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[@General.Knowledge]

*What other maps do you want to see in videos?* *(also yes, Brussels does have more rain)*

[@robbey43]

Where your subscribers are from

[@TBAnimations]

@@robbey43 yes

[@oillipheist]

lol the ice is not melting because some little swedish girl says it is

[@hugopnik3380]

@@oillipheist what do you mean? Do you think that glaciers and ice from both poles are not melting? If so, tell me location of the cave you vere isolated in so we can do proper archeological research

[@alexandrevieira1391]

Dude Leiria is a myth it doesn't actually exist ;)

[@renatoe9648]

7:57 the dutch conquer the sea 13:39 the sea counter attacks

[@General.Knowledge]

Episode V: The Ocean Strikes Back

[@jwkkwu]

I would still be alive hehe

[@StewieG46]

I'm confident we would win. The sea is no match for us, we are on a 70 year win streak atm

[@disillusionedrightest7313]

Episode VI : Return of the Dutch East Indies Company

[@manghariz2211]

@igor lopes my god The best comment so far Hahahahha

[@coconutcore]

“Glasgow in Scotland seems to be the rainiest place out of all of these” Me, from Belgium: “I’m RIGHT HERE!”

[@abharjaminonpremanand4317]

yes

[@gerryadams4413]

It never showed the west of west of Ireland.

[@gerryadams4413]

Trust me it's the worst

[@emilen2]

I think Bergen in western Norway has the way highest precipitation though.

[@WK-bo6qv]

Sorry, the visibility’s a bit low so we can’t really see you

[@Erik24296]

I love how at 10:15 he draws a blackberry phone while talking about fruit and doesn't even bat an eye at the joke.

[@ctuallynice]

Wow I missed that totally bc at 10:10 he says "tomatoes" and draws a potato 🤣😂

[@milosvrastanovic6092]

6:27 Sad Brussels noises

[@nathanbossuyt5017]

true

[@ivanoffw]

And I thought that 199 was larger than 170?

[@mediocrecontent2449]

@@ivanoffwThat's what the comment is saying? or are you criticizing the video, too?

[@terrainaheadpullup3092]

sad northern Ireland noises we get 213 days of rain per year

[@ivanoffw]

@@terrainaheadpullup3092 so the map was wrong?

[@korpen2858]

Last name from ancestral origin meaning: Your father is named Anders, therefore you are the son of Anders which would make you Ander's son or Andersson.

[@richdiddens4059]

No, that's a patronymic. An ancestral name is if you are named after a more remote ancestor. Technically, most occupational and other source names are also ancestral. If your family name is Miller an ancestor was probably a miller (occupational) and, at some point, a son who wasn't a miller was still named Miller along with his descendants and so it became ancestral. Even most Western European patronymic names are now ancestral. If your name is Hanson your father probably isn't named Hans. So the source of the name is patronymic but has become ancestral. I believe Russia is both. Your surname is ancestral but your middle name is traditionally patronymic. Your father's given name with a variation of evich added on for a son or evna for a daughter.

[@KeithLaws]

@@richdiddens4059 if you look at the category it says patronymic, matronymic and ancestral - they've all been lumped together

[@pierreheider4581]

@@richdiddens4059 of course your fathers name isn't Hans, if you family name is Hanson. Your fathers name would be Han! If your fathers name is Hans, you would be called Hansson.

[@allantidgwell5624]

@@pierreheider4581 not necessarily. Just as contractions remove letters this can also happen with names. If letters are duplicated and yet not pronounced as such then the letter can be dropped like how Gwynne became Gwen

[@benn454]

@@allantidgwell5624 Ellis Island: Allow me to introduce myself

[@TheRealNacho87]

I'm from Sri Lanka and you're correct about Perera. We used to be colonised by Portugal in the 1500s. Our most common last names are Perera, Fernando, and Silva.

[@MellonVegan]

Would love to hear about those African expeditions! Honestly never heard of them before

[@charliescene786]

Same.

[@irtifairshad2646]

Same

[@gorge2786]

We’ve heard loads about the contact between the Chinese and various western empires but it’d be amazing to have a look at this topic

[@kathom67]

These are only the ones during the first century AC. There already were others after the fall of Carthage at 146 BC. There even have been some along the Nile river in Egypt way down to the south.

[@bloss031ng]

Yes please !

[@UnsaneMan]

"And Tomatoes." *Shows Potatoes*

[@boop53]

“Blackberries” *shows the phone*

[@wkrijthe]

@@boop53 or Apple... :p

[@ashinthehouse1710]

@@boop53 Do you see me laughing

[@boop53]

@@wkrijthe yeah lol

[@grrkaa8450]

tomato potato..

