Unusual Facts About Well-Known Cities

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

I live in LA, and the non-native palm trees are kinda an issue. We grow them incorrectly by planting them as a single when they are supposed to grow in clusters for more root support. AND those 100 yo palm trees are now as tall as a 15-20 story building and not very sturdy.

[@dianafossi1295]

Wow! Thanks for sharing I had no idea

[@nazfan01]

Just to throw this in. My grandfather became a real estate mogul in L.A./Glendale during the early 1940s and up till the 1970s. I heard this story not only from my grandfather but my dad as well. My grandfather at that time was buying up lots of property and building several 1,000 unit apartments right within the Glendale. He said he would clear the property and that also meant getting rid of palm trees that would be in the way. Then, city officials started coming around and telling my grandfather that there were city ordinances that palm trees were not to be cut down without.... I think either permits or permission I do not remember at this point. My grandfather told these people that the prperty were his ad can do as he wished with it. - Now, I know this to be true, my grandfather by this time had 2 body guards and he would instruct these 2 guys to escort the city officials off the property. - I had no idea that back in those days that there were already city ordinances, especially for trees

[@charliemiskwaabineshii9001]

Geez that's too bad. Also dangwrous 1:52

[@baronvg]

In South Pasadena, If you drive west on Del Mar towards Orange Ave, the trees are lined up and they’re all flopping over and hanging above the street. It’s quite the sight.

[@PennyCalloway]

@dianafossi1295 move to Florida and you will learn how to plant them in clusters

[@Zachary3D]

Music is a little loud and distracting.

[@WanderlustGoGo]

Great Content Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating! Very enlightening too!

[@MrGhoulie]

7:19 every time I see this building I think of ice cream, because an ice cream shop that I used to go to had pictures on the walls of famous buildings with ice cream somehow incorporated into them, and this building had soft serve swirls as the tops.

[@geo77sand]

Definitely Paris surprised me the most. No Stop signs in a big busy city like that??!

[@cocoaorange1]

That is dumb.

[@UnusualCityFacts]

This is so interesting! :)

[@kflo8634]

The Staten Island development blew my mind...I had no idea 😅

[@btetschner]

3:48 That reminds me of the Araby Bazaar in the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. That story is from the book Dubliners (1914).

[@hokkaidorider4296]

Cool content. But please get rid of the distracting background music

[@DongBags9319]

R.I.P. Weird History's Timeline. I miss that series.

[@Skyguy_steve]

I am headed to Istanbul in 10 days! I am excited to see the Grand Bazaar!

[@mattyt1961]

I love Istanbul (so much good food), go to the Spice Bazaar too. Looks similar, but a lot less people, a lot smaller and smells better (all the spices). Much easier to get photos in the Spice Bazaar too. Either way, Enjoy :)

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

The obnoxious background music really distracts from the interesting information.

[@Mike--Oxmall]

Much of it is misinformation.

[@kashagroob8417]

Urban topics? I took an underground tour in Seattle, and I think if ya'll did a video about the city, it would be cool. There were a lot of issues dealing with their sewer system or lack there of 😅

[@KekefrmPhilly]

Philadelphia native here! Love my city ❤️

[@Bmore.BLIND-GUY]

The other weird thing about palm trees is that they are not classified as trees they have their own final classification

[@danking7450]

Need to hear more about Miami

[@btetschner]

4:09 That target design in the bowl reminds me of the fantastic music video "Don't Mess With Me" by Brody Dalle (from The Distillers). I watch that video all the time!

[@mikenixon2401]

Palm trees not being native to Los Angeles surprised me. However in a city known as being fake anyway it makes sense. I hope the innocent residents there can regain control.

[@alexhilton8599]

What was with the music in this episode? It felt like the song was competing with Joe’s voice.

[@UnusualCityFacts]

Agreed!

[@Scraggledust]

Love the stunning beauty of greenery in Singapore. I wish our local city council would allow that! I’d like to know more about the rivers we’ve strangled into “submission”. Especially where we’ve stopped the natural flow of the CO river into Mexico. I’m sure it can’t be the only example of rivers being completely cut off from original flow via er, piracy to screw over communities

[@btetschner]

11:42 Hinterland is one of my favorite bands, they are a dream pop band from Vancouver.

[@btetschner]

0:48 In reference to those trees, Nebraska is the birthplace of Arbor Day in the US.

[@Iamtheliquor]

3:43 St David’s & St Asaph are both in Wales. So the City of London is England’s smallest city😂

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🏙

[@michaelmcdonnell5998]

Lower the background music please!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Well that is a grea 13:27 t subject. Thanks for sharing. London surprised me by their population.

[@WayneGray-m6e]

Yup, and If you put a baby agitator in the toilet in Manhattan, it'll grow into Godzilla😮!

[@gazorpazorp9798]

Singapore is like taking some of the best Chinese and Japanese ideas and putting into one city-state.

[@lp-xl9ld]

Having lived near Philadelphia for quite a few years, I was aware of THEIR Hog Island, which is why the sandwiches referred to as "subs" or "heroes" (or other terms) elsewhere are called "hoagies" there. But even though I am a native of New York, I wasn't aware IT had a Hog Island.

