Geography

In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and changed the name of the city to New York.

Only 25 hours - that's how long it took Vesuvius to destroy Pompeii.

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.

All inhabitants in and around Wadi Rum today are Bedouins, the most famous of which are the Bani Attia.

Missionaries arrived on the island in the 1860s, and by the 1870s, Easter Islanders had adopted Catholicism.

It is the third longest navigable river in the world.

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

In the early 19th century, Lower Manhattan was expanded from the natural Hudson shoreline at Greenwich Street to West Street using reclaimed material.

A Guinness World Record was set on Ojos del Salado.

The global temperature within the next few years dropped by 0.4—0.7 degrees Celsius.