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

And if you look at maps of German states by GRP, life satisfaction, and population changes, they too match with the former division line between East and West Germany. On a map of population changes, the East German states are shrinking in a bigger percentage when compared to West German states. the former division has certainly impacted the way Germany is today

[@TheRealGPope]

Reason for population shrinking is the amount of pay you get for jobs, east germans get payed worse than west german, standard of living however is cheaper in the east than the west don't get fooled germany as a state might be unified, but the old scars are still there. West and east germany are nowhere equal and the people in the east have a way different mindset than west germans source: me an east german

[@robertandrews6915]

No way! So if a wall was built to separate the United States into a western/eastern or northern/southern states, it would probably impact the country like Germany? I had no idea a division could cause problems

[@rubbishrabble]

No, Germany has the least + $100k 37.7%, $35k median vs France $102k & $92k Italy. Meanwhile the mean average closer for all 3 $276k France, $234k Italy, Germany $216k. Source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report. Lower Saxony $42k & $37k Saxony closer. Rhineland Palatinate $44k vs $57k Bavaria. Bavaria is closer to Switzerland than West. Source: OECD regions by GDP per capita. As a sidenote, 750k by 435 USA house district disparity, is a solid rural referral. VA dot gov vets by district. Florida panhandle. FL 1 109k, FL 2 74k, FL 3 68k, FL 4 75k Northwest Georgia Appalachian. GA 1 79k, GA 2 55k, GA 3 58k Northwest North Carolina Appalachian. NC 8 89k, NC 9 51k, NC 10 50k, NC 11 59k NYC has only 1/3 the average South district. NY 5 18k, NY 6 14k, NY 7 9k, NY 8 16k NY 9 12k, NY 10 13k, NY 11 22k, NY 12 16k NY 13 13k, NY 14 12k NY 15 11k USA mean $404k & $62k median is similar to mean & median Germany unfortunately. "This fighter jet is a disaster, but Congress keeps funding it" VOX F 35 trillion YT. Most high paying jet jobs North vs poor SE.

[@buzzx21]

Not necessarily. The reason Germany is still economically divided today isn't just because of the wall. From 1945 to 1990, Germany was divided between a Democratic West German state, and an Authoritarian East German puppet state. West Europe and the USA dumped lots of money into repairing cities bombed to rubble in many european countries including West Germany, while the Soviets let East Germans live in the basements of the rubble of their old homes. The damage wasn't repaired until the 1990s after Germany unified. TLDR: NATO cared about Germany, Russia didn't.

[@jitrax-_-5206]

@@buzzx21 LMAO

[@grzegorzkomon3056]

4:53 Nowak in Poland and Novákova in Czech Republic are really the same surname. The difference here is caused that Czech surname is different depending if is borne by man (Novák) or woman (Novákova). Polish surnames do not change now (it did historically) except for those ending in -ski (for man i. e. Kowalski) or -ska (woman i.e. Kowalska) so both, men and women are called Nowak in Polish.

[@Aiphares]

"Starting off with the 2 from the thumbnail" man, youre the real MVP. Not just baiting us with Thumbnail pics but actually delivering right away!

[@lief3414]

For "the most common last name": Red coloring means the surname was derived from the first name of parents (or clan). Nováková is female version of Novák, which is the same as Nowak, basically meaning 'new guy'.

[@Sanu.sk167]

This guy: Glasgow is the rainiest place in Europe Brussels: Pls hold more than 3 quarter of my year ...

[@Ricky911_]

I think the rainiest place in Europe is actually Bergen (Norway) with something like 220 days of rain but it doesn't appear on the map

[@Sanu.sk167]

@@Ricky911_ Lol the Ardennes in Belgium and Antwerp are so rainy there is more rain here than sun

[@erlendukvitne]

@@Sanu.sk167 Check out www.climatestotravel.com(or google rain days Bergen/Antwerp). Antwerp has on average 133 days of rain and 850 mm precipitation during the year, while Bergen has on average 235 days of rain and 2250 mm precipitation during the year. And Bergen is not even the place in Norway where it rains the most.

[@OP-1000]

@@Sanu.sk167 Well, those Spa bottles need filling.

[@lmaocetung]

5:01 Nováková Is female version of Novák English: Joseph Novák Elizabeth Novák Czech: Joseph Novák Elizabeth Nováková

[@alengrm7488]

The most common surname in Slovenia is Novak as well:)

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Most of the time in English, we don't bother with diacritics.

[@KJ_SC]

It's such a basic thing, you would think the person making such video's would know that.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

@@KJ_SC Is it, though? This is a geography video, no genealogy.

[@jlpack62]

@@nelsonricardo3729 Well, I am just an English speaker and not a genealogist, and I knew that.

