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Who says science jokes are not funny? Below you can see some of the best Geography jokes we know, along with short explanations to the more obscure of them.

Do you know any funny Geography jokes yourself? Let us know in the comment section below.

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“How did the geography student drown?”
“His grades were below C-level.”

Explanation
Grades in some countries are marked with letters – A, B, C, etc. “C-level” is a word play with “sea level”.

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“Where do all pencils come from?”
“Pennsylvania.”

Explanation
Transylvania in Romania is supposedly the place where all vampires come from.

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A giant destroyed 3 countries the other day. He picked up Turkey, dipped it in Greece, and then fried it in Japan.

Explanation
The joke sounds like “A giant destroyed 3 countries the other day. He picked up a turkey, dipped it in grease, and then fried it in a pan.”

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“What is smarter – longitude or latitude?”
“Longitude – it has 360 degrees.”

Explanation
Latitude has 180 degrees in total, longitude has 360.

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“Why do paper maps never win poker tournaments?”
“Because they always fold.”

Explanation
In poker folding is forfeiting the current hand.

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“What do fish and maps have in common?”
“They both have scales.”

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“What is round on the ends and high in the middle?”
“Ohio.”

Explanation
O-hi-o is a state in the US.

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“Where is it 90 degrees, but it is never hot?”
“The North and the South pole.”

Explanation
The North and South poles are located on +90 and -90 degrees latitude.

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“What did Delaware?”
“A New Jersey.”

Explanation
Delaware and New Jersey are US states. The joke sounds like “What Dela wear? A new jersey.”

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“What do you call the little rivers which flow into the Nile?”
“Juveniles.”

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“What sort of pudding roams wild in the Arctic circle?”
“Moose.”

Explanation
Moose (sounds like the dessert mousse) can be seen in the arctic circle.

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“What did the sea say to the shore?”
“Nothing, it just waved.”

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“Where do fish keep their money?”
“In riverbanks.”

Explanation
River bank is the land alongside the bed of a river.

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“What do you call a country that looks like one thigh?”
“Taiwan.”

Explanation
Taiwan sounds like “thigh-one”.

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“What do you call a stoner’s wife?”
“Mississippi.”

Explanation
The river Mississippi sounds like “Mrs Hippy”.

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“What city always cheats at exams?”
“Peking.”

Explanation
Peking, the capital of China, sounds like “peeking”.

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“Which is the pirates’ favorite country?”
“Aaarrrgghhentina!”

Explanation
“Aaarrrgghh!” is a famous pirate’s exclamation.

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“Why does the Boogeyman know all the map symbols?”
“Because he is a legend.”

Explanation
The legend on the map describes the meanings of all symbols.

In 1996, just a day before the election of the 40th President of US, the New York Times published a curious crossword. In the 8th row, the solver should discover a phrase – the “lead story of tomorrow’s newspaper”. More precisely – the name of the future President of the country appears there. But how could New York Times know whether it was going to be Clinton or Bob Dole?

The answer is simple, yet very impressive. The crossword’s author, the mathematics professor Jeremiah Farrell, created the puzzle so that it could be solved in two different ways, revealing either “Clinton Elected” or “Bob Dole Elected” in the middle row. Many of the newspaper’s readers didn’t realize the prank and assumed New York Times was displaying a bias towards one of the candidates. They started sending lots of angry letters and calling the editor, complaining about arguably the coolest crossword of all time.