lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square659fedilinkarrow-up1617arrow-down117
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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down2·1 year agoMaine is the closest US state to Africa.
minus-squareLukeSky53@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year agoIs that really true haha
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThey are the most West, so yea
minus-squareSage the Lawyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoActually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou are technically correct the best kind of correct
minus-squareButhJolokia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAccording to my sloppy google maps guesstimate, this appears to be true. Florida-West Africa seems slightly further than Maine-Northwest Africa
minus-squaretorknorggren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFlorida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It’s due south of Ohio.
minus-squareminnow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI feel like this probably explains some things…
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI once read a blog from a sailing group that pointed out that there is possible sea route where you could sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia in a straight line and end up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Maine is the closest US state to Africa.
Is that really true haha
They are the most West, so yea
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Potayto, tomahto
Actually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
You are technically correct the best kind of correct
According to my sloppy google maps guesstimate, this appears to be true. Florida-West Africa seems slightly further than Maine-Northwest Africa
Florida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It’s due south of Ohio.
I feel like this probably explains some things…
I once read a blog from a sailing group that pointed out that there is possible sea route where you could sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia in a straight line and end up in Vancouver, British Columbia.