[@nathancreek6086]

I think the ancestral thing on the last names map means "son of" like the most common in Sweden being Andersson (son of Anders) and in Denmark it's Jensen (son of Jen) and Norway is Hansen (son of Han)

[@Anna-pj8te]

I think it’s son of Hans. Han isn’t a common name

[@mikkelsieburg89]

The danish name is Jens and the northregien one is Hans but you are right about the meaning

[@ivanborsuk1110]

@@Anna-pj8te *angry chewbaka noises*

[@noahstevens4894]

Before the actual video here I got an ad for Old Spice that said “men have skin too” and I honestly had to take a minute to check if I still had skin

[@bcw1370]

Very cool! I’m intrigued by the Roman expeditions into the Sahara. Never heard of this before, would love to know more!

[@irishdogclock]

14:32 All that hard work by the Dutch would go to waste. LOL :}

[@vishwadrikhkashyapa7016]

3:01 this is freaky. The amount the Soviets impacted the east that still remains today is shocking. There are even images from space showing the east of Berlin having mainly yellow lights while the west of berlin uses whiter more efficient light. Also P.S another great video. Loved the intro thing in this one.

[@riccards]

Iam pretty sure the yellow ones are more efficient (coming from a citizen of a former USSR country) but ok

[@xyungeloest]

And I think atheism is really good as is makes the country more progressive or at least easier to adopt progressive changes

[@Salome.]

My mother grew up in the DDR and she once told me, that you got despised when you were a Christian. (alot of people got "bullied" or had disadvantages in school)

[@tronicman1]

It's because they weren't brainwashed in school with religion from childhood on - and that's the reason why it is the same in old West-Berlin, the only German state without religion in school. And although I was raised in the West with white lights, I definitely like the eastern yellow lights which is no less efficient and doesn't dazzle the eyes.

[@marcelow8606]

@@Salome. While in my school in Poland, i seen kids bullying other because he was atheist. I am catholic but that is not cool

[@patrikcath1025]

"Glasgow seems to be the rainiest place out of all of these." >Brussels has 199 days **later, proceeds to draw potatoes for "tomatoes"**

[@afonsoeca1319]

And a phone for blackberries AHAHHAHA 10:17

[@Muritaipet]

the wonderful thing about maps is that they are visual. You can still understand them, with the sound OFF

[@hugopnik3380]

Nováková (female version of Novák surname) and Polish Nowak are the same. There is also German Neuman, wich means Newman IIRC

[@sztallone415]

and what does it mean?

[@hugopnik3380]

@@sztallone415 like when someone Just moved to new city - he is new there

[@MellonVegan]

I wonder, is that a loanword then (like e.g. Russian tends to have a couple loanwords from Europe from early reforms) or more of an ancient common ancestor kind of thing?

[@hugopnik3380]

@@MellonVegan I think it's the ancestor one, but I am not an expert

[@h.l.n.m.d.l.r.6304]

@@MellonVegan Czech and Polish are both Western Slavic languages and share many similarities apart from the spelling. Novák and Nowak are an example of words common to both languages, like pivo and piwo (beer), and also similar words like den and dzień (day). This is because before Czechs and Poles split into different countries they were one group who spoke the same language, to put it extremely simply

[@TheLiamster]

It’s really interesting how Smith is the most common surname in all of the Anglosphere countries since they all share a language, history, culture, lifestyle and identity.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I bless the rains, down in *EUUUUROPAAAA*

[@JonBA94]

16:01 Reindeer are also found in east part of Iceland, not native but were domesticated (probably from Norway) in the 1700's and now roam wild

[@TypicalRussianGuy]

Here is an interesting historical fact about 12:18 from me (a Russian guy). You can clearly see the divide but here is a very interesting fact and some food for thought: At the beginning of the century (1910s), this divide was present, with countries in Eastern Europe generally having shorter life expectancies due to their historically lower levels of development. In the middle of the century (1960s), most of the Eastern European countries caught up to the West in terms of life expectancy and HDI due to the affordability of healthcare in Socialist countries, where most people could afford to go to the doctor, as well as eat healthier food due to the better food standards that food-producing companies had to abide by. By the end of the century and beyond (2000s), most of the Eastern European countries turned back to Capitalism, and life expectancy suddenly dropped due to the decrease in healthcare affordability and the degradation of food quality standards, as well as the higher crime rates caused by the mass unemployment typical to scarcely regulated Capitalism, the very model that we naïvely borrowed from the USA, and which, in the end, guaranteed the demise of our health and prosperity. The moral of the story: don't believe ''free market wizards'' like Ben Shapiro that promise you miracles. In the real world, massive deregulation and privatization ruin the lives of millions. If you don't believe me, ask other Russians, they will tell you the same.

