"Hamburg's many streams, rivers and canals are crossed by some 2,500 bridges, more than London, Amsterdam and Venice put together. Hamburg has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world." - but overall a great video please more of it !
It's ironic that Norway has the highest percentage of electric vehicles (EV), considering a large portion of its economy is based on oil and natural gas from the North Sea. Pittsburgh now has 445 bridges, one collapsed last month.
most of the proceeds of the oil industry go into a Sovereign Fund that protects the nation's wealth. They are only allowed to use a modest amount of that fund's dividends each year, leaving the principle to sit and grow every year. It's quite brilliant really - there's always enough funding for infrastructure and a great social safety net, but the majority of that wealth is untapped, ensuring it is there for the good of all Norwegians for perpetuity. They set it up that way because when they discoverd oil in their territory, they knew it wasn't a huge amount compared to other areas, and that it would one day run out. Having been pretty poor after WW2, they were careful about managing that new found wealth.
Isnt Norway extremely cold, causing people to hook their cars up to electricity anyways to keep the engines from freezing during the most cold weather. I know people from alaska have to do this. It make sense if they are gonna hook their cars up anyways🤷🏻♀️😄
Really interesting! But the city of Reykjavik has about 122 900 inhabitants. 350000 (or rather 366000 now) is the inhabitants in the whole of Iceland 😀
I like how in the beginning, there were facts that I had already heard, but then you started to include more obscure ones and kept me hooked. It’s like you were trying to provide something for newcomers while also considering oldtimers so that both can enjoy the video
I'm surprised there's not more comments about the Point Nemo one. That one blew my mind that the closest people to that location are actually in space. Wow! Thanks for all of the cool nuggets of information.
@@basilpunton5702 because there is not much demand for shipping between South America and Oceania and there aren't any major shipping routes nearby, that means that very few ships come by at point nemo.. "Real Life Lore" made a great video dedicated to point nemo if you're interested. :)
When I was born there were one and half billion people alive and I'm a long way from dead myself. I suspect there's going to be nine billion before I'm dead. This is horrific, especially as people are living longer.
Hmmm, just made a local search: Stockholm has around 2000 bridges according to a local newspaper article that is not about any record at all but about the repair situation. It could be a matter of how you define a city, but the same article claims that over 800 of them fall under the jurisdiction of the city of Stockholm. It makes sense that there should be a lot in Stockholm as the city is built on a multitude of islands.
Wellington NZ is the third largest city in NZ ... although the capital it is behind Auckland with 1.4 m, and Christchurch with 380k then Wellington 220k ...
Since 2017 there has been an even larger 'city', Nagqu in Tibet. But it's the divided into 11 counties, the most populous of which has a population of just over 100,000 in an area half the size of Belgium
This is an underrated comment that the channel needs to address through a pinned comment or something, as it seems surprisingly few geography nuts/viewers fact checked this.
Iceland was settled by a group of people who wanted to get away from the violence in Norway and lead a peaceful life. They named it this way to prevent people from moving there. Greenland is the opposite, Erik the Red was expelled from Iceland for murder so he moved there and attempted marketing it as Greenland so he wouldn't be so alone
@@cradleofalex They still own a lot of territories across the globe from the colonialism era, so there are official parts of France in 12 different time zones. This is also the reason why you'll hear the fact that France's longest border with another country isactually with Brazil rather than any European country.
@@fionahall2157 French Guiana is not a country that France "owns." It is not a country at all. It is an overseas territory that is a part of France. It's reaidents are fully-participating French citizens who speak French and even vote in France's European elections.
I dunno, man. Dubai may have a lot of 5 star hotels, but if they're anything like the Burj Kalifa, they don't have working plumbing. Can you really call that "5 star"?
But that Swedish guy got it wrong... You think somewhere as presentation conscious as Dubai would allow an army of trucks full of sewage linger outside one of the most notable buildings in one of the richest areas of the planet? - on a daily basis..!?
I almost had a Mandela effect moment when you talked about the stadiums. Just yesterday, I watched a youtube video that stated that the stadium in Pyongyang was the biggest stadium in the world. I got very confused until I read that the stadium in India was built in 2020 while the video I watched was from before the stadium was built. I thought for sure that I was having a moment and was very concerned when I watched the video again.
