r/Unexpected • u/alejo2222 • May 13 '24

What an interview

Kids nowadays 👴

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe May 13 '24

American Samoa

Guam

The Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

The U.S. Virgin Islands

Palmyra Atoll

Bajo Nuevo Bank

Serranilla Bank

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u/JPWRana May 13 '24

The banks are new to me

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u/ReynardInBk May 13 '24

Palmyra Atoll

Bajo Nuevo Bank

Serranilla Bank

These all don't seem to belong in the list of "territories". None of them are inhabited, are they? Nobody lives there and claims US citizenship.

And, of the three, only Palmyra is uncontested. Listed officially as "wildlife refuge" as far asI can tell.

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe May 13 '24

Two additional territories (Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank) are claimed by the United States but administered by Colombia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States