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[@veroniquewolff8963]

Apartheid in South Africa was the political system were there was the segregation between the black population and the white population. This was abolished in the early 1990's. Also, don't be embarrased for not knowing something, as least you can admit and you are willing to learn 👍

[@silviamunoz6863]

And nowadays we are living a new apartheid in a Palestine occupied by Israel.

[@mavadelo]

@@whythoughbeats6335 Yes, the word is Dutch, no this was not under Dutch rule. The Dutch lost power over S.A in 1814 to the British, Apartheid started in 1948. Something even a simple google search could have told you.

[@booboss]

When he said he doesn't know what Apartheid is I immediatelly paused the video, scrolled down and OF COURSE the first comment under the video was explaining what Apartheid was. At least I wasn't disappointed. And I watched the video only 12h from release.

[@lexiyoutube]

The first black president of Africa after is apartheid Nelson Mandela.

[@Arltratlo]

@@booboss just write him, its the Thing the white republicans want to have, too!

[@JaneSmith-lu8ol]

Charlie, I was with you on the vaccine. I was a healthy, non smoker, active 50 year old who worked out all the time. My 22 year old son got the vaccine and couldn’t talk me into it. Then Covid hit our home. I spent weeks in the hospital and now have lung disease. I lose my breath doing any small task. I am on two puffers. I have gained weight and am in a pretty dark place. My son got Covid and took a week of work and was fine. I regret not getting the vaccine every day of my life.

[@annedunne4526]

I'm suspicious of anyone who says they don't trust the vaccine. Nothing is perfect but without it many more would have died or become permanently disabled.

[@RustyDust101]

Arrogant ignorance is cringe worthy. Arrogant confident ignorance is painful. When either of the above is combined with a learning resistance it can result in pretty stupid situations. Ignorance can be combatted by learning. So if you don't know something but you aspire to change that; that's highly commendable. That's what you have demonstrated many times: an open mind, inquisitive, willing to learn, and not above conceding when you don't know something. Very positive characteristics.

[@tjfreno69]

OH! Well, let me start!!!! I transferred from my fedex dispatcher job from Alaska to Memphis. I dispatched TN, AR, MS. My courier called in, said, 'you our new dispatcher? You from Minnesota?' I said, 'no, from Alaska.' He said, 'oh, well, welcome to the U.S.'

[@janvanleeuwen2535]

That is sad. Another lost soul

[@jamesrosemary2932]

The dumbest thing I ever heard a Usonian say was "I'm African American." I looked at him from head to toe and replied, "No, you're just American."

[@sacerdor7467]

Regarding the woman that was shaming her boyfriend for now knowing which state Louisville is located in, I just looked up that its‘s the 27th biggest city of the USA. I wonder if she can tell in which federal state Aachen the 27th biggest city of Germany is located. Or how about which Departement Amiens the 27th biggest city of France is located.

[@enwri]

I'll still count her as fitting with the theme of this video, she's a live example..

[@nox8730]

Rather, if talking about countries, it would be tantamount to expecting people to know what is capital city of Béarn, Occitania or Brittany, in France. I don't get why americans expect people to know about their states. What matters to us is the country as a whole. Their states are irrelevant to anyone not american. If they want to be relevant, they need to become proper countries, like Monaco or Lesotho are.

[@robparsons1527]

I'm an Aussie and there is a crap ton of stuff I don't know about the rest of the world, don't worry about it, your learning and filling those gaps in your knowledge, so good onya. Cheers.

[@tonystanney3804]

I'm a Brit and I did a bit of a tour of the USA in 2002. I was outside the terminal @ JFK having a cigarette and some guy, hearing my accent, asked which part of Australia I was from. I replied, "the far north mate". Satisfied, he departed whilst me and my friend died laughing LOL

[@eliseberthier8237]

"Patwa" comes from "patois" (prononced the same) which is the French word for traditionnal dialect. So Patwa is jamaïcan creol language, mix of English and several African dialects.

[@johnwilson5743]

With two other male friends we first visited the USA in 1976, spending a total of 4-5 months there. We travelled around by Continental Trailways Buses, visiting or passing through about 80% of the US States. This was before the Internet, before the big impact of CNN. So, while the people we met were generally nice and friendly, we were awestruck by how ignorant they were about the rest of the world! Due to our education system in New Zealand it was mandatory to learn about say, the top 20 Countries in the world. What was worrying was that we seemed to know more about USA history, political structure, including US involvement in wars etc, than most Americans. Plus, this was just general knowledge, same as we learned about our own Country New Zealand, but also Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, India, Russia etc. We met so many people, often spending hours talking every day and their lack of knowledge was just crazy. The College/University students we met... wow, talk about delusional. What the hell were they being taught in their Colleges? Oh, the STEM field students were fine but the rest... wow. All the topics/subjects mentioned in these videos were raised but at least back then they had an excuse for their ignorance: seldom was anything reported on in their media, TV/Newspapers and magazines, that was about anything outside the USA. At least these days with media/internet etc, if they wish to, they can find out things about the world. Cheers.

