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[โ€“] teft@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maine is the closest US state to Africa.

[โ€“] LukeSky53@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are the most West, so yea

[โ€“] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Potayto, tomahto

[โ€“] Sage_the_Lawyer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] ButhJolokia@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

According to my sloppy google maps guesstimate, this appears to be true. Florida-West Africa seems slightly further than Maine-Northwest Africa

[โ€“] torknorggren@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Florida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It's due south of Ohio.

[โ€“] minnow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like this probably explains some things...

[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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.