Geography Now! TONGA

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  @GeographyNow · 4 years ago · pinned

  The only indigenous monarchy in the pacific, the most &quot;Mormon&quot; country on earth, and they really like to juggle here. There&apos;s a &quot;Tonga&quot; stuff to cover in this one. Enjoy! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/tonga">#Tonga</a>

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• YE

  @yetanothertubeuser · 4 years ago

  Is it Tonga time? I think it&apos;s Tonga time.

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  @Mr.Nobody.of.Nowhere · 4 years ago

  I’m from New Zealand and whenever the Tongan rugby team comes to town it feels as if the entire Tongan population is there to cheer them on, that’s how passionate these people are about rugby. Love you Tonga 🇹🇴

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• OT

  @ottis83 · 4 years ago

  I just love how countries, lets say starting with letter C got their 6-10 minutes of fame all those years ago and here we are with 28 minutes of Tonga episode.

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• ZU

  @zuziagalant6761 · 4 years ago

  One of amazing things about Tonga is that in 1939, after the German invasion of Poland, the Kingdom of Tonga was among the first to declare war against Germany. Subsequently, as a result of a public campaign the people of Tonga funded two Spitfire fighter aircrafts. At that time the Kingdom was ruled by Queen Sālote Tupou III. Such a small remote country helped Poland before their allies like France or UK even realized what had happened. It is a small fact but really shows how exceptional these people are.

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• MI

  @miro1987 · 4 years ago

  You know it&apos;s a small country when there&apos;s no co-hosts.

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• SA

  @saulthechicanootaku · 4 years ago

  Meanwhile, a lot of Swiss people are like &quot;since when do we have islands in the Pacific?&quot; after seeing the flag. Either way, pretty cool how both flags look alike

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• GA

  @GanMic · 4 years ago (edited)

  The Polynesian wrestling dynasty in the WWE that the Rock is associated with (the Anoa’I family) is actually Samoan, specifically American Samoan. <br><br>There is a WWE wrestler of Tongan descent, Haku (or Meng) who’s widely considered by other wrestlers to be the toughest man they’ve ever met.

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• CH

  @Chouyren · 4 years ago (edited)

  The Hunga Tonga eruption in January was insanely powerful. It&apos;s estimated it was the strongest volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883 and stronger than any nuclear weapon explosion making it the biggest explosion to ever be recorded by modern technology. People heard the explosion as far as Alaska. The Tsunami that was generated by the collapse of the island reached 15 meters in some places. It&apos;s honestly a wonder only 3 people died.

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• MI

  @michaeldowd8422 · 3 years ago

  My new next door neighbours are &nbsp;from Tonga. I&apos;ll be honest, &nbsp;I was surprised they were from &nbsp;so far away. &nbsp;In fact if you &nbsp;stuck a giant pin through the planet in the UK it would probably emerge in Tonga. Turns out they had to leave because of the volcano. They are the friendliest family I&apos;ve ever met and am glad to &nbsp;have them as neighbours.

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• TO

  @toko34 · 4 years ago

  As a Tongan I loved the part when you guys speak Tongan about stealing the ship and killing the Brits! That was hilarious!🤩

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• VO

  @void1483 · 4 years ago

  love to tonga from Mexico! I&apos;ve been there before, and the culture, the food was amazing! 🇲🇽❤🇹🇴

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