50 Random Geography Facts That Seem Like Lies
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Today we will explore 50 fascinating geography facts from around the world. Whether you're a seasoned geography enthusiast or simply interested in learning about the world we live in, this video is for you.
In this video, we cover a wide range of geography topics, including the ever burning fires, highest mountains, deepest lakes, and much more. Discover which country has the most time zones, the Diomede Islands, and the city that is sinking.
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The fact that Greenland is more west, north, east, and south of Iceland absolutely floored me. Keep digging up these counterintuitive statistics.
I knew about the south one because the shape of Greenland is a massive peninsula pointing protruding far southward, but the east one truly shocked me.
It's also the case with Japan being more north, south, west and east than South Korea (west because of the many islands it owns)
Well, it’s not, it’s only true on a map, not a globe
The northern point of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to its southern point
One of my favourites. Similarly, the western most point of China is closer to Germany than to its eastern most point
@@sanderappel4499and it still has one time zone
haha yes that's insane too, while the US, with a similar east-west span, has four@@sauravbanerjee3552
It is also closer to Uruguay than it is to the southernmost point.
Love this, will be putting it into my next video!
The 70 year+ gas fire is in Turkmenistan.
Yes but AZ also has one (much smaller), Ive been there its close to Baku
There is one in Azerbaijan too, that was the one he was describing, but the photo was the one in Turkmenistan.
Didn't they fill it up to stop it's burning as the fumes were causing health issues?
Its indeed a picture of a different fire
There's a coal mine fire that's been burning for at least 61 years in Pennsylvania.
I like how he said Greenland is even west of Iceland as if somehow that was the most shocking.
@@yna50bcThe Mercator projection exaggerates it, but Greenland is indeed further east than Iceland. Coordinates confirm this.
@@metalswifty23 Greenland's easternmost point is about 2 degrees east of Iceland's
I would ad the complete insanity that is the border situation in Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau. Some of the borders run trough houses, there are islands of country within The Netherlands that belong to Belgium and the other way around. Its complete madness.
Will definitely use this in my next video, thank you!
“Africa is closer to Canada than the United States.” This is ambiguously worded. You mean, “Africa is closer to Canada than it is to the United States,” and not “Africa is closer to Canada than the United States is.”
Toronto is as far south as Spain’s northern coast. Montreal is farther south than Trieste, Italy. These seem impossible, but both are True.
The Gulf Stream has entered the chat
Yeah, I did a presentation about the niagra falls back in school. I was shocked, when I looked for a European place at the same latitude (southern France).
@@sanderappel4499it hasnt much to do with it, the gulf steal does warm up the water in northen europe but it's mainly the coriolis effect caused by earth's rotation which makes it so places at the east of lagre bodies of water tend to be way warmer because they receive mainly southern air masses, while places at the west lf bodies of water recieve lainly northen air masses
But Toulon in southern France is more south than Toronto, despite being more north than Perpignan, which is also in southern France
@@Yosh-wt4lg the Humboldt and Benguela current have also entered the chat?
I live in Detroit, and the first time I went to Belle Isle (metro park in the Detroit River) I didn't believe my friend when he told me that Windsor CA, across the river, was south of us. I had to check the legend in my maps app 💀🤣 coolest feeling negl
😂 that’s pretty cool
Detroit is on the north side of the bridge and the tunnel
Another interesting one is that Spain and Morocco actually share the shortest international land border due to a small island off Morocco's coast that is a Spanish territory, called Penon de Velez de la Gomera. The island has become connected to Morocco due to a storm a bit less than a hundred years ago that washed enough sediment between the landforms to connect them. The border is a total of 85 meters or about 279 feet.
The greenland fact is cool but it madee chuckle you left "even west" til last, like I think that one's pretty clear 😅
The easternmost point of Norway is further east than Istanbul.
DOH.
Nooooooooo shuttt uppp
4:02 - I think the burning crater is in Turkmenistan
That's what I thought, too
Raincheck is used generally as a phrase to denote regret when they can't meet an appointment of a personal nature. A buddy asks you to go for a beer, but you have a date, you say, "raincheck?" Denoting your willingness to participate in the activity at another time.
The Finland-Russia fact is more fun when you replace Finland with Norway.
