1 Fact About Every Country in the UN (A-G)

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Mental Floss

Mental Floss

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@nine4t4
@nine4t4 Жыл бұрын
As a Canadian I am proud of our education. Not so proud about the donut fact. Bitter-sweet, Sweet-bitter?
@periwinklestardust
@periwinklestardust Жыл бұрын
Interesting video, though I wish she or whomever completes the research would have provided the correct pronunciations to certain names she mentioned, or asked a native, lends more credibility to what she's sharing...hopefully other videos are better in this regard
@cherylcampbell9369
@cherylcampbell9369 Жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@rainydaylady6596
@rainydaylady6596 Жыл бұрын
I wish you could have shown where each country is on the map. 🙂🖖💕
@stevemuturi965
@stevemuturi965 Жыл бұрын
One fact about Africa as a whole: Meat is not "hung" for weeks! Hours, more like. Minutes, goats on Ngong Hills... I'm from Kenya. (Can't and never have run!) but I can stand at the Equator while looking at REAL snow on Mt Kenya, wondering what a one-horse sleigh is! Jingle Bell! Great video!
@jessicagrandke3228
@jessicagrandke3228 Жыл бұрын
On one of our cruises, we were instructed not to wear anything camouflage on our excursions
@peppygrowlithe
@peppygrowlithe Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thanks!
@modafoto
@modafoto Жыл бұрын
I like that bikes are, once again, the main thing Denmark is known for :D Although being widely used all over Denmark it is particularly a Copenhagen thing.
@71sk8erdude
@71sk8erdude Жыл бұрын
I know it's not her job to know EVERY correct pronunciation but can she PLEASE ask a native speaker how to say Country/City names. (Medellin is Med - eh - yeen)
@مصطفىالقرشي-ك1ك
@مصطفىالقرشي-ك1ك Жыл бұрын
21:15 Cava or Gahwa in Arabic, also known as Java, was named after a region in Ethiopia, in which Coffee originly came from.. The taste of that Cava has nothing to do with Coffee except the smell and color..
@stueymon
@stueymon Жыл бұрын
I've had Kava! It's kinda like being on strong painkillers
@FC-ds9ve
@FC-ds9ve Жыл бұрын
Man, I miss Lucky’s donuts in Vancouver, BC. I live in Scotland now and they lack the donut obsession. (They have Tim Hortons here in a couple places but even back in Canada, Timmies kinda sucks)
@stevevernon1978
@stevevernon1978 Жыл бұрын
OK, it took me 8 days at one day per letter. (ok, I missed a day) Your turn , Mental Floss, where's H thru R ? (also 72 countries)
@JoaoPessoa86
@JoaoPessoa86 Жыл бұрын
FYI the "H" in Bahia is silent
@RoolSkool
@RoolSkool Жыл бұрын
Dominica isn't pronounced like Dominican Republic. It's pronounced dam aww knee ca
@mariebunny
@mariebunny Жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@robertthomson1587
@robertthomson1587 Жыл бұрын
The Pylon lookout is still there in Sydney. But the view isn't worth the expensive ticket price.
@rachelwoodcraft3783
@rachelwoodcraft3783 Жыл бұрын
Personally, I found the Pylon lookout worthwhile, and reasonably priced (by Australian standards). Interesting things to see and learn inside, a nice view, and way better for my fear of heights than the bridge climb!
@robertthomson1587
@robertthomson1587 Жыл бұрын
I remember when it was free so - unsurprisingly - the current charge seems exorbitant.
@Elitist20
@Elitist20 Жыл бұрын
Saw the white cats in the 70s, along with a model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge made out of matchsticks. The funny thing about the art deco style pylons is they have no structural purpose - they're purely ornamental.
@robertthomson1587
@robertthomson1587 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, to allay public concerns that "there was nothing visibly holding the Bridge up".
@Slashgate_
@Slashgate_ Жыл бұрын
Eh... You make it sound ike Belgium is about to split.. As a Belgian... I beg your pardon?=
@skeven0
@skeven0 Жыл бұрын
indeed, while some wanr it the majority of the population doesnt want it. Also maybe the world records of no officials politics would be more intresting to mention
@Slashgate_
@Slashgate_ Жыл бұрын
@@skeven0 that's no longer a Belgian record.
@JonEdwardJordan
@JonEdwardJordan Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I found that a little sketchy too
@illiteratemochi4150
@illiteratemochi4150 Жыл бұрын
Aw, did Gibraltar not count for some reason? I was excited to see what the fact about it would be 😢
@stevevernon1978
@stevevernon1978 Жыл бұрын
