Did any of these facts surprise you? Or did you know them all?

@parasovhal8573

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised that Great Britain and UK are not the same😅

@Blaqjaqshellaq

2 жыл бұрын

I knew most of them.

@KurtDepner

2 жыл бұрын

Love the one about Florida's proximity to Africa.

@Kaizoku_Zoro

2 жыл бұрын

Mount Kea is actually the tallest but most of it is underwater

@Kaizoku_Zoro

2 жыл бұрын

Florida fact and China city fact was the only surprise for me

I've never heard someone saying: "the atlantic ocean is the largest ocean in the world"

@What_Makes_Climate_Tick

2 жыл бұрын

I once argued with someone who claimed that the Indian Ocean is the largest ocean, but like you, I have not heard that claim about The Atlantic.

@AugustoFeyh

2 жыл бұрын

You've never heard a person from western Europe in the 15th century.

@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978

2 жыл бұрын

@@AugustoFeyh I would like a citation for that claim, please

@Cash-jw7ix

2 жыл бұрын

@@AugustoFeyh hmm I wonder why

@yutoda8474

2 жыл бұрын

Americans

"Iceland isn't made of ice." Yeah sure. Next thing you know you're going to tell me that Ivory Coast isn't made of ivory.

@instgtr5200

Жыл бұрын

Greenland is not green either

@areebah8297

Жыл бұрын

what's next? Cape Town isn't made of a bunch of capes tied together??? pfft yeah. sure

@graeknight6493

Жыл бұрын

Yeah next thing you know canada is not made from cans.

@robertspretnak5998

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but I have been hungry in Hungary.

@johnnymartinjohansen

Жыл бұрын

What about the Gold Coast? ;)

Everest is the tallest mountain when measured from sea level. Chimborazo is the tallest mountain when measured from the center of the earth, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest mountain from base to summit, but half of it is underwater.

1:11 when he said it’s actually Vancouver at first instead of Ottawa I freaked out that I was a idiot for a sec

3:50 Coastline is not a topologically well-defined measure. It depends on what sized ruler you use.

@robertgotschall1246

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is an interesting problem in Complexity Theory. I think it's called the Frontier Paradox.

@grenvthompson

2 жыл бұрын

Is that why France's coastline got bigger under Napolean?

@rolanddeschain6089

2 жыл бұрын

I do not understand that.

@rolanddeschain6089

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianpodmore9666 Thanks. I think I'll get it now. You mean the smaller the measuring unit, the more curves, small bays, rugged rocky regions you get measured precisely. where a measurement in kilometer units for the same shoreline would just be a straight line. And therefore shorter. Correct?

@FriedEgg101

2 жыл бұрын

You would assume then when coastlines are compared to find the longest, the same sized ruler would be used to measure all coastlines. I imagine there are algorithms that do it for you using satellite data.

As a matter of fact Norway actually borders Russia so really North Korea and Norway are separated by one country

@eliwhite5548

2 жыл бұрын

Poland as well

@jeskli11

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliwhite5548 Poland boarders Kaliningrad area, which belongs to Russia, but you can't get there straight from Russia. Simplest way (lowest amount of countries) from Poland to Russia is through Belarus.

@brianarbenz1329

2 жыл бұрын

And just as “Iceland is not made of ice,” I’d add that Poland is not made of polls!

@richardc316

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 and what about Turkey 😂

@SpencerTwiddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardc316 nah it's actually made by Lil Durk

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Fun Fact: France and The Netherlands share a direct border on the island of Sint Maarten or St. Martin. While on the continent of Europe there's Belgium in-between.

Who on earth thought the Atlantic Ocean was the largest body of water?

@redda2

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was common knowledge the pacific is the biggest ocean

@eduardomoser2823

2 жыл бұрын

@@redda2 it is

@AugustoFeyh

2 жыл бұрын

Portuguese people in the 15th century.

@abandonedaccount123

2 жыл бұрын

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@loonyt22

2 жыл бұрын

Atlantic may not be the largest ocean but it is part of the largest body of water given all oceans are part of one contiguous body of water.

I was surprised to find out about Maine being closer to Africa than is Florida. Then it occurred to me that Canada must be closer to Africa than Maine is. I checked into that and so far I found that Hunts Port Nova Scotia is only 4933km or 3058miles from El Jadida Morocco. Thanks for the Videos you create!

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, you went full nerd. Love the factoid.

@Persac7

2 жыл бұрын

Why would canada be closer

@mrhappy623

2 жыл бұрын

@@Persac7Nova Scotia is east of Maine.

@axelnovati

2 жыл бұрын

yeah... like the fact that the northern most point of brazil is closer to canada than to the southernmost point of brazil

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@axelnovati The northeastern point(s) of the Texas panhandle (NE of Amarillo, that is) are closer to points in Ontario than the mouth of the Rio Grande.

I used to get very confused about Australia and Greenland when I was younger. As an Australian at we were taught we were the large state island/smallest continent. However I would look at Greenland on a map, and be very confused. It was a very long time before I understood about map projections and how distorted two dimensional representations of a three dimensional object are.

