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rsstack
on March 10, 2022
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The distance really confused me. I got a distance of 4,353 km between a guess and the answer - which is what you get from Google, but now what you'd say from looking at a map. Border-to-border they are only 250 km apart.
macintux
on March 10, 2022
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Worldle uses the same calculations, center to center, else Russia would be just a few miles from the U.S. e.g.
rsstack
on March 10, 2022
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Russia
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4 km from the US :) "Oklahoma to Krasnoyarsky Krai" makes sense mathematically but is a weird claim to make.
SamBam
on March 11, 2022
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True, although "France / 0km South / Brazil" would also be strange, going by country boarders.
weatherlight
on March 11, 2022
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France's longest border is with Brazil :)
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