[@erickbarbosa2935]

6:50 in Brazil, the conscription for men is mandatory indeed, but you indicates if you want to take the military service or not. usually the number of volunteers is sufficient, but, if it isn't, who didn't wanted in first place can be forced to. idk if my explanation was comprehensive or not, but at least I tried 😂

[@CmdrUD87]

Draft with exception is probably like it used to be in Germany, which means the military can choose whom they approach... such as exclusively the high-level school graduates who will likely go to college

[@turtle-balloon]

Same in Sweden. Its like having no conscription. They just kind of push you and encourage you to do it

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

Here in Oregon, you can literally walk on a trail in the city here and just eat blackberries off of bushes even in the city, I had no idea we were the main producer though lol

[@yochitoranaga]

patronymic / matronymic names tend to be something like: Karl Gustavsson = Karl son of Gustav Gnut Jonsdottir = Gnut daughter of Jon They simply state who you are related to.

[@mbgal7758]

The paternalistic/maternalistic/ancestral names means you would be named after your father or mother or something related to family. Such as Sweden Anderson meaning son of Ander or in the Iceland Jonsdottir would be the daughter of Jon. In Russia Ivanovna is the daughter of Ivan

[@joshuataylor3550]

In fact in Iceland this is the only type of surname they use, everyone takes an individual surname e.g. a brother and sister with the father Jón would be (brother'sfirstname) Jónsson and (sister'sfirstname) Jónsdóttir. (Exceptions being recent immigrants or descendants of those connected to Danish aristocracy).

[@joshuataylor3550]

To be clear, in Sweden for example the name Anderson is passed down the family in a more 'traditional' sense and everyone in the same immediate family is named Anderson. Though at one point in history it was given to someone who was the son of Anders, like the Icelandic tradition that persists to this day.

[@mbgal7758]

@@joshuataylor3550 Yes, that is correct. I was just informing where the names originated and how they came about. Perhaps I should have been more detailed. Like Smith doesn’t mean you’re a Smith anymore but that’s how it started out. Over time in most places surnames have become more permanent following a family through descendants instead of describing one particular person and possibly their siblings of the same sex. Except in instances like Iceland where it continues.

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@mbgal7758 I was just clarifying my own comment to be honest. But sure always worth mentioning Iceland's uniqueness up front.

[@General.Knowledge]

Ah okay! Thanks

[@bkatsard]

1) great video! 2) more map videos please🙏 3) yes to Roman expedition videos 4) check again the rain map as I think Brussels comes 1st with 199 days a year

[@AndrywMarques]

In Brazil, all men have to register in the military force but only a few are selected to spend a time in the military. That's why is a limited conscription

[@nickvliet4614]

I was wondering how that works for USA too since all men have to register for the draft which seems similar to conscription to me except its rare that we actually would get called

[@AndrywMarques]

@Teamgeist It's not SO random. When you register, you tell if you want to join the army. So, they usually (but not always) pick the people who want to join. Some poor people want to join the army because of the wage and benefits.

[@Luboman411]

At 10:35. California is the top producer here of 25 out of 31 crops. It is an enormously important agricultural state.

[@koenboerstra2888]

Crazy to think that if the sea levels rose the caspian sea would be connected to the world ocean system

[@AccidxGhost]

6:50 i am from austria, and i doing my military service right now.

[@zsoltpapp3363]

I am from Hungary and this is the first time i ever hear about mandatory military service in Austria...interesting.

[@eemeli9572]

im from finland and mine is starting on july

[@greentea1487]

im from Turkey mine will start after the university and yes i will try to keep it as long as possible

[@Andreas-pj6np]

Bei mir gehts glei nach da matura los mitn zivildienst

[@youpick4402]

16:16 the extreme east of Russia is actually VERY CLOSE to north america. It's just the map that makes Russia seem to be very distant.

[@dkroll92]

there was a woman in the 1980s that swam between two islands, one of which is on the American side, the other of which was on the Russian side. In other words, she swam from the US to Russia

[@you_peak]

@@dkroll92 yeah, also don't forget that alaska was once part of Russia.

[@you_peak]

True, a pacific centered map would've been better to explain the reindeer population distribution

[@areyouastalker4591]

I love the fact that every german watching this video immediately looked up what his Landkreis's religion is :D

[@kayvan671]

Natürlich muss man das machen 😂

[@kevinh.8668]

@@kayvan671 Ja. Ich werde das machen wann ich dort fliegen!😂

[@kayvan671]

@@kevinh.8668 Mach das Bro

[@felixlehmann9241]

*Laughs in East German atheism* :D

[@AnnetteAnnie]

Das weiß man in Bayern. Da muss ich nicht schauen. :D ;)

[@kfool7120]

7:54 “China has peace and freedom for their citizens” Loool

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Is China engaging active warfare with foreign countries at the moment? No. Do the Chinese citizens have a choice over military conscription? Yes. Is his words about some other subject matter that is not related with conscription? No.

[@kfool7120]

@@nehcooahnait7827 he said they have freedom. They have nothing close to freedom. Organ harvesting programs wtf

[@dde553]

@@kfool7120 We (in the western countries) also have no full freedom, just in the other cases which Chinese people have.

