British Couple Reacts to 101 Facts About The USA

[@HistoryNerd808]

I think one thing is that, even though people try, it is impossible to generalize this country and be accurate. We are just so diverse and different parts of the country can be so different that it's a fool's errand.

[@thomasrizzo5630]

We have plenty of fools to run the errand.

[@dylanpadgett1742]

Even if you break it down into each individual state, things can be so different in different parts of the state. For example, Atlanta is very different compared to the rest of Georgia.

[@realisticthought1781]

@@dylanpadgett1742 facts. I grew up in forest park, but now live close to the mountains

[@fridaylong2812]

What is fact in one area, is 100% false in another.

[@G-grandma_Army]

Agreed

[@michaelschemlab]

Marylander here: Millie was spot on with her pronunciation

[@warriorsa-cash8534]

Yeah

[@brucegreenberg7573]

The derivation of this state’s name: first settled by persecuted British Catholics who named the state after the Catholic Tudor Queen Mary: hence, Mary Land, land of Mary.

[@Deadpool187.]

@@matt-bj8hm indubitably

[@bentn2shapes]

I'm also from Maryland, born and raised, and Millie's pronunciation was the correct way to say Maryland.

[@christinakramer1159]

@@brucegreenberg7573 Maryland was named after Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I.

[@theamazingfidget5514]

Hemp was the most-grown crop in the USA for almost 200 years. Thomas Jefferson, the third President, published a book detailing how to properly grow hemp.

[@fridaylong2812]

The kind you make rope with, not the kind to get high.

[@lennychorn147]

@@fridaylong2812 True. But it was because the powers that be, wanted Hemp off the market, that cannabis of every type, was banned as a schedule 1 narcotic. At the time, farmers were rediscovering the cash crop value of Hemp. This threatened the forestry and the tree pulp paper industry. As anything that can be made from a tree, aside from lumber, can be made faster, better and cheaper, using Hemp. The Hemp plant is 100% usable, leaving zero waste. Hemp can also be spun into a thread, for fabric making.

[@brianito7779]

To be 100% clear, Cannabis plants with 0.3 percent or less of THC are hemp. Cannabis plants with more than 0.3 percent THC are marijuana.

[@lennychorn147]

@@brianito7779 Bud, that doesn't matter. As I said, the powerful elite wanted agricultural hemp banned, because during the great depression, farmers learned really quick in some areas, that they could easily cultivate wild hemp, into large cash crops with little investment of money or time. This seriously amplified the negative financial impact the depression had on the forestry industry. Had hemp succeeded, anything left over from milling lumber, would be utterly useless. As anything made from it at the time, could be produced cheaper with hemp. In many cases, hemp, made for a superior product on top of being cheaper. Edit: I forgot about the Propaganda film, Reefer Madness. It was used to build the outrage against the dreaded devil drug. In the movie, they actors portraying teens, acted as if they were on high doses of hot ecstasy & LSD, from smoking marijuana. The public was to stupid to understand, or didn't care that they're being duped into supporting a ban on hemp which includes both Marijuana and agricultural Hemp. Either way, neither forms should have ever been banned.

[@jerellebowens4367]

@@lennychorn147 exactly

[@jamesjones8482]

The mention of hemp was a little misleading. Hemp was used to make ropes, paper, and other useful items. Very good reactions from both of you! ❤✝

[@Razorslash312]

But it was also smoked during that time too, don’t get it twisted. It’s more so pointing out (quietly) the irony of the marijuana outrage.

[@BellaKat7]

It was also used for lantern oil which made it a crop that was in high demand. Edit: Hemp has no psychoactive effects.

[@morganleigh9569]

Henry Ford made a vehicle out of Hemp.

[@tritchie6272]

@@Razorslash312 Hemp and marijuana are 2 different plants. And if grown to close together will damage each other. Hemp has almost no thc.

[@willwoll3138]

It will really blow your mind that most modern cell phones have a LOT more computing power than then entirety of NASA during the time of the Apollo missions.

[@kenkurogue101]

The drinking age was set high because studies showed that if drivers had a few years to get better at it before starting drinking they had less accidents. So the Fed gvt witheld highway funding for states unless they agreed to the 21 age limit. Most states won't let you purchase a handgun till 21 also, but rifles and shotguns are ok because a lot of younger people hunt in the US.

[@jackhogston6119]

Right, since cars are such a necessity in most of the US, the liquor laws had to be more restrictive. In Europe and the UK, there's almost always some form of public transportation you can drunkenly stumble into to get you home, but not so in most of the US.

[@greasey8695]

Well, partially. The other reason is that Reagan was guilttripped by a letter from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and subverted states’ rights by overriding their individual drinking ages and holding their funding hostage.

