Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.
Amazon
* The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
* The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.
* The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.
Antarctica
*Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
* Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
* As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
* Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.
Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
Canada
* Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
* Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"
Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.
Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
New York City
* The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang __expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.
* There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.
North America - Africa
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38.
Ohio
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade.
Pitcairn Island
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.
Rome
* The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.
* There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
S.M.O.M.
The actual smallest sovereign en y in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign en y under international law, just as the Vatican is.
Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
Spain
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'
St. Paul Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
Roads
Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%, in Canada: 75%.
Texas
The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.
United States
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
Waterfalls
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.
Umm, no.Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.
The Romans might have something to say about that, as would the cities in the original 13 colonies. The first nationally funded road, perhaps?
Um, it's referenced in literature from the 1880's as the Big Apple, so that's not quite true either.* The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang __expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - The Big Apple.
Still pretty interesting overall, though.
That's a myth.United States
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
That's false. The country is named after a reddish dye brazilin which comes the wood of a tree, Caesalpinia echinata.Brazil
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
The brazil nut comes from a totally different tree.
I'm guessing the key word there is paved. And I'm assuming they mean with asphalt as opposed to laying bricks down.
Please do not question any of the facts presented!
Brazil nuts are my second favorite kind of nuts.
the first name for brazil's nuts i learned wasn't very nice....
Was it a specific color of a specific part of a foot?
At least that's what my daddy told me...
haha... yeah, i don't know when i learned the real name..
those are some interesting facts, thanks
What is the source of those facts?
BS.more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy
Great facts, I think the amazon ones are insane...
http://www.hotmix.org/history.phpThe first recorded use of asphalt as a road building material was in Babylon around 625 B.C., in the reign of King Naboppolassar.
???Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28.
Present us a source for your facts .
San Antonio
Greatest city in the universe. Soon to be home to privately funded pro football, baseball, and auto racing facilities.
ing A. Scott is Buddy Holly. Who knew?
"When you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME!" -- Benny Hill
Detroit
Also, the holy city of Allah and his prophet Elijah Muhammad, and the place where the Wheel will land when Armageddon comes and the black Elders come to slay all the white devils.
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