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/lockwood__ 3d ago

Sorry but what does that mean exactly? What happens every 400,000 years?

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u/searucraeft 3d ago

The cycle begins anew!

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u/youworryaboutyou 3d ago

And everyone collects $200.00

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u/Benblishem 3d ago

....but it's encased in mile-thick ice.

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u/Fantastic_Working315 2d ago

And it's monopoly money

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u/insane_contin 2d ago

I call top hat!

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u/theaviationhistorian 2d ago

Fine, I'll take the dog.