1.THE SUN. Did you know In terms of size, the Sun has a diameter of roughly 1.4 million kilometers (870,000 miles). To put this in perspective, this is almost 110 times the diameter of the Earth. What this means is that about one million Earth’s could fit inside the Sun.One day the Sun will consume the Earth,the energy created by the Sun's core is nuclear fusion,the Sun is traveling at 220 km per second,and finally there is a is a common misconception that the Sun is yellow, or orange or even red. However, the Sun is essentially all colors mixed together, which appear to our eyes as white. This is easy to see in pictures taken from space. Rainbows are light from the Sun, separated into its colors. 2.THE GRATE WALL OF CHINA. The Great Wall of China became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1987. The wall is the longest man made structure in the world, with a total length of about 13170.7 mi or 21196.18 km. Made over the course of hundreds of years, the wall was built by over 6 different Chinese dynasties, and is over 2,300 years old.But, after the Wall was built, the nomadic tribes could no longer raid and intrude into northern China. The Great Wall protected China's economic development and cultural progress, safeguarding trading routes such as the Silk Road, and securing the transmission of information and transportation in northern China.Did you know it will take you 601 days hiking the entire Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall? 3.LONGEST SEA BRIDGE. The Jiaozuo Bay Bridge is the world’s longest bridge, followed by Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is at 38.44 km (23.89 miles) and in future world's longest title will be challenged by under construction Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge with an aggregate 50.0 km (31.1 miles) of bridges and tunnels. Here, we are giving 5 interesting facts about World's Longest Sea Bridge for general awareness. 4.THE OLDEST WINE IN THE WORLD. The Speyer wine bottle is believed to be the oldest bottle of wine in the world and is dated to around 325 AD – 350 AD. The bottle was unearthed in 1867 and one of 16 found in a sarcophagus in the grave of a Roman nobleman and his wife – the bottle was the only one still intact. The liquid, which is no longer alcohol, has most likely survived this long because the bottle was sealed with wax and olive oil was poured into the bottle to preserve the wine. Since its discovery, experts have debated on whether or not the wine should be opened and analyzed. For now, the bottle remains unopened as part of the Pfalz Historical Museum collection in the German City of Speyer. Comments are closed.
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