The majestic Niagara Falls, popular honeymoon site for newlyweds located in both New York Ontario, was named after the Mohawk Indian word meaning “thunder of waters”. Though of great volume, Niagara Falls has parallel drops of only 158 and 167 feet.
New York City has 570 miles of shoreline.
The Monegasque – natives of Monoco – constitute only about 16 percent of the nation's population
Nicknamed the "Soft Coral Capital of the World" by underwater explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, the Fiji islands offer some of the best scuba diving in the world. It offers a comprehensive range of dive locations. Spectacular hard and soft corals, caves, and grottoes, are home to amazingly diverse aquatic life that includes species such as sharks, tuna, turtles, and fish of all sizes and colors.
The most common town names in the U.S.: 1. Fairview 2. Midway 3. Oak Grove 4. Franklin 5. Riverside 6. Centerville 7. Mount Pleasant 8. Georgetown 9. Salem 10. Greenwood.
Not many people outside of the small state know that there are two spectacular caves open to the public in New Hampshire: those at Lost River Reservation and the Polar Caves Park. These are both open from May through October.
The most densely populated state in the United States is New Jersey.
Of the 3,000 islands of the Bahama chain in the Caribbean, only 20 are inhabited.
The most famous natural landmark in Northern Ireland is the Giant’s Causeway. Comprised of approximately 37,000 dark basalt columns packed together, they were formed when a volcanic eruption spewed molten basalt out 55 million years ago. As the basalt cooled, these unique polygonal structures were formed. Most of the columns of the Giant's Causeway form a six-sided honeycomb pattern. Some have as many as ten sides and measure about 12 inches across and up to forty feet in length.
Of the twenty-five highest mountains on Earth, nineteen are in the Himalayas.
The muskellunge, a fierce fighting fish that can weigh in at around 70 pounds, is the official state fish of Wisconsin.
Old Faithful, the jewel of Yellowstone National Park in Calistoga, California, is not as dependable as it used to be. Because of vandalism and age-old geological shifts, the world's largest geyser is slowly losing its reputation for erupting like clockwork. In 1970, the average time between eruptions of the 126-year-old geyser was 66 minutes. The average today is about once every 77 minutes, or 18 times a day instead of 21. The geyser's power hasn't diminished, however.
Formally called Kiritimati, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is 52 square miles.
Four states have active volcanoes: Washington, California, Alaska, and Hawaii, whose Mauna Loa is the world's largest active volcano. Hawaii itself was formed by the activity of undersea volcanoes.
France is the largest Western European country. Its area is slightly less than twice the size of Colorado.
From the 1830s to 1960s, the Lehigh River in eastern Pennsylvania, was owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., making it the only privately owned river in the United States.
Gold was first known to be used as jewelry in parts of Central and Eastern Europe in 4000BC.
Grasshopper Glacier in Montana was named for the grasshoppers that can still be seen frozen in the ice.
Haiti is the world's oldest black republic. The major religion there is voodoo.
Haiti is the world's oldest black republic. The major religion there is voodoo.
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