More Maps That Help You Understand The World

[@General.Knowledge]

Which of these maps did you find most interesting?

[@berniemcdonagh9975]

I found all of them interesting

[@damiandelacruz8879]

For me it was the last one 👍😉

[@iicomrade6083]

The Brazilian Map!

[@lucasmcclintock5910]

Platypus one ha ha

[@garbageguy4245]

All! More!

[@pinklazania]

In Turkey because everyone drinks tea they just give it to you without asking. People drink so much tea that you can drink tea in a hairdresser. Tea is like water in Turkey. You just drink it every day.

[@SecretStepDaddy]

Yup, I noticed that last year when I visited Istanbul

[@glenhoey8872]

Turkey has some unreal types of tea

[@sickboi2615]

india too

[@letsgoblue9596]

Oh so it’s like the South with Sweet Tea. I’m starting to Motive stuff about tea that is just, “why do you drink that much.” International Tea Association anyone?

[@jedgar63]

I normally don't drink tea (not that it is terrible, like coffee is). But it was the polite thing to do when I visited Turkey. As the saying goes, "When in Rome...."

[@raffaelepoli3479]

There are strong mathematical reasons for A4 papers. "A standard" serie is made so, that every time you cut in half a paper the ratio of the sides is the same (golden ratio) AND the first one A0 has a square meter surface

[@krunschold]

I had to us tje US Letter one time it was horrible. And get your stuff on an paper of an other size is a pain in the .... I'm really happy to live in the DIN A world

[@tomkerruish2982]

That's not the golden ratio; that's a 1:sqrt(2) ratio.

[@vm5312]

The ratio with the serie of A1,2,3,4,.. is √2 that ratio is kept when we cut the page in half . The golden ratio is (1+√5)/2 and become(√5-1) when we cut it in half.

[@General.Knowledge]

I didn't know this! Thanks

[@Liggliluff]

Looking it up, the standard margins of a letter size paper is 25.4 mm, so if you set the margins of the A4 to 22.45 mm instead, you will be able to fit the content of a letter size paper inside the A4 paper, and having additional height to work with if you want. So you can easily move over to A4 size.

[@gabkoost]

Fun fact: Portugal was a main importer of tea to Europe but never developed a serious habit of drinking it. It was more like a high society snob thing. When Catarina de Bragança married the King of England in 1662 she brought with her the habit to have tea in the afternoon. British nobility loved all those exquisite Asian porcelain and etiquette. It became a hit in all Britain's high society and still is verifiable in 2021.

[@titus_philemon]

The fact that there's more Portuguese people in Brazil than in Portugal got me LOL And also half of Italy

[@cassianoneto1553]

More Lebanese than Lebanon, too.

[@rj5848]

There are more Spanish people in Mexico then Spain ,there are more Irish people in America then of Ireland itself , there are more Mongolian people in China then of Mongolia

[@scattr7592]

@@rj5848 There* Their is used as a “belongs to” while There is “at that place or place”

[@General.Knowledge]

I think it's of Portugues descent, with many of them already being Brazilian by birth, but still!

[@joaovictor20101]

It's more about Portuguese ancestry. Keep in mind that this doesn't necessarily reflects phenotype. For example: my state (Piauí) is listed as having predominant native and african ancestry, while Bahia is listed as predominantly Portuguese. When it comes to population, though, Bahia is the most african influenced state in Brazil, both in population and culture. Still a cool map that I had never seen before 😁

[@blols6836]

The most important map there was undoubtedly the platypus one.

[@brontewcat]

I was going to say I found the outlet map the most useful. But as an Australian I think the last one is most important, particularly after the bushfires wiped out so many native animals last year. Hopefully the map is still true.

[@luigibenni3449]

Romantic languages sounds nice and they probably are, however romance languages is the correct definition.

[@Warentester]

The term "romantic languages" drives me up the wall every time

[@jwaj]

Wait why are they called Romance languages Is it because its rooted in Latin mainly

[@Warentester]

@@jwaj yes.

[@jacobluna305]

@@jwaj bingo

[@jwaj]

pog

[@MicaelSG23]

Our lebanese community is very strong in São Paulo state. Many fled Lebanon's Civil war, and most are christians instead of muslim. They are so integrated to brazillian culture that one will only notice their origin through their surname.

