75 Useless Facts About Countries of the World
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A follow up to A Fun Fact About Every Country in the World. The best of the rest of the facts I had left over. 75 more interesting facts from countries of the world. Obviously not every country is included in this video. Many people were dissapointing that I didn't do the individual countries of the UK, plus Kosovo and Palestine. So I included them here.
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After finishing my Country Fun Facts videos early this year, I still had so many fun facts left over, since I could only pick 1 fact per country. These are 75 more fun facts that I wanted to share, and hopefully make another interesting video to end the Country Facts 'mini-series'.
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Thanks so much for watching. All the best for 2022. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year🎆🎇
Glad me and the boys can help :D
For Ireland there's a town called the f word
Happy new year to you aswell!
Imagine how many random facts and miscellaneous knowledge WonderWhy has in his brain after making all of these
Trivia ain’t trivial !
None
I wonderwhy 🤔
Hey, here are the timestamps:
0:17 Afghanistan
0:32 Andorra
0:49 Argentina
1:12 Australia
1:43 Austria
1:57 Bahamas
2:11 Bahrain
2:27 Belgium
2:55 Bhutan
3:15 Botswana
3:37 Brazil
3:47 Canada
3:57 Chile
4:18 China
4:52 Costa Rica
5:13 Cote D'Ivoire
5:26 Croatia
5:41 Ecuador
6:17 El Salvador
6:33 England
7:06 Eswatini
7:14 Ethiopia
7:28 Finland
7:49 France
8:25 Greece
8:31 Haiti
8:39 Hungary
8:49 Iceland
9:03 India
9:24 Indonesia
9:40 Iran
9:55 Iraq
10:15 Italy
10:25 Jamaica
10:33 Japan
10:54 Kazakhistan
11:08 Korea
11:19 Kosovo
11:43 Lesotho
12:04 Libya
12:14 Luxembourg
12:30 Maldives
12:42 Mauritius
12:50 Modldova
13:05 Monaco
13:16 Mongolia
13:23 Morocco
13:35 Mozambique
13:53 Nepal
14:06 Netherlands
14:22 New Zealand
14:42 Northern Ireland
15:01 Pakistan
15:26 Palestine
15:52 Philippines
16:12 Portugal
16:24 Qatar
16:32 Samoa
16:43 Scotland
17:05 Senegal
17:17 South Africa
17:32 Spain
17:53 Suriname
18:10 Tonga
18:24 Turkey
18:51 Turkmenistan
19:10 Tuvalu
19:31 Ukraine
19:51 United States
20:16 Uruguay
20:27 Wales
lel where taiwan
Edit: I see the channel included Kosovo in it, but by that logic shouldnt TW be in it too? lol
Thanks for the time marks
@@blackdesertsage9836 Maybe he didn't find any weird fact about Taiwan
@@blackdesertsage9836 a lot arent
Ty!
Your pronunciation of Llanfair was spot on, can't imagine thats easy for non-speaker at all.
I actually applauded. :D
most likely because he is Scottish and Scottish accents and Welsh accents are pretty similar due to them historically influenced by Celts
I'd imagine most words are difficult for non-speakers, seeing as they can't speak.
@@B3Band lol
yeah balked at the name of that volcano and then reels off this crazy welsh name like its nothing at all! gotta back yourself, man!
Fun fact about Sweden:
In 1979, our government was pressured to no longer classify homosexuality as a disease, after an organized protest two months prior, where workers would call in sick for "feeling too gay to work"
🤣
Chad workers
Awesome trolling lol
Sorry, sir, I would love to come to work but I’m feeling really gay today. I hope you understand, since you’re also super g-
@@nathanoher4865 🤣🤣🤣. I moving to Sweden 👍👍👍
I love how the narrator says he can’t pronounce the Icelandic word, but plows right through the much more difficult Indian and Welsh words with no issue 😂😂😂
The unicorn is thought to be a natural enemy of the lion, and the national animal of England is a lion.
Explains a lot.
This whole time I thought the unicorn was enemies with the dragon. I guess if Wales doesn’t have as many feuds with England, it stays true…
How is the unicorn the natural enemy of the lion? Where did you see that?
Have you ever seen a unicorn and a lion coexist in the same room together?
@@BinglesP Usually the enemy of the dragon is the Tiger
Wait! Is this what the whole lion and the unicorn nursery rhyme is all about !? Scotland Vs England !? I feel so smart (and dumb for not realising this sooner !!)
