British Guy Reacts to 101 Facts About The USA

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[@lavluka6210]

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[@xenvy-xme-3303]

Put wd40 on ur chair where it spins it will stop the sounds it makes

[@Christine-777]

Hey Lav?! If we (Americans) want to send you gifts, we'll need a safe address for you (we can have alternative post office addresses, in addition to our home addresses). The reason why I'm asking, is my goodness, you need Grape Kool-Aid, Grape candies, Reeses, etc., sent to you!! You'll love it! Then, you can do Taste Test Reaction vids, as well. 🥰😂 lol

[@hudsonsteele8532]

Hey! Hey! There @ 6:13 !!!! Rolling in from the left!! A Tumblin' Tumbleweed !!!!! (heard you say you wanted to see one)

[@JUSAGUYNKY]

You have to check out “NICK JOHNSON” videos!!! He has like 💯💯‼️ of video ranking US states and cities!! He has a top 10 for everything!!!

[@MtnDewWarrior]

@lav luka I'll donate you an activated windows lol

[@owl-of-athena]

The US does not have 50 states because it is "so big." It is not one large country that was divided into states, but several states that voted to join a union. The 50 states joined at different times and have their own laws, governors, and state legislatures. The federal government controls international diplomacy and conflicts, some interstate relations, provides certain civil and constitutional rights to all citizens, and generally affords free travel between states.

[@ihavequestions8914]

Yes. The United States is 50 countries in 1 imperfect union.

[@ceci8556]

Hmmm. There were territories purchased from other countries and large parcels in Mexico that we decided we wanted for ourselves (Republic of Texas). We were a separate country with our own president. My friend's little piece of real estate has been in her family since those days and the deed was signed by Sam Houston. Border battles and cows everywhere. Indians were like "Hey! Where you going?

[@owl-of-athena]

@@ceci8556 The formation of the states is complicated, but the Republic of Texas won independence from Mexico and was just that, a republic that then applied to become a US state. The federal government of the US is in charge of all international relations and has purchased and claimed territories, but they are not automatically states, and the US retains self-governing territories to this day. None of this discounts that many people born in the US moved to these areas and were responsible for much of the series of events. Native American tribes have a special status as semi-autonomous bodies with a special relationship with the US government, and reservations are not under the legal jurisdiction of the states they are in. The US federal government broke most of the treaties, which were unfair to start with, and there were wars between tribes and the US federal government. Some treaty rights have more recently been reaffirmed by courts after being unfairly taken away. The US government has unfortunately done a better job helping to rebuild overseas countries after wars than the reservations of native tribes who are US citizens. European countries are also responsible for what happened to the indigenous tribes of the Americas. But none of that really has to do with whether the US has 50 states because it is so big.

[@bluelionsage99]

Well, in a sense we have States as a result of an attempt to exert political control over a large area buy giving certain governmental duties to localized groups. Yes, a number of states started as independent colonies (or even country) but many were territories eventually turned into states.

[@owl-of-athena]

@@bluelionsage99 I know what you mean, but the reason we have states is because the colonies that won independence from the British Empire wanted to remain independent of each other but agreed to a union between them for a number of reasons. It is spelled out in the preamble of the Constitution, really. Things like a common defense against outsiders, namely the British empire, and attempting to avoid wars between each other, as Europe was constantly experiencing, led them to form a union that was stronger than the original Articles of Confederation. It wasn't because it was so big, but they did forsee and establish routes for new states to join. Later the ideology of Manifest Destiny presumed that the US should stretch to the Pacific, and some states' borders were dictated by political situations in the US, but the application was made by the people and governments of those places and not by the US government. Sometimes Europeans mistake states for something like counties, but that isn't the case, our counties are like their counties. States have separate governments on most matters, and the federal government had to make new laws about interstate crimes because criminals were using state borders to escape punishment, there are even extradition hearings before a suspect can be transferred to another state for trial. It is often misunderstood, even by Americans, how the US government works. Anyway, this is long, but the US simply doesn't have 50 states because it is so big, more like it is so big because it has 50 states I guess.

[@hdturner1]

Clarification: Driving Age, and gun ownership Age are set by each state not the federal government. Like so many things in the US each state can be very different.

[@simppolice1450]

For example in Alabama you can drive when your 13 I think

[@tigerlilyzero7431]

@@simppolice1450 No, the driving age is 15 with an adult over 21, and 16 on you’re own in Alabama.

[@LavitosExodius]

Gun ownership is set by the federal govt as a minimum does not mean states can't tack on to that. I.E the federal government says you must be at least 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed dealer. States can't lower the age below that. Notice that says licensed dealer. For private sales it's 18. That's not to say a state can't go back and say no all sales 21. For long guns it's 18 from a licensed dealer with no restriction on unlicensed sales. But again states can adjust that if they want but as a minimum the federal govt can set the floor. I.E you must be at least this old.

