00:00Not all Americans know that the U.S. and Russia are actually much closer to each other, just 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, we can see two tiny Diomedi Islands, which are 2.4 miles apart, and 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. called Diomedi, with a population of 82 people.
00:30Big Diomedi belongs to Russia, and it is uninhabited. Only 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, and thus making it possible to cross the border by land.
00:48Interesting that there is an international dateline between these two islands.
00:53The difference between them is 21 hours, and if you cross the border from the U.S. side, you will be in the future and become a kind of time traveler.
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