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[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Australia is about the same size as the USA in terms of land mass.

[โ€“] banana_tree@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

unless you ever glanced at a world map i guess

[โ€“] elbowdrop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually a lot of the maps you are used to seeing do not accurately depict the land size a lot of countries. Mainly USA, Canada, and Russia. Google it.

[โ€“] banana_tree@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have a globe

edit: i started wondering if you thought I was disagreeing with the statement that Australia and USA are similarily sized. I wasn't. I'm saying its something that already sounds 100% true.

You're obviously not from the USA.

[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

I'm an Aussie living in the USA and a plenty of Americans don't know this.