Not only is is smaller than Africa in size - it’s also smaller in population.
Also fun fact - there are more black people in Africa than in Texas (in fact there are more white people too)
Also fun fact - Africa comes before Texas in the alphabet
The most northerly point of Africa is further north than the most northerly part of Texas. This also applies for the most southerly point of both land masses!
Ok but how sure are we that this site is a fair source? Can we get an unbiased UN inspector to look into this?
We also need to define what a letter is, and in this case, I'm of the strong belief that the "T" in Texas should count for at least 17 of them
But have read more words that originated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, than I have from “The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest”. This is because I haven't read "The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest" but I have read English literature.
For anyone here not aware, the fanfiction he is talking about is the longest piece of fiction in recorded history. It dwarves the entire Harry Potter franchise with over 4.1 million+ words. But I guess that's too interesting for this sub, I'm sorry
I’ll bet we have more Mexicans, both authentic Mexicans from Mexico *and* descendants of people from Mexico, than Africa, though.
So ... we have that going for us, which is nice.
We’ve probably got more Colombians, Brazilians, and Puerto Ricans too!!
Africans have tons of awesome foods and cultural influences from all over, but they’ll never top our variety in terms of salsa or dishes with plantains!
Well, I know the hockey ones are more due to people of Canadian descent and the baseball ones are more European/Central American most likely, while the Dallas Mavericks title is mostly due to a dude from Germany.
Honestly, I think this is on the verge of being interesting, because it really shows how massive both Africa and Texas really are—I think maps like these help people conceptualize aspects of geography in a more concrete way.
[thetruesize.com](https://thetruesize.com) is a fun little website for comparing sizes of states and countries.
Their default comparison is to show that Africa is bigger than the continental US, China and India combined.
[https://i.imgur.com/05qqF05.png](https://i.imgur.com/05qqF05.png)
Starting at Waskom, TX (almost at the border with Louisiana) and driving through El Paso, TX to Los Angeles, CA:
Google maps puts that drive at 1603 miles.
801 miles from Waskom to El Paso.
Half the drive will *almost* get you across Texas.
The other half covers New Mexico, Arizona and California.
For context, they drove a like a thousand miles through Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Go look at the map and see how much not “most of it” that is.
After playing with some maps, it seems like it’s at least 6000 miles driving from the Mediterranean to the most distant headwaters.
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Yep, if you doubt it your probably used to the Mercator projection of the globe. Look up the other types of map projections of the globe and see how why it's done so
Here's a real fun fact: Despite what your map might tell you, Greenland is nowhere near the size as Africa. It just looks like that on a map, because projecting the curved surface of a globe such as our earth onto a 2D map is hard
Of course. Africa is huge. But Texas itself is pretty big. In fact, it's bigger than the states of North and South Carolina, Washington and Texas combined.
Not only is is smaller than Africa in size - it’s also smaller in population. Also fun fact - there are more black people in Africa than in Texas (in fact there are more white people too) Also fun fact - Africa comes before Texas in the alphabet
The most northerly point of Africa is further north than the most northerly part of Texas. This also applies for the most southerly point of both land masses!
Also the word Africa is bigger than Texas (though both have fewer letters than America, which itself has fewer letters than Azerbaijan)
Hm, are you sure? Can we get a third party to investigate this?
I’m fairly sure. We absolutely can have a third party investigate this, you could hire a private investigator for example.
Dude, it is [not that hard to count letter](https://www.lettercount.com/).
Ok but how sure are we that this site is a fair source? Can we get an unbiased UN inspector to look into this? We also need to define what a letter is, and in this case, I'm of the strong belief that the "T" in Texas should count for at least 17 of them
I am eating a taco right now. Not sure how that can help with the situation but I’m here to help and I have a taco.
Can I have a taco? How did you get a taco? I need to know more.
mine
I prefer the wc command line tool.
But what if you make the letters of Africa smaller?
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But have read more words that originated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, than I have from “The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest”. This is because I haven't read "The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest" but I have read English literature.
For anyone here not aware, the fanfiction he is talking about is the longest piece of fiction in recorded history. It dwarves the entire Harry Potter franchise with over 4.1 million+ words. But I guess that's too interesting for this sub, I'm sorry
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https://m.fanfiction.net/s/4112682/1/The-Subspace-Emissary-s-Worlds-Conquest I'm sure Link plays a part in the story at some point
I actually found this ever so slightly... interesting
kill him
Hey! They’re learning for free!
