Don't Know Much About Geography
Who killed the dead sea? Where was the garden of Eden? What’s so bad about the badlands?
Take a fascinating, breathtaking and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth --- opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild and wonderful world we never knew.
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Did You Know?
The Black Sea gets its name from its stormy character and not from any particular color scheme. (p. 169)
Transylvania is a region located in central and northwestern Romania. (p. 254)
The world's first motel, the Milestone, opened in Monterey, California, in 1925. (p. 220)
Australia is both the world's smallest continent and largest island. (p. 135)
The Red Sea gets its name from the masses of reddish seaweed found in its waters. (p. 168)
The Orient Express made its first run from Paris to Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1883. (p. 194)
The Nile, the world's longest river, begins in two separate streams: the White Nile and the Blue Nile. (p. 187)
South America's Andes Mountains are three times the length of the American Rockies. (p. 119)
The Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic in 1883. (p. 194)
The village of Jericho is located 825 feet below sea level.
(p. 204)
The Badlands regions in South Dakota were once flatland beneath an ancient inland sea. (p. 147)
Red and green traffic lights were introduced in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914. (p. 218)
Vermont is a combination of the French words "green mountain." (p. 338)
Angel Falls in Venezuela, the world's highest waterfall, can only be fully seen from the air. (p. 121)
Mount Vesuvius, mainland Europe's only active volcano, last erupted in 1944 during World War II. (p. 178)
The principality of Monaco is about the size of New York City's Central Park. (p. 134)
Vatican City, located within Rome, Italy, is the world's smallest nation. (p. 135)
A tsunami is a fast-moving sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption. (p. 176)
The Suez Canal is 101 miles long and connects the eastern Mediterranean to the Red Sea. (p. 192)
South America's Andes Mountains are three times the length of the American Rockies. (p. 119)
French Emperor Napoleon sold the Louisiana Purchase to President Thomas Jefferson for 2ยข an acre. (p. 155)
Ben & Jerry's "Rain Forest Crunch" ice cream uses nuts grown in the Amazon rain forest. (p. 123)
Iraq, formerly called Mesopotamia, was recognized as a kingdom in 1922. (p. 219)
70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. (p. 160)
Completely landlocked, the Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world. (p. 172)
The world's highest temperature was 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C) recorded in Al'Aziziya, Libya. (p. 280)