everyone welcome back to flag / fan
Friday hope you like the Peru episode as
you know there's the part where we talk
about the small little mistakes we made
or things that didn't quite make it into
the video for wanna yeah we had a few
small spelling mistakes and also the
national animal of Peru is actually not
the llama it's the V Cunha yeah I was
shocked when I found that out
everybody knows the llama look also
there are a bunch of like cool little
fun facts that we didn't put in the
video for example in Cusco is Cathedral
they have a painting of the Last Supper
in which Jesus and his disciples are
eating qui keeping it with the Peru
theme haha we did mention potatoes
originated in Peru but we didn't mention
the incredibly important role potatoes
played in this world's population
it helps somewhere around a quarter of
the entire population grow between 1700
and 1900 in some tribal communities they
practice trial marriage in which if the
husband and wife get a divorce and they
have children the children are actually
under the custody of the community not
the parents also before many couples get
married they go into a period of
servants II in which they have to work
and live with their in-laws they have
supposedly the oldest mummy in the world
that was found in the Atacama Desert I
want to talk a little bit more about
corral supe it is thought to be the
oldest site occupied by humans
discovered in the Americas and also
despite the common pattern of political
upheavals poverty has actually
significantly reduced from about sixty
percent to twenty five percent from 2004
to 2012 I guess lots of tourism money
helps there's also a lot of other things
I could have mentioned but if you have
anything you want to say just put it in
the comments otherwise we got to move on
so without further due you ah Peru it
was so fun researching this country
because we all kind of know about the
generic info
you know like Machu Picchu and ceviche
and stuff so it was kind of a challenge
to find the lesser-known obscure facts
like copic Cola or the fact that about
10 to 20% of the population may have
East Asian roots in any case they have a
flag and we got to talk about it the
flag is a vertical tribe and of two
colors red on the sides white in the
middle often you may see the flag too
faced with a coat of arms but we'll talk
about the coat of arms later in a bit
the white in the middle stands for
purity and peace and the red stands for
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Lord has been so long since we've had a
blood animation thank you so much Peru
for making the bread stand for the blood
of those who fight for the freedom
oh and speaking of which you can get a
blood of those who fight for the freedom
t-shirt on geography now calm beautiful
stuff oh we also have jug Rafi now mugs
and thank you Ken for making that
animation anywho the flag has gone
through quite a few changes over the
years of course first they started out
under the Spanish after independence
though in 1820 they had this flag then
two years later they switched to this
which looked like an arch-nemesis of
Argentine flag and then three months
later they switched to like vertical
bands and then three years later they
switched the Sun to the coat of arms for
three years they joined Bolivia in a
confederation and had this flag the
south side kind of did their own thing
and after the dissolution of the
Confederation they went back to the
original now as mentioned often you can
see the flag with the coat of arms on it
which is a great transition because
we're going to talk about the coat of
arms right now the coat of arms is a
shield divided into three sections the
upper left image depicting the national
animal the vicuna representing the
animals of peru in the upper right is an
image of a cinchona tree representing
the flora of Peru which is actually the
source of quinine a substance used to
fight against malaria and is also the
flavor of tonic water fun fact and
finally the bottom image depicts a
cornucopia with coins spilling out
representing the mineral resources of
the country on the sides of the shield
are Peru flags draping down and on the
top is a crown of holm oak and keep in
mind there's another coat of arms it
looks like this it has a palm and laurel
wreath on the sides tied with a ribbon
at the bottom with colors of the Peru
flag otherwise historically they've had
a lot of other variants of their coat of
arms they all generally kind of followed
the same format with small little minor
iterations here and there however the
first version kind of looked like a
freaking Marvel Avengers movie poster
with a billion things going on I don't
have time to explain it just look at it
it looks cool and so yeah that is just
about it so that means you know what
time it is it's time for geography fan
mail time oh so we are here again for
fan Friday and as you know we always
need to have guest star so here they are
mr. Caleb and Noah
you guys have done this many times we
always start off with postcards Susie I
think and Greg who visited pulling a
postcard here from Finland yay
from Finland here again all right here
I've got a postcard from Marrakech Anais
