscure (for some) subjects you cover, good work.

[@Milleisol]

sardinian here......i think you'll be amazed by the taste of our "casu martzu", (if you likes spicy food).....actually, i have some in my fridge right now

[@Hayateayanami666]

French here but my grandfather was sardinian too (Fluminimaggiore) so i've eaten my lot of maggots too :)

[@top40researcher31]

All jurisdictions in Australia abolished the death penalty by 1985. In 2010, the Australian government passed legislation that prohibited the reintroduction of capital punishment.

[@Anson_AKB]

the (west)german constitution (Grundgesetz) always had one single very short paragraph about the death penalty : _"The death penalty has been abolished"_ and since it supersedes all other local constitutions of the _Bundesländer,_ it automatically was abolished everywhere, even though it took until the late nineties (or even later?) to also formally purge it from the last local constitutions (Bavaria in 1998? and Hessen in ???). they simply didn't bother of changing their constitutions since it was no valid paragraph anyway. in (east)germany, it was abolished only as late as in 1987, and had been executed (edit: pun not intended) quite a few times during the decades after foundation of the GDR.

[@iioxy7530]

@@Anson_AKB The death penalty in Hessen was officially abolished in 2018 by a popular vote (I did my part for it lul)

[@Limburg92]

Bin on mount Etna.. It's beautiful, especially at night when you drive by the coastal roads you can see the magma streams glowing up. It's beautiful, also on the mountain everything is black (it's almost like the moon but black instead of grey), really special to see.

[@chisssei]

I live in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) and my 97 year old grandma has been her entire life drinking milk on a daily basis 🎉

[@Skyliner04s]

17:30 Cheese. There are more than 1800 kinds of cheese in this world. 400+ alone are from France. 600+ in Germany. Cheese is such a high calorie dense food, For ppl in Europe it is ultra survival benificial to eat cheese.

[@neilgayleard3842]

British cheese is the best in the world. We have 2,000. We invented cheddar..

[@jeanpieerjean7356]

@@neilgayleard3842you mean best cheese of YOUR world i guess! Greetings from 🇨🇭

[@jvdh78]

@@jeanpieerjean7356 CH is great for their fondue, I like the Gruyere and Emmenthaler very much. Sorry we can't make it here with our Gouda cheese.

[@neilgayleard3842]

No. The world.

[@martinwagner9699]

@@neilgayleard3842 Sorry to disappoint you, but according to the World Cheese Award (and yes, that's apparently a thing), the best cheese in the world 2023 is from Norway and the UK didn't even make the top 10. And while I couldn't find any "official" sources on the most popular type of cheese in the world (at least not with a 5 minute google search), most sites claim it to be italian cheese, specifically Mozarella and Parmigiano Reggiano.

[@EvzenEmanuel]

Yeah, it's really normal to drink milk straight from the refrigerator there. Many (adults) around me doing this. No stomach problems at all. It's strange to me that this is different in the US in fact. As for the IKEA - yep it's very very common there - to the point people are making fun how all their furniture is from the IKEA.

[@johnvaller1707]

Fun fact from a Dane. When the EU introduced the Euro (money), the only 2 countries that met all the criteria to introduce the Euro would not be included. Denmark and ... (can't remember the other - possibly Norway) and Denmark still hasn't introduced the euro. Our Danish krone is stronger and at one point had minus interest!

[@vikingcreature]

If I remember correctly, the Spanish Flu originated from an army-base in Kansas. It then hopped over the Atlantic when the US started sending troops to help fight in WWI, and absolutely devastated the already horrible war effort on both sides.

[@Skyliner04s]

25:00 cute, look, the longest town name of Germany is "Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich". Which is 26 letters. But, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch has 58 letters...

[@lesanimaux4416]

The milk thing may be one of the most shocking things on this list. I did not know that. I am from The Netherlands and I drink milk every single day. I also eat cheese, because Dutch cheese is very tasty 😂

[@juwen7908]

It's not only drinking milk pure, but in europe we also eat many foods which includes cow milk, like many kinds of cheese, yoghurt, in germany Quark is also a big thing (and hopefully not only there, cause it's delicious) ... Or just think about cocoa or the milk you maybe put in your daily coffee or tea. So i can say, I only drink milk as in cocoa, but still have many milk products in my live and don't wanna miss it 🤓 ... Oh and don't forget to mentioned ice cream 😋😋😋 Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@user-rs6wz6wc5t]

15:00 I just love how americans be amazed about the most common stuff XD

[@Pyrochemik007]

You should test the "Olomoucké syrečky" cheese. It has 0% fat, 100% protein, when it is ripe you can see through it and it smells like feet.

