Tag: russia

Countries With the Most Time Zones (and Why France Beats Everyone)

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Ask a pub quiz question like “Which country has the most time zones?” and most people will shoot back “Russia” or “the United States.” Both are huge, both stretch across a lot of longitudes, and both feel like obvious winners. The trick is that borders don’t stop at the edge of a continent. Once you […]

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Lake Baikal: World’s Deepest Lake

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On most world maps, Lake Baikal looks narrow and remote. In reality, it is a giant rift lake in southern Siberia whose depth, age, clarity, and endemic wildlife place it in a category of its own. That is why Baikal matters not just as a superlative on a map, but as one of the world’s […]

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