[@DarwyBfW]

I appreciate it that you always show the maps on the thumbnails at first! Think this just has to be said haha🎉

[@General.Knowledge]

I imagine people who click on the video want to see what was advertised as soon as possible!

[@nicolasschoovaerts630]

The dots on the lactose maps is not where they “conducted studies”, but where localised “pockets” of lactose tolerance are found in regions otherwise intolerant to lactose. Typically among herders ethnic groups who raise cattle, and co-evolve the ability to digest milk even through adulthood as it provided an evolutionary advantage as an additional food rich in nutrients. In Northern Europe, milk provided a different evolution advantage as a source of vitamin D in latitudes where there’s not enough sunshine for most of the year to produce it that way...

[@hannahk1306]

Technically milk is not a source of vitamin D, but rather it contains calcium which helps absorb vitamin D. This means you don't need as much sunlight to absorb the same amount of vitamin D.

[@ironshrek88]

6:18 how is Vienna, which was founded in 1365 5th, while Krakow with 1364 isn't ?

[@G0TIMAN]

Oh, yea. He missed Jagiellonian.

[@vishwadrikhkashyapa7016]

he made a mistake that is all.

[@Aedar]

Or Charles in Prague in 1348

[@G0TIMAN]

@@Aedar Oh yea, lol.

[@G0TIMAN]

I forgot Czechs university was first.

[@sacma3169]

In Turkey,tea wasnt popular before 1930s.Coffe was the most popular drink but we couldnt grow them in our lands so Atatürk brought tea from russia and planted them at black sea region.We gained nice drink and also less dependent economy

[@General.Knowledge]

That's really interesting! Is tea more popular than coffee since?

[@sacma3169]

@@General.Knowledge Not at the same year but yes

[@LazyPictures]

But the tea is so great! You can drink it all day long - no matter what. While coffee - not so much. So I am happy Turkey is also a tea country)

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

Think that the Italian word "caffè" comes from a Turkish word "kahve" becouse it was considered long time ago a Turkish beverage.

[@PeterAuto1]

3:54 in ancient Greek and some other scripts it was common to alternate writing direction in each line. This style of writing is called Boustrophedon

[@FireStormOOO_]

That actually sounds kinda conveinent. Loosing your line when you scan back to the left is annoying.

[@spookyshark632]

@@FireStormOOO_ But then again, if you want to pick up from the middle of a document, you'd have to figure out which direction it was going. Tradeoffs.

[@dakotabock2612]

As someone who resides in central Wisconsin, the majority of people in this part of the country have Polish heritage. We even have the polish heritage highway. I have met a number of Polish immigrants fishing the Wisconsin river as well, they’re some of the nicest/ friendly people.

[@qwe123303]

Basically Chicago is the Polish capital of the US. Any areas around Chicago has large Polish communities. Wisconsin has the biggest cities close to Chicago so naturally a lot of Poles are also there. Northern Indiana to the east of Chicago also has a lot of Polish people. It's a much less populous area than southern Wisconsin though.

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

8:50 People of lebanese (and syrian) ancestry are not common to *see* in Brazil despite their combined 13 million, simply because there are 210 million people in the country. Their contributions, however, can be seen more than the ones who brought it, specially in the culinary.

[@cassianoneto1553]

And society/Politics, as one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country is the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital and our former President, Michel Temer, was of Lebanese descent, as was former presidential candidate Haddad.

[@مالكالقطيف]

Yeah, in general we ( syrian and lebanese) are easily mixed with any type of pepole and we are very easly adptive exept when it comes to religious beliefs. That is why in general most levantians who migrated to soith America are Christians, even that most syrians are Muslims ( as a syrian i know the family name haddad, it is a christian family name even that it just mean a blacksmith 😅)

[@joaovictor20101]

I've been told that I look middle eastern, and in my father's hometown, there is a kinda significant syrian/lebanese community. Who knows if I myself am not a descendant 😁

[@vinimano8213]

You can find kibe and eshira at every corner in São Paulo....