[@otgiggs]

In Sweden they drove on the left side of the road until 1967. The steering wheel was for some reason also on the left side of the cars back in the day, unlike in the UK, so it made sense to switch sides.

[@christophercutajar4020]

Yep even in czech before ww2 they drove on the left.... Matter of fact all early skoda models are right hand drive.... After nazis invaded they changed the driving layout as thier own..

[@scarabeo52]

I remember in Australian news at the time that the first reported fatality of the change was a cyclist who went out the night before to practice for the change. Don't know how true that is....

[@MoreAThanI]

Speaking of that Romanian Parliament Building - if anyone can provide Mr. Wroker with the TopGear episode where they are racing through the underground carpark of said building would be appreciated. Also Mr. Wroker needs to react to the golden years of TopGear episodes anyways.

[@nerdwana]

Nr. 42 Milk is an every day consumable in Switzerland and Germany and Austria. Heck we put in in coffee and have it as a sweetened drink probably every day xD and Switzerland has a soda based on milk serum

[@lpt2606]

7:06 that biulding has a long story, and not realy one to flex with hahaha. (don't know foll story but saw a video about is a time ago)

[@st0kica]

Long story short.. chauchesco ( dictator of romania made it ) , he and his wife were hanged on main square.. They were same as staljin, and other komunist dictators.. I almost forgot putin !

[@lpt2606]

@@st0kica aah yes thanks for the summary.

[@theoteddy9665]

top gear was there..go watch it, youll know highlights

[@MaxTheFlyingCat]

As a european i was very surprised when i learned that Lactose intolerance was basically the norm worldwide xD

[@ledatufarulo7316]

Yes, this is the excuse to fight the Milk production, pay attenction. I don't believe it

[@hwplugburz]

24:30 "NOBODY Expects a spainish inqusistion!" 😂😂 Loved that Month Phyton referance 👍

[@dutchmx6]

Here in the Netherlands we love milk, I remember as a kid they even handed out free milk in elementary schools (I think due to overproduction, or some type of health experiment (since it is still believed to be incredibly healthy to consume dairy here)) It is still part of our culture to consume a huge amount of cheese, milk, yoghurt etc. We consume so much dairy still.

[@JanHurych]

Well the fact about right side driving is sure misleading. Napoleon? Czechoslovakia switched during the Nazi occupation from left to right. So I don't really see what Napoleon had to do with that. He was here more than 100 years earlier. There wars barely anything to drive back then.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Horses, by right-handed men, wielding a sword in defence would ride on the left. Until Napoleon, whose right arm was useless, came around. May not be so in Czechoslovakia but in Western Europe this is true.

[@Busfles984]

@iwrocker: IKEA is actually a Dutch company for more then 10 years now.

[@automation7295]

If IKEA is a Dutch company, then they should change their colors to red, white and blue. So according to you, does that also mean Lidl is Romanian because of the colors? IKEA was founded in Sweden, just like Lidl is Germany

[@Busfles984]

@@automation7295 Your correct Lidl is a German company because its headquarter is in Neckarsulm, Germany. And its correct that IKEA was founded in Sweden. But IKEA's headquarters is in Leiden (Ikea Group) and Delft (Inter Ikea Systems) Netherlands since 2012. Inter Ikea Systems BV is the owner of the Ikea brand. Its in The Netherlands for the same reasons as automobile manufacturer Stellantis, U2 Ltd and Promotone BV (aka The Rolling Stones) etc etc.

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@automation7295 yeah that the holding company (Ingka) is based in the Netherlands is just for tax reasons, the entire board and management of it is Swedish people (though they now live in the Netherlands).

[@carrom6056]

Ahd owners of IKEA in netherlands are based in Luxembourg. It's not a Dutch company per se, it's headquarters are based there. Just like Interogo that fully owns IKEA brands, was founded by Kamprad in Lichtenstein, still recognized as a Swedish company. It simply doesnt matter where, It's where the roots are. It's a multinational entity with roots in Sweden, and stil many or most of the products are bearing swedish names.

[@srkares]

bonus fact: there isnt just cheese made by/with larvae in the EU, but there is also a cheese made with mites, stemming from germany. apparently the procedure was nearly lost to history some 50 years back, according to the wikipedia article.

