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00:00Not all Americans know that the U.S. and Russia are actually much closer to each other,
00:04just two miles apart, and more than that, they are even connected, sometimes, and here is why.
00:10The countries are separated by the Bering Strait, and if we look closer here,
00:14we can see two tiny Diomedi Islands which are 2.4 miles apart
00:17and divide the mainland of the U.S. and the mainland of Russia.
00:21Little Diomedi belongs to the U.S.A., and it is home to one of the most isolated towns in the U.S.A.
00:27called Diomedi, with a population of 82 people.
00:30Big Diomedi belongs to Russia, and it is uninhabited.
00:33Only military personnel are present.
00:36Therefore, Diomedi is the closest American town to Russia, separated by two miles of water,
00:41and the point is that in the winter, the water freezes and creates an ice bridge between the two countries
00:46and thus making it possible to cross the border by land.
00:49Interesting that there is an international dateline between these two islands.
00:52The difference between them is 21 hours, and if you cross the border from the U.S. side,
00:57you will be in the future and become a kind of time traveler.

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