[@karla.1213]

@@dde553 no humans will never achieve full freedom but this doesn’t mean that the censoring of free speech and the genocides the CCP is commiting are okay

[@dde553]

@@karla.1213 We ve got our own censorship and sometives even committing genocides. How are we different than them?

[@concept5631]

12:23 I like how the Middle East is full of red, yellow, and orange and then Israel is just: *green.*

[@mojeminifilmy1973]

By the way, I think the Czech and Polish surnames are connected, because "Nováková" is a female name. A male name is "Novák", which is very close to the Polish "Nowak".

[@V0lkanic]

You are right. The Czech equivalent of Nowak is Novák, Nováková is the female version of the name. For those who don't know, female surnames in Czechia usually (98% of the time) end with "ová". Male surnames never have this ending.

[@rsoldier7829]

@@V0lkanic interesting, in north macedonia they always end with -ovska

[@V0lkanic]

@@rsoldier7829 Really? I thought Czechia is unique in this. 😄

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@V0lkanic unrelated to Novak Djokovic? Assuming that's a normally Serbian first name.

[@zireal8462]

@@joshuataylor3550 yep, novak is pretty often name in ex yugoslavia countryes

[@Jose-vx4vt]

6:47 for example in Mexico when you are 18 years old you have to go to a raffle where you can be chosen to prepare as a soldier but when you complete this training you don’t have to stay

[@ArturoLopez-ly2pn]

Also, I remember my dad told me that in his time you had to have your Military Service Card if you wanted to get a job

[@jarskil8862]

In Finland its similar. When people turn 18 they must spend 6-12 months at training and then return home, and if they do well, they get asked to stay and make a career at military. They can refuse.

[@K0ukku]

I lived in Mexico for a while, and some family told me that they bribe the officials not to pick their name in the "conscription". Here in Finland every guy serves, and no brown paper bags.

[@alengrm7488]

4:53 The most common surname in Slovenia is Novak as well And I think that Novakova is just a female version of the surname Novak

[@holakfun8243]

As czech yes it is the male czech version is novák

[@alengrm7488]

@@holakfun8243 Is Novakova written in official documents as well or is it just Novak

[@alengrm7488]

@Jo Interesting, here in Slovenia only Novak is used

[@LordTomigun]

@Jo Slavaks do have female forms in the same way as Czechs or Poles do (e.g. Russians, Ukrainians and some other Slavic countries as well).

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@alengrm7488 Yes, official documents do contain the gendered version. So husband and wife would have Novák and Nováková respectively. Pretty much all Slavic languages have this in slightly varying versions.

[@fabiangrodek5612]

14:00 Its interesting that the Iberian Peninsula lost only a small amount of land

[@zuzucha5881]

Interestingly, the Iberian peninsula is very mountainous, so most of the land is at a higher altitude than one might think. Madrid one of Europe's highest capitals (in terms of height above sea level).

[@jarskil8862]

Also I wonder if the map is compensating "Bedrock expansion" Example in Finland land is actually rising up faster than sea level. During Iceage there where kilometres of Ice over Finland and it created enough pressure to "Squeeze" bedrock. Now the bedrock is slowly uncompressing.

[@matousfiala7435]

5:00 Polish and czech surnames have same origin, they both mean new

[@flopunkt3665]

In Germany there are countless topics that make you clearly see the former border, for example population density, GDP, voting results etc.

[@bernardo9000]

"The fact they were able to venture through the Sahara desert is remarkable". It would be if it were true, but those maps are highly speculative, based on wild extrapolations from a few vague remarks by Pliny. The Wikipedia page you took it from barely has any references.

[@pedroluis758]

Obrigado pelo vídeo General Knowledge! Segue em frente! Muito sucesso!

[@General.Knowledge]

Obrigado!

[@elianderson3450]

The red, signifying ancestral origin, basically means the way your last name came about was being named after your father/mother/etc. Take Hernández, in Hispanic countries that basically means “son of Hernando”, while Andersson in Sweden would be “son of Ander”. However, countries eventually stopped passing down last names based on the first name of their parent and instead kept it the same between generations.

[@sumanghosh-pb3dw]

1:13 - U.S. human development index 2019 1:38 - closer to 1.0 the bettr. 1:44 - highest GDI is in Massachusetts w/0.956. Lowst is in Mississippi w/0.853 6:34 - military drafting (6:43) - blue has no enforced drafts.

[@Aleksae_Zhiltsauff]

10:11 aaah that's famous grey Californian tomatoes. Would love to taste one.

[@ismarius1749]

6:29 Brussel has 199 rainy days

[@jeanpaul8685]

@@rj5848 You stupid? Europe and EU is not the same things...

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@rj5848 learning is wonderful, don't let people get you down.

