My Mom viewed the Old Man on the Mountain just weeks before it's collapse. Then she viewed some famous rock formation in Oregon and shortly after that it collapsed. We kept her away from Mt Rushmore.
@@Simon-nw9bf what the actual fuck are you on about?? I just mentioned there is a language than sounds similar to Canada, with more Native speakers in India, then there are people in Canada??
@@Simon-nw9bfWho asked you to write an essay about Indian immigration? Go back to your echo chamber political outlets and keep the comment section on a Geography channel clean
This is more maddening (if you live where I do, near Seattle) than depressing, but when the northern part of the Oregon Territory applied for statehood the settlers wanted to name it Columbia, after its biggest river. Congress refused, fearing to do so would cause confusion with the District of Columbia. So they named it Washington, and nobody's ever been confused since.
Flag trivia: Liechtenstein and Haiti had identical flags before 1936, they only discovered this during the olympics. After the event, both countries added emblems to their flags.
I thought mine was due to our harsh lines we don't say to the public (same with many army songs as they say things such as "Our fate lies with the justice our armies will deliver when we arrive at the coasts of x historical enemy, x historical enemy, x historical enemy, and the sacred retribution will be rightly delivered"). But no, it was Hungary's all the time, so unexpected but now of the few Hungarian songs I can properly pronounce!
Sounds pretty metal, but you'd be hard pressed to find a republic or democracy that didn't undergo a revolution to get there. Even as far back as Rome, they had to have a revolution to establish the Republic (not that even that was especially "free," but you get the point).
@@hirocheeto7795 of the following 10 most democratic countries in the world, how many of them had to go through a bloody revolution in order to establish a democracy? Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Ireland, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Canada.
Fun fact regarding the Hungarian national anthem is that is a real hymn, addressed to God, sung like a prayer. Most of the modern day anthems are patriotic military marches.
Australia lost a prime minister. He was named Harold Holt. He went for a swim one day and disappeared. We named a swim centre after him... It's also slang in some parts to say "I'm gonna do a Harold holt" if youre leaving a meeting or something
I was born in 1966. My mother bought me a newspaper (Sydney Morning Herald) from that day, which talks about Harold Holt as Prime Minister giving a speech about the Vietnam War.
There's an interesting Abenaki legend about the former face that the mountain formed: A human named Nis Kizos was born during an eclipse. He became a good leader and provider for his community. Nis Kizos was successful enough to attend Kchi Mahadan, a great gathering of other communities to trade. Tarlo, an Iroquois, returned with him. They fell in love. Tarlo had to return to her birth village because its people had been struck by a sickness. Nis Kizos promised he would live at the top of the mountain. By day he would look out for her, and at night he would light a fire to guide her back. With winter fast approaching, the elders sent Nis Kizos's brother Gezosa to bring him back. He was unsuccessful because Nis Kizos maintained his promise. Tarlo died in her birth village of sickness. After the winter, Gezosa went back up the mountain to bring the news of Tarlo and retrieve Nis Kizos. He found no signs of the existence of Nis Kizos and was stricken with sadness. On his way back down the mountain he looked back and found Nis Kizos had become part of the mountain as a stone face to look after the land. So when the face fell in 2003, you could say he finally was re-united with Tarlo. A memorial was built at the base in 2020 where a series of steel profiler rods were sculpted and when someone sights along the edge of one of the rods, the face is recreated.
I totally get the Paris sindrome. I had dreams of being in Paris for years before going there. I was completely disappointed with the city. Great video as usual.
@@abigmonkeyforme To be fair almost nowhere I've traveled to has been exactly what I expected or imagined. It's best to just throw your expectations out the window.
I don’t believe there is much to this so called Paris disappointment syndrome. In fact I have never heard of anyone being disappointed, rather the opposite. The city is so rich in historical and cultural interest that it ranks as one of the most visited places in the world. Rude waiters notwithstanding.
@@abigmonkeyforme I would argue that we some places that are sort of like that in the US. Generally not quite like Rome where it's interwoven in the modern city (although there is some of that in Mexico City), but people blow by the Cahokia Mounds every day to and from St. Louis with little knowledge that there was a city of possibly as many as 40,000 people there in its 11th and 12th century peak.
Kazakhstan has Balkhash lake, which is interesting by the fact that one half of the lake is freshwater, and the other is saltwater Kazakhstan has a perfect pentagram near the town of Lisakovsk and it's right behind a creek called Көтібоқ, translated as Shitty Ass We also have mountain which name is literally translated as Big Shitlord (Үлкен Боқтыбай) Also there's a town whose name is translated as Girls' Boobs (Қыземшек)
Incidentally, one of the points and stripes on the Malaysian flag still represented Singapore for about a decade after its expulsion. At that point Kuala Lumpur became a federal state and became #14.
Kuala Lumpur is still not a state, the 14th point and stripe is used for Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territories), which includes Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.
Bonus fact. Slavery is still legal in the US. Amendment 13. Section 1. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
Commit a crime (felony) = receive a punishment. This is how the world works. That shouldn't be compared to slavery, when actual slavery still exists in some nations.
The Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the most important touristic sites in Argentina (and UNESCO Heritage Site), it's named in honour to the explorer and geographer Francisco Moreno, who made a huge exploration across the Patagonia and was responsable of the current delimitation border between Argentina and Chile. Moreno could never see the glacier.
Here's another one: The Aztec capital city was called Tenochtitlan and it was on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. When the Spanish invaded and took over Tenochtitlan, they destroyed the step pyramids and slowly began to drain the lake. They also began to build a new city in its place. This, is what is now Mexico City.
heres another depressing fact: most of the aztec capital was not destroyed by the spanish but by the neighboring tribes that hated the ruling class and most likely is the reason that the city was erased
@@ShadowZero27The truly depressing fact is how people idealize the Aztecs when they were mainly taken out by the tribes they used for h*m-n s-crifice and others dissatisfied with their rule. And how unlike Mayans or Phoenicians, their sacrifices were so often it would have ended as unsubstainable. While not heroes, the Spanish were by far the lesser evil in Mexico until the enforcement of the encomiendas and therefore, thearrival of serfdom in the Americas.
The Portuguese forbid people in the colony of Brazil to speak the native Tupi language and forced everyone to speak portuguese. Nowadays almost nobody knows how to speak Tupi outside of the tribes, although a lot of Tupi words are still used to name places, foods and animals.
