So, uh, just how big is Africa?

[Luddly Neddite]

And, other countries ...

https://upworthy-production.s3.amaz...0030023c9/attachments/True_Size_Of_Africa.png

 

[HenryBHough]

Sufficiently large that the loss of a single village idiot hasn't even come to anyone's attention as yet.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

.....

 

[aris2chat]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

And, other countries ...

https://upworthy-production.s3.amaz...0030023c9/attachments/True_Size_Of_Africa.png

Pretty damn big. The Congo has a swamp thats the size of Florida

 

[Meathead]

It's a huge basket case alright. Not a single success story on the whole lot.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Most the continent - people still live as they did 100's and even 1000's of years ago.
Surreal...

 

[editec]

Most the continent - people still live as they did 100's and even 1000's of years ago.
Surreal...

No they don't.

Educate yourself.

 

[Meathead]

Most the continent - people still live as they did 100's and even 1000's of years ago.
Surreal...

No they don't.

Educate yourself.

Some in the first millennium, some in the 18th century, others with electricity in the 19th. The ruling elite and pockets in South Africa are even in the 21rst.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Most the continent - people still live as they did 100's and even 1000's of years ago.
Surreal...

No they don't.

Educate yourself.

Whatever you think...

 

[Peterf]

And, other countries ...

https://upworthy-production.s3.amaz...0030023c9/attachments/True_Size_Of_Africa.png

Pretty damn big. The Congo has a swamp thats the size of Florida

No big deal. Florida has a swamp that is almost the size of Florida AND more mosquitos than I ever saw in Zaire/Congo.

 

[Peterf]

Most the continent - people still live as they did 100's and even 1000's of years ago.
Surreal...

No they don't.

Educate yourself.

Some do some don't. And, of course some, live worse than they did a hundred years ago.

 

[Indofred]

Africa covers 11,677,239 square miles.
Russia has 6,592,800.
China, mentioned on the map, has 3.748; about the same as the U.S. of A.

Of course, Africa isn't a country.

 

[Indeependent]

Bill Gates wants the US to emulate the educational systems of the African continent.

 

[Indofred]

Bill Gates wants the US to emulate the educational systems of the African continent.

Link?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Africa covers 11,677,239 square miles.
Russia has 6,592,800.
China, mentioned on the map, has 3.748; about the same as the U.S. of A.

Of course, Africa isn't a country.

Its true, what they say about wars being nature's way of teaching Americans geography.

 

[tinydancer]

Africa is a continent not a country.

 

[Indofred]

Africa covers 11,677,239 square miles.
Russia has 6,592,800.
China, mentioned on the map, has 3.748; about the same as the U.S. of A.

Of course, Africa isn't a country.

Its true, what they say about wars being nature's way of teaching Americans geography.

One has to wonder how edited this video is.
If the clip shows average American's knowledge of geography, it strikes me the education system is crap.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_fd5spmRtA]where is next target after iraq - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Africa covers 11,677,239 square miles.
Russia has 6,592,800.
China, mentioned on the map, has 3.748; about the same as the U.S. of A.

Of course, Africa isn't a country.

Its true, what they say about wars being nature's way of teaching Americans geography.

One has to wonder how edited this video is.
If the clip shows average American's knowledge of geography, it strikes me the education system is crap.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_fd5spmRtA]where is next target after iraq - YouTube[/ame]

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