[@butifulyamazed1]

quite honestly I think the laws should be reversed. Learn to handle your alcohol consumption before you learn to drive. Teenagers don't NEED to drive but learning to drink responsibly with your parents around and NOT in college with stupid peers is the better way to go. Not to mention, by the time you would learn to drive you've gotten the clubbing and binge drinking out of your system.

[@gregbiggs7564]

@@butifulyamazed1 oh wow that works around the Europeon Football 😀😀Looks like a real Sober crowd to me!!!

[@gregbiggs7564]

Yep Yep and Yep especially in the major part of the country that is not the North East or the Coast of California or Oregon/Washington

[@Deadpool187.]

Millie said Maryland perfect. i've lived in New England all my life, thats exactly how we say it. good job Millie.

[@morganleigh9569]

Exactly.

[@theunwantedcritic]

Maryland is not in New England. You have to say it the way the people in Maryland say it

[@MarquezFrmdaGangway]

@@theunwantedcritic she saying it good I’m from Maryland

[@franksmith4730]

2 things 1: The reason you can drive a car or own a gun before you can drink alcohol in the US, is because those are both tools, and alcohol is an intoxicant. With all the 16 year olds driving their twin turbo sports cars and/or shooting guns even if they can't own one yet, it is probably for the best. It is weird. As someone who graduated before Colombine happened, we had the same gun laws back then we do now without all the school shootings. I don't think it is the laws, i think it is the society. I wish the media never would have shown the Columbine killers faces. I think that attention has a lot more to do with it than any change in the law. 2: One of the flags left on the moon was knocked down as the lander launched back up into a moon orbit to return the astronauts to earth.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

The age thing makes perfect sense... sort of. The U.S. is so large that most of us have to drive a lot. Allowing people to get a license at 16 (permit at 15) is almost a necessity. Handling guns is quite regional. In the midwest and south there are many farmers and hunters so kids can handle guns at a very young age. Also, if you can vote, join the military (or law enforcement) at 18 it makes sense to be able to purchase a gun at that age. The drinking thing? It changed from 18 to 21 back in the '80s. There isn't a legitimate reason why you would "need" to drink at any age so raising it to 21 was to try and curb the teen drunk driving deaths that were happening with more frequency at that time.

[@Rberg1105]

Yes, but they have asked this question and received the answer many times. But they’ll still think it’s crazy going forward.

[@topomusicale5580]

And for clarification, they showed a handgun in the video but under U.S. law you can't buy/own a pistol until you are 21.

[@stophi2581]

if you go to military or law enforcement you can learn how to shot there and also you will get your guns there - why is it necessary to be able to buy a gun for that ???

[@SuperDrLisa]

Here in Rhode Island 18 year olds can buy long guns but not pistols, you have to be 21 to buy a pistol.

[@BABYDOLPHIN22]

Yes sir absolutely correct

[@helenchappell2632]

I can't count how many things this guy has gotten wrong, at 18 you can vote and own a rifle, must be 21 to own a handgun.

[@TheOnlyPOOCH]

still a gun

[@helenchappell2632]

@@TheOnlyPOOCH wow aren't you clever

[@kimson305]

@@helenchappell2632 obviously you not

[@wesleypeters4112]

@@TheOnlyPOOCH There is a reason why it is different based on the law. That is important.

[@helenchappell2632]

@@kimson305 it's laughable your from Chicago, the murder capital of the US. How's all those gun laws working for you.

[@symphonic1057]

Atlanta was originally named Terminus but in 1843 the governor changed the name to Marthasville after his daughter. Two years later it was changed to Atlanta after the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

[@cyndik.5656]

I'm was born and live here on the Space coast of Florida. Sea turtles are really big and people used to sit on them as they made their way back into the water from laying eggs on shore. Many of us as kids had our parents put us on one, but it is now illegal and rightfully so! We also do not allow lights on the beaches and other things to protect the turtles and their offspring. They will always come lay eggs where they were born so we have a large number of nests every year. They are really awesome and quite fascinating!

[@ellenstrack6274]

Washington and Jefferson kept extremely detailed farm records.

[@hollysheen6865]

The hemp was grown for rope for the sailing ships. It was so important to the colonies that a certain amount was mandatory to grow.

[@jtb8]

The drinking age in the US was lowered to 18 at one point. But Traffic accidents and deaths quadrupled on teenage drivers so they raise the age back to 21.

[@jodydarby]

It’s interesting that the favorite song, movie, etc. were mentioned, yet the Bible as the most popular book was missing from the list.

[@malicemacey]

Is it the most popular book in the US? Maybe it didn't come up as Europe is more secular so it wasn't considered?

