The World’s Strangest Borders Part 1: Panhandles

RealLifeLore takes a look history behind the creation of borders for several countries that resulted in unusual panhandles in Part 1 of The World's Strangest Borders.

Borders sometimes look pretty strange on a map. Usually, borders exist where there is a river, a mountain range or some other geographical feature. But other times, borders are complete creations of politics or old history and often times look pretty strange. This video is about five of the strangest looking panhandles found in global borders; a panhandle being a part of a country that juts out away from the rest of the country.

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