Oddities of geography
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Doubles up as more of a history fact than a geography fact but...
Portugal is the only European colonial power to move its capital outside of Europe; during a time of anarchy and Napoleonic revolution, the Royal Court and therefore the capital of Portugal was moved to and located in Rio de Janeiro from 1808 until 1821.
It's an extremely rare case of a colony ruling the empire instead of the other way around.
Portugal is the only European colonial power to move its capital outside of Europe; during a time of anarchy and Napoleonic revolution, the Royal Court and therefore the capital of Portugal was moved to and located in Rio de Janeiro from 1808 until 1821.
It's an extremely rare case of a colony ruling the empire instead of the other way around.
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Chile is the only country where you can set off from the east cost on a bearing due east and - without changing your bearing - make first landfall on the west coast (and vice versa).
And you can do it from two different places.
And yes, there many, many, many several countries where you can set off due east or west and land in the same country (the UK being one), but we don't consider west-facing and east-facing shores as coasts unless they are also coasts.
And you can do it from two different places.
And yes, there many, many, many several countries where you can set off due east or west and land in the same country (the UK being one), but we don't consider west-facing and east-facing shores as coasts unless they are also coasts.
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Because of its closer location to the equator, Mt Chimborazo (20,564ft / 6,263m) is closer to the moon than Mt Everest (29,031ft / 8,848m) and is in fact the closest point on earth to the moon.
Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.
Point Nemo in the South Pacific is the oceanic pole of inaccessability; it is so remote that the closest human beings to it are astronaunts on the ISS when it passes overhead.
Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.
Point Nemo in the South Pacific is the oceanic pole of inaccessability; it is so remote that the closest human beings to it are astronaunts on the ISS when it passes overhead.
