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The Contiguous 41 States

Kottke 04 May 2026 5h ago
The Contiguous 41 States
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Nowhere on XKCD’s map of The Contiguous 41 States does it say that you need to find the missing seven states, but that’s immediately where my mind went. And it was a little more challenging than I anticipated — all of New England is present & accounted for somehow? The answer key is here , along with this tidbit: The United States did have exactly 41 states for a few days in 1889, from the admissi
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