[@Arltratlo]

we learned about every region of the planet and nearly all countries.....some tiny African and Island countries got ignored...but the next 150 been not ignored.... i had to explain to a guy from Belize, that his country is at the gulf of Mexico...he didnt believe, but told me next day i been right.... and he really wondered why a European, in the USA, knows where Belize is...lol

[@c.e.g7448]

I am Dutch and in the eighties and nineties, I used to go to England on holidays, at least once a year. I had a small tent that I put up at a camping site and stayed there for a few days, or better nights. During the day, I would take long walks in the countryside or visit museums. Then I moved on and stayed at another camping site. If the weather was poor, I would find a B&B because sleeping in a wet tent with wet clothes is not very nice. On a very nice September day, I visited the Shuttleworth collection in Old Warden. That is really a place to go if you can. My main interests go towards the airplane collection. There are many really old airplanes there, including the oldest still-flying airplane in the world. There is a very well-restored Desoutter MK.II. aircraft over there, and I was looking it over when a man came towards me. With a heavy "American accent" he asked me if I could tell him more about that airplane because there was no explanation board next to it. I do know some about these planes, so I explained as much as I could. After a while, he asked me who the manufacturer of that plane was. He did not believe me when I told him that it was made by the Desoutter company based in Croyden, England. It was a licensed build from the Dutch Koolhoven factory and designed by Frits Koolhoven. He absolutely refused to believe that it was not an American aircraft. According to him, the aero industry in Europe was so far behind the Americans that they could never have designed such a "modern" aircraft. I assured him that this aircraft was designed by a Dutch aircraft designer and built by an English manufacturer. The MK.I. version had an ABC Cirrus Hermes engine on it that was designed and built in England. The MK.II version here in the museum has a de Havilland Gypsy III engine on it that was designed and built by the de Havilland Company in England. The man did not believe me at all and said that he would find his own way around because "you don't know s**t about aircraft" (his words). "And de Havilland is an American company, not English." Sorry, man, but especially in those days, the aero industry in Europe was at a much higher level than in the US. And de Havilland is an English company with a subsidiary in Canada that is now part of the Bombadier Group. There is also a subsisiary in Australa. He shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Americans....!?!?!? Note: The Australian subsidiary of de Havilland was purchased by Boeing in 2009 and changed its name to Boeing Aerostructures Australia.

[@suemoore984]

As some other people have said, it's the arrogant ignorance, and the inability to acknowledge that other people may know what they are talking about. I get so sick of being told that I don't know anything about the country of my birth, or about the town I've lived in for 50 years now

[@Jill-mh2wn]

Very interesting. He should not have been rude but grateful to hear such knowledge

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

The grandchildren of a friend of mine went from The Netherlands to the US with their mom to live there and when they were tested for primary school, they both were over a year ahead of their American peers.

[@Michelle-bo4hj]

Charlie not every one knows every thing, you have shown that you are intelligent and keen to learn whats going on in the world. Loving the video's lately keep up the good work . Ps i'm even letting the adverts play lol

[@Adpd3256]

Of course not but, not knowing states or the major cities, that's sad

[@francisexbrayat1458]

Americans: "Yes I don't know whole countries or continents, but you don't know the name of the street I grew up in, so don't make fun of us"

[@quatra1000]

There's a difference between being dumb and being ignorant. Ignorant is simply "not knowing". I know a lot of things but not everything. Being aware of the fact that you're ignorant forces you to keep learning every day.

[@Joshwaheazo]

I think the dumbest conversation I had with an American was a lady standing at the bottom of an escalator. I asked her to pardon me. And she turned around and said she was stuck; I had to explain to her if the powers not driving the belt on the escalator it's just a flight of stairs. She paused, looks at me for a moment and then walked up to the top. I think she was embarrassed. Pretty dumb but kind of sweet in a way.

[@whitecompany18]

I'm British and I was sitting on the waterfront when this American tiktoker was going around race baiting like they do ,when she told me I'm a white male, I said I'm not white, she said "yes you are!" I said " no I'm Romany Gypsy " she laughed and said "gypsies don't exist like fairies and trolls" I hope someone on her live stream put her right because I had to walk away🤦 in her world she won👍😆

[@geoffreynolds8835]

She'd be shocked to know that Romany Gypsies are across the globe 😅😅😅😅

[@Dabluekitten]

😂😸

[@jtmassecure4488]

Whenever you hear someone from the United States say we didn’t learn things like countries or the 7 continents they’re lying they just didn’t pay attention. I promise you this, I was in the one the worst states for education and we still learned the 7 continents in kindergarten. We learned all states in 1st and 2nd grade. Even recently in my senior year we had all kinds of geography test and quizzes and we did geoguessr. There were some who were paying attention other kids were on their phone and I bet you those are the same kids who’s gonna blame the education system for their ignorance.

