Further Exploration of the Factorium

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Classmate Facts # 4 - The Fact Is...

1. Due to gravity on Earth, it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15000 metres!

2. The world's smallest country is Vatican City, with an area of 0.44 sq.km!

3. Before the year 1000 A.D., the word 'she' did not exist in the English language!

4. When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, he put his left foot down first!

5. The first city in the world to have a population of one million was London! Today the most populated city is Tokyo with 30 Million residents!

6. The word malaria comes from the words mal and aria, meaning bad air! This dates back from the days when people thought that all disease was caused by bad or unclean air!

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