How many of today's five countries can you guess?

Attached: 1 image This time in #geoweirdness we return to Africa to consider the confusing case of "Congo", specifically the 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo (aka "DRC" or "Congo-Kinshasa") and 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (aka "Congo-Brazzaville" 1/

Attached: 1 image This time in #geoweirdness we return to Africa to consider the confusing case of "Congo", specifically the 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo (aka "DRC" or "Congo-Kinshasa") and 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (aka "Congo-Brazzaville" 1/

Attached: 2 images Melanesia, Micronesia, Macaronesia, Polynesia, Indonesia 🇮🇩 - it's not always so simple to keep your 'nesias straight. So this time in #geoweirdness we kick off a 3-part series exploring the geographic oddities of the various 'nesias. The term itself is from the ancient Greek “νᾶσος” (nâsos) and is most often translated as ‘island’. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%E1%BF%86%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82 1/

Attached: 2 images Melanesia, Micronesia, Macaronesia, Polynesia, Indonesia 🇮🇩 - it's not always so simple to keep your 'nesias straight. So this time in #geoweirdness we kick off a 3-part series exploring the geographic oddities of the various 'nesias. The term itself is from the ancient Greek “νᾶσος” (nâsos) and is most often translated as ‘island’. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%E1%BF%86%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82 1/

Attached: 1 image This time in #geoweirdness we return to Africa to consider the confusing case of "Congo", specifically the 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo (aka "DRC" or "Congo-Kinshasa") and 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (aka "Congo-Brazzaville" 1/

Attached: 1 image This time in #geoweirdness we return to Africa to consider the confusing case of "Congo", specifically the 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo (aka "DRC" or "Congo-Kinshasa") and 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (aka "Congo-Brazzaville" 1/

Attached: 1 image It's time for part II of our #geoweirdness series about the 'nesias. In part I we looked at Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia - this time, we check out the geographic oddities of the world's largest archipelagic state, a true juggernaut of the 'nesias: Indonesia 🇮🇩 1/

Attached: 1 image It's time for part II of our #geoweirdness series about the 'nesias. In part I we looked at Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia - this time, we check out the geographic oddities of the world's largest archipelagic state, a true juggernaut of the 'nesias: Indonesia 🇮🇩 1/

Attached: 1 image This week in #geoweirdness we close out our three part "Know your 'nesias" series. In part I we looked at Micro/Poly/Melanesia https://en.osm.town/@opencage/114313491471667657  Part II was the geographic oddities of Indonesia 🇮🇩 https://en.osm.town/@opencage/114443875625013997 We turn our attention today to the less well-known Macaronesia, an Atlantic subregion which includes the Azores (🇵🇹), Madeira (🇵🇹), the Canary Islands (🇪🇸 🇮🇨) and Cabo Verde 🇨🇻. 1/

Attached: 2 images Melanesia, Micronesia, Macaronesia, Polynesia, Indonesia 🇮🇩 - it's not always so simple to keep your 'nesias straight. So this time in #geoweirdness we kick off a 3-part series exploring the geographic oddities of the various 'nesias. The term itself is from the ancient Greek “νᾶσος” (nâsos) and is most often translated as ‘island’. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%E1%BF%86%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82 1/

In Parshas Terumah, we discussed the importance of nesias halev and the role that it played in the building of the Mishkan. We spoke about how when somebody exhibits nesias halev, which is a desire no...