Since, this mentioned about Manila is the most densely populated city in the world, here is an another fun fact in connection to that. It is totally believed that the density of Manila grow three times during daytime. It is because, most of the opportunities, like jobs and schools, are to be found in Manila. There are some people from other provinces, like Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite, travel all the way to Manila to seize opportunities. Of course, just like me, although I am living in Quezon City, I am traveling to Manila since the College I'm in is at Manila. I usually do it before pandemic comes. But, we are now in distance learning. Happy New Year!
I also live in Quezon city
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The japan train delay certificate is a thing because Japanese trains are so punctual, you can plan your commute down to the minute without the need for buffers. So if the schedule says this train leaves my station at 8:40 and reaches the next station at 8:43, where I could switch to another train that leaves at 8:44 and arrives at my company by 8:55, then I can go to my station everyday at 8:40 and expect both trains will arrive and leave on time and I'll get to my company without being late. But just like what's said in the video, if the first train delays for more than a few minutes and only arrives at 8:45, then I can't get to the next station on time to catch the 8:44 train there, and so I'll be late for work. This is where the late certificate comes in. This is the same reason why starting the train early is a problem.
That’s crazy I wish all trains could be like this.
Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️
*What is the Gospel?*
The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 10:9
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS CHRIST can come anytime!
Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
Little correction: France borders 11 countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Brazil, Suriname AND the Netherlands (on an island called Saint Martin in the Carribean though)
Not exactly. While Saint Martin is part of France proper, Sint Maarten is not considered part of the state of the Netherlands, but its own self governing territory within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. So France borders this territory, not the Netherlands itself.
@@ruawhitepaw Still 11
@@ruawhitepaw Even more not exactly: St. Martin itself is a collectivité d'outre-mer and thus also semi-autonomous, WonderWhy explicitly stressed that French Guiyana is an *integral part* of the Republic of France.
@@Melesniannon Countries are complicated. @.@
@@Melesniannon According to Wikipedia, overseas collectivities are still integral parts of France.
The panda fact is not exactly true. The only exception are 1)Taiwan's panda (which i would not get into political issue) and 2)Zoológico de Chapultepec (Mexico city) pandas. The reason for mexico's is because they are obtain when the chinese government use them as gift in the 80s, before the loan rule.
Yes, Taiwan's panda couple was a gift from 2008, Taiwan can keep the babies, fun fact the combination of the panda couple's name mean "reunion" in Chinese.
In before Taiwan decides to attempt some breeding program to get their own pandas to send to other countries as a big F U to the bigger china.
20:31 how the hell did you manage to pronounce that so well. That’s crazy
Thanks. It took some practice for sure.
Lol i was even shocked when he even try to pronounce it
Because it was easier Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Because it's not hard. It's basically just a bunch of phonetic words mashed together. Seperate the words and then say it, and you're golden. It's really not hard.
France actually borders 11 countries, not 10. You missed the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Saint Martin/Sint-Maarten.
This is probably because of something he explicitly mentioned: French Guiana is considered an *integral part* of the Republic of France. St. Martin is what is classed as a "collectivité d'outre-mer" which is semi-autonomous and thus not considered "an integral part" of the Republic of France.
small correction, the two pandas in Taiwan were gifted and thus don't belong to the PRC, and that extends to the two cubs born afterwards. The Taipei zoo pays no fee to China.
Because Taiwan is in China, according to the announcement
@@cochan7347 Taiwan should insist to pay $1 million to China LOL
@@liuhongqian that would unironically be the biggest flex
@@cochan7347 Nope, the transfer of the pandas took the form not of domestic transfer.
No, Taiwan is not a part of China
4:08 I may add that this phenomenon is known as "Desierto Florido" (Desert bloom, or literally "flowerful desert") and it isn't that rare, usually around september-october (spring) some parts of the desert may bloom because of the seeds that lie beneath the ground of the region, making a beautiful landscape with colorful flowers. But it's true that 2015 was remarkable because of the magnitude of that year's blooming. I'm from Chile but I've never been able to see the Desierto Florido, I wish I could see it soon.
Fun fact: most to all Caribbean countries (not just Jamaica) believes that a marriage after 6pm is illegal, same as a burial. You have to be married or buried before 6pm that day or else you have to start over 6am the next day
Wonderwhy: Can't pronounce an Icelandic word
Also Wonderwhy with his welsh town:
- Where do you live?
- San Jose
- Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
4:30 there are a couple of pandas in mexico who where born before china implemented the "all cubs belong to china" and therefore don't belong to china
I love these types of videos! Before part 2, I rewatched part 1 many times in my free time as I was stunned from all the facts. Personally part 2 was somewhat disappointing despite my country being in it. Really hope this is a good one.
remember me?
