The southernmost point of Canada is the same latitude as the California border

There is a small section of the United States entirely surrounded by Canada - you cannot get to the states without driving through Canada first. And no, it is not Alaska.

There are towns in Texas closer to Chicago than the southern border with Mexico.

R1 Is it Florida in the winter?

Are you in fourth grade, OP?

Istanbul is in two continents.

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is closer to Dublin, Ireland and Suriname than it is to Victoria, British Columbia.

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is roughly on the same latitude as Seattle, Washington.

r1 here are the other seven places besides Alaska

Norway has longer coastline than the entire USA does.

The Panama Canal runs North/South, not East/West.

Cincinnati, OH Airport is in Kentucky.

Windsor is south of Detroit.

I can see Russia from my house!

R1 - stinky linky. I was talking about Port Roberts, WA.

Point Roberts, WA. I crossed the border at Tsawwassen to get some gas. Cheeky border agents! "Did you buy any firearms?" "Of course not! I was there for ten minutes! Why'd you ask?" "Because you could."

I know that NOW, wiseass at R11

You can travel via water from the Atlantic ocean all the way to Minnesota!

It’s only 90 miles to Cuba from key west Florida

Reno NV is further west than Los Angeles CA

Portland, Oregon is farther north than Portland, Maine.

Maine, while sometimes appearing to be the northernmost of the 48 contiguous states, actually ranks sixth after Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota.

Oh shit. Now there’s a fun fact troll sloshing in the mud.

With about 41 miles separating them, Boston MA and Providence RI are the closest state capitols in the US.

capitals*

The most populous county in the US (Los Angeles) is adjacent to the largest county in the US (San Bernardino.)

Boston is closer to Lisbon than to Anchorage.

New York is *almost* closer to London (3,459 miles) than the shortest all-interstate route between Miami and Seattle (3,300 miles).

As a practical matter, it's usually FASTER to fly between New York & London than it is to fly between Miami and Seattle (at least, when flying in the same direction as the jet stream)... NY-LON, you can fly with the jet stream almost the entire way AND the plane isn't going to stop somewhere between the two. In contrast, there are few nonstop flights between Miami and Seattle, and THOSE rarely involve the jet stream for more than a third of the flight.

When measured from east to west, Hawaii is the second widest state in the United States, after Alaska. Hawaii is the most southern US state, just a few degrees south of the Tropic of Cancer. Hawaii is on the same latitude as Mexico City and Mecca.

That's the case for almost all east-to-west flights, correct R26? I remember I read somewhere that there is more turbulence on westbound flights than eastbound flights because you're dealing with headwinds.

I love this thread. More!

China is the third largest country by area and only has one observed time zone. When you cross the border to Afghanistan, there is a 3.5 hour time difference.

Correction: China is the fourth largest country by area. The US is third.

Vancouver is south of London in latitude. Denver is south of Rome.

The driving distance between London and Edinburgh is roughly the same distance between Chicago and Minneapolis.

Honolulu is 2,479 miles from Los Angeles by air, while New York City is only 2,446 miles from Los Angeles by air.

Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada is farther south than . . .

Yreka, California, United States and . . .

Rome, Italy

R29, yeah, but there are a few good reasons:

1. The OVERWHELMING majority of China's population lives in eastern China. Specifically, if you took an area as wide as the westernmost longitude of Central Time to the easternmost longitude of Eastern Time and applied it to China (with the eastern longitude aligned with China's easternmost longitude), something like 95% of its population would fall within it.

2. Continuing with the Central-Eastern example, the halfway point is about as sprawling, urban, and messy as the border between Ohio and Indiana. Simply put, there IS NO PLACE near the middle of a zone over China the width of Central+Eastern time where you could draw a dividing line without hardship & major inconvenience to several MILLION people.

