Earth is mysterious and there are many unknown facts about the only living planet (yet) that you must know. Did you know, that about 30% of earth is still undiscovered and that our planet behaves in most mysterious ways?
1.With a count of 163 letters in its name, this place in Thailand has the longest geographical name in the world
2.A large village and community in Wales is named, llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
which means, ‘St Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of StTysilio of the red cave’.
3.Did you know the size of Vatican City?
0.44 kilometre square
4.Africa is the only continent that covers all 4 hemispheres
5.Canada is home to more than 50% of world’s fresh water lakes
6.Mt. Everest is highest peak, but no, it’s not closer to moon. The peak that is closer to moon is Chimborazo in Ecuador.
7.China shares it borders with 14 countries . . OMG!
8.The shortest name of a place is Å, and is situated in both Norway and Sweden; which means ‘River’.
9.Himalaya Region is home to 19 of the world’s highest peaks.
10.43 buildings in Manhattan have their own zip code
11.The Bering Strait joins part of Russia and Alaska with two islands – Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (US). The distance between them is only 3.8 Kms
12.Did you know, Los Angeles is only an Abbrevation, meaning ‘The Angels’. The meaning of the full name of Los Angeles is The town of our lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciúncula
13.The Sargasso Sea is the only sea with no coastline- Gulf Stream in the west, North Atlantic Current in the north, Canary Current in the east and the North Atlantic Equatorial Current in the south
14.Pitcairn is the smallest island and a country.
15.90% of world’s population lives in Northern hemisphere
By:Archa Dave
