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Cut Alaska in half and both pieces beat Texas

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Texans absolutely love to brag about how massive their state is, but Alaska is quietly sitting up north dwarfing them by a comical margin. It is so unnecessarily large that even if you cut it right down the middle, both halves would individually swallow Texas whole. It's basically an endless frozen void that America bought on a whim.

Cut Alaska in half and both pieces beat Texas
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