[@nystemy]

The reason the electrical outlets are color coded is because they are largely intercompatible. For an example, the type B is just a type A with ground. The type E, F, and K are all the type C but with different ways of implementing the ground connection. The type K decided to put an additional pin on the plug. While the E decided to put a pin in the outlet instead. While the type F uses a clip in the outlet that hugs around the plug. (partly to provide an even more snug fit to not have accidental disconnects.) The type E and F are also intercompatible in daily use, since most type F plugs support the type E as well. (While the type K that is only used by Denmark isn't intercompatible with anything... they if anyone should switch to the type F that all their neighbours use....) The reason a lot of the map is green is thanks to the abhorrent Europlug. The only plug that is worse than the type A as far as electrical safety is concerned... (Its "insulated" pins have a tendency to get snagged in the socket and leave some nice wires poking out with power still applied to them...) Also, the type B is upside down in the picture, the ground pin should officially be on the top, so that the ground pin protects the end user if anything reasonably thin falls and slides in between the plug and socket, since the socket isn't recessed nor is the pins on the plug insulated to stop someone from touching live metal. (And usually one can pull the plug out about 5 or so mm and still have electrical contact. The round type C derived plugs are recessed for a reason. (and that reason is actually so that one can hang a transformer onto them without the pins shearing off, back in the "good" old days when such weighed a few kg if one needed some actual power....)) The Brits made the type G with insulated pins, and also making the plug polarized, as well as stuff in a fuse into the plug itself. Polarizing the plug saved them from having an additional switch contact if one have an Edison screw lamp, but there were more practical concerns back in the day when there were a larger risk of metalwork becoming live. The fuse is to protect the cable, but the fuse in one's distribution-panel/fusebox is already going to trip regardless, a mains fault is a fairly energetic affair. But this plug side fuse is largely redundant, all appliances should have a mains side fuse regardless, at least if sold in the EU, USA, Canada, Australia, etc, etc. Though, the main issue I have with type G is how bulky it is, and that it complicates cable management. (Though, then there is also all the misconceptions surrounding square pins and contact resistance.... But this is true for the Type, A, B, H, I as well...) My own opinion is that the world should all just use the type F plug, except in applications where more than 16 Amps is needed. Since it already is the most common plug in the world, it is sturdy and compact, and can handle a fair bit of power. (For higher current needs, there is already IEC 60309 (or CEE form), these are though a complicated mess to be fair, and really bulky, since they are used in heavy industry, but can also be found at shipping-/air-ports.)

[@samghanbarian4312]

This is one of the very few channels to not have clickbait

[@adrianokury]

Besides the selection of maps being extremely interesting, the highlights for me are the comments, always showing precious insight.

[@danorott]

Actually, Prague's Charles University is older than Vienna's.

[@frederickthegreat1352]

Charles University in Prague should be ahead of Vienna.

[@michelleken.]

Belgium is wrong in the map of universities. Ghent is depicted as the oldest one, while it's actually the University of Leuven that is much older and just also very old compared to others.

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

Has it been in continuous operation?

[@niemandniets9010]

@@Gfynbcyiokbg8710 no but it wouldn't matter, it's still an active university that dates from 1425

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

@@niemandniets9010 The universities at Leuven are acually 4 different ones (1425-1797 then 1817-1835 then 1834-1968 then the modern ones)

[@michelleken.]

@@Gfynbcyiokbg8710 It was indeed in continuous operation. But I didn't know that there were actually four different. The only thing I could think off why it would a university from pretty recent, is because of the fact that the university "split" (kind of) in the middle of the 20th century and became Dutch-speaking (The French speaking went somewhere else).

[@Gfynbcyiokbg8710]

@@michelleken. KU Leuven says they're the continuation of the original 1425 university but since there was no university for 20 years after 1797 in Leuven and since they are technically different universities I guess it doesnt count

[@pixelanation]

On the outlets - different countries in Europe have a different outlets however they should be compatible with one another hence the same colour

[@okwathne]

210-240 Volt or something like that, there is a range, and there are both regular and grounded outlets shown, pluss the smaller slim outlets used for small cargers and lamps and stuff that are low on watt.

[@xknack6528]

6:20 Charles university is older than the university of Vienna

[@krunschold]

For the elctrics outlet it would also interesting what electrical current you get around the world. In Europe it is 220-240V while in the USA it is 120V I believe. That means when the world would switch to one kind of outlet also the Voltages and Amperes have to be adjusted so you really can use it anywhere

[@PeterAuto1]

also the net frequencies are different.