from Toulouse France I got here a
postcard a Hong Kong postcard from Arnie
said PS Keith I bet you're excited about
the new tool album Keith just left all
right all right here I've got a postcard
from Matthew and Elise they vacation in
the Outer Banks North Carolina this is
funny um this is from Montenegro from
TIA
the ten commandments of Montenegro if
you guys didn't watch the episode
Montenegrins are known as the laziest
country on earth I work town ko expert
saying keep up the great work and rock
on Keith and stay frosty Noah you make
sure to stay frosty stay frosty my
friends he is southwest I can state call
me guys mr. freeze mr. freeze ice to
meet you this is from it says hi Barb's
and Noah from the Balearic Islands in
Spain Clements and somebody else know
these guys aren't the only people that
are part of this team I get no respect
on this okay well I've got a wolf
this person's from wolf this person is a
wolf Poland all the best from Dolfina
Thank You Delfino Delphine is the white
aqua tar alien Ranger from Power Rangers
all right that's seriously the thing
that came to your mind
yeah postcard from Jim that's a Jim and
jam he's a Dutch jogger peeps it
inspired him to visit Iran Georgia
Armenia and Azerbaijan this summer
oh well guess what Caleb hi oh hi Caleb
I own this shoe you got somebody Caleb
and others you just take this one it's
great we just visited ie per Piper a
city in belch city in Belgium Alexandra
and Alexi he's gonna send you a lot of
stuff they do I gotta meet these people
at some point
thank you Peter from Germany all right
hey Barb's in geography now crew I'm
Francis from Philadelphia we stayed in
London for four nights and now we're in
a small magical town called blessing
berry because my name is Gary Harlow
yeah caleb has an alter ego let me just
say this is a fantastic postcard
unfortunately it's hard to make out with
the name is well uh we got another
German your harness we have so many
Germans today who visited what is this
fkk sport and frightened park so zonin
say sure okay high pole and geography
now team greetings from Principality of
Liechtenstein
I stopped by here on my way to Portugal
continue the great work dragon I don't
get it it's fine okay you don't pay have
to wonder she is just joke here we have
a postcard from Grady they reason with
the Denver has one last family trip
before going to college to major in
social studies education oh this is from
Helvetica otherwise known as Switzerland
from Travan nothing are you ok this
postcard has a lot of like blood on it I
guess
cats and blood what's going on I don't
know from zeusie and looks like Greg but
could not be great just hi guys as
promised here's card two out of two from
our Poland trip thanks for all the
episodes we love your channel PS waiting
for the Poland episode this wait it's
alphabetical
so it's coming up Chiara I visited what
is this Sleeping Bear Dunes in above
Lake Michigan you've got a photograph
here but it's from Maria and Laden here
we have a postcard from Alaska I borrow
you my name is Ian I'm from New Jersey
I've been watching your episode since
the China episode and I can't wait until
you cover
Sudan and South Sudan I saw on a TV show
a guy paid for his dental work in salmon
like in Alaska you can barter you can
actually barter stuff you don't have to
always use cash and finally ho this
should be for you because hello Caleb
finally getting the respect
deserve and everyone else we all know
that I carry this team on my back I go
to school in Missoula Montana well
anyways I appreciate you giving me the
respect I deserve Jonah
all right so now we're gonna do letters
and packages you did not write any
letter you sent in really cool book
pocket atlas of remote islands shows
like remote islands and it gives facts
about them and it's really cool and it
shows the maps Oh my name is haneish I'm
from Bangladesh India but currently I'm
on vacation in the United Arab Emirates
I'm writing this letter from my hotel
room I missed you and Caleb by 48 hours
Paul and I went to Dubai on a layover
for a while oh you could have met us
hopes that we had a good time the
Republic of Somaliland for the geography
yeah well what was your biggest takeaway
from that whole trip because it has
Somalia in the name a lot of people
associated with Somaliland so people
think it's a very dangerous country with
pirates and terrorists and stuff is
actually quite the opposite felt very
safe while I was there oh my gosh that
was the hottest place every was like a
hundred billion degrees
thank you Jaron for sending in your high
school flag all right well I got this
letter from Abby from Japan you sent in
painting and a magnet all right well we
got next year so we've got Eric s
souvenir from my first trip to holiday
world Oh Santa Claus Indiana oh yeah
there's a town in Indiana called Santa
Claus I'm so thankful that you got us a
towel because I am often moist okay have
you guys noticed
Caleb's hair is very swoopy now so you
can actually flick it with grace and
poise your Paul Caleb and the geography
now squad I'm more capable mention of
Noah Anna the guys are crazy here these
are postcards you also sent st.
