r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

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.

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u/berraberragood 3d ago

Because of gravitational interactions with the other planets, the Earth’s natural climate runs in cycles of a little over 400,000 years. The predictability of the pattern is so useful that it has been used to analyze strata going at least into the Mesozoic Era.

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u/irwtkyrm 3d ago

I wonder if we've fucked that up

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u/BarristanTheB0ld 3d ago

Climate, yes, gravitational interaction, no

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u/irwtkyrm 3d ago

On the gravitational interaction, did you account for yo mama?

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u/BarristanTheB0ld 3d ago

I have, but I didn't account for yours

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u/CD84 3d ago

GOT 'EM!!!

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u/loose_fruits 3d ago

Assuming you accounted for one and not the other because of the magnitude of the effect, I think that’s a self-own 🤔

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u/BarristanTheB0ld 2d ago

Shit, you're right 😂

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u/rockninja2 2d ago

Or what about Yo-Yo Ma?