50 Geography Facts That Are Fake (But You Believed Them)
2.5M views · May 27, 2025 · Education
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@EASYTIGER10 · 1 year ago
I've never watched a video which tells me I need to change so many misconceptions that I never held in the first place
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@PhilR0gers · 1 year ago
Who in their right mind think that rivers flow north to south because north is at the top of the map?<br>That's like saying you can drive from the USA to Mexico just by letting your car roll there.
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@JelleW2404 · 1 year ago (edited)
South-Africa actually has 3 capitals. Pretoria and Bloemfontein, like you said. But also Capetown, its the legislative capital.
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@Samule-HazeleLW-b2z · 2 months ago
Australia=COUNTRY<br>Australasia or more commonly used Oceania=CONTINENT
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@asmartbajan · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzql2YlpF4&t=461">7:41</a> Actually, Cape Town <i>is</i> also one of the capitals of South Africa!
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@rickkwitkoski1976 · 1 year ago
Nigeria's capital wasn't just MOVED to Abuja from Lagos.<br>Abjua was constructed SPECIFICALLY to be a new and central capital.<br>Building started in 1982.
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@GDTBATH · 1 year ago
<b>"Africa is a continent not a country."</b> Um. Why is this even being mentioned? Seriously. 😂😂
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@johnburnside7828 · 1 year ago
No, Kansas City is NOT split into two cities. Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS are two separate entities and always have been.
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@majon6176 · 1 year ago
@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzql2YlpF4&t=473">7:53</a> South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial)
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@ryansmagalski948 · 1 year ago
When you said "Africa is a continent, not a country" I realized this video was not intended for me 😆
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@alffry5454 · 1 year ago
Antarctica covers all the timezones because it straddles the South Pole, not because it’s big.
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@themercer4972 · 1 year ago (edited)
37, also Ottawa became the capital of Canada for much the same reason as the Australians had. It was a compromise between Toronto and Montreal, both cities wanting the honor back in the 1800s
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