[@melanierhianna]

The short flight in the Orkneys is because they are islands and when the weather is bad the crossing by sea can be dangerous. They don’t use a 737 though but a much smaller plane.

[@jvdh78]

Great video, only one thing was missing imo, the important year 1885, when the car was created by Carl Benz. And drinking milk is a normal daily activity for adults in my country, NL, where the black/white cow is seen as a local animal or symbol, like tulips and wind mills. But most people choose drink yoghurts with fruit taste instead of pure milk.

[@theoteddy9665]

I am 🇨🇿 I never ever heard that lactose intolerance is a real thing untill quite recently.. I always thought its made up alergy of sort but asians obviously has it a lot and that ethanol intolerance aswell.. sounded made up too😂.. I stood corrected.. but its normal to use dairy and milk all life here..

[@BergenDev]

Asians tend to be lactose intolerant too. Weird indeed.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

In evolutionary terms, humans naturally stop producing lactase (the enzyme needed to digest lactose) at around age 3, the age an infant would be weaned from its mother and no longer need a milk-digesting enzyme. Producing lactase beyond infancy, and therefore being able to digest milk products in adulthood, is in fact a recent adaptation in our species, and most wide-spread in Northern and Western Europe, because it's those populations who began to habitually consume dairy. Over 80% of people in those countries can digest lactose. In places like China or across the African continent the percentage is the other way around, with most people being lactose-intolerant.

[@theoteddy9665]

@@diarmuidkuhle8181 thats what I heard.. I would only argue the word naturally, I dont think it was naturall as well as allergies, I think these changes occured due to human behaviour.. thats why there are parts that these are not a thing..

[@sergio_san]

Hello from Madrid-Spain-Europe :) Great channel bro! Just discovered it and already subscribed. Let me give a little background about the euro currency adoption... The reason because not all countries in Europe use the euro as their currency is because joining the eurozone (the group of European Union countries that have adopted the euro as their official currency) is a choice made by each individual country or because their economies aren't fully aligned with the eurozone's requirements (might not meet the necessary economic criteria for joining ). For the countries that meet all the requirements, well, some just prefer to keep their own currencies for various reasons, such as maintaining control over their monetary policy or they may simply want to preserve their national identity by retaining their own currency (hello UK). Hope this help to understand that topic a little bit better ;) Cheers 🍻

[@SideKickStudios]

I find it funny, that everything i learned about our european history back in school, i couldn't be bothered to hear, but now as a 40+ adult, it's all interesting and fascinating, even when i actually knew some of it.

[@Serenity8031]

Norway has about 239,000 islands, not 55,000. With a miss like that I'm not sure I can trust any other "facts" in this video.

[@Tim_Nilsson]

I was curious where that number came from and it says this on Wiki: "An older source gives 53,789 islands, which may be the figure for coastal islands only". It's from some Dutch research project.

[@ChiaraVet]

Russia as a European country? Eh. Maybe geographically speaking. Culturally, though? No. Not by a long shot. They tried to be more "European" in the past, but no Tsar ever accepted the fact that they would have to give up the indentured servitude system to become more like illuminist Europe. After that try, I don't remember them trying anymore to evolve out of the system. And yes, communism didn't really modified it, just changed the names of things. Very disappointing tbh. And they are absolutely bent on keeping it so.

[@paulozavala3232]

What the f are you babbling about? Would you say moscow is an asian citys?😂😂 Also if russia is cultural asian then the same goes for Poland, the baltic countries, Ukraine and so on. Also, ismt the name Rus comming from the Swedish Vikings settling there? But im going to writ you of for a 12 year old or from an american with very little knowledge. Even in Europe, ive learn in school that west of russia is part of Europe (Sweden). I feel sorry for your educational system….

[@MotherGoose264]

True. There are certain cultures, not just the russians, that have always preferred/accepted a "strong" dictatorial regime. Btw i would never consider Turkey part of Europe either. NEVER

[@paulozavala3232]

@@MotherGoose264 Dictatorships like in, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Portugal…

[@MotherGoose264]

1. Feel sorry for an educational system😂. You have a very good system in Sweden, but even they didnt manage to teach you proper English 😂. 2. I wrote that those cultures have always preferred/accepted such a regime. The countries you mention have had 1 dictatorship in the past, not a whole history, and they're all gone now because the majority of the people didnt want it and only tolerated it because of the opression. Whereas in Russia there are hundreds of years of despots, and people generally have no problem with it. Even at the time when Europe was ruled by kings they didnt have absolute power for the last 500yrs, in russia they did have absolute power. I'll even poke the fire a bit😂, by saying other cultures that generally easily accept and even prefer dictatorships are those under Islamic influence. That is an undeniable fact. Democracy is a western concept that only works when people have somewhat of a western mindset and values. Many muslims would like a kind of democracy but combined with muslim values, but that is a very hard thing to do and the number of countries that succeed are few and they are often unstable. Like any dictator they will use democracy to get into power and then end it.

