• Rusty@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

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

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      12 hours 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!"

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      16 hours 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.