British Couple Reacts to 40 Random Ridiculous Geography Facts

[@paytonlacroix2297]

As of recently, fact #12 has changed. The lowest temp ever recorded happened just a week or so ago. Mt. Washington in NH recorded a temp of -108. Crazy! Awesome video Millie and James!

[@seekexplorewander]

That was wind chill, not actual air temperature.

[@Subiwu]

That was wind chill lol, the actual temperature was around -40 or so. Add hurricane like winds to that and yea it’s really really cold.

[@A_Name_]

@4:22 he should have elaborated more on the population in the northern hemisphere or used a percentage. Something like 85-90% of Earth's population lives in the northern hemisphere.

[@rosshoppus333]

I’m an American working in Germany currently. I love all these little facts. I have a whole new respect for Europe as this is the first time I’ve ever worked here.

[@yzenynot]

Reported 4 February 2023 in the Washington Post, "The wind chill at the summit of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington dropped to minus-108 degrees Friday, marking what meteorologists and climate scientists say probably is the lowest temperature recorded in the history of the United States, as the Northeast is being battered with dangerously cold air."

[@codygates7418]

There is officially 195 fully sovereign countries

[@natemalnaa1]

One of the facts that never seemed right to me was that the Erath is only 25,000 miles or 40,233 km around, which seems both massive and not big enough lol

[@jerzeyguy71]

Millie, the last one you are wrong on, or give up this computer and that nice chair, your nice stove/ fridge, car... capitolism is how the world runs.. and yes, it is sad there are ppl starving..

[@williamhogge5549]

@Brian Yep.

[@uwbadger79]

The video says, after the Caspian Sea the largest lake is Lake Superior in Canada. It is in Both the US and Canada.

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

Here's a few more random facts from my region in Northeastern Minnesota: First, a correction, the video states that Lake Superior is in Canada - it's actually partially in Canada & partially in the US. Lake Superior is an hour (that's Minnesotan for about 55-60 miles) away from my house in two directions. Duluth is an hour straight south of my house & the North Shore of Lake Superior is also about an hour straight east of my house. - I live on the Iron Range in St Louis County in the Arrowhead of Northeastern Minnesota. St Louis County is actually bigger than a few states in the northeast of the country. St Louis County is so big that it has several County Fairs, the biggest are the North St Louis County Fair (near my house) & the South St Louis County Fair near Duluth. The bottom of the county includes Duluth & it goes north to the US/Canada border. - There's a spot near my hometown that marks the line where water either flows south to the Gulf of Mexico & north to Hudson Bay - it's the Laurentian Divide & you can access the trails about 15 miles from my house. There's also another divide closer to Lake Superior that marks where water flows east to Lake Superior & the other Great Lakes to the ocean - it's called the St Lawrence Seaway Divide. The Great Lakes are connected through the St Lawrence Seaway all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. - fun weather fact - it was 47°F air temperature in my hometown yesterday & it was -47°F wind chill less than a week ago that's a difference of 94° in 6 days! The air temperature was -30 when the windchill was -47°. We have had a temperature rollercoaster this winter, so we have been having a week or two of our usually crazy cold temps & then a week or two of above average temperature off & on. Usually, in January we can get air temperature in the -40°F range (not counting wind chill) & it stays all month. It wasn't very long ago that we had the -40s air temperature & -50s windchill the entire month of January. We frequently have 24 hour temperature swings from -30s & -40s for the low temp to 30s & 40s for the daily high temperature, so we do experience 60-80 degree temperature swings in less than 24 hours at times. The state's low Air Temperature Record is -60°F in 1996 & it was recorded in a town about 20-30 miles from my house. Actually, the town next door to the winner also had that temperature, but their official thermometer broke so it couldn't be officially recorded. There's a huge thermometer sign near the highway in the non-official town to remind everyone 🤣 - Lake Superior also affects the region's weather since it's so huge & doesn't usually freeze over very much. The ice sheet actually moves when the wind changes direction at times since there's so much open water.

[@Tam58851520]

I'm always surprised how much I know and more surprised by how much I don't.

[@NarwahlGaming]

If politicians fixed the world's problems then we wouldn't need politicians anymore. They aren't going to fix themselves out of their gravy trains.

[@kida12]

Tom Brady was paid $303 million to play football. Samuel L. Jackson has made $5,718,504,196 for acting. 1 in 8 kids in the USA go hungry. Explain that one.

