I love how drew casually forgets that ice is a thing with the polar bear map.
@awesomeman69482 жыл бұрын
i think he thought it would show the ice
@Timbo3762 жыл бұрын
Probably doesn't see much ice in Los Angeles
@tnapeepeelu2 жыл бұрын
@@Timbo376 From living in Garden Grove, I can tell you this is true. (except for that time my entire front yard froze)
@NewArmies2 жыл бұрын
I wouldnt blame him ice probably wont exist soon
@itsytyt51922 жыл бұрын
af
@Daniel.Liddicoat2 жыл бұрын
Most of the "bodies of water", in Australia, are salt lakes that hardly ever flow. Water dries up or goes into underground aquifers.
@jakobgei63902 жыл бұрын
i just wanted to comment that Good Man
@gunbun10482 жыл бұрын
The Romans went too far this time
@Daniel.Liddicoat2 жыл бұрын
@@jakobgei6390 My dad drilled mineral survey boreholes in the Western Australian desert. The boreholes passed through an aquifer. They mostly didn't need to bring water, because the underground water was pure. The low electrolyte levels in the water meant they had to bring electrolyte tablets.
@jakobgei63902 жыл бұрын
@@Daniel.Liddicoat cool
@viktoz28972 жыл бұрын
Time to build a long line of water and get it to Flow I may not have a brain gentleman but I do have an idea
@mlgsty88802 жыл бұрын
5:08 As someone living at the exact spot where Anchorage was placed in the map, no it is somewhat warmer here due to Baltic Sea being rather warm sea because of its shallowness and size. It keeps Finlands coasts warmer than inland during winter and cooler during summer. Lowest temperatures here that I can recall have been around -35 celsius only during my life.
@helious18182 жыл бұрын
“I tries to make a Nile joke but it didn’t work out” You’re just in deNile.
@Rugggers1012 жыл бұрын
Ok, gotta admit that is a good one 👏
@gandalf_thegrey2 жыл бұрын
Take this like and get out.
@user-ew5vj1sl1u2 жыл бұрын
I Didn't Nazi that coming.
@itsytyt51922 жыл бұрын
fa
@vivofoottheseventh73932 жыл бұрын
Good one!
@vDaniik2 жыл бұрын
Italy and Spain share just too many things. Beautiful people, good cuisine and strong cultural heritages. Love Italy from Spain
@Zwijger2 жыл бұрын
The map also said that infrastructure, geography, demographics and politics are compared, not just culture. Politics and demographics are quite easy to see as points of comparison too
@tehrealtimmis2 жыл бұрын
Drew: “I wonder if Wyoming will just blow up?” Yellowstone Supervolcano: “Now is my time to shine!”
@iamgreatalwaysgreat82092 жыл бұрын
Too bad, wyoming dont exist
@campbellbuckwalter93562 жыл бұрын
@@iamgreatalwaysgreat8209 yellowstone national park is in 3 different states hah
@untitleduck96232 жыл бұрын
@@campbellbuckwalter9356 is California at least one of them?
@CXIEF2 жыл бұрын
Here comes the sun....
@JmKrokY2 жыл бұрын
🐝
@Brandenburg-Poznan2 жыл бұрын
I dont think drew realizes that the Bering strait and lands around it are covered in ice, so no polar bears dont spend their entire lives swimming
@JmKrokY2 жыл бұрын
Lol true
@kyejt-r2 жыл бұрын
10:50 that is also accounting for sea ice, where polar bears can walk across the sea and yes polar bears are classified as marine mammals
@MrMuel12052 жыл бұрын
1:24 I'd say the Congo is the LARGEST river in Africa, whereas the Nile is the LONGEST. The volume of water that flows through the Congo absolutely dwarfs the Nile - it discharges 41,200 cubic metres of water per second on average, compared to 2,830 for the Nile. Even the Kasai, a tributary of the Congo discharges far more than the Nile, at 11,318. By this measure the Congo is 1st in Africa and 2nd in the world, whereas the Nile is 8th in Africa and 98th in the world.
@owothenoob6162 жыл бұрын
okay nerd
@MrMuel12052 жыл бұрын
@@owothenoob616 This is a geography youtube comment section. We're all nerds here.
