The science that studies the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth.
Questions tagged [geography]
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Are there mobile phones in North Korea?
Is it true that there are no mobile phones in North Korea? I have heard opposing views saying that there is a working mobile network that many people use and views that say there isn't any of them in the whole country.
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Do ley lines exist in the landscape?
The alignment of ancient sites (1500+ years) in the landscape is said to be evidence of ley lines.
In the UK and elsewhere in Europe, it is said that many Saxon churches and pre-Christian monuments or earthworks can be shown to lie in straight…
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Were traces of cocaine found on ancient Egyptian mummies?
Apparently traces of cocaine were found on Egyptian mummies. Given that the coca plant only grew in South America prior to Columbus, could this indicate the ancient Egyptians had contact with the New World, or is there a more rational…
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Do 50% of Canadians live south of the 45°42′N latitude?
Brilliant Maps claim that:
While the 49th parallel is often thought of as the border between the US and Canada, the vast majority of Canadians (roughly 72%) live below it, with 50% of Canadians living south of 45°42′ (45.7 degrees) north or the red…
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Is Arabic the 4th most common language used on internet?
The Wikipedia page, Languages user on the Internet provides two different ways of ranking the most popular languages on the Internet.
By content:
Estimated percentages of the top 10 million websites using various content languages as of 4 March…
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Does the Piri Reis map demonstrate the Antarctic coast was ice-free?
The Piri Reis map is supposed to be a 300 year old map compiled from much older sources (possibly thousands of years old) that shows an accurate antarctic coastline.
This site claims that it is clearly 300 years old but its provenance is older:
In…
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Secret instructions for the German submarines for the cruise to Agartha, a hidden land in the Antarctic. Are they authentic?
I saw this document posted on several websites about forgotten continents. They detail the maneuvers that a submarine must take to make it through the Antarctic to the other side.
Is there anything that suggests they're authentic, or to the…
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Is there any scientific explanation for this trumpet noise from the atmosphere?
According to this Daily Mail article, there have been recordings of trumpet like noises from the atmosphere. However, nobody knows the cause of it.
However, as it is from the Daily Mail, I am taking it with a pinch of salt, as usually their articles…
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Is suicide caused by or correlated with living at high altitude?
According to the article There's a Suicide Epidemic in Utah — And One Neuroscientist Thinks He Knows Why:
... Despite ranking as America's happiest state, Utah has disproportionately high rates of suicide and associated mood disorders compared to…
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Is La Palma the steepest island in the world?
Googling for steepest island in the world leads numerous pages claiming that La Palma is the steepest island in the world. Having recently been there, I am inclined to believe it, but it appears the sources just copy each other, without any citing a…
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Has Google Maps represented Palestine as a country in the past?
I saw quite recently, on social media, an AJ+ video expressing outrage at the fact that Google Maps does not depict Palestine as a country, instead tagging it as part of Israel and cordoning it off from the rest of Israel with a dashed line, much…
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Has Britain invaded most countries in the world?
The following map has been around on the internet for a while and claims that Britain has invaded almost every country in the world (source):
I received it most recently in a tweet from @Amazing_Maps.
I have reason to doubt it, or at least the…
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Does England devote as much land to Golf as housing?
England is, apparently, one of the most "crowded" countries in the world with a high population density and the population is growing quite quickly. This has prompted a variety of concerns about immigration and the possibility of "concreting over…
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Are Scotland's oil and gas reserves dwindling?
This article states that Scotland's oil and gas reserves and tax incomes are dwindling:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/07/scottish-independence-economic-implications-niesr
Scotland's immediate fiscal position would be in a worse state…
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Did CNN journalist say that Chechens are from Czech republic?
While there is little doubt that some Twitter users are not the brightest bunch (see: Are Americans ignorant about the geography of the world? ), there are claims that same misinformation has been repeated by CNN journalist in a live broadcast. He…
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