10 Solid Minutes of Geography & Culture Facts

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +252

    Corrections - I misspoke when mentioning the time zones. I meant to say contiguous not continental. I also meant to say 70 billion rupees not million when talking about the cost of the Taj Mahal. I also said millimeters instead of milliliters. Apparently, I can't talk.

    • @TheModernRival
      @TheModernRival 2 года назад +5

      also in Iceland you're not reaaally swimming in between 2 tectonic plates, I presume you're meaning "Silfra" right? To quote Tom Scott, "Plate tectonics is messy and 3 dimensional. This is just where it looks dramatic". Great vid though!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +9

      @@TheModernRival thanks! I actually watched that same video after this was made. He does a good job clarifying it.

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 2 года назад

      I had no clue there was a difference. We've always called the lower 48, continental. Wasn't the point to show that the US has 5 more time zones then China, im confused on why only the contiguous, mattered

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +2

      @@jamesmeppler6375 when you say continental it includes Alaska since it is part of the North American continent where contiguous does not include it. This actually adds 2 more time zones than what I stated.

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 2 года назад +3

      @@GeographyGeek I didn't even notice, but good one on you for making corrections.

  • @abesapien9930
    @abesapien9930 2 года назад +508

    This is not a "useless" video. Every week I fight the urge to waste my time on RUclips videos that are actually useless--this one, on the other hand, increases my appreciation for our world and gets me interested in a valuable subject.

    • @khaliqmuhammad5325
      @khaliqmuhammad5325 2 года назад +5

      Same

    • @bobc4123
      @bobc4123 2 года назад +3

      You're not alone Abe. It's an amazing world, full stop.

    • @adrianarnold4552
      @adrianarnold4552 2 года назад +1

      Well said Abe, I hope to see you in Hellboy 3 someday

  • @creamage.
    @creamage. Год назад +46

    my gf is Dutch and I recently got to visit her and her family for the first time in the Netherlands. I can understand how it made the top 5 happiest countries. I didn't meet a single unpleasant person there. Truly such kind and amazing people. I can't wait to move there.

    • @CitroTeam
      @CitroTeam Год назад +5

      Indonesians, on the other hand, may have a different opinion. Things from other times.

    • @ItsLunaRegina
      @ItsLunaRegina Год назад +1

      I find it such a sad thing that many Dutch feel they have no culture. As an outsider looking in, I can assure them they have beautiful culture they just don't quite notice it as they are surrounded by it daily. Wonderful people.

    • @RobertSimpson-vt8jb
      @RobertSimpson-vt8jb Год назад

      4:10

    • @paulstewart6293
      @paulstewart6293 Год назад

      The new president will welcome you with open arms. You'll be a whitey I suppose?

  • @anthonyn.7379
    @anthonyn.7379 2 года назад +222

    As a total geography nerd, I’m so happy I found this channel today :D

  • @lifeoutsidecomfortzone
    @lifeoutsidecomfortzone Год назад +30

    There’s nothing more satisfying to me than listening to these fact-filled videos 😊

  • @raynnusvettmore
    @raynnusvettmore 2 года назад +11

    I had a funny geography teacher in middle school. His classes were always as happy as this video. His style was so closed to yours. Glad I have a chance to remember him.

  • @danielpatterson4298
    @danielpatterson4298 2 года назад +44

    As someone not very good with geography and wanting to learn more this was very informative thank you

  • @AiVersify
    @AiVersify 2 года назад +255

    As someone who wants to teach geography, I’m glad I found this channel to learn more facts

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +16

      Good luck man! I'm happy you found the channel useful.

    • @asicsjohnson
      @asicsjohnson 2 года назад +1

      As someone who has actually lived in a geographical location every day of my life (🤯🤯🤯 ikr)... I, too, am glad I've found this channel to learn more facts.

    • @aaronkalifa1356
      @aaronkalifa1356 2 года назад

      @@asicsjohnson pppp]
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    • @avgjoe-cz7cb
      @avgjoe-cz7cb 2 года назад

      You got some lucky kids.I hope they know this.

