Another 10 Solid Minutes of Geography & Culture Facts

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Welcome to another 10 solid minutes of Geography & Culture facts. Let’s jump right into it. The world’s shortest international bridge stretches just over 10 feet or 3.2 meters from Spain to Portugal...
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[@GeographyGeek]

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[@carlosrivas1629]

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist and his wife is worse, the whites landed there first and African so called natives came in afterward to take advantage.

[@carlosrivas1629]

South Africa was untouched before Boar white folks made the land grow.

[@concept5631]

Just want you to know I appreciate that you called Taiwan a country.

[@GeographyGeek]

@@concept5631 😁

[@concept5631]

@@GeographyGeek 👍

[@holidayonion]

In Maine: The word “Sebago” in Sebago Lake is taken from the local native word meaning “Big Lake.” This means that Sebago Lake means Big Lake Lake and Little Sebago Lake is Little Big Lake Lake.

[@sheepdavis]

Maine rocks

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Sahara literally means desert.

[@efisgpr]

😂cool Reminds me of the La Brea tar pits = the the tar tar pits

[@ice_man81]

Australia being wider than the moon is crazy. I can imagine seeing Australia in space.

[@concept5631]

Dear God. *_The terror._*

[@johnlagoss5932]

It wouldn't make it any more dangerous

[@bremya]

pls no, the spiders and snakes are gonna fall off to earth

[@seanbutnotasheeple2090]

Takes forever to get to the shops

[@pumpkingamebox]

Russia is bigger than Pluto.

[@elirothblatt5602]

Finally someone learns how to thirst trap me with video titles. Excellent video, thank you! I subscribed!!

[@GeographyGeek]

😂 I appreciate it!

[@duffal0]

8:11 love the video but I’d advise against giving Zelenskyy any more publicity. There’s dozens of American journalists who have gone missing after speaking out against Zelenskyy

[@Maver1ck911]

Thats...not what a thirst trap is...

[@Maver1ck911]

@@duffal0 ill advise you to take your Russian pay check and gtfo the internet

[@AshLilburne]

@@Maver1ck911/videos So.... What actually is a 'thirst trap' then?

[@lukaslambs5780]

I love how you actually do provide 10 minutes of straight facts!

[@boterhamboy]

should be normal tho, right?

[@garygreen2146]

It isn't though , it falsely says New Zealand schools are allowed 1 pound of Uranium , it is illegal for anyone in NZ to own or possess Uranium due to our total ban on all nuclear technology, weapons and materials

[@vortexcheetos3595]

This channel is so underrated these facts are so interesting I could watch this all day

[@GeographyGeek]

Thank you!

[@sambowz9077]

I second that!

[@tvworks3861]

I’ve actually been binge watching videos from this channel all day😂

[@roblangada4516]

11:35 Not just females, only 100 male Orthodox pilgrims and 10 non Orthodox pilgrims are allowed per day. To actually live there permanently you have to be an over 18 male who is Orthodox. The reason no women are allowed is because its been controlled by monastic orders for centuries (since the Byzantines), the Virgin Mary is supposed to represent the only femininity on the mountain. No females also makes celibacy for the monks and pilgrims less difficult.

[@CC-re9df]

What if I'm biologically a woman but I identify as a man? Can I cancel the orthodox church if they don't let me pilgrim there cause of my gender?

[@piuthemagicman]

@@CC-re9df well, you do you and cancel a millenia of religious traditions

[@yahzkoroche]

@@CC-re9df lmao

[@concept5631]

​@@CC-re9df The head patriarch of the area probably has a stroke because they don't think LGBT+ people are real. Real talk you wouldn't be allowed in anyway.

[@concept5631]

​@@CC-re9df As for cancelling the Orthodox Church, not sure, but if you did it would be funny.

[@edwardlees4585]

A great source of fun facts. I've used some of them (acquired over the years) in classes at the university with my tourism students and now I have loads more. Thanks.

[@johnnysports4375]

I literally was watching the og one as this got posted let's go

[@georgemcmeechan2284]

The thing in Falkirk Scotland was beside the river carron near stenhousemuir . Much love from Falkirk Scotland

[@Curestarlight87]

Love geography!!! Easily the most undervalued subject, but my favorite. Keep making videos my guy and I will watch them.

[@jimihughes8846]

Always loved Geography since I was in school. Thanks

[@krsc1363]

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[@Meganawsomness]

These will come in handy for my Pub Quizzes. Cheers!

[@chiefmonrovia6691]

4:01 I live in wisconsin, this law just recently changed. You can't do that in public anymore, so no bars or restaurants, however you can still be under 21 and enter a bar with a parent, and that same parent can give you alcohol at home just fine. Love these videos! I especially love all the cool maps you find, where do you get them all from?

