Weirdest US State Borders Explained

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  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2018
  • A video wherein I explain the history behind the shapes of the US states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, California, Texas, Idaho, and Utah.
    twitter: / matthewbr5231
    discord server: / discord
    ~~Sources~~
    "How the States Got Their Shapes" by Mark Stein (which can be borrowed here (for free): archive.org/details/howstates...)
    geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/tol...
    www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?...
    teachingamericanhistory.org/li...
    ~~Image credits~~
    murica: idccollage
    USA States Flag Map: WonderWhy
    Spanish Florida Map: Drdpw
    Cross of Burgundy: Ningyou
    USA in 1835 map: Golbez
    Missourri Compromise map: JWB
    Texas Map: Sergio
    Mexican Empire Map: Giggette
    USA Relief Map: Uwe Dedering
    Coal: James St John's
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  • @52john87deer1
    @52john87deer1 3 роки тому +65

    At first I was like "I don't think I can handle this guys voice". Then I was like "this dude's voice is a treasure"

  • @himister2516
    @himister2516 4 роки тому +32

    Nobody:
    The USA states: who doesn’t like squares? You a square! You a square! Everyone a square!!!!

    • @adxiannaa4048
      @adxiannaa4048 4 роки тому +3

      THE FOUR CORNERS ARE EXACTLY OMG

    • @turtz4life432
      @turtz4life432 4 роки тому +2

      **cough cough** maryland **cough cough**

  • @Erikatharsis
    @Erikatharsis 6 років тому +133

    This video but it speeds up every time he says "well"

  • @Syyrik
    @Syyrik 6 років тому +48

    In in alternate universe Utah dose own that chunck of land and your instead asking why does Utah own that part of land that should be part of Wyoming

  • @whyamihere3481
    @whyamihere3481 4 роки тому +21

    When Bizarre Bits said “Well,” that hit me.

  • @nairandblackbordersareallu4385
    @nairandblackbordersareallu4385 6 років тому +69

    That’s a lot of wells

    • @mathbrooo
      @mathbrooo 6 років тому +1

      Sebas Lucero i dare you to take a screenshot whenever he says well

    • @nairandblackbordersareallu4385
      @nairandblackbordersareallu4385 6 років тому +1

      Sorry but that will take to long

    • @BizarreBits
      @BizarreBits  6 років тому +9

      the video is literally only 5 minutes long

    • @nairandblackbordersareallu4385
      @nairandblackbordersareallu4385 6 років тому

      It is not long but it would still take a long time and u used too many wells

    • @mathbrooo
      @mathbrooo 6 років тому +1

      Bizarre Bits you still said it a lot

  • @meristuart1838
    @meristuart1838 5 років тому +107

    His voice sounds like puberty just hit and he just got braces
    No offense, Im just saying

    • @acezszx
      @acezszx 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao

    • @firecrystals2602
      @firecrystals2602 4 роки тому +4

      I seriously hate his voice it just wants me to punch him in the face his voice is terrible

    • @mrteutonic6404
      @mrteutonic6404 3 роки тому +2

      You sound like your spitting

    • @JohnyVman
      @JohnyVman 3 роки тому +6

      @@firecrystals2602 You sound like a guy who pushes people on wheelchair from the stairs

    • @firecrystals2602
      @firecrystals2602 3 роки тому +1

      @@JohnyVman bruh shut
      up kid

  • @deet0109mapping
    @deet0109mapping 6 років тому +10

    How The States Got Their Shapes is a great book about this topic

  • @JackPomi
    @JackPomi 5 років тому +8

    Bizzare Bits: says "Well..."
    The Well: *appears*

  • @josephgarcia7030
    @josephgarcia7030 4 роки тому +7

    "Why doesn't this part belong to *blank*?"
    "Well it used to..."

  • @walterhartwellwhite4890
    @walterhartwellwhite4890 4 роки тому +6

    Maryland shape is a hell for a perfectionist.

  • @salmaestro
    @salmaestro 5 років тому +23

    Hawaii does not have any borders. And Hawaii...
    ISW AN ISLAND

  • @Vexillographer
    @Vexillographer 6 років тому +58

    Well well well if it isn't Bizarre Bits

    • @BizarreBits
      @BizarreBits  6 років тому +8

      Fun fact. The reason I made this video was because of that tweet you made where you said I was one of your favourite educational UA-camrs. And that mad e me go "crap. I should really make an educational video soon"

    • @rimabros98
      @rimabros98 6 років тому

      Bizarre Bits do Everything Wrong with The Animaniacs Presidents Song

    • @coolonele558
      @coolonele558 6 років тому

      Hey can you do animacics-presidents plllsssssss

    • @mr.blue7357
      @mr.blue7357 5 років тому

      What have we here Santa clause ha? Ohh I’m really scared

  • @nousername1916
    @nousername1916 6 років тому +93

    *W E L L . . .*

    • @substatikvideos
      @substatikvideos 5 років тому +1

      The years start coming and they not stop coming...

