Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame
When you purchase through links on our land site , we may earn an affiliate commissioning . Here ’s how it works . A " weird " river in the Himalayas may have pushed the peak of Mount Everest up by 164 feet ( 50 meters ) , scientists say . According to a new study , a river roughly 46 miles ( 75 kilometers ) from Everest was " capture " by another around 89,000 years ago ....