Happy Chimborazo Day !
Did you know that- The distance from sea level at the equator to the center of Earth is 13 miles greater than the radius to sea level at the North Pole. This means that New Orleans is about six miles farther from the center of Earth than is Lake Itasca at the headwaters of the Mississippi, so the Mississippi flows uphill.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/chimborazo-day#ixzz1wkGCJoZG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18161337
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