Weird Borders: State Borders of the United States of America
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- Ever wondered why Michigan has two pieces? How about why Alaska isn't connected to the rest of the United States?
The state borders are a lot weirder than they first appear, and often simple river borders will have crazy zig-zags that seem to arbitrarily cross the river.
When rivers shape, borders don't, leaving states with strange pieces on the wrong side of the river.
Some states like Oklahoma and West Virgina have bizarre panhandles, and Kentucky even has a part cut off my Missouri. Its a strange border situation called an exclave, which is when a part of a the state is only reachable by land through other states or countries.
Virginia also has the eastern shore which is strangley is on the other side of the Chesapeake bay.
Other bizarre borders include New York and New Jersey, where Liberty island and Ellis island are weirdly part of New York but are surrounded by New Jersey waters. Even stranger is that New York only owns a small peice of ellis island. The island was expanded, but the new land was over New Jersey borders, so it stayed new jersey. Leaving New York with a bizzare enclave on an new jersey island.
Another weird border is that Delaware has some land on New Jersey's side of the Delaware river. This strange situation is because inside Delaware's 12 mile circle, the border is the high water mark of the river, so when the river was filled in the new land became Delaware.
Music:
Star Spangled Banner - American National Anthem
When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Civil War Song
America the Beautiful - 'Murica
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I had to leave a lot out of the video as it was already getting long. The video was quickly became a history of all the US state borders. Which may be interesting, but there is enough information there to fill an entire television series. So I decided to concentrate only on the exclaves and could only do some of the panhandles.
My source for this video is this document made by the US geological survey: pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1212/report.pdf
There is a lot of info there if you are curious. Thanks to reddit user /u/MrDowntown for linking me that pdf.
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My video editor seems to have glitches for videos longer than 5 minutes so the end of the video might be a bit weird. I'm looking in to getting professional video editing software.
ok
VanDeGraph just make it 2 videos.
You should do a series on it. It was hard to follow because you were jumping around so much.
VanDeGraph
Make a part 2.
he sounds like he's perpetually in the middle of a breath
He needs a better microphone.
Sounds like a she to me
He hasn't yet got the skill of breathing through his ears.
@@noelt8895 amazing
I had to slow it down lol
Delaware has received more attention in this video than it has ever received any time else
Lol you’ll be surprised to know they live pretty good in Delaware
@@alialmamun9769 Yeah I live there life is pretty good. I felt weird when he zoomed in on where I live.
Always felt Delaware should have the whole peninsula, we are one of the smallest states and we share a small peninsula with two other states that are much bigger.
@@yeeyee8928 there were attempts back in the 19th century and again in the mid-20th century, but it didn't work out. I don't expect it to happen in the near future either because Delaware and Maryland are blue stronghold states but the part of Maryland that would be ceded to Delaware would make it a red stronghold and would inhibit Maryland's gerrymandering efforts. Virginia would also be upset now that they have a slightly red leaning administration. Loosing 2 of their reliably red counties wouldn't be pleasant for them.
#agedlikemilk
Being a Marylander, I had a hard time keeping a straight face when he said Poto-"macK"!
Same and I'm from Virginia
@@eliannadouglas3408 same hear. I cant say i've ever heard it pronounced like that before either
I can’t stand it and I’m not from Maryland!
I’m from Pittsburgh and even I was like wtf??? Is it not “Puh-Tohm-ic”
I'm from California and I'm also confused.
Never heard an American from any state say it like that.
3:15 "Also, the entire state of Maryland is pretty weird."
I couldn't think of a better way to summarize it!
Florida: hold my Florida man
I am a Thai/Korean/Marylander and I could say that’s true. (btw us and Texas has the best flag)
That’s right hon.
In Maryland, we put old bay on our old bay. Of course we're weird
Maryland is negative space.
I’m from Toledo, born and raised and now you know why the rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State is so fierce!
Fun fact, there's a city in Spain called Toledo, it used to be the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom from the year 567 to 712.
Woody Hayes mentioned this back in the day.
Eukarya _ cool
Two stickney did nothing wrong
@@eukarya_ thats where The name comes from
This is what happens when you try to create federal borders in the 1700-1800s.
O-okay?
My Name Is Luuke Looks like the 69 dude deleted his comment
Brendan Berney I was gave you the 100th like if that's any consolation.
Kim Jong The Choo Choo Train of Bel-Air Nice username and avatar
I get that you’re covering a lot but take a deep breath and slow down man.