Petersburg the calendar we need to make
a jogger a geography team calendar we
just all pose like firefighters this is
from Chicago my name is Sam I'm from I'm
a huge fan of the show I've
we've been watching since the Myanmar
episode but I started with Afghanistan
and binge watched everything and closing
is an assortment of foreign coins I have
also a few Chicago trinkets by the way
Barb's I know you lived in Chicago for a
while so I have to ask Cubs or White Sox
I grew up on the north side so you know
where I kind of stand at yeah
Cubs territory sorry I've got a better
question clumps all the way Pokemon did
you mind here we have a package from
Armenia this person's name is Hovick
they have been following us since the
Armenian episode
fun fact in Los Angeles Glendale
California is the largest population of
Armenians outside of Armenia we live in
many countries but Armenia hey that's
cool here we go our medium did it we
have in Armenian rug mats how do you
play this - Armenian brandy bottles
wait there's brandy in here on my way
Armenian designed apron wine holder was
hand-carved so uh controversy this is
the Armenian flag and the controversial
one Artsakh which is disputed with
azerbaijan if you show this flag to an
Azerbaijani they will get really mad oh
I think I got it this sounds very I shot
in Armenian wedding and the whole day
was just dancing and music playing and
there was this wow instrument was played
at the wedding like the whole day all
right so uh caleb got two big boxes from
fans all right so full disclosure
already opened them so you may remember
from the last fan / flag Friday hey when
I exclaimed did I like sprite and
Federico said this is for Caleb he said
he likes sprite so here's some sprite
what Keith is - twisties caleb is -
sprite sees these will be gone tomorrow
Caleb loves sprite
but that's not all you'll also remember
so this is from Spencer from
Massachusetts Caleb I hope this doesn't
come as too much of a surprise after you
said you wanted shoes that was just like
challenge
excepted boat shoes like these are very
popular here in New England have been
for both men and women ever since they
were invented by the Sperry company I
hope you enjoy them I can tell you what
Spencer I absolutely will and put these
on right now
flamingo socks perfectly with it
absolutely stunning this is Spencer
you're an absolute legend and I'm
finally getting the respect well that is
just about it guys thank you for sending
everything I love putting your home
countries and hometowns on display but
in the mean time do you guys have
anything else you want to say to the
jogger peeps out there enjoy grow old I
like sprite I like sprite do but tell
you what thanks guys what's your shoe
size
Mikey says very friends on the brand
sometimes but usually it's about 12 if
you want to send anybody any kind of
fibber lens Timberlake's
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you want to send some dope shirts you
get yourself one of these shirts right
here Keith shirts at geography now that
comm don't forget guys my hand yes
alright it is time for a return address
contest as you know I put all your
return addresses in this bag I pick one
out and whoever wins gets a geography
now notepad and button all right let's
grab one let's see should we go here we
go
um ah from Indonesia ah
you just won all right so that's just
about it thank you so much you've just
been flagged stay cool stay tuned
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