lemonadebunny to [email protected]English • 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-square589fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down118
arrow-up1629arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square589fedilink
minus-square@LukeSky53linkEnglish14•edit-21 year agoIs that really true haha Edit: seems like it, so cool! https://www.sciencealert.com/which-us-state-is-closest-to-africa
minus-squareSage the LawyerlinkEnglish4•1 year agoActually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoFlorida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It’s due south of Ohio.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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
Edit: seems like it, so cool!
https://www.sciencealert.com/which-us-state-is-closest-to-africa
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Actually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
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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.