Tuvalu is said to sink for almost 40 years now, it’s still there, although every year it’s said it will disappear in the next 5 years. For about 40 years now.
The story about the word dog is rather interesting. Dogs weren't native to Australia, so some languages adopting the word as a leanword sounds plausible. But as the study with the round shape and the pointy shape called Bobo and Kiki has shown, we tend to associate certain shapes with certain sounds. So maybe the first dog this tribe has seen just "looked like a dog", and the name stuck
it's actually unclear where the english word "dog" even comes from. one supposition is that it comes from the sounds dogs make. (the chinese word for cat - it's an old one - transliterates to māo, and the ancient egyptian word for cat was "miu"). it's plausible that English and the Aboriginal language independently found this word in the same way.
If the linguist asked several times and he said dog, that sure as hell doesn’t mean it was the original name. As said there were no dogs other than dingoes which is what they are called. There’s been concerted efforts at recording and revitalising lost languages by the government and organisations. There’s only about a dozen languages still in existence spoken by about 2-3000 within each dialect. If some linguist came and sat down with an a singular person and he said dog, it’s not cause that’s the original name, it’s cause he learnt it from being integrated. As said the dingo was introduced from Indonesia some 4000 years ago. Your best bet is to find out what they call dog.. and it’s not dog. It’s anjing which is closer to dingo. Chinese is Gao by the way. I’m Aussie btw.
Dingos were brought to Australia thousands of years when the first Aborgines arrived. During their farming attempts. After farming failed in certain areas, the dingos ran away and became naturalized
I sat next to an elderly woman on a bus in Penang Malaysia about 10 years ago. She was the last person alive to speak her language. Her children had insisted she learn English and refused to learn the language of their ancestors because it was old-fashioned. I felt sad then. She was a lovely woman, a beautiful person.
I visited Belgrade back in middle school, some 10/15 years back? Fascinating place. Kalamegdon Fortress is stunning. You can see from the base of the wall, each era of history. The bottom of the wall is Roman and medieval. Part way up the wall you see newer bricks, when siege weapons and gunpowder started to be utilized, the walls became thicker as a result. Think the last time it was used in a conflict was WW2. They also kept several buildings untouched and in ruin from NATO bombings. Honestly a fascinating story.
Coal Industries have formed new streams and shaved off mountain tops for mining, not only impacting the poverty in the area, but also causing the extinction of thousands of unique species in Appalachia, some of which are only found on particular mountain tops in the range.
@@cjthebeesknees The fact that they're poor and predominantly white, so nobody pretends to care what happens to them - unlike the blacks, who get used for political points whenever someone in an inner city gets shot by a cop.
To be honest, hearing all that stuff about Paris before I went there, I expected it to be disgusting. But, although there were some significant issues with the city, it was actually quite enjoyable and rather better than expected.
@@ShadowZero27only if you're a relative or good friend of Orbán. Otherwise by default you just save up until you can leave. Edit: for a tourist it's pretty nice though
@@ShadowZero27 Better than most of Eastern Europe and Africa, but in terms of economic and social development, the country was stopped in the 70s and has been there ever since. A depressed, broken nation that never truly recovered from the losses of the 20th century.
@@maxim_077 Fuck that's very true. I think the main problem is most people don't want to improve. Because then they would have to change. It's a comfortable misery laying motionless in lukewarm pool of stagnant water.
The Nigerian Prince thing doesn't have to do with the monarchy you mentioned, which was the British monarchy, but rather because the modern Republic of Nigeria still has traditional chieftains dating back to pre-colonial times. Like the Sultan of Sokoto, Oba of Lagos, Oòni of Ife, and the Bida Emirate. Though their bearers usually maintain the monarchical styles and titles of their sovereign ancestors, both their independent activities and their relations with the central and regional governments of Nigeria are closer in substance to those of the high nobility of old Europe than to those of actual reigning monarchs. And Malaysia kicked out Singapore because they didn't want to deal with their chaos. Basically after Malaysia was formed in 1963, there were tensions between Singapore and Malaysia because Singapore faced trading restrictions despite promises of a common market and discriminatory policies imposed by Malays on the majority Chinese population of Singapore. This eventually led to ethnic riots in 1964 between the Malays and the Chinese. This is on top of the Malaysian government accusing PAP (the ruling party of Singapore) of mistreating Malays, and neighboring Indonesia starting a conflict with Malaysia over Borneo and conducted attacks on Singapore. So Malaysia preferred to abandon them.
That last item about Singapore being forced to be independent of Malaysia reminds me of the Caribbean island of Anguilla. It was grouped with Saint Christopher and Nevis, with a plan for future independence, by the UK. Revolts occurred in 1967 and 1969 against being united with the other two islands and to remain a UK colony. Eventually the other two islands became independent while Anguilla remained British.
There's an indigenous language in North Africa that is so much like Maori that during WW2 Maoris in the New Zealand army and the local people could understand each other
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True. I was struggling to find public domain footage or stock footage of extinct languages. Probably because they are extinct lol. So I went with some footage of a lesser known language I had taken myself.
Did you ever check out the Dutch national anthem? It stems from the 16th century, when the seventeen provinces, each with their dukes and counts, were fighting to become an independent nation. At that time it was part of the Holy Roman empire, but with the Spanish king Philips II being the "Lord" over these provinces. The independence war was mainly lead by the William of Orange, of the German House of Nassau, but also prince of the French Principality "Orange". So the national anthem sings about William of Orange, of German blood, who had always been loyal to the Spanish king, but was now loyal to his "fatherland".
Here in Canada as an Indigenous Turtle Islander I am allowed to get a drivers license, Canadian passport and identification, but I am legally not a Canadian citizen. Even if my people signed a treaty, I am merely allowed to live on the land of my ancestors. However if you are in treaties two, three or four you do get Canadian citizenship.
Wow. My mother is native u.s. er . Born in 1922 . Citizen ship did not take place until 1927 ( voted on in ‘24 ) . New Mexico and Arizona granted citizenship to Native Americans in 1957 . Thank you for the info on Canada!! . .
Sounds like people of American Samoa. They are legally “US nationals”, not citizens. They have US passports but they cannot automatically immigrate to the rest of the US. Although I think the locals prefer Samoa’s “barely in” status as it keeps them distinct while offering them the security of being part of the US.
