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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's where the Mississippi River was at the time (and still largely is). It's not like someone just drew it that way.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe it's actually because Tennessee became a state in 1796, but rulers weren't invented until 1797.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Rulers were invented like 3,000 years before that.

It is a funny picture to think of some Tennessee hillbilly surveyor with a 1ft ruler trying to count out the border though.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Surveyor Steven did his best, but his penchant for TN moonshine was well-documented.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There was a bee chasing him the whole time!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And that's why they call it a bee-line