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Australia is 4x bigger than Greenland, but an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by water” and also “smaller than a continent.” By that definition, Australia can’t be an island because it’s already a continent.
@@skipper409 That depends on how you look at it. If you say that Australia is a country in Oceania then it is an island. If you say that Australia is the continent then it's a continent
4:56 "Where's the line between Europe and Asia?" - Ryan asking, while looking at a picture of a world map with a line between Europe and Asia. Never change xD
La Sagrada Família (translated The Holly Family) it's a cathedral not a castle. The architect (Antoni Gaudí) died during the initials works and the towers calculations are a bitch: towers of differents highs, slim and very little support at the base. The cathedral works with donations too making it's construction very slow. You have to see a video of the façade works. Gaudí was one of the most important architects in Spain and this cathedral it's possibly his most famous work.
If i can say a little more: Gaudi was really weird architect, he didn't do whole project on the paper instead he did some portion while builders were building, so architect and builders did their job at the same time, that's why Sagrada familia is really hard to finish (because there's still some unfinished parts) nobody knows how it should look like c:
@@TheFunSpace I didn't want to give too much information. Gaudí was a genious and his catenarian arch models are breathtaking to see. Well I don't think weird is the word I would use to describe his work. Organic I think is the word. You are correct: the new architects are working without original prints because Gaudí tended to have models to try his ideas.
@@francoismartini5148 yes, people don’t know the difference. But Who came out with the idea of the sagrada familia said it would be the catedral of the people.
We must add the fact that the spanish civil war stopped the work and most of plans and models made by Gaudí were destroyed, what complicated the work of following architects.
"If I wanted to go to paris I dont want go to Disneyland in Paris - I would go here" This is exactly the answer I was expection from an American 😂 It might be shocking to you but there are people living in Europe that want to visit Disneyland Paris.
Greenland is about 2.17m Sq. Km in area, it’s fairly big, and is the biggest island in the world. An island being defined as a land mass completely surrounded by water and is not in itself a continent, although Australia is vastly bigger it is a continent it cannot be considered an island. However, as you said, Greenland appears much larger than it actually is is because maps of the world distort sizes closer to the poles of the earth, further away from the equator the more distorted and less proportioned it becomes.
and that map during the russia being 40% the size of europe is so bad too, like wtf did they do to all the borders and why are they using the ussr borders for russia
The "fact"Belgium's rail network being the longest in the world is also bs. In Europe Germany has a rail network of 33500 km, the U.S. Has the longest in the world with 150000km.
The amount of sold chocolate at Brussels Airport is not as random as it may sound - Belgium chocolate is one of the best there is (in European standard). If I ever find myself there - I would definitely be one of the buyers.
Yep. There is only the debate wether Belgian or Swiss chocolate takes the crown, but although most European countries have fairly good chocolate, these two countries definitely excel.
@@kaidrache2395 As a Swiss both chocolate are really good. Some people likes the Belgian one bc it's really buttery and other like te Swiss one bc it feels less fat
Is famouse since always. Actually the Germans in WWI called the blegium army "le arme du chocolat" (the chocolate army) to make funny of they because was a small army, but they fought hard af
@@WalterModel45 And they fought very hard on WWII too. They resisted 3 weeks by surprise attack from Germany, while the french army who was bigger aware to be attacked fall down in 2 weeks.
Couple of things made me laugh.. "If I went to Europe I don't think I'd want to go to Disneyland"....Not EVERYTHING is built for the benefit of Americans! Many Europeans want access to the theme park without having to travel to the States so it's predominantly aimed at them....." What is the definition of an island... ". It is a land mass entirely surrounded by water, therefore, no, America isn't one....😲
As for the definition of an island, it's a relevant question, because technically all continents, like America, are land masses surrounded by water. For the purposes of this definition, it has been decided that Australia represents the boundary, so it is sometimes considered an island, sometimes a continent and sometimes both. If Australia is considered an island, then it is by far the largest, otherwise it is Greenland.
