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Originally Posted by sygazelle
We who are from the United States are often teased, and rightly so, about our general lack of knowledge about geography. I find geography fascinating and while I am still dumb as a brick about the topic, I do try to learn new things and get better at knowing the geographic world.
There are so many fun facts about geography that hard to believe.
I'll start with three:
1) The Earth is round, not flat. Kidding, everybody knows that! 
2) Los Angeles, CA is further east than Reno, Nevada.
3) The northernmost point of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil.
Here's an image to support #3.
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But because the Earth is not perfectly round, Mt. Everest isn't the tallest mountain relative to Earth's center - Mt. Chimborazo is by almost 1.3 miles despite being 1.6 miles shorter relative to sea level.