    • @petermgruhn
      @petermgruhn 2 года назад

      The facts are fun, but they only serve as an underpinning to geography.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 года назад +188

    Japan not only has the oldest company, it also has one of the oldest chains, Mitsukoshi, a department store chain founded in 1673. And fun fact, they have a North America location at Epcot in Disney World where you can get lots of Japanese snacks and candies

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +19

      Really? I’m going to Disney World in about a month. I’ll have to check that out.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 2 года назад +10

      Also the oldest hotel, run by the same family since AD 705 and likely also the oldest family-run business that has remained in its founding family.

    • @sporgiii
      @sporgiii 2 года назад +1

      Havent seen u in a while Avery lmao

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 года назад

      Mitsubishi is a knockoff 😂

    • @jerometaperman7102
      @jerometaperman7102 2 года назад

      Tokyo bananas?

  • @Sicaoisdead
    @Sicaoisdead Год назад +6

    This is a perfect RUclips video. This is exact why I love RUclips. I saw this on my timeline and new I’d love it. Saved to all my favourite playlists. I’ll be watching this many more times.

  • @iheartafrica8794
    @iheartafrica8794 2 года назад +17

    Haha this is awesome. Hi fives all around to you and your students.
    My favs:
    Sierra Leone and Egypt being closest to Circle/Square in shape
    Pheasant Island switches between French and Spanish every 6 months!
    Reno is farther west than LA!
    So great, looking forward to episode 2!

  • @matteli539
    @matteli539 3 года назад +55

    This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you students!

  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +32

    Here is Part 2: "Another 10 Solid Minutes of Geography & Culture Facts" - ruclips.net/video/zMQyOxjUjTQ/видео.html

  • @Mattnoble80
    @Mattnoble80 2 года назад +9

    I absolutely loved that lesson on geography. My enjoyment of learning is ever present

  • @michaelmiddleton3311
    @michaelmiddleton3311 2 года назад +8

    best teacher ever!! As a Geography major, and , one who worked in the field, I really enjoyed this!

  • @theophilos0910
    @theophilos0910 2 года назад +5

    What a great idea to present so many arcane & obtuse geographical-historical facts - please continue the series in the same format & length for at least 365 segments / volumes-one for each day of the year !!!

  • @doomchild333
    @doomchild333 2 года назад +4

    Best and quickest 10 mins I have spent on YT for a while !! Great work.

  • @rufus1346
    @rufus1346 Год назад +7

    Iceland not only sits on a plate boundary, it is also right above a mantle plume. I believe it's the only mantle plume to break through were the tectonic plates meet making Iceland the most volatile place on the planet. Or at least it's a contender.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад +133

    Netherlands: The highest point of the main part of our country is only 322 m!
    Denmark: Well ours is only 171 m!
    Tuvalu, with a highest point of only five meters: *Amateurs*

    • @mitchb4091
      @mitchb4091 2 года назад +16

      Highest point in the Maldives in the entire nation is just under 8 feet (about 2.4 meters).

    • @sundeepsingh246
      @sundeepsingh246 2 года назад +17

      Well, Nepal 🇳🇵 has highest point of 8848 meter… I guess my country won..

    • @gerarduspoppel2831
      @gerarduspoppel2831 2 года назад +7

      @@sundeepsingh246 .greetings from the flat Netherlands

    • @sundeepsingh246
      @sundeepsingh246 2 года назад +6

      @@gerarduspoppel2831 greetings from peak Nepal 🇳🇵

    • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
      @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад +6

      @@mitchb4091 Nope. Highest point is Mount Villingili on Villingili is 17 feet (one foot off from Tuvalu's). The point you mentioned was the one previously known before Mount Villingili was discovered to be higher. "The island is also notable for having the highest natural elevation in the Maldives, Mount Villingili. It stands at a modest 5.1 metres (17 ft) and is located at tee number eight on Villingili’s Golf Course. The previously known highest point on Addu Atoll stands at only 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) above sea level"
      Highly recommend deleting your comment as you have committed the crime of questioning my knowledge

  • @ianlawrie919
    @ianlawrie919 2 года назад +11

    This was the most riveting video I’ve seen in a long while. Well done to you and your students 🙀👏

  • @adad15711
    @adad15711 2 года назад +6

    Each fact can be a separate video unto itself. Mind blown.