@@MarshsyYT Yep
Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️
*What is the Gospel?*
The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 10:9
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS CHRIST can come anytime!
Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS
Glad to see you back, really like this type of fact collection video. Who knows what I'm going to learn today!
14:37
Actually the first person to climb Mt Everest is Tenzing Norgey Sherpa from Nepal.
But he is not totally wrong as both of them ascended the peak together.
I thought Norgay was from India.
@@jeffbloch2305 "Norgay"
@@jeffbloch2305 your thought was wrong
Thank you for uploading fairly frequently WonderWhy! You have taught me a lot about geography
If I had money in my card, I would buy nebula+curiosity stream bundle
same
14:07 he still flies sometimes, lately he flew the Dutch football club Feyenoord to an away game 😊 Willem is a great guy
No he's not lol
I've said it before but it's worth repeating:
This guy doesn't post too often but when he does it's well worth seeing
*watching
Maybe you mentioned it in your previous video, but another fun fact about Suriname is, that is the only South American country not to border a Spanish speaking country.
Everyone: why can't you just be normal!?
Nepal: *SCREAMS*
Nepal: We are not a part of India!
About Monaco:
Is it "they are not allowed to gamble" or "they are not allowed to gamble in the casinos"?
All physical gambling is forbidden. Apparently, the government considers it a moral issue, despite it being one of their biggest sources of revenue, like the massive hypocrites that they are.
That being said, according to Monaco Resident's Magazine, apparently online gambling is still legal for citizens because the law technically only forbids physical gambling. Also worth noting is that apparently as much as 80% of the population of Monaco are foreign nationals who are exempt from laws like this.
@@SpeedBoostTorchic Not really being hypocritical though. They're fine with the 'others' being immoral, especially since it earns them money. But their own people? Nah, they must be moral as can.
Originally, anyway. As the one above me said, online gambling is legal so meh.
So if they gain citizenship of another country and then renounce their citizenship to Monaco, they would be allowed to gamble?
I wish someone would look into the Canadian population one and check to see how much of our population lives within 100 miles of a major river or the ocean. I bet it is even higher than 90%.
That would depend on whether Lake Ontario, the Bow River, etc. are considered "major rivers" or "the ocean".
In New Zealand 100% of the population lives within 15 kilometres of a river
@@connerstewart7155 NZs rivers can't be considered 'major' -even the mighty Waikato would barely rate as a creek compared to some. But to make up for it (like Kiwis care coz NZ) here 100% of people are less than 100 miles of the tide.
Please upload more often, your videos are great!
7:53 it should be 11 because France and The Netherlands share an island calls Sint Maarten or Saint Martin so they tecnicly have a landborder with the Netherlands :)
absolutely brilliant video!! love every fact, can’t believe unicorn is a national animal of Scotland. that explains a lot.
This is fascinating. Love this channel. ✌️
Another Welsh village once tried to steal the title of the longest British place name as a publicity stunt during a protest against plans for a wind farm, with the name translating as 'A quiet beautiful village, a historic place with a rare kite under threat from wretched blades'. It didn't catch on though!
Happy new year Wonder!
Love this video, I could watch this for hours
Hey, I live in a city of 5 million people founded by *Batman* . John Batman founded Melbourne when he thought Tasmania was too crowded, I can't imagine what he would think if he saw his "pleasant village" now.
Dave, please get off the internet and back into quarantine
I find that "fact" of New Zealand having the 1st man to climb mount Everest a bit sketchy, I'm certain he had a sharpa accompany him (the guy right next to him). Those people have had knowledge of that mountain even before westerners had an interest in climbing it.
It is sketchy, but the fact that you need oxygen to climb it might mean it is true
@@samplename8721 Actually people have climbed it without an oxygen tank
THANK YOU for the dose of common sense. Different indigenous people around the earth have developed tolerance to a thin atmosphere.
its amazing that Tutu and Mandela grew up on the same street
3:13 Every country needs GDH.
Greece has a second national animal apart from the dolphin, which is the mythical animal Phoenix.
7:39 Finland isn‘t Scandinavia
Its only in Finscandia
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Try Fennoscandia :)
Great video!
Thank you for this info
all your panda are belong to us
My life has no other joy than knowing the fact that wb sued the country of Turkey for having a city called Batman
These type of videos are my favourite ones, I love these fascinating facts about countries! Happy new year for you too and keep up the great work, love you from Hungary!
