American Reacts to 101 Facts about Europe 

Milk & cheese is amazing.

Portuguese here and yeah, we consume a lot of milk here,

North or south? The change from butter to olive oil and Parmesan to Pecorino that happens as you drive south in Italy is really stark.

I drink 1L of milk in a day😂

@@herm195 I just looked in my fridge how much "nutritional value" one liter has ... Milk 550-680 kilocalories, coca cola 420 kilocalories, and eating a bar of chocolate (100g) is around the same amount of calories as 1l of milk ...

It’s not weird. Royalty are incestuous inbreds. I’d be more surprised if they weren’t related.

In fact, if you see photographs of them, they are physically identical

Tzar Boris of Bulgaria and the king of Romania were cousins too (not first degree but still)

Don't know about Victoria, but all of them had a mother that where Danish princess of origin. That's why they where cousins.

That's why a genetic sickness was spread throu all aristocratici families of europe! That's why the son of the last zar was very sick, he had emofilia!

For me it is hard to imagine humans, who do not even drink their own species milk after the aproximate age of two, would go as an adults and drink milk from the other animal, which is ten times heavier.

@@VelidAgovic We also dont eat our own species but we eat others. Drinking their milk seems normal to me

Living in Northern Germany here it´s the same. Can´t imagine living one day without drinking some Milk.

Oh I'm Norwegian and I don't drink milk. Have no problem, just don't like the taste. Used be normal in the days to drink milk, but it's decreasing.

@@jonnor6883 Yes, I'm not saying that there aren't Norwegians that don't drink milk. I have a wife that don't need to drink milk. I'm just saying it's the norm, and that we as a society is based on the "fact" that milk is something we appreciate and see as an integral part of our cultural heritage.

You made a good point

And Croatia should adopt it this year if i recall correctly

​Originally yes, as there where using German Marks, but today Croatia is a member of EU.

​@@mikkorenvall428 we changed to euro last year,2023.

EU is doomed. You can come back in one year and say i'm Nostradamus.

Most people didn't die in Spain (other places had more), it was as they said in the video. Europe was in war, Spain was neutral and didn't censor their news so all news about the flu came from Spain. I think every video talking about the flu have mention it.

la llamaron gripe española porque fue el único país que informó abiertamente sobre la enfermedad y el número de muertes. No porque fuera donde mas muertes hubo

Actually it was called the Spanish Flu after it killed the King of Spain. But you are correct that it came from the US, from a small town in Kansas.

It was the Kansas Flu

No, no. The greatest number of victims weren't at Spain. The greatest number of victims were in the countries at war, with no medical care at all. It's called Spanish flu because in Spain the people with the illness filled the hospitals and the press reported it, so the world knew about it from the Spanish press.

In Serbia it was age of inlightment

@@2dimitropolis370 I guess you are refering to the reign of tsar Stefan Dušan, right?

Spot on. It was during the so-called dark ages that all gothic cathedrals were built. Not so dark after all.

@@michel9372 Right!

​​@@michel9372of course it depends on the country u are Living, but in most countries the dark ages are over ~ 1000 AD, so before gothic was invented. Here in germany we count the dark ages between fall of West rome and Split of the frankish empire. Have Talked with a brit bout this topic some time ago and he said that in England it is count from West rome until William the conquerer showed up. Gothic started in the 12th century so at least 100 years after end of the dark ages. The only huge cathedrals I know which were built in the dark ages are the romanic cathedrals of Aachen, Lindenthal, hildesheim and Zeitz (dont know about other countries). Even the most famous romanic cathedrals of germany (mainz, trier) werent built during the dark ages. Mainz was after the dark ages and Trier was before the dark ages. Edit: what has happened during the dark ages and Not gets enough attention These days, are the huge numbers of monasteries during this time, which were the true megaprojects of this time. So if u want to See what These people could built during the dark ages go to the so called "campus galli".

Me too

I'm 13 from Sweden and I don't know how to survive without milk

I'm German and some years younger, but a glas of milk everyday, too.

Aye

@@-Alemann ?