South Sudan will be the newest country for only another 5 years. This is because the island of Bougainville is set to gain independence from Papua New Guinea in 2027.
Great video thank you. One fact I’ve always been told is that Perth, the capital city of Western Australian is the most isolated capital city in the world.
Perth resident here. Perth is the second most remote capital city in the world after Holonlulu, Hawaii. But Perth is the most remote large city (population of over one million). BTW the isolation is awesome.
Very enjoyable and interesting but the repetitive music got to be a bit annoying - this is meant to be constructive criticism. Otherwise, great vid, thank you.
@@nichosi271 no, it's true. Lake Baikal has the most water of any lake, sure, but Canada has more lakes and more fresh water than any other country in the world combined. Maybe you should do some googling.
Fun fact for the engagement: In Ethiopia, it is currently 2015,this is because Ethiopia uses a different calendar system and has 13 months instead of 12
The last one is really scary. 8 of 10 people living in Africa or Asia? WOW. That will be a lot of people living in poverty. I hope something change by then.🙏
I'm fairly sure number 10 is wrong for three reasons: - Hulunbuir is not the largest city by area - Hulunbuir is not in Mongolia - The city itself is certainly not half the size of France
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).
5.02: I believe you made an error there. You meant to say Mauritius instead of Mauritania. There’s no McDonalds in Mauritania. • South Africa (250 restaurants) • Morocco (80 restaurants) • Egypt (67 restaurants) • Mauritius (50 restaurants)
The one that blew my mind is the 4 countries in africa that have mcdonalds. Wow! I thought we all had mcdonalds I'm a moroccan lol we have so many mcdonalds here.
Without further ado is the correct phrase, meaning without further fuss or delay, what you said, without further adieu, would mean without further goodbye.
The Russian Duma had decided to take out two hours of the grid = 9 time zones . Reykjavi-K - not Reykjavi-TSH Kiribat-I - not Kiriba-SH And -last but not least - Hamburg/Germany has 2302 bridges within its City-Limits…
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It is interesting how the Netherlands is the country with the lowest elevation and tallest people.
I see what you did there! ;)
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I think it makes perfect sense, the tall people survive the floods n the stoned people just don't care
It’s so they can stay above sea level in the case of a flood
"Hamburg's many streams, rivers and canals are crossed by some 2,500 bridges, more than London, Amsterdam and Venice put together. Hamburg has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world." - but overall a great video please more of it !
It's ironic that Norway has the highest percentage of electric vehicles (EV), considering a large portion of its economy is based on oil and natural gas from the North Sea. Pittsburgh now has 445 bridges, one collapsed last month.
Norway is also the world's largest producer of electricity per capita.
most of the proceeds of the oil industry go into a Sovereign Fund that protects the nation's wealth. They are only allowed to use a modest amount of that fund's dividends each year, leaving the principle to sit and grow every year. It's quite brilliant really - there's always enough funding for infrastructure and a great social safety net, but the majority of that wealth is untapped, ensuring it is there for the good of all Norwegians for perpetuity. They set it up that way because when they discoverd oil in their territory, they knew it wasn't a huge amount compared to other areas, and that it would one day run out. Having been pretty poor after WW2, they were careful about managing that new found wealth.
nice please sukscribe sandy stripes
Isnt Norway extremely cold, causing people to hook their cars up to electricity anyways to keep the engines from freezing during the most cold weather. I know people from alaska have to do this. It make sense if they are gonna hook their cars up anyways🤷🏻♀️😄
Don’t forget how the government subsidizing electric cars by 70%
that’s no longer the case in 2023
Really interesting! But the city of Reykjavik has about 122 900 inhabitants. 350000 (or rather 366000 now) is the inhabitants in the whole of Iceland 😀
nice please sukscribe sandy stripes
Good catch!
lol I picked up on that too
Spotted that also… it’s not the only error in this upload either.
