Frank Lloyd Wright was an influential American architect. He designed buildings to blend in their surroundings. In 1937, he had built a house called Tailing Water,' constructed over a waterfall.
The year 2004 was the safest ever year for the global airline industry, with 428 deaths, out of 1.8 billion passengers travelled around the world. The IATA states that serious aircraft accidents reduced by 10% in 2004.
In Holland, there are more bicycles in relation to the population than any other country in the world - about 16 million bicycles, one for each other.
Donald Duck animated comics were banned in Finland because he does not wear pants.
Damascus, the capital city of Syria, is the oldest inhabited capital city of the world.
The clock tower that supports the famous Big Ben clock at the Parliament house in London is 329 ft high, and the bell from which the clock get its name, weighs 13.5 tonnes.
The Atacama Desert in Chile (South America), is the driest place in the world. Part of it had never experienced rain since records have been kept.
The largest sailing ship in the world is the Russian's SEDOV. It is still used as a training vessel for Russian Navy. It is 109 m long, 14.6 m wide and has a sail area of 4192 sq. Mts.
London Heathrow Airport handles more international flights than any other airport in the world.
The widest waterfall is the Khone Falls in Laos, which extends to 11 km and reaches a height of 15-20m.
