Maine
About Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. It is the only state to border only one other state, which is New Hampshire. Maine is the largest state in New England by total area, almost as large as the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. As of 2024, Maine's population stood at a Census-estimated 1,400,000, the state's highest-ever population estimate. Maine's capital is Augusta, while its most populous city is Portland.
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They were named after the two largest items in Maine at the time. They were supposedly — I can't find anything to contradict this — the biggest and tallest oxen, respectively, that the world has ever seen.
from No Such Thing As A Triangular Rectangle, 2020-09-04 at 00:41:34 · read transcript
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Apparently the steel rake, which is kind of a bit springy and the modern day one that's good for raking stuff with, was invented by a guy called Chester Greenwood, who also supposedly invented earmuffs. Really? Apparently. Wow. He's quite famous in North America in Maine that there's a certain town where every year they have a celebration of his inventing. What do they do then? Put a load of earmuffs and go on raking stuff out. Yeah.
142: No Such Thing As Edward Binbag-Hands, 2016-12-02 · listen
I think they don't really bother about the rake part of it that much. they're more bothered about the earmuffs because he was quite young when he invented them. He was like 16 or 17 or something. I thought it was 13. 30, yeah, it could be. Could be. Maine sounds like a very exciting place to live, doesn't it? If that's their highlight of the ear. The thing is, it's cold and they have a lot of trees. Earmuffs and rakes are the kind of things you might invent if you live there.
No Such Thing As Edward Binbag-Hands, 2016-12-02 · listen
Equally important contributions to the nation of Australia. People who campaign are very interesting, like the people who are so devoted to campaign. There was one woman called Carrie Nation. This was after Maine outlawed alcohol in 1851, so they did it well before the rest of the States. The law was repealed. She was really unhappy that alcohol was on sale again. She and her associates would smash up bars with axes.
No Such Thing As Mixed-Species Martial Arts, 2018-07-06 · listen
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