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Olympus Mons on Mars is almost three times taller than Mount Everest.

Why it is true

This shield volcano reaches about twenty-two kilometers in height. The lack of moving tectonic plates on Mars allowed lava to accumulate in the same spot for billions of years.

Source: Planetary Geology

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