@UtavMc

8 ай бұрын

also australias not a continent its oceania

@brontewcat

8 ай бұрын

@@UtavMc A continent is a large continuous landmass. Although I know some people see Oceania as a continent, it actually depends on what you were taught as school. I think is very hard to define part of the largest ocean on Earth as a continent.

@UtavMc

8 ай бұрын

@@brontewcat well solomon islands, fiji, tuvalu, nauru, tonga palau, etc. all have to be part of a continent and it’s certainly not asia. then that thought of a continuous landmass is quickly broken apart by places like the Philippines, japan, indonesia and more. i realize a lot of people think australias a continent but at the same time every country needs to be part of a continent and if it’s just australia then that leaves out a lot of countries

@brontewcat

8 ай бұрын

@@UtavMc Where on Earth did you get the idea every country has be a part of a continent. Also what do understand by a the continent anyway? I understand it to be a geographical concept not geographical, although understand some people see it as a geographical term. I also understand there is no universal accepted definition.

@antclaro

7 ай бұрын

​@@brontewcatby your definition then there would only be four continents. America, Africa, Australia, and Eurasia. Since I dont see you or anyone saying Eurasia is a continent, then you have to agree that continents are geopolitically defined and not only defined by geography. Therefore the continent is Oceania and Australia is the biggest island in the world because it is NOT a continent.

#9 is always a favourite of mine. Never really understood why sea level is used to determine mountain height when so many mountains, especially in the Himalayas, don't actually rise that much from their plateau.

I think some of these are a bit of a stretch. Like Mexico not being south of the US. Yeah. You can find some parts of Mexico in different directions from some parts of the US. But, Mexico is south of the vast majority of the US as a whole country.

@geografisica

2 жыл бұрын

So it’s better to say that Mexico is Southwest of the US.

@chrisamies2141

2 жыл бұрын

in the same way you could say Scotland isn't north of England because the border goes SW-NE. Dumfries (Scotland) is further south than Rothbury (England).

@dadoctah

2 жыл бұрын

There is a bit of Mexico from which Arizona is due south. I've even been to that part of Arizona. (There are a number of smaller bits from which you can go due south from Mexico into Texas, but interestingly, none into the other border states of California or New Mexico.)

@TheoHockeyton

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, by the assumption made in this video, Bolivia is neither West, nor East, nor South, nor North of Brazil......... -_-

@ScouterIkki

2 жыл бұрын

Hawaii would really be the key state to consider.

I feel like Australia not being an island is up for debate, especially since many people debate the exact extent the continent of which the country is a part. If it includes anything more than just Mainland Australia, then that is an island within the continent. Truth is there is no universally agreed upon definition for continent.

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

Hate to disappoint you, buttercup, but afaik, professional geographers do not regard Australia as an island. It is a continent; Size Matters.

@elfarlaur

2 жыл бұрын

@@JESL_TheOnlyOne Again, depends who you ask. Most French geographers would say it is a part of the continent of Oceania which includes New Zealand and Polynesia, etc, in which case mainland Australia is simply and island within the continent.

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@elfarlaur Uhhhhhh, no. I don't care if French geographers want to play silly games. Oceania is a region, it is NOT a continent, as any half-drunk soccer hooligan squinting through broken glass can tell. Australasia is quite arguably part of Oceania, yet neither are continents. Why? Look up the etymology of 'continent'. Hint: it has to do with landmasses. Now, if you want to insist 7 million square miles of water is a continent, you go right ahead.

@serg9320

2 жыл бұрын

​@@JESL_TheOnlyOne The thing is, the definition of "continent" is so vague it may as well not exist. In fact most of the world can't even agree on how many continents there are. By any definition you take, you have to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. What OC is pointing out is that it's up for debate where to draw that line. Most definitions of Australia the continent also include Tasmania, a separate island, which would mean the island of Australia would qualify. Many include the island of New Guinea as well. You can go on about what geographers say, but they don't agree on it either. There is literally no global consensus, so an argument for Australia being the largest island is 100% valid.

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@serg9320 You really don't comprehend. All I said was, AS FAR AS I KNOW. Capiche, paisano? I stand by my statement until someone demonstrates otherwise. There IS a geographic definition of continent, No, definitions in empirical science aren't mathematically precise (duuuuh), and a continent is NOT an island, and Australia is a continent. I'm not a geographer - just someone who pays attention and understands what distinctions are. IOW, I'm an educated Western adult and some folks here are children, intellectually. I'm not even going to bother with anything you wrote beyond the first sentence of the first post I read - it's plain as day you pay no attention to what's written. AFAIK!!!!! - Jesus Christ, get a clue.

#31 Spain is located both in Europe and Africa. Melilla and Ceuta are attached to Morocco and are part of Spain. #32 Italy is both in Europe and Africa as the Italian island of Pantelleria is part of the Tunisian Plate. Pantelleria is located in Africa.

3:01 I am assuming by the image you used that you meant "contiguous United States" and not "continental". The contiguous United States is all of the states that border each other, also known as the "lower 48". The continental United States is the "lower 48" plus Alaska.

This was a good list- and I appreciate the disclaimer at the beginning. I learned a couple of things, and held my tongue for the ones I thought obvious because your purpose was clear. But I have to ask- who thinks the Atlantic is the biggest body of water? That's nowhere near as obscure as some of the others- one would have to have literally never seen a globe or even a world map of any projection.