[@joannevandebeld4426]

So I guess you’ve been to every school in the US, huh? Your experience isn’t universal to the entire US, so be careful about making claims for other people.

[@nox8730]

@@jtmassecure4488 I am french. I never cared about school and graduated high school while hardly doing any homework. If i have one redeeming feature, it is that i am not stupid. I had other stuff to handle at the time. The point is: one can't put everything on the education system. One of the things i cared the least about when i was a student was the English language. Which i put in the same category as the Latin language. I sucked at both almost equally hard and didn't give a damn. Yet, how come i can watch videos in english, or write to you in english right now? Not because of school, obviously. I decided to learn by myself later on. Other languages, too. I never cared about school but i was always curious. Curiosity and having a critical mindset are enouraged here. And so, the problem lies with mindsets in the USA, more than with school. Most of what we learn during our life, we learn outside of school. School is only meant to teach people how to learn. A country where stupidity is praised, where idiots come together to tell those who know better than them that they have a superiority complex, and where obesity is touted as a pride, is a country where people will get more stupid and fatter as time goes. Hence, ridiculing stupidity and obesity for what they are should be necessary in order to get a better society. Not praising and encouraging those. But as long as corporations will have money to gain by praising obesity and stupidity, things will get worse. Indeed, if the food industries produce toxic food that makes people obese, the most cost efficient way to handle it for them is not to produce healthier food for people. It is to make americans themselves think that everything is the best as they are, and so, create a laughable "fat pride" movement. Just so that corporations can continue the same and cut costs ever more. In conclusion, this "don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say" they often sell in the USA is the very best way to ensure people will never come together, never look objectively at their country, criticize it, look for solutions, revolt, and adress the oligarchy disaster. It is insane how the oligarchy there can manage to make their cattle eat anything. Literally AND figuratively. Any time things look dire or they want to get rid of something moderately annoying to them, they transform the thing into a "symbol of freedom". Like when they made corruption legal by presenting it as a "fantastic american freedom" called lobbying. And this continues on. I am only halfway the logic at works. The second half is about how all this came to be a problem for other countries, too. And how this made the image of the USA in the world worse and worse and worse over the past 50 years. Unfortunately, these videos only brush the surface of everything. I want to advocate for more curiosity.

[@FaiT90]

Charlie let me tell you this, you are smarter than most, as you try to widen your horizon, and learn from different points of views, and based on those other views you try to form your own and one should. Cheers to that, and love from the Netherlands.

[@nickielondon2594]

I've told this story hundreds of times over the years but for me it never stops making me chuckle. When I worked at Hampton Court Palace in the 90's we had an American couple in the group and as we were walking the garden part of the tour a plane flew overhead and the Gentleman of the couple said 'It's so beautiful here but why did they spoil it by building the Palace under a flight path' (bear in mind that just moments ago I'd regaled them all with the story of Cardinal Wolsey laying out the first small knot gardens on the plot in the 1500's) seeing that we all had bemused looks on our faces his Wife bless her thought that we were offended and quickly stepped in by saying 'Well people did things differently in those days, and must have asked the Cardinal for permission first'.

[@victoriagossani8523]

Oh my God! 😂

[@markmark63]

I had a similar experience. Touring Warwick Castle along with a group of Americans. As we stood upon the large mound looking over the valley and the confluence of two rivers, the tour guide asked the group; "why do you think they choose this location to build the castle?". One American replied; "maybe because it was close to the motorways?"

[@TheNiteinjail]

2000 ish ... Shared a Florida hot tub on vacation with a guy from Tennessee... We had him convinced we don't build igloos by hand here in Canada anymore .. .. Husqvarna makes the best igloo building machines.

[@stephenlee5929]

I checked Husqvarna website, I think you might be a very naughty Canadian.😁

[@annareiter952]

@@stephenlee5929 Lol... you had to check Husqvarna?

[@stephenlee5929]

@@annareiter952 Seemed to be the best thing to do. Did want to appear American/Stupid 😁

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

@@stephenlee5929 thats a chainsaw and various other tools company. there is dealership in my village , near Šiauliai city, Lithuania.

[@silviamunoz6863]

Canada, a little USA? Canada's size is 1.6% bigger than the USA! They are the second biggest nation in the world. Well, the number of inhabitants is smaller, but this way it's easier to have a good life. Yes, Colombia's language is Spanish. Portuguese is spoken only in Brazil (I mean in America (continent). English is spoken in some Caribbean islands and Guyana, French in French Guyana, and Spanish in the rest of Central and South America. One more thing: Africa is not that poor continent that is stereotyped. Some places there are extremely modern, too!