Yes, maybe make a part 1 and part 2
No
Aye man shut up.
Those poor wind player playing the national anthem need to as well.
IKR
Many people said he spoke too fast but I can still hear it very clearly, despite my native language not being English :/
Just slow down the speed to 0,75.
He has a slight Chinese accent. , Win.
They're complaining Americans. Don't mind them.
It's not that he is literally speaking too fast, it's more that the rhythm of his speech follows the exact same pattern throughout the entire video. It makes it harder to get a grasp on what he's talking about at a given moment, which means you're constantly trying to keep up. When you're doing public speaking, it's your job to direct the listener's attention, it's not the listener's job to constantly be scrambling to keep up.
It's like paragraphs when you're writing. Breaking up text into concise sections makes it easier to follow. The same applies for cadence of speech. Breaking up speech into distinct pauses and intonations indicates to the listener what points the speaker thinks are important, and when the speaker is switching from one subject to another.
With him, his speech is the equivalent to a giant run-on sentence. Because the speech pattern is repetitive, there's no sense of flow to what he's saying, so there's nothing there to guide the listener. Surely you've encountered a WALL OF TEXT somewhere online, and been like "Jesus, there's no way I'm reading that, I can't follow it." Same concept here.
@@Spaztar makes alot of sense .
Never thought much about it .
This is insane. As a European, I always thought all those straight lines dividing the states made a lot of sense... I was mistaken.
What country are you from?
Got a good chuckle out of that.
Still simpler then European borders though....
@@DanuProductions but most of them make sense due to them following geographical feature like mountain ranges or rivers
@@DanuProductions still simpler than British made borders.
Colorado and Wyoming over there just sipping their beer and laughing at these
AllahHuSnackbar Yeah because we're squares
AllahHuSnackbar: *Sips beer* Yep, our states' shapes and borders are nice and simple, unlike a few others...
And kansas
Yep *sips beer*
AllahHuSnackbar North Carolina and South Carolina are also laughing while riding rollercoasters at Carowinds
I live in Toledo! This is why the Ohio Michigan rivalry began
Cameron Miller lets be real, michigan got the better end of the war
@@alanaz5151 Yes, but we've had Detroit on eBay now for years with no takers.
Wait..what? The rivalry began because you live in Toledo??? How old ARE you??? 🤣
@@fieryweasel Yep I remember high school and college days when we'd take up a collection ostensibly to finance the sale of Detroit to Canada. Two things always went wrong 1 Canada is way smarter than that and 2- we'd run out of beer and funds would get ..well misappropriated (after all it was Michigan).
@@fk4515 a question: does the average American know that Détroit mean straight in French? (As in the geographical feature)
That's weird about states having territory on the "wrong" sides of rivers - I had noticed that on my state's (Arkansas) eastern border with Mississippi. I've always loved maps and I used to see that and wonder why in the heck it was like that. Meandering rivers like the Mississippi, oxbow lakes, the geological processes behind them, and such are extremely interesting to me.
I’m from Arkansas complemented my state thank you
I’m happy that you you complemented
as a Marylander your pronunciation of Potomac triggers me, love your videos.
Same here, lol
You big dummy.
I immediately yelled "Po-toe-mick" at the computer screen when I heard the first pronunciation.
as a virginian i was thinking the exact same thing haha
Caroline Little Same here especially with the Philadelphia part but i loved the vid too
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1:24, I would like to name my city "Corona"
how the hell did people find my comment.
@@PichuPlayzYT because… idk
Crown City sounds good
Uhm.. okay lol
It’s crodova
“Feeledelphia”
Feeley chizsteak?
Just doesn't sound right.
Dat bee wit or witout da shrooms an unyons?
as a person from Maryland we love our weird shaped state
in what way weird
yep
im from md too long live md!!!
fuck that place
Im from Salisbury! Whoo
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Very informative and thank you! For those who have difficulty in following the speed, you can change the speed to 0.75 through the settings button on the right hand corner.
That was very helpful, thank you! I watched it a second time at a slower pace & retained much more of the information.