[@General.Knowledge]

Also true!

[@Jonathan_DC]

The interconnected US/CAN electrical grid sends 240V through its lines to each physical location with few minor industrial exceptions requiring larger loads. It's at that point where the consumer chooses divert which outlets they want at 120V/240V. The bulk get downrated to 120V enabling essentially twice as many connections because the single-pole breaker used is half the size which is the majority of household outlets. Those appliances requiring larger loads get directly fed from the 240V supply grid such as your HVAC ("A/C"), laundry dryers, ovens, stoves, etc. Coincidentally, the same large appliances that are ex/imported by just swapping out the region-specific plug.

[@Jonathan_DC]

@@PeterAuto1 This was to encourage competition when the electricity race was going on to not have a monopoly or preference from any one frequency. It's a relic/blessing depending on how you look at it from a security or market perspective.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And then we have Japan which runs on 100V, but split in a 50 Hz and a 60 Hz region. Oh and Europe also has acces to 400V (between phases) for high-demand appliances like ovens or heaters.

[@disillusionedrightest7313]

Nice soundtrack lol. I noticed Konigs March and Prussias Glory towards the middle and end.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

For plug outlets I understand grouping A and B because A can plug into B as well. They are both very common in the US. For example, in the room I'm currently in there are 4 outlets one on each wall, the north side has an A outlet, the west side has an A outlet, the south side has a B outlet, and the east side has a B outlet. Another room, my kitchen has 4 outlets 1 on the east, 1 on the west, and 2 on the south. They are A on the east, but B on the other 3.

[@DDRMixer]

9:07, really USA uses A, B, and I. You will find I in RV parks and factories. Maybe slightly modified.

[@Jonathan_DC]

@9:06 The reason why they are color grouped but look slightly different in North America, but similar enough to group (e.g., an extra, missing, or false prong) is the ground wire and dual purpose for partial reverse compatibility. All North American (A&B) electrical outlets require at minimum 2 wires (A), hot (+) and neutral (-), but if the device being used requires a ground-wire (B), then the plug will have 3 prongs. Think of two devices: your refrigerator (B/3-wire ) and cell phone (A/2-wire) could work using the B/3-wire outlet to work, but you could not plug a refrigerator (B) into a 2-wire (A) outlet because the manufacturer or electrical code requires the 3rd wire for grounding the device.

[@Liggliluff]

(7:10) That is a really stupid argument. The A4 paper has a larger area than the letter size. Plus the difference is so minor it doesn't matter. With the standard margin size of 25.4 mm on each edge of the letter size, you can fit it inside the A4 paper when excluding the margins. With side margins of 22.45 mm instead, A4 can fit the content of the letter size, defeating the argument completely.

[@logansymmes2193]

US Letter is honestly Great. It’s the perfect size for pretty much anything except big drawings

[@Aedar]

6:20 Vienna? Really? Look a tiny bit north, Charles Uni in Prague is older than uni in Vienna

[@nigrivon]

As well as polish Jagiellonian

[@doug-Hakura]

I think the important part of the lactose map is the word "indigenous" and it shows the origin of milk consumption in Europe.

[@DELTA38g]

Don't know why the map at 06:00 shows Ghent 1817 in Belgium since the oldest and best known Belgian university is the KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven) first established in 1425.

[@jedgar63]

Yes, the outlets are grouped by compatibility. The third holes in the orange and light blue are for grounding. If the plug has only two prongs, it can be used in all of those within the group. If it has three prongs, it requires the specific three-holed outlet. Also, some countries electrical systems operate on a 110-127 volt (some also have 230/240 available for higher voltage appliances). The majority only operate a 220-240 volt system. Fortunately, most modern computers, tablets, smartphones, etc. are dual voltage and work in either system. But if, for instance, you plug a 120 volt hairdryer into a 220 socket, it will fry the wires inside of hairdryer, and potentially catch on fire.

