OceanDeep Sea
Mount Everest could sink into the Mariana Trench and vanish.
There would still be over a mile of ocean above its peak.
Source
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Why it sounds fake
What most people think
Everest is the biggest vertical thing on Earth; nothing could swallow it.
What is actually true
The deepest point of the ocean is deeper than the tallest mountain is high, and by more than a mile.
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- There are lakes at the bottom of the ocean.
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- The barreleye fish has a transparent dome for a forehead.
- Below 8,400 metres, there are no fish. There can't be.