Spiders from ancient times live on our planet, they live in different parts of the world and are found everywhere. Some species of spiders are harmless and even beneficial, destroying harmful insec...

According to official data, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man, his height was 272 cm. Today, the tallest man is Sultan Kösen, his height is 251 cm. The tallest woman in history is Yao Defen, the ...

Better mountains can only be mountains, On which have not been. V.Vysotsky. It's probably no secret that the highest mountain in the world is Everest. Both adults and children k...

The number of existing cities in the world is about 2.5 million units. Many of us are tormented by curiosity, and which of the world's cities is the biggest? And in general, how to determine the ...

the biggest ships, it was the turn of aviation. The biggest airplane in the world is An-225 Mriya, it's a cargo plane, which is released in a single copy. Also considered to be large in its segment...

The largest island-continent is Afroevrazia - this is the largest land mass on our planet, the area of ​​which is 84 980 532 km ².As for the largest island of the Earth, it is called Greenlan...

Long beautiful hair is always admired by others. Every girl dreams of having long, thick hair, but growing her hair is not so easy. On average, the hair grows by 1.5 cm per month and, having r...

The richest man in the world is the founder of Microsoft - Bill Gates. At the end of 2014, Bill again returned to the top of the list of the world's richest people, multiplying his fortune and...

The sad statistics inform you that the life expectancy on our planet is rapidly declining, but the number and age of of long-livers is only encouraging. The longest lived on the planet was a r...

There are a lot of seas on our Earth. All of them differ from each other in size, depth, location, composition of water and marine life. Some seas are warm, others are cold, there are very lar...

The tallest building in the world is in Dubai and it is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper .The height of the building reaches 828 m, the number of floors - 163, the area on which the building is stretch...

the largest cities on the planet, in the same publication, we learn about the largest countries. The largest country in terms of area is the Russian Federation, occupying 17 126 122 km².The largest...

Have you ever thought about what is the longest word in the world, and in Russian? Imagine, the longest word consists of 189,819 letters! To read it in full, it took more than 3 hours. German ...

The highest volcano in history is the extinct volcano Aconcagua( 6 962 meters high), today the volcano Ojos del Salado( 6 893 meters high), and now active - the Ljullyaylako volcano( 6,739 met...

Today, bridges have become not just a means of moving through the rivers, seas and various depressions, but also a matter of admiration. And which of the hundreds of bridges is the largest in ...

To determine the length of the river, it is necessary to perform a very complex and painstaking procedure. To date, the longest rivers are the Amazon, the Nile, and the Ob-Irtysh. Why the long...

"My house is my fortress!" - so many of us think, and someone as a house has not only a fortress, but also great value. The most expensive in the world is Buckingham Palace, followed by houses ca...

We have already talked about the long river and shallow sea, and now with great interest we will tell you about the deepest lake, of all the lakes in the world. The greatest depth lies near La...