lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square627fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down112
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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down2·1 year agoMaine is the closest US state to Africa.
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-squareLukeSky53@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·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-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-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-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.
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…
Is that really true haha
Edit: seems like it, so cool!
https://www.sciencealert.com/which-us-state-is-closest-to-africa
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
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.