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16 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 26 Feb \ on: The Population of U.S. States Compared With Countries charts_and_numbers

I fancy myself to be something of a geographer, but I had never heard of Eswatini.

80 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 26 Feb

Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland

16 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 26 Feb

I wonder how they decided when to update those official names. For instance, why do we still use "Germany", even though that's not what they call their country?

80 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 26 Feb

good question, for which I also have no answer

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 26 Feb

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