5:00 fun fact: the netherlands is on there because we have an national holiday where you paint your face black and act as an helper of the predecessor of Santa. Pretty weird saying it like that.
@Spicyleaves he said that it was places like Europe that’d be cheaper to fly to than Europe. I said it’d be cheaper for me to fly to a place in Europe rather than North America since I live in Europe. What part dont I understand?
And why is Maine included in that? I lived there for 30 years. There’s nothing there that comes remotely close to reminding me of Europe lol. Charleston South Carolina reminded me more of Europe than Maine.
@@M_4C4z I get that that's a joke, but the real meaning of Zhongguo is "Middle Kingdom" because apparently, they thought they were the center of the earth.
5:57 (He made a mistaake so here is a meme about it) Me: Oh boy I'm going to Dubai on a 3 month trip!!! 6 hours and 15 minutes later Me: *Frick, I flew to Dublin*
5:10 I'm from teh Netherlands and it's not suprising because we got a hollyday called Sinterklaas where Sinterklaas and his helpers give presents to kids and the helpers are called zwarte pieten translation: black pete
6:43 Fun fact: That actually exists between Germany and Denmark. There's a scheduled passenger train line that involves putting the whole thing on a ferry.
Tbh, as someone from Hong Kong, we need to be returned to the mainland by 2047, I would honestly much rather live under Taiwan than China cuz Taiwan is democratic and China is communist lol
That was a very interesting phonetic transcription that didn't help me anything at all, hahaha. So Drew's error was that he should have pronounced a long W? And what does that hyphen mean?
9:13 whenever someone mentions the country of Chile I always do a slight giggle because Chili in my language is penis and it gets even funnier when they point out long Chile
The netherlands has a tradition called Sinterklaas basically Christmas but earlier and without elves and with people that put makeup on to help saint nicholas
8:03 don't know the others but I think it's ban in Indian subcontinent because here we worship cows thus people think here pee is holy too sooooo......you know.......
whats actually pretty intriguing and something you wouldnt think until you learn the factoid is that, while we often think if new zealand and australia as like a tandem or something, like they are just a hop, skip apart, this is not really true at all. aukland & sydney, both cities being on the coasts of each country and around similar latitudes for each as well, are actually about 1400 miles(2200km) apart from each other, or almost the same distance from providence, RI to miami, FL. so yeah, more like acquaintances, kinda close regionally, as opposed to buddies next door to each other....
Drew: That place is Sahrawi Arab Republic, its coastline is under Moroccon occupation, but inner parts are governed by the party. Now you can help spread awareness against evil imperialism.
fun fact: if you look for antipode of Taipei, Taiwan, you will find a place in Argentina called Formosa. Which is strangely the old name of Taiwan. Not sure if this is by a freak accident?
Dutch often do blackface around Christmas time, they have a character called "Swarte Piet" or something like that. (My friend speaks out a lot against it but people are weirdly resistant to stop it)
5:06 is a reference to “Zwarte Piet” or Black Peter who is celebrated in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 as Santa Claus “black helper” Those portraying Zwarte Piet usually put on blackface and colourful Renaissance attire in addition to curly wigs and bright red lipstick.
