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		00deadbeef on Aug 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do so many people move to the Falkland Islands... France is closer to the UK than the Falklands are to Argentina (35km vs almost 500km). Should France belong to the UK?

perilunar on Aug 18, 2021 | [–]

It's not even clear that all of the UK should belong to the UK

hef19898 on Aug 18, 2021 | | [–]

Both countries fought a lengthy war over that very question. I guess we can agree that question is settled for quite a while now so.

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