Finally someone who shares my opinion. I hate it too. I am like my country was busy surviving colonisers from the East aka Ottoman Empire for example. What irritates me even more is though that people still call European colonisers although it ended quite a long time ago. I would be weird if I would call todays Turkish people Ottomans.

And what's more! Some European countries and nations were themselves treated colonially by empires (Poland and Ireland for example)

Actually there were two flavors of colonialism. British, Spanish and Portuguese - economical in nature, which aimed at 'acquiring' natural resources (see India and Latin America), and French - triggered originally by incessant acts of piracy by the Barbaresques (North Africans), which led to the construction of roads, hospitals and schools (see French-speaking Africa). A little known fact is that French colonies in Africa actually represented a net deficit for France but anti-colonials will never tell you that.

Right? My country was invaded several times, hell it's been 35 years since we were finally freed from Soviets and they keep saying European colonisers. My country didn't colonise anyone as we were too busy getting rid of those who colonised us. It's like saying Europe is a country. Name those who were the colonisers, don't put everyone in the same bag.

@@Phobos_Nyx this is so relateable ...in my country's case it wasnt the Soviet Union but Yugoslavia... before that Austro Hungarian Empire, plus Italians and the Ottomans... we were hella busy as well. But some people apparently dont know history too well. It would be stupid as well if we called Asia colonizers just because Ghengis Khan did it with his Mongol people. These days though its a trend on hating on Europe as one unit and no matter if our ancestors did something or not we are all bad 🤮 They wanna sound smart but end up being dumb. Thats all I am going to say

Have a happy birthday neighbor :) I'm turning 43 this year and I could count on my hands the days I haven't drink milk :) I was born in a medium size village in Romania and as a kid, I was drinking milk directly from the source(literally). All our neighbors had cows and I was always there when they were milking them. My main meal in school was a 1L bottle of cocoa milk. To this day, I buy 2L fresh milk every second day. I really feel bad for those who can't enjoy milk or dairy foods. Cheers.

What is normal for us can be poisonous for other people around the world. I had an american english teacher in highschool here in Romania who got sick and been in hospital after trying....smantana (or smetana,depending on what side of border you are,lol) spread on bread......wich is crazy. Also they can get sick from the carp eggs salad (i heard about some cases), so be careful what you put on the table to foreign visitors.

​@@jzsf82milk directly from the cow, still warm, is one of the best things an human can enjoy...so an european😅. 35yo and drink milk instead of beers 😂.

@@mattlevuix8200 I think beer is even more European then milk or at the same level atleast for the Dutch and German

Cuentan solo lo que les interesa.

we nordics agree

No mention to little Andorra...landlocked too

I wanted to say the same thing

and many more I believe@@rolflin

Also worth pointing out the plane pictured in the video is not the type used. I’m not a plane enthusiast but the one in the video is some kind of jet with probably 150-200 seats😂

Cant build bridge?

@@schwartzy65 Can you build a 300 meters pillar on the bottom of the sea? If so,how much it would cost? It would be like building many Burj Khalifa under salty water.

We invented bridges, we just understand when not to over dangerous areas.

@@schwartzy65 its Deep and Rough water - with storms that hamper boats - any bridge built would need to weather this and also any traffic on this would be at the mercy of the weather the cost of building it would be astonomical in comparsion to just a small play jump

A big dairy company had a campaign like that over here in Finland in the 1980's. They chose Ben Johnson for the ads, as an example of how strong you can become by drinking milk. Then it was revealed Johnson was a heavy doping user. The ads disappeared quickly.

We had a similar milk products propaganda by the milk lobby in France which was VERY prolific since not so long ago (until around the second half of the 2010s I'd say). Happy it slowed down, because the benefits we tended to give to milk are now proven to be way overrateded, if not bullshit. And as a country very well known for its cheeses, it's quite hard to not encounter resistance when you say that milk products are not so good for your health, regardless your ability to digest them or not.

​@@AdrienmonLa même chose en Suisse 😂

They did for tax reasons?

@@Lilygirl283 I'd say that could be a safe assumption.

