New Mexico isn't a state

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  • cstone

    Active Member
    Dec 12, 2018
    842
    Baltimore, MD
    I once heard a prominent American make a statement about the country having 57 states. No one is immune from making stupid statements now and again.
     

    photoracer

    Competition Shooter
    Oct 22, 2010
    3,318
    West Virginia
    Being originally from NM I had to correct a lot of people's ideas about NM not being a province of Mexico or something when I left the service in the DC area in the early 70's.
     

    IJM

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    Apr 7, 2012
    1,291
    District of Columbia
    I've spoken to people who insist Rhode Island is an island (somewhere) and not a state. If I asked them where this island is, most didn't know.

    That's technically correct (sort of). The official name of the state is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". The actual Rhode Island is the island where Newport is located and is now called Aquidneck Island. Providence Plantations is essentially the rest of the state on the mainland. My wife is from Rhode Island, so I know these random things.

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