The largest country in the world is Russia, it has 37.000 kilometers of coastline and it reaches three oceans: Atlantic, Arctic, and the Pacific Ocean.
The Syrian city of Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It reached its peak 2000 years before Rome was founded in 753 BC.
If there is a statue of a person on horseback in the park, and the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg raised, the person died of wounds sustained in battle. If the horse has all of its legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The Islamic masters were the first to paint paper and often would apply dots of silver or gold on it.
The tallest waterfall on Earth is Angel Falls in Venezuela. There the river Kerep falls from the height of 979 meters.
Asian elephants have the longest gestation period of all mammals, it lasts 608 days.