And SAAB is American and Volvo is Chinese...

If we follow that logic than A LOT of companies are really from Guerney and other tax havens.

Just because their HQ is in the Netherlands, doesn't mean it's Dutch. But that being said, they're registered as a non-profit (charity) in The Netherlands. Tax haven.

I was trying to write it, thank you for the information

and as a reminder, Yellowstone, there have been approximately 70 eruptions inside the crater, since its last big eruption. An eruption in Yellowstone does not necessarily mean cataclysm.

My father worked there in a bunker (military man). Under the building is a small city.

​@@AciduZZu002keep your mouth shut

@@AciduZZu002și să nu uităm ca pe teritoriul României se află dovezile celei mai vechi civilizații europene, chiar suntem ombelico del mondo, un pic exagerat dar totuși nu suntem ultima găină din coteț așa cum vor unii să inducă ideea.

not anymore... Gobekli Tepe taken over...also the Turks been defeated mainly by the Hospitallers with Maltese help to build Valletta... WW2 England did not let the Germans occupy Malta, by itself would be done... Napoleon has been taken Malta then left to Egypt, then he died there in exile ....Too much nationalist propaganda, mela

Etna erupted in 2013 and Stromboli (another active volcano in Italy) erupted in 2019 😅 the gods might be preparing something

@@rimasto3692 also worth noting the Sundhnúkur eruptions in Iceland in 2023-2024 with last eruption being literally last month

Tought this was Maastricht to Liège..

look a the route from FRH to STG @@Real_Claudy_Focan

@@Real_Claudy_Focan Potsdam-Berlin...oh wait, BER still not finished.... :P

Because the Americans, along with the imperial measurements, also inherited the arrogance from their erstwhile rulers.

You do know that was over 2000years ago, right?​@Dreyno

Well Metric is common in Usa. In medicine, science and loads of other applications..

@@simonpowell2559 200 years, not 2000. And what of it? Two countries dripping in arrogance, one of which is the spawn of the other.

@@Dreyno ha ha. Yes thanks. Bloody auto fill. "erstwhile rulers" would that be an inch ruler or a centimetre ruler?

Ditto and I'm 63. Speaking of cheese, it seems the bacteria contained in cheese made from unpasteurized milk helps reinforce the immune system. As a kid I had never heard of allergies among school buddies but now that processed cheese has become widespread, so have cases of allergy. Stilton anyone?

If you add milk to tea it better be Indian chai wit lots of spices and loose black tea, and not that junk in bags.

French here same, it's so good that I can't stop drinking it lol

+1 from Hungary 😁. Grown up drinking unboiled, warm, fresh cow milk 😋.

Norwegians love milk 🥛 We use it to everything 😋

One liter every day for this middle aged Finnish man 🖖🏻

try american milk and that amout will go to 0 liters.. 😂

"Some people around here see the concept of lactose intolerance as a joke." That only means they don't understand what lactose intolerance is. First of all, except for the more severe cases, being intolerant and drinking milk anyway will cause minor digestive problems like a lot of gas and runny stool. Not fun, but not a health risk, and some can judge it a not so bad price to pay for having a good ice cream on a hot summer day, for example. And second, lactose intolerant people can have cheese all they want, as most of, if not all, the lactose in the milk is destroyed during the cheese making.

that's just plain ignorance , that lactose intolerance is a joke , do they also believe that diabetes is a joke? I mean how can someone not eat fruits and bread am i right? Also one of the reason for this ignorance is that not all people dink milk, most usually drink it in coffee ; While eating cheese as a european , most of us do , but the ones that you mentioned usually don't have lactose . By ageing the cheese the lactose is reduces , the more it ages the less it is. Also europeans eat a lot of cheese that naturally don't contain lactose like pecorino , hollumi ,etc

Not even mentioned the Country in the EU litteraly made out of cheese called the Netherlands.. very dissapointed

😆 I just know this is based of a simple search and copy and paste.

And there was total chaos. 🤣

But the cars had the steering wheel at the left side both before and after the switch.

