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Interesting Facts - Page 161
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About 35% of marriages in Afghanistan are between first cousins.
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South Korea is very similar in size and shape to the island of Ireland, but it has more than 7 times the population.
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The U.S. rail system is not great for passengers, but is very strong for moving freight. Based on ton-miles, the United States moves 8 times as much freight as the European Union.
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Horseshoe crabs have blue-colored blood which is used to test the safety of Covid-19 vaccines. Horseshoe crabs are captured, bled of much of their blood, and returned back to nature. Sadly, many crabs do not survive this process and natural populations have been put under extreme stress.
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What a difference a century makes makes. Between 1919–2019, the number of marriages in England
and Wales declined by 40%, but the number of divorces increased by 6,400%.
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So basically, the Roman Empire's current area is 92,046 square miles, but its maximum territorial extent (how big it was during the time that it was the biggest that it ever was) is, but most people think this happened in 117, when it had an area of somewhere 1,930,000 square miles. Now, coincidentally, 92,046 is 4.769% of 1,930,000, which is why that was what I said in the comment. This is actually a pretty large difference, so I highlighted this by contrasting this with one of the largest empires of all time (the Mongol Empire) which has shrunk to the size of a small central Asian country. I looked up the maximum territorial extent of the Mongol empire, which turned out to be 9,270,000 square miles, and the current area of the Mongol Empire, which was 603,900 square miles. This is a difference of 6.515%. Now, bear with me, but 4.769 is less than 6.515. Hope this helps :) ❤
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A species of ant is native to New York City and nowhere else on the planet. It is called, the ManhattAnt.
Napoleon lost a battle to a horde of rabbits
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you are now breathing manually
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text you want struckhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/taiwans-trade-with-china-is-far-bigger-than-its-trade-with-the-us.html
Kansas' land area is 211,754 km2
Minnesota's is 206,232 km2
(according to Wikipedia)
but in total area, Minnesota is larger than Kansas
Yes, that's his actual last name.
Additionally, Henry Clay did win some votes in Alabama — five.
1. Hippopotamus comes from Híppos and Potamós in Greek, meaning Horse and River, so it is a river horse. So if you say Hippo, technically it just means horse.
2. *h₂ŕ̥tḱos is the reconstruction of the word for bear in Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of all Indo-European language. This word evolved in most branches of Indo-European, such as Greek where it became Arktos, mentioned in that fact. But in the Germanic branch, including English, and the Slavic branch of the Balto-Slavic, including Russian, the word became taboo as it was feared that it may summon a bear, which is why English uses bear, from a euphemism meaning brown, and Russian uses медведь, from a euphemism meaning honey-eater.
That will be confusing (also shows how we name things quite boringly)
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remember Alexander the Great? He founded like twenty cities all called Alexandria.
oh and also, so, so many emperors and conquerors have called themselves 'the Great'. unimaginative!
(P.S. "Thing" means Viking assembly in this context, not the English meaning of thing)
The Easternmost point of Australia is closer to Somalia than it is to Chile
The distance between Senegal and Israel is about the same as Portugal to Kazakhstan
Tierra del Fuego is closer to Costa Rica than it is to Aruba (Common sense issue, similar to the Maine-Florida-Africa)
The Easternmost point of mainland Africa is closer to the Philippines than it is to Dakar, Senegal
And now, my favorite:
The trip from Cape town, South Africa, to Tunis, Tunisia, gives you enough mileage to start in Lagos, Portugal, slightly east of Zaragoza, through Encamp, spend the night in Montpellier, a show in the Fashion Capital, a turn in Northern Burgenland, straight through Baia Mare, into Moldova, north of Chisinau, take a quick stop at the Crimean border (for some reason) pass through Marhanets, pass the Russian border west of Bryansk and Murmansk, say hello to Santa as you pass into Lapland, take a turn in sweden, and finish your trip in Oslo
There is a mysterious island located in Argentina (roughly between Buenos Aires and Campana) that is located in a circular shape 'pool', which is moves around in. It is known as 'El Ojo (Misterioso)', although scientists say that the island is probably linked closer to natural phenomena than the supernatural.
2.When you look at just the right thematic map of the United States showing population density, there is an almost straight line of the densely populated East and sparsely populated West, excluding major cities.
3.While 79% of adults in the United States are at all literate, 54% have a literacy score lower than 6th grade level.
(I make no claims as to the accuracy of these facts.)