Factoid: Indiana's past DST wackiness had NOTHING to do with "farmers", and EVERYTHING to do with messy urban areas that straddled the timezone line where people lived on one side, but worked on the other. By remaining on standard time year-round, it put them in the same de-facto timezone as their neighboring town on the other side for 6-8 months/year.

R34 - actually those few wacky areas put them on the same time zone for the entire year - e.g. NW Indiana.

Boring

Houston and Dallas are both in Texas but Paris is in France!

Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America.

Montreal has two official languages but you can only speak one.

Pittsburgh is pretty in person.

San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.

Well, Paris is in Texas, too.

Paris is in France moron.

The Atlantic end of the Panama Canal is further west than the Pacific end.

Greetings from

Paris is in France.

Paris is in Ontario.

Paris is in Ontario and also in France. But never in Texas.

r34 True - but it's still weird that the sun rises in Xinjiang province at 10 am in January and sets at 9 pm, whereas in Eastern China it rises at 7 and sets at 6 pm at that time of year at the same latitude. (This western China time would be great for me, as a night owl, but disaster for a school student who would have to be in school every morning for 3 hours before the sun would even be rising).

[quote] San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.

San Francisco is 49 square miles covered in shit!

One in three Americans killed by strangers is killed by the police.

On the Mercator map, Russia is so huge, it dwarfs the continent of Africa. In reality, Africa is 1.77 times as big as Russia.

Similarly, Greenland looks to be about the same size as Africa, but, in reality, Africa is 14 times larger.

There are parts of Mexico that are closer to Atlanta than Los Angeles.

Houston is slightly farther south than Cairo.

Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city in the United States. By square mile, not population.

[quote]I was talking about Port Roberts, WA.

There's also Minnesota's Northwest Angle.

At its widest point, the Pacific Ocean covers more than 180 degrees of latitude (more than half the planet).

The lowest and highest points in the continental US (the “lower 48”) are only 80 miles away from each other.

The Great Lakes contain 21% of the planet's fresh water and here's a bonus visual for R49

During the Northern Hemisphere winter, the time difference between California and the New Zealand Time Zone is only 3 hours (plus a day) - so in practical terms it’s the same as the difference between Pacific and Eastern time.

Unless it's a vast right wing conspiracy: I give you Paris TEXAS

Southern Ireland is actually above Northern Ireland.

Southern Ireland is actually above Northern Ireland.

Part of Kazakhstan is in Europe.

The land under the Captain Cook Memorial at Kealakakua Bay, Hawaii is owned by Britain.

All of Maryland’s lakes are man made.

[quote]I was talking about Port Roberts, WA.

It's POINT Roberts.

[quote] Boring

... is a city in Oregon. Its sister city is DULL, Scotland.

An 18th century charter owned by the Duke of Monmouth states that the US colonies can be returned to Britain should he so wish it.

The whole-number latitude of every permanent human settlement having a commercial cell phone tower can be encoded as a 7-bit offset north of 53 degrees south (Antarctica has cell towers, but none are commercial... McMurdo's tower is operated by Raytheon for employees & visitors, but is basically run like a private cell phone service on a cruise ship or plane).

Here ya go!

It’s possible to travel for 19,940 miles in a straight line without hitting land.

Uranus is an insatiable bottom, just like the World Trade Center Sr.

I visited Fort Galle on the south coast of Sri Lanka. My guide told me that if I went due south the next landfall would be Antarctica. Considering that Sri Lanka is above the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere I thought that was very interesting.

The same is true if you head due south from certain spots in the western Aleutians - the next landfall would be in Antarctica, 9000 miles away.

The total distance from the northern tip to the southern tip of Japan is equivalent to the distance between Florida and Newfoundland.

Virginia goes further west than West Virginia.

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Krakatoa lies east of Java.

Fun fact: Krakatoa is actually *west* of Java.

Walking from Salzburg to Switzerland involves only a light stroll, that's suitable even for small kids.

Brazil and France share a border.

Maine is closer to Africa than Florida is.

That's a stretch R80.