  • @rankcascade9627
    @rankcascade9627 3 года назад +60

    I would love more

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  3 года назад +13

      😂 I probably will do a “15 Minutes of Geography Facts” at some point.

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 года назад +2

      Косово је Србија

  • @bre_constant
    @bre_constant 3 года назад +816

    Very good video man, new sub. A fact about my country, Brazil, that you have to include if you do a part 2 is that Brazil northernmost point is closer to every country in the Americas, including Canada and Uruguay, than Brazil southernmost point

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  3 года назад +144

      Thank you! I like this fact! People forget how large Brazil is. I may have to include this in part 2.

    • @Thawhid
      @Thawhid 2 года назад +14

      @@GeographyGeek Brazil is massive come to think of it

    • @MrMz4eva
      @MrMz4eva 2 года назад +58

      I dont get what you're saying...

    • @johnbernstein7887
      @johnbernstein7887 2 года назад +4

      @@MrMz4eva It's father to the south than north to other countries.

    • @julianoperez9199
      @julianoperez9199 2 года назад +2

      Uruguai nao ne meu

  • @viktorvaughn7341
    @viktorvaughn7341 2 года назад +3

    I could honestly sit here for hours listening, should do this with students every year

  • @HusoSelimovic
    @HusoSelimovic 2 года назад +6

    Thank you and your students for putting this together. I’m from Bosnia, if you do part #2 - Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia) was the first city in Europe with a full-time electric tram

  • @SissyFlower5
    @SissyFlower5 Год назад +1

    2:22 you can walk between these two plates as well! I've done it and it's a super cool experience. as far as i know it's the only place in the world where you can stand between two continental plates

  • @suecox2308
    @suecox2308 2 года назад +6

    Fascinating--thanks to you and your students!

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 Год назад +1

    This is mind-boggling and deserves a other watch. I love the pace. Thank you!!

  • @Roberto-REME
    @Roberto-REME Год назад +3

    Outstanding video. Well done!

  • @randomobserver8168
    @randomobserver8168 2 года назад +11

    Very good list! I did wonder about the rupee to dollar conversion. There's always a place for these kinds of eclectic facts lists.

    • @edproulx2682
      @edproulx2682 2 года назад

      70,000,000 rupee is worth just less than $1,000,000 in 2022.

  • @SprunkCovers
    @SprunkCovers 3 года назад +27

    I'm a semester away from being a Geographer and just found this channel? awesome content!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  3 года назад +5

      That’s awesome! Congrats on graduating! And thank you!

    • @gordonshumway6825
      @gordonshumway6825 2 года назад +2

      congrats! Have u passed the semester?

    • @SprunkCovers
      @SprunkCovers 2 года назад +2

      @@gordonshumway6825 yes! currently working on our local Geological and Minery National Service with GIS, not doing Geological stuff but working in the geomatics area, everything has been amazing!

  • @DexM47
    @DexM47 2 года назад +7

    Wherever you are in Switzerland, there is a lake less than 16 km away from you 🙂

  • @williammartin9567
    @williammartin9567 2 года назад +11

    Wow! Those facts came too fast for my brain to absorb. Repeat viewing required by me. Thank you for providing an hour of facts.

    • @gilbertfranklin1537
      @gilbertfranklin1537 2 года назад

      William - I noticed that right away, and switched the video settings to the playback speed of ".75" - which made it much easier to absorb the rapid-pace facts, and his voice actually sounded quite normal... 😏

  • @benmcallister6768
    @benmcallister6768 Год назад +1

    “Geography is Everything”

  • @bobmach8844
    @bobmach8844 2 года назад +4

    Speaking of Colorado, it has approx. 6 times the mountainous area compared to Switzerland. FF- Montana comprises 9,000 sq. miles more than Germany

  • @sputumtube
    @sputumtube 2 года назад +4

    Absolutely fascinating - thanks for posting.