I like how in the beginning, there were facts that I had already heard, but then you started to include more obscure ones and kept me hooked. It’s like you were trying to provide something for newcomers while also considering oldtimers so that both can enjoy the video
Great video and even better comments below. Good to stimulate the mind. Thanks.
I'm surprised there's not more comments about the Point Nemo one. That one blew my mind that the closest people to that location are actually in space. Wow! Thanks for all of the cool nuggets of information.
What about passing ships to Point Nemo?
@@basilpunton5702 because there is not much demand for shipping between South America and Oceania and there aren't any major shipping routes nearby, that means that very few ships come by at point nemo.. "Real Life Lore" made a great video dedicated to point nemo if you're interested. :)
I was trying to find it on Google earth. Type in point nemo and get Captian Nemo’s pizzeria in Boston 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
@a.r.p.1255 What about planes?
There are many, many places on earth where the closest people to you would be the astronauts on the iss
Nice Video, but Hamburg in Germany has about 2500 bridges - which is more than Amsterdam, Venice and probably Pittsburgh combined.
Always educating and fun to learn some new geo stuff👌🏾
The fact that 10% of all humans that have ever lived are alive right now is mind blowing 🤯
When I was born there were one and half billion people alive and I'm a long way from dead myself. I suspect there's going to be nine billion before I'm dead. This is horrific, especially as people are living longer.
Hmmm, just made a local search: Stockholm has around 2000 bridges according to a local newspaper article that is not about any record at all but about the repair situation. It could be a matter of how you define a city, but the same article claims that over 800 of them fall under the jurisdiction of the city of Stockholm.
It makes sense that there should be a lot in Stockholm as the city is built on a multitude of islands.
Great video! There were definitely enough facts that made me say, "really?". Interesting info.
Wellington NZ is the third largest city in NZ ... although the capital it is behind Auckland with 1.4 m, and Christchurch with 380k then Wellington 220k ...
Hamburg has the most bridges.
Hulunbuir is actually in China... but it is indeed huge, because of how China defines what a "city" is
Since 2017 there has been an even larger 'city', Nagqu in Tibet. But it's the divided into 11 counties, the most populous of which has a population of just over 100,000 in an area half the size of Belgium
China has around 30 provinces with around 20 cities in each, so it is comparable to metropolitan “county clusters” in the US.
This is an underrated comment that the channel needs to address through a pinned comment or something, as it seems surprisingly few geography nuts/viewers fact checked this.
Yeah sadly anyone with access to Wikipedia and 30 minutes to spare can crap out RUclips videos without fact checking
@@bmeht yeah. this metro stations count "fact" too. new york? seoul's metro area has more than 700 stations
Why is it that Iceland is mostly green and Greenland is mostly ice? 🤔
Dilemmas like this prevent me from going to sleep at night 💤
Because of global cooling.
Just ask the Vikings - oh, wait, they all froze to death?
Well, at one point it was the land of green.
This was Danish propaganda to get more people to move to Greenland, it didn't work.
Iceland was settled by a group of people who wanted to get away from the violence in Norway and lead a peaceful life. They named it this way to prevent people from moving there.
Greenland is the opposite, Erik the Red was expelled from Iceland for murder so he moved there and attempted marketing it as Greenland so he wouldn't be so alone
Hee hee! Yes, but don't lose sleep over it. :)
Marketing.
Hi. First time viewing. Maybe slow down just a touch to give some of the mind blowing bits time to sink in. Otherwise really enjoyed.
Interesting facts 😊
You are doing a superb job👍
Russia spans 11 time zones, but France actually recognizes the most time zones with 12.
What does France ... "recognize"?
@@cradleofalex They still own a lot of territories across the globe from the colonialism era, so there are official parts of France in 12 different time zones. This is also the reason why you'll hear the fact that France's longest border with another country isactually with Brazil rather than any European country.
But.. France as a country is the country of France in Europe not the countries they ‘own’
@@fionahall2157 French Guiana is not a country that France "owns." It is not a country at all. It is an overseas territory that is a part of France. It's reaidents are fully-participating French citizens who speak French and even vote in France's European elections.