"Pa-toe-mack" haha
As a Virginian living in Maryland your pronunciation of Potomac made my eyeballs cross. Nonetheless I loved your video and state borders always intrigue me!! Great job
Same. He’s obviously not a local 😂
Even i know it’s puh-toe-mack, not poe-tom-ik
@@ohitsstar1241 no, it’s poe-toe-mick
How do YOU pronounce "Oregon" or "Willamette" ?? ;-)
@@NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast I accidentally wrote tom instead of tome, my bad
The narrator has one of the strangest accents.
sounds normal to me
Bryon Lape I can't decide how much of it is affect and how much is something else
No, he just sounds like he has huge, buck teeth.
Would help explain the use of "f" for "th" on some words like north and south.
Bryon Lape apearantly you don't realize you're letting your mind confuse you. if u know that it's a "th" sound why complain if u understand. smh. stop being ignorant.
I quite enjoyed this. I love learning about this stuff. And keep your personal style. It's part of what makes this enjoyable.
Fast and gets to the point, no filler unlike other 10 minute long videos on youtube. Great video!
A freaking Mine Song reference. Glorious.
I liked the video as soon as I noticed it
Nihilistic Axolotl Yes. Emphasis on how it says "triagonal"
Was just going to point that out. +1 6:59
This Toledo is mine.
And this triagonal land.
The Ohio River
The Indians
They're mine mine mine mine mine
Michigan's land is mine
That Erie coast is mine
The city streets of Toledo
They're all imphatically mine
It all belongs to me
Everything that I see
Cleveland, Columbus and Athens
I possess it, cuase' I caress it
I'm Ohio and it's miiiiiiine
And this part of Lake Erie is also mine
Most of Cincinnati is mine
*_All your highways are mine_*
You always knew it, that's all there is to it!
it's mine mine mine mine mine
That's what I said! It's mine.
That Weird Pig Guy How do you do bold and italics?
nicely done on the Journey reference!
Interesting all, and then there's that chunk of Southwick, Mass. that dips down into Connecticut.
"This triagonal land is mine"
"It's all emphatically mine"
My nigga
Greased Mandroid yeah been doing a few inside jokes just a few people get but most people don't confuse as more people than your rewarding which doesn't equate to more subscribers or viewers. At least credit what you're referencing so I can say oh yeah that was a reference to some song or game I don't play. Instead of trying to figure out what the heck it means along with deciphering all the other stuff coming at machine gun speed that isn't an inside joke.
Dale Stafford It took me three minutes of solid focus to decipher what you were trying to say.
I really like this video, your designs and diagrams are very good. You just need to slow down and pause longer, give a moment for the information to sink in.
Great video! Lots of good stuff I learned. I will look at what else you got.👍
I've never been more visually confused in my life
The aural confusion gave it a double whammy.
In other words, If I ever have to draw a border line on a map, I wont use rivers or waters that are likely to change. Better use mountains I guess xd
but mountains still change
See: Mount St. Helens
I would put borders strictly on latitude and longitude lines
Just don't put borders near rivers and make them similarly sized rectangles
Maybe force all rivers to flow in straight lines. And outlaw earthquakes and volcanoes.
interesting but a bit too fast for me. listened at 0.75 speed. Worked well, but speaker sounded drunk.
He sounds like he just did a line of coke at normal speed
What I got out of this:
Maryland is the Union’s Civil War MVP!
Which is total b s .Maryland gave a LOT of soldiers and horses to the south . plus their coastline hid a lot of southern blockade runners . maybe Yankee revisionists should tell the truth ? They might have more credibility that way . my ancestors served the south in that war and I'm quite familiar with it . including the Yankee pow camp called " the andersonville of the north " camp Douglas Illinois. One of my ancestors was captured when Vicksburg fell and was imprisoned there . there is a book out called " to die in Chicago " maybe you should read it . that is unless you want to keep on being laughed at . I know . its hard to admit you're wrong after all the Yankee lies you've been told all these years. But you see your teacher in school would have been fired if she had taught you anything else . and she really liked her retirement plan ..
@@howardwayne3974 ah yes, let's take a lecture from the person whose ancestors are traitors regarding the revisionist history of the north, as though the south hasn't "white washed" everything, to this day.
Confusing to watch. Please slow down, and have longer pauses between different scenes.
Your comment is noted. I'm working on it.
Seems completely fine to me
I can confirm, I had to pause a few times to completely get it. Sometimes it's hard to pay attention to the geography and the story at the same time, so a little slowing down could certainly help. Otherwise, nice video, very interesting, keep up the good work!
Yah, should have been two videos. He was speaking so fast he was tripping up on some of the longer names. Interesting video though.
