Thought some of these were interesting and I definitely would love to send a few postcards from the last one… 😛
A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old.
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest waterfall, at 979 meters. This waterfall is sixteen times the height of Niagara Falls
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Canada is an Indian word meaning “”Big Village.””
Early British explorers misnamed the East Alligator River in Australia’s Northern Territory. It contains crocodiles not alligators.
Indonesia consists only of islands – 13,667 altogether.
NASA scientists have concluded that the state of California is moving north and will collide with the state of Alaska in roughly 150 million years.
New York’s Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre “”Pig’s Eye”” Parrant who set up the first business there.
Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world’s oxygen supply.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof. Also the redwoods extremely high water content reduces the tree’s susceptibility to fire.
The tallest tree recorded is located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. It is a coast redwood and has been measured at 117 meters.
The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years.
The longest U.S. highway is Route 20, which is over 3,365 miles.
The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year.
There is a town in California called Tarzana. It was named after Tarzan’s creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs.
When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia.
You can send a postcard from Hell. There is a small town located in the Cayman Islands called “”Hell.”” They even have a post office.