Did any of these facts surprise you? Or did you know them all?

I've never heard someone saying: "the atlantic ocean is the largest ocean in the world"

"Iceland isn't made of ice." Yeah sure. Next thing you know you're going to tell me that Ivory Coast isn't made of ivory.

Everest is the tallest mountain when measured from sea level. Chimborazo is the tallest mountain when measured from the center of the earth, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the tallest mountain from base to summit, but half of it is underwater.

1:11 when he said it’s actually Vancouver at first instead of Ottawa I freaked out that I was a idiot for a sec

As a matter of fact Norway actually borders Russia so really North Korea and Norway are separated by one country

Who on earth thought the Atlantic Ocean was the largest body of water?

Fun Fact: France and The Netherlands share a direct border on the island of Sint Maarten or St. Martin. While on the continent of Europe there's Belgium in-between.

I used to get very confused about Australia and Greenland when I was younger. As an Australian at we were taught we were the large state island/smallest continent. However I would look at Greenland on a map, and be very confused. It was a very long time before I understood about map projections and how distorted two dimensional representations of a three dimensional object are.

3:50 Coastline is not a topologically well-defined measure. It depends on what sized ruler you use.

I think some of these are a bit of a stretch. Like Mexico not being south of the US. Yeah. You can find some parts of Mexico in different directions from some parts of the US. But, Mexico is south of the vast majority of the US as a whole country.

#9 is always a favourite of mine. Never really understood why sea level is used to determine mountain height when so many mountains, especially in the Himalayas, don't actually rise that much from their plateau.

#31 Spain is located both in Europe and Africa. Melilla and Ceuta are attached to Morocco and are part of Spain. #32 Italy is both in Europe and Africa as the Italian island of Pantelleria is part of the Tunisian Plate. Pantelleria is located in Africa.

I was surprised to find out about Maine being closer to Africa than is Florida. Then it occurred to me that Canada must be closer to Africa than Maine is. I checked into that and so far I found that Hunts Port Nova Scotia is only 4933km or 3058miles from El Jadida Morocco. Thanks for the Videos you create!

I feel like Australia not being an island is up for debate, especially since many people debate the exact extent the continent of which the country is a part. If it includes anything more than just Mainland Australia, then that is an island within the continent. Truth is there is no universally agreed upon definition for continent.

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China not having one of the 5 most populous cities is definitely up for discussion. Guangzhou is a megalopolis of 70 million people. Once again, it depends on what criteria you use to define a city or a metropolitan area.

This was a good list- and I appreciate the disclaimer at the beginning. I learned a couple of things, and held my tongue for the ones I thought obvious because your purpose was clear. But I have to ask- who thinks the Atlantic is the biggest body of water? That's nowhere near as obscure as some of the others- one would have to have literally never seen a globe or even a world map of any projection.

Enjoyed the quiz. Just one pont of note, near the beginning there is the UK Union Jack (or flag flying) - it is upside down and should only be shown if a ship is in distress!

For #1----please tell this to the British Olympic team and the IOC. Every time the British team marches into the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies---even when they are hosting it as in 2012----the country is identified in English as "Great Britain", never "United Kingdom."

Actually, Brazil is NOT larger than the CONTINENTAL United States of America, since Alaska falls into the category of being part of the CONTINENTAL United States of America. Brazil IS, however, larger than the CONTIGUOUS United States of America. 😁

I can't believe people get the Atlantic Ocean/ Pacific Ocean one wrong. Isn't it obvious that the Pacific Ocean is much bigger. Maybe he just ran out of geography facts people often get wrong.

This is the very first video I've watch from this channel, subscribed based on the channel name before the video even loaded. I'm also from, Ottawa, and just about lost it at the beginning of this video 🤣 great stuff, love the channel already.

I knew that Java was the most populous island but I had never really thought about how crazy it is that it's more populous than Honshu considering Honshu has Tokyo which is the biggest metro in the world and it also has many other cities

Iceland is quite green, while Greenland is just one big glacier

One of the most geography facts I know: the northernmost point of Brazil is closer to EVERY country in the Americas (Canada included) than it is to the southernmost point of Brazil.

