75 Useless Facts About Countries of the World 

After finishing my Country Fun Facts videos early this year, I still had so many fun facts left over, since I could only pick 1 fact per country. These are 75 more fun facts that I wanted to share, and hopefully make another interesting video to end the Country Facts 'mini-series'. If you want a more in-depth look at this video, as well as some "behind the scenes" type discussion, I put together a companion video over on Nebula. It's really not the type of video that would work well on RU-vid, and I'd worry about it hurting my channel ranking within the RU-vid algorithm. It's a laid-back video, with minimal editing, I decided to call it a "director's commentary". It's the kind of experimental content that Nebula is perfect for. Would love to hear some feedback, and maybe it's something I can do again in the future. The best way to get access to Nebula is definitely through our bundle deal with CuriosityStream, on-sale for just $14.79 for a whole year, which works out to just $1.23 per month. This really is far and away the single best way to support this channel, and more broadly educational content as a whole. Sign up with this link here: curiositystream.com/wonderwhy Shout-out to my Discord mods for helping me with this video: FosseKing, HighPeak, OTD, Adam, Bots, HZ. I'm looking to get some of my viewers involved in the video-making process to maybe try and put out videos a bit more frequently. I could help with anything from research, writing, sourcing images/footage and also checking videos for any errors. If that's something you might be interested in, or just want to come and chat with me or my viewers, come join the server at: discord.gg/QvQ2QECnb5 Thanks so much for watching. All the best for 2022. Happy New Year!

Imagine how many random facts and miscellaneous knowledge WonderWhy has in his brain after making all of these

Fun fact about Sweden: In 1979, our government was pressured to no longer classify homosexuality as a disease, after an organized protest two months prior, where workers would call in sick for "feeling too gay to work"

Hey, here are the timestamps: 0:17 Afghanistan 0:32 Andorra 0:49 Argentina 1:12 Australia 1:43 Austria 1:57 Bahamas 2:11 Bahrain 2:27 Belgium 2:55 Bhutan 3:15 Botswana 3:37 Brazil 3:47 Canada 3:57 Chile 4:18 China 4:52 Costa Rica 5:13 Cote D'Ivoire 5:26 Croatia 5:41 Ecuador 6:17 El Salvador 6:33 England 7:06 Eswatini 7:14 Ethiopia 7:28 Finland 7:49 France 8:25 Greece 8:31 Haiti 8:39 Hungary 8:49 Iceland 9:03 India 9:24 Indonesia 9:40 Iran 9:55 Iraq 10:15 Italy 10:25 Jamaica 10:33 Japan 10:54 Kazakhistan 11:08 Korea 11:19 Kosovo 11:43 Lesotho 12:04 Libya 12:14 Luxembourg 12:30 Maldives 12:42 Mauritius 12:50 Modldova 13:05 Monaco 13:16 Mongolia 13:23 Morocco 13:35 Mozambique 13:53 Nepal 14:06 Netherlands 14:22 New Zealand 14:42 Northern Ireland 15:01 Pakistan 15:26 Palestine 15:52 Philippines 16:12 Portugal 16:24 Qatar 16:32 Samoa 16:43 Scotland 17:05 Senegal 17:17 South Africa 17:32 Spain 17:53 Suriname 18:10 Tonga 18:24 Turkey 18:51 Turkmenistan 19:10 Tuvalu 19:31 Ukraine 19:51 United States 20:16 Uruguay 20:27 Wales

Your pronunciation of Llanfair was spot on, can't imagine thats easy for non-speaker at all.

I love how the narrator says he can’t pronounce the Icelandic word, but plows right through the much more difficult Indian and Welsh words with no issue 😂😂😂

Little correction: France borders 11 countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Brazil, Suriname AND the Netherlands (on an island called Saint Martin in the Carribean though)

Since, this mentioned about Manila is the most densely populated city in the world, here is an another fun fact in connection to that. It is totally believed that the density of Manila grow three times during daytime. It is because, most of the opportunities, like jobs and schools, are to be found in Manila. There are some people from other provinces, like Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite, travel all the way to Manila to seize opportunities. Of course, just like me, although I am living in Quezon City, I am traveling to Manila since the College I'm in is at Manila. I usually do it before pandemic comes. But, we are now in distance learning. Happy New Year!

The unicorn is thought to be a natural enemy of the lion, and the national animal of England is a lion. Explains a lot.

The japan train delay certificate is a thing because Japanese trains are so punctual, you can plan your commute down to the minute without the need for buffers. So if the schedule says this train leaves my station at 8:40 and reaches the next station at 8:43, where I could switch to another train that leaves at 8:44 and arrives at my company by 8:55, then I can go to my station everyday at 8:40 and expect both trains will arrive and leave on time and I'll get to my company without being late. But just like what's said in the video, if the first train delays for more than a few minutes and only arrives at 8:45, then I can't get to the next station on time to catch the 8:44 train there, and so I'll be late for work. This is where the late certificate comes in. This is the same reason why starting the train early is a problem.