@@jarrettpeeples9745 true, but, it’s not technically France…
I dunno, man. Dubai may have a lot of 5 star hotels, but if they're anything like the Burj Kalifa, they don't have working plumbing. Can you really call that "5 star"?
No.
But that Swedish guy got it wrong... You think somewhere as presentation conscious as Dubai would allow an army of trucks full of sewage linger outside one of the most notable buildings in one of the richest areas of the planet? - on a daily basis..!?
You were right - these were FUN!
I love your content! It's super engaging and educational. Thanks for sharing this knowledge! 🌟📚
Nice video. I am a geographer by education and really enjoyed it.
I almost had a Mandela effect moment when you talked about the stadiums. Just yesterday, I watched a youtube video that stated that the stadium in Pyongyang was the biggest stadium in the world. I got very confused until I read that the stadium in India was built in 2020 while the video I watched was from before the stadium was built. I thought for sure that I was having a moment and was very concerned when I watched the video again.
Very interesting carry on.
What a great video! I’m 52 years old and I didn’t know most of them!
It does rain in Saudi Arabia. I have recently seen videos of severe flooding there, on occasion.
Silent viewer is here 😁
Very interesting. Thanks
Fun and fast facts!!!!! Dude is speeding through them
South Sudan will be the newest country for only another 5 years. This is because the island of Bougainville is set to gain independence from Papua New Guinea in 2027.
Great video thank you.
One fact I’ve always been told is that Perth, the capital city of Western Australian is the most isolated capital city in the world.
Perth resident here. Perth is the second most remote capital city in the world after Holonlulu, Hawaii. But Perth is the most remote large city (population of over one million). BTW the isolation is awesome.
@@freeman10000 Hawaii isn't a country
@@snippledipple9515 Then neither is western australia
Yes but is Perth the most southern one as said ?
Perth is not a capital city of a country so it shouldn't count
Super interesting video with several stats that I had never even considered, much less knew.
Great Video 👍
This was a super awesome video 😊
New York City billionaires have been flocking out to places like Florida and Texas.
2:51 where is this?? (frozen river pic)
Great video, great facts… but “ReykjaviCH” instead of ReykjaviK? 🤭
he thought is in Croatia
Great facts that helps me in the future
Pittsburgh having the most bridges is cool! I'm from the state where it's in!
Nice video
I'm from the Netherlands and i'm 183 cm's tall. Now i learned i'm an average Dutchman.
Very enjoyable and interesting but the repetitive music got to be a bit annoying - this is meant to be constructive criticism. Otherwise, great vid, thank you.
Yes, I didn't enjoy the music too.
i enjoyed the music
5:02 Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa don't surprise me. But Mauritania, rather than Algeria or Tunisia?
He made an error. He meant to say Mauritius. There’s no McDonalds in Mauritania.
• South Africa (250 restaurants)
• Morocco (80 restaurants)
• Egypt (67 restaurants)
• Mauritius (50 restaurants)
Top 3 facts personally:
1. Sweden has 220k islands
2. El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender
3. Israel has highest % of vegans in the world 😮
Dude, you missed one of the coolest ones. Canada has more lakes, and more fresh water than any other country in the world combined.
Not true. Google lake Baikal
@@nichosi271 no, it's true. Lake Baikal has the most water of any lake, sure, but Canada has more lakes and more fresh water than any other country in the world combined. Maybe you should do some googling.
Fun fact for the engagement:
In Ethiopia, it is currently 2015,this is because Ethiopia uses a different calendar system and has 13 months instead of 12
Isnt unfair that Netherlands, the lowest land around has the tallest people and colonized Indonesia with the smallest people?
love this channel so underrated
Wonderful! You and this!
I get more than that on my mobile, is this an old video?
awesome!!!!
Your video was good but you need more energy while you talk !
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HUGE THANK YOU!!!
The Welsh flag is most definitely the coolest 🏴
Fascinating.
The last one is really scary. 8 of 10 people living in Africa or Asia? WOW. That will be a lot of people living in poverty. I hope something change by then.🙏
4:22 that's right
The Welsh flag is the coolest, I agree
Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn, for sure!
for me no but it is your opinion ❤❤❤
I'm fairly sure number 10 is wrong for three reasons:
- Hulunbuir is not the largest city by area
- Hulunbuir is not in Mongolia
- The city itself is certainly not half the size of France
Thank you. Completly true what you are saying.
