Geography and Space _ Page 1

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A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.

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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

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According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until the 1730's, India was the only source for diamonds in the world.

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An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment.

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An estimated 690 million people live in Africa.

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An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.

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Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest waterfall, at 979 meters. This waterfall is sixteen times the height of Niagara Falls.

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Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

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Canada has more inland waters and lakes than any other country in the world.

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Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year.

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Davao City, located at the Southern state of Philippines, is the largest city in the world in terms of area.

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Despite being over 27 times smaller, Norway's total coastline is longer than the USA's.

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Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country.

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Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.

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Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits.

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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste.

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Finland has 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands.

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Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country.

Bizarre Fact #19:
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Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state.

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In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet.

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In 1998, approximately 1.6 billion tree seedlings were planted in the United States. This amounts to about five trees per American.

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In a day, a mature oak tree can draw approximately 50 gallons of water.

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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.

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In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."

Bizarre Fact #25:
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In approximately 18 months, the papaya tree can grow to be 20 feet tall.

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In France, the Big Dipper is called the "casserole."

Bizarre Fact #27:
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In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained.

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In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years according to scientists

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In the early 1700's, Siberia became a place of exile for many criminals and political extremists.

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In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

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In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests.

Bizarre Fact #32:
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In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums.

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India is the world's largest consumer of gold.

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India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.

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Indonesia consists only of islands - 13,667 altogether.

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Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

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It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.

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It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.

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Japan has approximately 200 volcanoes and is home to 10% of the active volcanoes in the world.

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Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky.

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Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Bizarre Fact #42:
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

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Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.

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One percent of Greenland's population lives in one single apartment building, named Blok P.

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Pakistan has the world's largest canal based irrigation system.

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Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.

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Punta Arenas in Chile is the world’s southernmost city.

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Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.

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Russia is the world's largest country with an area of 17,075,400 square kilometers.

Bizarre Fact #50:
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Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.