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Motown Scrapper
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 Posted: 18-Apr-2005 00:43 Post subject: Strange Facts |
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Strange but true facts about the Earth:
In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.
About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea.
A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.
Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.
Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.
Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.
Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.
The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.
The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.
In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA.
American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.
The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 liters of water in its trunk.
The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year.
The Antarctic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.
The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.
The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.
Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters.
Some of the oldest mountains in the world are the Highlands in Scotland. They are estimated to be about 400 million years old.
Fresh water from the River Amazon can be found up to 180 km out to sea.
The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade. The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade.
There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. The Arctic Ocean has about 12 million sq km of floating ice and has the coldest winter temperature of -34 degrees centigrade.
The Antarctic ice sheet is 3-4 km thick, covers 13 million sq km and has temperatures as low as -70 degrees centigrade.
Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.
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Delta
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| Posted: 18-Apr-2005 15:55 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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You know you already posted this once before right? However, they are pretty interesting.
[ This Message was edited by: Delta on 2005-04-19 20:56 ]
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Wanallo
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| Posted: 18-Apr-2005 16:24 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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On 2005-04-18 00:43, Motown Scrapper wrote:
Strange but true facts about the Earth:
The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.
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And has never signed any of the Earth summits to reduce pollution. Saying it would cost the industry to much to introduce. When it cost Japan 35% of its annual income over three years, nearly four times as much as what it would the US, and they did sign.
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SaberDance
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| Posted: 18-Apr-2005 17:25 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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Yeah. I remember seeing these before. they're still interesting though.
And I'm strangling my inner political scientist right now, I hope you moderators appreciate this. 
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Oafman
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| Posted: 18-Apr-2005 18:52 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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I am with you SaberDance. inner voice.... INNER VOICE.....
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Daphne Wilde
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 00:16 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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Forgive him..The Memory goes with age....
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Slythis
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 04:10 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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On 2005-04-19 00:16, Daphne Wilde wrote:
Forgive him..The Memory goes with age....
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It's age and blows to the head, Daph.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 14:11 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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Aehm...
You may find this question silly, but what's so strange about them?
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Oafman
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 14:34 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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The strange thing is that we still read these posts from Motown....
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Motown Scrapper
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 20:43 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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On 2005-04-19 14:34, Oafman wrote:
The strange thing is that we still read these posts from Motown....
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Ah you love em and you know it!
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Delta
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| Posted: 19-Apr-2005 20:56 Post subject: RE: Strange Facts |
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On 2005-04-19 20:43, Motown Scrapper wrote:
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On 2005-04-19 14:34, Oafman wrote:
The strange thing is that we still read these posts from Motown....
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Ah you love em and you know it!
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And click on his sometimes cool/annoying/terrifing links. Cant forget the links.
[ This Message was edited by: Delta on 2005-04-19 20:57 ]
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