While I knew a good amount of the facts on the list, a few surprised me very much. Great video!

5:10 expanding on this, so is Norway. Norway is separated by 1 country to North Korea, as Norway’s north borders Russia

I reckon it’s still more accurate to say that Mexico is South of the US.

The tallest mountain on earth from base to summit is actually Mauna Loa in Hawaii, but most of it is submerged under the Pacific Ocean.

3:01 I am assuming by the image you used that you meant "contiguous United States" and not "continental". The contiguous United States is all of the states that border each other, also known as the "lower 48". The continental United States is the "lower 48" plus Alaska.

I new most of them but you helped me understand better them!Keep up the good work!

3:00 the US is bigger because of Alaska, the territories and Hawaii are so small they wouldn’t even matter

The US does not surpass Brazil in area due to "outlying territories", but because of the State of Alaska. Territories (like Guam) don't have much area.

Wait... this all isn't common knowlege?

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The USA is larger than Brazil because of the state of Alaska, not because of its territories. If you look up Great Britain, isn't it technically just the largest island among the British Isles?

1:31 "In January and February, Iran can see temperatures as low as 4⁰C." The AVERAGE low in Tehran in January is -1.5⁰C and the record low is -11.4⁰C. Meanwhile the city of Borujen has an average low of -14⁰C in January and the city of Saqqez has recorded -36⁰C.

Australia beware! If they can decide that Pluto is not a planet, who says they can't declare that Australia is not a continent? Solidarity, Aussie brothers and sisters! We stand with you!

Quite a few of these were new to me. Thank you!

I would like to mention something about the coastline. The reason why its so long depends on the unit of measurement you use to measure it. Coastlines are curvy and not straight. For example a triangle could have a perimeter of 3 cm but a 6 sided star of the same area could have more. I recommend looking into the coastline paradox for more information. The length of the coastline you measure depends on what unit of measurement you use

On #25 you should have used Norway. It's even more mind-blowing since it's even further west than Finland.

Thanks for being succinct and brief.. Great podcast

Short and precise explanations. Thank you

For number 28: by that logic, you can also say that, technically, Canada is not north of the US, even if you ignore Alaska.

4:59 lmao that's kinda a stupid thing to say. that list measures based off of metro areas. China does not define metro areas in the same way as many other countries. More people live in Shanghai proper than in the Delhi, Manila, or Seoul-Incheon metros, but since China does not define metro areas in this way, Shanghai does not show up on your list. This should have been an incredibly easy thing to fact check. Not to mention, claiming Norway to have the 2nd longest coast when coastline lengths aren't defined well due to the coastline paradox, and countries have wildly inconsistent ways of measuring their own coastlines. Or the part about claiming Australia isn't an island due to it being a continent, since continents are not a well-defined unit of measurement, plus the "continent" of Australia(/Oceania) includes more than just the Australian mainland (i.e. Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and plenty of other small islands around the coast), the landmass of the Australian mainland is definitely larger than the continent by any definition you use. And saying Mexico is not south of the US because there are parts of the US that are farther south than the northernmost point of Mexico is completely asinine. Just absolute stupidity. I'm not gonna make fun of y'all for claiming things like "akshually X isn't the capital of Y" is either not well known or at all interesting. But getting at least 4/30 of your "facts" completely wrong is... honestly impressive. Why did I spend five minutes typing this out? What a waste of my time. The channel that posted this obviously wont care. If they cared, they'd have actually fact checked their facts.

Mt Everest was named after George Everest who mapped a lot of India. His name was pronounced using two syllables; Eve-rest.

5:00 this one is debatable. by some sources, Guangzhou is estimated to have 40 million people, but that just depends on how you measure it Edit: also, Shanghai is usually counted as a part of the top 5

When you visit the Sinai peninsula it causes confusion to insurance companies. They ask "where are you going", response "Egypt", "oh so you need insurance for Africa", "no for Asia", "But Egypt in in Africa", "yes but the Sinai is in Asia".

