Mount Everest is littered with more than 200 corpses which climbers use as waypoints.
Mount Everest is a ticking poop time bomb:there are literally tons of human poop on Mount Everest, despite Sherpas bringing down 26,500 pounds of poop every season
Mount Everest is not the closest mountain to space. Rather, Mount Chimborazo (a mere 2/3 the height) is closer to space because it is closer to the equator
Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
Mount Everest is growing taller by a few millimeters every year
Mount Everest is only the tallest mountain above sea level. Mauna Kea is the tallest if you count its submerged base.
The womb is the oxygen equivalent of the top of Mt Everest which serves to keep the fetus asleep 95% of the time
Climbing Mount Everest is costly --- paying for ‘Sherpas’, supplies and permits, totals between $60,000 and $120,000