@konstantinrokossovsky4112

2 жыл бұрын

you would be surprised another example is not even knowing how many continents there are

@maximipe

2 жыл бұрын

The disclaimer at the beginning should be what is he referring to with 'most people' or 'the average Joe' tho

@PicklEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinrokossovsky4112 actually there isnt a clear answer of how many continents there are or their boundaries. Different areas also teach children different continents. The main confusion is with North and South America on if they're one continents or 2. It depends on where someone grows up on what continents they recognize

@konstantinrokossovsky4112

2 жыл бұрын

@@PicklEmpire geography wise there is just 1 correct answer-this isn't history where you can learn different perspectives These are boundaries decided by major geographical features which were created a long time ago(both the features and the boundaries)

@PicklEmpire

2 жыл бұрын

@@konstantinrokossovsky4112 again. There isn't a set boundary for continents. The definition of a continent is vague. That's why there's confusion on where North and South America end or if they are one single continent.

China not having one of the 5 most populous cities is definitely up for discussion. Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people. Once again, it depends on what criteria you use to define a city or a metropolitan area.

@KhalDraggo

2 жыл бұрын

I thought Shanghai was top 5

@makeshift_graveyard7893

2 жыл бұрын

the measurements they were using were by the metropolitan region, in which case Shanghai has like 26-27 million people, so it is definitely in the top 5

@rncmv

2 жыл бұрын

"Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people" that megalopolis is called Pearl River Delta Megalopolis, while Guangzhou is JUST part of it

@davidmccreary7441

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, and there's also the issue of a lot of unofficial people in large PRC cities; some estimate Beijing metro at ~80M.

@andrewmonos4951

2 жыл бұрын

be careful, there is a thread where someone called John Lee looses his shit about people not accepting his "as far as i know" definition of continent. If he knows someone is pointing out the vagaries of the word city he will take over this thread

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Actually, Brazil is NOT larger than the CONTINENTAL United States of America, since Alaska falls into the category of being part of the CONTINENTAL United States of America. Brazil IS, however, larger than the CONTIGUOUS United States of America. 😁

@jimbojimbo8

2 жыл бұрын

Nice 😎

@garryferrington811

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Not everyone speaks English.

@elijasandoval1658

2 жыл бұрын

No it is not even just the contiguous US is larger check their area

@hfled

2 жыл бұрын

Came to comment the same thing. Continental and contiguous are not the same thing.

@Raheel2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@elijasandoval1658 Contiguous USA - 8 million sq. km. Brazil - 8.5 million sq. km. Brazil is larger.

Iceland is quite green, while Greenland is just one big glacier

@napalm_lipbalm86

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this!

@karililjendal

2 жыл бұрын

As an Icelander I've encounteted that fact too many times. While it's true that Iceland has milder temprature than Greenland, both are capable of growing green grass in the summer, and both have long and cold winters. Iceland is very green for about 4-5 months of the year, but the rest not so much. Don't get me wrong, I think the summer here is unique, even if the tempratures are rather low most days. Second fact I've encountered often is when people think the names were switched, which is very untrue. Greenland was 'discovered' (by European settlers) from an Icelandic convoy 100 years after Iceland was settled. The name Greenland may in fact have been given to attract more settlers, but could also be due to the simple fact that viking voyages were only made during summer time. The name 'Iceland' comes from a pissed off settler who went mountain climbing after a harsh winter where all of his livestock died, and saw a massive amount of snow in valley. At least according to legend. Previously it had been named 'Snowland' and 'Garðarshólmi' (settler was called Garðar and basically named it after himself).

@Devlinator61116

2 жыл бұрын

Greenland's ice and Iceland's green.

@karililjendal

2 жыл бұрын

@@Devlinator61116 No, not really

@Jericho101

2 жыл бұрын

Iceland is known as the land of ice and fire, as it has volcanic and frozen landscapes. But you are right, Iceland also is quite green. But Greenland on the other hand is literally ice. Totally not confusing for people who don’t know geography.

Enjoyed the quiz. Just one pont of note, near the beginning there is the UK Union Jack (or flag flying) - it is upside down and should only be shown if a ship is in distress!

@Gynra

Жыл бұрын

I was always taught that, but what puzzles me is that from a distance one really couldn't tell if the jack or flag was upside down or not, unlike, say, the Welsh flag.

I knew that Java was the most populous island but I had never really thought about how crazy it is that it's more populous than Honshu considering Honshu has Tokyo which is the biggest metro in the world and it also has many other cities

@oooooo-ji2nn

8 ай бұрын

The Metro Jakarta is nearly as populated as Metro Tokyo.

I can't believe people get the Atlantic Ocean/ Pacific Ocean one wrong. Isn't it obvious that the Pacific Ocean is much bigger. Maybe he just ran out of geography facts people often get wrong.

@PapyrusTheSke1eton

2 жыл бұрын

My sisters didn’t know the atlantic pacific thing

@mozd1729

Жыл бұрын

Some people actually either forget or don't want to believe that the world is rather round and not flat like the map, so they believe that the part of the Pacific to the east of Asia and the other part to the west of the Americas are two different water bodies, on the map.

