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25 Weird Geography Facts That Sound Totally Made-Up – See How Many You Can Identify
Forget boring capitals and classroom map drills – this is geography with a twist.
From pyramids in China to countries that technically don’t have a capital city, the world is packed with facts that sound fake but are totally real.
This quiz will take you across bizarre borders, shrinking seas, and towns with names you’d swear were made-up.
Ready to test how well you know the weird side of our planet?
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arthbach 3 months ago
I'm going to have to stop attempting these quizzes. They just make me angry. "Switzerland does not have an official (de jure) capital city in the technical sense." (source https://www.aboutswitzerland.eda.admin.ch/en/political-system) Berne is not the 'capital city', it's the 'federal city'. Just like Nauru, in Switzerland, different cities are used for the judiciary, government and commerce.
FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
But each of the capitals are cities, I think they were ineptly trying to point out that Yaren is not a city,, it's a district, but it is a capital.
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BrunoVI 3 months ago (edited)
Do some fact-checking, BP. Neither Cueta nor Melilla are surrounded by Morocco; both are mostly surrounded by the sea. Both Belgium and the Netherlands, however, have exclaves surrounded by each other. The Caspian Sea is recently losing more area per year than even the Aral Sea. Further from the center of the Earth does not mean "closest to space"; but Everest is only the highest mountain, far from the tallest. The Nile-Amazon comparison is so poorly worded, it's funny. And Indonesia has 55 active volcanoes to the U.S.'s 40, but "dormant" vs "active" is unknowable; BP's source apparently is counting "volcanoes active in the Holocene" for the U.S. count.
alf martinez jaume 3 months ago
Also, the flag of Switzerland is not rectangular, but square. Not to mention that Spain has in fact three exclaves: Ceuta, Melilla and Llívia (this one completely surrounded by France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C3%ADvia)
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Switzerland's flag is a big plus, though... ;)
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arthbach 3 months ago
I'm going to have to stop attempting these quizzes. They just make me angry. "Switzerland does not have an official (de jure) capital city in the technical sense." (source https://www.aboutswitzerland.eda.admin.ch/en/political-system) Berne is not the 'capital city', it's the 'federal city'. Just like Nauru, in Switzerland, different cities are used for the judiciary, government and commerce.
FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
But each of the capitals are cities, I think they were ineptly trying to point out that Yaren is not a city,, it's a district, but it is a capital.
Load More Replies... BrunoVI 3 months ago (edited)
Do some fact-checking, BP. Neither Cueta nor Melilla are surrounded by Morocco; both are mostly surrounded by the sea. Both Belgium and the Netherlands, however, have exclaves surrounded by each other. The Caspian Sea is recently losing more area per year than even the Aral Sea. Further from the center of the Earth does not mean "closest to space"; but Everest is only the highest mountain, far from the tallest. The Nile-Amazon comparison is so poorly worded, it's funny. And Indonesia has 55 active volcanoes to the U.S.'s 40, but "dormant" vs "active" is unknowable; BP's source apparently is counting "volcanoes active in the Holocene" for the U.S. count.
alf martinez jaume 3 months ago
Also, the flag of Switzerland is not rectangular, but square. Not to mention that Spain has in fact three exclaves: Ceuta, Melilla and Llívia (this one completely surrounded by France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C3%ADvia)
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Switzerland's flag is a big plus, though... ;)
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