HLMenckenFanM to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoThe hypocrisy of it alllemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down197
arrow-up1798arrow-down1imageThe hypocrisy of it alllemmy.worldHLMenckenFanM to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@BlackmistlinkEnglish29•5 months agoBritain doing the heavy lifting on that 98% claim. The Septics are a right bunch of slackers.
minus-square@Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•5 months agoThe British empire at its height covered 35.5 million sq km (13.7 million sq mi). Which is 24% of the Earth’s total land. To compare the moon is 37.9 million sq km (14.6 million sq mi). Making the moon just ~7% larger than the British empire.
minus-square*Tagger*linkfedilink2•5 months agoI reckon if we really go for it we could make up that 7%.
minus-square@Guest_User@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 months agoAdd in the shipping lanes they controlled
Britain doing the heavy lifting on that 98% claim.
The Septics are a right bunch of slackers.
The British empire at its height covered 35.5 million sq km (13.7 million sq mi). Which is 24% of the Earth’s total land. To compare the moon is 37.9 million sq km (14.6 million sq mi). Making the moon just ~7% larger than the British empire.
I reckon if we really go for it we could make up that 7%.
Add in the shipping lanes they controlled