• Rusty@lemmy.ca
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    20 days ago

    Funny how they call it Africa’s third longest river instead of calling it by its name.

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      20 days ago

      Honestly off the top of my head I wouldn’t know that the Niger is Africa’s third longest river, so I’m glad they call it that, since it makes the whole story more interesting than just an arbitrary river doing a weird thing.

      Besides… it gives it that clickbatey touch of " oooh, i wonder what’s tge third longest river in africa! Better pause and check the article!"

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        Yeah, I know the Nile and the Congo, but the Niger just ain’t got enough colonialist adventure stories about traveling up it ala Stanley and Livingstone. Which makes sense, because as we can see you’ll just be disappointed when you find the source of the Niger.

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      20 days ago

      They should name it “Africa’s second longest river” just for the lols.

      And this is Africa’s second longest river, the third longest river in Africa.