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On our fourth day in Quito we decided to go a bit north of town to see Mitad Del Mundo which in 1736 a french mathematician proved that this place was indeed 0'00 latitude (however according to GPS it is actually 300m north of his calculation). Here are some fun facts about the equator...
Did you know...
You are in fact lighter on the equator because you are further away from the centre of the earth.
That the whole sink water swirling phenomenon changes within 1 metre of the equatorial line and when directly on the equator it does not swirl it just falls down the sinkhole.
It is really hard to walk in a straight line on the equator with your eyes closed (though now I think our guide was taking the piss...)
All in all a good day out and was a geography geeks dream...
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Jess I knew none of those things - but I'm glad I do now! Hope you guys are having a ball! :)