Do you remember when Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her home, and democrats and media went off on her for being an idiot? Well, it was legitimate because Russia has a couple of islands (the Diomedes Islands) that are 2.4 miles off of our shore. Of course they knew she wasn't stupid and that her comment was legitimate, but they didn't care, everything has become about politics.
Here's another crazy thing, even though these islands are so close, if you took a boat, you'd arrive 21 hours later. Why is this? Because the International Dateline runs between the U.S. and Russia. Basically, you can cross the line and it's a day later, but then turn around back into yesterday. Cyndi better hold off on including this little tidbit along with her lesson on how close Russia is, because her students minds would be blown. Shoot, my mind's still blown by this. 😁
Below is a picture of Russia's two islands which are as close as a couple of miles, so as you can see it isn't something they can actually use but they do own them.
Here's another crazy thing, even though these islands are so close, if you took a boat, you'd arrive 21 hours later. Why is this? Because the International Dateline runs between the U.S. and Russia. Basically, you can cross the line and it's a day later, but then turn around back into yesterday. Cyndi better hold off on including this little tidbit along with her lesson on how close Russia is, because her students minds would be blown. Shoot, my mind's still blown by this. 😁
Below is a picture of Russia's two islands which are as close as a couple of miles, so as you can see it isn't something they can actually use but they do own them.
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