American Reacts to 10 AMAZING Facts About the UK
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- Most Americans do not know anything about the UK past tea and royalty. As an American trying to learn about the UK and how it compares to the United States I am very interested to learn about what these amazing facts are. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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shame he used the Union flag to represent England instead of the English flag, which is the cross of St George.
Yup, it started badly
Yeah lol. Not a good start
I came here to make the same point... You beat me!
It's says the UK 🤷🏼♀️
Offically the Northern Ireland flag is also wrong, its a Union Jack, so that two flags wrong. But the flag shown is Ulster Flag, which is kinda the unoffical flag but certain communities hate that flag, so thats why it's not official.
Fun Facts: The British Isles consists of OVER 6,000 islands. 189 are permanently inhabited islands. In order of size/area the top TEN are: (1) Great Britain, (2) Ireland, (3) Lewis & Harris (two names, but one island), (4) Isle of Skye, (5) Shetland (mainland), (6) Isle of Mull, (7) Anglesey, (8) Islay, (9) Isle of Man and (10) Orkney (mainland).
What about the Isle of Wight? That has to be in the top 10 for size surely?
@@carolineskipper6976 It lies in 12th place on size.
@@georgebarnes8163 Ok- that surprises me!
@@simonrobbins8357 - I believe I know and I haven't looked it up... But I bet I saw the same thing you did, because I too only learnt it a few months ago and didn't know it's an island !!! Yes, a great pub quiz question, so an answer worth putting away.
@@simonrobbins8357 I think I remember hearing that it's the main part of Portsmouth, but I can't remember what the actual Island is called...
Linguistically creative students at the University of Oxford in the 1880s distinguished between the sports of “rugger” (rugby football) and “assoccer” (association football). The latter term was further shortened to “soccer” (sometimes spelled “socker”), and the name quickly spread beyond the campus. However, “soccer” never became much more than a nickname in Great Britain. By the 20th century, rugby football was more commonly called rugby, while association football had earned the right to be known as just plain football.
I am totally surprised by the phrase "Americans really don't know much about the UK, a lot of Americans don't know where it is". I think they MUST KNOW that the language they speak is not from "America", that it has no relation to the native languages spoken in that land. So don't they wonder where it comes from ????? 😳😳😳
Americans know little about anything outside their home State let alone outside the US.
Winston Churchill's words, "We weep together, we celebrate & bleed together..." resonated deeply at the time of the tragedy of 9/11 in the USA 🇺🇸 and the recent death of the late Queen in the UK 🇬🇧
When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s there was always a bottle of wine on the dinner table while we had Sunday dinner.
It brought up to respect alcohol.
Now I'm 46 I hardly ever drink alcohol at all and have no dependency on it due to experiencing whilst I was young. If I do have a alcoholic drink, then it's just one and it's always drank in conjunction with a nice meal.
I never binge drink or get drunk.
This is thanks to the respect my parents taught me to have toward alcohol when I was young.
Rugby is the adult version of American Football (Rugby players do not need crash helmets or padding).
Some Rugby Player are now suing the various Rugby Authorities for failure to protect players from head injuries which are leading to early onset dementia.
1923 The Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under 18) Act 1923 prohibited the sale or purchase of alcohol to or by any person under the age of 18 years, but allowed the sale of beer, port, cider or perry to a person over the age of 16 years with a meal.
I drank wine with my dinner from a young age. It's common in Europe. You don't get your kids drunk. One glass will not get you drunk.
The monarch is Head of the Commonwealth, it is more a community to help promote democracy, peace and prosperity/trade etc.
You can leave when you want, and you don't have to have been part of the Empire, as evidenced by the last four countries Rwanda, Mozambique, Gabon and Togo.
It’s easier to get a handle on the titles of Great Britain & UK if you remember the full title of the latter is “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. In other words Great Britain is the grouping of the three mainland countries. Adding N.I. results in the U.K. England is just the largest of the three mainland entities England, Scotland & Wales.
As per the comments, I would agree that lots of people won't know the difference between UK, GB etc. It most probably thought of a similar to referring to America as America, the States or USA. They are thought of names for the same basic thing.
American football does originate from something known as tudor football from back in the 1600s. Personally i think the americans evolved the sport to be better but yeah thats where american football comes from. regular football was developed in the late 1800s which is why they are so different
Pub children usually get given drinks early. I pulled my first pint when I was 3 - stood on a crate & I had my first very small glass of sherry soon after. Unfortunately because I cried as a baby my parents were advised to put whisky in my bottle to help me sleep = shut me up which it did.
"Great Britain" is the large island.
"Ireland" is the next largest.