[@Austininvn]

In Morocco, which is not an Arab country btw, this is a stereotype, we right from left to right too. In addition to Arabic and Darija, we use French and Tamazight, the last two languages are read from left to right

[@DudesaQQ]

8:20 people of Syrian and Lebanese ancestry are very often their countries "missing" christian community

[@Docwilson91]

From the little I can remember about electrical outlets, any of the outlet types that are grounded (like type B) are ideal in most situations. Many older homes in the US use type A but all new homes use type B. So in the pursuit of universal outlets there should be an effort for an outlet that is grounded.

[@TurtleChad1]

These maps have been approved by a turtle

[@bigjuicypotato1482]

This comment is approved by Thanos

[@lolbeansisbetterthanu1924]

I like turtles

[@bigbootros4362]

I got my eye on you

[@charyyy.]

👍

[@O_Tucano]

Ok turtle

[@benjaminprietop]

I live in Chile and I never would've thought that more than half of the world uses a different type of paper than us.

[@bastih.5264]

The platypus map is indeed very useful. Platypus' rock - they're awesome animals.

[@MrMackievelli]

The outlets for the US, Japan and other orange countries have two because the older type, the two pronged, aren't grounded while the three pronged are. You can use a three pronged on a two with an adapter. That said we also have different plugs for our stoves and driers(and a few others) that have three but in a different layout from the 120v, their are even 4 pronged plugs.

[@markquintonii]

I always find it funny when eurasians refer North and South Americans as one continent while still separating Europe and Asia

[@Chris-zq6ky]

Where did your signature bell at the sound of your videos come from? You’ve had it for years and it would be interesting to see why you included it!

[@johannweber5185]

It should be noted that the GDP contribution is the product of GDP per capita and number of inhabitants. So If small-population states like Vermont and Maine are red this does not (necessarily) mean that they are less wealthy.

[@uikonimi]

"What type of outlet do you use?" "The angry robot."

[@connordevereaux759]

Really cool and detailed information about each segment. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@bigjuicypotato1482]

Greetings from Ireland fellow Irelander

[@user-jy3tr1rv8v]

🇨🇮

[@theemperor6413]

Greetings from your neighbor to the east

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@lp9280]

It is kind of strange to have "tea map of Europe" when many states in Europe have no data for them, but north African states are included.

[@Liggliluff]

Yes, the world should use the schuko plug, since most of the world is already compatible with it. But the child safety standard (mandatory in some of the countries) is better designed than the UK one, and is even adult safe. The schuko plug is reversable, like USB type-C. It has earth, it has no exposed pins, and it's built to withstand several kilograms of force and high voltage. It's a very clever design for a plug, and it's very understandable that so many countries use it.

[@user-pm5jb8ri8h]

The platypus one is the best part of the video

[@zorinanazarenovlog5236]

I love this video very interesting thanks for sharing

[@--julian_]

4:08 Taiwan is also highlighted

[@karanrai8183]

Taiwan is only recognised by 20 un states

[@--julian_]

@@karanrai8183 so? That doesn't mean it doesn't exist

[@edwardblair4096]

In the USA the types A and B (brown) are both found. The third pin is an earth ground. A two prong cord can fit in a three prong outlet, but you need an adapter, hopefully with a grounded connection, to go the other way. Most new construction uses three prong outlets. There may also be a relationship with voltage levels and AC frequencies involved in the catagorization.

[@Mr.Nichan]

3:27 That region of Africa is usually called "Central Africa", not "West Africa", though it does have an Atlantic coast. This is mainly because "West Africa" tends to refer to the further west and north region that has the Atlantic to the south and the Sahara to the North.

[@bartekw6970]

Big thumbs-up for the cool platypus map!

[@tiipou73]

The University of Helsinki was founded in Turku as the Royal Academy. Turku was the Capital during Swedish reign but after Russia conquered the capital was moved to Helsinki in 1829 and along came the university.

[@sambradley7393]

I wonder what's up with all those Montenegrins in Alaska

[@General.Knowledge]

They might be very few, but just even less in every other state. (Or the map could be wrong)

[@sambradley7393]

@@General.Knowledge It seems possible that if wave of migration from Montenegro coincided with the gold rush, that could lead to a disproportion (especially in such a sparsely populated state). But that's only speculation.

[@patrickterryjr4764]

Platypus was the most useful, as I’m writing a book and needed to know what climate they lived in, so thank you for helping me while I was procrastinating xD

[@Leenapanther]

5:45 In Wisconsing is a town called New Glarus. In Switzerland there is a canton (state) called Glarus.

