I'm starting to think literally ANY decision can be rendered in the wrong Court of Law:
I'm starting to think literally ANY decision can be rendered in the wrong Court of Law:
Fitzgerald, Shayna
Co-founder, with her husband, iirc, of PowerPaxton of Massachussetts.
Fitzgerald, Shayna
Co-founder, with her husband, iirc, of PowerPaxton of Massachussetts.
ALASKA IS BOTH THE WESTERNMOST AND EASTERNMOST STATE.
Alaska is the westernmost and northernmost state in the United States, which makes a lot of sense when you look at a map. But more surprisingly, the state manages to be the easternmost state as well. Parts of Alaska are so far west that the state actually stretches into the eastern hemisphere. Longitude lines converge at the top and bottom of the globe, so Pochoni Point, Alaska, has the easternmost longitude of any point in the country.
MAINE ISN’T AS FAR NORTH AS YOU THOUGHT.
Estcourt Station, Maine, is the northernmost community of New England. Despite being the highest town in the contiguous United States east of the Great Lakes (and therefore associated with frigid winters), it’s surprisingly farther south than other cities across the Atlantic. London, for example, is nearly 300 miles north of the small Maine community, and Estcourt Station is also farther south than Paris, Amsterdam, and Brussels.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION COULD EASILY FIT IN TEXAS.
If the entire world were as densely populated as New York City, the whole population would only cover 250,404 square miles. That means the entire world could fit into the state of Texas. For comparison, if the world had the same population density as Houston, Texas, it would cover 1,769,085 square miles. Even then, being able to hypothetically fit over 7 billion people in an area smaller than half the United States is pretty impressive.
VALGA/VALKA BORDER
For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times. When in Valga, Estonia/Valka, Latvia, head to where Sepa tänav (Valga) meets SeminÄra iela (Valka). There, you’ll see physical reminders of the border that slices the town into two different countries. This national border in the middle of a single small town has appeared, disappeared, reappeared, and disappeared again over the last hundred or so years. It’s a testament to the complexities of history in the Baltic region.