lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square631fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down114
arrow-up1515arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square631fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down2·2 years agoMaine is the closest US state to Africa.
minus-squareLukeSky53@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·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
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThey are the most West, so yea
minus-squareSage the Lawyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoActually, here’s my fun fact: Alaska is the farthest North, East, and West state in the U.S.
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou are technically correct the best kind of correct
minus-squareButhJolokia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoAccording to my sloppy google maps guesstimate, this appears to be true. Florida-West Aftica seems slightly further than Maine-Northwest Africa
minus-squaretorknorggren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFlorida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It’s due south of Ohio.
minus-squareminnow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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
They are the most West, so yea
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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 Aftica 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.