25 Facts About Europe That Confuse Americans...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans over because it was built on unstable foundations it's as simple as that

the fact that you need calculator to convert feet in miles... ))) I'm so glad we are using metric system in EU

12:55 Reminds me of this Liechtenstein declares war on the People's Republic of China by fax: “We hereby declare war on the PRC. We are well armed. We have 2 tanks and 350 soldiers.” On the same day, the Chinese fax back: “We accept the declaration of war, but please note the following: We have 720 aircraft, 3,640 tanks, and 15.1 million soldiers.” Liechtenstein promptly faxes back: “In that case, we are unfortunately forced to withdraw our declaration of war. Unfortunately, we do not have enough space for prisoners of war.”

Bad news - the mosquitos have made it to Iceland!!!

2:37 there are different ways of being a continent. Geologically, it involves tectonic plates, and Europe and quite a lot of Asia are on the same one (called the Eurasian plate). Geographically and socially, Europe is a continent

@7:20 'uninhabited' is not the same as 'uninhabitable'

That extra guy who joined the liechtenstein army was actually an Italian deserter. He saw a chance to escape to a country that was less likely to send him to a dangerous conflict.

Utfart is Exit in Swedish. And no, I don't speak Swedish. It resembles the Dutch word 'uitvaart' which means 'funeral' which technically is an indefinite exit.