"Great Britain" was a kingdom from 1707 to 1800 (the main island and offshore islands)
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" existed from 1801 to 1922 (the two large islands plus offshore islands).
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" existed from 1922 after the creation of the Irish Free State.
"Great Britain" or just "Britain" is sometimes ambiguously used as a shorthand to refer to the UK as the full title is something of a mouthful. On other occasions, it is used strictly accurately to refer to the UK excluding Northern Ireland.
The entire archipelago is known as the British Isles but the title "British" is purely geographical, not political.
Here is an interesting fact for you Tyler. The native American Pocahontas converted to Christianity and married John Rolfe. then sailed to England where she was received at the Court of King James 1st/6th of Scotland. At the beginning of her return sailing to Virginia in 1617 she died of an illness and was buried in a churchyard in Gravesend, Kent, east of London. There is now a lovely statue of Pocahontas in a churchyard in Gravesend. The film "The New World" (2005) is a rather beautiful film about the first English settlers, the founding of Jamestown and does include Pocahontas in England.
You took the words outta my mouth. USA likes to take liberties with the facts.
Technically everyone can legally buy alcohol in the UK, cans of Bass Shandy are not age restricted and contain 0.05% alcohol, although it would take a few hundred cans to even start feeling a buzz.
The Queen was never the "ruler" of the "Commonwealth countries": she was ruler of the Commonwealth realms - this is, she performed a constitutional role - which are a subset of the countries in the Commonwealth. There are currently 15 such realms. The Queen is head of the Commonwealth but this is a purely honorary role - it could never be described as the "ruler" of the Commonwealth.
Her father, George VI *was* the ruler of the Commonwealth until India chose to become a republic, at which point the roles of the monarch and head of the Commonwealth were disentangled and the appointment of the latter is now at the discretion of the Commonwealth itself. As it happens, King Charles has succeeded his mother in the role.
The Monarch is indeed the Head of State of the UK and 14 other countries.
If a child, up to the age of 17, is found under the influence of alcohol the Children and Young Person Act would apply and Social Services would get involved. They would interact with the family but could involve the Police who may prosecute the parents for neglect.
I’m English and I didn’t know the difference better the uk and Great Britain 😂
The Industrial revolution started in the second city of the UK which is Birmingham.
Living in the United States we do have a monarchy. except here they're not called Dukes, Duchess, princess or queen here they're just called Millionaires and billionaires.
The UK laws on alcohol are about stopping your buying the stuff. And not young folk drinking it. If a kid (under 18 years) is offered a drink that has alcohol it is the over 18 year old who may be breaking the law. It is illegal to walk into a shop / pub and buy youths an alcoholic drink. Giving a child a small sip at a party in your home is not illegal.
The monarch is not the ruler of the Commonwealth. The monarch is the head of the Commonwealth and the ceremonial head of state of some of the countries but not all.
Well, in the olden days, the water was full of bacteria, wasn't it. Alcohol kills bacteria. So before 5 you drank milk; after 5 you drank beer.
Great Britain is the name of the largest island within the British Isles, Tyler, and comprises almost all of England and Wales, plus most of Scotland, save for the offshore islands, the most populous of which is the Isle of Wight, just off the Central-Southern coast of England, which is home to around 100,000 people and the holiday venue of choice for many more. While earlier kingdoms of mostly smaller areas had also existed, the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland plus the Principality of Wales had emerged by around 1000AD. Having run out of claimants by about 1080, the Kingdom of Ireland was placed under the Lordship of the Kingdom of England, which also conquered and effectively annexed Wales in 1283; however numerous attempts to do the same with the northern kingdom known as Scotland, largely failed. Apart from some of the very first kings of both countries - back in the 8th and 9th Centuries, who may have nominated their successors, the system of inheritance that became known as male-preferred primogeniture, was soon established and remained until 2013, when the then 16 territories of which Elizabeth II was Queen, agreed it could change to absolute primogeniture.