People need to stop thinking that São Paulo is the biggest city in the southern hemisphere, it's Jakarta.
Not really, it depends on what you mean for "city population"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta
By the City limits, São Paulo has 1 million more people than Jakarta.
The Vatican is not only landlocked in the same country, but even in the same city.
Are we all going to brush passed the fact that he said Africa is closer to canada than usa?
It is.
@@robynsnest8668 USA touches Canada.
@@robynsnest8668The US borders Canada.....
@@johnhingley9950 seriously?? You know it's a globe, AND Canada goes way to the east right? Right?
@@robynsnest8668
Flat earthers strike again!
Venice Italy which has Mediterranean climate and mild winters, is the same latitude as Minneapolis MN
And that is because of the Gulf Stream.
venice has a subtropical climate with humid summers, and has pretty cold winters too compared to the rest of medditerannea
Lots of good facts, but some left me wondering why anyone would think they're unbelievable.
4:25 - it is definitely more surprising to say Norway instead of Finland as they share a much smaller border and Norway extends much further West
More Americans live north of Canada's southernmost point than the entire population of Canada.
Wait a second, all these are from the planet earth
Some other cool facts:
-Poland is one country away from North Korea
-Canada is one country away from Germany
-Madagascar is bigger than Finland
-Russia at once spanned 3 continents
-Vancouver is not on Vancouver island
-It is possible to sail in a straight line without hitting land from Pakistan to Russia
The point being made is....Norway is even Further than your example.
WAKE UP.
@@user-pj9yv9jf1k Both examples have their own uniqueness to them.
Number 12: Africa is closer to Canada than the United States? I think your missing some key words to make that one make sense!!
What's the problem? It made perfect sense (even demonstrated with a map and line).
Ohh geez, Canada and the USA share a border of nearly 4,000 miles, longest land border in the world coincidentally, and it m supposed to think Africa is closer? Maybe to the one particular wayward point of Canada, Africa is closer, but fact 12 was: Africa is closer to Canada the the USA
@@patrickjolly1923Well, yes, that's the point. Africa is closer to that one point in Canada than any place in the U.S.
*you’re
36 That is in Turkmenistan, not Azerbaijan
The Causeway Bridge is not in New Orleans. It's in neighboring Metarie,LA on the south shore and Mandeville,LA on the north shore
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No you are
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@@nubiaowen8446 NO
50 facts that seem like facts is a more accurate title
There is a bridge on the Amazon in Brazil
1:36 theres another one too. Called taal volcano and taal volcano is unique than a lava lake.
This is underrated
Kiribati is the only country in the world that is located in all hemispheres (north, south, east, west)
don't France and Britain also have all four hemispheres?
@@aidenbooksmith2351Britain, no, because all our overseas territories and crown dependencies are just possessions (either of the nation or the monarchy), rather than actually being a part of the UK.
France, yes. Metropolitan France is of course in the north, but also east _and_ west; Guyane is in the north and west, as are Guadeloupe and Martinique; Reunion and Mayotte are both in the east and south.
I do kinda find Kiribati to be more "pure" though, if that's the right word for it, given their entire territory is in the same general area, but it just so happens to straddle the equator _and_ the antimeridian, whereas France has to cheat a little bit by having overseas territories classified as being France proper.
Love this fact! Will add it to my next video!
I’d like fifty 30-90 second videos on each of these please! This feels like a table of contents to a nice full color book. Thanks for this.
To everyone commenting corrections here in the comments! Get a life!! 😝
I am kidding y’all are my kinda geek, but facts are facts. 👍🔥
Just found you by youtube shorts and i must say insta subscribed this is gold
Philippines also has an island in a lake on an island in lake on an island!
Diomede islands with 21 hours time diference despite only 3.8 km distance.