And Hungary has forint

Belgrade metropolitan 8 million. Paris is NOT that special

@@monicacarolina6480Paris Metropolis if you prefer. Metroplitan Frances has 68 millions pop. Serbia has 7millions inhabitants, Belgrade and its suburbs only 1.6. 🤣 (Get your numbers right!) Paris is NOT that special, London and Berlin metropolis are way bigger!

@@fredericlepeltier3435 nope: Berlin agglomeration : around 5 millions, London Around 14-15 millions, Paris 12 millions. Just talking about population ( not about what makes a city specail or not)

Because American milk is UHT (Ultra High Temperature Pasteurisation) milk. The same as the little plastic milk pods you get in hotel rooms. As explained in Fr. Ted ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4t3njBw0G6k.htmlsi=mc83oNUgdAI7xmgt

it's not milk it's white paint xD

​@@Dreynoour milk is also uht. Just that american milk has less proteins and less fats per l. Plus a bunch of chemicals. It is milk flavoured water, rather than milk like you ll found in europe where there are rules (like the 35, 32 for ex, 35 g of fat per l, 32 g of proteins)

@@etienne8110 Who is “our”?

@@Dreyno EU europe.

yeah it's such cheap protein

the (west)german constitution (Grundgesetz) always had one single very short paragraph about the death penalty : _"The death penalty has been abolished"_ and since it supersedes all other local constitutions of the _Bundesländer,_ it automatically was abolished everywhere, even though it took until the late nineties (or even later?) to also formally purge it from the last local constitutions (Bavaria in 1998? and Hessen in ???). they simply didn't bother of changing their constitutions since it was no valid paragraph anyway. in (east)germany, it was abolished only as late as in 1987, and had been executed (edit: pun not intended) quite a few times during the decades after foundation of the GDR.

@@Anson_AKB The death penalty in Hessen was officially abolished in 2018 by a popular vote (I did my part for it lul)

Seems like 90% of future in Europe made in Poland 😁here in Estonia almost all furniture comes with instruction in polishing language 😅

Yes, this is the excuse to fight the Milk production, pay attenction. I don't believe it

yes, I also have periods where I drink half a liter a day

French here but my grandfather was sardinian too (Fluminimaggiore) so i've eaten my lot of maggots too :)

British cheese is the best in the world. We have 2,000. We invented cheddar..

@@neilgayleard3842you mean best cheese of YOUR world i guess! Greetings from 🇨🇭

@@jeanpieerjean7356 CH is great for their fondue, I like the Gruyere and Emmenthaler very much. Sorry we can't make it here with our Gouda cheese.

No. The world.

@@neilgayleard3842 Sorry to disappoint you, but according to the World Cheese Award (and yes, that's apparently a thing), the best cheese in the world 2023 is from Norway and the UK didn't even make the top 10. And while I couldn't find any "official" sources on the most popular type of cheese in the world (at least not with a 5 minute google search), most sites claim it to be italian cheese, specifically Mozarella and Parmigiano Reggiano.

Yep even in czech before ww2 they drove on the left.... Matter of fact all early skoda models are right hand drive.... After nazis invaded they changed the driving layout as thier own..

I remember in Australian news at the time that the first reported fatality of the change was a cyclist who went out the night before to practice for the change. Don't know how true that is....

Long story short.. chauchesco ( dictator of romania made it ) , he and his wife were hanged on main square.. They were same as staljin, and other komunist dictators.. I almost forgot putin !

@@st0kica aah yes thanks for the summary.

top gear was there..go watch it, youll know highlights

If IKEA is a Dutch company, then they should change their colors to red, white and blue. So according to you, does that also mean Lidl is Romanian because of the colors? IKEA was founded in Sweden, just like Lidl is Germany

@@automation7295 Your correct Lidl is a German company because its headquarter is in Neckarsulm, Germany. And its correct that IKEA was founded in Sweden. But IKEA's headquarters is in Leiden (Ikea Group) and Delft (Inter Ikea Systems) Netherlands since 2012. Inter Ikea Systems BV is the owner of the Ikea brand. Its in The Netherlands for the same reasons as automobile manufacturer Stellantis, U2 Ltd and Promotone BV (aka The Rolling Stones) etc etc.

