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> Last week it was showing video feeds from more than 250 countries I may be very confused, but Wikipedia only lists 206 sovereign states (193 full UN member s
by kcorbitt 12y ago
> Last week it was showing video feeds from more than 250 countries
I may be very confused, but Wikipedia only lists 206 sovereign states (193 full UN member states)[0]. Even with border disputes 250 seems like a very inflated number. Is there some other common definition of "country" I'm not aware of, or did this article just fail to perform basic fact-checking on the claims?
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
- philwelch 12y ago"Country" is an ambiguous term that's not always synonymous with "sovereign state". For instance, British people tend to think Wales, England, and Scotland are three countries.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoI suspect it was a typo and they meant 150.
- imaginenore 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population