25 amazing facts about the world in which we live

The world around us - is unique and nowhere else in the known universe in sight there is nothing similar. And what's there to see in the universe? On soulless stones floating in the void? .. And here on Earth, there is something to admire! Website shares with his readers the most impressive facts about the world around us.

1. With the highest peak in Panama, you can simultaneously see and the Pacific, and Atlantic oceans.

2. The most populous island in the world - Santa Cruz del Istole. On one hectare area is home to more than 1,200 people.



3. is the driest place on the planet it was incredibly colorful. Atacama Desert, Chile.



4. The Cambodian Mekong River flows in two opposite directions.



5. The highest point of Bhutan, a mountain-Punsum Kankar (Gangkhar Puensum) height 7570 not won no climber.



< 6. In Australia, it is located an unusual pink Lake Hillier.



7. In the US territory of North Carolina is a "British Corner". There continues to honor the heroic British soldiers who fought for this land 250 years ago.

8. No scientist can explain the cause of the huge crater Doug Nastapoka in Canada.



9. The highest point of US Interstate underground. Eisenhower Tunnel, which passes through the Loveland Pass, makes this place the highest point above the ground as the highways, and under it.



10. Residents of the Spanish town of Setenil de Las Bodegas live under a rock.



11. in Turkmenistan are "gates of hell." In 1971, in the Karakum desert Soviet scientists started to drill an exploratory well in the presence of gas. Suddenly, the ground collapsed all equipment geologists. To no toxic impact on the lives of local residents, scientists burned gas, hoping that in a few days it is completely burnt out. However, the underground cavity burns to this day.



12. Once a year, the entire population of Liechtenstein is invited to have a beer with the royal family.



13. After the rain dried up salt lake Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia turns into a real mirror.



14. City Hyder Alaska is so far to the nearest American village that lives according to the laws and customs of Canada.

15. Off the coast of Croatia is the island in the form of heart. It is called Galesnyak.



16. US National Monument installed in the wrong place. Four Corners monument was to be erected at the point where the borders of four states - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. However, due to inaccurate technologies fieldwork XIX century shifted the coordinates of the location at 600 meters to the west.



17. African Ganve town is the largest settlement in the world, built entirely on stilts.



18. on the British island of Sark is no outdoor lighting and car. Locals prefer to travel by horse-drawn carriages and bicycles.

19. The North Sea is an isolated state Sealand, which is not recognized by any country. Although it is home to only a few people, the state has its own national symbols and passports.



20. To little daughter was a princess and State ownership, virdzhinets found no one owned a piece of the African desert and declared it his.

21. Baldwin Street in New Zealand is recognized as the steepest street in the world.



22. In Norway, there is the town whose name has just one letter. The village is called O (Å), which translates as "a stream».



23. Chilean Lake Kachet II several times a year disappears completely. The phenomenon is associated with global warming.

24. Once one of the most densely populated parts of Japan, today abandoned Hasim is an island ghost.



25. Unique acacia growing in the Sahara Desert, was the lone tree in the world, until it was killed by a drunk truck driver. Within a radius of 400 km from the plants are not growing any other tree.





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