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profquail on Aug 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia plans $65bn tunnel to America

The shortest distance between two points is not a strait line on a map

You're right. The shortest distance between two points lies on a 'great circle':

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Great_circle

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