Trivia for Squiggle #XXXIV
This issue of Trivia for Squiggle (originally intended for December 1, 2005) features more useless tidbits on...you guessed it! Geography and space!
826. Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky.
827. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.
828. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
829. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
830. Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
831. Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
832. One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.
833. One percent of Greenland's population lives in one single apartment building, named Blok P.
834. Pakistan has the world's largest canal based irrigation system.
835. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
836. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft.
837. Punta Arenas in Chile is the world’s southernmost city.
838. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.
839. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.
840. Soil heated by geysers is now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland.
841. Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
842. St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
843. Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.
844. Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
845. Thailand used to be called Siam.
846. The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
847. The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold.
848. The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon.
849. The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles.
850. The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.
"Supermodels. Heh! Nothing super about them... spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves. Feh! I used to design for *gods*!"
826. Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky.
827. Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.
828. Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
829. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.
830. Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
831. Of all the countries, Brazil has the most plant species, with over 56,000.
832. One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.
833. One percent of Greenland's population lives in one single apartment building, named Blok P.
834. Pakistan has the world's largest canal based irrigation system.
835. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
836. Pluto is the only planet in our solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft.
837. Punta Arenas in Chile is the world’s southernmost city.
838. Rice flour was used to strengthen some of the bricks that make up the Great Wall of China.
839. Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle.
840. Soil heated by geysers is now making it possible to produce bananas in Iceland.
841. Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
842. St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.
843. Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet.
844. Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
845. Thailand used to be called Siam.
846. The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
847. The Angel Falls in Venezuela were named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold.
848. The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon.
849. The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 sq miles.
850. The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.
"Supermodels. Heh! Nothing super about them... spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves. Feh! I used to design for *gods*!"
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