@volga8712 жыл бұрын
@@owothenoob616 you know being nerd is actually good in some way?
@cantripleplays2 жыл бұрын
@@volga871 yesnon't
@AntonioGonzalez-we4wx2 жыл бұрын
2:42 I love how they made the Spanish Coat of Arms smaller just for it to fit on the island
@HurricaneChris042 жыл бұрын
What I'm getting out of Drew's surprise over the last Swedish king to die in battle is that he needs to listen to more Sabaton.
@taxel66952 жыл бұрын
Long Live the King to be exact
@alkincik01102 жыл бұрын
well, the hunted Rick is always gonna follow us. even history people
@brutester2 жыл бұрын
"Oh man, I don't even want to speak about the Balkans". - Statement by a smart man!!!
@borapetrovic19572 жыл бұрын
but i feel left out now D:
@hermanspaerman34902 жыл бұрын
Us Swedes were once chads and our monarchs led from the front. Gustaf Adolphus and Charles XII died in battle but both Charles X, and XI led from the front too. Those days are gone though.
@abhinavsanjoshkhajuria81882 жыл бұрын
the great northern war fun fact : charles fought the war from turkey for 2 years away from sweden gathering allies aganist peter he was a chad
@alphamikeomega57282 жыл бұрын
>Inherit the throne at age 15 >Almost immediately, Denmark-Norway, Russia, Poland-Lithuania and Saxony declare war >Beat the Danes at Travendal >Beat the Russians at Narva >Beat the Saxons at Fraustadt >Peter the Great wants to sue for peace >"I have resolved to end a just war only by vanquishing my foes." >March into Ukraine to meet with friendly rebels >... >Peter the Great already defeated them >Russian winter >Get shot in the foot >Lose the Battle of Poltava >Get chased into the Ottoman Empire >They host you there >Outstay your welcome >Personally fight the local administrator's armies in hand-to-hand combat >End up fighting the Danes in Norway >Inspire confidence in your men by standing up in your trench >Immediately get shot in the head. A fascinating character. If you want to learn more, Sabaton History has good videos on his life.
@Kr-nv5fo2 жыл бұрын
Now the Finnish xoomer president thinks your king is so boring that it's polite to dodge him. Bring forth your next queen and her gigachad husband.
@itsytyt51922 жыл бұрын
af
@Vickzq2 жыл бұрын
Now sweden is a weak feminist imperium 😐
@eduardorollan56822 жыл бұрын
Los Italianos son hermanos nuestros IT
@AlexiTails992 жыл бұрын
So true
@Volya2242 жыл бұрын
3:16 a charger called Chad-Emo. Now that’s something i want to plug in my car.
@Sfftly_2 жыл бұрын
That 3rd largest river is just taking the scenic route though Africa, it wants to see a bit of the continent before it reaches its destination.
@hendrikdependrik18912 жыл бұрын
13:35 The Netherlands themselves too. The Dutch government can't build new real estate, because we exceed nitrogen compound levels. In Belgium probably too. That's why both are going to reduce their livestock.
@FINNSTIGAT0R2 жыл бұрын
No, Southern Finland can be pretty mild in the winters as well.
@falconsnake31242 жыл бұрын
2:23 somebody has to tell him that that isn’t the Hungary flag, it’s the Czechia flag
@agent09312 жыл бұрын
@UCEwgI7zqav1kHf_XitYEiqQ the flag on poland is czechia
@dikshantsheoran2 жыл бұрын
No, don't tell him Last time he called baltics as balkans, now baltics are called as cold balkans.
@Lev12322 жыл бұрын
I think he meant that Poland is more similar to Hungary than Czechia, because of how they like each other.
@modmaker76172 жыл бұрын
@@Lev1232 My country, Poland in terms of culture is similar to Czechia but nothing like Hungary. Hungary doesn't fit into Europe but Asia.
@MartinCech-jb3eh2 жыл бұрын
Hungary is more like Mongolia
@epfu37372 жыл бұрын
Does drew realize that those polar bears arent swimming but walking on ice?
@グーグル翻訳-i6k2 жыл бұрын
What ice?
