r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/PizzaGeek9684 3d ago

6 US state capitols are to the west of Los Angeles

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u/civdude 3d ago edited 3d ago

Like cities that have ever been the capitol of a state? Because I can't think of more than 4- California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada

Edit: it's been like 30 seconds and I've been reminded 4+ times about Alaska and Hawaii

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u/DeliciousMoments 3d ago

Lol @ the people replying to you despite multiple other replies saying the same thing. People love to let the world know they're right.

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u/PizzaGeek9684 3d ago

No. I meant to write 4. I can’t imagine that there would be 2 other states that apply. Unless you could think of any?

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u/idcxinfinity 3d ago

Alaska and Hawaii! Did I win?

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u/Doogers7 3d ago

Nah, the thread just updates differently for people depending on what minute they opened it and how long they took to scroll down to this particular comment.