[@tabletsamsung8841]

To make the story complete. There are many more languages spoken by native people in the Amazone. And you forgot to mention Dutch in Suriname and some Caribbean islands😉

[@silviamunoz6863]

@@tabletsamsung8841 oh! Thanks, yeah, I forgot Suriname 😁 but I confess I didn't know some other places speak Dutch, which are they?. Oh! And I forgot to mention French in Haiti, yes, it's in the Caribbean Sea, but it's a very known country.

[@tabletsamsung8841]

Not many places. You got Belgium of cours. And (South) African is very related to Dutch.@@silviamunoz6863

[@CharCanuck14]

Canada also has universal health care & strict gun laws. It's a huge insult to say we're a "little USA".

[@madmax6220]

@@silviamunoz6863 the dutch speaking Caribbean islands are Aurba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Eusatatius, Saba en Sint Maarten (witch is 50% Dutch and 50% French)

[@TheCornishCockney]

Karl Marx is well known for founding communism,but little is known about his Olympic runner sister,Onya. In fact,at the start of every race,her name is loudly mentioned in honour.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

🤣🤣

[@GerHanssen]

I can hardly imagine you've never heard of Nelson Mandela? The greatest fighter against Apartheid and for equal rights in South Africa. Being in prison for some 20 years or so and to become president? His name is in songs all around the world. Maybe that rings a bell?

[@fedodosto3162]

And a Nobel peace prize winner

[@cantabilewoman]

I'm an Icelander and the volcanoes usually aren't dangerous. I went to high school in the US and a geography teacher came up to me and asked with all seriousness if we lived in igloos, rode polar bears and had seals and penguins as pets. 😳 We don't even have any of those animals lol I told him "oh yeah and we have igloo high rises with ice elevators"🤦🏻‍♀️

[@andyt8216]

A geography teacher too! 😬🙄

[@JaapGinder]

Well, you're having an active vulcano right now....

[@geoffreynolds8835]

😅😅😅 Seems like Dumb is a national disease 😢

[@cantabilewoman]

@@JaapGinder yes and it's the first one that's reached s town since 1973. Beside the eruption on Dec 18th, it was very unstable but posed no threats, the other eruptions in the same area were what they call "tourist eruptions" because they posed no threat, were stable and were pretty, or something like that. The areas where the largest populations accumulated around the island are safe areas except for the small town called Grindavík which is now basically uninhabitable because of the current eruption😕 One man fell in a crack caused by the earthquakes and he wasn't found again, that happened a couple of days before the eruption 😳

[@cantabilewoman]

@@andyt8216 yep

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

This reminds me of what an English lady who worked for the Enigma decoders during WWII where an engineer invented the first computer to speed up the decoding and translations of the German military messages, which shortened the war for at least two years or so. It must have been in sixties, or earlier of last century when an American friend told her that she just read in the newspaper that in America they invented a device (computer) that could do the entire book keeping of a multinational on its own in three days and added, that the British could never invent something that advanced coz the UK were so backwards. The English lady could'nt say anything in her defence coz at the time that WWII project was still highly classified, so she had to unwillingly nod in agreement.

[@Jill-mh2wn]

Also all the people who worked on that project had signed the Official Secrets Act. .Quite recently and very belatedly ,women who worked on the project were awarded with medals ( I think) and in some cases even their families did not know ,the secret was kept so well.

[@helenblack6676]

My guy. We have snowfields with excellent skiing in the Southern Australian mountains and tropical rainforest in the north. My country is huge.

[@lanelothian1925]

One of the times 1 went to America the customs officer looked at my passport & he said “Oh you come from Scotland”. I said “yes I do”. To this he answered “your English is really good”. I kind of smiled. His colleague told him not to be so stupid & added “her first language is English & the Scots have been speaking it long before American was a country”. I felt really awkward as your customs officers are big & terrifying.

[@sopcannon]

I am definitely going to use Your English is so good line next chance i get just troll them.

[@hamper22]

It’s ok not to know something, everyone is ignorant to something. It’s just when someone thinks they know more than the person actually from that country, or if they are so arrogant about things.

[@kjk8941]

"You are German? Have you ever talked to that Hitler guy?" - "So your grandpa was a Nazi?" - "How do you keep your food fresh? I heard you don't have fridges." Yes, that's right, the Hitler guy is walking around on the streets in Germany talking to Germans. Almost 80 years after his death. And all Germans without any exception were Nazis, including my grandfather. Thank you for asking, total stranger. And yes, we're still living like we were hundreds of years ago. Industrialization, modernity and all its important inventions never came to us - the land of poets and thinkers...

[@draculakickyourass]

You got it easy, but me being romanian,i was asked if i'm a vampire,if we have electricity and internet, if in Transilvanya is always night,stuff like that......

[@aurayadewitt5301]

Lacking education is not the same as being dumb. Lacking education can be fixed, which is what you are doing by actively seeking out new information. Relax, dude, you are doing well.

