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Alaska

More than

half of the

coastline of the

entire United

States is in

Alaska ...

Amazon

The

Amazon

rainforest

produces more

than 20%

Of 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,

ice.),

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,

So named 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 ' 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 .

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.OM.

The

actual smallest

sovereign entity

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 entity

under

international

law,

Just as the

Vatican is.

Sahara Desert

In the

Sahara Desert ,

there is a town

named Tidikelt ,

Algeria ,

Which did not

receive a drop

of rain for ten

years.

Technically

though, the

driest place on

Earth

Is in the

valleys of the

Antarctic near

Ross Island ..

There has been

no rainfall

there for two

million years.

Spain

Spain

literally means

'the land of

rabbits'.

St.

,

Minnesota

St.

, Minnesota ,

was originally

called Pig's 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%

Russia

The

deepest hole

ever drilled by

man is the

Kola Superdeep

Borehole, in

Russia ..

It reached a

depth of 12,261

meters

(about 40,226

feet or 7.62

miles).

It was drilled

for scientific

research

and gave up some

unexpected

discoveries,

one of which was

a huge deposit

of hydrogen

- so massive

that the mud

coming from the

hole

was boiling with

it.

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 ..

I

have always

thought you

should learn

something new

every

day. Unfortunately

many of us are

at that age

where what we

learn today,

we forget

tomorrow.

But,

give it a shot

anyway.

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