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> North [America] is more than 3x the size of Australia. A generously loose interpretation of the original claim is that the continental US, rather than North
by sowbug 3y ago
> North [America] is more than 3x the size of Australia.
A generously loose interpretation of the original claim is that the continental US, rather than North America, is about the same size as Australia. Which is true.
- sarchertech 3y agoThe sizes match, but I’ve never heard someone use the North America to refer to the US. Someone else replied to the comment with “we also have a dessert almost as large as North America as well”.