[@simppolice1450]

@@tigerlilyzero7431 ok I should have known better than to trust google

[@LavitosExodius]

@@nateman10 I never said you couldn't possess said gun so it's not misleading at all actually I merely said to purchase. So no it's not misleading as you also pointed out the owner of said gun would be your parent not you. Misleading would be to say since you can't buy it you can't touch it. I never said that.

[@Ojisan642]

“Because the US is so big it’s divided up into 50 states” Bruh. No. That was the first “fact” and it was wrong. This was a list of facts, given without context or explanation, by someone who doesn’t know anything about America and likely has never been here.

[@kate2create738]

Honestly to me, it seemed like this video just had mostly fillers to make it look like facts vs giving actual interesting facts.

[@eateroftoast4665]

Why was the reason then, I dont know

[@123ShoutNeymar]

Chill. It’s obviously a lighthearted and unserious video

[@carolinaestigarribia7052]

@@eateroftoast4665 the US wasnt divided, it was slowly formed. Multiple states united over time under one government. So much so that america is almost 250 years old yet Hawaii has only been a state for 62 years. The United States is a Union, not one solid thing

[@PerthTowne]

@@123ShoutNeymar The problem with "lighthearted and unserious videos" like this about the US, is that people from other countries look at them and believe what they see and hear in them is true.

[@korinnab.2318]

The US is also the second largest Spanish speaking country in the world. The only country with more Spanish speakers than us is Mexico. On an unrelated note, I hate the way the narrator pronounced Maryland

[@Kizenon]

As a Marylander, I absolutely despise that pronunciation. Just why..

[@amberpasta9379]

@@Kizenon just like when people say Nevoda vs Nevada..... it gets under my skin

[@mumuspain2086]

yeah fr lol it's not a damian albarn album xD

[@04m6gto]

Yeah, it annoys me. I'm sure it's how it was pronounced originally and is how every Brit pronounces it, but it's Maralind dammit.

[@charleymorris2653]

@@amberpasta9379 It's actually supposed to be nevoda in terms or pronunciation lol and nevaada sounds disgusting

[@cindysmith7299]

There's so much more to America than most Americans know or will ever experience.

[@poeticjustice4552]

Well no shit, it's a big country

[@AJ-ut8cz]

@@SynthwaveSire no

[@kapfiji731]

@@AJ-ut8cz yes.

[@SynthwaveSire]

@@AJ-ut8cz America is the continent, not the country.

[@braemtes23]

@@SynthwaveSire America is NOT the continent. North America is the continent. America is the shortened name that people all over the world use instead of the longer United States of America.

[@4erographer]

"I love chocolate." "I hate myself." Bro big mood 😩

[@thefirstechlon5522]

When you show college football while talking about the super bowl

[@pacmanc8103]

Right. The Oregon Ducks!😛

[@majinsole8554]

Lmao, I was thinking the same thing. ~_~

[@blakesmith7073]

Ikr

[@barbaraeverly1922]

My kid's a Duck---UofO Grad! Go Ducks

[@BayouMaccabee]

Bama would probably be competitive against the worst NFL team, but the Oregon Ducks? ....not so much.

[@samuraitakuan7967]

Also another fact about the Statue of Liberty is that she’s made out of copper so she was originally the shiny brown color but then you know as metal starts to oxidize it changes color so the copper slowly started turning green

[@brianoneil9662]

The U.S is like a mystery gift bag. Half the stuff inside you don't even recognize, a bunch more makes you go "ohhh..." and occasionally you find a "Hell yeah!"

[@djo3121]

Spot on!

[@guccilibrarian4728]

And then you step in a pile of human feces in San Francisco

[@guccilibrarian4728]

@Gary Allen I've never been to San Francisco, but I have seen its interactive poop map online. It's quite impressive

[@thecatch6299]

This is a good way of describing it, it’s kinda a mixed mag.

[@thecatch6299]

@@guccilibrarian4728 San Francisco has a very high homeless rate. That’s why there are so many shits. It’s actually kind of sad.

[@michaeltnk1135]

Gerald Ford became president because he was Nixon’s Vice President when Nixon resigned

[@kylepickus5712]

And he became Vice President when Nixon’s original VP resigned.

[@nicolknappen6596]

@@damien7157 Ford was the Minority House Leader. The person next in line for the Presidency would be the Speaker of the House; however, the Democrats held the House. Ford, as Minority Leader was seen as the Republican equivalent of the Speaker, or next best thing.

[@jacklewis5452]

Only time in our history when neither our President and Vice President received any votes for either office.

[@BZ0905]

Oh yeah, its all coming together.

[@Bobbyliscious]

It's a shame the person who put this together didn't just GOOGLE it!

[@nonpartisangunowner4524]

22:10 Adams died first. Angrily, his last words were “Jefferson lives.” Thomas Jefferson had been in and out of consciousness that whole week, every day he woke up and asked one of his grandsons if it was the Fourth. On 4th July 1826, he died moments after being told the date.