[@charlotte89726]

Not an American but someone from the west of the Netherlands was gonna have an inturnship at a gardener company up in the north. He thought he was going back to the 1920s. He was surprised that we had running water, phones, roads and etc. 😂

[@KleineRattekop]

Hahaha that's crazy! Whereabout was the gardener company? Friesland?

[@charlotte89726]

@@KleineRattekop Up in Drenthe, little town Koekange

[@KleineRattekop]

@@charlotte89726 hahahaha crazy story. Never met anyone who thought that way.

[@SirWasedOne]

Hey Charlie. Never be embarrassed for not knowing stuff, as long as you're willing to learn. I was alive during the tail end of apartheid and it was a topic widely discussed back then, but when it ended, the need wasn't there, especially as other more pertinent issues became the topic on everyone's mind. After becoming an adult, I have learned so much more about topics from the past, that impacts the world we live in today. Even a great education system can't teach you everything, so it very much depends on your particular area of interest as you grow older. Things also change - a lot - I was born in a Europe divided by the Iron curtain, but grew up in a changing world, with the fall of the Berlin wall, the disintegration of the Soviet bloc and war and formation of so many new countries, but things registering in Europe as important, as was the death of Princess Diana, were barely noticed in Africa or Asia. I was traveling in West Africa at the time and I only heard it by chance, because the radio in the cafe I was in, was tuned to a British channel, I think, because it just wasn't important. To be fair, royalty isn't important to me either, even though I live in a monarchy.

[@zulynava4059]

They speak Spanish in Colombia.

[@johnboy2562]

Did anyone else notice that when the American lady that was slating her English boyfriend for not knowing he was already in Kentucky, the caption on her screen said "That's Hypothetical", not Hypocritical, as she said. Maybe a spellcheck before posting might back her point a little more.😅

[@jayuu3322]

"America is the greatest country in the world, its the most free" 10:58 If a country needs to remind its people theyre "free"... just saying. Especially when they have equal freedoms to most places in the world. Some may argue less.

[@Cbyneorne]

It's a bit like the handful of "Democratic People's Republic of ..." when they're definitely not any of those things. Maybe the Congo one has changed, I couldn't say.

[@gregmayo6987]

Why do Americans think they are the only ones that speak English ? Ask a British person where they learnt to speak English how ridiculous

[@tkps]

I'm wondering what they think Australians speak. Australian??? I know some there think accents are languages. I know there's others who think every non US English speaker has an accent but those in the US don't have one.

[@booboss]

@@tkpsWe know that already from different compilation. People in Australia speak Australianisheze.

[@Keinapappa]

80% of americans don't know where Louisville is.

[@sopcannon]

80% of Americans probably can't spell Louisville.

[@PixTax]

Australia has several climates, from temperate to desert to jungle. We have heatwaves and bushfires on one side of the country, and massive floods at the other. So not all nice all the time.

[@ginagriffith2846]

The US education system must be crap.😢 I'm an Aussie too and would be so embarrassed if my fellow man didn't know what apartheid was. Do you know the name Nelson Mandela?

[@tkps]

He likely does and therefore also likely knows about apartheid. Just not the word used to describe it. That's my guess anyway.

[@AshtonishingJelly]

You know what I just realized? I don't think it's actually stupidity, people react to.. Because as a Dane, I would never expect a tourist to know everything about my country! In Copenhagen we have many Chinese tourists. If they asked something completely "stupid", I would expect that! Cause of course they don't know everything about Denmark! Even when visiting here! But they have a lot of respect. They are humble.. I honestly think, that what we react to, is American entitlement! Like even when Americans say something completely stupid, they seem to think they are right. They assume they are right. I don't know.. I don't think it's necessarily stupidity, but more the feeling of American entitlement that Europeans (etc) feel and react to. Like even when we know WE are right, and have the facts, Americans can make us feel like we are the stupid ones in the conversation.. Does that make sense? 😄😊 I grew up watching American TV shows, and you do get pretty tired of a Swedish/Scandinavian girl, always, called Inga (not that common a name, at least in Denmark and I think Sweden, too?), in German lederhosen! It HAS gotten better, since the 90s! 😄 But the European stereotypes are just so.. thick? (What are stereotypes? Black and white? ) And when Americans, then, want to teach us about us, through the stereotypes they know.. It probably seems more offensive then any other nationality, honestly not knowing, and asking "stupid" questions.. I also think we do get a bit annoyed about the steroetypical views on Europeans, even before you meet an American! 😁 Or is that just me?? 😂😂 This is just a thought, that came to me. I think there's something to this 🤔 Because there are stupid people everywhere! I have a high IQ, and I am stupid all the time! Seriously! We can't know everything about everything! I recently began teaching myself the countries of Africa, because I thought it was kind of American of me (sorry, I had to.. 😂😜😜), not knowing where the African countries were located. I really only knew where Egypt, Ghana, the ivory coast and south Africa was! I am the same with Asian countries! I do know where some are, but others I have NO idea! American states the same! Even intelligent people don't know what they don't know! It's how you ask Vs assume things about others.. I think 😊 "It's not what you're saying It's the way you say goodbye" (Danish song from the 80's, but it says this.. it's not the words, it's the way it's said) That's what I think!

