The United States has about 36,000 acres in Cuba.
The United States has a naval base at Guantanamo Bay near the western end of the south coast of Cuba, 572 miles from Havana.
The United States has leased the site since 1903, despite pressure from Fidel Castro’s government to leave.
Though the origin of the name Europe is not known for certain, the name is very old. A Greek hymn to Apollo from the sixth century B.C. mentions the name, which originally applied only to part of the Balkan Peninsula. Europe probably derives from a word meaning “mainland,” though it may be related to the…
The Humber suspension bridge over the Humber River near Hull, England is the longest bridge in the world. Completed in 1981, it is 4,626 feet long. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, the world’s second-largest bridge, is 4,260 feet long. The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is third, at 4,200 feet.
The United Arab Emirates are a federation of seven Arab states on the Persian Gulf: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain. Independent since 1971, they should be distinguished from the United Arab Republic, which was formed when Egypt and Syria united in 1958. Syria seceded from the union in 1961,…
What is left of the earth that is unexplored is approximately 140 million square miles of ocean floor. This is equal to two and a half times the surface area of the earth’s islands and continents.
The Grand Canyon, which is the gorge of the Colorado River is 217 miles long. Fifty-six miles lie within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The canyon varies in width from 4 to 18 miles.
Founded in the tenth century, the kingdom of Bohemia was located in what is now Czechoslovakia. From 1526 to 1914, it was ruled by the Hapsburg princes of Austria. At the end of World War I, the Czechs of Bohemia and Moravia joined with the Slovaks of Slovakia to form the new Republic of Czechoslovakia….