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Being a little bit clever can lead you to make some pretty bad mistakes.

Yes, the distance according to roads can be different from the distance as the crow flies. No, it cannot realistically be 10x the distance when the crow's distance is 2500 miles.



But what if you count the distance of going in and out of each tiny crack on the road surface?


Look up "fractal dimensions".


I know :)




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