Weird Geography Facts
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Rome is closer to Rome, IA (5007 miles) than Rome, GA (5034 miles)
The lowest point of Lesotho is 1,400 m above sea level. You could put it over the top of several flatter countries and they would never even touch.
half past a monkey's ass is a quarter to his balls
There's that weird part of Iowa that is west of the Missouri River. I think @CloneLawman lives there.
Considering that as an Iowan, I usually think of Minnesota as north, and Missouri as south, I find the following to be surprising.
If you travel directly north from Cascade, the first state you run into is…
Wisconsin.
If you travel directly south from Cascade, the first state you run into is…
Illinois.
(Same is true for any town of your choice in that part of the state.)
If you travel directly north from Cascade, the first state you run into is…
Wisconsin.
If you travel directly south from Cascade, the first state you run into is…
Illinois.
(Same is true for any town of your choice in that part of the state.)
BWAHAHAHAH! Funny that Iowa and Nebraska would actually fight for Carter Lake. I do not live there, but it is much like the Fort Dodge of Western Iowa.
Quite a few points in western Iowa where if you travel north, the first state you run into is South Dakota.
The geographical center of Iowa is an unincorporated town in Story County called Fernald.
That's a burn that would make the Pacific Palisades blush.
Dubuque is further north than Chatham, Ontario.
If you want to drive from Mabel, Kentucky to the western-most part of its county (Fulton County), you have to go through Tennessee first.
If you want to drive from Mabel, Kentucky to the western-most part of its county (Fulton County), you have to go through Tennessee first.
You could completely submerge Mount Everest in the Mariana Trench.
That melts my brain.
That melts my brain.
They wish they were the Fort Dodge of Western Iowa.
There is only one International quadripoint in the world, which is located in Africa at the town of Kazungula.
The four countries that meet at the quadripoint in Africa are Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The four countries that meet at the quadripoint in Africa are Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Sothern Canada above Lake Erie is on the same Latitude plane as Mason City.