Belgium doesn’t have the longest rail network, it has the most kilometre of rail lines per square kilometre of land area. Though depending how you count things (eg, including tram lines etc.), it’s actually in a close third place after Switzerland and Czechia (and that is not counting city states or small island states).
The Map they used to Russia in Europe is an old one showing the Borders before WWI I think. - And the Border between Europe and Asia is the mountain range called Ural
glad i'm not the only one that saw that, and it was well before WW1, if you look closely you can see that Germany has not even formed yet, it might be a map from before or during the franco-german war.
Continents are usually defined by being on different tectonic plates. France was originally called Frankia, because the Franks took over from the Romans. Because the Latin alphabet doesn't have the letter 'K' it was replaced with the hard 'C'. That hard 'C' got mispronounced as a soft 'C' over time and Frankia became Francia and then France. Chocolate isn't random in Belgium. It's one of our national prides, along with waffels and fries (which aren't French, by the way, but Belgian, except that the elite in Belgium spoke French at the time of their invention and as a consequence fries were seen as French).
Na the fries were invented in Paris dude and that's why they were seen as French. Simple as that. And the Continents are not really scientifically defined, different cultures don't even count the same number of continents. East of Russia is on the same tectonic plate as North America and we still say it's in Asia and not in North America. India has his own tectonic plate and we still say India is in Asia. The Arabian or Caribbean plates are not called continents either. Europe and Asia are on the same tectonic plate but are considered 2 continents by most people. And I could go on, continents are just not based on tectonic plates, it's a mix of geography, history and cultures, and as I said different countries don't even count them the same way, for example in South America, Spain or Portugal they count America as one continent.
If you don't think Greenland is an island you are not the only one, but as far as its size compared to Australia is concerned, that's to do with the Map projection used, Greenland is about half the size of Australia if shown on a different projection.
Yes, but he was probably asking what the definition of the border was. And that definition, AFAIK, is as follows: It follows the top of the Ural mountain range. Then it follows the Ural river. And then it follows the top of the Caucasus mountain range. So Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are in Europe. While Georgia and Armenia are not.
Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 257% larger than Greenland. don't you know about how flat maps screw the relative sizes of countries?
Yet, Australia is a continent. That would be like saying 'Africa is bigger than Greenland.' As an island that is part of a continent, Greenland is the biggest.
@@cayreet5992 Australia is not a continent. Oceania is a continent and Australia is part of it.Australia is simply too big to be an island by definition but it's simply a geographical technicality that helps us categorize the earth and the nations but in reality it is an island. Americans have a serious need to study history and geography. The fact that you don't know the countries, where they are or that you don't even know what one of the most important monuments in the world (Sagrada Familia) is and why it hasn't been completed yet or that you don't even know how to compare a country on a map it is beyond my imagination. No offense, just reality
Europeans in general do drink cappuccinos throughout the day. Not drinking it after noon is mostly an Italian thing. But even in Italy, as a tourist, no worries, nobody will shout at you for ordering a cappucino in the afternoon ;)
True! I'm from EU and I drink cappuccino only in the afternoon, because I prefer tea in the morning 🤷♀ Also I eat pizza with pineapple... I need to forget about going to Italy 🤣
@@francescogallina2559 not a bigger crime than ketchup on pizza, right? ;) I know you do consider it a strictly morning drink but at least as a tourist in Napoli, Bologna or Firenze nobody frowned at me when I ordered in the afternoon. Although probably they were just thinking "stupid tourist" ;)
Mr twin replied correctly - Belgium may have the densest rail network in the world (you can go everywhere by train), but it's nowhere near the longest because the country is very small. The geograpgical division between Europe and Asia is quite a celebrated feature for tourists. Primarily in Russia, it's marked by a mountain chain. But the most famous point of division is in Istanbul (Turkey) where one side of the city is in Europe and the other in Asia - you have to take a ferry to get across. So you could say - Turkey is split in two.!!
