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Alaska Fun Facts

Blog by Austin02
First published: Friday December 11th, 2020
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Part 3 of 50. This time we go into the 49th state, Alaska.

- The state flag was designed by a 13 year old. (He got a D on the project)

- The state population density is only at one person per square mile. (If Manhattan Island had the same density as Alaska, then they would only have 16 people on the entire island.)

- Alaska has the highest percentage of men than any state at only 52%.

- Alaska is only 50 miles away from Russia. The closest country to the United States that we don't border.

- The average high in the city of Fairbanks in January is 1 degree.

- Russia sold Alaska to the US for 2 cents an acre.

- Alaska is the only state that you can type on one row of the keyboard.

Edit: For some reason it won't let me post until 48 hrs. after the Alabama one.

23 Comments
MG17
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Level 43
Dec 11, 2020
Incredible facts! Great job!
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
what if we built a bridge from Alaska to Russia. Then, one could drive from Miami to Cape Town.
ChineseChen
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Level 70
Dec 11, 2020
If we built a road across the Darien Gap then we could drive from Puerto Williams to Murmansk then to Cape Town.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
But we'd have to build infrastructure in alaska and siberia
morcaca
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Level 59
Dec 11, 2020
Technically we could build a bridge from Alaska to Russia that wouldn't let us drive from Miami to Cape Town by connecting the Diomedes instead of the actual mainlands.
sacheth9
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Level 65
Dec 11, 2020
@Confuzzled, Nope, it's almost impossible. See this video.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
I know. That is why I put a strikethrough to it. I have seen RLL's video.
toowise
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Level 81
Dec 11, 2020
Its not impossible just impractical, the costs of building the infrastructure far outweigh the benefits.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
Exactly. Especially when you consider flying from NYC to Anchorage is cheaper than driving.
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Dec 11, 2020
You could add after the first fact that the kid got a D.
Austin02
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Level 60
Dec 11, 2020
I will. Thanks for the suggestion.
TheBerryLegend
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2020
cool facts about Alaska I didn't know some of these
WashingMachine
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Level 67
Dec 11, 2020
A D? Alaska's is one of my favorite flags.
MasterofTrivia
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Level 50
Dec 11, 2020
this is just plainly a good read
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2020
It's a great blog - however I must point out Alaska is actually only 2.4 miles to Russia (including islands). Or are you only including the mainland?
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
No. Austin is right. It is 55 miles, where did you get that measurement from?
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2020
The Alaskan island of Little Diomede is only 2.4 (or so) miles to the Russian island of Diomede. It's even in the facts page.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Dec 11, 2020
Mainland, not islands
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Dec 11, 2020
Ah, good - somebody specified.
Austin02
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Level 60
Dec 11, 2020
I was implying the mainland.
NV1
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Level 55
Dec 11, 2020
From the Diomedes, it's 55 miles :)
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Dec 11, 2020
Interesting
Confirmpassword
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Level 21
Dec 12, 2020
Amazing
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