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Comment by alistairSH

1 day ago

Because the US almost always scores behind its peer nations when its citizens are quizzed on generic geography.

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throwaway2037  20 hours ago

I will offer a reasonable alternative explanation: For large, high population countries, it is one of the most geographically isolated.

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