CURIOUS RIVER FACTS
Added on: 9th Jul 2016
THERE ARE 17 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT
DON'T HAVE ANY RIVERS. SAUDI ARABIA
IS THE BIGGEST
A RIVER DIVIDES ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES
IN NORTH AMERICA (EL PASO, TEXAS) FROM
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS (JUAREZ, MEXICO)
THE IMJIN RIVER IN SOUTH KOREA HAS RECEIVED
THE NICKNAME "RIVER OF THE DEAD" BECAUSE SO
MANY CORPSES OF NORTH KOREANS HAVE
COME FLOATING DOWN IT
FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE YEAR, AND NEARLY
10 HOURS PER DAY, THE MOUTH OF THE CATATUMBO
RIVER IN VENEZUELA RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF
LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY HOUR. THIS "LIGHTNING
STORM" HAS HAPPENED CONSISTENTLY FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS
THERE ARE MORE THAN 26,000 TOMBSTONES
UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE OF THE DELAWARE
RIVER. WHEN A LOCAL CEMETERY WAS TURNED
INTO A PARKING LOT THE HEADSTONES WERE
USED IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE
BETSY ROSS BRIDGE
IN 1720, WHEN THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY COLLAPSED,
THERE WAS A MOTION IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
TO PUT BANKERS IN SNAKE FILLED SACKS AND THEN
THROW THEM INTO THE RIVER THAMES
THE AMAZON RIVER HAS A GREATER VOLUME OF
WATER THAN THE NEXT 7 BIGGEST RIVERS COMBINED
THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES (SOME OF THE
MOST POWERFUL IN US HISTORY), WERE SO
INTENSE THAT THEY ACTUALLY REVERSED THE
FLOW OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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