@manger_222 жыл бұрын
@@グーグル翻訳-i6k ice
@benjaminjackson44462 жыл бұрын
Man drew really thought rivers just automatically find the shortest route to the sea 💀💀
@MrNotAGamer2 жыл бұрын
wait they dont??? jk
@robinrehlinghaus19442 жыл бұрын
Uuh.. Isn't that how water flow works?
@MrNotAGamer2 жыл бұрын
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 yes
@zddxddyddw2 жыл бұрын
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 There is a thing called geographic barriers that can prevent rivers flowing in a certain direction.
@Liggliluff2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a river defying gravity just to take the shortest route to the sea
@AGLMapping2 жыл бұрын
Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around And desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie And hurt you Probably
@jaykaufman97822 жыл бұрын
The scientific, Linnean name for polar bears is "Ursus maritimus." No surprise the sea is their habitat.
@owothenoob6162 жыл бұрын
ur sus
@noize52502 жыл бұрын
Belarus is like Ukraine... Never thought I’d hear those words
@H1ydra2 жыл бұрын
politically probably not, language, culture, geography, infrastructure probably yeah because they were both former soviet countries
@anubratabit30272 жыл бұрын
Not because of being Soviet countries. Both Ruthenians & Ukrainians are Western Slavic people, received Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox Church, were part of the Kievan Rus, annexed by Mongols & later by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where they faced discrimination for not being Catholics, before being annexed by Russian Empire.
@ressljs2 жыл бұрын
@@H1ydra They might be enemies right now, but I'm not sure they're that different politically. Of the former communist countries, they are along with Russia, stuck with authoritarian and super corrupt governments. Meanwhile, the rest of eastern Europe was managed to move on from the Soviet days.
@Sorintus2 жыл бұрын
@@anubratabit3027 *Ruthenians and Ukrainians are eastern slavs
@malgtuzi50202 жыл бұрын
@@anubratabit3027 *correction, Ruthenians ARE Ukrainians, that was the Latin word for the Rus people. Belorussians were always called either Belorussians or White Ruthenians. They are also both East Slavic people(Ukrainians, Belorussians, Russians, and Rusyns in Zakarpatia), not West Slavic(that’s Polish, Czech, and Slovak, and also includes the stateless Silesians, Kashubians, Moravians, Sorbians(formerly Lusatians) and the extinct Pomeranians and Polabians).
@JBoyer20252 жыл бұрын
I need a map saying which US states are most like which European countries. There are 44 European countries and 50 US states so it’s 1:1 ratio when you combine the Dakotas, Kansas and Nebraska, and some of the Mid-Atlantic/ New England states
@robertmifkovic63252 жыл бұрын
Central Europe is most like Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio. You can look this up by percentage od imigrants in each US states. People moved where it resembles their origin country the most. Finland - Seattle.
@CMoore-Gaming2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be like %90 UK. Sharing a language is huge. Lots of crossing of cultural products. From music, tv, movies, KZbin, books, etc.
@JBoyer20252 жыл бұрын
@@CMoore-Gaming I’m saying like in general what country is most similar to which state. Would it be Alaska to Norway? Colorado to Switzerland? Etc.
@Vickzq2 жыл бұрын
@@JBoyer2025 Would need to split that, territory & climate, demographic, industry, etc.
@JBoyer20252 жыл бұрын
@@Vickzq split what specifically? The larger states?
@pyrotempestwing2 жыл бұрын
5:40 Actually, the US Constitution requires a presidential candidate to get an Absolute Majority of votes. With 538 Votes in play, you need 270. Otherwise, the House of Representatives votes to elect the new president, throwing out the whole Electoral vote.
@borisgeorgiev95912 жыл бұрын
12th pretty good ngl just came back from school keep on the good work Drew you're the best!
@neuzie2 жыл бұрын
*28th
@sunnysparkle30352 жыл бұрын
Geography joke: You lookin’ real Hungary, let me Serbia some spicy Chile’s
@SittingOnEdgeman2 жыл бұрын
For Illinois and New York - same reason a lot of the south is 'did not vote' - if you know there's no chance of winning (or no chance of losing) you don't vote.
