The Centennial State is technically a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
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Geographic Curiosities (ft. Strange Maps)
Did you know Colorado, which looks like a nice rectangle on maps, actually has 697 sides? And did you know that Point Nemo — way out in the southern Pacific Ocean — is the remotest place on Earth? Geography can be quite curious, and this collection of Strange Maps by Frank Jacobs shows us why.
Only in 1992 was science able to calculate the remotest part of the ocean.
The Kazungula Bridge connects Zambia and Botswana, barely missing Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The world's longest straight line (on land) connects Portugal to China.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
How the half-hour commute and motorised transport changed our cities into huge metropolises.
A dispute marked by flags and booze has been replaced with an official land border.