@Milliardo66

Жыл бұрын

The world map in every country has their own country in the center. So depending on where you live, it might not look so clear. Google world map and look at all the different maps that pop up

One of the most geography facts I know: the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to EVERY country in the Americas (Canada included) than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.

@pierremarcoux9465

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! And yes, the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to (northern) Uruguay than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil!

@FolgoreCZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierremarcoux9465 Actually, most of Uruguay is north of the southernmost point of Brazil, I would say around 70-80%.

@eliwhite5548

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on if you consider the Falkland Islands a country within the UK or just part of the UK I guess

@XaviRonaldo0

2 жыл бұрын

It's a bit like most of the population of Australia living closer to NZ than to Perth which is a city on the west coast of around 2 million people.

@utubeiskaren7796

Жыл бұрын

What about the UK (Falkland Islands)? I’m also a little skeptical about Denmark (Greenland).

Wait... this all isn't common knowlege?

While I knew a good amount of the facts on the list, a few surprised me very much. Great video!

I reckon it’s still more accurate to say that Mexico is South of the US.

@giddyup523

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they were kind of getting hung up on specifics there. Lots of countries have areas that overlap a bit, many areas in the US are north of areas of Canada (and not just Alaska but pretty much all the states along the US/Canada border) but we would still say Canada is north of the US because the vast majority of Canada is north of the vast majority of (non Alaska) US. Unless borders are compeltely straight, that will always wind up happening. Same thing with Norway/Sweden. Norway is west of Sweden but yet there are lots of part of Sweden that are west of portions of Norway but when you say something is west/north/south/east of somewhere, I think most people understand it is a general statement otherwise how would you say it? In the Mexico/US case, there are portions of the US that are north, south, west, and east of various poritons of Mexico. Should we say Mexico is the US's southern/western/northern/eastern neighbor? The same exact statement could made for Canada. That winds up being true for tons of borders between countries. Seems like a weird thing they picked out.

@danielcpeters

2 жыл бұрын

If you are unlucky enough to find yourself in Detroit, the easiest way to get to Canada is by going south.

@curtisthomas-eg4th

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely

The US does not surpass Brazil in area due to "outlying territories", but because of the State of Alaska. Territories (like Guam) don't have much area.

@eliwhite5548

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he knows how Americans use thw word "territories." Also, Alaska is part of the continental US, so his fact was wrong anyway. Maybe he meant contiguous?

@astronix2719

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliwhite5548 Yeah he meant Brazil was larger than the lower 48 states

For #1----please tell this to the British Olympic team and the IOC. Every time the British team marches into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies---even when they are hosting it as in 2012----the country is identified in English as "Great Britain", never "United Kingdom."

5:10 expanding on this, so is Norway. Norway is separated by 1 country to North Korea, as Norway’s north borders Russia

The tallest mountain on earth from base to summit is actually Mauna Loa in Hawaii, but most of it is submerged under the Pacific Ocean.

@zork999

2 жыл бұрын

Mauna Loa is not even the tallest mountain on Hawai'i. Mauna Kei is 125 feet further above sea level and the base is about the same (depending on how that is measured).

@Peapod_pocket_squirrel

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was worded a bit wrong in the video. While mount Everest is indeed the highest point above sea level, the summit of mount Chimborazo is the farthest point from the centre of the earth, due to the earth being an oblate spheroid.

@Pain9682

2 жыл бұрын

Mount Everest is the highest from sea level (or just highest), Mauna Loa is the largest single mountain by volume, Mauna Kea is the tallest and Chimborazo is the highest point from the center of Earth.

@Lucas-vr1qr

2 жыл бұрын

@@zork999 yes

@senorpepper3405

Жыл бұрын

@@Peapod_pocket_squirrel fun fact : my mother is an oblate spheroid

3:00 the US is bigger because of Alaska, the territories and Hawaii are so small they wouldn’t even matter

@Jericho101

2 жыл бұрын

True. But let’s not leave them out as some people will feel left out.

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The pyramids are almost in Cairo. However, having been to Cairo there is no such thing as an easy trip (by motor vehicle) in Cairo - it always seems like a near death experience.

The USA is larger than Brazil because of the state of Alaska, not because of its territories. If you look up Great Britain, isn't it technically just the largest island among the British Isles?

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

The latter is true, but, what's your point? Please clarify.

@sebmadraszek2976

2 жыл бұрын

Both are technically true. Great Britain is the geographical name for the largest island in the archipelago but from common usage, and usage in official documents, a name the can be used politically to describe 3 out of 4 of the countries of the UK. Before Ireland was incorporated the country was officially the kingdom of Great Britain

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebmadraszek2976 Uhhh...yeah. Yes, that's true. I just didn't understand what the commentor was saying.

@VideoDotGoogleDotCom

2 жыл бұрын

@@JESL_TheOnlyOne That this video got both of those things wrong.

@columbannon9134

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you don't include Ireland for we don't say we are in the British isles, this is what the English say.

I would like to mention something about the coastline. The reason why its so long depends on the unit of measurement you use to measure it. Coastlines are curvy and not straight. For example a triangle could have a perimeter of 3 cm but a 6 sided star of the same area could have more. I recommend looking into the coastline paradox for more information. The length of the coastline you measure depends on what unit of measurement you use

@boxsterman77

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. Enter the celebrated determination of a coastland problem.