[@joshuataylor3550]

@Lukas Engel as an educated fellow I'm sure you heard about Yugoslavia as well....

[@joshuataylor3550]

@Lukas Engel that hasn't existed for nearly 30 years...

[@joshuataylor3550]

@Lukas Engel I know you know, that's what I was pointing out.

[@NorthHaug]

5:57 Bergen Norway shuld really be on this map. It rains like 300 days in the year

[@Nabium]

Bergen should have been on that rain map, second biggest city in Norway with 239 rainy days a year.

[@Liggliluff]

I would love to see more than just the capitals. So much wasted space.

[@Nabium]

@@Liggliluff But the wierd thing is that it does show a lot of cities which aren't capitals, which is why it's weird Bergen isn't there.

[@AndrywMarques]

In portuguese "Da Silva" has the origins in "Da Selva", "from the jungle". Many free slaves in Brazil received this last name

[@DARK-rq6rm]

Fontes: vozes na minha cabeça. Não sabia que havia selvas em Portugal pra alguém se chamar Manuel ''da selva'', por exemplo..., fake news.

[@Rafael-jn6iv]

Isso é sério?

[@AndrywMarques]

@@DARK-rq6rm uma pesquisa rápida vai encontrar fontes do que eu falei super.abril.com.br/especiais/a-origem-dos-50-sobrenomes-mais-comuns-do-brasil/

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

A meme is born ... Back in Rome: "Bro, I just got back from Lake Chad. Went through the Sahara Desert, there, and back. It was rough, but worth it" Vestal Male Virgin: "Pfft ... whatever you say Mr Chad"

[@ZetaFuzzMachine]

Yes, give us those African expeditions!!

[@Sofus.]

I have the feeling you live in Leiria

[@pedroluis758]

I'm from LEIRIA too.

[@oc2226]

6:27 Brussels has the most days of rainfall on the map, with 199, not Glasgow. 6:20 Newfoundland is pronounced like NEW-fin-lind with emphasis on the NEW. Great Video though! I like how you explain things.

[@randomsheep2949]

Thanks? I guess

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks! :)

[@gabkoost]

Brussels as low rainfall Number of days have nothing to do with total rain. It's a useless statistic actually. My region in Northern Portugal gets 1500mm. Brussels 890.

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@gabkoost critical thinking is alive and well.

[@Sven-lg4jr]

It's what you would call "rainfall" most of the time it''s just drizzling. But 200 would still seem a lot. Also in the map of the surnames Belgium is in the wrong category. It should be red as Peeters is the same as for example Johnson, Hansen, Andersson. It comes from Pe(e)ter his son like in the same stuff in other languages.

[@106640guy]

14:42 I am already living roughly 4 meters below sealevel right now in the netherlands, we can manage

[@thechto-to3151]

I'm pretty sure the Polish and Czech surnames are just different genders, same with Russia and Belarus

[@F100cTomas]

Not just genders, but languages

[@MalekMohamed-w8v]

Czech*

[@michi1743]

Yes, they're the same surname, one is feminine (Nováková) and one is masculine. Also the spelling is different but the origin and meaning remains the same

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

About the reindeer being on islands in the north: it's easy to forget when looking at a map that lots of the sea here were in long periods during ice ages, and lots of places still is; covered with sea ice thick enough walk on for even heavy animals such as polar bears. So for a wandering little flock of reindeer, as long as they can walk the distance without starving, a bit of ice covered sea is no real obstacle. (In fact it's probably faster to walk on fairly flat ice than on mountainous land)

[@diogofarinha1843]

Are you portuguese General? If yes, viva Portugal!

[@Hendricus56]

No, he is Western Spanish Kappa

[@paranoidrodent]

Regarding the reindeer map, they get called caribou in North America. There are some in the southern areas of Canada but the big here's are further north, away from population centres.. That might account for some of the range that surprised you.

[@naosei839]

love how ur portuguese accent rises up to surface whenever u say portuguese words like "timor leste" or "soares"

[@da10cent41]

Ancestral: paternal/maternal names are names with a pre or suffix referring to them. Ex. Your name is john. When you get a son, his last name will be Johnsson.

[@da10cent41]

I know some people from africa that have something like that as well. Ex: (father) First name: John, Last name: Henry (Son/daughter) First name James, Last name: John Their First name becomes the last name of the next generation

[@baul997]

The religion distribution map of Germany especially in the east can be explained very simply with the soviets hated religion

[@lucasconde9526]

I noticed the same, but It did not happen in Poland which is right next to them and was also under soviet umbrella

[@baul997]

@@lucasconde9526 that's cause when Poland freed itself from the soviets it was let by catholic Christians that basically helped too deeply in grain themselves into the polish society but that is if I remember everything correctly

[@Luboman411]

At 6:48. Wow, you can clearly see the small countries that are freaked out by an invasion from their much bigger neighbor. Cuba is understandably scared of a U.S. invasion, Finland is understandably scared of a Russian invasion and Vietnam is understandably scared of a Chinese invasion. Thus Cuba, Finland and Vietnam have mandatory conscription for their young men. Then you have countries with feared enemies. Greece and Turkey have each other, while South Korea and North Korea have each other. Thus mandatory conscription is also prevalent here. Fascinating...

