Since we have one about animals, why not one about geography? Don't just mindlessly parade the knowledge, share it with each other and learn about it talk about favorite geographical oddities and all the weird geographical facts you may have built up in your life.
Hints:
1. Post intelligently.
2. You can talk about earlier geographical knowledge, preferably after the Napoleonic Wars.
3. Have fun!
Now my contribution to get the thread started: http://lizardpoint.com/geography/
Really fun! On my first try on test, it took me three minutes before I got all correct on europe.
So anyway, I find the fact funny that the USSR brought itself down and with it brought down russia. Russia in 1914 controlled most of poland, all of belarus, ukraine, lithuania, estonia, and latvia, not to mention Finland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The modern parts of Asian countries Russia owned then weren't so clearly defined into modern borders/countries. But then the USSR took over, gained a bit more land, and then lost half of it in the Communist Fall of 1989-1994. I also know about borders in Europe post-Belgian Rebellion, the Long Peace after the Franco-Prussian War, and then the Rise to Power of the Axis borders.
Anybody who has geographical knowledge they wish to share can now post and discuss it here!
Hints:
1. Post intelligently.
2. You can talk about earlier geographical knowledge, preferably after the Napoleonic Wars.
3. Have fun!
Now my contribution to get the thread started: http://lizardpoint.com/geography/
Really fun! On my first try on test, it took me three minutes before I got all correct on europe.
So anyway, I find the fact funny that the USSR brought itself down and with it brought down russia. Russia in 1914 controlled most of poland, all of belarus, ukraine, lithuania, estonia, and latvia, not to mention Finland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The modern parts of Asian countries Russia owned then weren't so clearly defined into modern borders/countries. But then the USSR took over, gained a bit more land, and then lost half of it in the Communist Fall of 1989-1994. I also know about borders in Europe post-Belgian Rebellion, the Long Peace after the Franco-Prussian War, and then the Rise to Power of the Axis borders.
Anybody who has geographical knowledge they wish to share can now post and discuss it here!