By a strange coincident, US President Lincoln had a secretary called Kennedy and US president Kennedy had a secretary called Lincoln.
The fastest Fire engine in the world is the Hawaiian Eagle, which on July 11, 1998, at Brainerd in Florida (USA), attained a speed of 355 KMPH.
The airport at Bangda (Tibet) is the highest in the world, situated 4739 m above sea level. It also has the longest runway for take off and landing, measuring 5500 m.
There are 14,574 airports in USA, which is more than Brazil with 3,291 and Russia with 2,517.
It is estimated that there is 1.35 billion cu.km .of water in the oceans worldwide.
Journey from Moscow to Nakhodka, in Russia, on the Trans-Siberian Railway lasts 8 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes and covers 9438 km.
Venice has the world's oldest surviving zoo. It was built by the Roman emperor, Franz I, for his wife in 1752.
The Amazon River (Brazil) during floods, discharges 2, 00, 000 sq. Mts. of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second approximately.
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal of Indian origin, who is UK settled, and the CEO of Mittal Steel Co. Ltd is the UK's richest and one of the Top 10 world's richest men. He is also a spendthrift who spent US $ 60 million for his daughter's 5-day long, Versailles-style wedding in Paris, and lives in a US $ 100 bungalow, the most expensive in the UK. He recently purchased the world's second biggest private luxury yacht for UK £ 200 million.
The 300 m high Eiffel Tower of Paris (France) remained the world's tallest structure for 41 years, ever since it was built in 1889 for the world exposition. The 12,000 prefabricated iron slabs are yoked with 2.5 million fasteners.
