16 Weird Facts About 16 Countries 

they actually used to call me 16 Weird Facts About 16 Countries back in college

Toycat‘s grandma being from Sri Lanka is so ingrained in my mind that it‘s the first thing I think of when I think of that country

the production value on this channel seems to be increasing and as a patreon supporter i must express my deepest displeasure with this development

Here's another crazy USA fact: The greatest distance between any two points within the US, including all territories, is 9,514 miles/15,311 km from Point Udall, Guam to Point Udall on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Yes, they have the same name, and there's a story behind why. Point Udall in St. Croix was named after Stewart Udall (US Secretary of the Interior under JFK and LBJ) in 1969 (obligatory nice). In 1987 legislation regarding renaming Orote Point to Point Udall, Congressman Denny Smith and Guam's nonvoting delegate at the time, Ben Blaz, said "If our legislation is approved, America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall". Point Udall in Guam would end up being named after his brother Mo Udall (late representative in Congress for Arizona and former chair of the House Interior Committee). When Mo died in 1998, Bill Clinton said, "It is fitting that the easternmost point of the United States, in the Virgin Islands, and the westernmost point, in Guam, are both named 'Udall Point.' The Sun will never set on the legacy of Mo Udall."

I relate to the Antarctica fact. There seems to be around 10 fun facts that everyone knows, so it’s just irritating and kind of patronising when someone mentions them. An example being “Did you know cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the construction of the great pyramids?” So thank you for supplying us with genuinely interesting and unique fun facts!

The American Revolution (United States) was said to have inspired revolutions in Haiti and France, and when France got Napoleon to wreak havoc, the Portuguese king went to Brazil. After Napoleon was exiled, the king went back but his son stayed, and rebelled against Portugal. After the American Revolution, Britain was dirt poor, so it couldn't hold many of its other territories. The creoles in Spanish-america saw all this happening and said "hey now seems like a good time." And that's how French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese lost the majority of their land in the Americas. The more you know 😊

my favourite fact was that Japan is actually a peninsula (22:02)

Weird fact #17 Quebec does not recognize the current provincial border with Labrador. Many maps shows part of it as disputed. Some maps drawn in Quebec claim vast areas as part of Quebec. It is an unresolved and much ignored concern in the rest of Canada.

Burkina Faso was better off under Comrade Sankara. He prioritized education, built roads and railway to tie the nation together, he reduced the salaries of all public servants including his own, vastly improved healthcare and made the country self-sufficient in terms of food production. He removed its dependence on the West. It was his ideology that helped make his country better for all. But of course, France wanted to maintain its dominance over the region and backed his assassination and coup by Blaise Compaoré. Yes, he may not have been perfect but ultimately, he was a great example for the rest of the continent, to rebuild themselves and not have to rely on a bigger power.

Don't call it the Sahara Desert, just say the Sahara or Sahara. Sahara MEANS desert in Arabic! Pokémon fans already know Isle of Man as the Isle of Armor! And regarding Singapore, they were kicked out because of race riots on the island (political and religious tensions between the Malays and the Chinese majority) that Malaysia wanted nothing to do with as the main reason. These tensions were caused by Singapore facing restrictions when it comes to trading with the rest of Malaysia, so Singapore didn't spend on economic development for Sarawak and Sabah like they were supposed to in retaliation, and when Singapore tried to negotiate, there was nothing but abusive speeches.

Loving the sarcasm. South Africa very safe!

Wait wait wait. If it's true that "It's not a Fun Fact if everyone knows it" (5:00), then doesn't that imply an inverse relationship between the awareness of a Fact and how Fun it is? And doesn't that mean Toycat is making these Fun Facts _less_ fun just by sharing them? OH NO!

Have you thought about making a video discussing the Australian states and territories? I loved your discussions on Canada and the US and I think it could be really fun. Either way, love your videos!

The Bridge of the Americas' southern end is in North America, and it's northern end is in South America. 😅

13:55 that transition is so smooth lmao

Did you know: The more ibx2cat 2nd channel videos you watch, the less likely you are to kill wallabies on the Isle of Man! Isn't that fun!