[@jennlody8306]

Rhode Island also has a Hog island! I met one of the few residents that lives there during summer only, as it can only be reached by boat.

[@fugazicoverband]

background music on this one was a bit much

[@michaelmcdonnell5998]

I agree!

[@UnusualCityFacts]

Agreed.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere. Geoff Dyer

[@btetschner]

1:57 There are Hilton hotels in Paris, which would technically make them Paris Hiltons.

[@glennso47]

It’s also where you get to see “Parasites!”

[@alia7368]

Next video series: Weirdest Dowry gifts in history.

[@btetschner]

2:51 The single "London Calling" by The Clash was released the date I was born. It is "from the band's double album of the same name." (wikipedia)

[@skyden24195]

Two things: one, L.A. being represented by non-native palm trees, so being described as "fake" is a fair and accurate representation of L.A. in general. lol. Two, maybe it was Istanbul, Turkey that musical artist OMC was thinking about when he wrote the song "How Bazaar." 😉

[@shastaham7630]

Interesting note about Paris traffic... The worst traffic jam I have ever seen was on a Tuesday afternoon at the roundabout circling the Arc de Triomphe!

[@The7Reaper]

My home city had one of the more important labor strikes of the twentieth century, the Loray Mill strike of 1929, and that's about it, the rest of these are way more interesting lol

[@Blitzkrieg1976]

Definitely digging the lively guitar in the back❤ it adds...well, something great!

[@mikitz]

Note that Ivan IV was called 'the Terrible' by Russian standards.

[@lakrids-pibe]

It should be translated as 'Ivan the formidable' or 'fearsome'

[@darkshali]

Is it me or is the background music a iittle overpowering in the vids lately? I can hear the narration fine but the music is just a little too loud...

[@kapnkarhoonch5497]

All I'm saying is the Kremlin looks like a giant gingerbread house 🤷

[@YoAuntyMihkoh]

When I was little I was very convinced it WAS a gingerbread house!

[@Cmbtvtrn05]

Lol 😂

[@ridureyu]

The Kremlin is where gremlins go to drink Fremlins

[@rgerber]

it looks like the building from Tetris

[@Cmbtvtrn05]

@@ridureyu hahaa

[@adinamoryosef5287]

Please loose the background music! Or make it far less intrusive!

[@Penguingay]

Wah wah wah cry baby

[@WOLFgang6244]

Agree

[@cherylcampbell9369]

You arenot alone. I comment this on so many videos, and I do not subscribe or watch those channels. This is unusual for this channel. And am going to stop watching this one. Toodles!

[@terminallyelleofficial]

I've asked them to do this as well😏

[@meredithjohnson2843]

It might just be me but the music is super distracting

[@UnusualCityFacts]

Totally!

[@starseed39]

Not digging the background music

[@jmccoomber1659]

While it is true that the super-tall-and-skinny palm trees all around Los Angeles are not native, there is actually a species of palm tree indigenous to the region: the California fan palm. Washingtonia filifera, - called the desert fan palm, California fan palm, or California palm - is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the far southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico. Growing to 20 meters tall, it is much broader than the skinny Washingtonia robusta - or Mexican fan palms - seen on postcards of iconic LA streets, growing up to 6 meters wide. An old-growth stand of California fan palms is what gave Palm Springs its name and there were indeed palm trees in the LA area before settlers and developers planted non-native species. This is the first time I've seen Weird History get something wrong, I'm surprised!

[@ljosephdumas3113]

The Istanbul bazaar is about 30 square miles, not 30,000, which would be the size of the United Arab or Czech Republics.

[@casandralaforgia6591]

30,700 square meters not square miles

[@msatxgault560]

Either my ears are bad or i have a pretty good phone bc the music isn't intrusive on my end🤔

[@btetschner]

4:34 That chador reminds me of the awesome and underrated horror film A Woman Walks Home Alone At Night (2014).

[@btetschner]

Since I have watched both thumbnail recommendations at the end of the video, I am going to watch: x What Life Was Like In Medieval Castles x Gibsonton, Florida | A Circus Freak Retirement Community

[@casandralaforgia6591]

30,000 square meters, not miles.

[@btetschner]

4:36 That reminds me of the dress Taylor Swift wears in her glittering music video "Bejeweled." Some people say that will be her next #1 hit, it's a fantastic song and music video!

[@NewMessage]

Guess they weren't as well known as we thought. 'Till now.

[@charlynegezze8536]

That Lisbon is older than Cadiz. Spain by 100 years!

[@btetschner]

6:59 Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas Tree farm that her father bought.

[@jakethesnake121394]

What’s with all the background music lol.. never stops?

[@jovanweismiller7114]

The entire area of Istanbul is only 2063 sq mi. I'm just wondering how they get a 30,000-square-mile bazaar into the city.

[@sydhenderson6753]

Someone mistook miles for meters.

