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I was expecting this one to be interactive but then I noticed the alt text. I'm not a geography nerd who's going to explain this one
The map looks correct at first glance, but he's added another 14 states by drawing the borders wrong XD
Not American, but I assume it's wrong in some subtle and hilarious way?
I just moved out of Kentucky and was like wait, there's two Tennessee?
Tennessee and Elevennessee
Yeah, he's got Minnesota in there but totally left out Megasota
Two Tennessees, but no nineessee
Texoklahoma is up by Midsouthdakota?
North-West Virginia isn't even a thing no matter what those weirdos say
The weird strip of land in the Great Lake
Removed Whodaho and added "Idaho"? WTF is Idaho?
It's got the state we all agreed doesn't exist?
Glad Orejon is included though.
And where is Mickeysota?
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explain xkcdBunch of extra states with similar shapes to existing states, so it messes with your eye and kinda blends in.
Might be harder to do with a map of Africa, Asia, Europe or south America because there aren't as many straight line borders and things are a bit more curvy.
Working from the bottom left... California, Arizona, New Mexico.... Wtf?
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Old Mexico, Texas …
I see what you mean about this map being anomalous. Some of the states seem to be doubled, I wondered where they got that 64 states figure from!! My bad!