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Guess what, Mango?

What's that, Will?

So did you know that the United States isn't the only country that shares a land border with Canada?

Did you know this?

I did not know that. Well, this border actually

just came into existence in 2022. So I'm not going to judge you for not knowing this, but I did find

this pretty interesting. Well, I'm curious if it's Russia. Like, I can't even imagine like what

country's border with it, but I feel like the only geography I really know comes from playing Carmen

San Diego. That's right. Yeah, I'm actually with you on that. So I started, I said do it

roccapella the other day. And my kids have no idea what I was referring to from the great,

the great TV show of the 90s. But, well, you wouldn't find this piece of land on most globes anyway,

because we're talking about a very small barren rock in the middle of the Nair's Strait.

It's the waterway between Canada and Greenland, which, of course, is a Danish territory.

And in 1973, Canada and Denmark established a border through the Nair Strait to separate their territories.

But that boundary was drawn directly through the Hans Island, which is about three quarters of a

square mile in size. So really, really small. The countries couldn't agree on who should get the

island, so they just decided to deal with the problem of this pesky rock at a later time.

And it took them, what, about like 50 years to deal with it? of this pesky rock at a later time. And it took them, what about like 50 years to deal with it?

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