Full name of Bangkok has 168 letters
Thai people : it's only 145 characters for us
but wait there is more
While it's 168 characters in English, but the former name, before this one was 169 character (changed from "Amon" to "Bowon") but same numbers of characters for us
But wait there is also more
Bangkok is the former name Thai people use before establishment of Chakri dynasty in 1782, currently "Krung Thep" is the name Thai people used, and it's not pronounced "Krung Thep" but it's a bullsheet spelling system we have to follow, the true pronunciation of it as "Grung (Groong) teb"
You wrote "bullsheet spelling system we have to follow", and you wrote it in english, the language that has no spelling system (just spell-and-pray 😄)
@@ferruccioveglio8090 Yes, for instance, we have to "legally (not really but it regulates the translators for whole country to must follow or else the document will not be legalise)" do it for any
- G sound to spell with K
- K sound to spell with KH
- hard P/T sound (like RUS/ESP did) to be spelled with P/T
- soft P sound (like US/UK) with PH/TH
- there's also ending sound but I shall not explain here isn't it's even more shit
That's the reason you see something stupid like "Phuket" that actually pronounced "poo-gedd" and Krung Thep as mentioned
Hawaii is farthest south, but farthest north is Alaska(duh) and Alaska is farthest west. What is farthest East? It's Alaska also!!!!
Fact #32: The capital of Aruba (Oranjestad) has no traffic lights either. In fact, there are no traffic lights in Aruba at all after all have been replaced by roundabouts due to its proven record in reducing fatal car accidents.
Yeah but Aruba isn’t a country.
@@rossbyrnes1597 A direct quote from the US Department of State: 'Aruba is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.'
@@alexnickelbowen so it’s not independent? I mean I used the word country in place of independent nation sure, but (to agree with your point) Aruba is part of the Netherlands.
@@rossbyrnes1597 It kind of is a country in a 'roundabout' way 😅
@@alexnickelbowen I’ll pay that lol
I absolutely love geography and this is the perfect video so I’m gonna sub
I had to keep pausing to check the map
This video has so many inaccuracies that I don't even want to begin to list them all...
Try just a few then
4:42 it is actually Jakarta
He said 'city', so he is correct (São Paulo 12.4 million and Jakarta 11.3 million). It would be Jakarta if he had mentioned the metropolitan area population (São Paulo 22 million and Jakarta 32.6 million). However, if you consider the expanded metropolitan complex, São Paulo has 33.6 million, and there is no information available about Jakarta for this. Anyway, the population of the city of Jakarta is growing faster than São Paulo (1.3% vs. 0.8%) and will soon surpass it.
One for you, madrid and pyonyang are relatively close on a latitude level (40 and 39)
Since when do Spanish and Portuguese islands northwest of Africa sound like a lie?
Especially given they’re all popular tourist destinations 🤷🏻♂️
0:33 hello from Minnesota!
Wisconsin and Illinois together are shaped like New Jersey
Vancouver, Washington was established 30 years prior to Vamcouver, Brotish Columbia. However, due to confusion when saying one lives in Vamcouver, there has been serious debate about renaming the city.
There are more lakes in Canada than in the rest of the world - combimed.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Great stuff.
Jakarta is the most populous city in southern hemisphere not sao paulo.
São Paulo is more populated in the city proper. 12.4 million to 10.9 million
The coldest place on earth is not Russia, Japan, or even Antarctica! Actually, it is San Marino.
France doesnt border the netherlands. France borders the kingdom of the netherlands
26. Eswatini as well
kinshasa is the most populous city in the southern hemisphere
Does the Vatican City count as a country?
your one of my favorite youtubers
I think that fire pit that's been burning for 70 years is located in Turkmenistan, not Azerbaijan.
Phrasing! I'm pretty sure the USA is closer to Canada is to Africa.
Love the video!! However the continuously burning natural gas fire is in Turkmenistan, nor Azerbaijan
French Guiana, is an overseas department of France. French Guiana is equivalent to Hawaii in the USA.
Wrong, Puerto Rico is more accurate. Hawaii is a full fledged state of the union
@@charlescaplan6826Guiana is a fully fledged part of France as well. They are French citizens with the exact same benefits as those in metropolitan France. It's an overseas department, but a department nonetheless, just as Paris is a department.
You are sorely lacking an education. Yes, it's that obvious.
there is 1 bridge across the amazon river from one side of manaus to the other
Not across the Amazon river but across the Rio Negro: it seems that there are no bridges at all across the Amazon river and no bridges across the Ucayali.
good vid.
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada are on the exact same latitude
I like the island in a lake on an island in a lake.
Another islandception: Taal Island in the Philippines.
geography
Is fun
@@dkmrlee yes
Need to explain the part where Africa is closer to Canada then the U.S. I just don’t get how
“Africa is closer to Canada than the United States“
Me: But isn’t United States closer to canada?