@kaatc22 жыл бұрын
you know they always say belgians don't have a culture, i guess that map proves the opposite, since france, the netherlands and luxembourg all three resemble the belgian culture most you saw it here for the first time guys, belgians have some kind of culture orrrrr you could argue belgium is indeed just a mix up of all three cultures and thats the only reason why.... but we decide to ignore this theorie
@BayernFan052 жыл бұрын
Are you belgian
@kaatc22 жыл бұрын
@@BayernFan05 yeah, why the question?
@BayernFan052 жыл бұрын
@@kaatc2 I am sorry for your despair
@BayernFan052 жыл бұрын
@@kaatc2no one deserves such a punishment to live in belgium
@axellor98362 жыл бұрын
@@BayernFan05 Truly, I'm sobbing in my euros, free healthcare and nearly free education
@janach13052 жыл бұрын
I want a link to that map projection site. Drew, you apparently have forgotten the official Latin name of polar bears: Ursus maritimus. They are sea bears.
@bender420692 жыл бұрын
Me a desert dweller now checking for polar bears whenever I go outside
It's crazy how much the gulf stream alone has done for Europe.
@ok-vk9fv2 жыл бұрын
Golf stream?
@obelic712 жыл бұрын
@@ok-vk9fv The ocean water coming from the equator by the gulf stream heats Europe. Without the gulf stream Europe's climate would be like be Northern Canada /Alaska.
@ok-vk9fv2 жыл бұрын
@@obelic71 from the mexican gulf
@mashimero2 жыл бұрын
It's not "the Gulf Stream alone" though, there are many more factors
@H1ydra2 жыл бұрын
7:31 mars is cold, not hot i would say mars would be better compared with antartica, very dry, yet cold
@MrMuel12052 жыл бұрын
Particularly the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Or alternatively the Puna de Atacama in Chile.
@nikita4242 жыл бұрын
I love how Leaf charging stations are CHAD eMO's
@erichtomanek47392 жыл бұрын
Lake Eyre in South Australia, is below sea level (about 15 metres), full of salt (dry and flat enough for land speed record attempts) and fills up once a century or so from really big Tropical Cyclones that crash into Queensland, dump their water over the Great Dividing Range and cause the rivers of the Channel Country (example Cooper's Creek and Diamantina River) to flow.
@cal30no1iscool92 жыл бұрын
1:58 this look like one of those shitpost “solution to northern ireland” memes
@jojo_da_poe2 жыл бұрын
12:35 How did you think they did so well in the great northern war? A king on the battlefield always inspires confidence in the troops.
@3301X2 жыл бұрын
Drew always being a Gigachad.
@mtdev782 жыл бұрын
0:21 Chile: I'm finally L O N G E R
@tonydai7822 жыл бұрын
12:50 No Drew, Sweden was the one doing the siege.
@georgios_53422 жыл бұрын
12:04 based Byzantium, the last monarch to die in battle IS the last monarch as well
@jiqci2 жыл бұрын
11:42 In order to flex, here's how's that called: Arctophobia
@DylpiqkleSTier2 жыл бұрын
6:03 this is based off of access to voting. A lot of the states that are listed here have mail in ballots, instead of going to a booth to fill in your vote. That’s the difference. Not to mention certain laws that make accessing places to vote harder for many people come into affect in many states
@erichtomanek47392 жыл бұрын
USA population density map: Sad Passenger Pigeon noises. Sad American Bison noises. They don't call the Polar Bear Ursus maritimus for nothing! By the way, If you were a Dwarf Woolly Mammoth on Wrangell Island, would you be scared?
@jojo_da_poe2 жыл бұрын
12:50 It was a siege, except he wasn't being sieged, he was the one sieging. Only thing is, he took a peak out of the trench, something that any WW1 soldier would tell you is a terrible idea, as a musketball went right through his head.
@eduardpeeterlemming2 жыл бұрын
I thought most similar country to Estonia was Finland. That is crazy that Estonia is more similar to Latvia
@solt4r12 жыл бұрын
I’m a Finn and safe to say that I was shocked too. Been to Estonia multiple times and it is very similar to Finland. They’re almost next to each other, the capitals are opposite of each other, both have been under certain countries’ rule (sweden, denmark (kalmar) and russia) and both have very high standards of living. Then again though, Estonia is a baltic country meaning they interact very often with their baltic neighbours and Finland just so happens to have a long history of Swedish rule, a second language being Swedish and the location provides a lot of interaction with Sweden.