[@niccfajardo]

That Roman exploration of Africa video is gonna be dope

[@hiltibrant1976]

Regarding the North-South dichotomy regarding Catholic vs Protestant parts of Germany, you identify part of the cause correctly: That the various states that predate the unification of Germany as a national state were mostly leaning either Protestant or Catholic. However, I wouldn't say the underlying cause goes as far back as Roman empire or HRE times, more directly it is related to the reformation and the immediately following 30 Years War, which had a very strong religious component. Basically, the majority of Southern German states, as well as many Western states bordering France, were kept under Catholic hegemony and subject to Counter-reformation movements, whereas the Northern states in Germany in that period were under the protection of Protestant rulers such as the Swedes and could form strong alliances to protect each other.

[@Sahtoovi]

The reindeer map is somewhat inaccurate. In the case of Finland, the map shows that Reindeer are only in the very north of Finland, while actually they inhabit all of Finland north of the polar circle and even a bit south from it.

[@David-ux5wn]

China also has limited conscription. University students have to do 3 months (if I remember correctly) of military service before they can begin their classes.

[@idktj10]

Lol anyone notice at 10:22 He drew the blackberry (Phone) instead of the fruit

[@inesvandevelde1801]

“Glasgow seems to be the rainiest place of all” Brussels: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@ThSkBj]

Bergen, Norway: Yes. Yes you are.

[@NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets]

Wait are you Portuguese? How the hell else would you know about Leiria? I’m amazed

[@duartelobo9435]

I am pretty sure he is, even the pronunciations were spot on

[@noctusowl]

He is Portuguese, he has stated in other videos. In case his accent did not give it away to you. Although I have the feeling he lives or has lived in the US at some stage. I might be wrong.

[@ricardo1e93]

I'm here after watching IWrocker last video. I'm happy to see more and more English speaking portuguese channels popping up. Well done. Have a nice day.

[@fantasticmio]

Yes, please, on the Roman expeditions!

[@luxembourger]

Comfortable to see I exactly moved to the part of the Netherlands which would survive a worst-case flooding by the ocean. (13:32)

[@apotato5567]

Tradition is technically peear pressure from ancestors right

[@wilmanman7783]

yes it, Mr. potato, yes it is

[@apotato5567]

@@wilmanman7783 I'm not mr potato I'm the glorious leader potato of the democratic republic of potato

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Parts of it. Depends if you actually like the tradition or not.

[@apotato5567]

@@moritamikamikara3879 most of the times traditions are stupid

[@reiPaquit0]

Not even 1 Minute into the Video and Portugal is already mentioned twice, I love it

[@ML-ir5vo]

"Please say Glaz-go, please say Glaz-go" General Knowledge: Glaz Gow "Damn"

[@DrThot]

I can commiserate. He butchered Newfoundland too 😂

[@Liggliluff]

Spell it Glasgo then.

[@DrThot]

@@mymo_in_Bb gow ends with the “ow” sound- like you stubbed your toe on the coffee table. Go is exactly that - the opposite of stop. Now of course all of this depends on you native tongue/accent/ ability to pronounce those sounds

[@DrThot]

@@mymo_in_Bb Sorry! I was trying to explain by example. The “gow” has the “ow” sound (aʊ) which ends with a “w” sound. Like the word “now” or “shower”. Go (which happens to be the opposite of stop), ends in the long o sound ( [õ]) (pronounced like the name of the letter) as in the word “robe”. I realize it’s confusing because in English we do sometimes use “ow” as the long o sound, but just not in this case. English is just stupid, since it’s a horrendous mixing of so many other languages

[@DrThot]

@@mymo_in_Bb dude English just sucks. And FWIW you do pronounce the r in world but it isn’t a hard kind of r. You kind of mush it together with the l. I guess rl is kind of its own sound. Judging from your name I’d guess you speak Icelandic? I’ll guarantee your English pronunciation is light years better than my Icelandic.

[@Liggliluff]

(13:00) _> "... but still in the green"_ But that's just an opinion. What is green and isn't is based on who choose the colours.

[@luizfellipe3291]

Dude... I know you're Portuguese, so think with me for a bit: Have you ever thought of Portugal as a face looking west and Spain as it's hair? And Lisboa would be the tiny pointy nose of it

[@simaoribeiro3517]

I am portuguese and yes. One day, one of my classmates on the 5th grade got expelled from class for pointing that out. But instead he said Spain looked like a "Helmet" on Portugal.