As might be expected, there were a few marriages between the two kingdoms, the most notable of which was of Margaret Tudor (1489 - 1541) who became Queen Consort of Scotland through her marriage to King James IV, from 1503-1513. After this she ruled on her son's behalf as Regent of Scotland, for a time. The elder sister of King Henry VIII of England, she and her descendants clearly should have been in the English line of succession after Henry's three legitimate children - Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I - especially after Edward VI's attempt to nominate his cousin Lady Jane Grey - a member of his younger aunt's family, as his successor was overruled by parliament and poor Jane was executed for her troubles; but the desire that both kingdoms should now follow the protestant (and in Scotland's case the reformed) Christian tradition was the sticking point, as the Scottish Royals were all Catholics. Nevertheless, Elizabeth forced the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots (who as Margaret's great-granddaughter had the strongest claim) in 1567, in favour of her infant son, James VI; afterwards keeping Mary under house arrest until she eventually signed the warrant for Mary's execution some 20 years later. In certain respects, the first of these sealed the fate of the eventual succession as it clarified to James's regents the importance of raising him in the protestant faith so that when Elizabeth finally died in 1603, James VI did indeed inherit the throne of England as James VI and I. The two kingdoms were therefore united in the person of the monarch, however it was not until 1707 that political union was achieved and Scotland and England, together with Wales and the Lordship of Ireland became known as a new Sovereign state named 'United Kingdom', for that's exactly what it is. Incidentally, there are three further self-governing states within the British Isles that are nevertheless possessions of the Crown - The Isle of Man, which is in the middle of the Irish Sea; and the Balliwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, which lie in the English Channel, just to the west of the northwest coast of Normandy. Similar to the other Crown Territories, each has a resident representative of the King or Queen, in the form of a Governor, who acts as their Head of State in the King/Queen's absence.
Only an abusive parent would intentionally give their child alcohol at 5. My younger sister age 8 found a bottle of Thunderbirds in our older sisters room. So had the bright idea to play pubs with our cousin. My sister drank most of it though. I have a memory of her lying on the sofa saying stop the room spinning round and our older brother was p***ING himself laughing winding her up. As brothers do she was off school for 3 days. The note sent when she went back said tummy bug.🤣🤣🤣
The video is wrong on nearly every point from using the union flag to represent England and saying the monarch is legal ruler of the commonwealth. The monarch is head of state for about 16 countries in the commonwealth.
The UK Monarch is NOT the "legal ruler of the Commonwealth". He only holds the nominal title of Head of the Commonwealth, and has absolutely no status in 42 of the Commonwealth nations. He is head of state in just 13 of the Commonwealth countries, incl. Canada, Australia, NZ, Bahamas, etc.
Wikipedia lists 15 commonwealth realms that share the monarch, including the UK.
I love football never heard of soccer
How did you not know The Industrial Revolution started in Britain,thet is a very bad reflection on U.S education.
anybody notice the wrong flag was used for England? might be in comments somewhere...
You still haven't quite grasped the fact that Great Britain is not Britain. Great Britain is the main island, and it contains most of the three countries, England, Wales and Scotland. 'Britain' is a short form for 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. Other short forms are 'The United Kingdom' and 'The U.K.'.
Anyone who is a registered national of the U.K. is called 'British'. Within that, a UK citizen can also be English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, or from any dependency or a Commonwealth country, if they choose to be specific. And of course we are home to people from anywhere on this planet.
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Fun fact: In a survey which was done a few years ago, Greater London was home to at least one representative of every country, state and island group, with the exception of two.
The drinking age in France is similar, kids at home can drink wine. The only problem is that alcohol can damage the immature brains of children.
Winston Churchills mother, Jenny, Lady Randolph Churchill, was American.....
1:18 - Already the video being reacted to has messed up, The England flag known as The Saint George's Cross is a red cross with vertical and horizontal lines on a white background. What the video is showing is the Union Flag when the narrator says England.
There was a big error at the start of this video
It kept using the Union flag/Union jack which is the flag of Great Britain & N. Ireland for England. The flag of England is actually St. George's Cross which is a red cross on a white background.
This is why it's best to watch videos of facts about Britain made by Brits, rather than Americans!😄
Drinking:
Although it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol it tends to be only very small amounts, usually cider or wine (or perhaps a sip of sherry), often watered down and usually only on special occasions like Christmas or Sunday lunch. As you grow older you might be allowed a bit more and by the time you're in your teens probably a full, unwatered glass of wine or cider. Of course this depends on the parents.
By mid-teens kids often start drinking with their friends, often bought by older siblings. I was going to pubs and clubs by the time I was 16, which isn't unusual.
There was one, out of the way pub in my town that all the underage drinkers went to. The local police turned a blind eye taking the view it was better to have them in the pub where the publican and bouncers could keep an eye on them, than for them to be hanging about drinking on street corners, scaring the pensioners and causing trouble.
Indeed. The French quite often give their kids "rose" (red wine diluted with water; not rosé, which is its own full-strength thing). As to the Union Flag and the Commonwealth and Dominions, CPG Grey has a fantastic explainer over at th-cam.com/video/rNu8XDBSn10/w-d-xo.html and even as a UK native, I still have to watch it every now and then to remind myself. 😄
Well my parents never diluted any drink for me and the same went for all of my peers in the 1960's , nowadays though the country is full of woke snowflakes ........
