Geography

In 1951, American John Goddard and two French explorers were the first to swim the entire river successfully.

On 4th September 1609, the English sailor Henry Hudson, employed by the Dutch East India Company, reached the shores of Manhattan.

It is the third longest river on Earth.

Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal, industrial, and recreational use.

Manhattan is home to the fifth largest park in New York - Central Park.

In the 19th century, mongooses (Urva auropunctata) were introduced to Martinique.

It is divided into three sections—the Upper Mississippi, the Middle Mississippi, and the Lower Mississippi.

The Thames is associated with one of the biggest ecological disasters in England, called the Great Stink.

Strombolicchio is in fact a volcanic plug - a hardened magma that filled the ancient volcano's vent. Erosion has caused the terrain around the vent to disappear, but a strong and enduring lava neck proudly rises above the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, reminding us of a long-gone volcanic mountain.

Greenland has tundra and grassland, where you can find mosses, lichens, low shrubs and dwarf trees.