[@luizfellipe3291]

@@simaoribeiro3517 Ele foi expulso da sala?! LOL Coitado

[@x2y3a1j5]

I'm half-Spanish (and a Spanish citizen) and of course Portugal looks like a face looking west. I have trouble in finding that Spain looks like hair/helmet. The closest thing is a +/- square head with a montera (toreador's hat) on top.

[@The_Soviet_Onion]

That must be a long ass hair

[@duartelobo9435]

There is a poem from Luís de Camões (I think, I'm not sure though) that is exactly about this, Portugal being the face of Europe facing west

[@alimoharam4362]

Starting with the thumbnail content is the opposite of clickbait and that's why I liked this video

[@benkendrick8465]

Love the roman map, would watch a video on it

[@silauz1552]

Learning something and listening to 'Mein Tiroler Land' in the Background is simply great.

[@Hendricus56]

Everyone, join the Discord server and chat with other viewers as well as GK sometimes

[@General.Knowledge]

Yes!

[@mariosschaf1189]

So true!

[@civishamburgum1234]

The roman expedition map tells us also stuff about ancient trade routes, sich these expeditions almost certainly would have followed.

[@jtom2958]

The south historically has been poor and underdeveloped since the civil war. Compared to the rest of the US that is. It really wasn’t until the past 3-4 decades that the south has started to catch back up to the rest of the country.

[@summerhuman]

Since industrilization! Its one of the reasons they had the civil war, the north wanted to ban slavery which was the basis of the southern economy.

[@Perrirodan1]

@@summerhuman Slavery kept industrialization impossible then there was the failure of reconstruction post civil war. Lastly Air conditioning is one the reason why business started moving there and why population also came. Whithout Air conditioning the south would be a lot more empty and poor.

[@jtom2958]

@Jo I might be able to answer if you can explain the question

[@jtom2958]

@Jo sorry, I misread something you said. I saw the “I had to ask” as “I have to ask” 🤷‍♂️

[@jtom2958]

@White Ness KZbin is being dumb, won’t let me edit my comment. Anyway average IQ can vary source to source. West Virginia I found another source say 98.7 still above the national average though. That source also said the same IQ for California

[@naveencan7612]

You are 💯 correct with srilankan famous last name perera. Most of the coastal region converted during the portugesh rule forcefully but people converted back again but names stuck like, silva , perera..

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

It's funny that the most common sir name in the Netherlands is 'de jong' it translates to the young.

1 - limited conscription usually means it can be prevented or one can be discharged by some sort of objection of service, legal action or bribery, depending on the state of national freedom. 2 - The names of the alternative states are the names of the most numerous ancestral populations, so mostly native tribes, some spanish and some english names

[@victorgabrielbuena]

This was somewhat eurocentric, would love to see more of these videos, maybe a series?

[@Tatusiek_1]

This channel tends to be eurocentric, probably because most of his viewers are from europe, and he could be too but i’m not sure.

[@Koopa3000]

@@Tatusiek_1 He's from Portugal.

[@averyshaw2142]

@@Tatusiek_1 I mean, its also the fact that a lot more information about these random types of things are being gathered in more developed countries, and Europe has a large chunk of the developed countries

[@littlerave86]

In Germany, Meier is actually the most common name, but it has a myriad of different spellings (Meier, Maier, Meir, Mair, Mayer, Meyer, Meyr, Mayr, Mejer, Majer, Meijer ... and many more), which I assume weren't counted as one. A Meier was basically a manager of farmsteads working for the nobility in the middle ages and there seems to be no similar title in English.

[@callumvantriet2941]

It’s so funny how i’ve seen multiple of these maps in one of Drew Durnil’s videos

[@evilishness]

I was just thinking that

[@HEMA90Tanin]

Ancestral last names: mening your name is based on your ancestor. For example Johnson

[@Liggliluff]

Johnsson, the son of John, which is an ancestral last name in Sweden since the children take their parents last name. But in Iceland, with the same last name, it's the name of your parent + son/daughter, so it changes every generation. This is allowed in Sweden too, just not commonly done.

[@srinathj2222]

1:52 You said 0.853 but the map shows 0.863, which is correct?

[@StefanVeenstra]

Any map that depicts the rising sea level and the Netherlands being submerged underestimates the Dutch ingenuity to fight against an old enemy. Expect delta works to be build along the German and Belgian borders to keep their excess water out.

[@promontorium]

"maps can be used to transmit information" yes, I think we all understand you can overlay literally anything on top of anything else.

[@LEFT4BASS]

It should be noted that “no enforced conscription” doesn’t necessarily mean no conscription. Here in the US, conscription isn’t currently active, but it was never abolished either. Young men are still required to register for it when they graduate high school.