But the English flag is often overlooked. A holiday vompany advertising holidayscin England Scotland and Wales had Scottish flag gor Scottish Holidays Welsh flag for Welsh holidays and Union flag for English holidays I complained about it.
🏴 This is the flag for England 🇬🇧 this is the flag of the Union (Union Jack) it would of been more helpful for Tyler if you had used it 🥶
Growing up in the 90's drinking wasn't uncommon as kids. You'd normally get a glass of wine at things like Christmas or occasionally with Sunday dinner. It was also was pretty common to have something like half a pint of cider if you were with family socialising at the weekend at someones home. Not heavy drinking but you took part with everyone else.
I was born in the 70s. We had the same sort of thing. I've never been a big drinker even to this day. I think that because we had it occasionally, we never thought that it was taboo and binged when we got old enough to buy it ourselves.
Born in 65, when my Dad would pick me up from school when I was 9 & 10, he would give me a bottle (small) of Babycham to drink on the way home (I would also be allowed Babycham at home), never even occoured to me that this was unusual. There would be a bottle of whisky (Scotch), 2 of wine, on the sideboard in the front room, new ones brought maybe once every two or three yrs. My Dad would have a beer one a Friday night after work, maybe one on Saturday too. When I drank when I was at theatre or a gig, it would only be if they had one of my drinks of choice. When at Uni, I got drunk (to were I had a hangover) exactly twice, though to the point of being "merry" with friends, several times. Never saw the point of getting drunk to the point of feeling ill. I was never "The Cool" kid, as I never smoked, that was one of the things that made you "Cool". Though, & I kid you not, there were kids using "Coke" at my middle shool (& the Secondary school next door) in the mid 70's.
I was born in 1965. Mum and Dad had a drinks cupboard at home and we (me and my sisters) were usually encouraged to have a glass of wine with Sunday lunch. Mum always said she'd rather we learnt our limits at home and then we wouldn't go out and get completely paralytic!
I was born in 1979. I was always allowed to try alcohol half a bit or a shandy at family get togethers, glass of wine with Christmas dinner etc.
at 16 we used to drink in the local village pub. The landlord knew we were underage, the village Bobby knew we were underaged and drank in there. The idea being that if we weren’t in the pub, we would be drinking in the streets or fields causing mischief. And also being in the local we were surrounded by adults, who all knew our parents. So we sat there or had a few games of pool or darts, had a few beers, and were quiet and respectful. Then when we started going for nights out into the town on pub crawl’s. It wasn’t such a big deal and we knew how to behave ourselves.
My cousin on the other hand her mother was a very strict Catholic and wouldn’t let her try even a drop at family get togethers. Then when she had a part time working in an office while she was at college. The boss invited all the staff to his house for a house party. Where they had to call her an ambulance 2 hours into the party. Because she had thrown up red wine all up the stairs, all in the sink, all in the bath, and all over the walls around the toilet. And she ended up getting her stomach pumped.
Later she admitted to me that she knew nothing about drinking, knew nothing about wine. Apparently she had been filling up plastic pint glasses with wine, which is nearly 2/3rds of a bottle.
I was born in 94 and I remember trying my dad's beer and having a shandy when I was around 7. I'd just got a PS1 slim for Christmas and so me, my dad, and my uncle all sat around playing gran turismo.
I can also remember having a half flute of champagne during the millennium (I was 6).
Now I'm nearly 30 I only really drink when I go out with work. Drinking at home is a rarity for me. I suppose my curiosity was sated at a young age so I never really felt the need to binge.
Shame they are using the Union Flag as the flag of England (The Union Flag is the flag of the UK. The Union Jack by the way is the Union Flag but flown on ships and boats). England’s flag, St George’s flag, is a red cross on a white background.
Union Flag and Union Jack are interchangeable. The rule for the distinction was dropped in the early 1800s.
Lets not forget The lord of the rings which is considered Britain's best-loved novel of all time by J. R. R. Tolkien.
But it’s sooooooo BORING
@@liamblack2574 then maybe we could reccomend The Mr Men books by Roger Hargreaves for you?
Are they the only two book series you know? Mr men or lord of the rings? I bet you get loads of dates pmsl
Harry Potter is better
I love your comments and your critical but humorous way of thinking. Getting very rare on social media these days
I was 7 when I had my first drink,a snake bite which is lager and cider,but my dad was Scottish,lol
I'm surprised he never told you cocktails were for puffs.
growing up in the UK in the 90's/2000's, I've had small amounts of alcohol since I was 6 or 7 with Sunday roast and had things like shandy (beer & lemonade) since 10 with a meal, wasn't until I was 15 that I had my first proper beer - that meant by the time I was 18 drinking wasn't a new thing so didn't go out to get drunk like most seem to do do at 18 (or 21 in US *cough*legally*cough* )
Yes similar experience . Shandy with Sunday lunch or a weak cider and something like a weak port and lemonade at Christmas perhaps. I was given whisky to try at about 6 and that turned me off spirits for many years as I never felt so sick.
