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Maine is the closest US state to Africa.
Is that really true haha
Edit: seems like it, so cool!
https://www.sciencealert.com/which-us-state-is-closest-to-africa
They are the most West, so yea
weast
Potayto, tomahto
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
According to my sloppy google maps guesstimate, this appears to be true. Florida-West Aftica seems slightly further than Maine-Northwest Africa
Florida is crazy far west, compared to where I expect. It's due south of Ohio.
I feel like this probably explains some things...
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.