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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest pyramid in the world is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Archeologists believe that it was built for Fourth Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu and was completed in 2560 BC. The pyramid has lost its outer casing of highly polished stones with the rough hewn stones remaining. The casings were …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest rainforest in the world is the Amazon River Basin. It makes up 40% of the South American continent and is the same size as the contiguous 48 United States. It is home to one in ten of the world’s species. Scientists continue to discover new species every day. …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest religion in the world is Christianity at 33% of the world’s population. There was a great schism in the 1050’s between the East and the West. The Eastern Orthodox Church does not recognize the supreme right of the Pope, whereas the Western Catholics, now known as Roman Catholic …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
If you define stadium as being enclosed by a roof, than the largest stadium in the world is the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is a multiuse facility that was completed on May 1, 1989. Many Communist rallies are held there and a gigantic birthday celebration …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Excepting universities and colleges, the biggest school in the world is City Montessori School in India, with just over 33,000 students as of 2008. This is a private school that closely follows the Baha’i faith. This school has 20 different campuses spread out across the city of Lucknow and is …
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The biggest tornado in the world can be measured in a couple of different ways. I chose to go with the width of the tornado, as that is what I think of when I think of a big tornado. The widest meausred distance from one side to the other side …
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