[@mlejoly]

We all have stuff we don't know, don't be sorry about not knowing. It's the opportunity to learn new stuff.

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

Hi Charles; I'M up here in Ontario Canada, in regards to the Weather in Australia. When its Winter in North America, its Summer in Australia. The temperatures there will up well into 115 F. When We have Summer They get Their winter,when its Their winter the temperatures will somewhere about 50---55 F, As a Canadian I'd love to be in Australia for the winter, I'd be walking around in t--stirts and shorts most of the time.

[@suemoore984]

You may want to visit Queensland. In most areas the temperature varies by about 8C between daily maximum and minimum

[@zulynava4059]

Canada is the second biggest country by area (size) , USA is the third one!

[@xcchrist8161]

China is the third largest..

[@twatinahatsmith7428]

US is fourth. Russia,Canada and China.

[@user-ck3uu8rj3x]

I loved listening to the Jamaican lady who moved to America. She reminded me of my childhood in london. I miss that accent.

[@DannyDierickx]

The moment you said "Belgians" i was like "whoa there, be careful with what you say next!" , and then you said "the netherlands" and i'm like "ok, i can see that" 😉

[@Phiyedough]

I'm surprised you don't know about apartheid as some states in USA also had institutional racism until the 1960s.

[@MrWoolyback]

Good one.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Canada is not a little America! It is a very sophisticated country in its own right - than God! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lizsavage1178]

I think a lot of Africans if they watched this would take exception to your comment about Africa at around the 11:28 mark, because while there are some Africans who still live in villages with huts there are many large cities with modern infrastructure across the continent. I am not speaking from personal experience, but I watch a lot of videos on KZbin as well as news channels outside the US, like DW News from Germany and occasionally the BBC, so as a U.S. American who is an emigrant in Mexico I have probably considerable more exposure to what’s going on in the rest of the world than the average American and I definitely don’t have an America centric view of the world. Btw you might want to follow those news channels they’re both available on KZbin. From beautiful Oaxaca enjoy your evening!

[@missharry5727]

I spent Christmas in Oaxaca many years ago. The radish festival was wonderful!

[@Chara_Lar]

How can someone say something like "kind of like Africa living in villages and huts and stuff"? There are over 50 countries on a continent that is 4x the size of the USA. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYHHqJmJmMpnprcsi=JjDDw_rUpyMdYkhW

[@sefbauwens5764]

I was wondering, don't Americans learn the capitals of all fifty states in school? I do admit fifty is a lot. In the Netherlands, we are taught the capitals of our meager twelve provinces -- easy-peasy.

[@miztazed]

Even the US of A has no official language. Let that sink.

[@vanesag.9863]

I visited Hawaii' a pair of years ago and my friends and I decided to visit their astronomical center because seeing stars on a telescope is pretty and educational and they have one of the clearest skies to do astronomical activities. I was shocked by the level of the rest of the participants of the activity. Of the 15 that were there only the 3 of us (Spaniards) and the old couple from Belgium knew the answers of the very basic explanation. I didn't learn anything and it nearly blew my head. A nurse (with an university degree!) a little younger than me didn't knew the Moon is a satelite, the solar system is attached via gravitational fields and that other planets have moons. 😮 The five of us were apalled. It was a 10 years old science class. And the rest of the group (all from USA) were awed and the person doing the explanation was painting patiently the path to the answer like you do with a small child. 😮 When I came to Spain I asked my 70 years old mother (with basic school education) the same questions and she answered correctly.

[@jamiebrinkhuijsen6059]

The Apartheid (1948 to 1994) in South Africa was the racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa which dictated that non-white South Africans (a majority of the population) were required to live in separate areas from whites and use separate public facilities, and contact between the two groups Your welcome! 🤗

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

so basicaly a very definition of racism - one group/race discriminates other group based on their race

[@missharry5727]

It's Dutch for "apart-ness" or segregation.

[@janescott4574]

A bit like the southern states in the USA (not so much now).

[@janvanleeuwen2535]

Well Charlie, let me tell you...... You are absolutely not dumb. No way. And if was able to, I would buy tickets for you and your family to come over to the Netherlands. So I could show around. Take care and keep them vids coming 👍🇳🇱

[@missharry5727]

There are currently over 90 counties in the UK which change with changes in administrative law changes and are completely different from when I was at school. I grew up in a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but these days the West Riding has been supplanted and even Yorkshire as a county no longer exists in law. These days it's part of Bradford. So there's no point in learning county names as they change all the time. At least it makes things easier.

