• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    As an American, I get surprised by US states. Like, wtf, you telling me Arkansas is a state? You mean there’s a NEW Mexico? Rhode Island?

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      2 months ago

      Fun fact. New Mexico is older than Mexico. New Mexico was much bigger back then, and named by the Spanish. The US got into a war, and claimed the New Mexico territory, leaving the name the same, and then several years later, the Mexican People declare independence and finally named their country Mexico.

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      2 months ago

      As a European, I’m not surprised by US states, we literally learned them at school.