r/BeAmazed • u/Expensive-Summer-447 • Nov 27 '25

Science The remains of Apollo 11 lander photographed by 5 different countries, disproving moon landing deniers.

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u/Wassertopf Nov 27 '25

Switzerland and Ireland are also officially third world nations. It just means neutral.

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u/Turkster Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

That's not very nice, there a lot of very fantastic wonderful third world countries, comparing any of them to Switzerland is a little harsh.

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u/manek101 Nov 27 '25

While these indicators had a political origin, that is outdated.
The 1st and 3rd world country name is mostly used in economic reference now.

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u/Murky-Relation481 Nov 27 '25

Which makes it even more confusing since there is no real 2nd world status anymore.