[@sageowle7471]

Funnily enough, the prohibition only banned the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. Drinking them was perfectly legal.

[@Heaven_is_a_frequency6263]

The "Terminus has BBQ to die for" is a Walking Dead reference.

[@aprili.3802]

@asteinmann I don’t think so. They used to do Walker Stalker Con I think in UK, Germany, and Australia back in the day. It had a decent following in Japan too.

[@Zakstribe]

It was a pretty subtle reference honestly, most probably didn't get it xd

[@hdturner1]

its a good joke, Atlanta is known for many things but BBQ is not one. Walking Dead is filmed here, and the Terminus reference is pretty intentional

[@kingcarlos7048]

I was wondering who else noticed that

[@maxgibson5131]

show been dead for years

[@chrisj.9882]

The national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" was originally just a poem. Some people later put it to music of a pre-existing song.

[@ladrac198]

"No, no, show the sports Super Bowl." Proceeds to show the University of Oregon playing.

[@puterbac]

Yeah caught that also.

[@brandyanderson3522]

Very next one continues with Oregon University while talking about if you play for the NFL

[@99Stutz]

As someone who attended the university where the Ducks play, there is no such thing as "Oregon University". It's the University of Oregon or U of O. Would you call the team that just won the national championship "Alabama University"?

[@ladrac198]

@@99Stutz my bad, that's ignorance on my part. Here in my state we have the University of Utah and it would be weird to hear it called Utah University. I changed it👍

[@mumuspain2086]

@@99Stutz There are some universities that say the state first though. (I lived in eugene for 6 years btw) There is OU, aka Oklahoma University, AU, aka Auburn University, LSU, OSU, FSU, so on and so forth. I'd say almost half if not more do say the state first so you gotta forgive him a bit lol.

[@Frank9er9er]

"Why would anyone shit on a sea turtle?" Florida.

[@causticchameleon7861]

Florida Man. Lol

[@diddiaskew3084]

Just call me LOL.

[@ahdoeknogh]

I'm pretty sure it's SIT on turtles regardless of the bleep.

[@nhobbs6504]

Grocery stores need to abide by food and safety laws. Basically if the package opened it can't even be donated. Homeless people in America have sued grocery stores for getting sick on donated food! Most will donate to foodbanks if the package is damaged but the food is still safe. And its common to donate on its best buy day to keep it from being thrown away.

[@phantompenguin6068]

Ah yes. Hugh Jackman, my favorite kind of measurement.

[@garrisonsmith753]

As an American when I hear people say that “America doesn’t have a culture” or “British doesn’t have a culture” I usually see that as a result of people’s ignorance to how free we are.

[@Punkbars]

I was born in India and came to Canada in teenage and tbh, u guys have incredible culture and really good system, I really hated the way police and politicians or even someone with just little money or little political influence could exploit poor people in India. White people really done good job in creating a good system. There is a reason the whole world (except few Asian countries) wants to move to US, Europe, Canada or Australia

[@mikee702]

you do realize that we have the highest percentage of people incarcerated in the world right? not sure what you're idea of free is but that ain't mine.

[@lsuperior]

What an incredibly stupid statement, as if freedom= "culture"

[@mikee702]

@@lsuperior american being referred to as "the land of the free" is more propaganda than anything and most people in america (especially if they never traveled outside or lived in another country) buy into it. I lived in china for a few years and i felt way more free there than here in america where police can and will bother you for just about anything.

[@garrisonsmith753]

@@lsuperior your an incredibly ignorant person. In fact your the type of person of whom I was directly making my comment towards. When you live in a free society you are free to believe whatever you want where ever you want. How you enact on that is a different situation. The point is that when people are able to do that they can create things and do things that spawn cultures. In other words to quote Kris Kristofferson. “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose” when you don’t have anything to risk when being free your culture is built upon that. In fact in the west, freedom isn’t just a value it’s a founding principle. In other words freedom is just as much a culture as music is. However when you have so much of it it’s hard to recognize it.

[@YSO992]

My National Treasure-watching self being all smug for knowing the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and that France also has one. Lol

[@moose2577]

In some states, you can get a Farm Permit to drive when you're 14...

[@corkycobon1481]

I think one of those states is New Mexico.

[@mxrmd5931]

Learner's permit in South Dakota at 14

[@starcravingmatt]

I bought my first truck at age 12. ;)

[@rdizzy1]

Permits are not actual drivers licenses, obviously have tons of restrictions when you have a permit, can't just go driving whenever you want, wherever you want, with whoever you want.

[@froggergypsy4596]

Kansas allowed us to drive at 14

[@AndrewL209]

react to Lost In The Pond! he does so many videos like this comparing the USA and UK. He grew up in Britan and moved to America 10 years ago. check him out!

[@generalgaming2019]

He should

[@dianem8544]

Laurence just did one on US vs. UK rivers. Haven't seen it yet but it has to be better than this 101 Facts guy who measures things in both Fahrenheit and kilometers. Dude should pick a side.