@@davidwebley6186whiskey at 6 is going a bit too far 😂
@@dylanmurphy9389 but it did its job, disgusting the kid :D
We also have Charles Dickens, Mary Shelley, and Ian Fleming, along with other great writers
You definitely have the greatest treasure of writers and literature (imo). Dickens is my all time favourite. And lets not forget about Shakespeare! The list is almost endless.
Terry Pratchett
And the great Douglas Adams.😂
And Tolkien
8:30 that there is a rugby 🏉 ball! Which is a sport very similar to American football 🏈. Except rugby players don't wear as much body armour and they don't have ad breaks except at half time. Or cheerleaders. Definitely consider reacting to a rugby intro vid some time, it'd be interesting to see how different the two sports are.
It is a true fact. My first drink was of whisky and I was aged 7 years. I hated it ... had it for dinner one night after pestering my Dad to drink it! I never touched alcohol again until 18 years old on my birthday and that was champagne : )
I was allowed to drink alcohol from about 12 with my family on special meals at home. I'd get a beer...which in reality was a shandy and contained only a small drop of beer and mostly lemonade. I thought I was all grown up! 😆
Hey Tyler
Juat to assure you witb some of these you are not alone I'm a Brit and have lived here all my life (27 years), and to this day I didn't even realise the drinking age of 5 in private premises was a thing 🤣,
Yes British people do get confused with great Britain and United Kingdom quite a bit, but this is more because we commonly refer to ourselves English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish depending on which of thw countries we were born or even names based off of the cities or regions we were born such as scousers (Liverpool) or mancunian (Manchester) for example.
We may have started the Industrial Revolution however it was Henry Ford who revolutionised the moving assembly line which boosted productivity in manufacturing significantly.
Sorry for my ramblings 😊 Love all the content that you are releasing can't wait for the next one. Much love from here across the pond 🥰
Another mistake I picked out was calling the UK Parliament a "federal" parliament. The UK is not a federation, it does not have a federal government.
It seems like a lot of Americans don't really understand exactly what "federal" means. They seem to think it just means something relating to a country as a whole, without any regard for whether the country is a federation.
If it's federal (it's not), where's the English part of the federation as there's no English parliament?
I always think of federations as being built from the bottom up - the USA was founded when 13 colonies created it.
The UK, however, had a single parliament from 1801 and the recently created devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales were created top down and their powers are in the gift of the UK parliament which, if it was being particularly bold, could even dissolve and abolish these legislatures if it so chose.
@@MrBulky992 Are you sure the UK parliament could abolish the Scottish parliament? You may be right, but Scottish and English law are distinct, although both have their final court of appeal at the UK Supreme Court, and it seems that the supremacy of parliament is not as strong a principle in Scottish law as it is in English.
@@barneylaurance1865 Yes, I am certain. The Scottish Parliament was created by an act of the UK Parliament, an act that could be repealed by the UK Parliament: there's nothing irreversible about it. The referendum by which Scottish devolution came about was advisory as is always legally the case with referendums in the UK. The Scottish Parliament would be exceeding its powers if it tried to prolong its existence in defiance of the UK Parliament.
In the shorter term, the UK Parliament has the power to strike down some legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament or, in the longer term, to reduce its powers. There is a case in progress at the moment regarding gender recognition.
The law courts in Scotland ensure compliance with laws enacted by the UK Parliament which apply to the UK in general and those applying to Scotland specifically (including devolution legislation) and, if UK legislation is in place to give it the necessary powers, the Scottish Parliament.
If the courts come to an interpretative judgement which either government does not like, either Parliament has the power to change/clarify the law. The courts cannot stand in the way even in Scotland.
@@barneylaurance1865 Isn't the British Parliament, known as the Mother of Parliaments?
Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds was my favourite show as a kid, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was also amazing
I've given my kids alcohol on special occasions. I've done so for the same reason that you stated.
Also, they're in a safe environment (if supervised by their parents) learning to drink responsibly.
My eldest 2 have shown this works and no doubt the others will be just the same. They're responsible young adults now, not going out binge drinking and getting drunk whenever possible for whatever reason.
My parents did the same with me and my brothers.. and it worked
Yep, that’s my first time consuming alcohol, tho had the opposite effect when I became an adult, I don’t drink
Great Britain refers to the largest of the islands.