Sad music starts playing
Way too fast. Slow down and give more info to each fact.
Wait a second. Why is Africa closer to Canada than the United States? 😂
Because the earth is a globe not a flat map😂 check out Google maps in globe view for yourself
Agreed. I live about an hour away from Canada so I don't accept this claim.
Another weird fact not mentioned in this video but which correlates to this one: the closest US state to Africa turns out to be Maine. But if you look at a map (or better still, a globe), Newfoundland and Labrador are even closer, with _the_ closest point at Cape Spear.
Oh, I'm an idiot. I need to hear the phrasing again from the video. I (now believe) I completely misinterpreted the claim. I'm guessing the comparison was, "Between Canada and the US, which is closer to Africa? Answer:Canada is closer to Africa."
Actually the largest pyramid is located in Guatemala. Its called La Danta
About pyramids was the number of they
There is only one country between Norway and North Korea as well
Maybe in the dictionary...
Lake baikal is 9km deep but 7km filled with sediment
Literally everything you say is not true.
Let's start with the fact that the maximum depth of Baikal is 1642 meters, or 1,642 kilometers.
too fast to process the info.
Now do kekistan
The Canadian island is a 69.79229° N, 108.24134° W if y’all were to lazy to get it
Some people call it Pancake Island
Rome is north of Chicago
Cyclone in china not hurricane
Same effin’ thing
There are only two Island in the world that have 3 nationalities on it. Borneo en Cyprus
You forgot about Ireland
What is the third nationally?
Great Britain has three: English, Scottish and Welsh.
Technically they fall under one nationality.
@@pieterjan29 It's a bit complicated, but Wales and Scotland are recognised as separate nations within the UK. And please, never tell a Welshman or a Scotsman that they are the same nationality as an English person 🤣
5° C = 41° F
Did you say Africa is closer to Canada than the USA? Yeah I think that one would be false
2:50
Did he say africa is closer to canada then the united states?
Sint Maarten is not part of the country of the Netherlands, but it is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
New Orleans is pronounced "New OR-lənz"
Maine is the closest state to Africa.
2:26 Not china. Thats Philippines. Some typhoons develop in the Philippine sea making landfall in the hardest hit regions.+ When a typhoon dosent make landfall in Philippines it affects the Philippines. It's because the typhoon enters the PAR.
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So basically, still China because it didn't make landfall in the Philippines lol
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Why would you say a municipality is a city?
36 is in Turkmenistan
To fast, don't give time to look at the charts. Also, is this a computer voice? Hard to listen to because it seems not interested in the topic...
The island in a lake on an island in a lake is Isle Royale and it's in Michigan, not Canada
Taal
Your caping that island is literally in Nunavut Canada and can literally see Nunavut in this video when he zooms out and last time I checked that’s no where near Michigan
@@eric1107nowhere
Puerto Rico is further south than Hawaii
But it isn't a state
If Sao Paolo is the most famous city in the SH what about Sydney and Melbourne 🙄
He said most populous, not most famous
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china doesn’t _have_ one time, they just _adhere_ to one
But this also means a single time.
@@dimushka383 🐟
Isn't laos are doubly landlocked country too?
No. Laos is bordered by Vietnam which borders the South China Sea.
Every country that Laos borders is a coastal country
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1:02 Kentucky is not a state, it's a commonwealth.
Mauritania doesn't have red white or blue. And sri lanka is a deep maroon, if you want to make the distinction.
Mauritania has red you dumb
🇲🇷↙see the red?
and its not maroon, its red
🇱🇰⬅see? Its more red than maroon.
Mauritania was the second national flag without all three of those colours, but only until 2017, when they slapped two horizontal red lines on it.
Also, to resolve the ‘maroon or red’ argument… maroon is a shade of red.
That fire wasn't in turkmenistan
France doesn't have 12 time zones, what is this nonsense.
It does if you count its overseas territories
It’s about combined land and territories. It’s a little like Spain, where mainland Spain has one time zone and the Canary Islands which is an hour ahead, but just far more.
France isn't just metropolitan france
@@Yosh-wt4lg The video highlights and has an arrow pointing to just France though, its stupid and misleading