@CaptainBreny

11 ай бұрын

Norway has measured the coastline very precise. At 102373km. If other countries are to lazy to measure then they wont win.

@kers225abk2

8 ай бұрын

​@CaptainBreny there's no way that tiny country has more coastline than Australia, mate 😂

@maartenstrijbos1537

7 ай бұрын

A lot of islands they have.

@robloxvids2233

7 ай бұрын

Sure, some of Mexico is west of Texas but if you take each countries center of area it's clearly south of USA.

Ran out of ideas and threw that Atlantic one in there. Loved it 😎

Lots of people have mentioned Norway/North Korea, so I won't repeat it, but I was missing a few: a) The Panama Canal from the Pacific to The Atlantic side actually goes from East to West. b) Alaska has not only the Northernmost point in the US, but also both the points furthest East _and_ West!

@smokedbrisket3033

11 ай бұрын

The Panama Canal runs NW/SE. It only runs E-W between Gamboa and Gatun Lake.

@TerjeMathisen

11 ай бұрын

@@smokedbrisket3033 I have sailed through it, I'm sure you got my meaning: The Pacific end (Panama City) is further east than the Atlantic terminus.

@tomwatson1116

7 ай бұрын

How can it be further east than the US? I've just looked at a map and it doesn't go further east than any of the other states? What am I missing?

@TerjeMathisen

7 ай бұрын

@@tomwatson1116 Alaska has parts on the other side of the date line/180 degree longitude!

1:31 "In January and February, Iran can see temperatures as low as 4⁰C." The AVERAGE low in Tehran in January is -1.5⁰C and the record low is -11.4⁰C. Meanwhile the city of Borujen has an average low of -14⁰C in January and the city of Saqqez has recorded -36⁰C.

@mehere8299

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say: 4°C isn’t even that cold.

@father0f4ll

2 жыл бұрын

@@mehere8299 It is that cold.

@corentinm.105

2 жыл бұрын

@@father0f4ll no it isn't

@bumpsy

2 жыл бұрын

tbf, it looks like the graph showed the average temperature overall, not the average low

@calamaricalamity6757

Жыл бұрын

@@father0f4ll Canadian here. That is a perfect temperature

On #25 you should have used Norway. It's even more mind-blowing since it's even further west than Finland.

Thanks for being succinct and brief.. Great podcast

Quite a few of these were new to me. Thank you!

4:59 lmao that's kinda a stupid thing to say. that list measures based off of metro areas. China does not define metro areas in the same way as many other countries. More people live in Shanghai proper than in the Delhi, Manila, or Seoul-Incheon metros, but since China does not define metro areas in this way, Shanghai does not show up on your list. This should have been an incredibly easy thing to fact check. Not to mention, claiming Norway to have the 2nd longest coast when coastline lengths aren't defined well due to the coastline paradox, and countries have wildly inconsistent ways of measuring their own coastlines. Or the part about claiming Australia isn't an island due to it being a continent, since continents are not a well-defined unit of measurement, plus the "continent" of Australia(/Oceania) includes more than just the Australian mainland (i.e. Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and plenty of other small islands around the coast), the landmass of the Australian mainland is definitely larger than the continent by any definition you use. And saying Mexico is not south of the US because there are parts of the US that are farther south than the northernmost point of Mexico is completely asinine. Just absolute stupidity. I'm not gonna make fun of y'all for claiming things like "akshually X isn't the capital of Y" is either not well known or at all interesting. But getting at least 4/30 of your "facts" completely wrong is... honestly impressive. Why did I spend five minutes typing this out? What a waste of my time. The channel that posted this obviously wont care. If they cared, they'd have actually fact checked their facts.

@rand0mix822

Жыл бұрын

so glad someone said that...

As a geography geek, I love videos like this. And I wasn't clear on the Netherlands, thanks. I've heard that a peak in Antarctica actually has a lower atmospheric pressure than the summit of Everest because the atmosphere also bulges out towards the Equator and thins at the poles.

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who has taken some courses in physics, that is questionable. The bulging at the equator of the atmosphere (which I never thought of, but makes sense; the hydrosphere bulges) would promote lower pressure there, I would say, rather than the poles.

@karililjendal

2 жыл бұрын

I think the Holland-Netherlands thing comes from the fact that in many other languages, Holland is the official name of the country. I believe inhabitants of Netherlands sometimes refer to themselves as Holland or 'Hollanders' but not quite sure.

@jennyh4025

2 жыл бұрын

@@karililjendal I know a few people from the Netherlands, but they are actually all from Holland - the most populated part of the country (I think).

@jennyh4025

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t quite understand the mountain thing in the video, but I’m not a native English speaker.

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

@@jennyh4025 It's entirely erroneous, some folks need to take physics (the course, not a prescription; old meaning of physic).

Except for the border thing with Finland and North Korea and Java being most populous, I knew the rest of the stuff. Especially about Greenland 🇬🇱 since I live here. Your information on that was correct. Greenland is shown distorted on many maps, but it is still three times the size of the state of Texas.

a lot of facts I didn't know here....thanks for adding this here

@3:01 Wrong, it's because of a MASSIVE U.S. state--not territory--called Alaska.