[@GeographyGeek]

Ah interesting! Thank you! I find them in a few different places. I own quite a few historical atlases, but I also find them browsing through the Library of Congress' online archive, Raremaps.com, and The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection website.

[@fbi8309]

I just found this series and I am enjoying it

[@santiagomolinareina4405]

5:23 For what I understand, this lake becomes a lake like once every 10 years due to heavy rains, and sea birds like pelicans know when and how to get there from thousands of miles away to feed and breed. Thanks for the videos, I've learned a lot!

[@brylorbs69]

I love this channel. Thank you so much! "Without geography, you're nowhere!"

[@fernandaabreu5625]

Yet with geography, you're now here!

[@odacruz4986]

When I was a kid I loved staring at maps, I learned to love geography and how it affected markets and crops

[@fosterfuchs]

Same here. The plastic protector on the desk where I did my homework had a world map as an insert.

[@us3rG]

It's vary important for humans to know earth, their body and languages

[@TobiasELee]

Gotta love that geography, man. Nicely done.

[@GanonsDisciple044]

I'm so happy I found this channel

[@BasketballGuy21]

Who bouta stay up till midnight on a Tuesday to hear geography...

[@BasketballGuy21]

Me

[@BasketballGuy21]

Also 1st

[@sambowz9077]

I will

[@larrygrimaldi1400]

Great research, thanks!

[@Oliver-ng4ft]

4:22 Isn’t Plymouth, Montserrat technically the smallest given it has a population of 0?

[@xiticals]

Les go can't wait

[@TheSaltydog07]

Fun. Thank you. I like this pace of this video.

[@tiananmenraidbossjonliaoxi3188]

Theory on Appalachian salt lake: Spanish found salt lake in Utah which spreads vertically along the Utah Rockies. Maybe the map was made after Spanish exploration but right before things like Lewis and Clarke expedition happened.

[@GeographyGeek]

I actually made a whole video on this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF6nkoqHi5ijrtk

[@crazyjimheath]

sweet!! Thabk you !!

[@freakpitch6032]

totally gonna join the membership as superpower

[@kevinsmith4923]

So good, thanks.

[@darochavitor]

Top notch content

[@lisalahr4328]

I love this channel. It's fun

[@GeographyGeek]

Thanks! I try to mix it up between more in depth videos and then just random fun videos like this one.

[@saax3816]

@@GeographyGeek Can add a 5 second pause before the next topic? Its alot of facts and need a few seconds to digest

[@radicalcat4942]

I'm from Costa Rica, it makes me super happy to be oncluded in your video, what an honor so thank you so much and Pura Vida! And talking about geography, I can see my house in the picture you used. :D

[@GeographyGeek]

No problem! I got to visit Costa Rica when I was in high school. It was only the second country I had ever visited outside the US (though I’m not sure Canada really counts lol) and it was big reason I became so interested in geography and culture. This was over a decade again and I have still have a magnet on my refrigerator that says Pura Vida!

[@radicalcat4942]

@@GeographyGeek Seriously?! DUDE THAT'S AMAZING! Thank you so much for taking the time to study this very small but amazing nation, know you're always welcome back here and you're definetly "Pura Vida" Can't wait to see more videos on your channel to support you, brother, from one social science lover to other!

[@Zabi-S]

@@GeographyGeek Why wouldn't Canada count?

[@GeographyGeek]

@@Zabi-S next door, and near identical culture. Never felt like I left the US.

[@MountainFisher]

@@GeographyGeek Try Quebec, you will feel like you're in France.

[@creamage.]

thanks to my Dutch gf, ik the dutchies loved their bikes. shoutout to her. I also encourage anyone who hasn't yet to visit the Netherlands. such a beautiful place with beautiful people. Also, the toilets definitely threw me off when I first saw them.🤣

[@dearoll9899]

Whats wrong with our toilets 🤣 I don’t understand 😅

[@creamage.]

@@dearoll9899 in american the hole in the toilet bowl is towards the back bowl but in the netherlands i noticed all the holes were towards the front and that was just something i’d never seen before🤣

[@inkonmyhands]

hell yeah

[@patricka.crawley6572]

5:41 comprised of. I don't know how these videos are put together. May I add that your videos are music to my ears. They are very professional with the facts expertly researched and presented. I've been a student of Geography for over 60 years.

[@pietergreveling]

These compilation of facts are really great! 👌🏼 Yes, those toilets are still common, but nowadays we also have a lot of hanging toilet without the flat bottom! 😁✌🏼

[@GeographyGeek]

I was semi familiar with it but now that you brought it up I’m on a Wikipedia rabbit hole 😂. I may have to steal this topic from you for a post.

