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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

What

Edit : apparently, counting surface areas, it's wrong, but by surprisingly little

[–] Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club 12 points 6 days ago

Maybe the factoid first became popular when the USSR existed

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I see 17 million sq km for Russia, and 16 million sq km for Pluto.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Idk I saw something like 17.1 for Russia and 17.4 for Pluto

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah it seems that Pluto got bigger since I learned this fact, and AI summary is also out dated

Edit to add: I hope it's obvious I meant our estimate of the surface area of Pluto increased, not that I think Pluto is growing.

[–] Tarschun@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Out of curiosity, if they had Ukraine–would they then surpass it?