ELI5: How is it that all directions from the North Pole are South, and not, say, slightly East or West? Submitted by QuestionablePotato42 t3_z5iivs on November 26, 2022 at 9:30 PM in explainlikeimfive 8 comments 0
TooOldToDie81 t1_ixwbbit wrote on November 26, 2022 at 9:52 PM The North Pole is a single point, like a mathematical point with no area. When you are on that point then everything is south. When you are even one millimeter off the point then what you’re thinking becomes correct. Permalink 7
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