Why The Midwests Geography Isnt What You Think Trenord [DtcYys1RR7g]

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What if I told you there is enough water in just one Midwestern lake to submerge all of North and South America under a foot of water? Or that back in the 1200s, a Native American metropolis in Illinois was actually larger than London? From a bizarre chunk of land accidentally trapped inside Canada, to the engineering marvel that forced a massive river to flow backward, here are 15 incredible geography facts you never knew about the Midwest.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:51 - The "Midwest" Doesn't Actually Exist on a Map

01:53 - Michigan Has the Longest Freshwater Coastline in the World

02:41 - Glaciers Missed a Massive Chunk of the Region

03:36 - Minnesota Has an Accidental Piece of Land in Canada

04:28 - Lake Superior is Mind-Bogglingly Huge

05:25 - Ohio and Michigan Almost Went to War Over a Map

06:25 - Chicago Reversed a River

07:25 - The Largest Pre-Columbian City North of Mexico Was in Illinois

08:23 - A 1785 Law Explains Why the Midwest Looks Like a Checkerboard

09:26 - A crazy sport Six-Mile Mud Flat Created Chicago

10:20 - You Can Step Across the Mighty Mississippi River

11:14 - Iowa is the Most Biologically Altered State in the US

12:15 - Detroit Exists Strictly Because of a Geographic Chokepoint

13:12 - The "Sauna Capital" of the North

14:11 - guess Indiana's Motto is Completely Literal

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