[@IceKnight81]

Would be a great collab!

[@Kim-427]

I love him.Its a breath of fresh air.Im not going to lie I get really annoyed with some Brits because they really misread us.Their understanding of us is just so off.

[@korinnab.2318]

Love him! He's a great youtuber

[@shibboleth5768]

Yup the plague is an actual thing. In the Western USA, prairie dogs and other rodents are known to carry it and I personally know a guy from Kansas whose dad was was cleaning out an abandoned family homestead, camped out there for the night, got bit by a rat that apparently was carrying the plague according to the hospital, and my friend's dad actually died from it. Crazy stuff.

[@meganblades2818]

Fun fact: Hell Michigan is a fun little tourist attraction of a town, including the classic "I scream for ice cream" shop, "I've been to hell and back" t-shirts, and the only place where you can pay to be mayor of Hell for a day. I live about 30 minutes from Hell and we love the stories that come out of that place. One time, in 2019, someone payed to be mayor for two weeks, changed the town's name to Gay Hell and only allowed pride flags to be flown(shortly after Trump's administration banned the embassies from flying them).

[@laurab5750]

And Hell freezes over...regularly!

[@larrybrennan1463]

Up in da U. P. is the town of Gay, Michigan. A friend had a Tshirt that said "I had a drink at the Gay Bar."

[@datmufn]

KZbin notifications finally worked!!

[@1nstantClassic]

Its spelled "Maryland" but its pronounced like "Meryl-and"

[@1nstantClassic]

@asteinmann probably. We just added our stupid accent to it.

[@BalletomaneM]

Or if you're from here it's just Murr-land.

[@1nstantClassic]

@@BalletomaneM Also Correct! I can hear my Mom-Mom Joan saying it now lol

[@madelineyoung275]

@asteinmann I’ve heard a few things, some Catholics say it’s named after Mary the mother of Jesus, while others say it’s named after Queen Henrietta Maria the wife of King Charles I

[@JBBrickman]

Trust me most people outside of your state call you Maryland

[@99Stutz]

When a Brit says "Mary Land" it's like when an American pronounces Buckinghamshire as "Bucking Ham Shire"

[@benedictfishy1218]

Isn't it pronounced Bucking-(light h)im-shire? (I'm American btw)

[@99Stutz]

@@benedictfishy1218 I'm American too, but I think it's something close to "BUH-king-um-shuh"

[@benedictfishy1218]

@@99Stutz I'd have to ask an actual British person XD there's so many pronunciations

[@robertschwartz4810]

Perhaps the person you're thinking of as "LOL " is really named Lowell.

[@jstitus916]

24:56 Hugh Jackman's net worth is 180 million. The us national debt is 150 thousand Hugh Jackmans.

[@marysajoy]

Nice 👍🏼

[@mauracleary7383]

Hemp wasn’t used as it is today, it was mostly medicinal. The colonies were required to produce hemp. The fibers were good for paper but also rope.

[@larrybrennan1463]

The primary use of it was for paper and rope.

[@andreasauder2855]

We also have a patriotic song, "America"(My country tis of these...) That is set to the same music as God save the Queen. Which is kinda strange too.

[@bob_._.]

The Liberty Bell dates from 1751. It was last rung - using a hammer - on a national radio broadcast on D-Day in 1944. And WTF does he mean about "the Revolutionary War of 1824"??? Dude got every single thing about the Liberty Bell wrong.

[@madelineyoung275]

I believe it’s the French Revolution

[@Adplusamequalsadam]

The last time it rang with a clear note was Washington’s Birthday in 1846. The Mexican American war started that year and California declared independence from Mexico but that was months after.

[@nymetswinws]

I love how you're doing the thumbnail in the middle of the video. I love your casual approach it is what makes your channel so good.

[@jamesp8854]

Totally agree. Don't hesitate to react, not just watch!

[@laptv2144]

at this point you should take our citizenship test mate lol

[@cailin9633]

I would actually love to see that lmao

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Yes

[@semisolaire5866]

That would be hilarious considering most americans fail

[@JesseWildSide]

That would actually be amazing

[@laptv2144]

Semi Solaire well they also don’t study for it like their citizenship depends on it, usually it’s just for a buzzfeed vid or something

[@ceci8556]

64 yr old American here. I can't believe all the stuff I'm learning, or maybe it's stuff I forgot I knew. I like your enthusiastic curiosity.

[@mistermeanial1690]

Statue of Liberty was indeed a gift from France. In fact, there are 3 of them if I recall correctly. Only one is in America

[@rustzz8]

He said 18 to buy a gun and showed a pistol, you've got to be 21 to buy a pistol.

[@kimberlys8422]

That footage of Bush Sr. puking in the Japanese PM's lap was hilarious.

[@Charsept]

"reeses and lockdown are not a good mix" I felt that one

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Charsept For me it’s cereal. I must’ve put on 10 pounds from eating cereal this year!

