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The driest desert is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, South America. Until 1971 it had had no rain at all for 400 years.
Lake with a monster : Is there a monster in Loch Ness? Several people say they have seen it, but whenever scientists investigate, Nessie hides. There is no scientific evidence that Nessie exists, but hundreds of tourists go every year to see for themselves.
An Island from Nowhere : In 1963 the sea to the south west of Iceland began to boil and bubble. Slowly the island of Surtsey rose through the water. It was made of molten lava from a volcano. The lava cooled and plant seeds blown across the sea soon began to grow there.
Islands made of Shells : Coral reefs are made up of the skeletons of millions of tiny animals. Sometimes the reef forms a circle, or atoll, with sea water in the middle.
The largest cave in the world is the Sarawak Chamber in Sarawak, Malaysia. Its floor area is 210,000sq. m (2,260,440sq. ft), about the same size as three soccer pitches put together. Its roof is at least 70m (230ft) high, about as high as a 23 storey building.
The longest system of caves is in Kentucky in the United States. You can walk under the ground here along passages and through caves for over 530km (329 miles), that is the same dstance as walking from Southampton to Carlisle - the whole length of England.
The lowest dry land in the world
It is the shore of the Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan. It is 400m (1,312ft) below the sea level. If there was a flight of stairs to take you back up to the sea level you would have to climb 2000 steps.
Monster in the Mountains
Huge footprints have been found in the snow of the Himalayas and some people claim to have seen a monster, half person, half monkey, but no-one has ever captured such creature. The most likely explanation is that the prints were made by the huge Moon bear.
The lowest dry land in the world
It is the shore of the Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan. It is 400m (1,312ft) below the sea level. If there was a flight of stairs to take you back up to the sea level you would have to climb 2000 steps.
A million people - How many is that?
In 1916 in the First World War one million men were killed in one battle, the battle of Somme. In Britain in 1992 over three million people were unemployed. Suppose a million people decide to march in rows for four, 1.5m (5ft) apart, from Trafalgar Square in London, north to M1, where do you think the front of the column would be when the last people left? They would have marched 375km (234miles) before the millionth person left Trafalgar Square. They would have passed through Leeds and be within 6km (4miles) of Richmond in North Yorkshire.
One Million Seconds / Minutes / Hours! Calculate them?
One million seconds is equal to 11 days, 20 hours, 4 minutes and 4 seconds.
One million-minute is equal to 1year, 345days, 4 hours, 4 minutes precisely.
One million-hours is equal to 114 years, 28 days and 16 hours i.e. Victorian age.
There were steam trains and car was just about to be invented, but there was no television, no computers and no schools.
One Million Days / Weeks / Years! How many?
One million days means 744BC. Christ had not been born and Roman Empire had scarcely begun.
A million weeks means 17000 BC. Britain and Northern Europe were covered with ice. Elsewhere people lived in caves and hunted for food.
A million years means there were people only in Africa. Prehistoric animals such as Sabre-toothed tiger roamed, but no dinosaurs. They had already died out 64 million years before. |
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