Does Mount Diablo Have the Biggest View in the World?
An oft-repeated legend about the mountain has been circulating for more than a century.
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Show Notes
Listener Mark Isaak heard that the spot on the earth from which you can see the most land is the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. But that the summit of Mount Diablo comes in second. Turns out, this is a widely-circulated factoid that goes back centuries. Is it true?
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