[@noahg4369]

Im amazed at how many of these "facts" he actually believes. Ironically, most of "101 Facts" videos are satire.

[@The0Minecraftian]

"I love chocolate... I hate myself" 😂 big mood

[@George_Washington_1776]

12:31 What a handsome lad. I wonder if he has a fan that loves him so much he would pretend to be him on KZbin.

[@becausemynameiscommon5609]

That poisoning the alcohol thing is just one, very small, reason Americans don't trust governments very much and don't want to give up the right to bear arms. History has shown they all have the ability to turn corrupt and do messed up crap like that and take advantage of people. If you don't trust someone, why would you want to give yourself more of a disadvantage when you are already disadvantaged.

[@Dr.HooWho]

America is pretty young and wasnt full official army during the revolutionary times they hired people with guns to join the army so the right to bear arms is kinda already part of the us and cant be take

[@becausemynameiscommon5609]

@Poole I'm guessing you'd either didn't read or didn't mentally process the, "more" of a disadvantage, " part. People who own guns generally know that the government owns more guns and better guns, but they also know that with the right allies a bunch of colony hicks stood against one of the largest armies in the world at the time and ended up winning. History abounds with stories of the proverbial David beating Goliath. Is it a long shot? Yes, but it still happens sometimes anyway. 🤷‍♀️ "...your assault rifle..."? I don't own a gun of any type nor did I clarify a type of gun, but it also doesn't mean I can't understand where they come from.

[@TheSksexton]

@Poole IF something were to pop off, first, the US government isn't going to use the same shock and awe tactics that they use elsewhere. Yes, they'd win in short order, but the infrastructure of the country is destroyed. Secondly, a huge portion of the military would side with the people rather than the government. Third, the sheer number of legal gun owners in the US is astounding, and the majority own small arsenals. The people may still lose, but it wouldn't be as clean cut as you'd like to believe.

[@TheSksexton]

@@becausemynameiscommon5609 its not been THAT long ago that Vietnam kicked the shit out of the US...

[@TheSksexton]

@Margaret Bush I didn't say we got kicked out I said we got our asses kicked, which is pretty common knowledge...

[@063lots9]

fun fact: President John Tyler (born in 1790) had a grandson that passed away as recent as 2018

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

Wait a grandson? No like a great grandson? Wow

[@ryanje8147]

Sorry, but I have to call BS on many of these "facts". Many are incorrect or just made up.

[@jgibson7893]

Source bro?

[@zenjeongrebelle1808]

@@jgibson7893 either that’s a really funny joke, or your the biggest liberal ever😂 honestly don’t know which.

[@jamesp8854]

I really have to agree. Lav was entertaining as ever, but whoever made the video was trying way too hard. Christmas was never "illegal" in the US. It was made a legal Federal holiday in 1870 so federal workers could get the day off. Individual states need to recognize it as a legal state holiday for state employees to get the day off. But the is a difference between being a legal government holiday and being illegal. Freedom of religion is kinda a big thing here!

[@SilvanaDil]

Lady Grantham (nearly falling): "Good heavens! What am I sitting on?" Matthew: "A swivel chair." Lady G: "Another modern brain wave?" Matthew: "Not very modern. They were invented by Thomas Jefferson." Lady G: "Why does every day involve a fight with an American?"

[@cameroncardello4245]

"Is there wind on the moon" bro... xD

[@leelia]

"Not sorry." -Reese's

[@TheNewMode]

Soooo many of this guys “facts” are false

[@madisonanderson2851]

Finally someone else said it.... It bothered me a little that he was just giving random “facts” that are just plain stupid and not even close to being real.

[@Lilactime402]

@@madisonanderson2851 Guy said the liberty bell was never rung again. I believe it was rung at the end of WWII - more of a thud than a bell sound. But it was a celebration nonetheless.

[@Superobot]

the bear one for California made me the most frustrated cause northern California has sequoia

[@voidmystic3419]

Agreed

[@BlurryTK]

Who gives a *$%^.

[@bryonensminger7462]

Washington not only grew hemp he made moonshine , he was apparently quite the party animal

[@faithnfire4769]

Yeah weird without context, the poisoning the alcohol bit. What they actually did was poison some of the components of alcohol manufacture to dissuade people from making it (apparently whatever else it was being used for could deal with that). Kinda like how laughing gas gets bittering agents put in it so people don't use it to get high (the non medical/food kinds at least). The real question was whether people ignored that they had done so or what? Maybe no one thought it was real or something, or thought they could distill it out or something but messed up.

[@shanejohnson4180]

They didn't tell anybody. There was no warning given by the government, and people never really cared for labels, especially prohibition runners. As long as they have what they need, they will make it. If someone dies for it, it gets blamed on the government having not told people that they put poisonous agents in these components, or the body is hidden and the people making the alcohol continue to make sales. Either way, a victory for the prohibition runners.

