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The true size of Africa.... Wow!

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CDPO16

Very interesting. It's impossible to visualise such a vast continent. As a Brit I can't imagine living anywhere where the sea is thousands of miles away.

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sassy59

Wow indeed! Very interesting. Xxx

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teenieleek

Wow indeed. What’s the word at the top? Immapancy?

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Mrbojangles in reply toteenieleek

Which word???

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Izb1 in reply toteenieleek

I had to look this word up Teenieleek and saw the map, never heard of this before x

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teenieleek in reply toIzb1

Immapancy = insufficient geographic knowledge. A new one on me.

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Mrbojangles in reply toteenieleek

I love little known words...Here’s one i only discovered recently....

“Tonsure”.

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Izb1 in reply toMrbojangles

Looked this one up as well :- the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility. The term originates from the Latin word tonsura

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Kristicats

Just wow!

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RoadRunner44

Seeing is believing, I had no idea. Amazing!

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Annie31

That's amazing! It makes you realise how difficult it must be to solve all the problems they have in Africa!

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Mrbojangles in reply toAnnie31

On the other hand the potential is enormous but they need to consolidate perhaps.

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Yatzy

How interesting....fascinating in fact! Thanks for sharing 👍

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HungryHufflepuff

That’s brilliant. Thank you for sharing this 🌍

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knitter

50 years since I lived and worked right in the middle of the continent ....a lifetime ago.

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madonbrew

Wow, that’s amazing! Really interesting!

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Gladwyn

I thought Australia was massive! Crikey!

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Izb1

This could be the richest of continents if only they would stop the fighting and work together, what a thought x

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