[@apmoy70]

Oh yes, those Asian pesky characters of the likes of Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Rachmaninov, Tolstoy, Bulgagov and their Asian ideas and music they promulgated 🙄

[@YuriChan-428]

17:20 I really like milk! Not everyone here in Czechia does, but I do. Since I store it in the fridge, it is always really refreshing and contains natural sugars. But if I want a really tasty drink, I make myself chocolate milk! Top tip: use little bit of hot water to dissolve the cocoa powder, then pour in cold milk. (Treat it like coffee basically, if you put cocoa powder into cold liquid, it won't dissolve at all.)

[@se7enhaender]

Which side of the road was commonly used apparently changed a lot throughout the ages. I've heard the left side was preferred when combat on horseback was still a very common. Since you'd carry/use your weapon on the right side/with your right hand, you'd also want your opposition to be on your right, not the left.

[@michel9372]

I've heard the opposite, that swords and lances are best used from right to left (see jousting), i.e. held in the right hand to strike to the left, which makes a lot of sense if you wish to keep your balance on horseback.

[@se7enhaender]

@@michel9372 Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's both. I don't remember it too well to be honest, but I do remember it kept changing. I for one wouldn't wanna try to use a sword in my right hand to strike someone on my left... I'd probably just end up decapitating my own damn horse... 😭

[@Efendi_]

We have multiple Ikea's in the Netherlands is expensive but if you want a good bed that doesn't kill your back should go to local stores much cheaper.

[@tnightwolf]

23:32 One of the best imports ever! Who doesn't love tomatoes? They go along so well with so many things!

[@syncacct8576]

19:03 shows one of my favourite streets in Moscow, Stoleshnikov Pereulok. I used to work in Moscow and before getting my own apartment I stayed at the Marriott Aurora, which is just left of that light blue "голубой" building.

[@Rovarin]

Greenland got dragged into the EU when Denmark joined (The Danish kingdom has three countries: Denmark, the Home-Rule of the Faroe Islands and the (now) Self-Rule of Greenland (basically the Faroes and Greenland have devolved governments)). The Faroe Islands had Home-Rule at the time when DK joined the EU and were able to refuse joining, whereas Greenland was back then just a Danish county (or amt as it was called in Danish) and got dragged along. When Greenland attained Home Rule in 79, they were able and allowed to leave. Just a very quick summation, I may be a little off with the fine details. But the information is around somewhere on the internet.

[@domiiinik4320]

I'm saluting my brave ancestors for drinking milk and having diarrhea from it so now I can eat cereal when I want Fun fact : during Black Death epidemic Poland was one of the few places in Europe that were nearly untouched by the plague, because one of our greatest kings, Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great) closed all borders for a few years and focused on building fortresses and castles that were useful in later wars

[@nandonando]

A very curious thing about the UK changed the calendar after Spain is the date of death of Shakespeare and Cervantes are the same in their tombs (23th April) but the reality is Cervantes died 10 days befores shakespeare. And this is the reason 23th April is the World Book Day

[@nephlimjedi4741]

In the Netherlands, it's very normal to eat and drink dairy products well into adulthood. My grandma ate it nearly every day. 'Vla' and yoghurt are food that is very digestible.

[@ievasarksna9608]

I am from Latvia and I have never met a Latvian person with lactose intolerance. I didn't even know it was a thing until around 6 years ago when I met a lactose intolerant person from Germany. Dairy products have a big place in the local cuisine and even folklore and it had never crossed my mind that someone just couldn't drink milk because of indigestion reasons, instead of preference, as I had never encountered it before.

[@tovick1643]

About death penalty, it is a requirement to be able to apply for EU membership, like if you have death penalty, you wont be accepted in unless you get rid of the death penalty.

[@whymZyZ_randoms]

Binging your videos today, or atleast the ones about europe and european sports. I like your take and it supports my take that Canadians are more like europeans than americans. Keep up the good work!

