Friday, January 21, 2005

Did You Know? - I

… It takes approximately 12 years for the Jupiter to orbit the sun.
… Pakistan has the world’s largest canal based irrigation system.
… One percent of Greenland’s population lives in one single apartment building named Blok P.
… Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
… The word “America” comes from the European explorer ‘Amerigo Vespucci.’
… There was once a country called Prussia. After World War II, it was divided among Poland, Germany, and the USSR.
… When explorers first ariived in Venezuela, they were remainded of Venice. They named the country “Little Venice”, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.

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