Geography

The Nile has two main tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile.

Sand temperatures in the Sahara reach extreme levels.

As a result of the eruption and the arrival of Typhoon Yunya, over 800 people lost their lives.

In 69 BC, Crete was conquered by the Romans and established Gortyna as is capital.

Colorado is moderately seismically active.

The largest peninsula in Asia is the Arabian Peninsula, with a surface area of 2 789 000 km² (1 076 839 sq mi).

Lake Como (Largo di Como) is a glacial lake in Lombardy, Italy.

The taiga in its present form has existed for the last 12,000 years, since the beginning of the Holocene epoch.

In the 1970s, smoke circles (a vortex ring formed by smoke in a clear atmosphere) appeared on Etna.

Bay currents, violent weather, giant waves, and human error (difficult navigation in the open sea) were also considered to explain the phenomena in the Bermuda Triangle.