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Horse latitude, either of two subtropical atmospheric high-pressure belts that encircle Earth around latitudes 30°–35° N and 30°–35° S and that generate light winds and clear skies. Because they contain dry subsiding air, they produce arid climates in the areas below them. The Sahara, for example,
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Original Title: TIL the latitudes 30° north and south of the equator are called Horse Latitudes because, back in the day, sailing ships would sometimes threw horses overboard in the sea to conserve water when their ships would stay still for upto weeks in the high-pressure belts with almost no wind activity.

  • @PunkRockSportsFanEnglish
    1•1 day ago

    Cool Jim Morrison poem about it. A little out of place on the record. But it is cool.