> But I wonder how the line between Texas and Missouri got there. Would not be surprised if there were an offshore oil drilling platform in the middle of it.

> But I wonder how the line between Texas and Missouri got there. Would not be surprised if there were an offshore oil drilling platform in the middle of it. > And the one between California and Washington: Pretty sure that's just how the map is drawn -- the consortium that laid the subsea lines to Japan probably bought six strands of terrestrial fiber between the two US endpoints to make the ring.