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Re:The rectangularness of countries by akeruu on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @06:17PM (#12125371)
Our frontiers are sometimes a bit fuzzy to say the last [0] and there is also this place [1] where you can literally be in 3 countries at the same times

[0] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3378842/Belgium-Neth...

[1] https://www.google.be/maps/@50.7543794,6.0212649,17z

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Re:The rectangularness of countries by treve on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:01PM (#12125608)
The second one is not all that interesting, as any country that borders more than 1 other country would have a point like that ;)

Belgium should have 3

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Re:The rectangularness of countries by anchpop on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @09:27PM (#12126240)
Not necessarily - If you have a body of water on the top and the bottom, and two different countries on each side, then there's no spot you can be in 3 countries at once. See: America
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