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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line (i.redd.it)

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

1: on the premise of being technically correct it is not because it's just two parallel lines that may or may not be continuous on a globe

2: being less literally minded you can either fill in the the negative space to make a thick line or draw a line through the middle, though as ominous ocelot points out lower:

https://leminal.space/comment/20160921