I went to Barcelona Spain and Carcassonne France, and if its your first time travelling out of your country, especially if your from the states its actually kinda craz experiencing it for the first time, how can i top this feeling this rush, well im going to india in a couple months then after going to alaska, always stay learning about the world and always keep traveling
I traveled to malaysia, the tour guide said that singapore chose to be independant and malaysian king was the one who cried because he thought singapore wasn't going to make it
I still don't get how 2:15 is possible. Worth mentioning that Finland also ranks pretty high in global indexes of antidepressant consumption per capita.
Happiness ranking is just based on economic/political indicators. If your country is rich, free and has roads, it will rank high. However in reality social bonds, close family relationships, having some sunshine, knowing your neighbors even some level of ignorance affect your happiness positively. I don’t think these are included in the index.
High national alcohol consumption with the purpose of getting drunk and even passing out would also affect depression rates. We're also a silent nation who don't open about our feelings that much, and therapy is not a popular option among those who might need it.
Totally depressing facts great job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Fun fact the deadliest animal in Australia is the drop bear followed by wide ranging bar fly. The salt water crocodile is next and as they are unable to listen to or follow instructions or even read danger signs American and Asian tourists are often found on a croc’s menu.
@@Gynra 😂🤣😂 yeah especially a pissed and wacked one. Back in the day I worked as a bouncer and looking back I’d sooner take on Islanders than Bogans in general. The shelias were the worst because they scratched and bit so you never knew what feral borne disease you could land up with. 😂🤣😂
I just discovered your channel. I love this. I've always been ridiculed (in a good-natured way) for being a storehouse of pointless trivia as well as a history nerd, so this is right up my alley.
I really don't think Paris Syndrome is culture shock. It's mostly experienced by East Asian women who grew up romanticising Paris as a sort of Disneyland- a pristine, deliberately designed theme park where you can walk around casually and stumble upon art or cool famous or beautiful people who want to entertain you or places where you will be served as a valuable customer. It's almost like they genuinely believe going to Paris will transform them into the main character of a romance movie, even if they don't speak a European language therefore couldn't hope to get to know someone there. People often have their Paris Syndrome 'triggered' at the sight of black people in Paris, at trash or cracks or unmaintained areas on the streets, at the reality that it is a modern functioning city with cars and not a vintage movie set, and upon the realization that the accomodation which they booked without checking images is not a replica of a royal Versailles bedroom. It's not that they are frightened by the culture change when they get there. I don't think people who get Paris Syndrome deserve a drop of sympathy. They're privileged people who had all the access to information needed to know the truth, but instead lived in a gross dehumanizing ignorance of others, and then got sad and threw hissy fits when they learned about reality.
I mean, there's also the fact it's covered in piss and rats and just being a uniquely nasty place despite being propped up for hundreds of years as the world's center of art food and culture and there's nothing inherently wrong with idealizing a place that's supposed to be like that, especially when you're from a part of the world that won't have as much access to information about it, but go off I guess. Just seems like a weird thing to be angey about
True because if you treat Paris like any other cities you would normally visit, it's one hell of a beautiful city But it's a city, it come with the usual flaw of a city But its beautiful tho
Hungary has the greatest national anthem in the West, says this pro musician, because in 1823 they held a competition and the greatest living Hungarian composer of the day, Ferenc Erkel, won it. It's noble music, and not about kicking other nations' collective butts. Most others were written by amateurs, vis- Italy. Read history, Hungarians weren't free then and have hardly been free since, including up to today. Maybe that's why the haven't changed the text, you word people.
I'm extremely disappointed that this video didn't ruin my day as it managed to enhance my day. p.s. if you are wondering how it enhanced my day is because of whenever i hear facts regardless of context it makes me happy to have learned something.
Jørn Utzon (the designer of Sydney Opera House) didn't exactly sit at home and cried about how Aus. decided to make a cheaper, structurally un-sound building with poor autistics - instead of following his design. World famous already and extremely succesful for the rest of his life.
8:18 the parliment buildings aren't in auckland tho? and New Zealand's healthcare system is extremely under funded and waiting times to see a specialist in any field can take months if not years. So it's understandable that they're strict about accepting people into the country that have disabilities or an increased risk of health issues, like those who are overweight have.
@@GeographyGeek What's even sadder is a government forcing its citizens to pay for other people's ailments just because those people showed up on the proverbial doorstep.
Malaysia forced Singapore to be independent , and Prime Minister had a 2nd cry after his last 1st cry from mom's dead. i felt that too, i felt that too... i cry with you
love this videos but they would be even better with subtitles to reach more peple that dont undestand english perfectly, love and continue like that!!!!!
I visited Paris in April of 1980 with my father. We were not disappointed!....except the Louvre was closed due to strike which was a common occurrence per locals. Notre Dame, the Eifel Tower, the Champs-Elysee, the Seine, the Jardin de Tuileries were all wonderful along with the food. Because bakers blend their own flours I still haven't had a croissant stateside that comes even close.
Some believe that the Singapore itself planned to be separated from Malaysia, especially after the 14 July 1964 riot, called the "Albatross File". Originally being planned by Goh Keng Swee, the father of Singapore and the PAP (People's Action Party). Even LKY himself did wrote about this in his biography around the 80's-90's, but the only reason he cried is because he knew it was inevitable, but it's for the best for both countries from prolonging the worsening relationship with the newly-formed Malaysia's current ruling party, Alliance party, especially the UMNO party (United Malays National Organisation), lead by Tunku Abdul Rahman. Also they planned to release the file this year fully from the Singapore's government secret archive Also unrelated topic; I like how Kazakhstan didn't believe the existence of NZ, and holy heck, NZ didn't allowed autistic and obese people inside? This is horrible
I stand with the obese however, even if I used to be it seems fair if their laws forces them to give good welfare. And these people, more than likely are like that by their own choosing. It's like denying entry to drug consumers. It's in the country's right. Also take into account how Canada's screwed up laws make it a place where old people, mainly from east asia, emigrate to so to use their welfare system to have basically no worries over money until they perish. And like, yes, we all wish that, this people never worked for Canada nor give them anything before receiving so much in return from a country which doesn't have an affordable health system compared to even my third world country (and I'm implying that our private clinics are many times more affordable than their hospitals.)
