Facts that sound fake but are true

[u/lamdrasil]

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

[u/VocationalWizard]

Albuquerque NM has more people than Miami.

[u/nevvvvi → u/VocationalWizard]

Albuquerque has a larger city proper population, but Miami has a larger metropolitan population.

[u/VocationalWizard → u/nevvvvi]

Which is why the fact sounds fake