Stop spending money on editing or I'll unsubscribe. It's your money

Yea Venezuelans are so happy that’s why 7 million have fled the country creating one of the largest displacement crises in the world. So fun and happy 😃

Venezuela Oil is also in lots of sand (oil sand, not the surface sand), which used to be almost impossible to extract from. We can do it much better now, but it's still expensive. The oil in Canada is close to the surface and the snow cave us some trouble. I don't miss working in the oil fields :D

Fun fact, Liberia 🇱🇷 is the only other country besides the USA 🇺🇸 that celebrities the 4th of July. They are also the only country outside of North America that celebrate Thanksgiving & only 3 countries celebrate Thanksgiving USA 🇺🇸, Canada 🇨🇦, & Liberia 🇱🇷 which for the 3rd one doesn't really make sense when you first look at it but when you dig deeper it will all make sense.

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Really great video, classic ibx2cat entertainment!

Kicking out Singapore was a huge self own by Malaysia.

toycat you should make geoguesser content with fun voice over facts and stuff

It’s actually amazing that my favorite Minecraft RU-vidr has a geography channel as well. Minecraft and Geography are both things I dedicate my life to, I’m even applying for the 2024 geography bee. I aim to have a Geography RU-vid channel someday. I know you won’t see this but amazing job. ❤

great video

normalise watching arsenal, playing call of duty and also enjoying fun geography facts.

Coming up next: 16 [normal] facts about 16 weird countries.

great video :))

More fun facts: Sweden has the largest amount of islands in the world. Norway has a very long coastline, second longest in the world

Ow holy jebus the stars are shining brightly and tho the angles cry

Now, you shall make a video entitled 16 wierd facts about 16 WIERD countries

I like how the thumbnail literally says "Werid"

The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom, but is rather a Crown Dependency.

Amazing content! Never knew Andrew's grandother was from Sri Lanka!!

Having been to Burkina Faso twice (July 2021 and October/November 2022) and my girlfriend having half her family from there, I was really happy to see Burkina Faso in this video!! As it is a truley wonderful country that is very often forgotten by most people when thinking about the West African region. However yes the situation is indeed extremely sad, the whole norhten part is being attacked by jihdadists. If it werent for this the country would be in a much better state right now. However the capital Ouagdougou and the southern parts of the country still stays safe for for travel for forgeiners. Anyhow im still happy ou ended that segment on a very positive note!!

Fact #15 is a verifiable fact-when you visit Oman you will say oh, man 💯💯💯 Best Arabian country to visit imo. It is safe & affluent like the other Gulf states, but not gaudy like the UAE & Qatar. The nature is beautiful-tons of beaches, mountains, and canyons right next to Muscat. It has a more substantial history (in my opinion) than any other current country on the Arabian peninsula and as such, Muscat has older architecture and a more “authentic” feel than the new-money cities like Doha, Dubai, Riyadh, etc

Fun fact about the Bridge of the Americas: The North America end of the Bridge is actually further South than the end that connects to South America.

I found the "werid" thumbnail amusing and these fun facts even more amusing! Thanks for the video!

5:15 "Local British man purposely ignores Falkland Islands when mentioning places that could become independent in the Americas."

Toycat casually drops a fact about Iran's forced transitions in the lighthearted country fact video.

Thank you for getting deserts right. As someone who has to define deserts professionally, I tire of people calling places deserts that are semi-arid scrub steppes. This means more to me than you can imagine.

Toycat is great

Skiing to the top is not the usual direction of travel en piste. Not many people even think of trying...

I'm disappointed he didn't do the gay test

We need 16 facts 2.0

Next time do the gay test.

I have my brother the weirdly shaped We will all die mug. I don’t think he’s used it yet

I'm going to the isle of man to fight on the side of the wallabie

Me when 2cat makes a segway from Oman to Canada but doesn't mention the Okanagan shrublands: ._.

Next time mention my country the netherlands. Also great video!

