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MyDadsGlassesCase OP t1_j8vsj8m wrote

Reply to comment by MathBuster in TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase

As a non-American I was very aware of that. Maybe a TIL in the making... :-D

edit: Cyprus, if that helps

edit 2: or 1 Gambia / Lebanon for Africans / Asians

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dulce_3t_decorum_3st t1_j8vsnsc wrote

I’m guessing 75% of Reddit (which is 50% Americans) don’t know that MD stands for Maryland, nor how big the state is.

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MyDadsGlassesCase OP t1_j8vst1c wrote

Well I've done it compared to Cyprus* for all us Europeans

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Gisschace t1_j8wcujk wrote

For europeans you could use 'as big as the area between the UK, Denmark and The Netherlands'

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dulce_3t_decorum_3st t1_j8vsx9g wrote

Thanks, I’m not criticising you by the way. Just adding my 2c about the reference.

Now, as an African, I’ll look up the size of Azerbaijan :)

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