How about your brains just think faster and listen better? Are you guys not capable of that?
3:15 as a Marylander that is an understatement Maryland has to be one of the weirdest places in the world
Shouodve gave east maryland to delware (that pocket land or that is almost surrounded by water while move the norther border far north
@@jairoherrera4040 no we should just annex delaware that would be better
I didn’t realize it was 10 mins long... I also didn’t know I would want to watch the whole thing.
lol happens to me a lot..
I love how you have the American theme in the background 😂
I can't even.
follow what.
you are saying.
Lemon Grub 0.75 speed
Why not?
Any faster talking and i swear I would be listening to an auctioneer.
I had to replay a couple of parts as he was talking too fast. Not all TH-cam viewers are American. Otherwise, a fascinating video.
He’s just rapping
Your intonation.
And speed.
Makes it really hard.
To follow.
You should make it sound like.
You are speaking a whole sentence.
When you do so.
Instead of stopping after every couple of words.
As if you were.
Reading a list.
the way your type your comment makes me not want to read it.
Are you sarcastic?
I agree. I find this interesting and If he took time to elaborate I will sit for an hour and listen.
He
Is
Not
Being
Sarcastic
This is EXACTLY what it felt like to listen to the commentary. Great info though.
Interesting channel. Always been fascinated by maps, geography etc. Liked and subbed. Thanks for your work.
The Peninsula is called the Delmarva Peninsula, I live there
No. One. Cares.
@@villa7230 Jesus Christ dude he was just adding information to the video and said he lived there. Calm the fuck down
HOME OF THE SHOREBIRDS!!
Hehe, I guess we know why your name is mountain seeker then lol
His pronunciation of Poto-mack was driving me up the wall as a former Marylander.
Fun one for me: Chicago was almost in Wisconsin. Just like Ohio, the northern border of Illinois was originally meant to be a line drawn due west from the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. However, when time came to petition for statehood, it was found that the Illinois Territory didn't have enough citizens to qualify under the legislation of the time, so they simply moved the border further north. So Wisconsin got screwed out of Chicago and the UP. Take that, Cheesheads!
Wow, I am getting old. Is this how people talk nowadays?
Bob Lewin no, only if you’re a cringy incel like this guy
If this is who I think it is, he’s married with children.
I'm not a native english speaker and I had no problem understanding him. What's your problem?
Revisiting this video... Lots of great information. And I am glad you have the music playing softly even if it was the Anthem. In order to keep up with the machine-gun audio delivery I had to go to the gear wheel, next to Closed Caption (CC) , and set the video speed to .75 instead of normal. It sounds a bit weird at first , but it is a Hellva lot easier to follow.
Excellent post.
dude sounds like a pro Minecrafter
* out of place dubstep music intro *
Hey what's up guys, its VanDeGraph, and welcome back to another minecraft video.
And today we are going to be using an obscure mod that literally breaks the game, but it also lets you ride a dragon while also riding on a pig so its forgivable.
hey!
VanDeGraph Where did you get your maps?
This was so brilliantly done that I had to subscribe! Thanks for these tantalizing little tid-bits of U.S. state and international border history. I always wondered what it would be like to live in that little piece of the USA totally surrounded by Canada, although I think someone already did a story on TV about the school bus that has to pass customs every day to get kids back and forth to U.S. Schools. I didn't know about that place in Iowa that is in Nebraska, (if you know what I mean)... will have to talk to my Iowa relatives about that and see how they feel about it. But yes, this was fun to watch, well-narrated, and I'll have to watch and look again so I can see all those fine points. Best wishes, and yes, I subscribed.
Fascinating stuff, sounds to be well researched (I hope), good graphics. But oh, the pace. I couldn't keep up and had to bail out.
So complicated, and yet so interesting!
Played at 0.75 speed. Sounds just right. And drunk
Lol it does
That made it both actually understandable and more entertaining
Great tip 👍
Literally just found the out by accident 🤣
0.9x is better
Mispronunciations are killing me. Potomac = Puh-toe-mick, Philadelphia = Fill-uh-dell-fee-uh. Something weird is going on with your "Virginia" too.
Erd Tird Mans he must be from Canada.
Not to mention Ore-gone.