@mlgsty88802 жыл бұрын
Because one of the factors was demographics I believe it is what swayed Estonia towards Latvia due to the Russian minority. We dont have that "yet" in Finland.
@angelzavala22542 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Polar bears spend more time swimming than walking
@jameskarg32402 жыл бұрын
Man I WISH "Did not Vote" was a choice we could freely make
@anubratabit30272 жыл бұрын
Here in India, apart from the regular candidate list to vote for in the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine), we also have another option to vote named NOTA (None Of The Above).
@sp4c1fy822 жыл бұрын
"polar bears" "poland bears" 😳
@Yora212 жыл бұрын
Bear is black: Do fight back. Bear is brown: Do lie down. Bear is white: Say Good Night.
@LoPhatKao2 жыл бұрын
not sure if its still a thing, but in Churchill Manitoba you were required to leave car unlocked so it could be used as emergency hiding place in case of polar bears
@LuckyestFella2 жыл бұрын
0:40 just like French Monarchs, just like it...
@gorillakyle67832 жыл бұрын
Polar bears usually do fight but cannibalism is very rare but due to less food being available it’s becoming more and more common
@stopmotionharry89892 жыл бұрын
1:39 you could’ve said that “no one’s in de-Nile about this”
@uselesscoffeemachine2 жыл бұрын
1:40 Drew in de-Nile
@Turinnn12 жыл бұрын
Anchorage is really close to Helsinki in latitude. Our southernmost city 🇫🇮 is same as your northernmost city 🇺🇸. 😀
@Turinnn12 жыл бұрын
Just imagine. Most of Finland is north of Anchorage 😁👍
@ilovetallyhallalot2 жыл бұрын
If NJ can have over 10 people in it, The east coast can do anything.
@Ann_Does_Stuff2 жыл бұрын
1:50 funny thing, Im Polish and im actually going to czechia this vacation so this is a funny coincidence
@cobracommander81332 жыл бұрын
Italy most like Spain - checks out
@grimer_87362 жыл бұрын
1:41 I guess we can't de"nile" it
@niccolopaganini17822 жыл бұрын
I guess you can't be in de'nial' Anyways your 🍪 for the effort
@annamix50262 жыл бұрын
3:54 the sudden jump of charging stations in Oklahoma was (I believe) because a company like Tesla (or might’ve actually been Tesla) was gonna put their new plant or hq or something like that either in Tulsa or San Antonio and Oklahoma really wanted to up their chances of getting it. San Antonio ended up getting it though.
@Darkaxey2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone wanna tell him that A black bear roaming into his house (if he left the door open and if he lives in suburb or rural area) is actually high since they don't control the bear pop. in California?
@VoidlessOne2 жыл бұрын
0:57 That's basically the map of Attack on Titan, right there...
@kekoleks80282 жыл бұрын
How is Montenegro more like Bosnia then serbia, I mean seriously, Montenegro is like Serbia's little brother
@thomasseamenacetoysgamesan1552 жыл бұрын
Upside down chad looks like Fred flintstone
@BorgerFrog2 жыл бұрын
Another Delicious And Not So Nutritious Video, Thank You.
@ThatMonkeyDude Жыл бұрын
“I wonder if we will ever have to update this list” *zooms in on Queen Elizabeth* 😳
@TyrantSolo2 жыл бұрын
As a Hungarian looking at the thumbnail and seeing Slovakia having our land makes me feel sick and saying there the most similar to us makes me feel disgusted all I can say is atleast they didn’t make it the Romanians
@eVill4202 жыл бұрын
you kinda just hate everyone tho
@raulgurzau93012 жыл бұрын
Romanians are glad that you weren't the most similar to us
@justcallmehaterik2 жыл бұрын
I mean kinda understandable, we are in the same shitty region as Slovakia, so, pretty accurate? At least we are not Balkan.
@ghregoryk48302 жыл бұрын
excuse me, what?
@BayernFan052 жыл бұрын
@@ghregoryk4830a normal in europe
@perer0052 жыл бұрын
Regarding polar bears, does California Drew know about ice?