    • @hellozukohere6514
      @hellozukohere6514 4 роки тому

      fabio dominguez schubert bent to the rules then I hit the ground running

    • @kt_boundarygaming6819
      @kt_boundarygaming6819 4 роки тому

      Didn’t make sense not to live for fun

    • @eightycals
      @eightycals 4 роки тому

      @@kt_boundarygaming6819 when your head gets smart but your brain gets dumb

    • @FezCaliph
      @FezCaliph 3 роки тому +1

      Congrats bro

  • @themeltingcube8152
    @themeltingcube8152 3 роки тому +1

    Who said I’m drunk??
    Well, I don’t have enough 45 magnum left.

  • @ykppizza8122
    @ykppizza8122 3 роки тому +2

    Everytime he says well... A wel shows up 😆

  • @brokentombot
    @brokentombot 3 роки тому +10

    Dude this is super interesting and I love how you show a well when you over use "well". I probably wouldn't have noticed though until the well came up. I was like, "Well, why is there a well here? Oh! He says well a lot" Well done sir. Well done.

  • @edgaradriantorres8564
    @edgaradriantorres8564 5 років тому +5

    *WELL*

  • @literallylitchannel8984
    @literallylitchannel8984 6 років тому +2

    there should be a drinking game Everytime he says:WELL

  • @endermage77
    @endermage77 5 років тому +2

    If you ask me
    Washington is so different along the Rocky mountains that it might as well be two states sidled together

  • @Hollywood2021
    @Hollywood2021 5 років тому +4

    Good video! I know I’m kinda late to the party, but If you make a part 2, you should use different wells.

  • @teeyang2208
    @teeyang2208 6 років тому +9

    Can u do Every Thing Wrong With When You're Traveling From Nantucket? not the Kills one

  • @shaneatl
    @shaneatl Рік тому

    I feel like I've been running uphill for hours after watching this video. can't believe it was only 4:44 long.

  • @nathanielreedy4694
    @nathanielreedy4694 4 роки тому

    Well, nice video!

  • @melody_florum
    @melody_florum 6 років тому +1

    These reasons are _golden_

  • @Lilblank843
    @Lilblank843 3 роки тому +1

    "WELL" 🤣💀

  • @thisguyhere6641
    @thisguyhere6641 5 років тому +1

    Well, that was interesting!

  • @sembarangwes549
    @sembarangwes549 3 роки тому +1

    Take a shot everytime he says W E L L

  • @franyliewjshernthecoolguy7060
    @franyliewjshernthecoolguy7060 6 років тому +4

    Do Everything Wrong With "When you travelling to Nantucket"

    • @lilymueller8461
      @lilymueller8461 5 років тому +1

      WHEN YOUR TRAVELING FROM NANTUCKET THROUGH CHICAGO TO SAINT PAUL
      *Well* saint paul isnt where he pointed ._.

  • @inactive6123
    @inactive6123 6 років тому +5

    WELL...

  • @IloveRumania
    @IloveRumania Рік тому

    Fun fact: Texas's constitution allows it to split it up into five states whenever it wants to.

  • @G.R.S.-ts5uu
    @G.R.S.-ts5uu 3 роки тому +1

    dont forgot Lost Peninsula

  • @GlobalWarmingSkeptic
    @GlobalWarmingSkeptic 5 років тому +1

    Great video but I think it went to the "well" too many times
    ba dum tss *cue laugh track*
    I'm here all day!

  • @castleromeo3150
    @castleromeo3150 3 роки тому +1

    Well, that was alot to take it

  • @MihaiMK10
    @MihaiMK10 5 років тому +3

    If i was given 1$ every time he said ,,well",i would be rich

  • @butteredsheep2876
    @butteredsheep2876 5 років тому +1

    I probably make a video were it speeds up every time it says well

  • @bowserjuniorfanaticest.2004
    @bowserjuniorfanaticest.2004 5 років тому +2

    Apparently, Utah has no northeast corner. If it did, then Wyoming would not have had its southwest corner

  • @TheDailyRocky
    @TheDailyRocky 3 роки тому +1

    why did the part saying "America! Land of the home and brave" get cut?