[@agentstarkk]

I think I'll have some spotted cow today.

[@nicolasschoovaerts630]

The colour groupings on the electric plugs maps : voltage... 110 in US, 220 in Europe... as for tea drinking in the Middle East, it is a staple of local hospitality...

[@tiagopereira3171]

Me, a Portuguese tea consumer, drinking tea while clicking the video and seeing the first part. Well, something is strange ahah

[@barrackobama7962]

you sounded like you doubt the first tea consumption map but if i were you i'd just watch a tourists turkey journey and see how he gets offered tea everywhere

[@Julia-gn3mh]

I love how he starts with the ones on the thumbnail.

[@k.c1126]

DEFINITELY do one on universities, please! This would be cool for Africa, the Middle East and China as well ....

[@balasubramanianp1372]

1:10 "Don't just assume it's right because it's presented nicely and widely distributed online" ✅

[@tnightwolf]

8:55 yes, it is grouped that way because of compatibility. From experience i know that despite Portugal using type-C electric outlets and the most common in Switzerland being the type-J one, they're compatible and to make a type-J plug work in a type-C socket, you just remove the extra pin and it works just fine.

[@Illjwamh]

Interesting things I noticed about the tea map: -Ireland appears slightly darker than the UK -Portugal, one of the bottom 4, is the only European nation that actually produces tea (in the Azores)

[@PKG-vo8du]

To bad this isn't entirely correct, tea is produced in 16 different European countries, but the Gorreana in the Azores make up the biggest part by far. Other producers are "Windy Hollow Organics" from the UK, "Het Zuyderblad" & "Tea By Me" from the Netherlands, and "Tschanara Teagarden" in Germany. This is only true if you don't consider Turkey as a part of Europe, as Turkey is a top 10 producer of tea worldwide

[@Illjwamh]

@@PKG-vo8du Fascinating. And no, I wasn't counting Turkey. What I should have said - now that I've learned something - is that the Azores is the only place in Europe where tea can be cultivated naturally. As in, the habitat is actually conducive to growing tea.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

We use different outlets because innovators in each area invented their own outlets independently, without having any idea of what was being done elsewhere. Changing would require almost everyone replacing not just all their wall outlets but also either rewiring or replacing all their appliances.

[@Mr.Nichan]

8:56 The reason they grouped them together is probably to reduce the number of countries that have to be mixed in color to being only China (that I can see). For example, both the A and B types are common in the USA, though B is much more common for outlets, even though many plugs are of type A, which can plug into either A or B outlets.

[@MrInglorious]

The paper size map... It all makes sense to me now. Whenever I try to print my American documents in Germany it never fits the whole paper, it always gets cut off!

[@simpl51]

40 years ago, I had a job producing technical documents for a European pharmaceutical company, which were submitted to health authorities arouind the world. With the arrival of photocopiers, the problem with the US was reduced, A4 originals fit on american paper if copied at 94% size.

[@CC-yx2rt]

Really cool maps is a great way to describe really cool maps!

[@xaviotesharris891]

9:00 - I lived in Italy 20 years ago and there were three different variations in the house. My electrical life depended on having the right combination of adapters.

[@klausjackklaus]

with electrical outlets, they are grouped because its literally the same outlet, just one might have a ground plug/no ground plug or if it does have a ground plug the placement of that ground plug. A & B are the same but B has a ground plug, C, D, & F are the same but D has the ground plug and F has clips on the side

[@GarrettFruge]

Definitely more map videos, please!

[@photelegy]

9:05 They are grouped because they are compatible for plugs without earth (Like the plugs for smartphones, ...).

[@andrewkosmowski3985]

At 2:16, we can tell the states that give the most are also the most populous.

[@David-yj7qn]

8:15 beautiful song starts playing

[@bodives]

Brazilian map looks accurate kinda accurate. Just note that even though the majority of immigrants in Sao Paulo are italians, it also hosts the biggest japanese population outside Japan and very important Lebanese and Syrian communities as well

[@romansochacki7678]

Different outlet shapes were partly designed to discourag the smuggling or piracy of electronic devices. Just how VHS and DVDs had separate regions where they would only work in their own region.

