On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:37:21 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> "Mike........" wrote:
>>>
>>> this has nothing to do with the UK being in Scandanavia, did you
>>> know that if you stand on the last northerly land of the UK, the
>>> nearest capital city is Bergen? Or that the most northerly McD is
>>> probably twenty four hours travelling to the south in Elgin?
>>
>> Here's a fun question to ponder. At a distance
>> of 2.4 miles, what is the third closest nation
>> to the United States?
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6qq28m
>
> The article says it's part of Alaska?

"..Its neighboring island Big Diomede, Russia behind the International
Date Line is less than 4 km (2.4 miles) away. "

Russia, RUSSIA!

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Tim C.