• Em Adespoton
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    312 months ago
    1. Canada doesn’t have states
    2. I have never heard anyone call BC the “Pacific Province” - that really sounds like someone from out east who had never thought of the west coast but knew Oregon was the Beaver State was put on the spot and made up something that sounded plausible.
    • @Hobbes_Dent
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      152 months ago

      Came here to begrudgingly add that. A very cool guide. But as a near 50 year BC resident I’ve never heard that.

      • Em Adespoton
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        2 months ago

        “Beautiful BC”, Lotus Land, …?

        Hah… they got it from the Wikipedia page, which looks like someone just made stuff up and linked it. Wikipedia cites a CashNetUSA 2019 blog article that’s already been taken down.

    • @Windex007
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      102 months ago

      Also incorrectly coded Saskatchewan “Land of the Living Skies” as “Climate/Weather”

      Anyone who’s lived there knows it’s a reference to the density of flying insects.

    • Rentlar
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      BC calls (called) itself “the Best Place on Earth”, lol. Now put that on the chart to make all 62 other Provinces, Territories and States upset.

  • @[email protected]
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    152 months ago

    I’d always heard “Onterrible” for Ontario, and I’ve definitely never heard anyone call it “the Heartland Province”.

  • @Caboose12000
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    92 months ago

    Am I going insane or did they flood Maryland on this map? I seriously can’t see it, just a suspiciously Maryland-shaped bay where Maryland should be

    • @cazssiew
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      42 months ago

      Came here with the same question

    • @Legonatic
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      22 months ago

      Maryland has really fallen off the map these days

  • @Dadifer
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    42 months ago

    Um, the “Sunshine State”!

  • @RebekahWSD
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    32 months ago

    At least New Jersey isn’t malformed here!

    It’s neighbors though…oof.

    And it’s a good garden state, love cranberry bogs.

    • @BilliamBoberts
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      12 months ago

      They legalized women’s suffrage long before any other state.

  • TragicNotCute
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    32 months ago

    Fun fact: calling Oklahoma citizens “Sooners” is actually a historical insult. They won’t take it that way in modern times, but it’s a reference to the fact that during the land rush, they behaved illegally and left to go stake land “too soon”.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooners

  • @Sweetpeaches69
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    32 months ago

    Lmao at Wyoming being the equality state.

    • @BilliamBoberts
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      22 months ago

      They legalized women’s suffrage and allowed women to hole public office in 1869, much sooner than any other state or the 19th amendment

      • @Sweetpeaches69
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        32 months ago

        That’s cool, but ask them how they treat women and brown/black people. I’ve heard some truly wild shit in Wyoming.

        • @BilliamBoberts
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          12 months ago

          Listen, I’m not defending the state, just explaining why they they picked the nickname.

  • Aido
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    22 months ago

    I guess Mexico sank

  • @Dasus
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    12 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • @jqubed
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    12 months ago

    Interesting that both Pennsylvania and Manitoba claim to be the keystone for their respective countries.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 months ago

    Being from Alabama, TIL it’s called the yellowhammer state. Never heard anyone call it that before, but Wikipedia’s got their back I guess.