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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Those lines, too. Did they pick where the states and burrough were based on those white lines?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

No, I'm pretty sure it's like a baseball game. Some dude runs out there every so often and chalks the boundaries a mile or so in width so you can see them from space

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gotta hate when a flood happens and all of a sudden Florida and Georgia become one state.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

No, England didn't set the borders on their way out, during this incident