A small Island off the coast of Newfoundland is part of France, actually it's sort of its own country...but, the citizens all come into Newfoundland Canada for their shopping.

Only 2 European capitals are south of Washington, DC.

In Florida, the more North you go, the more South it gets.

27 US states are at least partly north of the most southern part of Canada.

Brussels is a French-speaking enclave within the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

R23 it IS "capitols".

Part of Egypt is in Asia.

Egypt is known as Masr to Egyptians themselves.

no, r88

With about 41 miles separating them, the Massachusetts State House and the Rhode Island State House are the closest state capitols in the US.

but

With about 41 miles separating them, Boston MA and Providence RI are the closest state capitals in the US.

R82, French Guyana is as French as Alaska is American. In fact Cayenne is closer to its national capital than Juneau is.

Oops! It turns out that Alaska is closer to DC than Cayenne is to Metropolitan France. But only by 1000 miles or so.

Correct r83...St. Pierre and Miquelon...

R53, and that means that, if you were able to dig a hole straight through the earth and wind up on the other side, there are parts of the Pacific where you could do that and wind up in the Pacific again.

The US has more land area than Canada. Canada only claims to be larger because they count water.

37% of the US is north of Toronto, but only 7% of the people live there.

Canada has the largest amount of coastline of any country on earth,10 times more than the US.

Damn you, R81. I was scrolling through all of these so that I could share that one! You beat me!

You can fit the entire landmass of the US, China, India, Japan, and all of Europe into Africa and have space left over.

Edinburgh, Scotland is further north than Moscow, Russia.

Africa by Weezer is not as great as Africa by Toto.

There is a white guy with a thick 11 inch cock who cruises the Danube Island.

The total land area of Japan is 377,915 square kilometres. Montana is 380,832 sq. km.

One in three Canadians live in the province of Ontario and half of those live in the Greater Toronto Area.

[quote]Correction: China is the fourth largest country by area. The US is third.

China is a larger landmass than America (people don't realize how big that country is), but yes America takes the lead when you count the associated water bodies.

R83 fun fact: St. Pierre and Miquelon send a senator and a deputy to the National Assembly in Paris.

A friend of mine once spent a few weeks there on a French immersion course.

Australia is roughly the same size as the continental US, but it's population is roughly the same as the NY combined metro region.

It's population density is about 8.8 people per square mile.

85% of Aussies live within 50 km of the coast.

I once read about 10 years ago that if the entire human population of Earth stood shoulder to shoulder they would fit into Prince Edward Island - Canada's smallest province. It may not be the case now.

[quote]Walking from Salzburg to Switzerland involves only a light stroll, that's suitable even for small kids.

Don’t you mean Salzburg to Germany? Switzerland is about a 4-hour drive.

Texas could house the entire population of the earth if you divided it into 50x100 foot lots with single-family homes at typical American-suburbia density (though things like transportation would be impossible... too dense for roads capable of handling the traffic from 4 billion people, but not dense enough for subways to be viable. Not to mention things like offices, stores, schools, utilities, etc).

Bangladesh is a country few people think about that is only the size of Iowa...but has a population of 163 million, it is the 8th most populous country on earth.

R110 has apparently never seen "The Sound of Music."

California has 12% of the US population. Therefore, roughly one out of every eight or nine Americans lives in California.

[quote]roughly one out of every eight or nine Americans lives in California.

Which makes for a very unfair electoral system that gives too big a voice to empty states instead of representing legitimately what most Americans want.

^ Similarly, the population of NYC is greater than the combined population of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

We'd just like to say "Howdy!" to y'all folks in this thread claimin' there ain't no Paris in Texas!

Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island. Discuss.

What is the only -stan country that's surrounded by other -stan countries? Uzbekistan. It's bordered by Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.

I would like to be surrounded by Sebastian Stan.

The capital of Wyoming is, like, W

Apparently Pakistan is a meaningless name. Paki doesn't really refer to a tribal group or language or region. It's origin is shrouded in obscurity.

