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    "Betteridge’s law of headlines",
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  "textContent": "Per Betteridge’s law of headlines and also the map above, my answer is clearly no. You can try it yourself here…you draw them one at a time and it adds them to the map automagically. I’m going to blame my trackpad use a little, but I’m not sure I would have done much better had I drawn with a pencil and looked a map beforehand.\n\n**Update:** Your periodic reminder that Senator Al Franken can draw all 50 US states from memory with astonishing accuracy.\n\n(thx, eric)\n\n_[This is a vintage post originally from Jul 2017.]_\n\n**Tags:** Al Franken · geography · maps · timeless posts · USA · video",
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