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Should Mexico try to get (part) of their former territory back? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Well, the Mason Dixon line was the first arbitrary, straight line on a map border in history. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon plotted the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland using astrological navigation techniques, in the field, and had a crew of lumber jacks with them to physically cut the border through the wilderness.

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