To be clear, Great Britian is a geographical term referring to, as said in the video, the main island. The British Isles are also a geographical term and refer to Great Britain and all islands surrounding it, including Ireland. The United Kingdom, isn't geographical and more political and refers to Britain and Northern Island.
Netball or basketball was also invented in the UK
As was baseball (no not rounders, or cricket, or some other bat and ball game, BASEBALL), sure the modern game of baseball has been considerably modified in the US, but it's origin was definitely in the UK.
I was 5 when I first had alcohol. The tiniest bit of wine mixed with lemonade on Christmas Day 😁
Love your videos when I can’t stand listening about the Harkles I put your videos on it cheers me up straight away listen to your comments so funny and enjoyable your a breath of fresh air 🤣🤷♀️
Should be titled “Amazing Incorrect facts”
1. Showed the Union Jack for England instead on St George’s Cross
2. 16 year olds can drink in Public if accompanied by and drink bought by an adult
We made the worlds first metal (iron) bridge it was assembled with woodworking joints at Ironbridge Shropshire over the River Severn Its is a UNESCO World heritage Site and also the first iron framed building a precursor to the Sky scrappers in New York The Flax Mill in Shrewsbury.
Ironbridge is a lovely area.
The Queen / King is not the legal ruler of the Commonwealth !! WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE !! The Commonwealth realms have the same person as Monarch but they are the minority in the Commonwealth.
I thought tennis and ping pong were invented in England also?
They were.
Another fun fact. Unlike New Jersey and parts of Oregon. The UK treats it's drivers as adults. To the best of my knowledge. All petrol stations are self service. We also have some weird and/or REALLY old laws. One I didn't know about as someone born and raised in England. There is a law were it's an offence to allow you pet to engage in mating rituals with a pet from the Royal family. Without permission of course. The maximum punishment for braking this law is execution.
I doubt the bit about the dogs is true. Just an urban myth.
The UK did actual invent Soccer, Soccer is a British term. Just ignore those who tell you it’s not Soccer etc they are trying to gaslight you. They are either deliberately doing it or they are what’s known as plastic fans, people who pretend to be fans but actually know nothing about the sport.
Never apologise for using the term Soccer, use it unapologetically
You should do what power does Queen has video that's on youtube and that will answer your question on how much power she literally had
Golf was specifically discovered in Scotland (UK). Think of the old fashioned golf attire. It certainly reflected that!
5:14 Incorrect. The Commonwealth is a club of the old empire. The Queen was vote to be the head of the Commonwealth of nations. Today King Charles the 3rd is the head of the Commonwealth. He has no power it is an honorary position.
Baseball was invented in the UK too.
As was tennis and table-tennis aka ping-pong.
@@gdok6088 Yes, indeed they were.
When I was a kid, my dad would give me little sips of his beer to ‘taste’ as I got a bit older I’d have a bit more. When I was in my teens I’d have the occasional can/bottle of beer. It meant that I didn’t go mad binge drinking etc because it took the mystique out of drinking. These days I enjoy a drink but I drink in moderation and hate getting drunk.
You have a point on the drinking aspect.
As I hit my teens, I was encouraged to drink every so often so that I understood what effect it would have on me and to know my limits before I got to the legal age where I could buy my own.
Turned out I didn't much enjoy drinking and as soon as I reached the legal age I began getting ill quite easily with only a small amount of alcohol, so I decided I wasn't going to drink any more. But it was useful to know since I identified that it was not normal for me to get that ill compared to previous experiences.
Also saved me a LOT of money at university lol
I was always given a drink to try when younger. It does let you get used to the effects. I used to go out and get drunk a lot, but never had to go hospital and always got home on my own.
My cousin on the other hand was never allowed to try any alcohol until she hit 18. And the first time she got drunk was at a party at her bosses house. When she was working part time in an office while going college.
2 hours in to the party they had to call an ambulance. After she threw up red wine all up the stairs, all in the bath and sink, and all over the toilet.
She had gone from never having tried alcohol, to starting with red wine and not knowing how much or how fast was a recommended amount.
Tyler at the minute we are disgusted with one American in particular.
I hope you’re not talking about the one that stole the heart of a prince
When I moved to France in 1972, I had my daughter in 1974 - the incredible fact was that in the hospital, at lunch we were given 1/4 litre of wine. However, if you wanted to have water, you had to pay for it - incredible to believe today ......
My son would have a couple of mouthfuls of beer when he was a small child,it helped him sleep. Kids in other countries can drink alcohol too.
