1. The second longest place name in the world is "Taumatawhakatangihangak oauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaungahoronukupokaiwhe kitanatahu nua" (85 letters) in new zealand. This is the Maori language means "the place Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as land-eater, played a flute to his loved one". While having the first place is the longest place name "Krung Thep Nakorn maha Amorn ratana kosinmahintar ayutthay amaha dilok phop noppa ratrajathani burirom udom rajaniwesmahasat harn Amorn phimarn Avatarn Sathit sakkattiya visanukamprasit" in Thailand (163 letters) which has been recognized Guinness world record.
2. Lesotho, vatican city and san marino is a country surrounded by another country. Lesotho is in the middle of southern Africa, while the vatican city and san marino italia are in the country.
3. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch is the world's longest name for a village in wales.
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4. While the shortest place name is "Å" which was on the border of Sweden and Norway. "Å" Having a sense of the river.
5. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a size of 2 square miles. Even smaller than the average size of a city.
6. The largest city in the world-wide based on surface-is Hulunbuir in central Mongolia with 263.953 square km wide.
7. The hottest place in the world to be recorded in El Azizia Libya with a temperature of 136 F (58 Celsius), and the coldest, having a temperature -134 F (-96 Celsius) at Vostok Antarctica are. And the average temperature of the hottest owned western Australia, which has an average temperature of 96 degrees Celsius for one year.
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8. San Marino is claimed to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world - has been established since the year 301 by a Christian stonemason (The Christian masonic) who fled from the persecution of Diocletian Empire. Written constitution in the year 1600 is the oldest written constitution in the world.
9. Although the Mt. Everest has the highest altitude measured from sea level on the planet, Mount Chimborazo is the closest to the moon.
10. Alaska is the most northern, eastern, western and across America. It is the only country that went into "Eastern Hemisphere" that is also called a lie the most eastern and western countries liar.
11. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain chain on earth (40 thousand kilometers). The place was located along the middle of the Atlantic. Iceland is the only part of the chain that is above the water. Andes form the longest mountain open with 7,000 yards.
12. Mount Circeo on Cape Circaeum on the west coast of Italy was once called Aeaea (5 vowels without consonants in a row). He believes in the mythology as the home of the witch Circe. Two other places that only the name of the form is the only vowel in the city Aiea Hawaii, and Eiao - one of the Marquise Islands.
13. Glaciers contributed between 70% and 80% of all fresh water on the planet. 99% of gletcer was found in the Arctic and Antarctic.
14. In 1811 and 1812, three earthquakes measuring about 8 on the Richter scale, causing the Mississippi River to flow backwards. The earthquake also created Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee.
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15. The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep wells in Russia. Kedalamnnya reached 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). The well was drilled for scientific research and gave some unexpected discoveries, one of which is the storage of hydrogen - so much so that the mud coming from the hole was "boiling".
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