AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CLI
1. St. Helena is a group of three profoundly remote islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. The islands are St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. The three British territories are located roughly midway between the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa. Tristan da Cunha is considered the most remote inhabited island on earth. It is considered more remote than Hawaii because the Hawaiian islands are fairly close to other islands. Tristan da Cunha stands alone.
2. In terms of distance from major land masses, Hawaii is the most remote archipelago on earth - 2,930 miles form the U.S. and 4,000 miles form Japan.
3. The Pacific Ocean extends form Indonesia to Colombia, South America - a distance of 12,300 miles. It covers an area of 63,800,000 square miles - 46% of the earth's surface - an area greater than all the land masses combined.
4. The fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid, and gas is plasma.
5. After the first roll in bowling, a pin that is partially concealed by another pin right in front of it is called a sleeper.
6. Correct pronunciations:
NUTELLA - NEW TELL UH
PORSCHE - PORSH - UH
HYUNDAI - HUN - DAY
7. A 19-mile long dam has protected the Netherlands for more than 90 years by sealing off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea. Its name - AFSLUITDIJK
8. SPAM - meaning unsolicited electronic communication - is generally agreed to have originated with a Monty Python sketch televised on December 25, 1970. In the sketch, a man and his wife are lowered by wires into a greasy spoon where a group of Vikings with horned helmets are eating. When the man asks for the menu, every dish (and there a lot of them) contains SPAM. The Vikings then begin chanting SPAM, SPAM, SPAM. SPAM is repeated at least 132 times in the sketch. The repetition mirrors the intrusive nature of unwanted emails.
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