    • @slamwall9057
      @slamwall9057 6 місяців тому +1

      If I had to guess I’d say it’s because of the events of 2020

  • @fabios.1654
    @fabios.1654 6 років тому

    Awesome

  • @jayden3988
    @jayden3988 3 роки тому +1

    Why was I sent this bye the school lmao. I guess it's educational but normally schools send stuff that are by channels that don't have a history of other stuff like you.

  • @idktj10
    @idktj10 5 років тому +1

    Its ok to a pan handle not like a big deal

  • @bigsmiler5101
    @bigsmiler5101 3 роки тому

    I lived in Wyoming. We were taught that chunk Was Utah but in that secret war between US Federal Troops and the Mormons, that area was offered to Wyoming if they'd join the war.

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +1

    UA-cam has played 3 ads just fine trying to watch this video, but this video just buffers indefinitely. :/

  • @royaltek
    @royaltek 5 років тому +1

    What about the fact that kansas is almost square except for a small “handle” belonging to Missouri

  • @brandonmartin1958
    @brandonmartin1958 6 років тому

    You Were Meant To Stream 5 Days Ago, Mate

  • @liamstuffdoer
    @liamstuffdoer 5 років тому

    0:13 well

  • @PhilippineCountryball12
    @PhilippineCountryball12 2 роки тому

    The well pun is funny

  • @Volticx
    @Volticx 4 роки тому

    It wasn’t a dispute it was a war

  • @AAPOT
    @AAPOT 5 років тому

    “WELL” xd

  • @HurricaneHunter03
    @HurricaneHunter03 5 років тому +1

    Damn it, we should've had the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
    Our Michigan brothers may be nice, but we aren't that nice back!

  • @thefreshestbean
    @thefreshestbean 6 років тому

    talks about the weird borders for gets vermont Missouri and a few others I can't spell

    • @BizarreBits
      @BizarreBits  6 років тому

      this isn't meant to be a comprehensive list lol. I'm probably going to make a part 2 eventually. But what's even that weird about Vermont's border?

    • @thefreshestbean
      @thefreshestbean 6 років тому

      the north east

  • @phlogchamp
    @phlogchamp 5 років тому

    Tho how many thathes are in the unithed thathes?

  • @CaptainBalcon
    @CaptainBalcon 5 років тому +4

    I'm glad you put the subtitles, your voice is so horrible that I couldn't understand what you said without them

  • @johnirby8847
    @johnirby8847 4 роки тому

    Man I drove from Houston to Colorado and I was like what tf is this shit!? It should just be Texas...what kind of sense does that make on a map??!!

  • @yoshster0612
    @yoshster0612 5 років тому +1

    What about the Virginia exclave?

  • @funmapsandtoys2133
    @funmapsandtoys2133 5 років тому

    Well, it is

  • @eta1961
    @eta1961 6 років тому

    *well*

  • @Astronomy487
    @Astronomy487 6 років тому +1

    as a wisconsinite, other states taking what should be our land is why we hate illinois and michigan

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 6 років тому

      Astronomy487 Don’t blame Michigan. Blame Ohio.
      I live in Iowa BTW, so hello, northeastern neighbor! :)

  • @jaylansy
    @jaylansy 5 років тому +1

    0:58 *+2 sins michigan and indiana has weird borders*

  • @melody_florum
    @melody_florum 6 років тому +3

    *_W E L L_*

  • @audreehalcomb8462
    @audreehalcomb8462 5 років тому

    Well

  • @DigitalHourglass
    @DigitalHourglass 5 років тому

    *WELL* count: 11

  • @ethangamerhiggins5859
    @ethangamerhiggins5859 5 років тому +1

    how a state of the us can become independent
    no state can

    • @VoidKyun
      @VoidKyun 5 років тому

      "Land of the frreeeee"

  • @alexisdegeest220
    @alexisdegeest220 5 років тому

    I live in Michigan

  • @funmapsandtoys2133
    @funmapsandtoys2133 5 років тому

    I remember when u said ISW AN ISLAND

  • @victorarredondo304
    @victorarredondo304 4 роки тому

    Texas should get the Oklahoma pandhandle.