The panda fact is not exactly true. The only exception are 1)Taiwan's panda (which i would not get into political issue) and 2)Zoológico de Chapultepec (Mexico city) pandas. The reason for mexico's is because they are obtain when the chinese government use them as gift in the 80s, before the loan rule.

There is one thing in this excellently researched video that I think needs clarification. The border between the Spanish exclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera and Morocco is technically shorter than the border between Botswana and Zambia. But the former is a border between a country and...an exclave. It is the shortest boundary between two separately governed entities. However, the Botswana-Zambia border is considered the shortest border between two contiguous nations, as exclaves are often categorized a little differently.

20:31 how the hell did you manage to pronounce that so well. That’s crazy

4:08 I may add that this phenomenon is known as "Desierto Florido" (Desert bloom, or literally "flowerful desert") and it isn't that rare, usually around september-october (spring) some parts of the desert may bloom because of the seeds that lie beneath the ground of the region, making a beautiful landscape with colorful flowers. But it's true that 2015 was remarkable because of the magnitude of that year's blooming. I'm from Chile but I've never been able to see the Desierto Florido, I wish I could see it soon.

France actually borders 11 countries, not 10. You missed the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Saint Martin/Sint-Maarten.

Wonderwhy: Can't pronounce an Icelandic word Also Wonderwhy with his welsh town:

small correction, the two pandas in Taiwan were gifted and thus don't belong to the PRC, and that extends to the two cubs born afterwards. The Taipei zoo pays no fee to China.

Thank you for uploading fairly frequently WonderWhy! You have taught me a lot about geography

4:30 there are a couple of pandas in mexico who where born before china implemented the "all cubs belong to china" and therefore don't belong to china

Glad to see you back, really like this type of fact collection video. Who knows what I'm going to learn today!

Fun fact: most to all Caribbean countries (not just Jamaica) believes that a marriage after 6pm is illegal, same as a burial. You have to be married or buried before 6pm that day or else you have to start over 6am the next day

I love these types of videos! Before part 2, I rewatched part 1 many times in my free time as I was stunned from all the facts. Personally part 2 was somewhat disappointing despite my country being in it. Really hope this is a good one.

- Where do you live? - San Jose - Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

14:07 he still flies sometimes, lately he flew the Dutch football club Feyenoord to an away game 😊 Willem is a great guy

14:37 Actually the first person to climb Mt Everest is Tenzing Norgey Sherpa from Nepal. But he is not totally wrong as both of them ascended the peak together.

I've said it before but it's worth repeating: This guy doesn't post too often but when he does it's well worth seeing

Please upload more often, your videos are great!

If I had money in my card, I would buy nebula+curiosity stream bundle

About Monaco: Is it "they are not allowed to gamble" or "they are not allowed to gamble in the casinos"?

Everyone: why can't you just be normal!? Nepal: *SCREAMS*

Maybe you mentioned it in your previous video, but another fun fact about Suriname is, that is the only South American country not to border a Spanish speaking country.

7:53 it should be 11 because France and The Netherlands share an island calls Sint Maarten or Saint Martin so they tecnicly have a landborder with the Netherlands :)

absolutely brilliant video!! love every fact, can’t believe unicorn is a national animal of Scotland. that explains a lot.

This is fascinating. Love this channel. ✌️

The top of Finlands highest mountain Halti is in Norway. And when Finland celebrated 100 years in 2017 Norway tried to give the top to the Finns as a gift. But it wasn't that easy

You have an amazing way to present us with all this facts. I was somehow bother to know all pandas belong to one country, somehow does not seem right. Thank you.✌

I wish someone would look into the Canadian population one and check to see how much of our population lives within 100 miles of a major river or the ocean. I bet it is even higher than 90%.

Love this video, I could watch this for hours

These type of videos are my favourite ones, I love these fascinating facts about countries! Happy new year for you too and keep up the great work, love you from Hungary!

You are seriously one of my favorite channels. I wish you did more videos, but the ones we do get are high quality and amazing. Thank you for continuing to make this amazing content.

7:39 Finland isn‘t Scandinavia

Happy new year Wonder!

You could keep making these videos forever. There's endless facts and I love watching them.

Thanks so much...really interesting..and "fun" to read and learn.!!!!!!

3:13 Every country needs GDH.

Greece has a second national animal apart from the dolphin, which is the mythical animal Phoenix.