@blue9multimediagroup

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-sj3io8sl3x you meant contiguous. Alaska is part of the continental US.

@jw1629

11 ай бұрын

Wrong it’s cause Brazil gets to include all its territories while the us doesn’t

For number 28: by that logic, you can also say that, technically, Canada is not north of the US, even if you ignore Alaska.

What a great video! I love it! 😍❤🙏🏼 great content

Short and precise explanations. Thank you

Another fun fact (maybe you covered this in a different video already, but this is your first video I've seen) The town of Vardo, Norway is closer to China than it is to Portugal.

The Sinai may not be one of the top ten largest peninsulas in the world, but it's not "small". 23,000 square miles is bigger than probably 90% of the world's peninsulas.

@dimushka383

7 ай бұрын

It is 17th in size.

I learned a lot and glad I knew at least 10 of them.

5:00 this one is debatable. by some sources, Guangzhou is estimated to have 40 million people, but that just depends on how you measure it Edit: also, Shanghai is usually counted as a part of the top 5

As a huge geography aficionado, I did know all these facts. That being said, I did enjoy this video very much so I encourage you to keep up the great work. Ps. Another fact is that the northernmost point of California is further north than the southernmost point of Canada.

@What_Makes_Climate_Tick

2 жыл бұрын

I saw another video that mentioned this about California and Canada. It also found the median latitude of Canada's population (i.e. 50% of Canadians live north of the line, 50% south). I don't remember exactly, but most of Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Washington, and pretty much all of North Dakota are north of that line.

@wesleyweber5286

2 жыл бұрын

@@What_Makes_Climate_Tick here’s an interesting one about Canada for you. If you take the southernmost point in Canada (pelee island). More Americans live north of that line in the us then Canadians do. Simply because the population of Canada is so small

@thedailychailatte

2 жыл бұрын

Also Reno (Nevada) is more to the west than Los Angeles which actually lies on the west coast.

@astronix2719

2 жыл бұрын

@@What_Makes_Climate_Tick I think its a RLL video

@markclayton2845

2 жыл бұрын

How can you know all these "facts" when clearly some are inaccurate?

When you visit the Sinai peninsula it causes confusion to insurance companies. They ask "where are you going", response "Egypt", "oh so you need insurance for Africa", "no for Asia", "But Egypt in in Africa", "yes but the Sinai is in Asia".

Informative facts. Thank you

this is very fascinating never knew or realized alot of things

Another thing you should've added is that Australia by itself isn't a continent. It along with New Zealand, Paupa New guinea and all the other Pacific islands are part of Oceania.

@spongebubatz

2 жыл бұрын

Islands aren’t part of a continent and can’t form a continent. Oceania is a region, Australia a continent. Sometimes the region is called the continent of Oceania or Oceania-Australia but in reality only Australia is the continent itself. Islands don’t belong to a continent and it’s a common misconception that every piece of land must belong to a continent. That’s not the case, Oceania is a region of which the continent of Australia is a part of.

@maximilianocortes2289

2 жыл бұрын

@@spongebubatz there are different definitions for what a continent is, from a geographical standpoint Oceania isn't a continent (nor Europe is, as it is part of Eurasia), but from a geopolitical standpoint it is

@Teagirl009

2 жыл бұрын

@@spongebubatzThank you👏. As an Australian I'm tired of this misconception. Oceania is a geographical region. It's a construct to give a name to the area that included the Pacific Islands. We don't really use the term Oceania here. If anything we will say Australasia, to refer to the sub region covering Australia, New Zealand and sometimes PNG. I've had people from the northern hemisphere try and tell me that Australia was never a continent and never can be LOL. The Australian Government website refers to Australia as a continent. Australia has its own continental shelf. And you are correct about not every little Island needing to belong to a continent. Hawaii is an independent island state. Politically it's part of the United States but it's not part of the North American continent. And New Zealand was not considered to be part of a continent for a long time either. Though now is thought to be part of Zealandia (most of which is under water), along with New Caledonia. Australia is thought to have the world's oldest continental crust discovered, 4.4 billion yrs old.

#9 this is only technically correct if we measure distances FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH, which we do not. All mountains on earth are measured from the lithosphere. So using the lithosphere as our gauge, then Mount Everest has the highest MASL in the world. So number 9 is extremely contentious and debatable

@JESL_TheOnlyOne

2 жыл бұрын

If you're gonna be wordy, get it right. Mountain heights are measured from sea level. That's the hydrosphere, not the lithosphere, Indiana.

@Grandadflipsfurniture

2 жыл бұрын

Technically, Mauna Kea is the "tallest" as was stated in the video, meaning it is the one which has the greatest distance from it's foot to its top. Lots of Mauna Kea is under water though. Chimborazo is the one furthest from the centre of the earth, due to the equatorial bulge (Google oblate spheroid). Everest is the one which is highest above mean sea level.

The highest mountains thing, it largely depends on the definition used. And for this reason, 3 mountains can fit the idea of "highest/tallest mountain on Earth". Everest is tallest if we measure the height from sea level. Chimborazo is tallest if we measure from the centre of the Earth (due to shape of the Earth is squished at the poles and "fatter" at the equator). Mauna Kea is tallest if we consider the overall height from base to the tip as it starts from way below sea level.