[@pietergreveling]

@@GeographyGeek 🤣👍🏻 Was hoping you'd like it as a subject. 😁 And you can't steal it, when it is a gift. 😉 Already deleted my question, so nobody knows! ✌🏼

[@eyetrollin710]

That Jedi fact is so funny because I have been listing that as my religion for over 20 years,

[@MvsicAdd7ct]

Another fun fact: "sahara" means "desert, so Sahara desert means Desert desert.

[@kevinolesik1500]

solid !

[@jordanw5833]

6:26 laughed out loud, New Zealand is wild

[@MrBlueBurd0451]

May 4th is also the Dutch Remembrance of the Dead, our equivalent of Memorial Day.

[@edgeblackbelt]

Such great trivia fodder

[@HandyMan657]

Hey! I knew there were more Jedi out there. Awesome!

[@ribertonmendez]

These are the fastest running 10 mins of any KZbin videos

[@unique-luxury5237]

Damn I had no idea about Rio being the Portugese capital. Awesome 🤣

[@hamishneilson7140]

Just like the Kashoggi road name, Ottawa changed the signs of the street the Russian embassy is on to the Ukrainian flag colours, and if I recall correctly they say “Free Ukraine” as a sub text under the street name, although that may just be another sign I’m mixing up with them.

[@robertwagner5873]

Lots of interesting stuff... do you do videos that elaborate on the things you put in these short videos... I'd subscribe if you did

[@shubhamkashyap6319]

Subscribed

[@scotcoon1186]

Just a year ago, we had almost a 100 degree or so swing in 2 days in February in Nebraska.

[@Hillers62]

At 0:39 ....This is true...I've been there...But it messes up the Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'".... because of "Born and raised in south Detroit"...There is no south Detroit...just Windsor Cananda...

[@Dawn_Aramoana63]

JEDI??? That's a new one on me 😅 so cool 👍

[@chasingshangrila]

Awesome

[@iliketrainsilikeplanes6047]

I could be wrong, but I think Equatorial Guinea‘s territorial waters touch the equator

[@benjaminrush4443]

Thanks.

[@Jesus_saves77786]

Also did u know that Finland and North Korea are separated by only one country?

[@SanguiphiliaTV]

I'd love more info on the 1507 maps with Florida. I like these videos but sometimes you gloss over what I think is interesting and add details for other things (like the bike race admittance being capped eventually)

[@GeographyGeek]

Made a video on that map - “The map that gave America it's name” kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH61maaVmpl3jtE

[@purpledistance8633]

I have one interesting fact. Loving County in Texas doesn't have ATM at all.

[@JochemBoodt-VlochemVerkent]

🔥🔥🔥

[@tasaki12]

1:19 and costa rica if you consider the variant with the emblem on it

[@YeeSoest]

Wow! 4:45 is the biggest Diplomacy burn in the very distinguished and extensive history of Diplomacy burns ^^

[@lbno7725]

These make me feel like we’re all just people in a game of civ 6, like, I would definitely encourage nuclear experiments in my Civs high schools

[@petejenkins5574]

There are a lot of small crossing points between adjacent countries in the EU. The tripoint border of Czechia, Poland and Germany has a bridge between Poland and Czechia, which is over a small stream - barely a rivulet, really - called the Lubota, and I am pretty sure it's smaller than 10 ft

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

Nice

[@stevepalmberg5905]

Mississippi does flow north Check out headwaters of lake Itasca MN

[@MerlinOlsen]

That's way more kangaroos than I'm comfortable knowing about. I thought anything that weird has to be endangered.

[@andrewfleming5397]

I'm from Falkirk! Stonehousemuir is now called Stenhousemuir, that's where I grew up haha!

[@jonathanturek5846]

Dagobah is in New Zealand . A special place that it is is

[@413xxx86]

Wisconsin Represent!!

[@nilsp9426]

4:52 the best example of "damnation" ever

[@konfettikus]

8:47 Cape Argus Cycle Tour

[@drudizzle1]

The difference between the hottest and coldest temp in California is a whopping 199 degree difference 😅

[@goa5373]

in front of the German embassy in Rio de Janeiro, there is a public school called Anne Frank

[@fuckwit107]

4:29 lmao. Great facts, and I always love a bad pronunciation of my city. Glaascow lol

[@lopez6617]

These are great facts!

[@karymecabrera4014]

Glad Belize was included

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

Most of them I didn't know 😯

[@RobertIrvingPerry]

Thank you for helping North Americans catch up with much of the world, and to finally learn about geography.

[@marksmit4134]

Joh how long was that add not?

[@shawnstoeckley5019]

El Salvador is located in Central America and Not North America (Time 10:25)

[@GeographyGeek]

It's in both. Central America is a region within the continent of North America.