  • @jpeters3053
    @jpeters3053 2 года назад +7

    Quick, informative, interesting, nailed it!

  • @Elizabeth-de4tc
    @Elizabeth-de4tc 2 года назад +2

    The amount of times I rewatch this vid >>

  • @niccolopaganini1782
    @niccolopaganini1782 2 года назад +5

    Amazing video my friend! The quality of the videos overall makes one think the channel would have atleast half a million subs. We'll get there one day though and much more! Best of luck!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад

      Thank you for the kind words! Maybe one day

  • @jerometaperman7102
    @jerometaperman7102 2 года назад +5

    That story about the rats is one of the best illustrations of the absurdity of mythological beliefs.

    • @stanwoody4988
      @stanwoody4988 2 года назад

      Or, there was no way to get rid of the rats, so they made peace with them rather than give up their temple. Come to think of it, I do not recall any cat images in Indian art.

    • @jerometaperman7102
      @jerometaperman7102 2 года назад

      @@stanwoody4988 - You could be right. I, for one, ain’t never making no peace with no rats. Not with mosquitoes nor ticks, neither. Maybe you can’t get rid of them but you can mitigate the problem by killing as many of the little blighters as you can.

  • @revmo37
    @revmo37 2 года назад +4

    Loved this video, your channel and narration. Most of all I love geographical facts. You have a new subscriber with notifications. Thanks for posting. Glad I found your channel.

  • @adamnorton1734
    @adamnorton1734 Год назад +1

    A great companion to the LA/Reno fact is: Savanna GA, a port on the Atlantic Ocean, is entirely further west than Canton OH, which is in a state that doesn’t border a state on the Atlantic coast.

  • @goldenc4770
    @goldenc4770 2 года назад +7

    Great video to watch at 2am when you should be doing homework would recommend 9/10 could be 30 min

  • @jh58
    @jh58 2 года назад +2

    Keep videos like this coming, they are great!

  • @leslie6938
    @leslie6938 Год назад +7

    Very interesting! I bet your students love you and your class. Very cool of you to credit the guy who inspired the idea for this video and your students for their participation.
    I’m going to listen to this again and watch the part 2 video, but two facts straight do out to me as particularly memorable: 1) that eating items bitten by a rat in a place in India is considered to be a good think (major YUCK!), and 2) that the name Idaho was inspired by a girl named Ida (Ida Ho! I would not be flattered if I was Ida, lol!).
    Here’s a question that could be included in a future video in this series, if you know the answer or can find it easily. Why are Kansas and Arkansas pronounced so differently? Why don’t we call the latter Ar-KAN-suss?
    Thanks for these videos, they’re great!

  • @SadeTulloch
    @SadeTulloch Год назад

    Im 35 years old and couldn't feel more grateful for this knowledge.

  • @lifetools-help8017
    @lifetools-help8017 Год назад +3

    Excellent! Very fun and interesting! Thank you!

  • @melondasher
    @melondasher 2 года назад +3

    That were 10 minutes? It felt like maybe 3.. I need a longer version!

  • @shrn
    @shrn 2 года назад +15

    We wan't 1 Solid Hour of Geography facts. This shit is too good

  • @philipgermani1616
    @philipgermani1616 2 года назад +5

    Fun video. Geography has always been my favorite subject. My parents said I had an Atlas in my playpen. :)

    • @philipgermani1616
      @philipgermani1616 2 года назад

      btw I am 64 years old and started studying geography in the 1960s. My goodness, all the changes over the decades!

  • @thestartrader2149
    @thestartrader2149 2 года назад +6

    Geography is Everything!