[@germanjake1288]

Clip at 11:00h "do you have sidewalks" yes they do but USA Suburbia does not,😉 so jokes on them.

[@AHVENAN]

I just recently subscribed to your channel having previously only seen a video or two here and there, but I must say I really like your content! You may not know so much about the world outside the US, although you definately know way more than most americans in my experience, but the important thing is you are open minded and willing to learn, you're not stubbornly sticking to the incorrect information and stereotypes you may have been fed growing up in the US. That is the important thing and not knowing things is nothing to be ashamed of or appologize for as long as you are willing and open to learning new things I live in Finland so if you're curious to learn more about Finland or the nordic counties in general, I have lots of recommendations I can make for you, just let me know!

[@BlEBZ.]

Been watching you for a year minimal now and I've seen you growing its incredible. Keep it up man!

[@marvinc9994]

As for Iceland's 'tally' in that 'Global Peace Index' - with a population of only around 400,000 (less than one twentieth that of London), the low number of murders should come as no surprise to anyone!

[@tombeijn6982]

Nice one Charlie!

[@Jmichel4169]

As a young student I did an exchange with an American high school and we had the change of being hosted at the University of Princeton. And frankly Princeton for a young person from my modest background it was very impressive. We arrive at Princeton and there students take us to see our rooms, "my student" shows me the bedroom and the bathroom, and I mechanically look at the sink, and he... Looks at me very proudly and says to me Look there if you turn left you have cold water, and if you turn right you have hot water And I answered him, Dude, the Romans in Europe invented viaducts, aqueducts and water canalizations more than 2000 years ago... I vaguely know what a faucet is

[@vascoapolonio2309]

"Pátua" in Portuguese means that you can talk the talk and do the walk, you're a smooth operator, you can sell anyrhing to anyone😂

[@marktaylor3802]

Lots of people do not realize the size of AUS or that we get more snow on our lower alps than Sweeden do and have a thriving rainforest at the top.

[@corinna007]

Canadian here. I've been learning Finnish for several years and have been there a handful of times. They have a similar rivalry with Sweden that we do with you. 😅 I remember my first tutor said once "Kanada on iso Suomi. Ruotsi on pieni Amerikka," meaning "Canada is big Finland. Sweden is little America." 😂

[@user-ck3uu8rj3x]

That uber driver drank way too much coffee and smoked way too much weed.

[@Gittas-tube]

Hi there! Jamaicans also speak patois (not sure how they spell it in Jamaica). Patois is French for dialect.

[@XMan-tu4iu]

You totally missed the Australian girl who was asked about the weather. She actually showed the map of Australia overlaid on top of the US map showing that Australia is wider than the US!!! In Europe, the Mediterranean Sea is also wider than the width of the US!!

[@cyderandsilky]

I just wonder why the lady in 5:40 thinks foreigners have to know where Louisville is? People criticize some American don’t know Europe/Africa is continent not a country, don’t know Portugal is in Europe, Philippines is in Asia or don’t know Singapore is a country not a city in China. Compare with those, not knowing where Louisville is really no big deal. BTW Louisville is just the 27th populous city in USA, how can she expect foreigners must know it?

[@Chara_Lar]

Did you hear/read the part she tells us that they had been planning their trip for months? How can you not know where you are flying to? How can you be together with a partner and not know where they come from, and where their family lives?

[@ferencercseyravasz7301]

My American Tai Chi instructor asked me if there are buildings in Romania...

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Mate! Fun fact about the Spanish in South America...I worked 3 years in Bresil Argentina and Uruguay and in Argentina and Uruguay they call their variant of Spanish Castillano( that double L is not pronounce like 'Y" in Spanish but a bit like a soft 'J'.... BTW as an Aussie I highly recommend you look at "Prejudice" by Tim Minchin an Aussie comedian/songwriter...It will blow your mind! Cheers!

[@Arltratlo]

there are no gaps in US education... its entire solar systems missing!

[@SariTheOneAndOnly]

I love these ❤

[@axelthegamer2470]

Im from Denmark and i remember i saw a video of a big lake getting a trench dug to connect to the occean. At some point in the video its mentioned that you could see Denmark in the background. I was very confused as the occean didnt look anything like what it did in Denmark and the beach and the trees were tropical. I googled it and apparently in the south-west corner of Australia theres a town called Denmark.

[@bjrnfure9581]

I live in Norway, and like your reaction videos😀

[@barriehull7076]

Africa is the second largest continent with a size of 30,065,000 square Km. Asia is the largest in the pack with 44 million. North America comes third with 24,256,000 square km, which is just under 6 million square km smaller than Africa, 5, 809, 000 square km to be precise. Western Australia is 3.8 times bigger than Texas.

[@peterjanssen2105]

nice Video again thanks

[@daluzsoares]

you're good, South Africa, that's where she comes from!