You have an amazing way to present us with all this facts. I was somehow bother to know all pandas belong to one country, somehow does not seem right. Thank you.✌
Here’s a fun fact from Puerto Rico:
The Republic of Puerto Rico was founded on the 23rd of September, 1868 in the town of Lares and a few nearby surrounding regions and lasted for only one day. It had one president named Francisco Ramirez Medina.
You are seriously one of my favorite channels. I wish you did more videos, but the ones we do get are high quality and amazing. Thank you for continuing to make this amazing content.
Great video.. thanks 😊
Happy New Year, WonderWhy!
Happy new year!
You could keep making these videos forever. There's endless facts and I love watching them.
I've only watched all the way to Bahamas, this is such a good video! Happy New Years Eve WonderWhy!
19:18 those are some mature looking kids
Argentina has the first welsh colony in the world(Y Wladfa), there are cities in the Chubut province founded by welsh people called "Puerto Madryn", "Trelew", "Trevelin", etc. Is documented than even 25.000 people speak a "patagonian" dialect of welsh(between 5000 and 12.200 as their mother tongue)
my obsession with random facts vids growing up are the reason i have ankle depth knowledge of many things but cant elaborate on most of them
Great video 😊📸
Thanks so much...really interesting..and "fun" to read and learn.!!!!!!
Finally. Happy new year
The top of Finlands highest mountain Halti is in Norway. And when Finland celebrated 100 years in 2017 Norway tried to give the top to the Finns as a gift. But it wasn't that easy
Best way to see in the New Year.
Haud Hogmanay
Awesome video.
5:53 This monument was featured in an episode of Tom Scott's "Lateral" quiz show. 🙂
What do you use to edit your videos?
Actually two pandas were gifted from China to Mexico, and are Mexican pandas
I hope part 2 soon
2:39 As I understand the first skyscraper in Europe is located in Madrid. It would be the Edificio Telefonica (Telefonica Building) built between 1926 and 1929.
I believe that is a question of definitions.
Can't wait for part 2 to come out in 2 months
Ok, this was a cool video and very informative, but can we talk about how he said the name of that welsh city perfectly, or at least almost perfectly.
Your videos are the best
The legend himself is back!
i really like how some are actually fun like the longest city name in ireland
It would be great if you show each country on map simultaneously on the same slide
20:30 he clutched that
The M1 is also known as the Monash Freeway. Has so many things named after that guy here.
i fucking love this youtuber, no bullshit 2 min long intros, just a 10 (or shorter) sec intro and straight into the > 15 mins of content, never change
Interestingly, Northern Ireland also has Game of Thrones tours, a lot of the show was filmed here as well
He said the most common flags are the Ulster banner and st Patrick's saltire he's got no clue what he's talking about
Make video about jummland ( chittagong hill tracts )
The shortest international border is actually between Spain and Morocco, at just 74m.
His wording was careful there, and accurate.
@@qwertyTRiG He does indeed say "shortest total border", but it is still misleading.
this video is like a late christmas present
13:38 I'm pretty sure that's not correct. For exemple, surely Alienor of Aquitaine would qualify, as she's been queen of France, then queen of England, by marrying two different men.
The "San Jose, Florida" you put on your San Jose map is not a town. It's a neighbrhood within Jacksonville. Jacksonville incorporated the entire county (minus a couple small towns) like 50 years ago, so those places like Brooklyn, Riverside, San Jose, etc, are not towns anymore.
KNOWN DEATHS in Australia! The bodies… are never found.
Wonder what Henry Ford would make of the black cars one?
Your diagram at 17:52 has 7 Spanish months and only 5 French! Sacré bleu!
I love these fact videos
Damn I really remember watching this channel 6 years ago
As many different rounds of this concept as you care to give us will enjoy every one :-)
happy new year its 12:29 am 2022
For New Zealand it was infact the Isle of Man to do that even,though limited was still technically the first
When he talked about san Jose i thought of how many places are called victoria
12:42-- India 🇮🇳, Nepal 🇳🇵 😂
You have such an interesting accent. Where are you from?
Watched till Wales. Now I know where you from :)
I like that Brazil appears in so many others countries facts 👏🏿👏🏿🇧🇷
3:36 Also, Brazil's eastern most point is closer to Africa than its own western most point.
Nice video
Iceland name pops up
"I am not going to pronounce that"
Proceeds to pronounce impossible whelsh name
I know right, the icelandic was easy be comparison.
You should of added this fun fact in video - the UAE has an Oman enclave which also has a small UAE enclavr within it.