A closer look
Maine is technically the closest state in the entire United States to the continent of Africa, a geographical anomaly that completely shatters most people's basic understanding of a world map, because the Earth is unfortunately spherical and our flat classroom maps lied to us, leaving the rocky northeastern peninsula of Quoddy Head roughly three thousand miles from the coast of Morocco, meaning the freezing, lobster-obsessed lumberjacks of New England are geographically closer to the Sahara Desert than the spray-tanned residents of southern Florida, which is a brilliant piece of trivia to aggressively deploy at dinner parties when someone starts bragging about their tropical vacation, allowing you to smugly correct their spatial awareness, just do not expect this fun fact to make Maine any warmer during the brutal winter months, as being mathematically closer to Africa does absolutely nothing to stop your car doors from freezing shut