[quote]Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island. Discuss.

Not much to discuss. Aquidneck was called Rhode Island by early settlers. It's still the official government name of the island. We just call it by its original Narragansett name now.

R122, Pakistan comes from PAKSTAN, a coinage derived from the five northern provinces of the British Raj: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and BaluchisTAN.

There's also a paris in California. (spelled Perris)

Perth in Western Australia is closer to Singapore than Sydney, New South Wales.

You amuse me, R121. Thanks for the laugh.

r119 You forgot Kyrgyzstan, which also borders Uzbekistan.

There are really only two continents: America and Eurasia/Africa. Australia is too small and Antarctica too cold.

Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state. Alaska is the most northern, western, AND eastern state. A few of the Aleutian Islands lie across the international date line.

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq, and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.

Washington DC is the capitol of the US, and is named after George Washington, the first president of the US.

There is another county whose capitol is named after a US president. Do you know which one? Not a trick question.

r132 Monrovia, Liberia. But I should've refused to answer your question because you don't know the difference between "capitol" and "capital."

Well I'll be dipped in shit.

[quote]Reno NV is further west than Los Angeles CA.

No matter how many times I've read or heard this, it always boggles my mind because, being a Californian, I think of everything in Nevada as eastward.

No it isn’t, r126. Perth is 411 miles closer to Sydney than to Singapore..

There are four US capitals named after presidents.

If you meant country, not county then it would be Monrovia

r138, see r133

[quote]There are four US capitals named after presidents.

Lincoln, Jefferson City, Jackson, Madison

If all Trump supporters stood shoulder to shoulder, would they fit into the Mariana Trench? Let's try it and see...

Elephants are afraid of bees.

The richest county in New England is the furthest south and west (Fairfield County, CT.) The poorest county in New England is the furthest east, (Washington County, ME.)

Only 2.4 miles separate the Bering Strait islands of Big Diomede (Russia) from Little Diomede (USA), however, because the International Date Late runs between the two, Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede. Hence, their respective nicknames "Tomorrow Island" and "Yesterday Isle."

During the winter months, an ice bridge sometimes connects the two islands, thus making it technically possible to walk from the US to Russia. However, it is illegal to do so. Little Diomede inhabitants who've strayed too close to Big Diomede have gotten arrested and detained by Russian border guards.

Thank you, R144, that's the kind of peculiar little fact that makes this thread fun!

Almost the entire landmass of South America lies to the east of the same meridian that runs through Miami, Florida.

The country with the most borders is the Republic of China - it shares its international borders with 14 sovereign states and 2 special territories.

Zimbabwe has the highest number of official languages in the world. Zimbabwe's constitution has provision for 16 official languages which are Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and sign language.

Big and Little Diomedes had roles in one of the Tales of the City books.

New Jersey is the only "New" state (as compared with NY, NM, NH) where the residents pretty much discard the "New"

[quote] Southern Ireland is actually above Northern Ireland.

There is no such thing as "southern Ireland". There is a very small area of Ireland that is slightly above Northern Ireland.

I knew that when I was five. Are you a five year old OP?

I would think by the time you are old enough to post on the Internet, say eight, you'd know things like this.

I'd say "Fuck YOU", R152, if I wasn't absolutely sure you haven't been fucked in decades.

[quote] — Frau Schmidt, preparing pink lemonade as I type

Not too tart, not too sweet!

El Paso Texas is closer to the California border than it is to Houston Texas

Pensacola (FL) is closer to Houston (TX) than Miami (all distances via most direct limited-access highway route).

Driving to Miami from Texas & seeing just *how far* Pensacola is from *everything* (INCLUDING Tallahassee) makes you appreciate just how huge Florida, Texas, and California really are (and by extension, comparably-large countries like Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Poland, Sweden, etc).

Lady Gaga was born in NYC and she actually won a Golden Globe for her acting.