Manhattan vs. Iceland
More people (about 80,000 more) live south of 14th Street in Manhattan, New York City than in the whole country of Iceland. This part of Manhattan is roughly only 0.0001% the size of Iceland.
(This picture shows the portion of Manhattan south of 14th Street, a street which starts a bit north of the last bridge to the right of the picture, known as the Williamsburg Bridge.)
Is South America truly due south?
All of South America is east of the city of Detroit in the United States.
The real tallest mountain in the world
Most people think that Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. But that’s just in relation to sea level. If one measures mountains starting from the plain from which they arise, then Mauna Kea (the biggest volcano on the island of Hawaii) takes the cake, rising at a mighty 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) above the sea floor. That’s about 4,000 feet taller than Mt. Everest, which clocks in at 29,028 feet (8,848 meters) from sea level.
Of Dutch and Belgian exclaves and enclaves
The map below shows the mess of exclaves and enclaves that make the border between Belgium and the Netherlands very complicated indeed. This mess is so bad that the border divides businesses and even some houses, with one part officially in the Netherlands and the other side in Belgium.
A true ancient wonder
The oldest river in the world is the Finke River in Australia, which has been dated to a maximum age of 400 million years old. The below shows the river cutting through extremely old rock, which is part of the proof that the river is very ancient.
One small town indeed!
The whole town of Whittier, Alaska, population 214 people, lives inside the large building below to the right. This includes the mayor’s office, all homes, the schools, the post-office, the chapels, the courthouse, the police and fire departments, and even a tiny jail.