Organic chemol: Organic chemol: About earth

Amazing Facts about Earth
*. In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.
*. About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt eachyear, mostly under the sea.
*. A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.
*. Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.
*. Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.
*. Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.
*. Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.
*. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.
*. The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.
*. In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire , USA.
*. American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.
*. The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk.
*. The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10meters a year.
*. The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.
*. The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.
*. The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Deathbecause its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.