100 Useless Geographical Facts - Special Edition

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The United States once tried to buy Greenland out for $100 million. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest international border, at 8,890 km. This compares with the 6,846-km boundary between Russia and Kazakhstan and the 5,308-km frontier between Chile and Argentina. The dead sea is so salty that it is 10 times saltier than the pacific ocean, it’s the saltiest sea in the world and it’s even so salty that you are able to float on it.

Venezuela has the highest crime rate with an index of 83.76, followed by Papua new guinea with 80.79 and South Africa with 76.86.

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[ricardo]

Portuguese is also an official language in Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe and East Timor. So it’s not official in only 5 countries but rather 8.

[richardhudson]

You should have also mentioned Canada's other land border. It is the 3rd shortest in the world.

It is with Denmark. it is 1280meters long, it is on Hans Island in the Arctic.

[Ajeje_Brazorf-YT]

5:50 as an Italian I can confirm that "dai" means "come on" great video as always btw

[kyrgyzstaniscool]

8:00 You don't know how happy this made me.

[heronimousbrapson]

King George V was never at war with Nazi Germany. He was at war with the German Empire, ruled at the time by his first cousin Kaiser Wilhelm ii. The war with Nazi Germany was the second world war, which began in 1939. George V died in 1936. Also, " Santo Domingo" can also be translated as "Saint Dominic.

[lsaidane]

12:08 the Netherlands don't serve beer at McDonald's

[DarkBidhan]

its should have been GigaChad instead of MegaChad

[northerngryphon]

😱😱😱 05:09 This is just wrong. Although George V was at war with Germany during the FIRST World War (1914-1918), he was NEVER at war with Nazi Germany, as he died in 1936, and World War II only started in 1939, at which time George VI was king.
As for Ireland, it was partitioned in 1922 into Northern Ireland (6 counties), and the Irish Free State (36 counties) which would become the current country of Ireland. Although it was not declared independent by the British until 1948, Ireland abolished the monarchy in 1936 and adopted its new constitution in 1937. They did not declare war on Germany because they were no longer British subjects.

[MyChannelIsYearsAgo]

Sao tome and principe and East timor left the chat

[americacauto]

Hi! The island shared by Dominican Republic and Haiti is also called Santo Domingo or Hispaniola. The natives before colonization called the island Quisqueya that means Mother of all islands in Taino language.
Also, 10:26 Taínos gave the world sweet potatoes, peanuts, guava, pineapple and tobacco—even the word 'tobacco' is Taíno in origin!

[akeel_]

@11:38 The Swiss and Vatican flags ARE rectangular, the square is a subset of rectangle whose sides are all the same length.

[BigandDurable]

The "Tree That Owns Itself" is in Athens, Georgia, USA, not Greece.

[raydunn]

Almost 5, 000 Irish joined the Allies to fight the Axis Powers in World War 2. Ireland helped the Allies with intelligences, weather forecasts, and opening up shipping routes. Many ships from the USA first stopped in Ireland.
Ireland was suppressed by the Brits for centuries, and their Civil War with Britian only ended six years earlier. Officially, they couldn't look like they were on England's side. In reality, their help was crucial to turning the tide. So please give Ireland some credit and slack.

[lalalaaaaaaaaaa]

Correction for 10:23
Technically, "Saint Sunday" is the literal translation but
the name is actually derived from a Spanish saint
named "St. Domingo/Dominic de/of Guzman"
which is which the Dominican Republic's name is that.

[christianferraro]

Great video but I have to correct you on 2 things:
The longest coastline depends a lot on how you are measuring it, but I think that Norway has the longest one.
The lowest temperature was -71° in oymyakon in Russia.
But as an Italian I have to confirm that "dai" means come on 😂

[jsho]

Technically... the Swiss and Vatican City flags are still rectangular as all squares are rectangles

[NunuBot]

Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor speak Portugese.
The flag of Malta features a dragon in the emblem as well.
The shortest land border is between Morocco and Spain.
The flags of Vatican and Switzerland ARE rectangular since all squares are rectangles.

[MELBUR]

I am Kenyan and I have NEVER heard of a sport called nightrunning. That's complete fiction!

[OliveDasi]

While set of the 3 artifacts that were discovered in Iraq in 1936 were called the Baghdad Battery, there was never a battery in the items. There have been many expirments and recreations of this item, but the results are inconclusive at best. To quote Professor Elizabeth Stone in 2012, who is an expert on Iraqi archeology, who returned from the first archeological expedition there in 50 years, "[she] does not know a single archaeologist who believed that these were batteries." That includes archeologists of many nations - including Iraq who are experts in their field.

[ukraina_mapping]

10:46 There are also Sao Tome 🇸🇹 and Prinicipe 🇸🇹 and Guinea 🇬🇳 Bissau 🇬🇼 speaking Portuguese🇵🇹🇧🇷🇦🇴🇨🇻🇲🇿
And also little bit in Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 🇬🇳
11:39 And also Ohio flag non recrangular