These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Mother Russia

Russia is huge. This truly massive country might look big on a map, but it also looks big in space! The surface area of Pluto is less than that of Russia. Pluto is about 1.67 x 10⁷ square kilometers, and while it's pretty close to the same size as Russia, it's just a little bit smaller. Hey, maybe we can get Russia declared to be its own planet!

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.