[@judyvalencia3257]

My jaw literally dropped when you said you had never heard of the movie, "Gone with the Wind!" It is my all time favorite movie! It was made in the 30's with Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh. It's about the South in the Civil War. It"s pretty long though, if you want to watch it.

[@diddiaskew3084]

It is also set in Terminus, I mean Marthasville, I mean Atlanta. Oh my God. They burnt it. You bastards!!!!

[@cherylluigs8984]

Gone with the Wind was also the first movie to have a curse word spoken in it; a very big deal back in 1939

[@jacklewis5452]

@@cherylluigs8984 Frankly my dear, "I dont give a damn". That was outrageous back in 1939. Oh, how corrupt we've become 80 years later.

[@ArtsyMagic239]

I remember watching it in history class in middle school.

[@Subiwu]

I mean it’s an 80 year old film and Thurston is like 21-22? And he’s British so shouldn’t be very surprising he hasn’t heard of it, to his credit ofcourse

[@jonunya1163]

Every school with sports teams has cheerleaders. College, high school, and junior high. A lot of professional teams have cheerleaders, too

[@BillionSix]

I hope this isn't offensive, but Brits seem to be congenitally incapable of pronouncing Maryland correctly. :p

[@aindoria]

Nah fuck it. Be offensive to the Britbongs.

[@robinmills8675]

Perhaps it's Americans saying it wrong. It was named after King Charles the first's wife, Queen Mary.

[@madelineyoung275]

@@robinmills8675 wasn’t her name Maria? So it’s like Marialand -> Mariland -> Maryland

[@robinmills8675]

@@madelineyoung275 Yes. Actually it was Henrietta Maria. I am glad it wasn't called Henriettaland. 😆

[@benedictfishy1218]

@@robinmills8675 LMAO IMAGINE-

[@tinak3271]

One year I was driving down the highway and saw hundreds of bodies of prairie dogs that had died of the bubonic plague. They have no immunity against the plague. It's weird but true.

[@TheSksexton]

Native Kentuckian here. Slight correction on 31, one cave system is MAPPED for 200 miles. There are an additional 200 miles, approximately, that have been discovered but not properly mapped. A good friend of mine discovered a passage several years ago that connected Mammoth Cave, the one in topic, to Roppel Cave, which effectively added about 70 miles to Mammoth.

[@dylanshepherd3213]

I'm so glad I subscribed to your channel, it's so interesting seeing an honest UK perspective on the US

[@rdfox76]

The flag that is not still standing on the moon is the flag from the first landing, Apollo 11. The astronauts on that mission had trouble getting the flagpole stuck into the surface deeply enough for it to not fall over, and Buzz Aldrin noted that, as they lifted off from the lunar surface, he glanced out his window at exactly the right moment to see the flag fall over, blown down by the "wind" blast of exhaust from the rocket engine carrying them back into space.

[@lukeh8891]

Yeah I was wondering how it fell over since there’s no wind on the moon

[@Wichita0]

Of course, there are other American flags on the moon from other Apollo missions that are still standing, but I get what you're stating.

[@cmc9311]

I grew up in the American south, and Gone with the Wind was a MUST WATCH in my childhood. I still love it- as problematic as it is.

[@peregrinfandomizer]

Omg, yes! It's one of the best movies of all time, and one of the most quotable. It sad that most people don't even know it.

[@jessir5873]

I loved watching that movie. Yes I’m a southerner.

[@Cellq7]

Fun Fact: the state's name is pronounced, “Merlin'” or sometimes, “Marilyn,” but never Mary-land

[@werewolfgirly]

The Statue of Liberty was designed by the same man who made the Eiffel Tower

[@whiskeyneat97]

Fun fact: Reese's is possessive, so it's not Reesees, it belongs to Reese, so it's Reese's.

[@theyeetus1428]

Yeah, I hate it when people say it wrong

[@bg2e]

That means if Reese ever shows up, you have to give him his candy back. (RIP Mitch)

[@rdizzy1]

Canadian Reeses has no apostrophe s on it, just labelled as "Reese".

[@theyeetus1428]

@@rdizzy1But there is still only one e at the end.

[@madelineyoung275]

@@rdizzy1you can’t just eat people. That’s so unethical

[@bradleymclean5427]

The national anthem is from Francis Scott Key during the war for independence

[@Marcel_Audubon]

this guy is a posting machine! I can't keep up ... *oh my days*

[@EnigmaOshaien]

The flag on the moon that got knocked over was too close to the lander, and was knocked over by the thrust to get back to space.

[@p.j.driton4528]

When he talked about the NFL, he was showing a video of college football.