[@marieneu264]

We had a program in grade school known as KUNA (Kentucky United Nations Assembly) and schools from all over the state would attend for 3-4 days and night and each school would represent one of the many countries (many we’ve never even heard of) and teach all about the cultures, population, statistics, etc. of these countries. We’d have a “world marker” one at one and you’d get to walk around and listen to music from the country, taste their good, see their clothing, find out what their major exports are, etc. It was a brilliant experience and I know of so many of these countries that are rarely mentioned, simply by taking part of this KUNA experience when I was a youngster. It was one of the best experience and programs of my life!

[@happyfairyjerry]

There are 14 billion trees in my state (Michigan) and you can really tell the difference in air quality compared to some other places😂

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

195 countries - currently (but that shifts a little from time-to-time).

[@davidschlapman9305]

Millie is doing such a good job she deserves the front chair!

[@ViolentKisses87]

#FrontChairMillie

[@sector986]

#Frontchairmillie 😂

[@happyfairyjerry]

#FrontChairMillie

[@mikelarsen5836]

"How is it a country?" An island can't be a country? Er, tell that to Japan, Jamaica, New Zealand etc. She is SO stupid! 😂🤣😂👎👎👎

[@jimmymapes3411]

Millie, Australia is a continent.

[@alexroje4721]

there are 197 countries with the last official country being South Sudan tin 2011 or Barbados witch technically was a country in 1966 but now got its independence from the UK.

[@higgme1ster]

Why did this guy give a measure between Florida and Hawaii when Guam is much farther on the other side of the world and is also part of the United States?

[@SilvanaDil]

It's kind of hard for the world's policeman to score well on the Global Peace Index.

[@GreenBeamzzz]

They don’t actually know how many trees there are that’s a lie

[@writemeontele_gram_thebeesleys]

Dm❤️❤️❤️ I have something for you 🎁🎁🎁

[@billchmelik5697]

Just to maintain the population every couple needs to produce 3 children

[@williamhogge5549]

Most countries, especially developed countries, have a negative birth rate.

[@mer8795]

Australia is a Continent not an Island. Yes, it is the only country to cover an entire continent.

[@mer8795]

If I understand stand correctly, FRENCH GUIANE , is part of the Overseas Region of France and have full rights as any Region on the mainland [European] France (@ 20 yrs?). Four other Overseas parts are Islands. They are not Territories. It would be like Hawaii was Territory of the US for 59 yrs, then was admitted to union as a full State of the US in 1959. But we still have Territories which have various statuses (very legal definitions).

[@speedyrunner101]

Great Britain is an island. Australia is not an island because it's a continent. Multiple countries share islands.

[@speedyrunner101]

There are several countries that are single islands. Also 195 countries then there's like another 10 that are recognized by some but not others

[@nochannel1q2321]

To be a nation the most minimal hurdle to reach is to be the sovereign power over your geographic territory. Australia is a full member state in the UN which is the easiest way to check if something is a country.

[@billchmelik5697]

Switzerland gdp depends on the gnomes of Zurich

[@4theloveoflife]

shes getting drunk lol

[@michaelsublet3283]

Vatican City State is the world's smallest country. Nauru is the 3rd smallest country.

[@yia01]

Vatican city is a city state, not a country.

[@natemalnaa1]

It's all about power and control, Africa is kept at a low poverty for a reason. And they myth that there's too many people and we can't feed them all is exactly that a myth. It's not that we can't feed them all because there's not enough food, its the infrastructure that's not there for distribution. They could do it if they wanted to, but they won't because they get cheap labor from all the "3rd world countries", brought to you by central banks

[@NarwahlGaming]

The U.S. is so big that the distance from our Michigan warehouse to our South Carolina warehouse is the same distance from the top of Italy to the bottom of its heel. We have 2 guys that run trucks down and back 3 days a week (a day down, a day back).

[@ArcticTron]

I think if you want some interesting videos on Geography (and all the related Earth Science fields) I would recommend the channel Atlas Pro and in particular I think "Earth's REAL Lost Continents" would be a good place to start.

[@marigeobrien]

First, I think he's speaking English as a second language. The question is, what is his first language? Second, I believe much of how a culture has developed is due to their climate and geography. For example, there's more development in northern climates because people need more to survive-- and in a shorter time frame, since the winters don't allow for crop growth. And, depending on how moderate or extreme the climate, this affects how they developed, too. While this is very general, I think it explains much of man's cultural differences and similarities. Think about it. Also, one fun fact about America is that about 80% of the immigrants that came to America during the great migration period (1770's to 1910) settled in areas similar to their home countries. I think it's because they understood the climate and how to live in it and they felt more comfortable in it.

[@melvahash1837]

I recommend sponsoring a child or 2 in one of those poor countries. It can lift up many lives in a village. World Vision is transparent and accountable about how money is spent. Also, look into charities in your own country to help those in need.

