Are you ready to have your mind completely blown and question everything you have ever known up to this point? If so, you have come to the right place, as we have a shocking announcement: Colorado is in fact not a perfect rectangle. Say what?! According to FascinatingMaps.com, who puts together the “most interesting maps, graphs, and geography related stuff from around the globe,” Colorado is not a simple rectangle, but rather hundreds of different sides meshed together:

According to every United States map we have ever seen, Colorado appears to be a perfect rectangle, but upon closer examination by Fascinating Maps...
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...it is anything but!
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As per Fascinating Maps, Colorado is one of only 3 states that was supposed to use latitude and longitude lines as borders, but it didn't end up that way, as surveyors made many mistakes and miscalculations along the way.
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The surveyor's miscalculations first came to light in the early 20th century, with the Supreme Court even having to rule that the original borders would stay the same despite their glaring errors.
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Now for the big question: Just how many sides does Colorado have?!
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According to Fascinating Maps' calculations, Colorado has a whopping 697 sides, making it not a rectangle, but a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
Despite Colorado being a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, at least one thing will never change: Colorado is still the best state in the country!
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You can discover even more interesting maps and statistics by visiting Fascinating Maps’ website. For even more maps of Colorado, click on 5 Maps Of Colorado That Are Just Too Perfect (And Hilarious).

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