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The Best Episodes of Real Life Lore Season 2023

Every episode of Real Life Lore Season 2023 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Life Lore Season 2023!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 1 - Why 97% of Namibia is Empty
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    Namibia is the world's second most sparsely populated country, and its coastline is about as empty of people as Greenland. Why is that the case?

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  2. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 2 - Why Belarus Might Invade Ukraine Too
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    Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been going on for nearly an entire year. Yet, the Kremlin's most loyal ally on the international stage, Belarus, has continually refused to join the war officially. Why have they taken so long, and why might that be changing in the future?

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  3. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 3 - Why Nobody Can Stop North Korea
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    2022 was a record-breaking year for North Korea. The Kim regime spent it by firing more missiles than in any previous year and setting new records for both altitude and distance. It ultimately begs a question; why hasn't anyone ever stopped North Korea, and is it now too late?

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  4. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 4 - How Satellite Images Reveal What’s Happening in Ukraine
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    Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for a full year now. Over those past 12 months, commercial satellites have captured thousands of images depicting the events that have been going on from above. Never before in human history has a conflict of this scale ever been so thoroughly documented from space. And in this video, we'll explore a few harrowing examples.

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  5. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 5 - Why 82% of Mexico is Empty
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    The majority of Mexico's population lives within just 18% of Mexico's land. This video explains why that's the case.

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  6. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 6 - Why Russia's Biggest Threat is Actually China
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    Why one of Russia's greatest long-term threats is China, despite their temporary partnership at the moment.

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  7. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 7 - Why Ukraine Re-Taking Crimea Will Destroy Russia
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    Why Crimea is so important to both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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  8. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 8 - Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War
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    Egypt and Ethiopia are countries that each exist on the Nile River. Ethiopia's recent construction of Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on their portion of the Nile could spell conflict in the future, and this is why.

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  9. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 9 - Why 80% of New Zealand is Empty
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    Why 80% of New Zealand's landmass is uninhabited by humans.

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  10. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 10 - Why the Americas Still Aren't Connected by a Road
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    North and South America may be connected by land, but they have never been connected by road. These are the reasons why.

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  11. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 11 - Why Wyoming is VASTLY Emptier Than Colorado
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    Wyoming and Colorado are two very similar-looking states that are about the same size and directly next to each other. And yet, Colorado has more than 10 times Wyoming's population. Why?

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  12. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 12 - Why Every Country Has Military Bases in Djibouti
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    Djibouti has, per capita, the largest number of foreign military bases on its soil. Why is that the case?

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  13. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 13 - Why Iran is Helping Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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    There is a growing sense of an alliance being established between Russia and Iran, which historically speaking is a rather strange development. Why has this been happening? Let's find out.

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  14. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 14 - Why Texas is Becoming America's Most OP State
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    Texas is America's fastest-growing state and is quickly becoming America's most geopolitically valuable state as well. These are all of the many reasons why.

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  15. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 15 - Why 99.7% of Mongolia is EMPTY
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    Mongolia is the most sparely populated country on the planet, and for many fascinating reasons that this video explores in depth.

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  16. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 16 - Why The Middle East’s Borders Guarantee Forever Wars
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    The Middle East has long been one of the most geopolitically turbulent regions in the world, but it has been this way for nearly the entirety of the past century. This video attempts to explain the root causes of this turbulence and provide a general overview of the forces that shaped the modern Middle East and made it the way it is.

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  17. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 17 - Why the Russians Blew Up Ukraine's Largest Dam
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    In early June of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine; the largest dam holding back the largest water reservoir in the country behind it. The destruction ultimately resulted in what has been called the worst industrial disaster seen in Europe in decades, and this video attempts to analyze why it all took place.

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  18. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 18 - Why China is Shrinking VERY Fast
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    China's population is entering into a terminal state of decline, which will have profound geopolitical implications over the coming years and decades.

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  19. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 19 - Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem
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    Saudi Arabia faces numerous challenges ahead of itself in order to survive the 21st century. These are many of them.

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  20. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 20 - How Ukraine is Breaking Through Russia's Naval Blockade
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    Since the war in Ukraine began, the country has been placed under a very strict naval blockade by the Russian Navy. This video covers Ukraine's strategy to get through it.

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  21. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 21 - How North Korea Finally Made it Impossible to Escape
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    Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, North Korea has seized on the opportunity by clamping down on their society harder than any other, and in doing so, made escape out of the country effectively impossible for the very first time.

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  22. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 22 - Why 82% of Saudi Arabians Just Live in These Lines
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    Why the vast majority of Saudi Arabia's landmass is completely empty, and why do its people live in such a peculiar population pattern?

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  23. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 23 - Why Russia Isn't Actually Collapsing
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    After Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, the Western World reacted by unleashing an unprecedented number of financial sanctions on the Kremlin that would supposedly lead to the financial armageddon for Russia. More than 19 months into the war now though, Russia's economy has barely even noticed, so what happened?

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  24. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 24 - How the US Conquered Hawaii & Made it 91% Empty
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    Original Title: Why 91% of Hawaii’s Land is EMPTY The island of Oahu in Hawaii makes up only 9% of Hawaii's surface area, but is home to roughly 70% of the state's population. Here's why.

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  25. Real Life Lore Season 2023 Episode 25 - Why NATO’s Biggest Internal Problem is Turkey
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    Turkey has been a member of the NATO alliance ever since 1952, and yet recently that very membership has come under question. The Turkish government maintains a very high number of disputes with the rest of NATO, and this video attempts to explain what it is about Turkey that sets it apart from the rest of the alliance.

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Season 2023 Ratings Summary

"Why 97% of Namibia is Empty" is the best rated episode of "Real Life Lore" season 2023. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/2023. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Why Belarus Might Invade Ukraine Too".