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There are French controlled islands off the coast of Newfoundland (Canada) (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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…a self-governing territorial of France

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

The Sun never sets on the French Empire. (Literally. There's always some part of France that's in daylight.)

https://brilliantmaps.com/france/

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For an additional TIL: Canada also shares a land border with Denmark Hans Island

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And I'm a little disappointed that we finally made peace with the Canadians. It was running up to be one of the longest wars ever, with each country alternating to jovially plant a flag a bottle of spirits. Politest war in the history of mankind!

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it was fun reading about that war/liquor bootlegging enterprise.