{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"America Gains 1 Million Square Kilometers After 20-Year Exploration | Facts Matter","description":" You probably didn\u2019t know it, but in December 2023, the United States got a lot bigger.    Specifically, the United States added about 1 million square kilometers to its territory. That\u2019s approximately 386,000 square miles\u2014roughly the size of two Californias.    Now, you would think that something like this would have been front-page news. But it actually went largely unnoticed\u2014probably because the area in question isn\u2019t a physical landmass.    Instead, the United States gained a million square kilometers (nearly 400,000 square miles) of premium seafloor real estate.   This expansion (just from a sheer size perspective) is the most significant enlargement of the United States since the year 1867, which is the year Alaska was purchased from Russia.    Join host Roman Balmakov on this week\u2019s episode of \u201cFacts Matter.\u201d    Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.     \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Roman's Special Offer\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/ept.ms\/RomanSpecialOffer  \u2b55\ufe0f Support our fight for the truth\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/donorbox.org\/facts_matter ","author_name":"Facts Matter","author_url":"http:\/\/factsmatter.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33842767\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/33842767"}