[@jagphsd]

@@GeographyGeek lol no! It's 3 separate divisions: North America (only Canada, USA and Mexico), Central America and South America. I live in Central America and this is a fact we all know since school. Also you missed another flag within itself: Costa Rica's with the code of arms (on the two boats there are mini flags).

[@krishpatel3156]

@@jagphsd There are only 2 continents entirely in the Western hemisphere. North America (Canada to Panama) and South America....

[@jagphsd]

@@krishpatel3156Nope. That's one single continent: America. Which is divided into the three parts I mentioned

[@jagphsd]

Oh! And "América Insular" which would be the islands (Cuba, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Haití, etc...)

[@trentproctor3402]

The London bridge got moved to lake Havasu Arizona

[@usmcalgm_ret_usmc_sdsd]

Ordered Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall Scott Brick

[@michaelhowell2326]

Can we talk about the Potomac River is the Riverish River?

[@keeswillems4637]

My as a Dutch guy: the Netherlands has toilets like this: * a completely normal toilet* Can someone please explain what’s weird about it?

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Drain hole is to the front rather than the back as in other countries

[@nickg3879]

Iran changed the name of the street that the UK embassy is on in Tehran to "Bobby Sands street". Sands was an Irish republican IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 in prison in Northern Ireland. He was also a member of the British parliament.

[@AlexanderWeurding]

Can you do Tartaria next ?

[@GeographyGeek]

I get this question a lot. It won’t be next but it’s on my list. I’ve been casually putting a script together as I learn more. I have a cool illustration of TarTars on an early 17th century map of mine I’ll share soon.

[@sambowz9077]

@@GeographyGeek Cool

[@AlexanderWeurding]

@@GeographyGeek Epic! Looking forward to that topic. And maps ;)

[@0li_vi_er]

0:26 "Brazil's northenmost point is closer to every country in the Americas [...] than Brazil's own southernmost point." Except for the UK (Falkland islands) and Denmark (Greenland). 7:43 "If you count all France's territories, they have 12." There are more than 12 on your map (including metropolitan France, which is indeed "France's territory"), but today only the TAAF (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises) still have the "Territoire d'outre-mer" status, and they are made up of many islands and Terre Adélie (part of Antarctica). Anyway, it's a rather complicated subject, and I doubt any two French geographers or administrators would have the same count.

[@youtuber1650]

It's ok to shoot someone if you are under perantal control.....yoda: Shooting you do.

[@Tyronejizz]

How is brazils northern most point closer to Uruguay then its southern most point?

[@RK-cj4oc]

Because if you look at the border you see that Brazil lowest point dips below the rest of the Uruguay border

[@Tyronejizz]

@@RK-cj4oc but the southern point is still closer to Uruguay then its most northern point?

[@se-kmg355]

@@Tyronejizz The distance from the Northern point to the border of Uruguay is shorter than the distance from the Northern point to the Southern point.

[@Tyronejizz]

@@se-kmg355 thank you so much. Guess im just an idiot or my grasp on the english language isn't as strong as i thought.

[@rochewalkerpetersen4427]

Hello from Cape Town!

[@GeographyGeek]

Hey there!

[@kuunib7325]

In the Netherlands we have 2 bicycles one for daily business and we call kroegviets, it's just to get to the pub and back home. We don't really care about our kroegvietsen since, well we are most likely drunk when we ride them.

[@jeroencornelisse]

Love your channel. Your fact about Suriname (only one movie theatre) is correct but the picture that goes with it, isn't. What you show used to be one of many cinemas in Paramaribo and is now office space. TBL Cinemas is located somewhere else.

[@ryanschatzberg4651]

7:48 this is more true than ever

[@avranilsengupta2873]

In Kolkata, India the road in front of the American Consulate was renamed to Ho Chi Minh road post Vietnam war 😝

[@liversuccess1420]

"Next door to China is the country of Taiwan" Not sure if it was your intent to trigger the CCP, but nicely done 🤣👍

[@GeographyGeek]

It was lol

[@RKLS90]

3:41 could someone give a possible reason why the US is almost a perfect split between north & south when it comes to which states u can or cannot own piranhas? I’m having a hard time believing that split is just purely coincidental

[@RepubliKING]

Finally! I've lived a few other states in my time, but I'm from Milwaukee Wisconsin. I used to always try to bring underage people in the bar after I was old enough to do so, well people thought I was crazy, but then I told them I'm from Wisconsin and YOUR the crazy one.... most call me a liar, but finally a video to prove to you all that I'm not crazy, well, not legally. 😁😁

[@DugrozReports]

the link at end of video is wrong.

[@cesarpupito8208]

Australia from the British Empire that was cool 😀

[@mapadventures]

❤❤❤

[@DodgeWolf]

I don't get what is the problem with the toilet in NL? is it about the fact that whatever you shot stays there until you flush? I am quite confused.