Not to mention Oregon (ORE-eee-gun) and Rio Grande (In English, Rio GRAND)
I and many Texans (and New Mexicans) don't mispronounce Rio Grande as 'REE-oh Grand,' but rather say 'REE-oh GRAHND-ay', as in Spanish. It would be like saying that the 'correct' pronunciation of tortilla is not as it is in Spanish but as it /appears/ in English - but... No one says 'tor-TILL-uh' except Yankees who may never have eaten one. I could go on.
He pronounced Oregon as Ore-gone. 😵
It's Ore-gun.
Born and raised there. But for three decades I've been a Texan.
Van? It sounds like Tex-us. 😁
Amazing!! this is very very educational!!
Thanks a bunch for this. 💕
I'm from maryland and the way you said Potomac made me cringe
I'm from the UK and the way Yanks say Leicester makes me cringe
Greg Woods so. this is about America. so fuck off.
How very ... american
+Greg Woods We have some same town names with different pronunciations. Anyways, I'd love to see Brits pronounce Native American influenced town names. Half the towns on the east coast are 😅
I'm not American I'm Dominican. Don't ever call me American, I won't be proud to be American until whites have nomore power. They don't know how to run shit.
This triagonal line is mine. XD I get it!
This narration sounds like equal parts South Park and (How to) Kill a Mockingbird. And I'm in love with it
That "Journey" joke killed me. XD
Aaaaand cut! Great video! Now this time let's try it with A LOT less coffee involved. Aaaand ACTION!
Amazing information, but please slow down just a tiny bit! Good job!
Very interesting. Nice video.
Well, that was interestingly weird for sure!
That was a lot to digest.
Your voice has improved exponentially over your last couple videos. Good speed, good tonality, and I was able to understand everything perfectly. That deserves a like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll come out with next. Keep it up! I love Geography video channels! I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into your videos. Remember to always keep improving!!! You should do a video about China next time, it would be pretty awesome considering not many people make videos about China geography.
China is in the pipeline. I plan on making a video similar to the Russian Federation Explained video. Currently though I also plan on doing this for Indonesia, India, and Spain so it might take a while.
Thanks for doing indonesia!! Greetings from all of indonesian
a wee note about Indonesia: school history textbooks claim here that Indonesia had claimed all of the Dutch East Indies when they proclaimed independence (i.e. including Dutch New Guinea), and that the results of the 1949 conference that ended in NL seceding Indonesia (apart from New Guinea) implied that Indonesia would suddenly get it (thus justifying the things that included the Indonesian invasion of NL new guinea).
And a decent number of people seem to believe that East Timor joined because they wanted to (this would be during Suharto's regime - during whichpeople were made to think that being outside during a solar eclipse would be lethal (students aside - at least they knew better) )
Can't find another source for that on the Internet though. Do take what I wrote with a grain of salt, I guess?
NO T H O T S I couldn't understand it and generally I can do so very well. He may have just been slightly fast.
Kerstkrans Ya-Mian yes, many people in east timr want to join indonesia but, the neo communist government declined the offer and there was a demonstration and then indonesia invades it
Solid 8 Mile reference, my friend.
Great to hear all these complicated histories! I always wondered if da UP became part of Michigan just to make sure the Brits didn't grab it by attaching it to the more settled mitten-land. Good on ya for saying "Rio Grande" in the Spanish way, but everyone in Oregon says "Orragun". (accent on the first.) You could just say the Pig War happened on San Juan Island, (indeed the biggest of the group in the Salish Sea) Another episode might cover why so many places in the Salish Sea have Spanish names and another on how the Salish Sea got it's name (rather recently)
High-pass filter, or nasal-toned voice?
both! :-D
Sounds like he has a cold.
Crappy mic
7:44 aawwww yeeeaahh Vermont Republic
Thanks genius, I really enjoy it!!
My guy took a whole bottle of Adderall before the video
Great vid, just some tips,
*slow down
*give longer pauses
*clean up the audio
I know you're Canadian, so I thank you for doing videos of my home country. Kudos
Wow! You did a lot of research. Good job.
fun fact: The oregon territoy was unclaimed, Making the ownership belong to Russia.
Good thing that was corrected.
It was claimed by the UK, that's very well known.
You deserve way more subs
It's pronounced "Puhtomic"
Dave Iden
Yes! I'm from Virginia so that irritated me a little.
Everytime I heard him end it with “Mack”, I winced..