[@Irishguy1420]

@0:43 “Geography doesn’t affect us” huh…. Righty oo 👋

[@d420guy9]

Oh lord Millie is Prego's! Strictly judging by what was said at start. Also 195 countries in the world, 7,950,720,600 and counting people on earth. Fun facts: (About Jersey) 1. Jersey is only five miles long and nine miles wide making it smaller than Greater London. 2. While the island speaks English, they also have a traditional tongue, Jerriais. 3. The exiled Charles II was finally proclaimed King on the island in 1649. 4. You’re quite likely to see a red squirrel in Jersey 5. Knitting was so popular it was outlawed in the 17th Century. 6. Jersey has the third largest tidal movement in the world, with tides of over 40 feet (13 metres). 7. Jersey was occupied during WW2. 8. Men are banned from knitting in Jersey during the fishing season of August-September. 9. Jersey residents are called 'Crapauds' ('toads' in Jersey French) by other Channel Islanders as Jersey has toads and Guernsey doesn't. 10. Superman himself (Henry Cavill) was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey.

[@itme420]

there are 195 countries in the world according to the internet lol. another great video

[@justintrefney1083]

New Hampshire had a temp of -108F last week!!!

[@lavenderoh]

I very much doubt that

[@JAB2010]

Windchill

[@chrisscheidt9643]

@@lavenderoh its true. MT Washington VT had a windchill of -141F

[@salyluz6535]

@Justin Trefney: Windchill is different! I’ve been to Mt Washington, interesting place.

[@theresabeck1029]

There are 195 (197) countries in the world today

[@hermanavery7493]

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[@salyluz6535]

I would really love to see something more about Jersey, where you live! Could you possibly do a video showing us unique things about Jersey, what makes it special? How high is the High Point? What are some things you like so much that you would rather live there than anywhere else? I’d love to see a video like that! 💙🌻 Really there’s no surprise about the large French speaking population in Africa- Anyone ever hear of Colonialism? So many of the things which make one country different from the next are remnants of colonialism. Also, the Caspian Sea is salty, and has been considered a Sea since antiquity. In the distant past it was connected to the Black Sea. Lakes have traditionally been defined as being freshwater, although a few salty lakes do exist. Many have become more salty over time due to cities and industry using up much of the natural water inflow. The lowest point on the surface of the earth is at the Dead Sea, which is salty and full of many minerals. So among bodies of water which are defined as Lakes, Lake Superior still has the largest surface area. It is equally in the United States and Canada, not only in Canada as the video said. It’s a good idea to read up on some of these video claims, to properly understand them. But keep on educating us! I hope sometime in the future we can see you too travelling and exploring other places besides this room. 💙🌻

[@scmtuk3662]

Australia, is a country which consists of the mainland Australia, as well as the island of Tasmania, and over 8,200 other smaller islands. The _continent_ of Australia, includes the country of Australia, as well as Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. It also includes part of Indonesia, most of which is part of Asia. The combined continents of Australia and Asia is known as Australasia. The entire continent of Australia, is part of a larger geographical region known as Oceania, which is often, but _incorrectly_ referred to as a continent. In fact, some people refer to the continent in question as "Australia and Oceania".

[@orphu88]

I think, at last count, there are 197 countries in the world. But it kind of depends on your definition of "country."

[@Riomojo]

God you two are the best, I love hearing your discussions and reactions. Such pure, kind souls that are extremely comforting. That on top of my favorite subject, Geography; this is a perfect video. Cannot wait till you two reach 1 million subscribers!!!

[@sector986]

I hear his “oh my days” in my sleep 😅

[@Cassxowary]

Look at northern Canada, it’s absolutely shredded up there, and even lower down, so 2 million isn’t shocking...

[@frankisfunny2007]

I don't know if it's a climatology, or geography fact, but.... Because of the corn growing in the Midwestern portion of the US, the US produces more oxygen than the Amazon rainforest. Just solely in the Midwest.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Excellent reaction...and so much additional information!! Thank you Millie and James!! 👍🏻❤️

[@suburban_squatch]

Good job millie!

[@jessesleight9631]

Millie scoffs at Ireland

[@cynthiahaun9269]

Good pick

[@troyrodrigue6172]

The South Pole is also surrounded by water. Is it as well an island?

[@Assassyn1980]

Continent is the word you were looking for heh

[@gregweatherup9596]

Based on several of the questions you asked I think you two need to react to “How many countries are there?” By CGP Grey kzbin.info/www/bejne/anLMp3iHosuDps0

[@CollarCityGuy]

Millie, you did great!! Keep up the good work!

