Al Franken’s uncanny ability to draw all 48 contiguous states of the U.S. from memory inspired the National Geographic Society to ask other senators to draw their home states from memory, labelling at least three important places on that map. ElevenTwelve senators accepted the challenge. Via Cartophilia.
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I received a correction to my post about these maps… There were in fact 12 senators that responded, from 11 states. Georgia had two.
November 18, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I guess I’d better correct that, too.
November 19, 2009 at 6:12 PM