25 Common Geography Myths Debunked 🌍

This video unpacks topics such as “Is Earth really a sphere?” and "Is the Great Wall actually visible from space?". MapPack has prepared for you a fun video with many interesting facts to share at dinner parties...Stick around!

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:29 – #25 UK ≠ Great Britain ≠ England
02:13 – #24 Where Does Iceland Belong?
03:11 – #23 Transcontinental Countries
04:14 – #22 How many Continents?
05:50 – #21 Why Your Mental Map Is Wrong (Mercator, sizes, latitudes)
07:08– #20 Seasons ≠ Distance to the Sun
08:26 – #19 Earth’s Axis
10:20 – #18 Capitals People Always Get Wrong
12:45 – #17 South Pole ≠ Antarctica
14:26 – #16 The Coldest Place on Earth
16:09 – #15 Why “Iceland” Is Called Iceland?
18:02 – #14 The Americas Weren’t Empty Before Europeans
20:18 – #13 Columbus Wasn’t First
21:56 – #12 Earth? Round VS Flat
23:50 – #11 Oblate Spheroid
25:17 – #10 The Great Wall - Visible from Space?
27:00 – #9 The Biggest Pyramid Isn’t in Egypt
28:35 – #8 Who Has the Most Pyramids?
29:57 – #7 Biggest & Driest Desert
31:56 – #6 Panama Canal
33:10 – #5 Toilets Don’t Flip Direction (Coriolis Myth)
34:40 – #4 Sea Level Rise
36:23 – #3 There Are X Oceans
38:04 – #2 Biggest Population Country
39:45 – #1 The Coastline Paradox