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Oct 2021
43m 35s

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

ROMAN MARS
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At a glance, the border between the United States and Canada would seem to be at the friendlier end of the international boundary spectrum. But even though the US-Canada border is now pretty tame, when two countries touch each other over a stretch of 5500 miles, it can result in some surprisingly weird disputes, misunderstandings, geographical quirks and .. ... Show More
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