[@yugioht42]

Orlando, Florida has the strangest founding story around. The story is during the Seminole Indian war a soldier named Orlando reeves was killed on the exact spot where the sign bearing his name is now and in honor of that the commander named the city Orlando. Unfortunately this isn’t exactly true as the historical records don’t have an Orlando reeves anywhere. The other story was the city was called something else but was named Orlando in honor of a soldier though this is false also as there is no record of an Orlando anywhere. We’re not sure where the name came from actually but it’s local legend about Orlando reeves and his passing on the shores of modern lake Eola is the accepted story.

[@rafalganowicz1939]

Back ground music is distracting.

[@jerrywilliamson2040]

Grand Bazarre is 30700 square meters not miles

[@hotgunz181]

Man that logo change was a bad idea

[@danieledugre1837]

Charles the second was not king of the scots. He was king of England!

[@Mike--Oxmall]

London is a huge city, with nearly 9 million people, the city of London just refers to the ancient city, central London, that is also where the financial hubs are.

[@blazr1976]

Background music was too loud and the wrong style for this content.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Morning good sir

[@georgehall6476]

That Grand Bazaar is the same size as south Carolina? Seems roomy. 🤣

[@AndrewBarsky]

“But before we begin, please remember to like and subscribe.” Yeah man, that’s not how it works.

[@TheMick126]

The music starting the Mumbai segment sounds like a 80s song

[@jdmec81]

The music was too loud and distracting to finish the video. It really served no good purpose on an otherwise interesting video.

[@donutpredator4945]

Fun fact Hollywood California took Hollywood Alabama to court to see who had the rights to the name and Hollywood Alabama won because they was founded first

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Interesting! I wonder if either of them got upset when Hollywood, Florida came along?

[@donutpredator4945]

@@kellyshomemadekitchen they was part of it but backed out

[@btetschner]

8:27 Jim Pillen would've loved Hog Island, he'd be in hog heaven if he went there!

[@sydhenderson6753]

The Grand Bazaar has an area of 30,000 square METERS not square miles. (The latter would make it several times larger than all of European Turkey.

[@mosessaenz734]

Urban. Can you do a video on basketball

[@Sk8Bettty]

There’s something fake in LA?? Noooooo

[@CwL-1984]

Well my town didn't make the list

[@mirthenary]

Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So, take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul, Istanbul Istanbul, Istanbul Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks So, take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul

[@chuckvicious]

A good percentage of these video and photo Clips throughout this video or not really part of the cities that you're talking about. It's not as bad as some videos but seems very lazily done and not as educational

[@JAlucard77]

The KREMLIN was white at one point, idk if they changed it to red after the SOVIETS took over

[@suzanneash5539]

I would love to see what Weird History could do with how Boise Idaho "stole" the state capital from Lewiston Idaho.

[@monicawylie3985]

Palm trees are not native to Las Vegas, Nevada either.

[@cocoaorange1]

Interesting tidbit about Turkey's role in the slave trade, it is rarely mentioned.

[@GazWilliams-p3e]

St David's and St Asaph aren't in England.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

St David's is no longer a city. It lost the title a while back.

[@btetschner]

0:01 The hometown of Taylor Swift and Will Smith is Philadelphia.

[@Scraggledust]

Oh oh oh…and curious about the global sand shortage and the countries stealing the sand. ⏳⌛️

[@Coltonmoore79]

Not a fan of the music, it takes away from the narrarators voice

[@convoyconvoyconvoy]

weird guitar music dude

[@harisblackwood9331]

The background music is too distracting.

[@justinlawson3493]

Isn’t the oldest city in Europe in Bulgaria?

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating Pizza Rolls* (Tostinos) and drinking Rock Star^ (energy drink)...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History Food video "People We Never Realized Shaped How We Eat" * From the Weird History Food video "The Speedy Rise of the Energy Drink"

[@Snakesnarl]

Why is Matthew Perry in the thumbnail?

[@fanroche8573]

King of scots 1661 incorrect

[@jonathanstott8526]

Know if you’re talking about shoppable square feet or some thing that’s different but it doesn’t take up an area of 30,000 mi.² that would be the footprint footprint of it is not 30,000 mi.² there’s no way obviously I shouldn’t even have to say that anyway later Nager

[@aliecakes513]

The unnecessary background music in this is unbearable

[@en677]

I could not get through this video- the loud background music was so unnecessary.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

These doesn't seem too much unusual.

[@dcastleb69]

I really want to watch this video but the background music is so loud I can't focus on the narrator's voice! Please stop with that!

[@HoneyMike]

It's BC, not BCE

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

No, it's BCE.

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

“Before Common Era”HoneyMike

[@HoneyMike]

@@kellyshomemadekitchen should we change the name of the days of the week too? Because those were named after Gods

[@c.ladimore1237]

i gotta stop this b/c of the wtf background "music" come on, editors, don't ruin an interesting video with that crap

[@jonathanstott8526]

Time Index five minutes and three seconds you guys say the shop cover 30,000 mi.² that is not correct I do not give a fuck how big that fucking market is there’s no way in hell