    • @marismelms662
      @marismelms662 2 года назад

      Scrolled way to far for the most important fact

  • @geoffevans1763
    @geoffevans1763 2 года назад +6

    Very enjoyable video, loved it, I did hear one mistake which may have been picked up in the comments below. At 8.27 the rainfall figure is quoted in millilitres (ml) which is a volume measure, should have used millimetres (mm) which is a distance measure and used to measure rainfall.

  • @GeographyWorld
    @GeographyWorld 3 года назад +18

    Great video with random yet interesting facts!

    • @cush6827
      @cush6827 3 года назад

      How did you determine the "interesting" part?

    • @dippyfresh8155
      @dippyfresh8155 3 года назад +1

      @@cush6827 some people are into geography. I enjoyed these

    • @cush6827
      @cush6827 3 года назад

      @@dippyfresh8155 I am into geography. I run a website about ancient locations.
      This video is still unrelated triviality.
      And what is "10 solid minutes" even supposed to mean"?

    • @dippyfresh8155
      @dippyfresh8155 3 года назад +1

      @@cush6827 it means the video is 10 minutes long (well approximately 10) and it includes facts about geography for the span of that time. It’s fine if you don’t care but others do.

  • @stephenryan1912
    @stephenryan1912 2 года назад +5

    The fact you recognize Kurdistan, is why I like you and will follow.

  • @MrMichaelAndrews
    @MrMichaelAndrews 2 года назад +4

    This was really interesting and cool. Great job

  • @newfreenayshaun6651
    @newfreenayshaun6651 2 года назад +1

    Fun fact: New Mexico is most often mistaken for belonging to its neighboring country, it is actually the squarest pc of land in the 50 states, Colorado being the most rectangular, is directly North of New Mexico.

  • @josephlance9262
    @josephlance9262 2 года назад +4

    This video was awesome. Much better than the Austin McConnell thing because this stuff actually seems at least someone useful

  • @Chuyin_mtg
    @Chuyin_mtg 2 года назад +31

    A small correction at 3:12; the conversion of 70 mil rupees is over nine hundred thousand dollars, not million. I was like "no way the Taj Mahal cost almost a billion dollars to build!" Nonetheless, this is an excellent video overall!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +22

      The mistake was I actually meant 70 billion rupees lol

    • @shixuo
      @shixuo 2 года назад +4

      I would believe if it costed 1bil dollars, imagine if it costs 900k dollars lol, there would be a Taj Mahal on every street 😂, and yeah i assumed it was 70bil rupees. Thanks for clarification.

    • @geoffroi-le-Hook
      @geoffroi-le-Hook 2 года назад

      of course, that many rupees would be measured in lakh and crore rather than million and billion

    • @tommielee8
      @tommielee8 2 года назад +2

      Why would 900 mil be so out of line?
      Seems like a good price. When it was built that number was in the realm of, perhaps, 35 mill...u.s.dollar. Circa 1850.

    • @chrish4439
      @chrish4439 Год назад

      Can't buy a detached shoe box in Toronto for 1 mil but you think a giant palace to the gods should only cost that much? 🤡

  • @mathGaud
    @mathGaud 2 года назад +3

    Icelamd has no mosquitoes, now thats the kind of facts I came here for

  • @gabecooper8186
    @gabecooper8186 2 года назад +1

    Ten SOLID minutes of geography content I could not resist if I tried

  • @minibagels
    @minibagels 2 года назад +14

    You know you're a geo nerd when oyu already knew 85%+ of these facts

  • @bbbartolo
    @bbbartolo 2 года назад +2

    Your video's title is breathtakingly modest by RUclips standards. You could have called it "AMAZING FACTS" or "UNBELIEVABLE FACTS" or at least "UNUSUAL FACTS". But enjoyable--and fascinating.

  • @GINNERMAN
    @GINNERMAN 2 года назад +3

    Great work to you and your class!

  • @StoneSoupVideos
    @StoneSoupVideos 2 года назад +2

    Terrific! Huge hattip to the students who gathered the facts!

