INTERESTING FACTS!!!

GEOGRAPHY FACTS
Alaska

Mai mult de
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska
jumatate din intreaga linie de coasta a SUA este in Alaska
Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply.

Jungla Amazonului produce mai mult de 20% din oxigenul lumii noastre

The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one
hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.
The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the
world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States ....
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

Antarctica este singurul pamant al planetei noastre care nu este

posesiunea vreunei tari.

Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy
percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is
essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although
covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with
an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around. Brazilia a capatat numele actual
de la o nuca
Canada

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village ...'

Canada are mai multe lacuri decat restul lumii impreuna.

Canada este un cuvant Indian care inseamna "Sat mare"

Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Dupa Varsovia, Chicago este orasul cu cea mai mare populatie poloneza in
lume

Detroit

Woodward Avenue in Detroit , Michigan , carries the designation M-1, so named because it was
the first paved road anywhere.

Woodward Avenue din Detroit - Michigan s-a numit M-1 (soseaua M-1)
pentruca a fost primul drum pavat din lume
Damascus, Syria

Damascus , Syria , was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753
BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.
Damasc - Siria a inflorit cateva mii de ani inaintea Romei (care a fost
fundata in 753 inaintea lui Christos) si este cel mai batran oras
locuit permanent in lume.

Istanbul , Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Istambul este singurul oras in lume plasat pe doua continente

Los Angeles

Los Angele's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de
Porciuncula and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

Numele intreg a orasului Los Angeles este El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la

Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula si poate fi abreviat la numai 3.63%
din marimea sa: L.A.
New York City
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's who used the
slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play
the big time - The Big Apple.

Termenul "Big Apple = Marul Mare" a fost creat de muzicienii de jaz in

1930 care foloseau porecla Apple pentru orase sau sate. De aceea a canta in
New York insemna sa canti "big = mare" rezultand cuvantul

The Big Apple

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland ; more Italians in New York
City than in Rome, Italy ; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel ...

In orasul New York traiesc mai multi Irlandezi decat in Dublin-Irlanda, mai
multi italieni decat in Roma-Italia si mai multi evrei decat in Tel Aviv-
Israel.
Ohio

There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, everyone is manmade.

Nu exista lacuri naturale in Ohio-SUA, toate sunt facute de oameni

Pitcairn Island

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. Miles/4,53
sq. Km.

Cea mai mica insula cu status de tara este Pitcairn in Polinezia (numai 4.53
Km patrati)
Rome

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Primul oras care a atins o populatie de 1 milion de locuitori a fost Roma -

Italia in anul 133 inaintea lui Christos. Exista cate un oras numai Roma in
fiecare continent.
Siberia

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

In Siberia se gasesc mai mult de 25% din padurile lumii

S.M.O.M.

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
(S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as
of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity
under international law, just as the Vatican is.

Cea mai mica etnitate suverana in lume (conform legilor internationale) este
S.M.O.M. care s-ar traduce Ordinul Militar Suveran al Maltei. Se gaseste in
Roma, are suprafata a doua terenuri de tenis si in 2001 avea o populatie de
80 locuitori, cu 20 mai putin decat Vaticanul.
Sahara Desert

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop
of rain for ten years.

In Desertul Sahara exista o localitate numita Tidikelt unde nu a plouat de 10

ani.

Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic
near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Totusi din punct de vedere tehnic, cel mai uscat loc pe pamant este Valea
Antarcticii, langa insula Ross, unde nu a plouat de 2 milioane de ani
SPAIN

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'

In traducere literara Spania inseamna " Tara iepurilor"

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named
Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.

St. Paul din Minnesota s-a chemat initial Pig's Eye (Ochiul Porcului) dupa
un om numit Pierre Parrant (poreclit Pig's Eye = Ochiul Porcului) care a
stabilit prima afacere in acel loc.
ROADS

Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A : 1%, in Canada : 75%

Sansele ca un drum sa nu fie pavat in SUA este 1% iar in Canada 75%

RUSSIA

The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia.
It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was
drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of
which was a huge deposit of hydrogen - so massive that the mud coming from
the hole was ?boiling? with it.

Cel mai adanc put forat de om este Kola Supra-Adanc Put in Rusia. A atins
o adancime de 12261 metri, a fost forat in scopuri de cercetare stiintifica si a
condus la niste descoperiri neasteptate, una fiind un depozit imens de
hidrogen, asa de masiv ca noroiul de foraj "fierbea" datorita lui.
UNITED STATES

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be
straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other
emergencies.

Sistemul inter-statal Eisenhower prevede ca 1.8 Km la fiecare 9 Km trebuie

sa fie linie dreapta ca sa fie folosite ca piste aviatice in caz de razboi sau de
urgenta.
WATERFALLS
The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet
(979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls ...

Apele Angel Falls (cascadele Ingerului) in Venezuela au o cadere de

979 metri, de 15 ori mai mare decat Niagara

I have always said , you should learn something new every day.

Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget
tomorrow.

But, give it a shot anyway.