[@TheJessicahammerly]

That is true

[@LarryHatch]

Washington was very rich before he became Prez. For several years he ran the largest whiskey operation in the US. Before there was Jack and Jim, there was George. He lost so much grain during the winter from rodents, mold, and temperatures, his Scottish farm manager suggests he preserve the grain in a fun, liquid form.

[@krisindtla]

Well sure with all his slaves

[@topomusicale5580]

Large numbers of people do have consumer debt (i.e., credit cards or store cards), many young adults have student loans, but you also have mortgages and car loans accounting for a significant amount.

[@brianlewis5692]

@Millie: Do you know why you can't drink alcohol before 21 in the US? It used to be 18 in most states, but because America is an 'automobile' based society, there was a noticeable spike in alcohol related accidents having the age limit so low, so they reverted it to 21. In countries like the UK, that are not automobile dependent but have good public transportation infrastructure, the age limit can be lower because there is less danger of intoxicated youngsters getting in or causing accidents on the way home from pub if they're riding the bus, underground, or trams.

[@zaniq23]

Thanks to MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving

[@malicemacey]

The binge drinking culture in the UK was awful when I was young though (early 2000s). Drinking safely and in moderation just wasn't normalised as part of culture. It was a 'right of passage' and then let's get so drunk we vomit and pass out! I think Gen Z are less like this though as they just smoke cannabis!

[@hockey582004]

Learn to drive at 16, learn to shoot at 18, learn to drink RESPONSIBILITY since you were already taught responsibility in everything else, a lessen that sadly many of us Americans aren't learning.

[@stevedietrich8936]

The flag that got knocked down on the moon got knocked down by the Lunar Module's exhaust on departure.

[@michelemcneill3652]

Actually going far enough away to another state can be like going to a different country. Different states can have a lot of differences in culture.

[@Raptor3400]

My hometown of Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the end of the Western & Atlantic railroad line (it was first named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor's daughter, nicknamed Terminus for its rail location, and then changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic -- as in the railroad).

[@quinn-tessential3232]

I think we should rename it Atlantis just to see what happens.

[@PerthTowne]

Millie's "Maryland" was pretty well perfect.

[@ruthl3ssstudio163]

I can put some sense into the drinking age being 21. It actually has 2 reasons. First, politicians wanted to reduce the number of students showing up to school drunk. The age used to be 18 but then a lot of students were coming hung over and drunk. The second reason is that our brains are going through a critical stage of development between 15-25 so it was believed that increasing the drinking age to 21 will allow the adolescent mind to mature more before damaging it with alcohol. Americans drink very differently than people do in Europe. We binge drink. lol

[@malicemacey]

This is interesting, but in practice it doesn't seem to be effective. The age of 21 isn't applied to other adult decisions like signing up for the forces, or legal sex (and becoming a parent), marriage, driving, working and probably others. It's an odd line to draw 🤔 making something taboo makes it attractive as a rebellion whereas in mainland Europe alcohol isn't a big deal and not used for getting drunk. The UK had a big problem with binge drinking a few decades ago because we had the younger drinking age but no culture of casual drinking. I was 13 when me and my friends started drinking 'to get drunk'. Most kids never had wine with family or anything so it's the same taboo leading to misuse.

[@michaelly7163]

Actually, the reasoning behind it is that drunk driving caused many young people to die when prohibition ended and minimum drinking age was left to the states (technically the drinking age is still state law, but the federal government threatened to cut highway spending if states didn't agree to raise the minimum drinking age) and after the drinking age was raised to 21, accidents and deaths related to drunk driving dropped sharply.

[@ruthl3ssstudio163]

@@michaelly7163 Thats also a 3rd reason. Everything else I stated was factually correct as well.

[@jedimastercaeli]

@@michaelly7163 I can't remember but I think Louisiana was the last (or one of the last) hold outs to change its drinking age.

[@JohnThomWebb]

I'm pretty sure we binge drink BECAUSE the legal age is so high. We make it so taboo that kids go crazy once they can drink.

[@twenty3enigma]

OMG! After all of us being in withdrawal from your holiday, having more than one post within hours is wonderful. Thanks. 🎶>😸

[@windingroad9196]

Hemp grew wildly from southern Georgia, throughout the Carolina's, Tennessee and Kentucky, to the southern portions of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Native Americans had a deep hemp culture before the Europeans even arrived. It really is no wonder that the first documents of the United States were drawn on paper made of hemp. That was just one of the early recipes for paper!

[@richardmennel2415]

Washington was a meticulous record keeper. But he was also ashamed of his poor spelling. They actually keep finding record books that he hid. In the 1990's they found all his records to the brewery he ran. They know exactly how much ingredients he used and how much was brewed. His beer recipes have been reprinted for people to recreate his beer.