[@honourablelordmayor]

fun fact: popcorn was initially banned in cinemas in the US

[@strykerbravo9910]

When I see him change 135F to Celsius and says "Oh my God" when he see's "56.6C" Me: soooo, is that a lot?...😶

[@Viipxz]

15:05 “it’s still there that’s wild” fax bro I can’t believe the crack in the bell hasn’t grown back yet

[@gracedicken8708]

Them: talking about the Kentucky cave system Me: thinking they were about to bring up the fact that we have more barrels of bourbon in our state than people (7.5 million to be exact)

[@jthoward]

Mammoth cave is pretty cool, it’s nice to see home get some attention

[@gracedicken8708]

@@jthoward same. My family drive there every year and meet up with our cousins since it is so close to where we live

[@gabrielwright6949]

Woah, do we really?

[@gracedicken8708]

@@gabrielwright6949 yea. It kind of awkward

[@aidencook922]

The high-schooler that got a B on his school assignment for the U.S. flag appealed his grade to his teacher who told him that he would change his grade if it became the official U.S. flag. I'll just say he sure got his A.

[@yamanosu9463]

22:13 They were so Patriotic they died on the anniversary of independence day. Goals 😂

[@codybirk4829]

"In America you have to be 16 to drive a car" In my state it is 14. :)

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Jennifer Lawrence was made in Louisville Kentucky. -One of my duties (amongst many) was working on industrial trash compactors at large grocery stores. Because of Civil Liability Laws these stores are not allowed to even give away outdated food, even if they are perfectly safe to eat. It is sad to see how much goes into landfills

[@jakobdean7222]

Fun fact: Santa Claus, Indiana is home to a theme park called Holiday World

[@mikehunt368]

fun fact: no shit

[@Heywoodthepeckerwood]

The bubonic plague is still prevalent on ground rodents in desert locations. We actually had an outbreak in my small town a few years back. Man and his daughter died. His neighbor had it and lived but lost his hands and feet. Poor fella. Antibiotics can cure it if they are administered early enough.

[@DavidCoiner]

Unfortunately some of these "facts" are not true. They are the type of "facts" that are shared by our Aunt on Facebook.

[@Jujuoak]

Tbh i would love to travel across the US with this guy someday

[@kassiad8527]

The Plague is found in prairie dogs here and people keep them as pets.

[@jolivio8819]

Johnstown, Colorado has squirrels with the plague. Domestic prairie dogs don't carry the plague. Wild colonies may or may not have it, just best to leave them alone.

[@GoddessFourWinds]

@@jolivio8819 Sometimes small rat populations carry it here in NM. People are easily treated for it and the rats are wiped out. It's not a problem like it used to be if caught early. Sometimes we have whole years with no reports.

[@rdizzy1]

Most of the animals known to carry it are also multi-generational captive bred now, specifically for pets, in indoor environments that they cannot be infected to begin with.

[@dkroll92]

@@jolivio8819 squirrels have it everywhere

[@larryphilby4918]

To Anacreon in Heav'n, where He sat in full glee, A few Sons of Harmony sent up a petition, That He their inspirer and patron would be, When this answer arrived from the jolly old Grecian: "Voice, fiddle and lute no longer be mute, I'll lend ye my name, and inspire ye, to boot; And what's more, I'll instruct ye, like me, to entwine The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus' vine!" (It helps to be a drunken, Eighteenth Century Englishman to rhyme "petition" and "Grecian"!)

[@rhiahlMT]

ROFL, Terminus, is a railway station from the series "The Walking Dead" which was happening near Atlanta. There were live cannibals living there. When the main actor found it, they were grilling meat.

[@davidcole2004]

Exactly they came up with that name bc it meant something to the city it’s filmed in, atl was a railroad hub hinting the name “Terminus”

[@causticchameleon7861]

Terminus WAS the actual name of the area that is now Atlanta. It has also been known as Marthasville too.

[@rhiahlMT]

@@causticchameleon7861 Yeah, isn't that where the scene in "Gone With The Wind" was filmed? My reference was to the man saying 'BBQ" which is what the cannibals were doing when Rick (The Walking Dead) showed up.

[@causticchameleon7861]

@@rhiahlMT yes, gone with the wind showed the scene where Atlanta was burning due to General Sherman’s March to Savannah. He actually marched through my home town and burned shit down. Also, MARGARET Mitchell’s house where she wrote Gone With The Wind is still in downtown Atlanta. Atlanta was also called Marthasville at one time and the state capitol used to be milledgeville and not Atlanta. I’ve never watched Walking Dead but I do know where it was filmed. It was filmed in a little town south of Atlanta called Senoia. We pronounce it Senoy instead of Senoyah.

[@causticchameleon7861]

I don’t believe GWTW was actually filmed in Atlanta but it premier here at the Fox Theater on Peachtree Street. All the stars were there. It was a very big deal. Also, after Sherman burned Atlanta to the ground, the current city was built on the ruins of the old city. There is a section of the old city left and it’s called Underground Atlanta.

[@finnd7305]

On the imprisonment fact, it’s probably due in large part to profit prisons. Basically, these prisons require them to be full 100% of the time, and essentially get money out of it, meaning people are regularly incarcerated just to keep that threshold. These things are horrible, and currently there is legislation/pressure I think to get rid of them.