Gibraltar is not a member of the UN... it is part of the United Kingdom.
@illiteratemochi4150
@illiteratemochi4150 Жыл бұрын
@@stevevernon1978 oh yeah.... I’m dumb lol
@matthewdrummond1340
@matthewdrummond1340 Жыл бұрын
Now I want a doughnut 🍩 🤤🇨🇦
@Apophis324
@Apophis324 Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing East Timor is not exactly part of the United Nations, seeing how the fact on the country speaking Portuguese was NOT NEEDED? :P (Watching these videos is so much fun with Captions on~)
@stevevernon1978
@stevevernon1978 Жыл бұрын
i think they make the captions from the script, but sometimes if a line is removed by mistake during shooting, or because they decided the whole thing is too long, somehow the captions stay there.
@Apophis324
@Apophis324 Жыл бұрын
@@stevevernon1978 That's what makes the captions such fun to have turned on. Bonus knowledge~! :D
@graphosxp
@graphosxp Жыл бұрын
what really happened to the library of Alexandria? three words: Moe, Larry and Curly😂
@gmoney4980
@gmoney4980 Жыл бұрын
Rambo 3 thought me that Afghan sport
@michaelandre8925
@michaelandre8925 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite KZbin video. It cured a murderous headache, for one thing.
@_Super_Hans_
@_Super_Hans_ Жыл бұрын
No it didn't
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
People really need to give English speakers a heads-up that the "h" in Bahia is silent.😂
@lenatij473
@lenatij473 Жыл бұрын
Love the video, but just one correction: Grenada is pronounced as Gree-Nay-Dah, not Gre-Nah-Dah. Thank you very much! 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩
@Luigi00from00Seattle
@Luigi00from00Seattle Жыл бұрын
take your lies somewhere else
@Elitist20
@Elitist20 Жыл бұрын
A congressman said about the 1983 invasion - 'You say Gree-Nay-Dah, I say Gre-Nah-Dah, let's call thing off.'
@forrest1777
@forrest1777 Жыл бұрын
The first fact, about Afghanistan, I saw it on Rambo 3
@Opforvideo2
@Opforvideo2 Жыл бұрын
Finland/Suomi having the most metal bands per capita didn't make the cut?
@rachelwoodcraft3783
@rachelwoodcraft3783 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the entire list was going for lesser known facts, though at times, it did seem to mean it used less interesting facts to achieve that.
@RoolSkool
@RoolSkool Жыл бұрын
It's pronounced guy ana (Guyana)
@sMiLeS1325
@sMiLeS1325 Жыл бұрын
I applaud your attempt 😂 I was going to say that for The Bahamas, it's "exoo-mah". Nothing like Eczema 🤣🤣
@JonEdwardJordan
@JonEdwardJordan Жыл бұрын
Marseille is pronounced like mar-say, not mar-sigh. I think you've confused it with Versailles. ver-sigh. Yeah, French is hard
@therongjr
@therongjr Жыл бұрын
And Enver Hoxha's last name is pronounced "HAW-juh"
@RoolSkool
@RoolSkool Жыл бұрын
It's pronounced grey ney da (Grenada)
@BradenJohnYoung
@BradenJohnYoung Жыл бұрын
I have the sudden urge to eat a donut
@Renedoc82
@Renedoc82 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, not seen it until you reach to V
@mad_max21
@mad_max21 Жыл бұрын
Brunei also based Center Force which famously included the battleships Yamato and Musashi which sortied out from there to the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
@pablodmdp
@pablodmdp Жыл бұрын
Messi 🇦🇷
@Robot_Overlord
@Robot_Overlord Жыл бұрын
Proud donut eating college grad here
@skasev
@skasev Жыл бұрын
Check your facts on kava, your comments are very misleading
@thegreatercanadian6579
@thegreatercanadian6579 Жыл бұрын
for the love of god, it’s pronounced GUY-ANA, not GEE ANA, GUY-ANA!!!
@iconpoet
@iconpoet Жыл бұрын
"Literally translates to something like..." 🤔🤔🤔
@user_angelmum
@user_angelmum Жыл бұрын
You do know Australia has more cities other than Sydney .. and a "cat cafe " was the only fact about Australia? Why ? We are a vast country with many unique landscapes and animals . Your only fact was about a cat cafe in Sydney NSW ? What about our other states and territories?
@stevevernon1978
@stevevernon1978 Жыл бұрын
"ONE FACT" is right there in the title.
@rachelwoodcraft3783
@rachelwoodcraft3783 Жыл бұрын
Australia being the only country where its legal to eat the animals on their national coat of arms would have been a good fact.
@OneOfThoseTypes
@OneOfThoseTypes Жыл бұрын
Big yawn
@terrafirma5327
@terrafirma5327 Жыл бұрын
Daaaaw. Look, how cute! Baby's first big yawn! Get the camcorder!
@OneOfThoseTypes
@OneOfThoseTypes Жыл бұрын
@@terrafirma5327 Oops, you accidentally posted a response to the wrong comment.
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