1 Fact About Every Country in the UN (A-G)

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  • Опубліковано 19 вер 2023
  • Have you ever heard about Armenia's mandatory chess lessons? or Brazil's obsession with live music? Or Eritrea's women soldiers in their fight for independence? In today's episode, we are covering one fact about EVERY country in the United Nations. Well, up through the letter G, because there are a lot.
    1 Fact About Every Country in the UN. Part one.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 63

  • @nine4t4
    @nine4t4 10 місяців тому +8

    As a Canadian I am proud of our education. Not so proud about the donut fact. Bitter-sweet, Sweet-bitter?

  • @stevemuturi965
    @stevemuturi965 10 місяців тому +1

    One fact about Africa as a whole: Meat is not "hung" for weeks! Hours, more like. Minutes, goats on Ngong Hills... I'm from Kenya. (Can't and never have run!) but I can stand at the Equator while looking at REAL snow on Mt Kenya, wondering what a one-horse sleigh is! Jingle Bell! Great video!

  • @peppygrowlithe
    @peppygrowlithe 10 місяців тому

    Very interesting, thanks!

  • @71sk8erdude
    @71sk8erdude 10 місяців тому +3

    I know it's not her job to know EVERY correct pronunciation but can she PLEASE ask a native speaker how to say Country/City names. (Medellin is Med - eh - yeen)

  • @rainydaylady6596
    @rainydaylady6596 10 місяців тому +7

    I wish you could have shown where each country is on the map. 🙂🖖💕

  • @cherylcampbell9369
    @cherylcampbell9369 10 місяців тому

    Excellent.

  • @mariebunny
    @mariebunny 10 місяців тому

    Interesting!

  • @modafoto
    @modafoto 10 місяців тому +1

    I like that bikes are, once again, the main thing Denmark is known for :D
    Although being widely used all over Denmark it is particularly a Copenhagen thing.

  • @user-we2vb4vs2g
    @user-we2vb4vs2g 10 місяців тому +1

    21:15 Cava or Gahwa in Arabic, also known as Java, was named after a region in Ethiopia, in
    which Coffee originly came from.. The taste of that Cava has nothing to do with Coffee except the smell and color..

  • @lettylovejoy
    @lettylovejoy 9 місяців тому +3

    Interesting video, though I wish she or whomever completes the research would have provided the correct pronunciations to certain names she mentioned, or asked a native, lends more credibility to what she's sharing...hopefully other videos are better in this regard

  • @jessicagrandke3228
    @jessicagrandke3228 9 місяців тому

    On one of our cruises, we were instructed not to wear anything camouflage on our excursions

  • @matthewdrummond1340
    @matthewdrummond1340 10 місяців тому +4

    Now I want a doughnut 🍩 🤤🇨🇦

  • @FC-ds9ve
    @FC-ds9ve 10 місяців тому

    Man, I miss Lucky’s donuts in Vancouver, BC. I live in Scotland now and they lack the donut obsession. (They have Tim Hortons here in a couple places but even back in Canada, Timmies kinda sucks)

  • @stueymon
    @stueymon 10 місяців тому

    I've had Kava! It's kinda like being on strong painkillers

  • @Slashgate_
    @Slashgate_ 10 місяців тому +3

    Eh... You make it sound ike Belgium is about to split.. As a Belgian... I beg your pardon?=

    • @skeven0
      @skeven0 10 місяців тому +1

      indeed, while some wanr it the majority of the population doesnt want it.
      Also maybe the world records of no officials politics would be more intresting to mention

    • @Slashgate_
      @Slashgate_ 10 місяців тому

      @@skeven0 that's no longer a Belgian record.

    • @JonEdwardJordan
      @JonEdwardJordan 10 місяців тому

      Yeah, I found that a little sketchy too

  • @RoolSkool
    @RoolSkool 10 місяців тому +2

    Dominica isn't pronounced like Dominican Republic. It's pronounced dam aww knee ca

  • @gmoney4980
    @gmoney4980 10 місяців тому

    Rambo 3 thought me that Afghan sport

  • @illiteratemochi4150
    @illiteratemochi4150 10 місяців тому +1

    Aw, did Gibraltar not count for some reason? I was excited to see what the fact about it would be 😢

    • @stevevernon1978
      @stevevernon1978 9 місяців тому

      Gibraltar is not a member of the UN... it is part of the United Kingdom.

    • @illiteratemochi4150
      @illiteratemochi4150 9 місяців тому

      @@stevevernon1978 oh yeah.... I’m dumb lol

  • @JoaoPessoa86
    @JoaoPessoa86 10 місяців тому

    FYI the "H" in Bahia is silent

  • @robertthomson1587
    @robertthomson1587 10 місяців тому

    The Pylon lookout is still there in Sydney. But the view isn't worth the expensive ticket price.

    • @rachelwoodcraft3783
      @rachelwoodcraft3783 9 місяців тому

      Personally, I found the Pylon lookout worthwhile, and reasonably priced (by Australian standards). Interesting things to see and learn inside, a nice view, and way better for my fear of heights than the bridge climb!

    • @robertthomson1587
      @robertthomson1587 9 місяців тому +1

      I remember when it was free so - unsurprisingly - the current charge seems exorbitant.

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 9 місяців тому

      Saw the white cats in the 70s, along with a model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge made out of matchsticks. The funny thing about the art deco style pylons is they have no structural purpose - they're purely ornamental.