@@jahanb2002 Heard this from a Canadian trans couple who are friends of mine. They said affording things was cheaper in Indonesia even. Could be referring just to accidents or in the other hand to appointments but they sounded pretty believable. And like, take into account they could have been scammed for their identity in Indonesia, so the price difference is according to what they say higher.
@@jahanb2002 No, it's paid for by the taxpayer. This is a crucial difference that many dimwits don't really understand. Because they don't understand it, they do stupid shit like letting in what are effectively social parasites. New Zealand restricting immigration of people who will be drains on society is what they should do. That's the government being good stewards of the taxpayer's dollar.
I would develop depression too if I lived in Billings. Imagine a gray, empty concrete jungle, but without all of the interesting people and perks of an actual big city. It sucks so bad.
Not sure which Billings MT you’ve visited but the one I live in is a nice place (for a city). Having lived in the Northeast most of my life people here seem happier and less depressed than other places. But that’s just my observation, statistics couldn’t possibly be wrong.
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My Mom viewed the Old Man on the Mountain just weeks before it's collapse. Then she viewed some famous rock formation in Oregon and shortly after that it collapsed. We kept her away from Mt Rushmore.
Thank god
Did she also visit that arch in Malta that appeared in Game of Thrones?
@@miliba nope she never visited Malta so it is safe
Lol
This woman must be stopped.
In India, there is a language called Kannada, and it has more speakers than there are people in Canada
@@Simon-nw9bf what the actual fuck are you on about?? I just mentioned there is a language than sounds similar to Canada, with more Native speakers in India, then there are people in Canada??
@@Simon-nw9bf … what?
@@Simon-nw9bfWho asked you to write an essay about Indian immigration? Go back to your echo chamber political outlets and keep the comment section on a Geography channel clean
@@Simon-nw9bfYou good bro?
At least they're not French...
This is more maddening (if you live where I do, near Seattle) than depressing, but when the northern part of the Oregon Territory applied for statehood the settlers wanted to name it Columbia, after its biggest river. Congress refused, fearing to do so would cause confusion with the District of Columbia. So they named it Washington, and nobody's ever been confused since.
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Love having to clarify to people now that I don‘t live in Washington DC.
Truly baffling decision-making
To be fair, DC was usually called Columbia back then, not Washington
Satire is crazy
Flag trivia: Liechtenstein and Haiti had identical flags before 1936, they only discovered this during the olympics. After the event, both countries added emblems to their flags.
The flag with the most stars is the United States flag (50 stars). Brazil is second (27), Uzbekistan is third (12).
@@ArtUniverse Not a national flag, but the EU's flag also has 12.
The nations of Chad and Romania have identical flags despite having had almost no historically significant contact with each other
@@Rikke.Valso Monaco and Indonesia
Sheldon cooper that u
To be fair to the Hungarian anthem, "Freedom does not bloom from the blood of the dead" was pretty spot on.
that anthem goes so fucking hard
I thought mine was due to our harsh lines we don't say to the public (same with many army songs as they say things such as "Our fate lies with the justice our armies will deliver when we arrive at the coasts of x historical enemy, x historical enemy, x historical enemy, and the sacred retribution will be rightly delivered").
But no, it was Hungary's all the time, so unexpected but now of the few Hungarian songs I can properly pronounce!
Sounds pretty metal, but you'd be hard pressed to find a republic or democracy that didn't undergo a revolution to get there. Even as far back as Rome, they had to have a revolution to establish the Republic (not that even that was especially "free," but you get the point).
@@hirocheeto7795 of the following 10 most democratic countries in the world, how many of them had to go through a bloody revolution in order to establish a democracy? Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Ireland, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Canada.
Freedom does bloom from the blood of the dead
Fun fact regarding the Hungarian national anthem is that is a real hymn, addressed to God, sung like a prayer. Most of the modern day anthems are patriotic military marches.
Translate South Africa's.
New Zealand's is a prayer. Also England's. NZ's is much better apparently
Chilean's anthem is both, it's also really long.
@@cahallo5964 Long as the country 😂
Best is still the French anthem
Australia lost a prime minister. He was named Harold Holt. He went for a swim one day and disappeared. We named a swim centre after him...
It's also slang in some parts to say "I'm gonna do a Harold holt" if youre leaving a meeting or something
lol when reading the first sentence I thought "lost" figuratively as in he passed away while in office as prime minister
@trashAndNoStar haha nope. This is Australia and we do things differently! From memory they found his swimming shorts but nothing else!
I was born in 1966. My mother bought me a newspaper (Sydney Morning Herald) from that day, which talks about Harold Holt as Prime Minister giving a speech about the Vietnam War.
To leave without telling anyone is "doing a Harry Holt" or "doing the Holt". "Doing the bolt" means the same thing.
There's an interesting Abenaki legend about the former face that the mountain formed: A human named Nis Kizos was born during an eclipse. He became a good leader and provider for his community. Nis Kizos was successful enough to attend Kchi Mahadan, a great gathering of other communities to trade. Tarlo, an Iroquois, returned with him. They fell in love. Tarlo had to return to her birth village because its people had been struck by a sickness. Nis Kizos promised he would live at the top of the mountain. By day he would look out for her, and at night he would light a fire to guide her back. With winter fast approaching, the elders sent Nis Kizos's brother Gezosa to bring him back.
He was unsuccessful because Nis Kizos maintained his promise. Tarlo died in her birth village of sickness. After the winter, Gezosa went back up the mountain to bring the news of Tarlo and retrieve Nis Kizos. He found no signs of the existence of Nis Kizos and was stricken with sadness. On his way back down the mountain he looked back and found Nis Kizos had become part of the mountain as a stone face to look after the land. So when the face fell in 2003, you could say he finally was re-united with Tarlo. A memorial was built at the base in 2020 where a series of steel profiler rods were sculpted and when someone sights along the edge of one of the rods, the face is recreated.
Thanks for sharing
Beautiful story, we don't pass down information through written works but through words. This definitely a story to tell again
Gaddafi's obsession with Condoleezza Rice was the weirdest one to me.
Yea that's wild 😂
Pops was somewhat similar,
its nice whats wrong with it
@@ShadowZero27don't you think having a collection of photos from a woman who isn't even your wife is a bit creepy and weird?