  • @mathbrooo
    @mathbrooo 6 років тому +4

    Wow, U.S. annexed my state lol

  • @toopienator
    @toopienator 5 років тому +1

    And as Wakko says,
    Baton Rouge Louisiana Indianapolis Indiana and Columbus is the capital of Ohio there's Montgomery Alabama south of Helena Montana then there's Denver Colorado under Boise Idaho Texas has Austin then we go north Massachusetts Boston and Albany New York Tallahassee Florida and Washington DC Santa Fe New Mexico and Nashville Tennessee Trenton's in New Jersey north of Jefferson Missouri you got Richmond in Virginia South Dakota has Pierre harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine and here is Providence Rhode Island next to Dover Delaware Concord New Hampshire just a quick jaunt to Montpelier which is up in Vermont Hartford in Connecticut so pretty in the fall and Kansas has Topeka Minnesota has Saint Paul juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska and it's Raleigh out in North Carolina and then is Madison Wisconsin in Olympia in Washington Phoenix Arizona and Lansing Michigan here's Honolulu Hawaii is joy Jackson Mississippi and Springfield Illinois South Carolina with Columbia down the way and Annapolis Maryland down in Chesapeake Bay Cheyenne is in Wyoming and perhaps you make your home in Salt Lake City in Utah Where the Buffalo Roam Atlanta's down in Georgia and then Bismarck North Dakota and you can live Frankfort in your Old Kentucky Home Salem in Oregon from there we join Little Rock Arkansas Iowa's got Des Moines Sacramento California Oklahoma and its City Charleston West Virginia Nevada Carson City that's all the capitals there are!
    *Y O U F A I L E D T O P U T Y O U R R E S P O N S E I N T H E F O R M O F A Q U E S T I O N*

  • @lime7494
    @lime7494 5 років тому +1

    You’re saying Maryland’s coastline isn’t weird?

  • @arfansthename
    @arfansthename 5 років тому

    (well picture) Well...

  • @sookiethedookie443
    @sookiethedookie443 Рік тому

    Maryland: 🗿

  • @Crowdings
    @Crowdings 3 роки тому

    Why is Wyoming a rectangle?

  • @demi172
    @demi172 5 років тому +1

    did you just said well *11* times

  • @ashtoncompagna782
    @ashtoncompagna782 6 років тому

    Do everything wrong with when you’re travelling to Nantucket

  • @extrascript6622
    @extrascript6622 6 років тому

    It’s not about WHY, it’s about *WHY NOT!*

  • @giorgioa.tsoukalos2401
    @giorgioa.tsoukalos2401 6 років тому +1

    0:00 R.I.P. Obama

  • @nicholasmachado3668
    @nicholasmachado3668 6 років тому

    Here before 25 views!

  • @starstruckedstudios
    @starstruckedstudios 5 років тому

    Hey dustin

  • @bookthedictionary2615
    @bookthedictionary2615 5 років тому

    0:54 I live at Toledo Ohio

  • @DiegoRivera-xw1cd
    @DiegoRivera-xw1cd 6 років тому

    Well...

  • @mdctt9021
    @mdctt9021 6 років тому

    alaska

  • @SalvatoreEscoti
    @SalvatoreEscoti 4 роки тому

    The strangest of all states is Michigan.

  • @janewhalen9295
    @janewhalen9295 3 роки тому

    You literally show a well when you say well

  • @sonofalbi9801
    @sonofalbi9801 6 років тому

    Here before 1,000 views.

  • @darylsrey5789
    @darylsrey5789 5 років тому

    mine

  • @Daldiepie
    @Daldiepie 6 років тому

    Why did you why do you make us see a picture of well when you always say well

  • @raawr4398
    @raawr4398 6 років тому +1

    why no Virginia

  • @edvards7461
    @edvards7461 4 роки тому

    Wel

  • @breadskii
    @breadskii 3 роки тому

    WHAT ARE THATHETH?

  • @loyhuiwtheleader8214
    @loyhuiwtheleader8214 5 років тому

    LLEW

  • @Thule-lw5it
    @Thule-lw5it 6 років тому

    Well...?

  • @AllanLimosin
    @AllanLimosin 4 роки тому

    W...
    WEEEEEEELLLL...

  • @callmek.01
    @callmek.01 5 років тому

    *M I N E!!!*

  • @theepicmrdragdogon214
    @theepicmrdragdogon214 5 років тому

    If your talking about the panhandles of the states, then don't call them one of the weird borders

  • @vast4533
    @vast4533 6 років тому

    *MINE*

  • @swisswolfie6414
    @swisswolfie6414 4 роки тому

    Yer

  • @adamosborne8197
    @adamosborne8197 5 років тому

    Huh, nothing about West Virginia?

  • @bigounce5155
    @bigounce5155 3 роки тому

    Texas is best shaped state

  • @asifhouda7101
    @asifhouda7101 6 років тому

    It's because of because of gold
    And slavery

  • @xX_Noob_Slayer___Xx
    @xX_Noob_Slayer___Xx 5 років тому

    Wow, thats an over use of the word "Well", what makes it cringier is the image of a well