Geography

By the mid-19th century, most of the moai had been overturned.

It is not certain who from Western civilization discovered Hawaii.

Its image was captured on the back of a 1,000 Yen note.

It took several months for the Mediterranean Sea to fill with water up to the level of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.

The symbol of the park and its biggest attraction is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis).

There are no clouds above the Sahara.

Thanks to the massively rising mist created by water falling from high altitudes, rainbows are a common sight here, which are visible even at night when the sunlight reflected from the moon is scattered in the misty clouds of the waterfall.

The park was established in 1980 to protect the unique Komodo dragon, discovered by the scientific world in 1912.

The Gulf of Mexico was a prevailing trade route of the Mayans and Incans.