Posted by admin on 24th August 2010
Moon / Planet KM MILES
Ganymade(Jupiter) 5262.4 3,269.9
Titan (saturn) 5150.0 3200.1
Callisto(Jupiter) 4820.6 2995.4
LO (Jupiter) 3642.6 2995.4
Moon (Earth) 3476.2 2160.0
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Posted by admin on 6th April 2010
The world’s tallest animal is a giraffe and the world’s known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).
The world’s tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).
The giant who fought David in the Bible was 2.97m (9ft. 9in.) tall.
The oldest man to reach the Everest (8848 m), the world’s highest peak is a venezuelan. He is Ramón Blanco and he did it in september 1993, he was 60 years old.
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tallest building in the world World’s Tallest Tower Burj Khalifa — The Tallest Building in the World hold the title of the tallest buildings in the world. |
 Empire State Bldg. |
The height of The Empire State Building in New York : 1,250 feet (381 m) |
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World’s Tallest Building: Who Holds The Title? Officially, the World’s Tallest Buildings are the Petronas Towers in The highest occupiable floor of Sears is more then 200 feet higher than the top floor in Petronas and its antennas go even higher. So why are the Petronas Towers considered the World’s Tallest Buildings? Because, in the tradition and lore of tall building, spires count, antennas don’t. Spires are architectural features and they have been traditionally counted in a building’s height, a precedent that dates to the Chrysler Building. Antennas are not normally considered architectural features. So…based on the long and storied tradition of tall buildings, the winner by decision is the Petronas Towers. |
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 Mt Everest. |
Mountain heights… Mount Everest : 29,028 feet (8,853 m) Aconcagua (South America) : 22,834 feet (6,960 m) McKinley / Denali (North America) : 20,320 feet ( m) Kilimanjaro, Africa : 19,340 feet (5,894m) Elbrus, Southern Europe : 18,510 feet (5,642 m) |
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Posted by admin on 18th March 2010
The world’s shortest railway, Angels Flight, reopened in Los Angeles after being out of service for nine years. The first Angels Flight operated from 1901. The service was closed for redeveloping the location in 1969. It was reopened in 1996 and had to be closed again in 2001 after a fatal accident.
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