[@mikelarsen5836]

Great? You mean ignorant? 🤔

[@williamhogge5549]

I'm pretty sure that Australia is a continent and technically not an island. I could be wrong. I'm shocked and amazed that they pronounced Kiribati correctly! Like, keer-ee-bas. Just distribute wealth evenly across the world?? First of all, thats called Socialism, and a lot of people tend to die when Socialism happens. Not because anyone is even fighting to keep their own property that they worked hard for, but by starvation because Socialists don't know where money comes from. It doesn't appear out of thin air. Neither does food. Even the US government is too bureaucratic to run a brothel. Prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada and a brothel was taken because of unpaid taxes. The government lost money and eventually had to close it. The Economist Milton Friedman said that if the US government was put in charge of the Sahara desert, there would soon be a shortage of sand. He wasn't wrong. The reason Africa specifically has such a low GDP is two fold. One being the corrupt governments, and two being its difficult geography. You just watched the video about the advantages of American geography, well find one about Africa's disadvantageous geography. Americans send a lot of money to Africa but it gets swallowed up by corrupt politicians and warlords. If you want a real education in Economics you should watch some Thomas Sowell videos, or better yet read his book Basic Economics. Another book you might want to read to start educating yourself about world politics, geography, and history is Guns Germs and Steel. I understand the sentiment of wanting everyone to be fed clothed and housed, it shows your good heart. Unfortunately the world just doesn't work that way. Keep up the good job choosing videos Millie.

[@Cassxowary]

And tragically the Amazon (and of course includes all the Indigenous People and all other lives there) is shrinking constantly due to the production of palm oil and other palm stuff 😖 and unlike nonhuman animal products it’s practically impossible to avoid BUT DOABLE!

[@Scot_WestTexas]

195 countries

[@JPMadden]

The question of how many countries there are in the world has more answers than you might expect. The United Nations has 193 member states, plus 2 non-member observer states--Vatican City and Palestine. The latter is the best example of how problematic this question is. Palestine is controlled by Israel, so "de facto" it is not an independent country. But should it be treated as such? In other words, should we pretend that it is independent? Most countries and the U.N. say yes, while the U.S., Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and nearly all of western Europe say no. So, the answer is 193, or 194, or 195, or 197 if you include Taiwan and Kosovo. For Russia, the answer is about 200, since they recognize the regions that are de facto but not legally independent of former Soviet republics--South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, Transnistria in Moldova, and Artsakh in Azerbaijan. Then there are the parts of Ukraine that Russia considers Russian territory--Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk. Other disputed locations include Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, and Western Sahara.

[@nochannel1q2321]

Palestine doesn't really exist yet as a country. To be an independent country you need to have sovereignty over your geography. The closest to a country that might become an independent state is Gaza, which has control of sovereignty of Gaza and, perhaps unwisely took the free, fair and well observed elections that brought the first country into being in that land and cleanly elected government as HAMAS.

[@JPMadden]

@@nochannel1q2321 I did say that "Palestine is controlled by Israel." In my original comment I could have made the distinction between "de facto" and "de jure" governments. "De jure (from law)" means that a government is recognized as being the rightful controlling body of its territory, even if it isn't in reality ("de facto"). So, Palestine is de facto controlled by Israel while de jure recognized as independent by the majority of the world, while Taiwan is de facto an independent country controlled by its own government but de jure a part of China as far as all but 14 countries are concerned. By necessity, even the U.S. participates in this farce, while simultaneously promising to defend Taiwan from China. Since China is powerful, the U.S. has to officially agree to their lie that Taiwan is part of China. China can then be in the right diplomatically, but wrong in actuality, when they complain that U.S. military support of Taiwan is an intrusion into Chinese "internal matters."

[@nochannel1q2321]

@@JPMadden Palestine is in no way a country in its current state. The only way for a real argument to be made that Palestine exists is if you're suggesting there's no Palestinian territory in the West Bank. As far as your attempt to compare a country's existence de fact or de jure, international law doesn't work that way. Gaza has control over its territory, an independent government and only interaction is in counterattacks to rocket attacks from Gaza. Taiwan is very specifically not recognized as a country. The US deals with them via its American Association in Chinese Taipei. It's not recognized as a country by the IOC. There are lots of examples, but for things like a full membership in the UN it's something that comes when a sufficient number of countries recognize the country is sovereign and establish formal two-way diplomatic relations with each other. If you get all five of the Permanent Members it wouldn't take too many other countries for it to join the UN. More if the size or economies of the countries exchanging formal diplomatic relations and a lot of the least powerful and economically important countries do this.