[@Neanderthal75]

If you want something even more strange but true: - The people living in Europe, despite with the different languages and cultures- their ancestral heritage precedes all countries and empires in existence in Europe. What that means is, whoever lived in the European continent long before Roman or any empire, are the same people living there today, possibly going back to many 10s of thousands of years. That means, all the conquests and invasions did not significantly change the ethnical make up of Europe, ever since the appearance of the homo sapiens. People speaking different languages are the remnants of conquests and empires, but the ethnic make up of people are more of the same than different.

[@Sorenzo]

If you look at a map of lactose tolerance you'll see three regions where it exists: A region centered around the Arabian Peninsula, a region centered on the tip of West Africa, and then one centered on Denmark. Lactose tolerance is extremely common in the UK, Denmark, southern Scandinavian, and unusually common in the rest of Europe. Look up the map on Wikipedia. Globally it's got a very obvious connection to traditional herding societies, but it kind of looks like the Danes got supercharged lactose tolerance after the Ice Age and it spread like wildfire in the region. As a Dane, I've NEVER had to consider whether I was getting too much dairy, but my Greek housemate has to ration her intake of cheese and milk. It's a very stark contrast. Personally I don't like the taste of plain milk (of any fat content) but I might indulge with some chocolate milk or a milk shake, I can eat unlimited cheeses and here it's very common to cook using lower-fat cream, which contains lactose but fewer calories. We also have a lot of milk-based sauces.

[@rahansk8200]

It's a summary, with a few points let's say, which is open to debate. With some inaccuracies, but it's better than nothing at all.

[@jur4x]

That short flight is part of a longer route. Very few people take a flight between those two stops, but more people take that plane to or from either places.

[@randolf666]

i am Dutch and here we drink milk and eat yogurts every day, we also eat a lot of cheese and butter

[@mihaid1985]

There is nothing disputable about where Europe and where Asia begins.

[@pippen1001]

Dont really have any troubles with milk here in sweden, we have milk served in all our lunch restaurants so i usually drink some to lunch

[@maxxie84]

French living in the uk and have lived in Ireland here, it’s weird for 4 hours then it becomes very natural driving on the left :)

[@stevencornwall5607]

Here in the UK being lactose intolerant would make you the odd one out.

[@lyannatargaryen7383]

I'm Italian and I can add that not only Mount Vesuvius is really dangerous for Naples but the Phlegraean Fields are even worse. They are like the US Yellowstone but they are under a part Naples.

[@aladinsane5771]

The Romanian parliament building was originally build as a palace for former dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, during the revolution he and his wife were executed after a very short public trail, and there aren't many builders/workers from that period in Romania that didn't had to work on it...

[@tangfors]

Yes, in Sweden adults also drink milk sometimes, but mainly we eat lots of milk products such as sour milk, yoghurt, creme fraiche etc.

[@MarK-ly2ml]

I drink half a liter milk almoust every day. I sometimes drink it with food too.

[@KlipsenTube]

Saying that Liberia was one of five countries never colonised is a stretch. It was never a country, before the USA decided to give former slaves a land of their own in Africa, so, in essence, it was colonised by whites on behalf of blacks, who were then handed the power over the indigenous population. In the days of colonies, there was no North and South Korea, just Korea, and, to my knowledge, Ethiopia, being a christian nation even before christianity came to Europe, was never colonised - well, at least not until the 1930's, when Italy decided that if no one else would, then Italy would. Were Bhutan, Tibet and Japan actually ever European colonies? By the way, the Maasai are also lifelong milk drinkers.

[@devo2]

Yes IKEA is everywhere almost. Most people these days being concienved in an IKEA bed makes sense xD Probally not the most used bed overall, but most young adult start with cheap furnature. This is where IKEA comes in.

[@bexyr]

I drink a couple of latte (what in Italy we call caffe latte) or cappuccino every day. I don't always drink just milk, but it's simply a preference. But when the weather is hot I find myself carving for just milk and I like it very much

[@Tannhauser666]

"dark age" is the worst missunderstanding in history. Just a very long period of changes, that lead from ancient world to the "modernity".

[@mothbreeder641]

It's just the modern notion some idiots have that everything was literal hell on Earth before like 1950s America. It's ridiculous.

[@kortanioslastofhisname]

Additional info re the Spanish flu: the evolution of the pandemic is thought to have started by spreading through the camps of conscripts in the US, was then introduced into the trenches, where the combination of a high concentration of people, immune systems compromised by exposure to the elements, and the mutagenic properties of many of the chemical weapons used in WW1 allowed new variants with higher pathogenicity and virulence to arise more quickly. On rotation from the front, these more potent variants would then spread into the civilian population.