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That Florida is the U.S. State closest to Africa (nope, it's Maine)
That Sahara is the biggest desert (Antarctic and Arctic desserts are much bigger)
That Mont Blank is highest mountain in Europe (it's Elbrus)
That the UK is rainier on the whole than any Italian city and that London is much colder in winter than Milan or Turin. Both are of course not true, i think most Italians haven't figured out British weather and the Gulf Stream yet.
I have also heard people who thought that the USA are at the same latitude as Europe and worst of all i had one of my friends tell me (in a quiz we had arranged) that Casablanca was in the USA
Were they Spanish speaking? Casablanca translates to "white house".
That Finland is a Scandinavian country. Scandinavia is Denmark, Sweden and Norway. That is it.
Why not Iceland (and Faroe Islands)? They're geographically not in Scandinavia, but culturally definitely is. Denmark isn't in Scandinavian peninsula, either.
Why not Iceland (and Faroe Islands)? They're geographically not in Scandinavia, but culturally definitely is. Denmark isn't in Scandinavian peninsula, either.
Iceland is part of the Nordic region along with Finland.
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