Whether it's New York City with its bustling nightlife, Montana with its wide open skies, or Columbia with its mountain grown coffee, many places claim the title of Greatest Place on Earth -- but how scientific are these claims?
Earth has a lot of places, each of which could be the greatest place on Earth. How likely is it that New York City, for instance, is one of these places? Not very. You see, 70% of Earth's surface is covered with saltwater. Antarctica accounts for another 10%. So right away, anyone who claims they live in the greatest place on Earth has an 80% chance of being wrong -- no matter where they live.
Scientists at the Rotterdam Polytechnic University of Prague used this fact to begin their scientific search for the greatest place on Earth, and their results were surprising. They found that the greatest place on Earth is several hundred miles off the coast of Japan, slightly north of the Mariana Trench. This area, which encompasses about three square kilometers and is roughly trapezoidal in shape, is over three times greater than New York City, even before averaging in boroughs such as Queens.
So the next time someone tells you they live in the greatest place on Earth, set them straight with a little bit of Factual Science!
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