  • @netsong2239
    @netsong2239 2 года назад +9

    And a fact I as a Finnish geography geek like to share whenever I can:
    The archipelago sea (saaristomeri/skärgårdshavet) located between the Åland islands and the southwest of Finland in an area of just a bit over 6000 square kilometers is the largest archipelago in the world with 40 000 islands. Double the amount of the entirety of southeast Asia. It's so fascinating because there's no way you could spot this on the world map and it could fit like anywhere Including the lake Ladoga. If the Malay archipelago/southeast Asia was this dense with islands it would have 18 million islands. (I'm not a math god so I serve that last number with extra salt.)
    Anyways great video

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for sharing! I did not know this. If I ever make a similar video I may have to include it.

    • @netsong2239
      @netsong2239 2 года назад +1

      @@yonatan62 Yeah propably true haha. Though thanks to post glacial rebound it'd take more than 1 meter of sea level rise for the Finnish coastline to lower by a meter. Though the lowering of sea level which is currently happening both increases the amount of islands and by eventually combining them lowers the amount.

  • @Kikyo8887
    @Kikyo8887 2 года назад +1

    Trivia night here I come

  • @respectedgentleman4322
    @respectedgentleman4322 2 года назад +4

    The foreign aid joke was hilarious :)

  • @garyb2392
    @garyb2392 2 года назад +1

    🤯🤯🤯🤯 blown away by all these “jeopardy” like facts

  • @mrFunkyPickle
    @mrFunkyPickle 2 года назад +7

    For part 2; Alberta, Canada is the largest place without rats in the world!! We have our own rat border patrol

  • @forrestpatterson6053
    @forrestpatterson6053 Год назад

    I love your accent. It makes the narration even more engaging to listen to.

  • @evlx1240
    @evlx1240 3 года назад +4

    Ngl this might come in handy in trivia competitions so thanks!

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 2 года назад +1

      Don't use abbreviations, this is not Twitter

    • @evlx1240
      @evlx1240 2 года назад +2

      @@Perririri sry abt that m8, thx 4 the concerns tho, idk if i'd take ur thoughts into consideration however..

  • @fmyoung
    @fmyoung Месяц назад

    People usually refer to places like Florida as tropical but Florida is actually not within the tropics. Situated barely north of the Tropic of Cancer it is barely within the northern temperate zone and that's why it does get snow every so often (although mind you it doesn't stay for very long).

  • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
    @PetroicaRodinogaster264 2 года назад +3

    Now you have to make one that centres on south of the equator more. Australia, New Zealand. All the countries in Africa bar the 2/3 you mentioned very briefly. More about the countries in South America. Some facts about Antartica and Canada would be nice and other Northern European countries. Netherlands got a big wrap! You never mentioned that it is so small that you can go from edge to edge and back on a bicycle in half a day. I know it seems like a lot of work but you started it.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +2

      Part 2 is coming soon actually with just about everything you mentioned except for the size fact about the Netherlands. There is a fact about the Netherlands mentioned in the upcoming one though.

  • @keashablew7728
    @keashablew7728 2 года назад +1

    Maybe the best video ever. Knowing that this was research by 8th graders!!

  • @pietergreveling
    @pietergreveling 3 года назад +11

    This was a really great and diverse video, with some very recent material (Iceland)! 👌🏼👍🏻
    Thanks! ✌🏼

  • @Tuetensuppenkasper
    @Tuetensuppenkasper Год назад

    2:55 There is a legend, that on the other side of the river, a mirror image building, all black, was planned, which was intended to be a burial place for the great mogul Sha Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Excavations seem to confirm this legend, foundations have been found that are also octagonal.

  • @hertogyarno746
    @hertogyarno746 3 года назад +9

    Great video, thanks! (:

  • @OneOfThoseTypes
    @OneOfThoseTypes 2 года назад +2

    Our smallest state, Rhode Island, has a larger population than our largest state, Alaska.

