lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square589fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down118
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minus-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77arrow-down2·2 years agoMaine is the closest US state to Africa.
minus-squareLukeSky53linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 years agoIs 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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minus-squareSage the LawyerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoActually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
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minus-squareButhJolokia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years 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-up2·2 years agoFlorida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It’s due south of Ohio.
minus-squareminnowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI feel like this probably explains some things…
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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.