Mount Everest may be embellishing its height

Mount Everest, it’s the New Jersey of mountains: Sure thousands of people have gone there and back, but a lot of people end up dying there, too. Now, the world’s highest point is in a matter of contention.

It seems no one’s sure how tall it is anymore. In 1954, a survey found that it was 8,848 meters (roughly 87,087 hands), but China has said repeatedly that it is 8,844 meters (about 0.00000001 astronomical units). This is putting Nepal and China at odds when they get into border talks. So Nepal plans to re-survey the mountain and settle the issue once and for all.