Embodiment of the true simp
the War Thunder ad is the most depressing part of this video
Yea and their “realism” lol
Anime body pillows and goofy hats on tanks is real
"The word for dog was the same in both languages" oh joy, finally a wholesome fact! "..but the native language is now extinct." oh..
thanks to europe colonialization.
@@rizkyadiyanto7922cry more about it
I totally get the Paris sindrome. I had dreams of being in Paris for years before going there. I was completely disappointed with the city. Great video as usual.
@@abigmonkeyforme To be fair almost nowhere I've traveled to has been exactly what I expected or imagined. It's best to just throw your expectations out the window.
I visited Paris 20 years ago. As a little kid I experienced the opposite. Paris was very exciting and I will never forget ascending the Eiffel tower
I don’t believe there is much to this so called Paris disappointment syndrome. In fact I have never heard of anyone being disappointed, rather the opposite. The city is so rich in historical and cultural interest that it ranks as one of the most visited places in the world. Rude waiters notwithstanding.
@@abigmonkeyforme I agree. The Musee d'Orsay was an unexpected surprise. The top of the Arc de Triomphe gave a terrific view of the ET.
I love Paris!
@@abigmonkeyforme I would argue that we some places that are sort of like that in the US. Generally not quite like Rome where it's interwoven in the modern city (although there is some of that in Mexico City), but people blow by the Cahokia Mounds every day to and from St. Louis with little knowledge that there was a city of possibly as many as 40,000 people there in its 11th and 12th century peak.
Kazakhstan has Balkhash lake, which is interesting by the fact that one half of the lake is freshwater, and the other is saltwater
Kazakhstan has a perfect pentagram near the town of Lisakovsk and it's right behind a creek called Көтібоқ, translated as Shitty Ass
We also have mountain which name is literally translated as Big Shitlord (Үлкен Боқтыбай)
Also there's a town whose name is translated as Girls' Boobs (Қыземшек)
And Borat.
Theres a mountain in the US state of Wyoming called "The Grand Teton" which comes from French, translating it gives you "The big tit"
@@fungyfrog It´s the same in Spanish.
There is a mountain range in the US state of Wyoming whose name translates to "big boobs."
@@fungyfrogThere is also a place in Montana called Bloody Dick Peak named after someone named Richard Leigh whose nickname was Bloody.
Incidentally, one of the points and stripes on the Malaysian flag still represented Singapore for about a decade after its expulsion. At that point Kuala Lumpur became a federal state and became #14.
Kuala Lumpur is still not a state, the 14th point and stripe is used for Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territories), which includes Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.
I am such a fan of random facts like this. Thank you!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Your Welcome!
Bonus fact. Slavery is still legal in the US.
Amendment 13. Section 1. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
Wow! Thanks!
Amen. So noone can say you're not slaves! Get over it! You don't deserve reparations.
Also, slavery still exists ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Commit a crime (felony) = receive a punishment. This is how the world works. That shouldn't be compared to slavery, when actual slavery still exists in some nations.
@@OFinn77 not comparing it. It’s literally written in the constitution.
The Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the most important touristic sites in Argentina (and UNESCO Heritage Site), it's named in honour to the explorer and geographer Francisco Moreno, who made a huge exploration across the Patagonia and was responsable of the current delimitation border between Argentina and Chile. Moreno could never see the glacier.
"No I don't want to be independent😭😭😭"
*becomes insanely rich*
Im glad i had the oposit reaction to paris. Went there imagining it would be “ok” and left planning my next visit there. The city is just so amazing!
“Mentions the laughter epidemic”
Yeah I know I went to the academy, Sam already told me
Gaddafi's crush on Condoleezza Rice is oddly wholesome.
That was the loveliest part of the video :D
It was creepy
I... I don't think that's what 'wholesome' means.
I thought I was the only one 😊
With what I know of Gaddafi it struck me as incredibly creepy…
that is by far the most hungarian thing ive ever heard no wonder its their national anthem it sums up all my hungarian friends attitudes perfectly
Here's another one:
The Aztec capital city was called Tenochtitlan and it was on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. When the Spanish invaded and took over Tenochtitlan, they destroyed the step pyramids and slowly began to drain the lake. They also began to build a new city in its place. This, is what is now Mexico City.
...and that's the reason that city shrinks slowly
They actually forced the people to demolish their own city
The draining of the lake also destroyed the only natural habitat of Axolotls which is the main reason they are critically endangered
heres another depressing fact: most of the aztec capital was not destroyed by the spanish but by the neighboring tribes that hated the ruling class and most likely is the reason that the city was erased
@@ShadowZero27The truly depressing fact is how people idealize the Aztecs when they were mainly taken out by the tribes they used for h*m-n s-crifice and others dissatisfied with their rule.
And how unlike Mayans or Phoenicians, their sacrifices were so often it would have ended as unsubstainable.
While not heroes, the Spanish were by far the lesser evil in Mexico until the enforcement of the encomiendas and therefore, thearrival of serfdom in the Americas.
Bull sharks are able to live perfectly fine in freshwater. The furthest inland they’ve been found is Illinois.
The Portuguese forbid people in the colony of Brazil to speak the native Tupi language and forced everyone to speak portuguese. Nowadays almost nobody knows how to speak Tupi outside of the tribes, although a lot of Tupi words are still used to name places, foods and animals.
Paris syndrome is mostly a Japanese phenomenon due to their cultures idolization of Paris
Tuvalu is said to sink for almost 40 years now, it’s still there, although every year it’s said it will disappear in the next 5 years. For about 40 years now.
There is a lake in cambodia called tonle-sap which is mostly filled and emptied through the same drain because of the rainy seasons
The story about the word dog is rather interesting. Dogs weren't native to Australia, so some languages adopting the word as a leanword sounds plausible. But as the study with the round shape and the pointy shape called Bobo and Kiki has shown, we tend to associate certain shapes with certain sounds. So maybe the first dog this tribe has seen just "looked like a dog", and the name stuck
Dogs were actually already there for a few thousand years or so. It’s believed that were brought by travelers from Southeast Asia.
it's actually unclear where the english word "dog" even comes from. one supposition is that it comes from the sounds dogs make. (the chinese word for cat - it's an old one - transliterates to māo, and the ancient egyptian word for cat was "miu"). it's plausible that English and the Aboriginal language independently found this word in the same way.
