Fun Fact Time

The map below shows what you would have if you made a Casserole of Many Nations using Australia as a base. Not answered is the question, Why would you want to do that? You would want to do that to prove that Australia is wider than the moon.

 Mr Moon sits up there, 2112 miles wide. Australia is 2485 miles wide. You can verify this tonight by looking up in the sky after dinner. Measure the moon by sighting it between your thumb and forefinger, and then come back inside and measure the gap 'tween thumb and pointer. 2112 miles, right there.

Now, Australia is flat. A lot of people will try to tell you that Earth is flat, but it's spherical. Its continents are flat as a kitchen table, yet they spin on a giant beach ball. How can this be? Discuss.

One of you dear readers must have a son or daughter studying geometry. Maybe you are that student! Can you tell us the surface area of the moon?

This is part of my continuing series called "Learning Never Ends." I sent for a banner to hang up with that slogan, but they misspelled it. It says, "Leering Never Ends."

That's one way of looking at it!