obscure facts you didnt know

[Howard Beale]

I'd always thought that an Almond is a nut and just recently found out that it is a fruit.

[Bicycles_Biatch]

I heard 40% of published stats are BS but 70% of Americans believe 50% of those BS stats???

[Skoob]

Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

[Dominic]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

[daryn]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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plus what qualifies as "shore"? any land touching any water? bogus.

hm, i guess the definition is: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.

i still call weaksauce

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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plus what qualifies as "shore"? any land touching any water? bogus.

hm, i guess the definition is: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.

i still call weaksauce

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Maybe you're thinking of the word "coast" instead of "shore"? I haven't looked up the exact definition of "coast," but I associate that more with oceans and not lakes, while shore seems fair to use for both (as well as rivers, which Minnesota also has a fair amount of).

[daryn]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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plus what qualifies as "shore"? any land touching any water? bogus.

hm, i guess the definition is: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.

i still call weaksauce

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Maybe you're thinking of the word "coast" instead of "shore"? I haven't looked up the exact definition of "coast," but I associate that more with oceans and not lakes, while shore seems fair to use for both (as well as rivers, which Minnesota also has a fair amount of).

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yeah i just associate shore with ocean.. but it's clear that shore also includes lakes from the definition.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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How about this? It's actually something more like 15,000 lakes.

[Badger]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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How about this? It's actually something more like 15,000 lakes.

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And supposedley Wisconsin has more lakes than Minnesota. I tried to find out hte answer once, but the Wisconsin DNR was not helpful. It comes down to the size definition of a lake. Wikipedia claims 11,842 lakes over 10 acres in MN.

EDIT: Wikipedia also claims Alaska is the only state with more lakes

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

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i don't care if there really are 10,000 lakes in Minnesota, this can't be true.

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How about this? It's actually something more like 15,000 lakes.

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And supposedley Wisconsin has more lakes than Minnesota. I tried to find out hte answer once, but the Wisconsin DNR was not helpful. It comes down to the size definition of a lake. Wikipedia claims 11,842 lakes over 10 acres in MN.

EDIT: Wikipedia also claims Alaska is the only state with more lakes

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Wisconsin does have a [censored]-ton of lakes, too. It seems reasonable that Alaska would have a ton, too.