25 World Geography Facts That Are Fake (But You Believed Them)

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! Attributions: https://pastebin.com/B577U2r2 If you enjoyed this video, subscribe to MapPack so you don’t miss future videos like this one. I post weekly geography deep dives that reveal how geography, nature, power, borders, and history shape the world we live in. Want to learn more? Check out these playlists for similar content: 📌 50 Facts Series: Truths You Won’t Believe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxBZ8ukPsNBlbxf88UDgxfKl8GYfPInj0 📌 INSANE Facts!!! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxBZ8ukPsNBmhl-VA4Qu5Ddvzm5M2ecyV _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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