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Do you frequently hear about countries for the first time?
by a3voices 11y ago
Do you frequently hear about countries for the first time?
- markdown 11y agoGeography isn't taught as thoroughly as it used to be in ye olde days. Young people don't read as much as they used to in ye olde days. National Geographic tv is just trash reality shows.
- mercurial 11y agoThe point here is that Somaliland is not a "country" (as in, officially recognized), in spite of having, apparently, more solid institutions than Somalia.
- a3voices 11y agoLegitimate country or not, I found it amusing how people on HN were surprised it exists when it's just been sitting there for a long time. I guess everyone is at different stages of learning.