2:46 Great Britain or (Greater Britain) is the biggest island. The British Isles includes Great Britain and the Island of Ireland and all the small islands too.
I enjoy your videos Tyler. There's only a few 'american reacts' videos that I watch and you + TheeLitOne/ChicagoDudeReacts are up there at the top because to me, you guys are very humble and are willing to learn and that goes a long way... If you ever wanna know about the real Robin Hood then check my video out. I do a lot of hiking and wild camping (I think you call it dispersed camping?) While talking about the local history of the area I'm in. Keep up the good work
8:45 Yes the majority of worldwide sports are British, and or the British created rules for certain sports that we use today.
Obviously Boxing is a sport from ancient times, BUT the rules were set by the British who wanted legal boxing and NOT illegal fights in the back of pubs and stables.
Horse racing was an ancient sport, but the British invented the rules and how it was to be fair.
Darts another British game was a smaller versions of archery, again the rules were invented and set.
Snooker, Badminton, Table tennis and tennis were invented in the UK, Tennis is slightly French invention BUT the Brits invented the modern sport we see today.
Rounders was taken to British America somehow its name was changed to baseball.
American football was invented in the US as a mash up of football and Rugby. technically a US game.
Basketball is the only other US sport invented in the US from scratch. All other US sports are British or native American.
The list of British sports is much longer than this video.
Fun fact: Winston Churchill was appointed by the monarch, George VI, in 1940 during WWII because the House of Commons had "lost confidence" in the Prime Minister at the time, Neville Chamberlain. I think that was the only time the monarchy has used its power to appoint a Prime Minister. Winston Churchill served twice (during the second world war, and then once after), but was only voted in by the people once. He certainly had a way with words too. That quote in the video reminded me of: "we ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life". 😆
This is incorrect. The monarch of the day appoints EVERY Prime Minister but does this on the advice of either the outgoing Prime Minister or upon the advice of leading members of the ruling party. The monarch have never in recent history appointed a Prime Minister of their own volition. The only occasion that I can remember was when when the Governor-General of Australia, the Queen's representative, dismissed Goff Whitlam during a Constitutional Crisis but he would only have done this on the advice of senior members of the two major political parties.
Northern Ireland is excluded from Great Britain because Great Britain is the name of the physical island on which England, Scotland and Wales sit. Northern Ireland is on the island of Ireland.
The United KIngdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Are you stupid.
He missed out Baseball, which was also invented in the UK. Derby Countys old football stadium was called the Baseball Ground
American football was developed from rugby, ice hockey was invented by British troops serving in Canada, Badminton was invented at Badminton House, we changed Real Tennis into Lawn Tennis, we also invented table tennis and bobsled.
Uk: "we started the industrial revolution."
USA: "HOLD MY BEER"
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In the first few moments the video uses the union flag instead of the English flag......🏴
As many others have commented the flag to represent England should have been St George's Red cross. It's symptomatic of the sloppiness of these videos.
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DEBRA FROM SOUTH WALES UK HERE
We play a game very similar to Baseball here and it is called Rounders.
Courtesy of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Origin
The term base-ball can be dated to 1744, in John Newbery’s children’s book A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. The book has a brief poem and an illustration depicting a game called base-ball. Interestingly, the bases in the illustration are marked by posts instead of the bags and flat home plate now so familiar in the game. The book was extremely popular in England and was reprinted in North America in 1762 (New York) and 1787 (Massachusetts).
Did you know that Sir Winston Churchill was half American as his mother came from Cable Hill, Brookland New Yor and was born on the 9 January 1854, she married Lord Randolph Churcilll in 1874 and she died on 29 June 1921 aged just 67 in Paddington London, England.
I’m Swedish and our country’s full name is The Kingdom Of Sweden, but I’ve never heard anyone say anything but just Sweden, including myself.
You are not alone. Almost all countries use a shortened version of their country's full name. Britain is officially The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland but we just say the UK. France is "La République Française" but is referred to as just France. You see, Sweden is no different.
I remember being given a glass of champagne at a wedding when I was 8 it was lovely in an old style champagne glass not a flute, I felt very grown up & very glowy even though I only got half a glass 😂🍸🍸🍸
Part of the drinking one is wrong. Specifically about under 18s drinking alcohol in public. You're allowed to drink alcohol in a pub with a meal at 16, it just has to be bought by somebody over 18. It was 14 when I was a kid, but they raised it.
That said, most people I know started drinking in pubs and bars between about 14 and 17. I was 16 when I started going to the pub over the road from my 6th form college. Everybody knew how old we were, nobody was that bothered. Heck, even the teachers would go the pub with us.