@@haroldhall1517 one which im not really educated enough to make too confidently, for the record. i just think it's plausible
If the linguist asked several times and he said dog, that sure as hell doesn’t mean it was the original name. As said there were no dogs other than dingoes which is what they are called.
There’s been concerted efforts at recording and revitalising lost languages by the government and organisations.
There’s only about a dozen languages still in existence spoken by about 2-3000 within each dialect.
If some linguist came and sat down with an a singular person and he said dog, it’s not cause that’s the original name, it’s cause he learnt it from being integrated.
As said the dingo was introduced from Indonesia some 4000 years ago. Your best bet is to find out what they call dog.. and it’s not dog. It’s anjing which is closer to dingo.
Chinese is Gao by the way.
I’m Aussie btw.
Dingos were brought to Australia thousands of years when the first Aborgines arrived. During their farming attempts. After farming failed in certain areas, the dingos ran away and became naturalized
Gaddafi simping over Condeleeza was the funniest 😂
The death of languages is heartbreaking.
I sat next to an elderly woman on a bus in Penang Malaysia about 10 years ago. She was the last person alive to speak her language.
Her children had insisted she learn English and refused to learn the language of their ancestors because it was old-fashioned.
I felt sad then. She was a lovely woman, a beautiful person.
I visited Belgrade back in middle school, some 10/15 years back?
Fascinating place.
Kalamegdon Fortress is stunning. You can see from the base of the wall, each era of history. The bottom of the wall is Roman and medieval. Part way up the wall you see newer bricks, when siege weapons and gunpowder started to be utilized, the walls became thicker as a result.
Think the last time it was used in a conflict was WW2.
They also kept several buildings untouched and in ruin from NATO bombings.
Honestly a fascinating story.
How is that last one depressing? As a malaysian I'm happy Singapore got out. They're flourishing. Their currency is around 3× higher than ours
It was depressing at the time for Singapore. It worked out.
Coal Industries have formed new streams and shaved off mountain tops for mining, not only impacting the poverty in the area, but also causing the extinction of thousands of unique species in Appalachia, some of which are only found on particular mountain tops in the range.
What stops news from getting out of the region.
@@cjthebeesknees The fact that they're poor and predominantly white, so nobody pretends to care what happens to them - unlike the blacks, who get used for political points whenever someone in an inner city gets shot by a cop.
Paris, where you'll be so utterly unsatisfied you'll be brought to physical discomfort
😂😂😂
i went there, it was way worse than i expected. bloody cigarettes and beggars on the ground, even robbers. place smell of cigarette shit
To be honest, hearing all that stuff about Paris before I went there, I expected it to be disgusting. But, although there were some significant issues with the city, it was actually quite enjoyable and rather better than expected.
Good kebab
And now they’re infested with bed bugs!!!😱
1:23 Our anthem is depressing af, living here is exactly like listening to the anthem.
i thought Hungary was a nice place
@@ShadowZero27only if you're a relative or good friend of Orbán. Otherwise by default you just save up until you can leave.
Edit: for a tourist it's pretty nice though
@@ShadowZero27 Better than most of Eastern Europe and Africa, but in terms of economic and social development, the country was stopped in the 70s and has been there ever since. A depressed, broken nation that never truly recovered from the losses of the 20th century.
@@maxim_077 Fuck that's very true. I think the main problem is most people don't want to improve. Because then they would have to change. It's a comfortable misery laying motionless in lukewarm pool of stagnant water.
@@ShadowZero27 We and Russia are tied for highest proportion of alcoholists in the WORLD. An EU country.
The Nigerian Prince thing doesn't have to do with the monarchy you mentioned, which was the British monarchy, but rather because the modern Republic of Nigeria still has traditional chieftains dating back to pre-colonial times. Like the Sultan of Sokoto, Oba of Lagos, Oòni of Ife, and the Bida Emirate. Though their bearers usually maintain the monarchical styles and titles of their sovereign ancestors, both their independent activities and their relations with the central and regional governments of Nigeria are closer in substance to those of the high nobility of old Europe than to those of actual reigning monarchs.
And Malaysia kicked out Singapore because they didn't want to deal with their chaos. Basically after Malaysia was formed in 1963, there were tensions between Singapore and Malaysia because Singapore faced trading restrictions despite promises of a common market and discriminatory policies imposed by Malays on the majority Chinese population of Singapore. This eventually led to ethnic riots in 1964 between the Malays and the Chinese. This is on top of the Malaysian government accusing PAP (the ruling party of Singapore) of mistreating Malays, and neighboring Indonesia starting a conflict with Malaysia over Borneo and conducted attacks on Singapore. So Malaysia preferred to abandon them.
New Zealand is like that guy at the party wearing the "No Fat Chicks" T-shirt
Which is ironic because literally every second person here is obese
You could've just titled it "ROLL UP ADHD 'SUFFERERS' COME QUENCH YOUR THIRST"
I might steal this for a future title lol
dumb-dee-dum-dum
Hey, not everyone who watches these suffers from ADHD. Some of us enjoy it 🤡
What is even ADHD?
That last item about Singapore being forced to be independent of Malaysia reminds me of the Caribbean island of Anguilla. It was grouped with Saint Christopher and Nevis, with a plan for future independence, by the UK. Revolts occurred in 1967 and 1969 against being united with the other two islands and to remain a UK colony. Eventually the other two islands became independent while Anguilla remained British.
Muammar (to G. Bush): "Have any pictures of Condoleezza, naked?"
Muammar: "Want some?"
Thre are whole videos about the last one. Singapore is such an interesting case, the same way Lee Kuan Yew was.
Nigeria: no royal family since 1963. That was hilarious. I love it.
This was probably the shortest 11 minutes of my life that just flew by
There was an indigenous language in California where "kom" and "ko" meant /come/ and /go/.
Very cool thanks
Here in Denmark come is also "kom" and go is "gå".
There's an indigenous language in North Africa that is so much like Maori that during WW2 Maoris in the New Zealand army and the local people could understand each other
My fear of horses no longer seems so foolish!
Tuvalu was a volcano. It, like many others have been eroding since they were formed.
Tuvalu is being lost due to erosion.
There is some gold comedy in this synergy between video topic and his sponsor
Lol. I almost had Betterhelp for the sponsor but they probably would have stopped me after telling them to topic lol
Thanks you so much.
