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Pyro-Byrns t1_j4w696r wrote

Reply to comment by jeffinRTP in TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land by A_1337_Canadian

Nope, cuz you're forgetting the points that have both land and water.

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A_1337_Canadian OP t1_j4w6o4i wrote

I think you're both right. "96% of the surface of the earth has an antipodal point that is not land-to-land". Or has at least one point being water.

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jeffinRTP t1_j4xau91 wrote

I'll admit I'm lazy, it would be very hard to figure out how many points have land and water.

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