As a geography geek, I love videos like this. And I wasn't clear on the Netherlands, thanks. I've heard that a peak in Antarctica actually has a lower atmospheric pressure than the summit of Everest because the atmosphere also bulges out towards the Equator and thins at the poles.

A metro is not a City, but even by your definition, Chongqing would be #3. If you look at the actual population of cities, Shanghai would be #3. Either way, seem like Chinese cities are up there.

Ran out of ideas and threw that Atlantic one in there. Loved it 😎

@3:01 Wrong, it's because of a MASSIVE U.S. state--not territory--called Alaska.

As a huge geography aficionado, I did know all these facts. That being said, I did enjoy this video very much so I encourage you to keep up the great work. Ps. Another fact is that the northernmost point of California is further north than the southernmost point of Canada.

Lots of people have mentioned Norway/North Korea, so I won't repeat it, but I was missing a few: a) The Panama Canal from the Pacific to The Atlantic side actually goes from East to West. b) Alaska has not only the Northernmost point in the US, but also both the points furthest East _and_ West!

I learned a lot and glad I knew at least 10 of them.

Another thing you should've added is that Australia by itself isn't a continent. It along with New Zealand, Paupa New guinea and all the other Pacific islands are part of Oceania.

The Sinai may not be one of the top ten largest peninsulas in the world, but it's not "small". 23,000 square miles is bigger than probably 90% of the world's peninsulas.

Except for the border thing with Finland and North Korea and Java being most populous, I knew the rest of the stuff. Especially about Greenland 🇬🇱 since I live here. Your information on that was correct. Greenland is shown distorted on many maps, but it is still three times the size of the state of Texas.

Loved it and subscribed

Australian here. You are wrong. Australia is an "Island-continent" and is widely known that it's the world's largest island. Greenland being the "largest Island in the world" is definitely a misconception - since Australia can be and is BOTH.

#9 this is only technically correct if we measure distances FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH, which we do not. All mountains on earth are measured from the lithosphere. So using the lithosphere as our gauge, then Mount Everest has the highest MASL in the world. So number 9 is extremely contentious and debatable

Informative facts. Thank you

this is very fascinating never knew or realized alot of things

Another fun fact (maybe you covered this in a different video already, but this is your first video I've seen) The town of Vardo, Norway is closer to China than it is to Portugal.

It's 2500 miles from L.A. to N.Y.C and the Moon is only 2300 miles in Diameter. Yeah I know it's not Geography but It's still fun knowledge.

I R geography geek. Was my minor field of study in university (should have been my major). I also R science fiction geek and bc of my geography background I totally have a blast designing planets for my science fictions stories. WRT Texas: Joke I've heard many times is, when a Texan was bragging abt how large his state was, a nearby Alaskan told him to tone it down or Alaska would vote to split in two, then Texas would become the THIRD largest state. WRT Mercator map projections: They do seriously distort sizes and shapes of land masses. My total favorite is Goode's broken homolisne. It's extremely difficult to get map projection that does justice to a 3D object on a 2D flat surface, but of all the equal area map styles I've seen, the homolosine distorts the LEAST. WRT tallest mountain: Hadn't realized abt the Chilean mountain, but if you're going from earth's core, makes total sense. But i've also heard that Everest isn't the tallest if you measure form the BASE of the mountain, and in that case, the island of Hawaii is the tallest (measuring from the island's base in the mid-Pacific to the peak of Mauna Kea). Love this.

Awesome. Great vid!

Wrong on the first fact mate, Great Britain is the name of the largest Island in the British Isles : Great Britain, occupied by the countries England, Scotland and wales and doesn’t include its outlying islands, which have their own names

@0:10 Ironic that "The Geography Bible" didn't get the opening sequence of their video correct. They show a *mirror* image of Europe at night as seen from orbit. The "toe" of Italy points the other way.

