In the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein ordered his militants to release 908 million litres of oil from the Kuwait oil refineries into the Persian Gulf and caused the worst ever marine oil pollution. Iraqi forces also set fire to 600 oil wells, which created clouds of black smoke that deposited soot as far away as the Himalayas in India.
(Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor and military genius of the early 19th century, who defeated Austrians and Russians, was afraid of cats.
Nature has made a bridge from a rock of its own, which is 312 m high and 45 m long in Sinkiang (China).
The Himalayas have all of the world's 20 highest mountains, which are all over 8,000 m high, including the Mount Everest, rising to 8848 m, the highest peak in the world.
Around 1992, Saudi Arabia overtook USA as the largest oil producer in the world.
The London underground train system (Tube train) is the oldest, longest, and the most extensive in the world, with 388 km of track.
The Giant Causeway (UK), which connects Northern Island to Scotland is a natural wonder. It is supported by about 40, 000 hexagonal pillars of volcanic basalt rock.
The Western Siberian plain (Russia) is the most extensive plain in the world, with a surface area of 2.25 million sq.km, which is 50 times greater than the Padana plain (Northern Italy).
China has the world's largest daily newspaper circulation of 85 million copies per day. India follows with a circulation of 72 million.
Orange Crush Interchange, the largest and most complex motor- way network in the world, is in California (USA). It [connects 34 roads, with a daily flow of 6, 30, 000 vehicles.
