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Also surprising facts to me: Madrid (40°24′N), Philadelphia ( 39°57′N), Beijing (39°54′N), Denver (39°44′N) are all roughly on the same latitude.
Also, surprisingly at almost the same latitude, are New Orleans, Cairo Egypt and Lhasa Tibet. The entire Gulf of Mexico lies south of latitude 30º 45' , and the entire Mediterranean Sea lies north of it.
What do Columbus, Atlanta and Augusta have in common?
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They are the three biggest cities in Georgia. I bet you said they are all state capitals.
Well, Jtur, no one has tackled this yet and I am resisting looking at your spoiler tab.
I am sure you are looking for something more interesting than they are the three largest cities in Georgia. And that is assuming you are referring to Columbus, GA and not OH.
I also assume that the answer is neither the fact that I have a Nephew or a Niece living in all three. Which brings up a grammatical question.... is there a gender neutral word that describes both nephews and nieces the way the word siblings stands in for brothers and sisters? Besides my children's cousins?
Is the answer that there is an Atlanta, TX, a Columbus, TX and an Augusta, TX? According to Wikipedia the latter is not incorporated. If that is the answer, what do Dallas, Waco and Temple have in common?
Well, Jtur, no one has tackled this yet and I am resisting looking at your spoiler tab.
I am sure you are looking for something more interesting than they are the three largest cities in Georgia. And that is assuming you are referring to Columbus, GA and not OH.
I was assuming that most people who saw that list would start thinking of what those three state capitals have in common. Maybe I was optimistic in assuming people knew that Augusta was the capital of Maine.
Pursuing that line, what do Boston, Richmond, Harrisburg and Frankfort have in common?
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They not state capitals, but "commonwealth" capitals.
Not a huge deal, but there's a large section of Westport, Massachusetts called "Acoaxet" along the South Coast that you cannot drive to from anywhere else in the state (including other parts of Westport) without going through at least a piece of Rhode Island first.
Not a huge deal, but there's a large section of Westport, Massachusetts called "Acoaxet" along the South Coast that you cannot drive to from anywhere else in the state (including other parts of Westport) without going through at least a piece of Rhode Island first.
This was the case with Dade County, GA until 1939. The county could only be accessed via Alabama or Tennessee. It wasn't until Georgia's purchase of Cloudland Canyon that a road was built from neighboring Walker County, GA.
This was the case with Dade County, GA until 1939. The county could only be accessed via Alabama or Tennessee. It wasn't until Georgia's purchase of Cloudland Canyon that a road was built from neighboring Walker County, GA.
Amazing how America has changed in my lifetime. Now there are at least eight paved roads across that county line that are covered on Google Streetview. My first family car trip through several states was in 1941, when it took 12 hours to go 400 miles in an 8-cylinder Pontiac. Google now lists the same route as 395 mi, 6 hours 2 mins.
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