Brilliant.. I actually learn a lot... I want to add some suggestions, ' if possible please do 10-15 new facts but include more data about it... Less facts are fine but we need more information about that fact ' in addition please speak slowly I mean pace must be friendly and slow like a teacher it helps to connect with the facts as a listener.. Just a suggestion if u agree 👍🏼👍🏼

It's 2500 miles from L.A. to N.Y.C and the Moon is only 2300 miles in Diameter. Yeah I know it's not Geography but It's still fun knowledge.

@benjiequezada

2 жыл бұрын

Similar fun fact, Russia has a larger surface area than all of Pluto!

@smoothmove7566

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjiequezada I did not know that, Thanks. : )

@0:10 Ironic that "The Geography Bible" didn't get the opening sequence of their video correct. They show a *mirror* image of Europe at night as seen from orbit. The "toe" of Italy points the other way.

@annierogers8855

2 жыл бұрын

The entire map is flipped, look at greece

Loved it and subscribed

This was fascinating! And the music slaps

Wrong on the first fact mate, Great Britain is the name of the largest Island in the British Isles : Great Britain, occupied by the countries England, Scotland and wales and doesn’t include its outlying islands, which have their own names

@ph1646

2 жыл бұрын

A video about facts other people get wrong. and he gets it wrong. Talk about ironic.😂

@davidrenton

2 жыл бұрын

@@ph1646 also Ireland is part of the British isles which contain both Great Britain and the Island of Ireland + NI

@TheBallinCat43IsReal

2 жыл бұрын

No he's right all he said is they weren't the same thing which they aren't .

@anthonyowens6446

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBallinCat43IsReal no he didn’t he said Great Britain is England Scotland wales and their associated islands. That’s not true, Great Britain is literally the name of the island of Great Britain, just the one islands of the British isles

@TheBallinCat43IsReal

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyowens6446 oh yes I see what you mean now I forgot

Australian here. You are wrong. Australia is an "Island-continent" and is widely known that it's the world's largest island. Greenland being the "largest Island in the world" is definitely a misconception - since Australia can be and is BOTH.

@samembers742

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou ahah I was hoping someone had pointed this out

@diogoferreira7427

2 жыл бұрын

Well, if Australia is a continent? Then to what continent does Tonga belongs to? Or Kiribati? Australia is only an island, not a continent

@samembers742

2 жыл бұрын

Australia is also a continent because the scale of its land mass and also consists of other islands like Christmas Island or Tasmania etc. But to answer one of your questions Tonga is on the mass of Oceania which is kinda considered a continent which Australia is also part of ahah

@diogoferreira7427

2 жыл бұрын

@@samembers742 then that just contradicts itself, and if we were to judge continents by landmass, then we wouldn't be where we are today

@AndoCommando1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@diogoferreira7427 do Kiribati or Tonga have to "belong" to a continent? Hawaii doesn't "belong" to a continent. It's a series of islands in the middle of the ocean. Same deal with Kiribati and Tonga

I’m not that into geography but I do like interesting videos that tell me stuff I might not know. It also reminds me of stuff I knew but most likely forgot because I don’t use it!

Australia beware! If they can decide that Pluto is not a planet, who says they can't declare that Australia is not a continent? Solidarity, Aussie brothers and sisters! We stand with you!

Did anyone notice the image of the globe from space right at the very beginning was inverted? I saw Italy but it was a mirror image…

For the tallest mountain, I forget what island it is, but if you measure from the base, there's an island whose volcano would be considered the tallest taking credit for it's base on the sea floor. Measuring from the base, Everest isn't all that tall given the starting elevation.

@serg9320

2 жыл бұрын

You must be talking about Mauna Kea. iirc, the tallest mountains are Mauna Kea (when talking about base to peak), Everest (when talking above sea level) and Mt Chimborazo (when talking about distance from center of the Earth). The reason why the sea level classification isn't taken so seriously in a lot of contexts is because the way sea level is calculated is very messy.

@smoceany9478

2 жыл бұрын

i know youre talking about mauna kea but also from base to tip, denali is taller than everest, being the tallest land mountain

@serg9320

2 жыл бұрын

@@smoceany9478 Interesting. I assume that's because Everest's base is very high up in the Himalayas?

@smoceany9478

2 жыл бұрын

@@serg9320 yes, that is why, people always talk about mauna kea but its rare for people to mention even above land everest isnt the tallest

@jonesnori

2 жыл бұрын

@@smoceany9478 Are you talking about what some people call prominence? If so, the best I can find on that is Denali third after Everest and Aconcagua (Argentina). But maybe you are talking about something else?

1:41 Greenland is much bigger than it looks on a map. On a map it’s only a few inches.

Very interesting thanks for the information.

First time watching your channel, and lots of interesting things. I understand that you're putting out facts very quickly, but the way I would have stated the thing about Mt. Chimborazo vs. Mt. Everest is that it is the land point farthest from the center of the Earth, rather than "protrudes further". I immediately understood when you said that it is closer to the equator, but for those unfamiliar it would take a fairly lengthy explanation. Also, we should be past the point of having so much reliance on Mercator projection, so that Greenland's area looks more accurate. Mercator makes the northern part of Greenland look wider too, which it really isn't. In Mercator projection, the area of Antarctica is infinite.