[@anonygent]

Yes, but how many spelling mistakes did he make? 😇 (Kidding, George.)

[@DoctorZuki]

Driving ages vary by state, I started driving at 15 with my learners permit, and if I remember correctly it's 14 in Alaska

[@Chris-rh9ej]

It’s 14 and 8 months in Michigan

[@malicemacey]

14! I would definitely have crashed at 14! I was a bad driver from 18-25. Loved the speed, easily distracted...but it took those years to learn how to really drive safely. Maybe Alaskans are as safe at 21 as I was at 25! Orrr the US is big enough to have less collisions

[@timothycook2917]

Fun Fact: The state I live in, Idaho, has the longest river system contained within the border of one state (outside of Alaska) and also is the longest unobstructed river system in the US (meaning it has no dams)

[@DocIdaho]

Twin Falls here :)

[@TXHEN1]

Fun facts that make you sleepy to read shouldn't really be called " Fan Facts"

[@larachronocroft]

Blackfoot here🥳

[@jonathany094]

So it’s the second longest then.

[@mage1439]

As an American who had my home ruined by wind, I can confidently say no, I don't love it. Every time the wind picks up now, over 5 years later, I get PTSD like crazy.

[@detroitnatural9392]

As a Michigander, we were taught to pronounce Maryland as "Mare-ahh-lynd". Point goes to Millie!

[@pickleriiick7294]

Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this. Learned a few things myself.

[@natemalnaa1]

6:25 as someone who's lived in Montana my whole life I can confirm there are more cows here than people lol we are also the 4th largest state in the country 😎🇺🇲

[@moniacurrie5518]

Y'all should definitely react to all 50 flags of each state and love the video 👍

[@moniacurrie5518]

@Jermare I see all the state flags video but thanks for the reminder

[@josephharrison5639]

The flag that fell over on the moon was too close to the lander when it launched. The blast blew it over and you can see it in the footage

[@michaelanderson8186]

It was Apollo 11, BTW. Armstrong and Aldrin were under severe time constraints with their only walk, and had to put it too close to the lander. They also didn't drive the flagpole in as deep as they needed to. The blast from the upper stage of the lunar module when they took off from the moon caught it and knocked it over.

[@marcuspi999]

Congratulations on the engagement, you two! 🎉

[@Coltrabagar]

Hemp (which is currently defined as any Hemp plant that contains 0.3% THC. It has a buttload of uses. It's actually a pretty cool plant even without the wacky tobaccy properties.

[@patrickseidel7165]

When he said Terminus had BBQ to die for ,he was referencing The Walking Dead . Terminus was a community that killed and made meat products out of them.

[@timreno72]

I was scrollin to see if anyone caught that.

[@brucegreenberg7573]

Origin of The Liberty Bell: The bell was commissioned in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from the London firm of Lester and Pack (known subsequently as the Whitechapel Bell Foundry).

[@olpossum]

When I was three, we went to the beach and they had an area for riding sea turtles. I got to sit on one and ride it around. People aren't always smart and it took a few years for people to realize how uncool and unhealthy it was for the sea turtles. That was way back in 1969, so basically environmentalism wasn't a thing then. We're learning, slowly, but we are learning.

[@IAmWhatevaUSayIAm]

George Washington and many others grew Hemp. Either him or Franklin said "sow it everywhere" I believe.. Hemp was very common in Colonial American agriculture.

[@DaddyDoggAbbott]

Nothing but respect going your way congratulations

[@Arkryal]

Thousands of towns in the US were formerly named "Terminus". Basically, those towns were established at the end of the rail line... take the train to the end of the track, get off and you're in the line's terminus. Then eventually they extend the rail line, and the new end of the line becomes Terminus and the old Terminus gets a new name. That died out when the interstate highway system was established in the early 20th century, but most towns west of the Mississippi river established from the mid to late 1800s were at one point named Terminus.

[@CountryViewHomestead]

Love my country!! 🇺🇸

[@docmarty809]

On July 4th 2021 it was 116' degrees where I live in the Mojave Desert. Today was only a 100' degrees. It's going to be a hot summer.

[@risalangdon9883]

The age restrictions on alcohol I believe goes back to history. And the fact that so many people got ill off of bad water. People including children would consume alcohol. Thus alcoholism was a huge problem. As it was in many countries. Age is restricted in hopes to reduce those statistics. Alcoholism is still a huge world wide problem. And living in more rural areas of the country, one needs to be able protect themselves especially from wild animals.

