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re: Random geography trivia
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:54 pm to ParkMTN
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:54 pm to ParkMTN
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Mountain City, TN is geographically closer to Ontario, Canada than Memphis, TN. There is that lake to get around, though. So, Google maps puts the driving distance to Windsor, Ontario as 17 miles farther than Memphis.
I had no idea it took 9+ hours to drive across Tennessee. Somebody gerrymandered the crap out of that state!
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Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:55 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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I also love their bratwurst
North Carolina bratwurst is of sub par quality
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:57 pm to USMEagles
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I had no idea it took 9+ hours to drive across Tennessee. Somebody gerrymandered the crap out of that state!
The three states of Tennessee. Hence the flag and the way they stock their Supreme Court, plus also rotate it between Jackson, Nashville, and Knoxville.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 7:58 pm to Trevaylin
the river themes with crossings at various spots along the 213 mile stretch is minor compared to the rio grande with 1100 miles of stretch and 2.4 million crossings a year by Biden's illegals
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:02 pm to Snoop Dawg
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:06 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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North Carolina bratwurst is of sub par quality
Wait. That's the right Johnsonville? I just said that shite because it amused me slightly at the time.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:06 pm to Winston Cup
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bawcomville is over 15% water
And 80% meth
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:09 pm to Sput
50% of Canadians live at or below the red line.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:24 pm to Ramblin Wreck
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On the Panama Canal, the sun rises on the Pacific and sets on the Atlantic
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:28 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Why the Fillion?
The Panama Canal runs NW to SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Pacific side is east of the Atlantic side. That's why it's such a great trivia nugget.
The Panama Canal runs NW to SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Pacific side is east of the Atlantic side. That's why it's such a great trivia nugget.
This post was edited on 6/2/21 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:30 pm to rondo
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Russia can be is own category of this shite
Russia spans 11 time zones.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:31 pm to East Coast Band
-The Largest Rock on the Planet is in Australia
-Sudan Has More Ancient Pyramids Than Egypt
-Russia and China Touch 14 Countries Each
-There Are 7,100+ Islands in the Philippines
-Mt. Everest Isn't as Close to the Moon as Mt. Chimborazo
-Mauna Kea is Taller Than Everest
-Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Kill Himself
-Sudan Has More Ancient Pyramids Than Egypt
-Russia and China Touch 14 Countries Each
-There Are 7,100+ Islands in the Philippines
-Mt. Everest Isn't as Close to the Moon as Mt. Chimborazo
-Mauna Kea is Taller Than Everest
-Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Kill Himself
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:31 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Because I was thoroughly confused and dumbfounded by that fact.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:31 pm to LegendInMyMind
There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:32 pm to East Coast Band
Point Nemo is officially known as “the oceanic pole of inaccessibility,” or, more simply put, the point in the ocean that is farthest away from land. The spot is quite literally the middle of nowhere, surrounded by more than 1,000 miles of ocean in every direction.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:36 pm to cajunduby
It’s closer to the International Space Station than to land
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:40 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Yep, 258 miles vs. 1600.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:48 pm to East Coast Band
The swimming pool on the titanic is still full of water to this very day.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 8:54 pm to East Coast Band
There is land in Virginia that is further north than land in New Jersey
Posted on 6/2/21 at 9:03 pm to East Coast Band
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the North-western Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only remaining vestige of French sovereignty in North America. Their official currency is the Euro.
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