Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Happy Geography Awareness Week!

National Geographic believes Americans need to know more about geography, and based on this tweet from presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, they're absolutely right:

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What's wrong with this picture? Look closely up in the northeast corner of the country. Dr. Carson has misplaced the New England states. Yes, I know, it probably wasn't the good doctor himself who created this graphic, but still - it's got his name on it. The tweet has now been deleted but as always happens, a few enterprising souls captured the screenshot for all eternity before it disappeared.

You can read more about Geography Awareness Week here.

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