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😳 Unknown countries to me........... 🙃

Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:44:24 GMT

In the 2024 Paris Olympics........

Andorra

Burkina Faso

Eritrea

Herzegovina

Burundi

BruneiChad

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eswatini

Federated States of Micronesia

Gabon

Kiribati

Lesotho

Mauritius

Montenegro

Palau

Nevis

Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles

Tajikistan

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

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colleena — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:57:47 GMT

@Mz iMac Definitely agree but I have to realize it''s been along time since I was in school, lol.

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SportyShorty07 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:00:24 GMT

I never did well in geography lessons, so a lot of the places were new to me ! It was so much fun to see all of the happy athletes from all over the world on the big boats, little boats and shared boats.

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Caaareful Shopper — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:04:43 GMT

I've heard of most of these countries. Some from school, a lot from past Olympics.

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Oznell — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:09:52 GMT

What a neat list, @Mz iMac . I recognize a few island countries, some African countries. Wow, I didn't realize tiny Montenegro was a whole separate country now, in the once-turbulent Balkans. I think it used to be part of Yugoslavia...

Little Andorra has always intrigued me, for being at the borders and high "roof" of France and Spain, partaking of both cultures probably. I like countries like that, Luxembourg and tiny Lichtenstein (sp?) being two more...

Luxembourg must have a REAL split personality, swung as it is right between France and Germany. It's one of the most prosperous countries in Europe, if I'm not mistaken.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:13:41 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper How old are you?

I went to school during the 50s through 60s. I do not believe those countries existed when I was in geography class or there must have some name changes since then.

Thialand was Siam on the world map when I was in school even though the name change occurred in 1939.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:18:29 GMT

@Oznell One of the Olympic commendors stated that ONLY 46 states in the US are represented . Never did mention which 4 were not. I did some research but could not find anything.

Do you by any chance know?

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Oznell — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:20:16 GMT

Gosh, I do not, @Mz iMac -- I don't know much about the Olympics. But no doubt someone here does know, and will be chiming in directly!

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sunshine45 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:20:24 GMT

definitely didnt know ESWATINI.....i did look them up and it used to be called SWAZILAND (which i do remember.)

the others i do recognize either from school, from traveling, from world news, or from past olympics.

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Biftu — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:22:53 GMT

I recognized all but seven. Maybe because I read a lot.

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Sooner — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:22:31 GMT

Four were new to me. I have known people from about half of the others.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:25:43 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
Four were new to me. I have known people from about half of the others.

@Sooner Interesting. Did you work at the United Nations?

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PhilaLady1 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:26:14 GMT

I am aware of most of these countries, but I have an advantage because I worked in international shipping for more than 30 years.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:27:08 GMT

@Biftu wrote:
I recognized all but seven. Maybe because I read a lot.

@Biftu I must not be reading the right books.

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:35:23 GMT

@Mz iMac I'm 76 and have heard of 99% of these countries.

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Sage04 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:35:54 GMT

If it's the same Nevis I know, their slogan is Nevis Nice. Very small but beautiful. A jewel in the Caribbean. There's also a sister island. Know them well

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Sooner — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:39:27 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
Four were new to me. I have known people from about half of the others.
@Sooner Interesting. Did you work at the United Nations?

@Mz iMac A major research university and government agency. Not the UN but close!

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Biftu — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:40:17 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@Biftu wrote:
I recognized all but seven. Maybe because I read a lot.
@Biftu I must not be reading the right books.

@Mz iMac I'm always drawn to books about other cultures I'm not familiar with and books that take place in other countries though most are fiction. These books teach me a lot about other parts of the world I would otherwise know nothing about. And I have friends from other parts of the world that I have learned so much from. Many of these countries are also sometimes in the news.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:40:22 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@Mz iMac I'm 76 and have heard of 99% of these countries.

@Love my grandkids Wow, I'm impressed. Outside of past Olympics where have you heard of them?

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VanSleepy — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:49:08 GMT

I knew Gabon, Palau and Vanuatu from Survivor lol