GENERAL FACTS

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General Facts basically covers everything, but mainly about nature, people, inventions and history

You may not find detailed information for some of nature facts, but you can find more about them by going to Places In The World.

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> ALLAH (swt) has created the universe in 6 days.

- The first person to land on Earth was prophet Adam (pbuh).

- The population of the world has exceeded 7 billion as of 2011.

- The universe contains billions of stars, and so many galaxies. Only Galaxy known so far is "Milkyway", which contains stars and planets, including Earth which we live in.

- The Sun is the closest star to Earth. Earth's distance is about 150 million kilometers from the Sun.

- There are 11 planets in our Solar System (including dwarf planets). They are (from closest to the sun to the farthest):
  Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris.

- Pluto, Ceres and Eris are considered dwarf planets.

- Every planet has at least one or more moons - except for Mercury and Venus. They have no moons.

- Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, Venus is considered the hottest planet due to the thick clouds that covers it which creates a greenhouse effect that keeps it more than 460°C (864°F). It also contains 95% of Carbon dioxide which makes its density about 100 thicker than Earth's atmosphere.

-  There are 7 continents in the world: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.

- There are 4 oceans in the world: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic. In year 2000 the International Hydrographic Organization recognized a fifth ocean by the name Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean, which consists of parts of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

- Largest sea in the world is Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded by 3 continets: Asia, Africa and Europe.

- Largest lake in the world is Caspian Sea, which is located in Europe and Asia.

- Largest freshwater lake in the world is Lake Superior. It is part of the Great Lakes in Canada and USA.

- Largest country in the world in size is Russia.

- Largest island in the world is Greenland, which is located in North America.

- Largest waterfalls in the world are Niagara Falls. They are located in Canada and USA.

- Highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela.

- Largest river in the world is Amazon in South America, while the longest river is Nile River in Africa.




> Earth contains 5 types of spheres:
    *Troposphere: The thickest layer of Earth, it covers half of Earth's atmosphere. Also in it occurs storms and the     
    change of weather.
    *Stratosphere: It contains the Ozone layer that protects us from the dangerous part of Sunbeam. In this layer the
    pilots fly their airplane. As well as the temperature increases in it.
    *Mesosphere: This is the layer where meteors get destroyed.
    *Thermosphere: The sphere where polar aurora (northern and southern lights) occurs. Temperature can reach up to 1,500
    C or more. Also in it is where astronauts travel through their space shuttles that travel around Earth.
    *Exosphere: The lightest sphere of them and the highest of them. This is where this sphere interacts with space.

- Earth contains about 78% of Nitrogen, 21% of Oxygen and 1% of other gasses.

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