@deim32 жыл бұрын
The Swedish king died in the northern war. It's one of the defining wars in European history and one that forever changed Sweden, russia and to some extent Poland. Shame to you for not knowing it!
@reud_64762 жыл бұрын
Infrastructure... Belgium ... 3 countries ... Impossible
@augu-ks3kl2 жыл бұрын
We have more pigs than people in Denmark actually
@fistfullcoronation35122 жыл бұрын
Drew, the Northern Wars is why sweden's king died in battle... He was the one that led the march in Russia
@BlissAnimations2 жыл бұрын
Polarbears are the only animal that actively hunts humans
@EvanMcClurg-tb9bz11 ай бұрын
A map centered around gabon looks pretty good. If your in the mood for an advanture center the map around New Zealand.
@oliversherman24142 жыл бұрын
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!
@Dalynx092 жыл бұрын
Day 2 of Asking Drew to make a 50 US States Slander
@TypekMD4 ай бұрын
1:50 it can also show what language is the most similar to idk how to explain it just if ykyk
@iamgreatalwaysgreat82092 жыл бұрын
6:11 What is swing state
@Okaz_2 жыл бұрын
State races by 2020 United States presidential election margin. In American politics, the term swing state (or battleground state) refers to any state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate by a swing in votes. These states are usually targeted by both major-party campaigns, especially in competitive elections. -Wikipedia
@the_SixtyNineth_user2 жыл бұрын
A daily dose of drew a day increases geography knowladge Uhmmm I cant find anything that rhymes
@neuzie2 жыл бұрын
A video a day keeps the teacher away
@Janshootsblanks2 жыл бұрын
A video a day keeps the girls away
@私はマーリンです2 жыл бұрын
A daily dose of greens a day increases intake of orange
@FernLake2 жыл бұрын
@@Janshootsblanks Press x to doubt (also as a girl I was never here)
@GeorgeNoYoutube2 жыл бұрын
Drew you gotta do something like "flags drawn by DALL-E" and give it weird prompts
@EmperorProd2 жыл бұрын
0:03 so how can I get that on mobile?
@Af-Ar-Ak Жыл бұрын
irrational fear of bears, i think there's a problem in that sentance
@gaminggod14952 жыл бұрын
Drew, you realize that that engaging data thing has been around for like over a year already maybe two. And I'm pretty sure you've already interacted with it a while ago.
@icarusblues76992 жыл бұрын
They hired russians to put trackers. Some russian painted T-34 on a polar bear
@supermaster20122 жыл бұрын
5:40 if "I cheated" was an option it would have won by a landslide.
@axellor98362 жыл бұрын
Drew, the polar bears are not in the water, they are on ice that is not shown on the map
@therealnuggetball2 жыл бұрын
Poland And Czechia have alot of things in common
@thibault_de_proost2 жыл бұрын
Belgium dominating it's neigbouring states!! Belgian Empire in the making!!
@mikhailzikry62272 жыл бұрын
Rick will never give you up and he aint gonna let you down and he certaintly will never desert you!
@victzu50362 жыл бұрын
Will this meme will ever be done? Cuz it looks like its not gonna stop.
@mikhailzikry62272 жыл бұрын
Vic Tzu Yeah it will never end because people like me will never make it die so I am a part of the problem but do I care? (Answer may surprise you No)
@0Clewi02 жыл бұрын
In the river part that's why you need elevation maps, in not most of the rivers east of the Andes makes no sense.
@Jaybird_1022 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Charles the VII of Sweden actually died while he was sieging his enemy. Not while he was being sieged, but when he himself was sieging!
@АртурЧугай2 жыл бұрын
1:50 why tf arent Estonia and Finland considered closest to each other?
@KeanuCheems2 жыл бұрын
I feel like Austria is more similar to Switzerland than Germany
@AstralWitch-rm7bj2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@mateusziii20672 жыл бұрын
i thought that map is upside down on purpose at the beggining, then I realised that my phone is upside down
@Liggliluff2 жыл бұрын
People putting pigs in special locations? I guess those places are called "farms"
@theguyisdead2 жыл бұрын
No I dint think that’s right
@MrMinecraft5578 Жыл бұрын
At 12:50, Abel, king of Denmark 1218 -1252, shares a name with my friend from school.