Your voice, cadence, and candor are a real treat. No weird background music and graphics...
Love it absolutely love it👵🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️💯
>"There was a laughing epidemic in Tanzania"
>refuses to elaborate
That's the final 2 turns and the start/finish straight of the Marina Bay Formula 1 circuit in Singapore at the end of the video.
10:36 Cherokee is being kept alive and even expanding, so it is not all bad news!
True. I was struggling to find public domain footage or stock footage of extinct languages. Probably because they are extinct lol. So I went with some footage of a lesser known language I had taken myself.
Did you ever check out the Dutch national anthem?
It stems from the 16th century, when the seventeen provinces, each with their dukes and counts, were fighting to become an independent nation.
At that time it was part of the Holy Roman empire, but with the Spanish king Philips II being the "Lord" over these provinces.
The independence war was mainly lead by the William of Orange, of the German House of Nassau, but also prince of the French Principality "Orange".
So the national anthem sings about William of Orange, of German blood, who had always been loyal to the Spanish king, but was now loyal to his "fatherland".
Here in Canada as an Indigenous Turtle Islander I am allowed to get a drivers license, Canadian passport and identification, but I am legally not a Canadian citizen. Even if my people signed a treaty, I am merely allowed to live on the land of my ancestors. However if you are in treaties two, three or four you do get Canadian citizenship.
Wow. My mother is native u.s. er . Born in 1922 . Citizen ship did not take place until 1927 ( voted on in ‘24 ) . New Mexico and Arizona granted citizenship to Native Americans in 1957 . Thank you for the info on Canada!!
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Trippy. I'm Canadian and I never heard of that
@@doomsdaybooty1072apartheid colonizer!
Sounds like people of American Samoa. They are legally “US nationals”, not citizens. They have US passports but they cannot automatically immigrate to the rest of the US. Although I think the locals prefer Samoa’s “barely in” status as it keeps them distinct while offering them the security of being part of the US.
Where is Turtle Island?
I had mild 'paris syndrome', when visiting Rome.
i had the same experience
I went to Barcelona Spain and Carcassonne France, and if its your first time travelling out of your country, especially if your from the states its actually kinda craz experiencing it for the first time, how can i top this feeling this rush, well im going to india in a couple months then after going to alaska, always stay learning about the world and always keep traveling
Enjoy!
Congratulations for pronouncing Les!otho correctly. Most people get that completely wrong. You are a real geographer.
Lmao as a hungarian i didnt expect to see us here. We dont get enough recognition for our miserable anthem
I like it. It speaks truth unlike other self-absorbed past glory anthems
I traveled to malaysia, the tour guide said that singapore chose to be independant and malaysian king was the one who cried because he thought singapore wasn't going to make it
Very fitting that a video about tragedy and despair is sponsored by war thunder
Paris syndrome symptoms probably mostly come from the reoccurring smell of piss within the city. (The attitudes don’t help.)
I still don't get how 2:15 is possible. Worth mentioning that Finland also ranks pretty high in global indexes of antidepressant consumption per capita.
Snowing for most part of the year makes for pretty depressing days
I once saw a theory that said sad people in extremely happy places feel more isolated and less like others around them
Happiness ranking is just based on economic/political indicators. If your country is rich, free and has roads, it will rank high. However in reality social bonds, close family relationships, having some sunshine, knowing your neighbors even some level of ignorance affect your happiness positively. I don’t think these are included in the index.
High national alcohol consumption with the purpose of getting drunk and even passing out would also affect depression rates. We're also a silent nation who don't open about our feelings that much, and therapy is not a popular option among those who might need it.
It's a bullshit, made up metric
I don't wanna miss the next geography lesson
Paris is typically experienced by visitors from far eastern countries such as China or japan after being accosted by the "New French"
Oh my, Hungary, what's really going on, that was so dark
Totally depressing facts great job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Fun fact the deadliest animal in Australia is the drop bear followed by wide ranging bar fly. The salt water crocodile is next and as they are unable to listen to or follow instructions or even read danger signs American and Asian tourists are often found on a croc’s menu.
They didn't tap their flybuys card
And there's me thinking the Drongo was the most dangerous Australian animal.
@@Gynra no bogan Shelias are even far more dangerous.
@@davegoldspink5354 Oh yes! One wouldn't want to come across a bogan Sheila on a sunny day, let alone a dark night.
@@Gynra 😂🤣😂 yeah especially a pissed and wacked one. Back in the day I worked as a bouncer and looking back I’d sooner take on Islanders than Bogans in general. The shelias were the worst because they scratched and bit so you never knew what feral borne disease you could land up with. 😂🤣😂
There is also a syndrom of being overwhelmed by Paris' Beauty;
finland be like : “+20 average happiness glitch, try before its patched”
I just discovered your channel. I love this. I've always been ridiculed (in a good-natured way) for being a storehouse of pointless trivia as well as a history nerd, so this is right up my alley.
The Hungarian national anthem is one of my favorites - very dramatic - I'm not of Hungarian decent.
Massachusetts extends further east, west, north AND south of Rhode Island.
2 videos in a week
LETS GOOOOO!!!!!
The Everglades fact will soon be untrue, we brought in our most legendary python warrior, Fishingarret.
As a Hungarian, i agree with our anthem being beautiful but depressing af
The title is a lie. your video brightened my day
I really don't think Paris Syndrome is culture shock. It's mostly experienced by East Asian women who grew up romanticising Paris as a sort of Disneyland- a pristine, deliberately designed theme park where you can walk around casually and stumble upon art or cool famous or beautiful people who want to entertain you or places where you will be served as a valuable customer. It's almost like they genuinely believe going to Paris will transform them into the main character of a romance movie, even if they don't speak a European language therefore couldn't hope to get to know someone there. People often have their Paris Syndrome 'triggered' at the sight of black people in Paris, at trash or cracks or unmaintained areas on the streets, at the reality that it is a modern functioning city with cars and not a vintage movie set, and upon the realization that the accomodation which they booked without checking images is not a replica of a royal Versailles bedroom. It's not that they are frightened by the culture change when they get there.
I don't think people who get Paris Syndrome deserve a drop of sympathy. They're privileged people who had all the access to information needed to know the truth, but instead lived in a gross dehumanizing ignorance of others, and then got sad and threw hissy fits when they learned about reality.