Irish customs/passport control is also in seville airport in Spain, I'm thinking this is actually a pretty normal thing nowadays? It might be wise if a non irish british or e.u* citizen to allow extra time after passing thru normal airport security as sitting in burgerking and running to your gate last minute not realising this could be detrimental.

Fun fact: Iran performs the most gender reassignment surgeries in the world.

So…. if our atmosphere were to stay the same, eventually, all of earth’s water will be frozen at Antarctica? 😢

Why do you call something that is unique, special or innovative weird? Weird is having a pet giraffe. Weird is going to a rock concert in a pink tuxedo. Weird is eating cereal with a fork. So many of the things you cite are rational, though not common approaches to a problem.

My dad has a PhD in desert ecology and he says Antactica isn't a desert because the potential evapotranspiration (how much water could evaporate if there was any there) is too low. Most sources on the internet disagree (eg wikipedia) so idk if they're wrong or he is

12:37 Gurudwara sahib Monrovia! Was not expecting a Sikh place of worship in Liberia

Make more of these lil bro

Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Otto Witt from the film Zulu?

4:17 I already knew that.

Regarding Burkina Faso, hmm maybe the country would be better had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated. Interesting to see how that would’ve played out

When's 16 more facts about 16 more countries

wow

When singapore was singapoor ps: I need more granny rants

I want a video of you eating lobster rolls.

As a South African living in Australia, yes, it's very safe there :P

Did you know that Canada was the first American country to be discovered by Europeans (vikings)

Why does your hoodie say t-shirt?

I’m pretty sure he offended at least one person

I think that it i interesting that the North American end of the Bridge of the Americas is south of the South American end. Also, to travel from the Pacific end of the Panama Canal to the Atlantic end, you have to travel west.

(insert comment about the typo in the thumbnail)

Not that I need to tell you this since you are British, ToyCat, but the Isle of Man is not "part of the UK." It's a crown dependency. It's basically the British Puerto Rico.

"Average capital city per nation is 1.06" is not a statistical error. The average is much closer to 1. South Africas Georg, who has 3 capital cities, is an outlier.. and we should count it anyways.

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A reason why there are relatively slow speeds throughout Africa (and not JUST Bihari Faso, is because of the prevalence of very large mammals. You may have heard of some. Hippos, Rhinos, water Buffalo, elephants and more. Go ahead and do some research on other African countries and their night time speed limits.

Nobody: The thumbnail: *W E R I D*

tbh many countries use the US dollar because it's one of the worlds most stable currencies

thumbnail has typo

I hate when i want to buy a snack in El Salvador and i don't have enough bitcoin.

the thumbnail is misspelled

theres also a group of wallabies on Lambay Island. Private island owned by an english man

It's like 2016 youtube but now

The Liberia flag always looks to me like the flag maker started to make the US flag but change your mind when they got to the top left and did Texas instead

5:52 Doesn’t Bolivia have 2 capitals?

13:47 Please, do that gay test. 😂😂😂😂😂

I don't think the Isle Of Man is part of the UK. It's technically a self-governing overseas territory.

16:14 2015 isn't recently, it's 8 years ago.

That microwave comment is the most adorable racist-sounding thing I've ever heard.

Hello! Happy last day of March and have a wonderful month of April! 🥳🐰🥚🍫🌷

you can transition in iran to become a "traditional" couple? this broke my brain. all inhumanity aside, can you consider this somehow "progrssive"? (lot of " " " here)

You have a step dad that is an arsenal fan and plays call of duty lol 3 things that explain ehy you are like you are

You even paid an editor to spell "weird" wrong...

why is nobody talking about how the thumbnail is misspelled? 🤔

The thumbnail says “Werid”

thanks for another amazing video toycat, these videos help me forget about my dad leaving me when i was young

thumbnail says 16 werid facts lol

I learned the US border fact the hard way, got stranded in Canada 🇨🇦 because US customs closed.

Fun fact: In Sweden, it looks like Öland and Gotland was carved out of Vänern and Vättern :)

50 degrees isn't hot.

I find this guy to be strangely annoying and entertaining at the same time!😮😊