10 Solid Minutes of Useless Geographical Facts!

In this video, we look at the most random, useless, and yet highly interesting geography facts so that way you can go on and repeat them to your friends in order to sound smart!

#geography #flags #countries

Video Chapters:
0:00 - Intro!
0:13 - Geography!
2:56 - People!
6:02 - Flags!
7:13 - Random Crap!

[global.things]

CORRECTION: I don’t know how the source I used was so off, but the Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria consume A LOT more beer.


Sorry about that guys! 🍻

[protoria_]

It's not useless when you use it to show off your geography skill to your friends. 😂

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Cambodia actually isn't the only national flag with a building! The flags of Portugal, San Marino, and Spain also have buildings on them! The middle of the San Marino flag has the Three Towers of San Marino, with a tower on the three different peaks of Monte Titano (Guaita is the oldest tower, Cesta is on the highest summit, and Montale is the smallest; Montale is the only tower closed to the public). The Spanish coat of arms has a castle representing the historic Kingdom of Castile, and the Portuguese coat of arms has many castles that represent the Moorish castles conquered by Portugal during the Reconquista.

The bird on Dominica's flag is the Imperial amazon and yes, they are actually that purple! They're also known as the sisserou and they are endemic to the island. Unfortunately, their national bird is critically endangered for a bunch of a reasons. For starters, hurricanes like Hurricane David back in 1979 cause extensive damage to the island and thus their habitat. They also have to deal with logging, banana plantations, illegal trading, nesting competition with owls and red-necked amazons, and being preyed on by boa constrictors, black-eared opossums, and European-introduced rats.

[WSOofer]

I have now officially learned more than my dad in geography(who studied geography for 15 years) by watching 18 minutes of geographical facts.

[Feddy_fatbeer]

7:36 he just explained usa in a few seconds

[lihikern]

6:55
*Hears Ohio*
*sighs*
*Checks comments*

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Not only is Vatican City the world's smallest country, but they also have a RAILWAY! Yup, even a country this small has trains! The railway is 300 meters or 980 feet long, making it of course the shortest national railway in the world. You can even ride on the Vatican railway yourself as since 2015 seasonally, you can take a train from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo which is the Pope's vacation retreat. The railway is mostly used for inbound freight goods.

Basically, the construction of a railway station in Vatican City and its linkage to the Italian rail lines was guaranteed by the Lateran Treaty in February 1929. The construction of the viaduct leading to Vatican City from Roma San Pietro was paid for by the Italian government! And the station within Vatican City was financed from indemnity agreed to in the treaty. The first locomotive entered the Vatican in March 1932, and the station was opened officially in October 1934. However, the first Pope to use it was Pope John XXIII in 1962. The railway station was actually the only thing bombed in Vatican City during WWII as in March 1944, the Vatican discovered that the Germans actually parked a munitions train there!

[Snow.-]

“Java is the most populated island in the world” Afro-Eurasia: no you aren’t I am

[Romanianretard]

As a kid who's body is cut in half,
being a 0.5 kid I can confirm

[sdharwood]

this video literally is called 10 minutes of useless facts yet I learned more watching it than I have in all of my geography and history classes combined

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Here's why St. Martin is split. The Dutch was first in the area for salt in the 1620s. The Spaniards then captured it in 1633 due to war with the Dutch. One year later, they built a fort (now Fort Amsterdam) and another artillery battery at Pointe Blanche to assert their claim. The island lost its value to the Spanish, and so they left after the Eighty Years War and the Dutch returned. When the French arrived, in March 1648, they agreed to divide the island between their two territories with the signing of the Treaty of Concordia. There's folklore as for why the border is the way it is: To divide the island into two sections, the inhabitants were told to choose two walkers, one chosen by the French community and the other one by the Dutch community, who were put back-to-back in one extreme of the island, making them walk in opposite directions while stuck to the littoral line, and not allowing them to run.

The point where they eventually met was set as the other extreme of the island, and the subsequently created line was chosen as the frontier, dividing Saint-Martin from Sint Maarten. Seemingly, the French walker had walked more than his Dutch counterpart. The French locals' explanation for why France got the bigger half is that, as the first man chose wine as his stimulant prior to the race, the Dutch guy chose Dutch gin, the difference between such beverages' lightness was said to be the cause of the territorial differences. The Dutch locals instead accuse the French walker of running.

[Enh_Od_opi]

Now make 15 solid minutes of useless geographical facts

[lillyrose]

7:42 Venezuela is soon to be the 51st state of the USA

[TheJuanqui]

The way you said Eritrea was worst than a fork scraping on a ceramic plate 💀

[CristiGeography]

Ah yes, the gunslinging, burger consuming, McDonald's patronizing, Walmart shopping, eagle screeching, ice cream licking country, *the USA*

[CasualPlayer]

7:07 The reason why they all have the Nordic cross is because that it’s meant to represent the common cultural, historical and religious bond with one another. With it being originally used to represent the religion of Christianity throughout Scandinavia (which consisted of Sweden, Norway and Denmark at the time)

[nzagh]

Dude i fucking love these videos. I cant sleep without listening to anything. And these videos make me sleep like im temporarily dead.

[DDAS_INSANE]

this is top tier content. literally haven't learnt more than this in my entire life.

[shadowrayhaan]

As a geography fan, i see this as an absolute win

[savelamp]

You're probably most underrated YouTuber keep up the good work