[@DerNiko]

As a German person, I have never really heard the South African (or maybe Cape Town specific here) accent before. I find it kinda funny and interesting that it sounds a lot like Bavarian/ Swiss/ Austrian mixed with the stereotypical African English accent. I know South Africa is historically very connected to Germany, but I didn't know it reflected this much even in the accent :)

[@themroc8231]

9:00 The Walloon belgians would like to have a word with you. Bring body armour if you can.

[@Adamantian9]

0:12 hey, what the hecks that suppose to mean? its not like it stretches over the entire island. its an isolated eruption far into the countryside.

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

The only true stupidity is going willingly through life with a locked mind.

[@Odrade100]

Only Brazil speak Portuguese, every other country from Mexico to Chile speak Spanish. It is easy to remember this way.

[@ksiistoyiiwa]

The people of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana might be surprised to discover this! As would millions of people in Bolivia and Paraguay where Guarani, Quechua and Aymara (among others) are co-official with Spanish.

[@daedalron]

3:25 The word "patois" is likely not the name of the language itself. It is the french word for "dialect"

[@temitopeej8407]

African tribes are sometimes millions of people across various countries. I was born in Africa in the 60s and I am also amazed at the “African Villages” depicted in western media. They must search really hard for those.

[@The-Vega-Islands]

There is a diffrence between not knowing louisville, Kentucky apparently the 27th biggest city in USA and thinking Europe is a country. No i dont think Amerikans are stupid, some are but there are also some really smart ones, just look at the number of Nobel prices they got. I also want to import an ostrich from Afrika, dont think you find wild ones in Australia, With the ability to run at 70 km/h (43.5 mph) i would get to work really fast.

[@missharry5727]

Ostriches are native to Africa but for some bizarre reason were introduced to Australia. It's good meat mind you.

[@The-Vega-Islands]

yes the meat is good. First it was used in farms, not for the meat, but for theyre feathers that was used in wommans hats and such. After 1 world war, demnd for its feather became lower and lower. the last farm was closed in the 70 ties (exept 1) The Ostriches in Austrailia dont seem to be able to reproduce, and the last few ones that have been seen is problebly birds comming from those farms (Ostrich can get up to 50 years old.)@@missharry5727

[@heukelummer]

Little America?The land area of Canada is 3, 855, 103 square miles compared to America's 3, 794, 083

[@user-zu2dg1re3d]

Your doing great👌

[@corjp]

DO NOT FEEL SORRY, loads of people did not know what it was either . Now you are educated about it and from now on you will know what it is... There are soooo many things on this earth we, the majority of people, do not know.

[@xXstevilleXx]

Yeah, South African here. Apartheid is essentially pretty much as already mentioned in the comments. 1994 was the official demarcation. I was 12 so much of this horror I learned in school. Glad it is over, appalled that it was a thing. I will add this, translated it means 'segregation', yet a single word will never describe how messed up it truly was. Today we see the converse of the same but to a FAR lesser degree. A somber era which I still find hard was actually a reality. I say this respectfully even though words will never suffice.

[@wWvwvV]

Apartheid, Nelson Mandela. Racial segregation as in the U.S.

[@user-zx9nw7fy5p]

Happy New Year!!🥂🥳👏

[@cheryla7480]

On the World Index of Freest Countries in the world The US ranks 23…….Canada ranks 6

[@stewrmo]

Of course Americans may not know about Apartheid, they had their own racist system to uphold.

[@johnboy2562]

Hey Charlie, if you want to hear a good example of Jamaican Patois, search for a song called Dat by an artist called Pluto Shervington.

[@EricvanDorp007]

Below the border of the USA and Mexico, most of the countries speak Spanish, in Brazil where they speak Portuguese, Suriname they speak Dutch and in some countries/islands where they speak English or France, I am going to move to Costa Rica for one year to learn Spanish in 2024. And Apartheid is a Dutch word now used in de African language and means to divide people by color and race.

[@hellen__1]

In south America they al speak Spanisch ecxept for Brazil . There they speak Portugese

[@sefbauwens5764]

There are a lot more languages being spoken in South America. For instance, in Guyana, they speak English; in French Guyana, they speak French; and in Suriname, they speak Dutch (among several other languages). It's not all Latin.

[@gerryhatrick6678]

As a Canadian Ummm we're bigger and we are not a little USA. Arrogant.

[@wfe1947]

How about the US senator who said "I speak English, if it was good enough for Jesus it's good enough for me".

[@miriam8103]

Legendary Nelson Mandela sat in jail for 23 years for fighting the apartheid. He then became primeminister of South Africa.❤

[@jaxcoss5790]

He was President not Prime Minister.

[@paulavitoria1798]

Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese, because... you got it, we colonized it (we also "discover" it, which means we were the first Europeans to get there).

[@wallywombat164]

Charlie, YOU could have been a reactor on your own show mate. You MOST definately cover YOURSELF in glory mate. 😮😮😮😮