Literature wise you have to remember too, Agatha Christie (who I'm sure would never have considered her work as high art), has sales estimated somewhere between 2 and 4 billion copies. She's outsold only by Shakespeare, and the Bible.
Industrial revolution started here (UK) in 1760, officially. I think it was about 20-25 years before it began in the US.
American football is derived from rugby. Which is derived from the original form of football. Baseball is derived from rounders not cricket.
Never mind the five-year-old boozers, in the 70s, stomach upsets (even for under-fives) were regularly treated with kaolin and morphine, a disgusting-tasting mix which you had to shake up to mix the china clay with, yes, actual morphine. You know, the highly-addictive drug you make out of opium poppies? You can't get it now because of the potential for abuse, but, yeah, I grew up on the stuff. It did work, though. 😨
When mentioning ‘England’ it’s very noticeable that it’s the flag of the UK 🇬🇧 that is flashed up on the screen rather than the actual flag of England 🏴- why? When the other 3 constituent parts of the UK (Scotland Wales & Northern Ireland) were mentioned, the correct flags appeared. I’m British, and Scottish, but it’s these kinds of casual inconsistencies in a video supposed to be teaching ‘facts’ that immediately makes me suspect the believability and reliability of supposedly ‘educational’ videos. Whether people in the US need to know the details of other countries such as the UK is debatable frankly when so many can’t even place the location of the US itself, or its constituent States, on a map. Short ‘educational’ videos are no substitute for genuine education.
The British Monarch isn’t the “Legal Ruler countries of the Commonwealth”, the Commonwealth comprises of 56 states, King Charles the Third is king of 15 of them, 36 of the rest are republics, 5 have there own monarchies.
It’s a club made up mostly of former British colonies, but 4 of them have never been so.
9:14 Is its a terrible list of authors such as shame. His missed JRR Toilken. The great Agatha Christie who alone has produced more books than JK Rolling and Agatha Christie is the master of crime thrillers and murder mysteries. Her books have influences Hollywood more so than JK Rolling Harry Potter.
If you google Agatha Christie her books were all turned into Hollywood movies and has NO other author who can beat her worldwide. Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play - The Mousetrap.
I only found out where the USA was when I was 13. Elvis had died and I knew he lived somewhere in the USA / "America." I read in the newspapers that he lived in a city called Memphis in Tennessee, grabed a map and looked it up. Prior to that I thought that the USA was somewhere in South America. So it`s fair to say that I found out where the USA was on the 17th of August, 1977 - the day after E died.
Thunderbirds was a Tv series in the sixties. It consisted of marionettes and elaborate sets that made the entire series realistic. Sadly, the married couple who came up with the series, have long passed, and although Hollywood tried to make it into a real person series, the idea never really took off and the marionettes have always reigned supreme!
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Northern Ireland was not part of the original Great Britain which was formed in 1707. The Acts of Union united the kingdom of Britain and the kingdom of Ireland in 1800. When Ireland became independent again in 1922, the people of Northern Ireland chose to continue being governed by the the british parliament and the name was changed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The monarchy DOES have a lot of power, an Australian government was dismissed by the Governor General of Australia (who was the Queen's representative in Australia at the time).
Fun facts about New Zealand, there is NO age limit for drinking on private property. Drinking age limits (18) only apply to licenced premises and buying alcohol. Also moonshining is and has always been legal as we never had prohibition here.
It may be legal for children to drink at age 5 but that doesn’t mean we are giving 5 year olds glasses of wine/beer. It all comes from back in history when water on its own was contaminated so children would be given diluted alcohol. However many Brits do start allowing their children for around 8-10 years to taste alcohol (often diluted with fruit juice) at special events such as weddings, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day. This means that when children get to 18 alcohol is not a mystery to them & they are less likely to go out & binge/get drunk. Both me & my younger brother on out 18th birthdays we’re offered to be taken down the pub to get some alcohol & we both declined because we new what alcohol was & we were enjoying ourselves already. I definitely will follow in my up bringing when I have kids letting them taste alcohol so that hen they grow up they are less likely to get drunk. Of course this doesn’t work for everyone but it does help cut down on the number of people getting drink once they come of age.
Right off the bat he got two things wrong. It is NOT called the "United Kingdom of Britain" and that is NOT the English flag! I certainly won't be liking that video, he made too many mistakes!!
I cannot believe they used an American football to represent Rugby, and the Union Jack to represent England instead of the English flag... Seems even the video creator gets confused about the UK.
Another fun fact about Margaret thatcher: when she died the number 1 song in the charts was “ding don’t the witch is dead” from the wizard of Oz. Thatcher wasn’t particularly liked to some people would sing it referring to her.