Btw the thumbnail, is a cathedral (I know, intentional probably...), so this video might help recognize castles maybe? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hv6Yl45g1y4.html
In Italy, cappuccino is regarded as a breakfast drink, drinking hot milk (which tends to be sweet) with coffee around lunchtime or worse after lunch is seen as a very strange thing. This is because breakfast in Italy tends to be sweet, a coffee/cappuccino or tea plus the classic brioche or croissant or cornetto whatever (the last two are different things). This is why cappuccino is seen more as a morning thing, in general many drinks with milk are seen this way, cappuccino, caffè macchiato or latte macchiato (since milk contains sugar).
It's not wrong, it's just old. Judging by the borderlines, it's from somewhere between 1830 and 1860, prior to unification of both Italy and Germany. Most of African remained colonized until 1960, so that shouldn't come as a surprise.
I take that back, it has to be even older. I think Greece became independent in 1830 and it's not featured there. So maybe around 1820, just after Napoleon.
The number of continents actually varies depending on which region you live in, some areas of the world are taught there are 6, 5, or even just 4! There’s no singular basis on what defines a continent, its definition can vary between landmass, tectonic plates and even geopolitics.
What is it about Americans and everything being a castle. It's a cathedral, designed by Gaudi, and they didn't "stop working on it", they didn't stop, so it's still a work in progress.
WHEN THEY SAY EUROPE ONE SIDE THEY MEEN THE SIDE NEAR EUROPE BECAUCE THAT WAS A PART THAT GREEKS ARMENIANS AND EUROPEANS USED TO LIVE. MODERN PEOPLE IT IS NOT EUROPE
belgium is famous for chocolate, i guess that's why they sell a lot at their airport. and by the way, italians do drink cappuccino after 11 am - i mean not all, but they do ;-))
Wheres the line between Europe and Asia... he says while looking at a map that shows the line between Europe and Asia. Also Greenland is big but is very distorted on a map so isn't actualy nearly as big as you think
line between europe and asia goes trhough the western part of russia. since we can't attach pictures here you will have to look it up. but the point is that asia and europe aren't trully 2 continents it is a cultural and religious line more than a geographical one. so russia, by those terms, lies with it's western part in europe and with it's eastern part in asia. and you can actually feel the difference if you travel trough russia from west towards east. the same line also divides istanbul in the europan part and asian part.
0:35 the real name of the European continent is Eurasia Eurasia is a geographical term for Europe and Asia jointly as a single continent, rather than two separate continents. Geologists and geographers since Édouard Suess in 1883 agree to refer to Europe and Asia as a whole under this term, but few use it. Eurasia is rather a geopolitical notion and we thank wikipedia 🙂
Austria didn't invent the croissant, it invented the pastry with crescent shape just after a victory against ottomans (the austrian pastry chef created that as if they ate the crescent moon of ottoman flag). But the croissant with pastry puff, as we know, is well a french invention. The Austrian croissant looked more as a brioche than a pastry puff croissant. The shape creation isn't the pastry creation ! So come back francophiles !
2:50 What? This is so wrong, Belgium has 51st longest railway network xD Only one line, the Trans-Siberian line in Russia is 2.5 longer than the entire railway system of Belgium.
[0:57] What makes a continent a continent are earth tectonic plates. Europe and Asia sit on the same plate Eurasian plate, that’s why the division for Europe and Asia is artificial. If by definition a continent had to be surrounded by water, than there would not be Nort and South Americas, just one giant America (Panama canal is an artificial creation, so doesn’t count as water surrounding Americas).
Australia is nearly four times as large as Greenland. Greenland is considered the biggest island because Australia is not considered an island. You only see it bigger in the map because the Mercator projection (the most common in the western world) deforms the surface of the Earth (like all projections that try to fit a sphere's surface in a rectangle). I think you'd like, in general, a video about the possible definition of continent (and the possible lists of continents) and/or about the borders of the continentes and their history, the one between Europe and Asia is pretty interesting.