@Statalyzer

Жыл бұрын

The area isn't infinite, the expansion at the exact point of the south pole is infinite.

0:49 The UK flag is flying upside down. On the side of the pole (or left if there's no pole), the thicker white stripe should be above the thinner one.

9: Also a mountain called Mauna Kea in Hawaji is like 11km tall, but 7km of it is under water. That's the actual tallest mountain.

Very good but a little slower with a bit more time to understand them better would have made it so much better tho. Great video!

3:55 Wait what..? What about Indonesia?

@NotYourAverageMeatball

7 ай бұрын

What about it?

Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world based on its total height from its base to its peak.

Awesome. Great vid!

Where do video creators find the clip of the union flag shown at 0:55 ? Its flying upsidedown. I'd call most of these facts reasonably well known.

Also the tallest mountain is Mount Kae which rises from the seabed and makes up part of the Hawaiian islands

@n0body550

2 жыл бұрын

K2? Although he did specifically state that the tallest by protruding from the earth. Which is the one he mentioned

@acarroll1714

2 жыл бұрын

@@n0body550 well what lies beneath the seabed?

@acarroll1714

2 жыл бұрын

I caught that too. It’s actually called Mauna Kea tho. 😉

2. Netherlands also stands for Kingdom of Netherlands, which has 4 countries: The Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sin Maarten.

@ietm1806

2 жыл бұрын

Plus Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius

@AugustoFeyh

2 жыл бұрын

@@ietm1806 I didn't count them because they're part of the country Netherlands.

@ietm1806

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, misread your first comment, sorry. And me being petty: it is called The Netherlands. The The is often forgotten

@AugustoFeyh

2 жыл бұрын

@@ietm1806 I must say I thought about that while I was writing but I thought it wasn't mandatory. Thank you!

@ietm1806

2 жыл бұрын

@@AugustoFeyh most people forget it, Dutch folk also, I think mainly because in Dutch it is called Nederland

Very good: Is that why you started the video with a reverse-image of the Mediterranean?

5 new facts for me, thank you :)

Alaska is technically a part of the continent, so how is it not continental? 🇺🇸

@MrMuel1205

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, better to say something like "Lower 48" or "Contiguous United States".

@frankpinmtl

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlife7012 But you keep Sarah Palin...

@frankpinmtl

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlife7012 No deal - thanks.

@goodlife7012

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankpinmtl How about if we throw in Drumpf (Orangeman)? Deal?

@frankpinmtl

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodlife7012 You don't work in sales, do you?

I'm from Eastport Maine and lived in Quaddy village as a young child but didn't know it was the closest place to Africa in the USA I knew it was the most North Eastern point in the country

@bravebenar5166

2 жыл бұрын

What about alaska

A metro is not a City, but even by your definition, Chongqing would be #3. If you look at the actual population of cities, Shanghai would be #3. Either way, seem like Chinese cities are up there.

Fascinating video I love it

Norway coast one isn't necessarily accurate because it depends what scale your measurement is for coastlines. The smaller units you use, the longer the coast gets, to the point where coastlines can essentially become infinitely long. However Norway's coast is still way longer than people would think in most methods of measurement

@TheSeafordian

Жыл бұрын

You should thank Slartibartfast

I’m so glad someone finally talked about the Antarctica being a desert fact. I feel like everyone seems to not know the definition of a desert 🥲

Spanish has the second-most NATIVE speakers (first language). But more people speak English when you include people who know it as a 2nd or 3rd language. Even in the chart, the column is labeled "Native Speakers."

Australia is also considered continent because it sits on its own tectonic plate

I'm surprised that they didn't mention that European Russia is more populated than Asian Russia, despite Asian Russia being three times larger.

@MrMuel1205

2 жыл бұрын

But European Russia is getting bigger...

8. Largest states (area in millions of km²): - Western Australia (2.64) - Queensland (1.85) - Alaska (1.72) - Amazonas (1.56) - Pará (1.25) - South Australia (1.04) - Mato Grosso (0.90) - New South Wales (0.81) - Texas (0.70)

@NebraskaGonvilleJones

2 жыл бұрын

While I appreciate this contribution and it may be technically correct I do think it is misleading. I would think a list like this should be made up of country subdivisions rather than strictly states. Once territory’s, oblasts and the like are included it paints quite a different picture.

@AugustoFeyh

2 жыл бұрын

@@NebraskaGonvilleJones I understand you. But he said literally "states". And states are different from provinces, oblasts etc.

@Jericho101

2 жыл бұрын

I freaked out when I found out that Western Australia and Queensland are bigger than Alaska, considering I’m Australian!

@benjiequezada

2 жыл бұрын

@@AugustoFeyh sure again technically correct, but I think the implication was clear that he was referring to states in the United States of America and not states in general.

@eliwhite5548

2 жыл бұрын

A synonym for country is "sovereign state" so you could have just listed countries in order of size if you wanted to be that pedantic.

Mt Everest was named after George Everest who mapped a lot of India. His name was pronounced using two syllables; Eve-rest.