• ashenone@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    A few of my favorite fun facts are geography related.

    The pacific side of the Panama canal is further east than the Atlantic side.

    If you head south from Detroit the first foreign country you’ll hit is Canada.

    Lake Tahoe is further west than Los Angeles

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      10 hours ago

      If you head south from Detroit the first foreign country you’ll hit is Canada.

      There’s also Angle Inlet, Minnesota which is the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel. To travel to Angle Inlet by road from other parts of Minnesota, or from anywhere in the United States, requires driving through Manitoba, Canada. It’s a really weird border.

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        9 hours ago

        Due to its high latitude and being in the middle of a continent, it is a contender for the most extreme winters in the contiguous United States.

        Two square miles & 54 residents in North Bumblefuck, separated from the rest of the US by 60 miles. It’s an affront to reason.