I mean, there's also the fact it's covered in piss and rats and just being a uniquely nasty place despite being propped up for hundreds of years as the world's center of art food and culture and there's nothing inherently wrong with idealizing a place that's supposed to be like that, especially when you're from a part of the world that won't have as much access to information about it, but go off I guess. Just seems like a weird thing to be angey about
Yep
Spot on
True because if you treat Paris like any other cities you would normally visit, it's one hell of a beautiful city
But it's a city, it come with the usual flaw of a city
But its beautiful tho
@@Nebo8fulwhen it's not getting burned down, It's pretty nice.
11:01 On a brighter note, this chad turned around and turned singapore from a slum filled crack house into the cleanest country on earth
sounds like our 'mass extinction' event will happen in more ways than we thought... love your videos!
Thank you!
Finland is so happy because everyone sad sunsetted themselves
Hungary has the greatest national anthem in the West, says this pro musician, because in 1823 they held a competition and the greatest living Hungarian composer of the day, Ferenc Erkel, won it. It's noble music, and not about kicking other nations' collective butts. Most others were written by amateurs, vis- Italy. Read history, Hungarians weren't free then and have hardly been free since, including up to today. Maybe that's why the haven't changed the text, you word people.
3:19 As an Ohio resident, this will absolutely come up in a random conversation for me
Being surrounded by South Africa...can't really blame Lesotho
That's not really the reason, the main reasons are poverty and overall lack of well-being,crime there's a number of reasons
I'm extremely disappointed that this video didn't ruin my day as it managed to enhance my day.
p.s. if you are wondering how it enhanced my day is because of whenever i hear facts regardless of context it makes me happy to have learned something.
I just stumbled upon your channel, great content, definitely subbed
I appreciate it!
Why is this exactly what I needed to watch
Jokes on you. I found out I have covid today, so this video is actually making my day better. ❤
Get better soon!
Jørn Utzon (the designer of Sydney Opera House) didn't exactly sit at home and cried about how Aus. decided to make a cheaper, structurally un-sound building with poor autistics - instead of following his design.
World famous already and extremely succesful for the rest of his life.
Acoustics? Although probably autistics too...
8:18 the parliment buildings aren't in auckland tho? and New Zealand's healthcare system is extremely under funded and waiting times to see a specialist in any field can take months if not years. So it's understandable that they're strict about accepting people into the country that have disabilities or an increased risk of health issues, like those who are overweight have.
Originally it was. Didn’t say it wasn’t logical. Just sad.
@@GeographyGeek What's even sadder is a government forcing its citizens to pay for other people's ailments just because those people showed up on the proverbial doorstep.
Malaysia forced Singapore to be independent ,
and Prime Minister had a 2nd cry after his last 1st cry from mom's dead.
i felt that too, i felt that too...
i cry with you
I'm not bored but I "m hella stoned. Does that count?
That should be my next title
Symptoms of Paris syndrome include heavy breathing, wild dancing, coughing, so when you hear the sound "bonjour" - run for cover.
love this videos but they would be even better with subtitles to reach more peple that dont undestand english perfectly, love and continue like that!!!!!
Activate "CC" at the bottom of the video, and there you go
I visited Paris in April of 1980 with my father. We were not disappointed!....except the Louvre was closed due to strike which was a common occurrence per locals. Notre Dame, the Eifel Tower, the Champs-Elysee, the Seine, the Jardin de Tuileries were all wonderful along with the food. Because bakers blend their own flours I still haven't had a croissant stateside that comes even close.
The buildings are still there, but has become hard to spot a true Frenchperson there now.
Tanzania really sounds like the place to be.
Ireland had a famine between 1846 and 50. So many people died or fled the country, the population didn't fully recover until 2020/21
Some believe that the Singapore itself planned to be separated from Malaysia, especially after the 14 July 1964 riot, called the "Albatross File". Originally being planned by Goh Keng Swee, the father of Singapore and the PAP (People's Action Party). Even LKY himself did wrote about this in his biography around the 80's-90's, but the only reason he cried is because he knew it was inevitable, but it's for the best for both countries from prolonging the worsening relationship with the newly-formed Malaysia's current ruling party, Alliance party, especially the UMNO party (United Malays National Organisation), lead by Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Also they planned to release the file this year fully from the Singapore's government secret archive
Also unrelated topic; I like how Kazakhstan didn't believe the existence of NZ, and holy heck, NZ didn't allowed autistic and obese people inside? This is horrible
I’m quite interested to know what comprises the Albatross File.
I stand with the obese however, even if I used to be it seems fair if their laws forces them to give good welfare. And these people, more than likely are like that by their own choosing.
It's like denying entry to drug consumers. It's in the country's right.
Also take into account how Canada's screwed up laws make it a place where old people, mainly from east asia, emigrate to so to use their welfare system to have basically no worries over money until they perish.
And like, yes, we all wish that, this people never worked for Canada nor give them anything before receiving so much in return from a country which doesn't have an affordable health system compared to even my third world country (and I'm implying that our private clinics are many times more affordable than their hospitals.)
@@l-nolazck-rn24 What are you on about? Canadian Healthcare is free.
@@jahanb2002 Heard this from a Canadian trans couple who are friends of mine. They said affording things was cheaper in Indonesia even. Could be referring just to accidents or in the other hand to appointments but they sounded pretty believable.
And like, take into account they could have been scammed for their identity in Indonesia, so the price difference is according to what they say higher.
@@jahanb2002 No, it's paid for by the taxpayer. This is a crucial difference that many dimwits don't really understand. Because they don't understand it, they do stupid shit like letting in what are effectively social parasites.
New Zealand restricting immigration of people who will be drains on society is what they should do. That's the government being good stewards of the taxpayer's dollar.
Sounds like Finland and Hungary should be friends.
Oh, wait
I would develop depression too if I lived in Billings. Imagine a gray, empty concrete jungle, but without all of the interesting people and perks of an actual big city. It sucks so bad.
Not sure which Billings MT you’ve visited but the one I live in is a nice place (for a city). Having lived in the Northeast most of my life people here seem happier and less depressed than other places. But that’s just my observation, statistics couldn’t possibly be wrong.
Fun fact my great grandfather helped build Billings, Montana when it was a place for troubled youth