| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable 15:17 - Jun 16 with 3021 views | GlasgowBlue |
The Atlantic end of the Panama Canal is further west than the Pacific end. |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:36 - Jun 16 with 808 views | bluelagos |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 15:43 - Jun 16 by pedrail |
Montevideo (north of the River Plate) is further south than Buenos Aires (south of the Rive Plate). In fact, Montevideo is the second southernmost capital city in the world. |
Would it be overly pedant like - and not in the spirit to point out it's third?
https://www.worldatlas.com/art |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:49 - Jun 16 with 773 views | hoppy |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:31 - Jun 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Little Diomede Island is two miles from Big Diomede Island but 21 hours away. |
AKA "Tomorrow Island" |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:59 - Jun 16 with 765 views | Keno |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:10 - Jun 16 by Swansea_Blue |
On a similar theme, Maine is closer to Africa than Florida 🤯
Also another little known Law of Geography - bad events always take place near to Sitters. |
Don’t you mean someone next to Sitters |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:02 - Jun 16 with 753 views | ChiefXL |
The flight from Buenos Aires to Mexico City is longer than the flight from Heathrow to Mumbai |  | | |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:09 - Jun 16 with 737 views | bsw72 |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:12 - Jun 16 by bluelagos |
One for the mathematically minded geographers:
Place a bit of string around the equator and pull it tight, 25,000 km miles of string needed.
Just 6.2m of additional string is needed to have it 1m above the ocean/land. |
Almost right, 40,075km of string required at the equator, mixing imperial and metric. The 6.28m is correct though |  | | |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:11 - Jun 16 with 733 views | hoppy |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:09 - Jun 16 by bsw72 |
Almost right, 40,075km of string required at the equator, mixing imperial and metric. The 6.28m is correct though |
Does that allow for potholes? | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:14 - Jun 16 with 728 views | bluelagos |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:09 - Jun 16 by bsw72 |
Almost right, 40,075km of string required at the equator, mixing imperial and metric. The 6.28m is correct though |
Only a true pedant would correct a post on a thread like this.
I salute you sir. (Well spotted) | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:16 - Jun 16 with 709 views | bsw72 |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:14 - Jun 16 by bluelagos |
Only a true pedant would correct a post on a thread like this.
I salute you sir. (Well spotted) |
I prefer to think of it as quality control. Pedantry doesn't correct itself, after all. | | | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:23 - Jun 16 with 690 views | Pinewoodblue |
Norwich is further north than Birmingham. |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:23 - Jun 16 with 690 views | Kievthegreat |
You can sail from India to America in a straight line and never hit another landmass.
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:24 - Jun 16 with 679 views | bluelagos |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:16 - Jun 16 by bsw72 |
I prefer to think of it as quality control. Pedantry doesn't correct itself, after all. |
I would like to apologise to my maths teachers who would be shaking their heads at such a basic schoolboy error.
(Hangs head in shame) | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:34 - Jun 16 with 646 views | Mullet |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:23 - Jun 16 by Kievthegreat |
You can sail from India to America in a straight line and never hit another landmass.
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That’s not very straight mate looks like a curve to me |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:37 - Jun 16 with 638 views | hoppy |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:34 - Jun 16 by Mullet |
That’s not very straight mate looks like a curve to me |
Certainly got a bit of a kink in it. | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:51 - Jun 16 with 607 views | Mullet |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 17:37 - Jun 16 by hoppy |
Certainly got a bit of a kink in it. |
Well it does go past one horn and one cape. | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:07 - Jun 16 with 574 views | GlasgowBlue |
Despite being some 4,000+ miles in length, and flowing directly through 3 countries (Peru, Colombia, and Brazil), the Amazon has no bridges crossing it. | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:15 - Jun 16 with 555 views | NthQldITFC |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:25 - Jun 16 by Radlett_blue |
Windy Wellington. Spent a couple of days there just after New Year. A fairly charmless capital, although the landing at the airport was quite scary. |
It's charming down by the water, and some of the old wooden earthquake-proof houses are lovely. |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:29 - Jun 16 with 548 views | Trequartista |
The north of the Republic of Ireland is further north than the north of Northern Ireland.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is bigger than Greenland even though it is smaller on a standard world map.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, like the UK, have 2 countries at the World Cup.
Ipswich doesn't have a Northern Bypass.
Little Bealings has a bigger population than Great Bealings.
When you cross the River Severn on the (original) Severn Bridge you cross from England to England. |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:29 - Jun 16 with 535 views | Wallingford_Boy |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 15:25 - Jun 16 by MedwayTractor |
The most southerly of the 50 US states is Hawaii. [All of it is further south than any other part of the Union].
The most northern, eastern and western of the other 49 is.......Alaska. |
Which part if that isn’t believable? |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:31 - Jun 16 with 536 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:15 - Jun 16 by NthQldITFC |
It's charming down by the water, and some of the old wooden earthquake-proof houses are lovely. |
And the journey in on the Picton ferry with dolphins jumping across the bow.
And the Lord of the Rings reading tree.
And loads of independent shops and restaurants that are holding their own against the chains.
And a slightly "boho with a hint of seediness" vibe.
It's got loads of charm and character! |  | | |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:35 - Jun 16 with 535 views | jontysnut |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:28 - Jun 16 by bluelagos |
Around 1 in 6 black people on the planet are Nigerian. |
According to my emails I'm related to most of them. |  | | |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 19:20 - Jun 16 with 490 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:29 - Jun 16 by Wallingford_Boy |
Which part if that isn’t believable? |
The "both East and West" bit. You have to stop and think about it to work it out. | | | |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 19:54 - Jun 16 with 442 views | Blue_Heath |
The Sahara desert is the same size as the United States. | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 20:17 - Jun 16 with 415 views | NthQldITFC |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 18:29 - Jun 16 by Trequartista |
The north of the Republic of Ireland is further north than the north of Northern Ireland.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is bigger than Greenland even though it is smaller on a standard world map.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, like the UK, have 2 countries at the World Cup.
Ipswich doesn't have a Northern Bypass.
Little Bealings has a bigger population than Great Bealings.
When you cross the River Severn on the (original) Severn Bridge you cross from England to England. |
The River Severn is actually only one river! | |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 20:17 - Jun 16 with 409 views | GeoffSentence |
| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 16:10 - Jun 16 by Swansea_Blue |
On a similar theme, Maine is closer to Africa than Florida 🤯
Also another little known Law of Geography - bad events always take place near to Sitters. |
Felixstowe is closer to Dunkirk than it is to Peterborough |  |
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| Hit me with some geographical facts that don't seem believable on 20:28 - Jun 16 with 378 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Hell is in fact a village in Norway.
The highway to Hell is approximately 33 km from Trondheim 😉 |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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