[@petenielsen6683]

The age restriction used to be to 18 and not 21. One of my sisters turned 21 when the new federal law making it 21 took effect. And later when I turned 21 I took out my ID in the liquor store to show the clerk even though he didn't ask for it and they following time he DID ask for it before I got my wallet out. The reason for the increase was that too many teenagers were dying in drunk driving accidents. Now instead there are still too many, but they've gotten their booze illegally.

[@christineperez7562]

It was like that around the world when it comes to water. These laws go back to prohibition era.

[@chuckcorum2137]

About the flags on the moon. They were planted very close to the lander. When each ascent module took off most of the flags were blown down.

[@kilato9649]

I love that Video!!!! I'm happy you are reacting to this!!

[@pacmanc8103]

Millie got “Maryland” right!🏆

[@chrisstott4100]

We have one of the Santa Claus towns here in Indiana. There is also Holiday World Amusement Park in Santa Claus,IN which is pretty popular. So there is fun in the summer time :-)

[@bearhunter1493]

if you work on a farm you can drive a car when younger then 16 long as it has the farm plate on the vechile.. most kids start drivers training around 14 or 15 years old now.

[@drchapman6501]

I drove a tractor for my Uncle when I was 13. When school started back up, I had spoiled classmates brag about how many miles they put on the family car. And I would say I put in that many hundred hours driving for my Uncle.

[@thomasforbes5965]

Millie you nailed saying Maryland 👏 👌

[@juliayoung537]

Many people who live on farms...all over the US children grow up driving trucks and tractors, and shoot guns responsibly! Unlike this mess going on now 😭🙏 for families in Texas

[@KCNicole]

My kids are on the shotgun team at their school

[@pointlessvideos2321]

@@KCNicole that’s definitely country af I’ve never heard of a school having a shooting team. Unless they are in college then I’ve heard about it but im assuming they’re not?

[@KCNicole]

@@pointlessvideos2321 nope. 8th grade and sophomore. Texas actually has lots of high school trap teams.

[@michaelterrell]

@@pointlessvideos2321 My mother was on her high school's rifle team in the late '40s, in Akron Ohio.

[@grahamsmith9541]

@@pointlessvideos2321 In the UK some schools cadets from age 12/13 with shooting teams. Outside of school youngest age for a firearms licence is 14.

[@larrywelchko6136]

The national anthem WAS NOT drinking song. It was a poem written by a lawyer from Baltimore that I happened to be related to.

[@southernhippie9058]

Those of us over a certain age watched the moon landing live on television.

[@michaelterrell]

Yes, but it was in slow scan black and white which had to be upconverted to standard NTSC video by displaying it on a special CRT at the slow speed, and scanned with a fixed mounted video camera to send to the TV networks. This was the only way to send live video from the moon, at the time due to the primitive Telemetry equipment of the '60s. What I worked on in 2001 could handle multiple live video streams between the ISS and ground control wile providing multiple audio and data streams.

[@mitchellwilliam95]

I saw King Kong on the TV the other day, too. Crazy how an ape can get so big.

[@gregorywright2798]

Hemp was what rope was made from so when you grew hemp they wove the hamp into ropes with shoes on ships and build-up it was on ships and building and everything else so it wasn't about the hemp itself it was about what the hemp plant could do.

[@andrewchristopher7138]

Hi

[@themoviedealers]

Movies were exhibited publicly prior to 1902, in various halls and auditoriums. But that cinema was the first building specifically built only for the purpose of showing movies on a large screen. And that was an actual picture of it. It was torn down decades ago and today there's a parking structure at the location.

[@twenty3enigma]

Though the drinking age is 21 here, many bartenders will serve anyone who has a military ID card. George Washington's hemp was grown to provide the raw material for rope, as it has very strong fibers. Washington's $25,000 salary roughly converts to over $820,000 now. Regarding cheerleading: Paula Abdul went from being a Laker Girl to choreographing the Laker Girls to choreographing dancers for music videos & performances to having her own pop superstar career. Americans' debt is mortgages + student loans + credit debt + healthcare debt + business loans, etc. There are a LOT of ways to accrue debt. I agree with him about #24. Jennifer Lawrence is a national treasure. If a Huge Jackman conversion chart is ever worked out, it would be extremely useful.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

You're right about the military ID card, I worked the door at a Blues club in the late 90s early 2000s and I didn't even check their date of birth I knew they wouldn't be any trouble and I personally feel the legal drinking age should be 18

[@zaniq23]

bartenders who serve underage military members are doing them and themselves no favors. this is the sort of thing that could get them into deep trouble should the military member get caught inebriated by the less understanding.

[@bradparnell614]

When Jennifer Lawrence comes home to visit her family she likes to throw on a hoodie and go shopping at Target.

