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A tour of the world, presented by a map geek. From 11 hour domestic flights to strange borders, learn about our world from a different perspective.
Every wondered how to create your very own country? Well here's your step by step guide to doing just that! If any of you go on to create a country after this I fully expect lordship.
Did you know that the way a grocery store is arranged is calculated to make you spend the most money profitable? In fact, the way the aisles are arranged can be the difference between a successful and failing grocery store.
A tour of the world, presented by a map geek. From West Virginia's that aren't really that west to pieces of Scotland in the Netherlands, learn about our world from a different perspective.
No country owns space, so are there laws there? Spoiler alert: yes. What laws are there? Well watch this video to find out. (It's complicated)
Time has a fascinating history. Much of our modern world wouldn't be what it is today without the development of better and better clocks. From clocks that use pendulums, to those that use cesium, this video covers the complete history of one of humanity's greatest inventions.
About 10% of humans are lefties, but 46% of American presidents are lefties. Why is this?
Pretty much every piece of land on earth is part of a Country, except, of course, Bir Tawil.
Map makers have been putting fake places on maps for decades in order to catch copyright thieves. In this video I explain just a few of those paper towns.
People around the world argue about it--Which way should toilet paper face? There are advantages for each side, but in the end, there is an undisputable answer.
Mars...the Final Frontier. Or wait, isn't that space? Or Alaska? Anyways, time systems work on Mars in a somewhat similar but still unique way to timekeeping on earth. This video has a little bit of history, a little bit of astrology, a little bit of horology, a little bit of everything.
Big Macs: delicious (kinda), cheap (kinda), and educational (absolutely). In this episode, we look at how the economist magazine used burger prices to teach about purchasing power parity.
85650789657397829 + 1402 more digits is an illegal number. To understand why this is, we need to learn a little bit of cryptology, a little bit of math, and a little bit of programming.
Flying is expensive, really expensive, but only kinda, and it's only partially the airlines' fault.
Immortality sounds, uhh... kinda awful, but there is a theory on how to achieve it by using quantum mechanics.
Flying is an expensive endeavor, but somehow certain budget airline are able to sell tickets for less than 10 euros. This is how they work.
You can’t copy money. Like really, it’s not just illegal, you just can’t do it on a photocopier.
In 1967 Sweden decided to change which side of the road they drove on... all in one day.
College is expensive. Here's why.
Maritime law is confusing, but interesting (I hope.)
Trains, well, just aren't that great in America. Here's why.
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Guam is an island 7,936 miles away from Washington, DC, and yet it's part of the US (in most ways at least.)
Over the North Atlantic, where there is no radar coverage, planes don't fly like they normally fly. They follow a set of daily tracks that act like highways in the sky.
Living on the moon would be very, very expensive, but let's take nine minutes to calculate just how expensive it would be.
I travelled to Argleton to show why I'm getting a Patreon.
Airbus made an enormous plane, Boeing made an efficient plane. They both had different ideas on how the airline industry would work in the future, and only one was right.
Rich Americans live in the Suburbs; Rich Europeans live downtown. Why do cities on the two continents have different structures?
Chances are if you make a chicken sandwich yourself it will cost less than $5, but Andy George's chicken sandwich cost $1,500 because he made everything from scratch. What causes this huge difference in cost between chicken sandwiches made from scratch and bought at the grocery store?
Behind any commercial flight is centuries of political negotiations and accords that dictate who, how, and where airlines can fly.
This is every country in the world, or at least the first 98 since part two of this video will come out Tuesday December 13th.
This is the second part of every country in the world.
Here you will find out if the European Union is a Country. Go check out Real Life Lore's video on "Is the United States a Country?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZwK63tf60
