| In a study done by San Diego State University, it was discovered that only 25% of US high school students could identify the country of France. We’re sure our customers could do much better. |
| Enjoy these world geography facts. |
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| More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska. |
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| The Amazon rain forest 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around. |
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| Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an indigenous Indian word meaning ' Big Village'. |
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| 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. |
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| Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents. |
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| The full name of Los Angeles is: l Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A. |
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| 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. |
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| There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one of them is man-made. |
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| 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. |
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| Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests. |
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| Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits'. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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