[@twenty3enigma]

Nobody gets in any trouble,@@zaniq23 . This practice goes back generations.

[@zaniq23]

@@twenty3enigma - having been in the service over 20 years I can assure you trouble has been seen.

[@1980bcman]

terminus is also the name for Atlanta in The walking Dead

[@121476]

Not too long ago the UK had the second most debt per capita of any country in the world (after Japan). That is not necessarily a bad thing though. It means the government was investing in its people and believed in their future. I believe it's #29 now

[@malicemacey]

Hmm, not sure this is the case! We are miles ahead of the US but New Labour and Conservatives tanked the Lib Dems, the most Liberal forward thinking party (at the time), went to war against the country's wishes. Encouraged all students to go to Uni or do apprenticeships via syllabus indoctrination without investing in those institutions, and backing Boomer pensions and assets at the expense of the next 2 generations. I worry 😟 the debt means there will be nothing left to support my generation at retirement even with company matching. I also think if it wasn't for covid the conservatives would have gone after the NHS. In a way the pandemic saved our health system as it was a hard lesson in its necessity. I hope the government starts to put rent and house price controls in. Its impossible to rent on a normal income in many areas while boomers sit on their properties. They are also the generation least likely to leave inheritance, but the conservatives are still trying to introduce a law to allow people to retain £80k before the govt has to support their care costs...it's really gross and self serving

[@Badgerhollis]

Also…you guys should do a reaction vid for creepy stuff in the US! Also also….”Atlanta was founded in 1837 as the end of the Western & Atlantic railroad line (it was first named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor's daughter, nicknamed Terminus for its rail location, and then changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic -- as in the railroad).”

[@LarryHatch]

When on the moon the guys brought a car a couple times in case they'd meet some space chicks. After they couldn't find any space chicks they started playing golf up there. True story.

[@DJS3]

Sounds legit! 👍

[@ruthl3ssstudio163]

9:22 I just walked across that bridge last summer. Its about an hour from where I live. :) That is the very beginning of the Mississippi River and the first bridge to go over it. I also slipped off it with my wet shoes and fell in the water. HAHA

[@voidknight2288]

18 to own a long rifle and 21 to own a hand gun.

[@IAmWhatevaUSayIAm]

TERMINUS- That's crazy.. I lived there and didn't know that. That's why they used that name in The Walking Dead! Awesome find in this video...

[@stephenryan1912]

Crazy fact about the moon landing, the shuttle that was used to get them there had less power and computing ability than the phones we use today. It mostly came down to people working the math out ahead of time and the astronauts and mission control working out the trigonometry and physics "on the fly", so to speak. It's really incredible.

[@michaelterrell]

It was a lander, not a shuttle which is reusable. The early space program depended on custom mainframe software that would have had to be completely recreated for newer hardware, or gone over line by line to make sure that it was correct on a later model in that line. NASA was looking for new surplus hardware to maintain those '60s vintage computers. I remember a worldwide call for NOS 8" floppy disk drives of a certain model. I would like to see anyone create a viable launch program on a smart phone, due to it's other limitations. Many can't even run a simple App without compatibility issues.

[@adlockhungry304]

#36: Hemp was grown by quite a few major land owners back in the day. It was used to make rope, sails, and some paper. I heard a rumor the US constitution was written on hemp paper. No idea if that’s true.

[@annclark5349]

Once upon a time we had dining age 18, but alcohol started getting into the schools, so they moved it to 21 under.

[@pacmanc8103]

Huh?

[@bryanfuknc]

what?

[@zaniq23]

It has to do with a movement in the 80s called MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving who campaigned hard on the subject of raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 in order to cut down teen fatalities. This got tied into highway funds which was the federal governments way of twisting the states arms to comply.

[@vaopr1012]

The history of the minimum drinking age in the U.S. has varied significantly over the years. Pre-prohibition and going back into the 1800s the minimum ranged from none to teenager to twenty somethings. Of course prohibition banned almost all legal consumption for any age. Post prohibition left individual states setting minimums ranging from 17 to 23 depending on the state. Then following the lowering of the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, many states lowered the minimum drinking age to 18. Pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) along with several other groups lead to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act (NMDAA) of 1984 setting the federal minimum at 21 except on U.S. federal installations on foreign soil along with some other exemptions. But, in a somewhat left-handed sort of way to circumvent the 10th Amendment, by denying federal highway subsidies to states refusing to raise their minimum to 21. Naturally being a U.S. federal law, there are plenty of loopholes. For example the NMDAA addresses purchases not consumption, certain states not caring about federal highway subsidies (Hawaii, Alaska, Arizona) kept the 18 minimum, legal import of legally purchased alcohol from a foreign country, etc… Really a crumpled spiderweb of laws particularly when you start adding in open-container, public consumption, public intoxication, DWI/DUI/zero-tolerance, and so on.

