isyasad@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How are there people who don't know Alaska and Hawaii are states?
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2 days agoI took a college class once about early childhood development. We were looking at a map of countries colored based on how much paid maternal leave is required to be provided. There were only two countries on the map with 0 required.
Person sitting on my right: I should really know the name of that other country [looking at Papua New Guinea]
Me: Yeah I don’t remember right now but I knew it was just the US and one other country. I really should know the name I just forgot it right now…
Person sitting on my left: Yeah I’ve never seen it before… Is it part of Canada or something?
Me: … That one?
Left: Yeah
Me: That’s Alaska
Left: Haha. Wait really? Are you sure?
Me: 🤨
True story that took place at a USA university
That might be right in general, but the device that the commenter included a picture of says オゾン (ozone) all over it. You can also see the O3 molecules in the diagram. So producing ozone does appear to be the primary function of that particular machine.