Let me tell you, there was no France in 681. 😁 And my country is treally a baby, 30 years old. It used to be part of other states. So yeah, countries change in Europe.
"Where is the line between Europe and Asia?" says American while looking at a map where there is a black line on a map, separating Europe and Asia......
4:53 The line between Europe and Asia is the thick black one. (Tribute to Captain Obvious 🤣) No, seriously, this is the border you are looking for: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains From space or horse, you can't miss it.
And the last one! Russia (Russian Federation) is the largest country in the world as stated in the video. It's land mass is divided into a european part, located westward of the Ural mountains and an asian part, located east of the Ural mountains. The black line, shown on the map, represents this "border" in between the continents of Europe and Asia. All knowledge is already available, one has just to find the right one!
4:22 I realy donno but i didn't know that, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, part of Turkey and Poland are parts of Russia (Look at the map and only talking about Europe, coz in Asia Russia ate countries too) and i thought that there is only 1/4 (25%) of russia territories in europe :O 5:17 Greenland is indeed the biggest island in the world but it's located in NORTH AMERICA ("[...] 25 most interesting facts about Europe")
"Continents": Ancient Greece separated the world (yes, all of it) into three parts: Europa (i.e. Italy), Asia (i.e. Persia) and Africa (i.e. Egypt) Greece itself was part of neither, as they were the center of it all … But to keep those notions for the land masses into the modern age, the separation now runs along the Ural mountains to the Black Sea along the Caucasus and through the Bosporus. Which makes things even more stupid, as Turkey is 'only partly in Europe' while Cyprus is a EU member …
Is Europe really a continent? Europe is a part of the earth, a "continent". More than 700 million people live here in 47 states. More than 60 languages are spoken. Germany is located pretty much in the middle of the continent. The Urals a mountain range in Russia forms the border between Europe and Asia
yeah, the railway system in Belgium is just that good. And with such a small country, you don't even need to consult a schedule, just go out to your nearest train station, no mater where you want to go, within 20 minutes max there will be a train to take you there. The "border" between Europe and Asia goes like this from North to South: Ural mountains, Caspian sea, Caucasus, Asia Minor (that's the main part of Turkey), the Bosporus strait, the Marmara sea, the Dardanelles strait. Also, the map showing the land mass of Russia is wrong, it shows Finland as being part of Russia.
Belgian trains are indeed practical. Recently my train was delayed by half an hour(!), so I took the one 20 minutes later, so that I arrived at my destination on time. 😀
Fun fact about Lichtenstein: The Swiss accidentally invaded Lichtenstein 5 times in the last 55 years. Reasons: Swiss military is very active, there are no visible border lines and Lichtenstein is very small (62 sq mi, 40k citizens).
The map at 4:55 is showing the farthest stretch of the Russian empire before 1917. The Austro-Hungarian empire is still present on that map. So it is not accurate in the representation. The figure of 40% of Europe landmass beeing occupied by current Russia is accurate.
2:57 Yes, in Belgium you can almost go everywhere with the train. When the railways staff are not striking that is, which happens rather frequently, especially in Wallonia.
Speaking of countries changing their name Wales want to change to Cymru, its original name. Pronounced (cum-ree). Turkey has also changed its name to Turkiye
Europe is a definition-concept given by ancient Greeks applying to the portion of Eurasia going from the Ural mountains to the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula. In fact, the words Hispania and Iberia come from Hispalo, Hercules relative, who touched its coasts in some of their sails accross the Mediterranean several centuries BC.
And I've just remembered, that the Romans named Africa, but it was just the bit of North Africa that we call Libya today, I don't know who decided that the whole continent should be called Africa,
@@lesleyhawes6895 Consensus among later explorers/historians ?¿?. Obviously, I understand that a land mass-extension kept its first name-geographic description until somebody else crossed/explored it totally and found another sea-ocean....., a huge mountain range ..., a geographical barrier that separated it from another land mass which was given a different name. That, independely and to ulterior political sub divisions...., regions/countries.
