• @zaph@lemmy.world
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    92 years ago

    Because getting congress to change a law after a new state is added gets a little annoying.

      • @paciencia@lemmy.world
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        92 years ago

        alaska and hawaii were added in 1959. From 1787 to 1959, a new state was added to the union every 3.44 years. So it used to happen pretty often, actually.