    • @robertthomson1587
      @robertthomson1587 9 місяців тому

      Indeed, to allay public concerns that "there was nothing visibly holding the Bridge up".

  • @stevevernon1978
    @stevevernon1978 9 місяців тому

    OK, it took me 8 days at one day per letter. (ok, I missed a day) Your turn , Mental Floss, where's H thru R ? (also 72 countries)

  • @graphosxp
    @graphosxp 10 місяців тому

    what really happened to the library of Alexandria? three words: Moe, Larry and Curly😂

  • @forrest1777
    @forrest1777 10 місяців тому

    The first fact, about Afghanistan, I saw it on Rambo 3

  • @Apophis324
    @Apophis324 10 місяців тому

    I'm guessing East Timor is not exactly part of the United Nations, seeing how the fact on the country speaking Portuguese was NOT NEEDED? :P
    (Watching these videos is so much fun with Captions on~)

    • @stevevernon1978
      @stevevernon1978 9 місяців тому

      i think they make the captions from the script, but sometimes if a line is removed by mistake during shooting, or because they decided the whole thing is too long, somehow the captions stay there.

    • @Apophis324
      @Apophis324 9 місяців тому

      @@stevevernon1978 That's what makes the captions such fun to have turned on. Bonus knowledge~! :D

  • @GhostBear3067
    @GhostBear3067 10 місяців тому

    People really need to give English speakers a heads-up that the "h" in Bahia is silent.😂

  • @BradenJohnYoung
    @BradenJohnYoung 10 місяців тому

    I have the sudden urge to eat a donut

  • @JonEdwardJordan
    @JonEdwardJordan 10 місяців тому +4

    Marseille is pronounced like mar-say, not mar-sigh. I think you've confused it with Versailles. ver-sigh. Yeah, French is hard

    • @therongjr
      @therongjr 10 місяців тому

      And Enver Hoxha's last name is pronounced "HAW-juh"

  • @michaelandre8925
    @michaelandre8925 10 місяців тому

    This is my favorite UA-cam video. It cured a murderous headache, for one thing.

  • @Opforvideo2
    @Opforvideo2 10 місяців тому

    Finland/Suomi having the most metal bands per capita didn't make the cut?

    • @rachelwoodcraft3783
      @rachelwoodcraft3783 9 місяців тому

      I feel like the entire list was going for lesser known facts, though at times, it did seem to mean it used less interesting facts to achieve that.

  • @RoolSkool
    @RoolSkool 10 місяців тому +2

    It's pronounced guy ana (Guyana)

    • @sMiLeS1325
      @sMiLeS1325 10 місяців тому +1

      I applaud your attempt 😂 I was going to say that for The Bahamas, it's "exoo-mah". Nothing like Eczema 🤣🤣

  • @RoolSkool
    @RoolSkool 10 місяців тому +1

    It's pronounced grey ney da (Grenada)

  • @Renedoc82
    @Renedoc82 10 місяців тому

    Sorry, not seen it until you reach to V

  • @mad_max21
    @mad_max21 10 місяців тому

    Brunei also based Center Force which famously included the battleships Yamato and Musashi which sortied out from there to the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

  • @lenatij473
    @lenatij473 10 місяців тому +1

    Love the video, but just one correction:
    Grenada is pronounced as Gree-Nay-Dah, not Gre-Nah-Dah. Thank you very much! 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩

    • @Luigi00from00Seattle
      @Luigi00from00Seattle 10 місяців тому

      take your lies somewhere else

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 9 місяців тому

      A congressman said about the 1983 invasion - 'You say Gree-Nay-Dah, I say Gre-Nah-Dah, let's call thing off.'

  • @Robot_Overlord
    @Robot_Overlord 10 місяців тому

    Proud donut eating college grad here

  • @pablodmdp
    @pablodmdp 10 місяців тому

    Messi 🇦🇷

  • @skasev
    @skasev 10 місяців тому +1

    Check your facts on kava, your comments are very misleading

  • @thegreatercanadian6579
    @thegreatercanadian6579 9 місяців тому

    for the love of god, it’s pronounced GUY-ANA, not GEE ANA, GUY-ANA!!!

  • @iconpoet
    @iconpoet 10 місяців тому

    "Literally translates to something like..." 🤔🤔🤔

  • @user_angelmum
    @user_angelmum 10 місяців тому

    You do know Australia has more cities other than Sydney .. and a "cat cafe " was the only fact about Australia?
    Why ?
    We are a vast country with many unique landscapes and animals .
    Your only fact was about a cat cafe in Sydney NSW ?
    What about our other states and territories?

    • @stevevernon1978
      @stevevernon1978 9 місяців тому

      "ONE FACT" is right there in the title.

    • @rachelwoodcraft3783
      @rachelwoodcraft3783 9 місяців тому

      Australia being the only country where its legal to eat the animals on their national coat of arms would have been a good fact.

  • @ChadwickTheChad
    @ChadwickTheChad 10 місяців тому +2

    Big yawn

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 10 місяців тому +8

      Daaaaw. Look, how cute! Baby's first big yawn! Get the camcorder!

    • @ChadwickTheChad
      @ChadwickTheChad 10 місяців тому +1

      @@terrafirma5327 Oops, you accidentally posted a response to the wrong comment.