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This is the river of the superlatives. Nile is consensually considered the longest river on Earth, with 6,695 km in length, but some say the Amazon has this honor, with 6,800 km in length. Some researchers even state that Amazon is 7,100 km long. The problem is that nobody could tell where Amazon ends, due to its hug... |
3 July 2007
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When first European explorers crossed the jungles of Sumatra in the 19th century, they were amazed to discover flowers as big as a wheel, lying apparently on the ground. The flower with the fleshy juicy petals had a vivid red color, crossed by fine brown-yellow networks. On the upper part of the floral cup the reprod... |
21 June 2007
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When did the trademark of Robin Hood appear?And how did the first woods look like? Scientists have now found complete fossils of the world's oldest forest, during the Devonian era, 385 million years ago. But this forest may have looked like young palm trees as it was made of slender trees about three stories ta... |
19 April 2007
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Rapa Nui or Easter Island, also called by the locals Tepitothenua (the navel of the world) is an almost barren triangular island of 170 square kilometers, believed to be the most isolated inhabited place on Earth, at 3,760 km (2,300 mi) off Chile, to which it belongs, at 27o 08' S and 109o 23' V. It is a vo... |
3 April 2007
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