Submitted by Dearfield t3_1059jux in todayilearned
starmartyr t1_j3bkvxg wrote
Reply to comment by Due_Platypus_3913 in TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield
Trapezoid would be more accurate, but if you zoom in close enough you'll see that isn't quite true. Those lines have jagged edges.
herbw t1_j3ewiyo wrote
nope. Those are implied micro corrections to a false 2D system imposed on a sphere. Beautiful curved, smooth spherical lines is what they can do. Rest is all SOThe Bull.
starmartyr t1_j3f46vh wrote
Nope. Those are errors and corrections made by 19th-century surveyors who didn't have the benefit of gps satellites or aerial photography.
LancelLannister_AMA t1_j3gmfo0 wrote
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