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Fun fact of the day. If you stand on a beach near an ocean... (Original Post) Enter stage left Jan 18 OP
If you stand in a beach on the shore of lake Erie Srkdqltr Jan 18 #1
I love that Nictuku Jan 18 #2
How lovely Srkdqltr Jan 18 #4
If you stand on a beach near the ocean, the horizon is about 6 miles (most people think it's much more) chouchou Jan 18 #3
A beach is a place Morbius Jan 18 #5
I am totally stealing this. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 18 #6

Nictuku

(4,643 posts)
2. I love that
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:19 AM
Jan 18

Made me think of this one unique moment in my life where I stood on the furthest point on Kauai, and it was a sunset and moon rise event, where both were viewable within moments from the same spot. It was magical.

chouchou

(3,086 posts)
3. If you stand on a beach near the ocean, the horizon is about 6 miles (most people think it's much more)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:31 AM
Jan 18

Morbius

(972 posts)
5. A beach is a place
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:54 AM
Jan 18

... where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real.

- - P. Townshend

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