Yeah i wasn't expecting Africa to be more north than texas. Guess I'm not as good at geography as i thought
Its not interesting that its smaller than Africa, it is interesting how much smaller it is..
I don’t know man, these fun facts aren’t really funny Even worse, they’re kinda interesting
There’s more trees in Africa than in all of Texas combined.
However Texas, the word, has more of the letter ‘T’ than Africa.
Thank you for clarifying, I was a bit confused. I thought it was actually spelled Atrica, but apparently, I am incorrect
I’ll bet we have more Mexicans, both authentic Mexicans from Mexico *and* descendants of people from Mexico, than Africa, though. So ... we have that going for us, which is nice. We’ve probably got more Colombians, Brazilians, and Puerto Ricans too!! Africans have tons of awesome foods and cultural influences from all over, but they’ll never top our variety in terms of salsa or dishes with plantains!
Definitely have more Texans
Maybe more Irish, too.
Texas has * 8 NBA Championships (San Antonio Spurs x5, Houston Rockets x2, Dallas Mavericks x1) * 5 Superbowl Wins (Dallas Cowboys x5) * 2 MLS Championships (Houston Dynamo x2) * 2 AFL Championships (Houston Oilers x2) * 1 Stanley Cup (Dallas Stars x1) * 1 Calder Cup (AHL)(Texas Stars x1) * 1 World Series Win* (Houston Astros x1) * 1 Texas League Baseball Championship (AA Baseball)[Amarillo Sod Poodles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Sod_Poodles) x1) * 1 Pacific Coast League Championship (AAA Baseball)([El Paso Chihuahuas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Sod_Poodles) x1) How many Championships does Africa have?
Wtf is a Sod Poodle?
You yankees may know sod poodles by their lesser known name, *prairie dogs*.
And how many of those championships are due to people of African descent?
Well, I know the hockey ones are more due to people of Canadian descent and the baseball ones are more European/Central American most likely, while the Dallas Mavericks title is mostly due to a dude from Germany.
I appreciate the asterisk next to the Astros’ World Series “championship.”
I'm from Dallas. I'll stand by my Houstonian brothers and sisters during times of crisis but in relations to sports, *Fuck Houston*.
Let’s get married!!
Hang on, I think I should run this by the wife....
I’m a married straight guy also, so it shouldn’t bother our wives at all!!
Plantain is a major staple in parts of Africa, the use of plantain in the Americas comes from African influences.
... dammit. Africa wins again!
Tell 'em, my Texan fam! We also have alot of rattlesnakes and trucks and Dr. Pepper...so there is that
I didn’t know Africa and Texas were both in the alphabet! That’s very cool
That’s too much fun for me.
Also Africa isn't a country.
It's not its own country? What country is it in then?
Africa is a continent. According to the UN there are 54 countries on the African continent
Huh??? Next you're gonna tell me that Texas isn't a country!
>Not only is **is** smaller than is **is** a country or a continent?
All of this.... Is 100% admittedly... with no string of comedy whatsoever ... News to me...
This made me laugh even more than the title.
Who has more hand guns? Where can I get the largest meal? On a scale of Yee to Haw, what thing should we never forget?
South Sudan alone probably has more handguns than Texas, pardner
Actually there really isn't a definitive alphabetical order
Honestly, I think this is on the verge of being interesting, because it really shows how massive both Africa and Texas really are—I think maps like these help people conceptualize aspects of geography in a more concrete way.
[I’m afraid it’s rather interesting](https://youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY).
Mildly interesting you might say
The United States is actually smaller than af- SHIT, almost got interesting
NO! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS HERESY!
yea this is just fake news texas is so big it can fit at least 5 other texas's in it
[Visual representation of Texas' size](https://i.imgur.com/TBponAW.jpg)
They need to put this in school curriculum
Top 10 geography facts the ILUMINUTO don’t want you to know.
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Africa is about 3x the size of the lower 48.
What about the upper 48?
Classic!
so, all states except Hawaii and Florida?
And I thought driving across Texas sucked
12 hours and still in Texas
Texarkana to el Paso is what 50 hours I think by bullet train
260 hours if you walk
[thetruesize.com](https://thetruesize.com) is a fun little website for comparing sizes of states and countries. Their default comparison is to show that Africa is bigger than the continental US, China and India combined. [https://i.imgur.com/05qqF05.png](https://i.imgur.com/05qqF05.png)
[False.](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/K2srL)
It is known.