@@automation7295 yeah that the holding company (Ingka) is based in the Netherlands is just for tax reasons, the entire board and management of it is Swedish people (though they now live in the Netherlands).

Ahd owners of IKEA in netherlands are based in Luxembourg. It's not a Dutch company per se, it's headquarters are based there. Just like Interogo that fully owns IKEA brands, was founded by Kamprad in Lichtenstein, still recognized as a Swedish company. It simply doesnt matter where, It's where the roots are. It's a multinational entity with roots in Sweden, and stil many or most of the products are bearing swedish names.

Horses, by right-handed men, wielding a sword in defence would ride on the left. Until Napoleon, whose right arm was useless, came around. May not be so in Czechoslovakia but in Western Europe this is true.

Asians tend to be lactose intolerant too. Weird indeed.

In evolutionary terms, humans naturally stop producing lactase (the enzyme needed to digest lactose) at around age 3, the age an infant would be weaned from its mother and no longer need a milk-digesting enzyme. Producing lactase beyond infancy, and therefore being able to digest milk products in adulthood, is in fact a recent adaptation in our species, and most wide-spread in Northern and Western Europe, because it's those populations who began to habitually consume dairy. Over 80% of people in those countries can digest lactose. In places like China or across the African continent the percentage is the other way around, with most people being lactose-intolerant.

@@diarmuidkuhle8181 thats what I heard.. I would only argue the word naturally, I dont think it was naturall as well as allergies, I think these changes occured due to human behaviour.. thats why there are parts that these are not a thing..

I was curious where that number came from and it says this on Wiki: "An older source gives 53,789 islands, which may be the figure for coastal islands only". It's from some Dutch research project.

It's just the modern notion some idiots have that everything was literal hell on Earth before like 1950s America. It's ridiculous.

What the f are you babbling about? Would you say moscow is an asian citys?😂😂 Also if russia is cultural asian then the same goes for Poland, the baltic countries, Ukraine and so on. Also, ismt the name Rus comming from the Swedish Vikings settling there? But im going to writ you of for a 12 year old or from an american with very little knowledge. Even in Europe, ive learn in school that west of russia is part of Europe (Sweden). I feel sorry for your educational system….

True. There are certain cultures, not just the russians, that have always preferred/accepted a "strong" dictatorial regime. Btw i would never consider Turkey part of Europe either. NEVER

@@MotherGoose264 Dictatorships like in, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Portugal…

1. Feel sorry for an educational system😂. You have a very good system in Sweden, but even they didnt manage to teach you proper English 😂. 2. I wrote that those cultures have always preferred/accepted such a regime. The countries you mention have had 1 dictatorship in the past, not a whole history, and they're all gone now because the majority of the people didnt want it and only tolerated it because of the opression. Whereas in Russia there are hundreds of years of despots, and people generally have no problem with it. Even at the time when Europe was ruled by kings they didnt have absolute power for the last 500yrs, in russia they did have absolute power. I'll even poke the fire a bit😂, by saying other cultures that generally easily accept and even prefer dictatorships are those under Islamic influence. That is an undeniable fact. Democracy is a western concept that only works when people have somewhat of a western mindset and values. Many muslims would like a kind of democracy but combined with muslim values, but that is a very hard thing to do and the number of countries that succeed are few and they are often unstable. Like any dictator they will use democracy to get into power and then end it.

Oh yes, those Asian pesky characters of the likes of Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Rachmaninov, Tolstoy, Bulgagov and their Asian ideas and music they promulgated 🙄

I've heard the opposite, that swords and lances are best used from right to left (see jousting), i.e. held in the right hand to strike to the left, which makes a lot of sense if you wish to keep your balance on horseback.

@@michel9372 Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's both. I don't remember it too well to be honest, but I do remember it kept changing. I for one wouldn't wanna try to use a sword in my right hand to strike someone on my left... I'd probably just end up decapitating my own damn horse... 😭