[@JPMadden]

@@nochannel1q2321 I gave no opinion as to whether Palestine should be an independent country. Of course it "is in no way a country in its current state," since Israel is opposed to that. You said "international law doesn't work" the way I described, but your next sentence seems to agree with my argument. How then does it work? I remember that the West Bank and the Gaza Strip had a political rupture years ago. Do their local governments still function separately? While Palestine does not have universal foreign recognition, the two portions of Palestine have the luxury of not cooperating with each other. It does not matter whether a government has de facto control and deserves de jure foreign recognition. What matters is whether they have the political capacity to achieve it. There's no requirement that every prospective nation be given equal consideration for recognition, only equal treatment if they are recognized.

[@nochannel1q2321]

@@JPMadden Israel is in favor of Gaza. Israel unilaterally moved (at times with the IDF if it was necessary) the setters out of Gaza, then withdrew, again unilaterally all of its presence in the territory.; Gaza then had an election to democratically elect a government to serve as their government. HAMAS is the opponent to the PA. They don't cooperate or even have discussions. There can be a Palestine if it's limited to Gaza because a key part of being a country is having all political power excepting those powers signed away as treaties are signed and ratified. My description of how a country gets to be a counter doesn't have different sets of how to become a country. In international relations everything is an opt in. If you agree to be bound by the CWC it's because you choose to sign it and then ratify it so it becomes a law binding your country to obeying it. If you don't agrtee to a treaty, like the Treaty on Nuclear Proliferation allows you to be a fully lawly nuclear weapons profliferator and unlike the laws of the country in question it's perfectly legal. International law is opt-in only. If you don't like something a lot of peoples wish you didn't like they can complain, but they can't make your country do as is said or take you to the ICC. Being a country is full control over your territory in a sovereign status the status grows in acceptance in beginning formal diplomatic relations with other countries. There aren't alternative methods of becoming a country.

[@domiiinik4320]

Why an island can't be a country? What even is a logic behind that lol Japan, Iceland or Madagascar are all island countries and there are much more

[@clinthowe7629]

It really comes down to individuals worldwide loving their neighbor as themselves. if everyone treated their neighbor rightly, we would live in a just and free world, but alas, man has a corrupt nature.

[@jasonmistretta4295]

5:30. Millie, Millie, Millie.... Countries CAN be and ARE at times islands--hahaha!!! Jersey is an ISLAND COUNTRY as is IRELAND.

[@janet8146]

There are 195 countries

[@sector986]

I agree with Millie. 😂

[@donaldpicard7752]

197 countries\

[@gracielynn9623]

I don’t think it’s the same guy, that’s why the accent is different. Pretty sure that channel is run by like four or five different folks.

[@JustWriter]

Um... Lake Superior is in Canada AND the U.S.A. Why is the geography guy just using Canada as a throwaway comment?

[@Cassxowary]

*Capitalism.* Capitalism is why there is starvation when there’s more than enough real food (not animals like us), homelessness when there’s exponentially more houses and other housing, and all the other problems. The rich take as much as they can and profit off all the ones they can as much as they can.

[@yia01]

As bad as capitalism is, its the best system that we got. look at cuba, the former USSR, north korea, especially China.

[@petertrabaris1629]

Millie, you did great! I also agree with you, Millie, that it makes no sense in 2023 that there is so much poverty and hunger in the world. We could fix it if we had the will. Unfortunately, I think that humans just have a psychological need to feel better that someone else. I think that is why we tend to turn such a blind eye. It is wrong. And, we are not doing what we need to do to change it. Sigh! Peace

[@FUBAR1986]

People don’t trust charities, too many times they turn out to be scams or the CEOs are paying themselves millions a year

[@timglennon6814]

I bet you didn’t know that the whole of the world’s population of people can fit into Texas in the USA.

[@davidmernick7360]

I'm pretty sure they've seen that video actually.

[@donaldpicard7752]

millie your wrong australia is a continent due to the crust underneath it is not a island

[@Kenneth_James]

This video has more bs in it than scifi

[@graveyardprospecting]

Australia is a continent, and country

[@THEREALDANNYD]

Please stop talking over the guy in the video! I love your show, am a big fan. But, this particular presentation is frustrating me. At the beginning of each segment in this video, you are talking about the last segment you saw, or something about the new segment. So, I don’t hear the introduction of segments. I understand that this is a reaction show. But, many times, I can’t hear what you’re reacting to. Usually, your shows are superb and I love watching you.

[@jeffwilkirson9302]

Yall don't have a onlyfans!?!

[@randykillman6475]

195 countries