[@dustinheese]

I'd say, 1. Mass incarceration of low level drug offenders 2. There's a lot of violent crime in the US 3. Private prison system (although this is a very small portion of prisons). (Former CO and have an A.A. in Corrections)

[@TheMagicPencilG]

Ya privatizing prisons is not the move. It creates a environment where keeping prisoners is more important than reforming .

[@knash97]

If I recall correctly one of the flags on the moon was too close to the lander and was blown over by exhaust gasses from launch off the lunar surface. I was correct it was actually the first flag placed by Neil and Buzz, since everything was brand new they had to be careful and weren't allowed to go far from the lander and so the flag was placed too close and knocked over by exhaust. Also there is no wind on the moon, because it lacks an atmosphere hence the fancy suits.

[@grendalnewgod]

The Statue was delivered, and left in storage in sections. Neither the US nor New York governments would pay to have it erected. Other cities, like Philadelphia, offered to erect it if it were relocated. Then a group called the American Committee of the Statue of Liberty fell short on fundraising. Finally, Joseph Pulitzer decided to launch a fundraising campaign in his newspaper The New York World. In five months The World raised $101,091. Enough to cover the last $100,000 to complete the pedestal and have money leftover for a gift for the sculptor.

[@civilwarfan12]

When America got the pieces for the Statue of Liberty there was almost no funding to help create the skeleton and scaffolding for the statue, luckily Joseph Pulitzer the man known for the Pulitzer prize managed to get enough funding to keep the statue in New York and finish the project. So without him and the other contributors the statue pieces would've been huge copper paper weights.

[@PandaBear62573]

There were also penny drives at schools. The students were encouraged to collect pennies to raise the money. Then in 1982-1983 there were penny drives again to raise money for the restoration that was completed in 1986 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty.

[@BalletomaneM]

Came in strong with something wrong right off the bat. The reason we have states is during the British colonization, each "state" was essentially a British province, or a colony. When we gained our independence, the former colonies didn't actually become a unified republic until 1789 (so 8 years) because there was such a distrust of a central power. That's why several states are republics or commonwealths. After we figured out it wasn't working so great not being unified, we became unified into the United States. It had nothing to do with the size of our country lmao.

[@TheSksexton]

Apparently some people don't understand the difference between "melody" and "lyrics"...

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

You’ve never heard of gone with the wind?!

[@laurab5750]

Lucky him!

[@jamesehrhart9364]

It's funny because everyone makes fun of France but they have been instrumental many times in being an indispensable ally

[@kylienagy8381]

"I love chocolate; oh, I hate myself" Oh, Luka...get out of my head! 🤣

[@ashleydixon4613]

The thing about Atlanta wants being called Terminus... the joke he made about Terminus being known for their barbecue would be an inside joke only to those who have watched The Walking Dead. They ended up in a settlement called Terminus, where the humans had turned into cannibals.

[@TheSaharay1]

Pretty sure that Beatles fact is incorrect now, since Michael Jackson overtook the Beatles both in US Domestic and Worldwide

[@fusionxd8387]

I died when he said “moontana”😂

[@ohifonlyx33]

Gonr With the Wind is based on a popular book by Margaret Mitchell about a girl from the Confederate South during the Civil War. One reason it was so successful is because movies were so scarce in 1939 when it was made. It had little competition and was shown in theaters for a very long time as DVD and VHS for home viewing did not exist.

[@jamesgirard1090]

Gone with the wind Is a classic I wouldn’t call it the best movie ever But it’s definitely worth watching

[@lillydejesus9510]

Drinking age use to be 18 years old in the U.S.

[@GoddessFourWinds]

Yep. :)

[@dkroll92]

there really isn't a federal limit, what they did was make it so that states that didn't "voluntarily" raise it to 21 would be denied federal highway funds

[@larrybrennan1463]

That varied from state to state. In Wisconsin it was 18 for beer and wine and 21 for liquor - thus the many beer bars in the state. At some intersections, one on each corner. Also, if you were with your parents, you could drink beer even under 18.

[@ArtsyMagic239]

Yeah, but then stupid teens ruined that so now it's 21. Quite frankly, I'm glad it's 21 because have you seen what the stuff does to your body?

[@kinghershybar4294]

When he talks about the NFL, he keeps showing Collage Football

[@dylandreisbach1986]

To answer the thing about the flags on the moon, the first one was planted right next to the lander because they wanted to always be close to it. After we gained confidence of what the moon is like for us, we were able to move farther away from the lander. The first flag was most likely nocked down from the landing pods thrusters as they left the moon since it was planted a few feet away from a rocket.

[@voidmystic3419]

It's only slightly messed up that you dont know gone with the wind. It's a really old movie but it actually holds up as one of the best movies ever. Mostly because of the acting alone. I definitely recommend taking the time to watch it if you get a chance.