[@zaniq23]

@@vaopr1012 actually Hawaii cared very much with the H1, H2 & (further in the future the H3). Seems highway subsidies have a lot to do with military transport routes and the state wanted its share of Uncle Sugar's sweet, sweet money. In Hawaii this is easily seen in the terminuses of all three. The state the I knew which held out that longest was Louisiana which even in the mid-90s had crap highways.

[@merlinathrawes746]

I'm originally from Michigan. If someone tells you that something will happen when Hell freezes over, people from Michigan respond that it happens every winter. And the city of Hell, Michigan DOES freeze over every winter.

[@vincentabston2979]

I always struggled with the fact that you can join the military and die for your country at 18, but you can't drink a beer... crazy!!!

[@GreenBeamzzz]

Yea that makes zero sense

[@eunicel5964]

I said exactly the same thing prior to reading the comments and seeing this. Glad you pointed it out also

[@TheRockkickass]

You can drink it not buy it

[@zaniq23]

It has to do with a movement in the 80s called MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving who campaigned hard on the subject of raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 in order to cut down teen fatalities. This got tied into highway funds which was the federal governments way of twisting the states arms to comply.

[@eunicel5964]

I understand why...I think that legal age to enlist should be 21 as well. If you aren't responsible enough to buy a beer at 18 you are certainly not responsible enough to decide to risk your life in the military

[@scottdean2199]

In the 18th century, hemp was used for everything. The plant is quite fibrous and was used like cotton and wood. Almost all paper at the time was hemp. Canvas is, traditionally, hemp cloth. Most rope was made of hemp until the development of nylon. Prior to the cotton gin, hemp was a primary source of fiber for clothing. Hemp seed is extremely nutritious and birds will pick it out of any birdseed mix. It was also them main ingredient of gruel (nutritious, but not so tasty). Hemp oil was also used for lighting when whale oil (much more expensive) wasn't available.

[@LarryHatch]

Sad thing is that we're never, ever debt free. Even if your house, car,s and stuff are paid off, you still will owe 50 years worth of property, income, and sales taxes in the future. As long as there is government, we're always all in debt. Think about it. We will never owe nobody nothing unless we live off the grid in the woods.

[@circedelune]

The Terminis reference is from the show The Walkng Dead. Terminis was a place they went for refuge, but it turned out that the inhabitants were cannibals. Hence “the barbecue is to die for” comment.

[@tmanknoll9702]

A bit of perspective may help with the age to own a gun in the US. A large number of states in the US have large predators (bears, mountain lions, aligators etc.). This means if you live in a rural area, it can be dangerous to be unarmed which is one reason why the age to own a gun is so low.

[@davidpinnix7446]

I just can't be in a bad mood after watching your videos! Thanks for the video.

[@jackpot848]

The one that struck me was when he said that Martin Van Buren was the first American born President. I didn't know that. To me, the day those guys said "Screw you Britain, tired of your crap. We are forming a new band, writing our own songs, and taking our act on the road" was the day they all became Americans. Starting from OG. Washington!

[@amirrizer5069]

That doesn’t change the fact they weren’t born in America but I get it….

[@HermanVonPetri]

Too bad they didn't also say "screw you" to the slavers, too. "Land of the free..." /s

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@rabdhall05 Soooooo... pro slaver then?

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@rabdhall05 Your religion is a blood cult that worships an act of human sacrifice. And your god literally instructed his followers to enslave their neighbors. Anyone who threatens people with eternal torture if they do not follow his commands, which they have no say in, and insists that they are born cursed and must declare fealty and worship of him to avoid this curse _which he himself made_ is the very definition of a dictatorial tyrant. All of these cults of Abraham are deeply immoral philosophies. It's a pity that anyone could be so mentally deranged to believe any of it is real.

[@jLutraveling]

Many early farmers planted hemp for rope making especially for ships.

[@kenhenderson1762]

The flag planted by the Apollo 11astronauts was placed too close to the lunar excursion module (LM) and when it launched to get the astronauts back to the command module (CM) the exhaust knocked the flag to the lunar surface. On subsequent Apollo missions (12, 14, 15, 16 &17) the astronauts knew to plant their flags far enough away.

[@Nelson-ne7us]

I think if you were to pay for a 6 second ad during the super bowl it would cost around $60,000, so maybe worth 😂

[@andrewgalindo6959]

Congratulations on being inside the statue of liberty. Since I live in Southern California I've never been there, but I have sat on top of the H in the Hollywood sign (of course I was a kid when I did that).