There is no single definition of continent. Geologists, politicians and others will all use different versions depending on context. A good example is the Americas. Certain cultures think there are two American continents, others think there is only one. Europe is rather arbitrarily divided from Asia due to history, which also makes the borders of Europe very fuzzy. Certain nations at the edge of Europe will get very heated about whether they are European or not and consider it an attack on their culture to suggest things one way or the other.
San Marino is actually older than Bulgaria... the microstate has been around for 1721 years. It's the only country still in existence that was already around when there was a united Roman Empire. It's older than the city of Constantinople (yes, Byzantion was around before then, but it only became Constantinople 29 years after San Marino became independent).
San Marino has 2 birthday, one official in 1291 and one traditional in September 301. The traditional date is basically only a myth, so no, San Marino is not 1721 years old. Anyway San Marino is older than Bulgaria (indipendence date 1908). The oldest country in Europe (probably in the world) is Denmark that was born in the 8th century, followed by Portugal (1143).
The Mcdonalds locations is Bullshit Sweden NEVER has the most McD stores its Germany!!! How does a Country of the population of only 10 Million needs more McDs then Germany with 83 Million? Sweden has like 250 Stores and Germany 1450 Stores!
No, the chocolate thing is not so random, Belgian chocolate is absolutely delicious so every passenger wants some.... and with good reasons!! :) About the McDonalds: for every 1 million people there are 45,1 McDonalds in the US, 23,5 in Sweden. Also, Disneyland Paris is great, I went there 6 times (incuding January 1st of 2000, what a party!!!) and just booked the 7th visit, I suspect you'd love it!
I don't feel the urge to visit Disneyland, neither in Paris nor in the US, but I'm curious: is the one in Paris very american, or did they adapt to european tastes?
Ryan: Greenland on that map of yours is just a 'mercator' projection (from a shere...look it up) and highly inaccurate...do not believe its portrayal. Australia is four times larger than Greenland. To help resolve the confusion as to why Greenland is the world's largest island but Australia gets to be the smallest continent. The main reason is all about continental shelfs and not coastlines-Greenland is connected to North America's continental shelf, while Australia has its own shelf.
I notice your reactions to the pomp and ceremony during our late Queens funeral. You should check out the vids of the guards outside of the palaces etc. Tourists are beyond a joke with them.
Are you serious that you didn't know there are other Disneyland besides in US. One is in Paris (went there 5 times) the other two are in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
24. Cappuccino is drunk at any time, I've only heard that statement in certain parts of Italy. 21. No. The most visited is the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. In second place is Trafalgar Square in London and third was Notre Dame before it burned down, it should reopen in 2024. 16. Often not, but Yugoslavia, for example, was divided by riots into today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Serbia. 11. That line is clearly drawn by hand there. It looks like Europe/Asia
I knew the thing about the 80 Liechtenstein soldiers. BTW, that may well have been their complete forces, given that the population is only 39 000. Also, according to the CIA Fact Book nowadays Liechtenstein has "no regular military forces; the National Police maintain internal security and report to the Department of Civil Defense"
1:16 The kebab was invented in the 1970s in Berlin by a Turk, a certain Kadir Nordmann. this should have been the real point 23 with that Other varieties of kebabs Alanya kebap: pieces of mutton, bread and tomatoes with a spicy sauce; İskender kebap: meat cooked on a vertical spit, served with bread, tomato sauce, yogurt, rice; Shish kebab (şiş kebap, from Turkish şiş: skewer): made from mutton on a skewer.
Belgium longest railway network? I mean just reason tells you that this can’t be correct. USA 293.564 km Belgium 4.000? Don’t just believe everything you see on RU-vid.
