Many people assume that Puerto Rico is a state or soon to become one......


>>>And how many are there really? Excuse the stupid question from a foreigner... I learned more than 20 years ago that there were 50 states, but I am not sure whether any states were added in the meantime.
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>>Still 50 and holding.
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>Thanks.
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>Well, we had some arguments here, with some people insisting that another state was added recently. I wonder where they got the idea from. Perhaps somebody was thinking about states #49 and #50 (Hawaii and Alaska, if I remember correctly?) but got the numbers wrong.
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>Hilmar.