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I came across an article that pointed out that Mississippi has the worst teen pregnancy rate in the nation.

"Funny," I thought. "Didn't I just read about Mississippi being the worst at something else, too?"

So I googled "Mississippi ranks" and this is what I found.

Mississippi ranks:

#1 Teen Pregnancies

#1 Obesity

#1 Hypertension

#1 Infant Mortality

#1 Gonorrhea

#2 Chlamydia

#2 Type 2 Diabetes

#49 Overall Health

#50 Child Well-Being Statistics

#1 Poverty

#2 Unemployment

#50 Per-Capita Income

#50 ACT Scores

#50 Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Government Corruption

...and that's where I quit.

Does anybody know a good antonym for "annex"? Because I think it's time we anti-annexed Mississippi. And then we need to put up a very sturdy border fence.