[@catjudo1]

Oldest universities around the world would be cool. I went to University of Delaware, which was formed in 1833. It's direct predecessor was founded in 1743 and chartered in 1769. It has one of the strangest US mascots, the Fighting Blue Hen. I did my postgraduate work at University of Colorado Boulder, founded in 1876, and went back to school at Santa Fe Community College, now Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL, which was established in 1965.

[@fcsuper]

The more correct way to measure it is "lactose persistence", the ability to digest lactose past weening (5 years old). Lactose persistence is the newer trait.

[@richi7494]

Yes, the map is confusing in that way

[@kyanbonus]

Small correction, on the oldest universities one you missed out San Marino, which has the oldest one by 1083 years. It is a small country so I don't blame you for missing it.

[@brunogrieco5146]

An answer to your question of "why the world doesn't use the same electrical outlet": Because of market reserve. Each country wants to protect their market of electrical appliances from foreign brands. So if you want to sell to the US you have to comply to their own specifications, i.e. you shouldn't be able to just purchase a container of British microwaves and sell them in Brazil. Voltage and frequency is also used for that. The Americas are almost all 110V 60Hz, but Japan is 100V. So appliances made in America cannot be sold to Japan and vice-versa

[@h7899-z7p]

The electrical outlet one might be slightly inaccurate as I live in the UAE and I have never seen someone use any of the light blue outlets. The outlets are actually more similar to the the purple one.

[@arozes8324]

The University of Leuven was founded in 1425 but was closed in 1797 by the french and opend again in 1816 :)

[@The_FatGeneral]

Nice background music :)

[@ladydiamondprisca]

Some of the countries where people write from right to left also have people who write from left to write. Some do both.

[@wetplant1748]

The reason why everyone uses different outlets is because when electricity was coming around some guy named adolf hitler started ww2. I mean the british style plug was invented in 1946, a year after ww2

[@richi7494]

In the early 1900s most of the german households already had electicity while the majority of the US did not even knew about /had electric lights

[@adrianokury]

Brazil used to have an outlet which was compatible with the flat American and the [most common] European one. Now we have a new type compatible with none, and which is based on vaguely technical grounds.

[@paulhubsch5111]

6:58 it's the imperial measurement system, look at the inch sizes.

[@ladoga]

"The Roman Empire under the Emperors 27 to 400 something" (timestamp 3:10). I don't know about that. East and west were simply administrative divisions of the same empire. Sometimes there was even more administrative parts. e.g. four during the tetharchy in 293-324s. In 480 Flavius Zeno abolished the division as requested by the Roman senate and continued to rule as the sole emperor from Constatinople. The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum/Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) existed de facto and de jure from 27 BCE until 1453 CE or maybe 1461 (Fall of Trebizond).

[@Oktopoosay]

More, please!

[@creeperguy715]

I love your vids herbal knowledge.

[@33sarveshr59]

Switzerland: Wisconsin Yeah Both love their Cheese.

[@nenac249]

Belgium also Wisconsin: We're both famous for our serial killers

[@Asa_Stanley]

Would love to see the university video

[@j.s.7335]

My favorites were the paper size and outlet type maps. Really cool. Thank you.

[@General.Knowledge]

You're welcome! But full credit to whoever *made* the maps too.

[@mulematt6225]

I always wondered what parts of Australia to find platypus. Now i know. Thank u.

[@josueveguilla9069]

Hey, where's Perry?

[@news_oftheweek]

5:35 States near Great Lakes truly have a lot of Polish people. For example there are about 2 million people with Polish ancestry in Chicago

[@k.c1126]

I love these videos... Maps are so versatile!

[@goeegoanna]

Thank you for being most fascinating, I am becoming addicted to your channel. I simply adore taking in interesting (and possibly useless) information and maps. Now I shall have a nice cup of Australian tea, plug in my I outlet tablet and read an A4 sized, left to right written, Roman texted book, after glancing at my Gregorian calendar, noting the date, in spite of being an Atheist. (Alas, your map will need a change as we No Religions will soon outnumber those 'Roman' Christians, possibly by the next census, it is thought.)

[@brontewcat]

Depends on which country you are talking about regarding beliefs.