Bruh as an Aussie the Australian fact is really annoying me, I still can’t get my head around it that we are a continent but have no countries on our island only states just like America and if you search up some sources say Australia is a continent but others say it is a country in Oceana. This is why many Australian and websites have come a conclusions that Australia is the largest island nation but the smallest continent

a lot of facts I didn't know here....thanks for adding this here

For the tallest mountain, I forget what island it is, but if you measure from the base, there's an island whose volcano would be considered the tallest taking credit for it's base on the sea floor. Measuring from the base, Everest isn't all that tall given the starting elevation.

Did anyone notice the image of the globe from space right at the very beginning was inverted? I saw Italy but it was a mirror image…

This was fascinating! And the music slaps

Australia isn't a continent, the continent Australia is part of is called oceania... So Australia is technically the largest island in the world.

Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world based on its total height from its base to its peak.

8. Largest states (area in millions of km²): - Western Australia (2.64) - Queensland (1.85) - Alaska (1.72) - Amazonas (1.56) - Pará (1.25) - South Australia (1.04) - Mato Grosso (0.90) - New South Wales (0.81) - Texas (0.70)

I’m not that into geography but I do like interesting videos that tell me stuff I might not know. It also reminds me of stuff I knew but most likely forgot because I don’t use it!

I started off as a good lost of common geography mistakes, but then it just turned into random facts.

I'm surprised that they didn't mention that European Russia is more populated than Asian Russia, despite Asian Russia being three times larger.

2. Netherlands also stands for Kingdom of Netherlands, which has 4 countries: The Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sin Maarten.

You can walk from France to The Netherlands without going through any other country.

Brilliant.. I actually learn a lot... I want to add some suggestions, ' if possible please do 10-15 new facts but include more data about it... Less facts are fine but we need more information about that fact ' in addition please speak slowly I mean pace must be friendly and slow like a teacher it helps to connect with the facts as a listener.. Just a suggestion if u agree 👍🏼👍🏼

0:49 The UK flag is flying upside down. On the side of the pole (or left if there's no pole), the thicker white stripe should be above the thinner one.

I'm from Eastport Maine and lived in Quaddy village as a young child but didn't know it was the closest place to Africa in the USA I knew it was the most North Eastern point in the country

Just to give an idea: Chongqing is the No. 3 biggest city in China. It is about 103 times larger than New York, 51 times larger than London and 36 times larger than Tokyo. Actually, Chongqing was not this big until 1929 when Chinese government elevated it to a municipality.Apr 20, 2021

The pyramids are almost in Cairo. However, having been to Cairo there is no such thing as an easy trip (by motor vehicle) in Cairo - it always seems like a near death experience.

Norway coast one isn't necessarily accurate because it depends what scale your measurement is for coastlines. The smaller units you use, the longer the coast gets, to the point where coastlines can essentially become infinitely long. However Norway's coast is still way longer than people would think in most methods of measurement

First time watching your channel, and lots of interesting things. I understand that you're putting out facts very quickly, but the way I would have stated the thing about Mt. Chimborazo vs. Mt. Everest is that it is the land point farthest from the center of the Earth, rather than "protrudes further". I immediately understood when you said that it is closer to the equator, but for those unfamiliar it would take a fairly lengthy explanation. Also, we should be past the point of having so much reliance on Mercator projection, so that Greenland's area looks more accurate. Mercator makes the northern part of Greenland look wider too, which it really isn't. In Mercator projection, the area of Antarctica is infinite.

Australia is sometimes considered a country because the actual continent is Oceania however Australia IS considered a continent because of its size

Very good but a little slower with a bit more time to understand them better would have made it so much better tho. Great video!

Also the tallest mountain is Mount Kae which rises from the seabed and makes up part of the Hawaiian islands

Alaska is technically a part of the continent, so how is it not continental? 🇺🇸

Very interesting thanks for the information.

This reminded me of the quizzes we had back in the 1960s when it was too wet for a sports lesson

31 for some reason many people think Dubai is a country, it is not even the capital of the country to which it belongs to lol.

3:55 Wait what..? What about Indonesia?

I liked the fact that the Union flag flying at the beginning is upside down. 🙂