  • @DGC816
    @DGC816 2 года назад +3

    Keep doing videos like this 👍🏻

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +2

      I have a couple similar planned but it won’t be for a bit. I have to many videos on the schedule lol

  • @revmo37
    @revmo37 2 года назад +1

    I live in Pittsburgh, Pa. You can double check this claim, but It's my understanding that Pittsburgh is second only to Venice for the most bridges in a single city.

  • @Jimbodisfan
    @Jimbodisfan 2 года назад +7

    Some amazing facts here. I subscribed and liked the video. Technically, though, the United States has five continental time zones, not four; Alaska borders Canada's province of British Columbia and its Yukon Territory.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +1

      I appreciate it! Sorry I misspoke, I meant to say contiguous not continental.

    • @slayer_starswirl
      @slayer_starswirl 2 года назад

      Actually, many more. Hawaii, Guam, Northern Marian Islands, and the Atolls

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +3

      @@slayer_starswirl Even if I actually meant continental these would not be included.

  • @williammansfield9711
    @williammansfield9711 2 года назад +2

    Thanks to your students. Great vid

  • @BMoney8600
    @BMoney8600 2 года назад +3

    This is a great video!

  • @JP_TaVeryMuch
    @JP_TaVeryMuch 7 месяцев назад

    3:37 I can remember visiting my very ancient relatives in deepest darkest Dorset when I was still in short shorts and loving the open door experience.
    These at first glance apparently quite risky ways of living, upon reflection turn out to be just about the best way to go about your daily routine.
    Typical that the exception to the rule involved a tourist ~ someone not used to it. Can't believe that no-one has remarked on the delicious irony that the theft occurred in a place which still has doors i.e. a car too!

  • @whyyoulidl
    @whyyoulidl 2 года назад +3

    My fave subject at school; u, my friend, have a new sub 🤗

  • @greggdsciotto8952
    @greggdsciotto8952 2 года назад +2

    Great info!! Keep these coming! Thx.

  • @topmaps4491
    @topmaps4491 2 года назад +3

    This video is great! Geography is fascinating!

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад +1

      Thank you! I’d have to agree with that second sentence 😂

  • @pelagiajones7963
    @pelagiajones7963 Год назад

    In Perth Australia they don’t have any houses with the number 13 in the address

  • @Jerraleon
    @Jerraleon 3 года назад +4

    Love these

  • @Ohlalasatan6969
    @Ohlalasatan6969 2 года назад +2

    Super amazing video, so informative and interesting. 🙌🏼

  • @LambentLark
    @LambentLark 2 года назад +4

    I give the class an A. Great job fact fiends.

  • @257796
    @257796 2 года назад

    I like the shout out to Austin. Awesome video friend

  • @just-sayin67
    @just-sayin67 2 года назад +3

    Interesting - thank you!

  • @kentuckyblue3822
    @kentuckyblue3822 2 года назад +1

    Maybe my favorite RUclips video ever,good job.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  2 года назад

      That’s awesome! Thank you from me and on behalf of all the students that helped make this video!

  • @Hollandstation
    @Hollandstation 3 года назад +4

    YEAH I LOVE IT!

  • @kimberly1567
    @kimberly1567 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for creating this vid

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 2 года назад +3

    Our government owes it to the people of Vietnam to get in there and safely remove the unexploded ordinance.

  • @marymcmahon659
    @marymcmahon659 2 года назад +1

    I learned a lot. Remembering everything will be the real challenge!

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 2 года назад +3

    Interesting stuff👍

  • @pmbrig
    @pmbrig 2 года назад +1

    LIttle-known US geography factoids: The northern boundary of NH and VT is at the same latitude as the straight part of the *southern* boundary of Montana. Seattle is at the same latitude as the very northern tip of Maine. And Orlando, FL, is at almost the same latitude as Mt. Everest. And if you head due south from Orlando and keep going, what country in South America do you hit? Most people will guess Colombia or Brazil - but actually you will just graze the westernmost edge of Ecuador and if you start in west Orlando you'll miss South America entirely. South America is actually much further east than most people realize.