Best way to see in the New Year. Haud Hogmanay

Thank you for this info

I've only watched all the way to Bahamas, this is such a good video! Happy New Years Eve WonderWhy!

5:53 This monument was featured in an episode of Tom Scott's "Lateral" quiz show. 🙂

all your panda are belong to us

my obsession with random facts vids growing up are the reason i have ankle depth knowledge of many things but cant elaborate on most of them

its amazing that Tutu and Mandela grew up on the same street

I find that "fact" of New Zealand having the 1st man to climb mount Everest a bit sketchy, I'm certain he had a sharpa accompany him (the guy right next to him). Those people have had knowledge of that mountain even before westerners had an interest in climbing it.

Great video.. thanks 😊

Argentina has the first welsh colony in the world(Y Wladfa), there are cities in the Chubut province founded by welsh people called "Puerto Madryn", "Trelew", "Trevelin", etc. Is documented than even 25.000 people speak a "patagonian" dialect of welsh(between 5000 and 12.200 as their mother tongue)

Happy New Year, WonderWhy!

Great video!

Hey, I live in a city of 5 million people founded by *Batman* . John Batman founded Melbourne when he thought Tasmania was too crowded, I can't imagine what he would think if he saw his "pleasant village" now.

Here’s a fun fact from Puerto Rico: The Republic of Puerto Rico was founded on the 23rd of September, 1868 in the town of Lares and a few nearby surrounding regions and lasted for only one day. It had one president named Francisco Ramirez Medina.

My life has no other joy than knowing the fact that wb sued the country of Turkey for having a city called Batman

Ok, this was a cool video and very informative, but can we talk about how he said the name of that welsh city perfectly, or at least almost perfectly.

I hope part 2 soon

2:39 As I understand the first skyscraper in Europe is located in Madrid. It would be the Edificio Telefonica (Telefonica Building) built between 1926 and 1929.

Another Welsh village once tried to steal the title of the longest British place name as a publicity stunt during a protest against plans for a wind farm, with the name translating as 'A quiet beautiful village, a historic place with a rare kite under threat from wretched blades'. It didn't catch on though!

i really like how some are actually fun like the longest city name in ireland

19:18 those are some mature looking kids

Finally. Happy new year

The M1 is also known as the Monash Freeway. Has so many things named after that guy here.

Can't wait for part 2 to come out in 2 months

i fucking love this youtuber, no bullshit 2 min long intros, just a 10 (or shorter) sec intro and straight into the > 15 mins of content, never change

Great video 😊📸

3:36 Also, Brazil's eastern most point is closer to Africa than its own western most point.

The legend himself is back!

Interestingly, Northern Ireland also has Game of Thrones tours, a lot of the show was filmed here as well

Your videos are the best

20:30 he clutched that

It would be great if you show each country on map simultaneously on the same slide

You have such an interesting accent. Where are you from? Watched till Wales. Now I know where you from :)

The "San Jose, Florida" you put on your San Jose map is not a town. It's a neighbrhood within Jacksonville. Jacksonville incorporated the entire county (minus a couple small towns) like 50 years ago, so those places like Brooklyn, Riverside, San Jose, etc, are not towns anymore.

Awesome video.

13:38 I'm pretty sure that's not correct. For exemple, surely Alienor of Aquitaine would qualify, as she's been queen of France, then queen of England, by marrying two different men.

this video is like a late christmas present

7:50 France actually shares a border with 11 countries. you forgot about the "overseas collectivity" of Saint-Martin, which borders the Dutch overseas territory of Sint Maarten, meaning France has a border with the Netherlands

I like that Brazil appears in so many others countries facts 👏🏿👏🏿🇧🇷

Damn I really remember watching this channel 6 years ago

As many different rounds of this concept as you care to give us will enjoy every one :-)

For New Zealand it was infact the Isle of Man to do that even,though limited was still technically the first

Your diagram at 17:52 has 7 Spanish months and only 5 French! Sacré bleu!

Make video about jummland ( chittagong hill tracts )

happy new year its 12:29 am 2022

What do you use to edit your videos?

Wonder what Henry Ford would make of the black cars one?

12:42-- India 🇮🇳, Nepal 🇳🇵 😂

It was very useful. Just what I needed to take over the world :))

When he talked about san Jose i thought of how many places are called victoria

5:25 Game of Thrones was also filmed in Northern Ireland, afaik

7:52 Eleven. They also share a border with us, the Netherlands, through our respective overseas territories Sint Maarten (a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, therefore Dutch) and Saint Martin (same name and roughly same situation, but French).

Iceland name pops up "I am not going to pronounce that" Proceeds to pronounce impossible whelsh name

Well, that's funny. A city in Turkey called batman? Hahaha! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