3:08 LOL I have the same exact car and colour in australia
More than half of the world's natural lakes are in Canada.
is trista da cunha island not most remote? I've seen that from other channels.
A geography (and astronomy) fact I like is that there are about 10 times more trees on earth than there are stars in our galaxy. Great video!!
We don’t know how many stars are out there how did they calculate this fact
I don't think so
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).
1:44 Hulunbuir is NOT in Mongolia, it is in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China
It's 11pm Sunday here in NZ. My week was good, had a good week at work and we all got a bonus followed by a nice relaxing weekend. Thanks for asking!
Very interesting
Actually most bridges are in Hamburg, Germany. Around 2500. Apart from that, goood video
I didn't know some of these facts
I can't see the map with the blink of an eye genius.
Economy is not for you, said someone from El Salvador
5.02: I believe you made an error there. You meant to say Mauritius instead of Mauritania. There’s no McDonalds in Mauritania.
• South Africa (250 restaurants)
• Morocco (80 restaurants)
• Egypt (67 restaurants)
• Mauritius (50 restaurants)
49 Pittsburgh one was very surprising.
It is also false.
@@trillionbones89 I live very close to there and I can say for myself no it isn't. We do have a lot of bridges. The amount he said is right lol.
@@dinkle3206 the amount is right but it’s not the City with the most bridges. It should be Hamburg with around 2500 bridges
@@spongebubatz ooooh oh ok, makes sense. sorry about that then!
The biggest stadium is the Rungrado 1st of may stadium in Pyongyang with a capacity of 150000
20/50 I'm humbled
Haha well I know number 2 especially because I live across the river from Canada in Metro Detroit
Number 51.
What is the funniest English accent?
Scottish of course
It's not English, it's Scottish.
The northernmost capital city is actually Nuuk, in my country Greenland 🇬🇱
The one that blew my mind is the 4 countries in africa that have mcdonalds. Wow! I thought we all had mcdonalds I'm a moroccan lol we have so many mcdonalds here.
Why didn't you compare Pittsburgh with Hamburg since Hamburg has more bridges than Amsterdam,Venice and London together?
Daytona International speedway capacity is over 167,000
Hamburg, Amsterdam have 5 / 3 times more bridges than Pittsburgh!
Without further ado is the correct phrase, meaning without further fuss or delay, what you said, without further adieu, would mean without further goodbye.
Hamburg is the city with the most bridges the world, not Pittsburg.
I live in Pittsburgh and yes we have a crap ton of bridges
The Russian Duma had decided to take out two hours of the grid = 9 time zones .
Reykjavi-K - not Reykjavi-TSH
Kiribat-I - not Kiriba-SH
And -last but not least -
Hamburg/Germany has 2302 bridges within its City-Limits…
Few months late
@@aimthemarkvenjoyer
Better late than never… 😃
@@aoilpe yea?
it's actually pronounced Kiribas :)
@@chimefloon-w-4146 I heard it was Kiribati
Chile should be included in the listo of countries with most islands. It has over 43300 islands .
This is REALY interesting!!! Thank you for you work! We also tell interesting facts about the world and countries on our channel. So welcome to our channel.
Hamburg is the city with the modt bridges
Fact 49 is wrong, Hamburg, Germany has the most Bridges in the world
49: Pittsburgh isn't even close to being the city with most bridges. Hamburg has 2500, almost thrice of Pittsburgh.
1:19 And Venice is farther north than Minneapolis!
The Northern lights can be seen in the UK, most likely the Scottish Orkney and Lerwick islands 🇬🇧🏴
👍 from South Africa
#28. Definitely no McDonald's in Mauritania!
i tought mount isa in queensland australia was the largest city by area in the world
The United States is the country with the most volcanoes in the world (165) but Indonesia is the one with the most active volcanoes, 76.
I didn’t realize a county mile was 6.6 million km squared
#46 is wrong, India have 30% vegan population which is more than 300M people