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AMUSING FACTS : GEOGRAPHY
  • It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.
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    (Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
  • The world's cleanest air is in Tasmania.
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  • The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.
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  • Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year.
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    (Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
  • A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.
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  • The Chihuahua Desert is the largest desert in North America, and is over 200,000 square miles.
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  • The deepest mine in the world is the East Rand mine, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 metres.
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  • In some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained.
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    (Added: Wed Jan 23 2008 By Admin)
  • The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.
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  • The deepest point on the Earth's surface is in the Pacific Ocean located in the Marianas trench. This point is called the "Challenger Deep" and is 35,818 feet deep.
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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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    (Added: Tue Jan 22 2008 By Admin)
  • When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country "Little Venice", which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.
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    (Added: Tue Jan 22 2008 By Admin)
  • The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.
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    (Added: Tue Jan 22 2008 By Admin)
  • Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
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