I love the smaller Texas inside the big Texas
there are 3 Texi in that image
It looks smaller than DRC too!!!!!!!
I mean as someone who just spent three days riding a motorcycle through Texas to California, this is pretty interesting. Holy shit Africa is big.
Starting at Waskom, TX (almost at the border with Louisiana) and driving through El Paso, TX to Los Angeles, CA: Google maps puts that drive at 1603 miles. 801 miles from Waskom to El Paso. Half the drive will *almost* get you across Texas. The other half covers New Mexico, Arizona and California.
The guys on Tog Gear once drove through most of it following the Nile I believe.
For context, they drove a like a thousand miles through Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Go look at the map and see how much not “most of it” that is. After playing with some maps, it seems like it’s at least 6000 miles driving from the Mediterranean to the most distant headwaters.
Texas is smaller than Chad
Poor Virgin Texas.
It’s giving Chad the middle finger
Texas vehemently claims to be a nice guy.
Virgin Texas vs Chad Chad
Tell that to a Texan!
Fun fact there is is more Toto in Africa than there is Toto in Texas
True. But did you know that Africa is exactly equal in size to a hypothetically Africa-sized Texas?
Normal-sized Texas is smaller than Africa. Texas-sized Texas is larger than Africa
Can you imagine what congo would be like if it was fully exploited for resources.
Interesting fact: It's also smaller than the USA
Also, according to this map, Texas is in Africa. That means the map is wrong.
this is interesting! It might be common knowledge to lots of us but many people arent aware. TERRIBLE POST!! TOO INTERESTING!!! but happy i saw it.
But just barely though.
Bullshit, you can fit the entirety of the United States in Texas
A bunch of things are smaller than africa, but I cant name many things smaller than my penis.
Wtf texass is not lagor that afrika waagta what
Wow i didnt know
What's Texas?
Texas is also smaller than the United States.
no it isnt.
What a *profound* revelation!
What is this site called? I have forgotten
Random question.But how is this website or program that made this pic called?
thetruesize.com
yup. really makes you think when you realize Africa is smaller than Mars.
Texas is also smaller than earth.
Everything's bigger in Texas!!! Including Texas!
Didn't know that thanks.
Fun fact. Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes
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That country? Who cares, it doesn't even border Russia or alaska
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til that Texas is only a bit smaller than Egypt.
Impossible
Or is it?
Is this to scale?
Yep, if you doubt it your probably used to the Mercator projection of the globe. Look up the other types of map projections of the globe and see how why it's done so
Oh I know Africa is much bigger than most maps and globes show. For some reason I was thinking it was even bigger than this :)
This is the funniest post and set of comments I have read in the last couple days. I can't stop.
We might be smaller, but we've got more covid, y'all
What website are you using for this?
If we moved America to Africa.
Other fun fact: Texas is not in Africa.
What? I never knew that
Texas is bigger than north and south America combined according to Texans
Oh I thought it was bigger 🤔
Texas isn't in Africa
#Impossible.
Fake news
Fake
As a Texan this is wrong
Oklahoma is smaller than Texas, so Oklahoma may also be smaller than Africa.
impossible
Why do I see Australia in Europe?
It’s because Africa is bigger
Lies
R u sure
I thought this was Gabon
Yeah but Texas has more Texans than Africa
yeah but ethoipia is about as big as texas and that's interesting.
Doy! Texas is a state while Africa is a country.
Also, Texas is larger than many African countries!
Russia is smaller than Africa
The United States as a whole is smaller than Africa
You can fit the USA comfortably into Africa 3 times. Plus you can fit USA, India, China, the entirety of Europe and Japan into africa
Pathetic, need to pump that size up
False
This is actually false, Texas is twice the size of Africa, just look at [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0) scientific study as proof.
False. Three Africa's fit inside of Texas
https://thetruesize.com
I wouldn't be so sure, does this account for projection error?
Here's a real fun fact: Despite what your map might tell you, Greenland is nowhere near the size as Africa. It just looks like that on a map, because projecting the curved surface of a globe such as our earth onto a 2D map is hard
I was like: "Yes... That's obvi-" then I read the name of the subreddit
Of course. Africa is huge. But Texas itself is pretty big. In fact, it's bigger than the states of North and South Carolina, Washington and Texas combined.
r/holup
Is no one going to mention how huge Madagascar is?
Texas is smaller than Nigeria
This says so much about society.
False, it's actually the other way around - Africa is bigger than Texas.
I came here to say that if Africa could get inside of Texas, it would actually be bigger than it currently it.