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		gottorf on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Texas "moth man" photographed 550 species in his... Fun fact: El Paso, TX is closer to the Pacific (via the Gulf of California) than it is to its own state capital, Austin.

positr0n on Aug 17, 2024 | [–]

Wow that's my new favorite Texas geography fact. My old one is that Amarillo is closer to Chicago than Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas.

bankcust08385 on Aug 17, 2024 | [–]

So is a good portion of the state. Not really all that meaningful.

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