[@now0nline]

George Washingtons $25,000.00 salary in 1789 was equivalent to $768,072.16 per anum. "He was worth every penny". In 2022, the presidential salary is $400,000 per year. "I'll hold my tongue out of respect for the office...." George made almost twice as much!

[@JHamilton791]

Atlanta was named Terminus as is was the end of the line of the Western & Atlantic RR. Then it was named Marthasville as it was no longer the terminus. Finally named Atlanta for the same railroad. Hello from... Atlanta.

[@bentn2shapes]

That announcer's voice reminds me of the voice in the video game called, You Don't Know Jack.

[@ZeldaBaby999]

She got Maryland correct. The first syllable is slightly more accented and the whole word slides together with land becoming a bit more like 'lund,' but NEVER land. Try my state: Connecticut.

[@BTinSF]

The "21 to drink" thing is pretty new--during the Vietnam era it was 18 on the theory "old enough to fight, old enough to drink". But lately there's a pressure group called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) that has pressured most states to raise the age. I don't think it's necessarily permanent.

[@shepherdzghost3514]

From the USA 🇺🇸 stores do not waste that much food. It is now donated to food banks in almost every County. Have several. William.s

[@bahhab9361]

the alien attack ones where from "Attacks" where jets were scrambled and military assimbled during "UFO" incursions" that are declassified by the us gov one i remember was when the army shot a shit ton of anti aircraft flak cannon rounds into the night sky because of lights in the sky breaching air space around bases

[@charleshoward5465]

Your pronunciation of "Maryland" is spot on.!...

[@waynevictory5208]

Hemp was used to make rope. Fun fact we require 500 ton to be grown for natural security as its need foe rope for the navy

[@1971tallica]

US pop right now is just over 331 mil. Edit: I did a little math and divided the food consumption I used 75 years for the age ( the average life span in the us now is 78.79 years ) and it comes out to roughly 1.315 lbs or 0.594206 KG of food consumed a day. It's not perfect because as a child you consume less food so lets say 1.5 lbs or 0.680 kg a day by an adult.

[@kentkeeler9010]

Hello! Quick little note about fact #22 @8:11....it's correct, but if you factor in wind chill, the 2nd coldest temperature ever recorded was actually on top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. The mountain is perfectly geographically placed in a valley of other high peaks and on direct route of the jet stream, so it's known for it's particularly horrible weather due to it's sweeping winds and already bitterly cold conditions during the winter months, even into the early summer, it JUST snowed there last week! Its record is -46°C or -51°F with a wind-chill of -70°C or -94°F, totaling for a "real feel" of -116°C or -177°F, which is the 2nd coldest "real feel" temperature ever recorded on Earth. There is an observatory on top of the mountain that is manned year around to observe weather patterns, and while this is the record, these kind of temperatures are "normal" in December - March. **The only place known to have ever gotten a colder "real feel" is Antarctica, with a place in Russia coming very close to Mt. Washington as 3rd place!** In the mid to late summers, Mt. Washington is a popular tourist attraction to hike, or even use the train or your own car up the mountain to see the views of the White Mountain National Forest and New Hampshire's Lakes Region which is home to 48 mountains that are 4,000+ feet in height and over 500 lakes. The state of New Hampshire itself has nearly 1000 lakes, nearly 2000 mountains, 3 major cities, and a 7 mile coastline. It is a state for people who love the outdoors and a great sense of community. I was born in it and live in it currently, but not after I got out and saw a bit of the world. I have the luxury of calling 5 states my "home" since living there for some time, and I also lived in Copenhagen, Denmark for a year! The world has plenty of beauty to explore, and while I want to see all of it, New Hampshire is definitely my forever home. Hope you enjoy the read!

[@DocIdaho]

Washington grew industrial hemp.. used for fiber for cloth, animal feed, etc

[@heatherscott1265]

Each Apollo flight to the moon had a flag pole and flag to leave on the moon. The sixth one was knocked down when they took off from the moon by the rockets, according to Armstrong. At least that is what I understand from reading some the answers to the question, " Of what happened to the 6th flag?".

[@johnrodrigues5974]

Bullseye! You said Maryland correctly!👍👍

[@CarrieCogs]

LMAO 🤣 Aliens took them! I'm in Chicago and all I've been hearing about is alien crafts 😂

[@skipstreet]

To clarify about guns. There is no age limit to shoot a gun. Only to buy one.

[@T.H.E.O.2024]

at this point with all your video reviews of America i think you prolly know more about us than most that live here,..lol bravo

[@MarySmith-pq9zt]

Thanks for calling out Maryland. That was driving me crazy as soon as he said it.