The many heights of Mount Everest
An episode from Vox’s Unexplainable podcast about something you absolutely don’t need to know, but definitely will want to know because it’s so fascinating: Why it’s nearly impossible to measure the exact height of the world’s highest mountain — and why there are at least three mountains on earth that, depending on how you measure, are higher than Mount Everest. Start listening now
From Weekly Filet #352, in June 2021.
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