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Which of these modern-day countries was NOT part of French Indochina?

Which of these modern-day countries was NOT part of French Indochina?

@TammiMinoski @AHC1776 You’ll take it though, I’m sure! You deserve it!

@IntoGeo Not me, but @AHC1776 reposted one of my posts with a message to give me a look and it took off. Very weird though, many of those accounts don’t have any posts posted. I think it was a fluke.

Not sure what happened yesterday, but I got 10k followers and my posts got some action. We’re back to normal today.

@Osint613 @AZ_Intel_ How the two smallest US states can fit in the Strait of Hormuz:

President Donald Trump, when asked whether the U.S. could take control of the Strait of Hormuz, said “Yes, sure, it’s already happening,” C14 reports. Contributed by @AZ_Intel_.

I saw this US puzzle for kids at the store today. Why did they turn Abe Lincoln into Frankenstein’s monster for the Illinois illustration? 😆

@vintagemapstore @NathaliaLeHen “Most daily cigarette smokers” for my state of Kentucky, a big tobacco state. It wasn’t that long ago I remember when going into a restaurant they would ask: “smoking or non-smoking”? Not anymore!

U.S. Map, labelled with ways that each State ranks the worst in the nation

What is the most common national flag pattern in the world? I’ve included an example of a national flag for each type.

@liz_july4th @MoundLore I like Town Branch! That’s right here in Lexington and the name commemorates the hidden stream that runs under the city.

This was several years ago. I realized that I didn’t know anything about bourbon, an all American spirit. lol lol Absolutely nothing. Combining history, I booked several distilleries’ tours. lol lol I don’t recall the exact name, BUT it was here 👇👇👇 The owner is Irish born. He produces Irish whiskey made in Ireland and sold at the distillery.

You can tell when people in Japan genuinely enjoy American culture because they don’t treat it like one big blur. They notice the parts. The cut of an old sweatshirt. A certain kind of roadside sign. The sound of a diner. A regional food. A way a shop feels. A trucker hat from one era means something different than one from another, and they seem to get that. A lot of Americans don’t even move through their own culture that way. We live inside it, so it flattens. It becomes background noise. Gas stations, county fairs, old jeans, chain restaurants, blues, soul, workwear, faded motel signs, ballcaps, pickup trucks, neon, booths, pie, college sweatshirts, local habits. To us it can just feel like regular life. But when somebody far away enjoys those things with real curiosity, it reminds you how specific this country actually is. That’s what I think people are picking up on. American culture is not one clean export. It’s a huge pile of regional habits, class signals, music, labor history, style, food, slang, and everyday objects. Some of it is rough. Some of it is beautiful. Some of it only makes sense if you’ve lived around it. And yet it still travels. That says something. It says American culture is broad enough to hold a thousand different versions of itself, and distinct enough that somebody across the world can fall in love with one small corner of it. Not the whole machine. Just a piece. A feeling. A texture. And honestly, that’s usually how real appreciation works anyway. Not by taking in everything at once. By finding one part that feels alive to you and staying with it.

@liz_july4th @MoundLore What was the beer? I like Country Boy (a local brewery) Cougar Bait.

@IntoGeo @MoundLore Once I cross the border to Kentucky, it’s all about bluegrass, bourbon 🥃 , horse racing, Daniel Boone, Henry Clay, and Civil War (🤣🤣🤣) A few years ago, the best beer I ever drank was at a distillery near Lexington; it was not bourdon, but beer. lol lol

The first known map to use the name “America” is the Universalis Cosmographia, created by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller (pictured) and his collaborator Matthias Ringmann in 1507. The name is placed across South America in honor of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

@liz_july4th @MoundLore I have to get into a certain mood, but Bluegrass music is so happy and relaxing. 🪕

I am glad I found your page. You bring out another layer of our nation. I agree with you. I am foreign born. My birth country is rich in history, porto wine, and fado, being one of the oldest sovereignties in Europe. Yet, my eagerness to know and experience lies in our nation and all encompassing about us. Everything that you eloquently described has been my experience throughout my road travels in our vast nation. In South Dakota, my interest turned to the massive size of their pastries. In Colorado, my interest turned to visiting several outdoors outlets to find solid hiking boats. In Kentucky, my interest turned to bluegrass music. Now, I even pay attention to mailboxes, which are so telling about a town or community. The most awesome is in Michigan. Foreign travelers do pay attention to all. In Louisiana, I met a Portuguese couple who told me about their experience in Texas and how Louisiana had been a different experience. We were touring a former plantation. Again, thank you and thank you for teaching me about mounds.

@TSHamiltonAstro Did you ever redo your thread about the Tennessee map that you were talking about a while back?

“Dracula” actually had a rather modern setting for the time, with Van Helsing using a phonograph to record his notes. So the apparent incongruity wouldn’t really be as extreme as it might seem.

@CsabaSzekely7 @Kentuckyweather I love the spring!

@IntoGeo @Kentuckyweather Our backyard this morning

Chillier this evening, but still beautiful and sunny out! @Kentuckyweather

@JacobCEdmunds Is X phasing out articles? I no longer see “top articles” on my menu options.

An interesting strategy I’m seeing: Creators riding the wave of a viral X Article by quoting it I need to try it myself, but I’ve seen multiple people get 1M+ views from it

@ESPNInsights The state of California has the most D1 NCAA men’s basketball titles with 15 total (UCLA 11, San Francisco 2, Stanford 1, and Cal 1). And the state that comes in 2nd? North Carolina:

On this date in 1939, the Oregon Ducks won the first men’s NCAA basketball championship, defeating Ohio State by the score of 46-33. The last time an NCAA men's tournament game had fewer than 80 combined points was in 1999, when 12-seed Missouri State beat 5-seed Wisconsin, 43-32.

@JoshuaBarzon Here’s when “America” first appeared on a map!

8 different "Americas"

@amazingmap Except for whatever island that is!

How grey squirrels are replacing red squirrels in the UK and Ireland Grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the late 19th century and have since spread widely, outcompeting native red squirrels across much of Britain.

The answer:

In 1956, three countries colluded to plan military action against Egypt during the Suez Crisis. Two of them were Israel and the United Kingdom—which was the third?