Groucho's Fact Hunt

the equatorial circumference (ie 0 degrees latitude) of Earth is about 24,900 miles(40,070 km). However, from pole-to-pole — the meridional circumference — Earth is only 24,812 miles(39,931 km) around. This shape, caused by the flattening at the poles, is called an oblate spheroid.
This shape is a result of the flattening of the poles, not caused by it.
 
Singapore airlines flight sq21 and sq22 (singapore to newark) was the longest commercial flight in the world, and will reclaim the title when it resumes later this year.
Not only that, it is also very unusual in that no matter whether you are flying Newark to Singapore or Singapore to Newark, you will fly the same direction (North, then south)
 

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