Nice Idea but...
1. you can't ask "how old is america?" cause with every year that passes it's getting older.
might be better asking when it was founded
the second thing on this question is that the continent itself infact is realy a little bit older
than just something about 380 years ;)
2. "which person deserves more recognition?" you really want to compare scientists and
politicians? Comparing politicians and scientists to me seems like comparing apples and
oranges.
I know a lot of people who don't even have heard about nikola tesla :D
And nowadays most people might say that eric schmidt derserves the most recognition.
cause whenever you're looking for something the first choice is google ;)
think i'm done ^^
by the way... sry for my (bad) english :)
but i'm just german and didn't really use much english since i'm out of school :D
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