Don't worry, he also said Oregone, not Oregun which is how it is pronounced, although since it is spelled Oregon, confusion is understandable
Dave Iden it killed me too
Dave Iden “oraygon” he meant oregon
europeans:
drawing borders on rivers, mountains etc.
americans:
STRAIGHT LINES
honorable mentions:
-elm point (basically an tiny uninhabited point roberts)
-province island (island split between quebec and vermont)
-isles of shoals (only islands to be split by interstate borders, namely maine and new hampshire)
thats interesting
Great Video, very informative and interesting, but one big PLEASE: Get a new mic or better sound recording software and do it more slowly, maybe even make 2 videos out of it. That would make it perfect. Aside from that, great work!
It’s pronounced The Pa-To-Mic river
"Potomack"
yeah lol and does not rhyme with Big Mac
You are right 👍👍👍
What if it was called Pac-Man river? That would be great
Puh-toe-mick
The information in this video is phenomenal!
One small request: If the presenter would please slow down on following videos you would be much easier to understand! I chose to not finish your video because the speech was just too rapid and hard to process. But again, wonderful information and very informative. Thank you for taking the time to get this information together!
I like how you add our national anthem in the background! :D
I learned more from this guy in 10 minutes than school ever taught me in 11 years up to this point.
Troll Breaker How stupid must you be
Then how did you type that
That’s TH-cam for ya
Adam also no he’s not stupid it’s just the American school system teaches really really slow
Minnesotan Gaming then ur an Idiot
OMG! He said Potomac wrong!!!!!!!! *I'm from MD....
and Philly...
He said it like PAH-TOE-MAC
Cameron Patterson I say PAH TOE MIC
So am I, but it's fiiiiine
He’s Canadian 😃
Wow great facts. Happy 4th of July everyone.
Regarding the Delmarva, the transpeninsular line was established going across at the peninsula's widest point, which is Delaware's southern border, then turns north at the midpoint until it meets the 12 mile circle.
2:14 i always wondered why the park next to liberty island and ellis island was named liberty state park even though those islands are new york property
The way he pronounces Potomac makes me uncomfortable, I'm a Marylander so maybe it's just a Maryland way we pronounce it
No, it's not just you... I was raised in Minnesota, and now live in Wisconsin.... still sounded wrong to me.
James Bond Same here my friend. If you look at the border of Washington County, Maryland it's shaped exactly like Maryland.
I'm from Virginia and we pronounce it like "puh toe mick."
North carolinian here. Its "putomic"
West Virginia here.. putomic..
I didn’t know borders made you so passionate😆
Welcome to the world of Geogeeks.
5:39 nice Futurama reference! ;)
I would talk slower, its very confusing
use a q-tip to clean your ears.
Ear wax doesn't accelerate and chop up speech, moron.
Gonna make building that border wall difficult
I’m from saint Joseph, Missouri and this is the first time I’ve heard that rosecrans airport is part of Missouri ! That’s amazing news thank you for sharing
This is such a fantastic video, with such a huge amount of information in such a short span of time. You're already really fast at rattling down your text, but with your obvious talent, I'm sure you can do it still 10 or 20 percent faster. Just imagine, having the same load of in formation in 08:13 instead of 10:16! The triumph of efficiency! Of course, you'd be even less understandable than you already are, but hey, *some* price always needs to be paid.
CHANGING SPEED SETTING FROM NORMAL TO 0.75 HELPS
Texas is so huge that you can fit 3 US mainlands and 2 Africas inside it.
It looks pretty pathetically small compared to Mother Russia.
Choco Manger But Russia is tiny to Sealand
Mighty Russia is the largest country on this planet.
Ahmes Syahda Africa is a continent smh 🤦🏽♂️
Africa is a country, idiot.
One detail you missed about Maryland's many weird border anomalies is that, at one point, the Mason-Dixon Line was (I think) 12-15 miles north of where the current line that defines the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, but for some arcane reason once known to me but now lost to memory, it was negotiated to have that border drawn further south to what it is now.
Blame Penn and Calvert debating on where territory lines should be. Mason and Dixon were hired to correct it later on.
great video
Sorry VdC, but I couldn't finish watching. Fascinating topic, good-looking graphics, but oh your nonstop gabble is impossible to listen to. :( Relax a bit, take a breath, and give viewers a moment to glance at each map and read the captions.
I disagree completely. Slow down your playback speed with < key, if your getting too old for the youtuberies?
Almost sounded to me like he had braces on his teeth. Narrator should re-record, avoid the monotone and mispronunciations.