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Foreign Affairs

sanatanadharma

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1. A home globe makes such news more real, immediate, and in my living room

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 07:37 PM

Apr 2024

Fun fact, The Central African Republic renamed itself as the Central African Empire for a time, and then back again to a republic.
So if your school, home, library, or office globe has the empire there above the equator, it represents the years 1976-1979.
I need one in my collection of tiny earths.

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A home globe makes such news more real, immediate, and in my living room sanatanadharma Apr 2024 #1