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Why The United States Gets So Many Powerful Tornadoes
Tornadoes are one of Earth's most incredible natural phenomena. But while every continent gets tornadoes to some degree, the United States in particular gets far more, at a higher frequency, to a greater degree of strength than almost...
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Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government
The United States federal government is the largest land owner in the entire country. In particular, most of its current land holdings exist within the western half of the contiguous United States, with very little in the eastern half....
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Why So Many Americans Move To Florida And Not Georgia
Florida and Georgia make up just about 10% of the entire United States' population. But while at one point Georgia was home to many more Americans than Florida, over the last few decades Florida has exploded in growth to become more than...
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Why So Few People Live In Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or Southwest England
The United Kingdom is one of Europe's largest countries by population with about 67 million people. Despite this, the vast majority of those people live with England and, more specifically, the central part of England. This gives England...
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Why So Few Americans Live In Delaware As Compared To Pennsylvania, Maryland, or New Jersey
COUPLE QUICK CORRECTIONS: 1. Sorry about the mispronunciation of Lewes. 2. I used a video of the Chesapeake Bridge and not the Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel. Delaware is a tiny state in terms of population. And while it's also small in...
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Greater Idaho: Why Idaho Wants To Take Over Oregon And Eventually Washington and California Too
Oregon often feels like a progressive state, but once you get outside of Portland and Eugene, and especially beyond the Cascade Mountains, it gets very conservative. Because of this cultural difference, there's been a concerted effort to...
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Geographic History of France: How France Acquired The Land It Owns Today
Welcome to a new series where we'll be exploring the geographic history of various countries. Today we kick it off with France! Beginning in 481, this video will walk you through the years and decades to see how France expanded,...
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34 NEW STATES: Why Every Major U.S. City Should Be Its Own State, But Never Will Be
Hawaii was the last state to be admitted to the Union, all the way back in 1959. But since then the country has grown by more than 150 million Americans, the vast majority of which have migrated to the major cities of the country....
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Why So Many Countries Claim Antarctica But Can’t Do Anything With It
Antarctica is not like every other continent. Aside from its extreme cold and vast ice sheet, it's also the only major piece of land that has never had a human settlement rise up on it. And because of this, as it was explored in the...
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Why So Many Canadians Live In This Tiny Area: The Golden Horseshoe
Canada is the second largest country in the world when it comes to area. Despite this, over one quarter of all Canadians live in an area that makes up less than 1% of all land. This region has been dubbed Canada's "Golden Horseshoe"...
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Why So Few Canadians Live In This HUGE Area In The Middle Of Canada
Canada, much like the United States, is split into two halves. On the east side is Canada's major population centers of Toronto and Montreal. And on the west side are the smaller, but still large cities of Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and...
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Why MOST Of Japan's Population Live In Just Three Cities: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya
Japan is a fascinating country for a lot of reasons. But chief among them is the fact that well over half the population live in just three metropolitan areas: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. And for a country that is both larger in population...
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Why So Few Americans Live In This Huge Area In The Middle Of The Country
The United States has an interesting population distribution. You can find any number of videos talking about why so many more people live on the eastern half of the country. But what's rarely talked about is this large empty belt in the...
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Why So Few Americans Live Along The Gulf Coast Of The United States
The Gulf Coast of the United States is a beautiful area with miles of beaches and weather that most regions of the world would love. Despite this, a large section in the middle of the Gulf Coast has very low population compared to Texas...
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Why Haiti Is So Dangerous And The Dominican Republic Is Thriving
Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Two countries that share an island, and little else. Because while Haiti has been making international headlines of late surrounding its current anarchy, the Dominican Republic is an otherwise pretty...
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The Top 4 MEGAREGIONS Of The United States: How These Regions Dominate The Country
The United States is comprised of 50 full states and a handful of territories. But over the last few decades, a new concept has risen to explain regions that are interconnected despite state or even international borders: the megaregion....
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The NEXT Top MEGAREGIONS Of The United States
You all loved the first megaregions episode so much, I decided to follow it up with the NEXT top megaregions! While the Northern California, Florida, and Cascadia megaregions aren't quite as prominent as the top four, they each still...
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Polynesia is SINKING: Why Climate Change Will Make These Countries Extinct
Polynesia and the South Pacific island countries are incredibly beautiful. And these islands are often thought of first when travelers begin yearning for a tropical holiday. Unfortunately, these very same islands are also facing an...
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Why The United States Has Two Dakotas: North Dakota and South Dakota
The United States has two Dakotas: North Dakota and South Dakota. But while these are two completely separate states each with their own state governments, two U.S. senators, and representative in Congress, there's nothing really all...
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Why So Few Americans Live In This HUGE Area In The Northern Part Of The Country
There are a lot of Americans these days. But despite being the world's third largest country by population, there exists a huge area in the northern part of the contiguous USA that is pretty empty. And this is despite the fact that...
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Why So Few Americans Live In Oklahoma As Compared To Texas
Oklahoma is just north of Texas. But despite sharing similar geographic features, Texas has grown at a much faster rate in terms of population and economy than Oklahoma. In the case of these two states, history and geography combine to...
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Why China Is Building Artificial Islands To Control The South China Sea
China lays claim to basically the entire South China Sea by way of its infamous "nine-dash line." But while China claims the entire area, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Taiwan each have their own claims as well. This has...
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Why Belgium Is So Divided: The Dutch And French Culture Split
Belgium is a unique country in Europe. While most countries speak their own language, Belgium is actually divided mostly by Dutch and French (with a smidge of German thrown in for good measure). But while some other European countries...
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Why "Nobody" Lives In The VAST MAJORITY Of British Columbia
British Columbia is huge! In fact, outside of Alaska, it is larger than any other U.S. state. But despite its physical size, the majority of the Canadian province's population exists within the far southwest corner, mostly within the...