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Giant Redwood(California) and the Grand Canyon(Arizona)
Giant Redwood and Bristlecone PineTrees.
General Sherman, a giant redwoood tree in the Sequoia Nation Park measuring 84 metres tall, is the largest plant in the world. It is also 3.000 years old, but it isn't the oldest tree in the world! That's also in California. The bristlecone pine grows in the White Mountains, and it is the oldest living thing on earth. The most famous, named Methuselah, is over 4,000 years old.
Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon, eroded over thousand of years by the Colorado River and its tributaries, is 400 km long . It is 2,000 metres deep at its deepest point and 30 km wide at its widest point. It is one of the most important geological sites in the world ( some of the rocks are over 1,800 million years old) and it is home to a great diversity of wildlife.
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The seven natural wonders of America. The first is DEATH VALLEY.
Death Valley (California) is a 250 km valley between two Californian mountain ranges. It is the hottest and the lowest place in the USA, and at one famous point - Badwater Basin- you arrive at the lowest place in the western hemisphere( 86 metres below sea level). Summer temperature in Death Valley can reach 54c, and for several months of the year the average night-time temperature is over 27C.
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Have you ever been in Russia? What do you think about my country?
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Common foods in Italy, some interesting facts:
So we know the Italians eat a lot of Pasta but did you know the average Italian consumes around 30kg (63 pounds) of pasta a year?!
They also drink around 50 liters of wine per person per year, but before you begin thinking that the Italian diet is unhealthy bear in mind that the average Italian also eats around 135kg of fruit a year.
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is it true?
27 Ağustos 2010
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Have you ever been in Russia?
What are you think about my country?
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What is difference between "loro", "essi", "esse" in Italian?
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Short fun facts about Italy
-There are many dialects of the Italian language spoken throughout Italy. The official Italian language spoken today originates from the Tuscan dialect (of Latin).
- Italian is a Romance language and is related to the other Latin languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese and Romanian.
- Italy manufacture most of the world's top sports cars, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Maserati and Alfa Romeo being some of the most popular.
- The upbeat Italian National Anthem (often played at the Formula 1 and Moto GP due to the past victories of Michael Schumacher, Ferrari and Valentino Rossi) is called "Inno di Mameli" or "Canto degli Italiani" and was written by Goffredo Mameli.
- The "Promessi Sposi" is Italy's literature equivalent of Rome and Juliet.
-Many of Shakespeare's plays were set in Italy, including Romeo and Juliet from Verona.
- There are many "Mafia" organizations in Italy. The Mafia (known as "Cosa Nostra") is only one of them and is based in Sicily. Camorra and Ndrangheta are the other bigger organizations.
* SPQR stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" and means "The senate and the people of Rome". You still see the symbol all over Rome today (especially on drain covers) as it's used by the Rome Municipality.
* The Romans mastered plumbing. They used copper piping and valves - the patents of some are still in use today.
* Rome is known as the "Eternal city" and also "Caput Mundi", coming from Latin and meaning capital of the world.
* Rome is the Capital, the largest city and has a population of roughly 3 million.
* According to legend the brothers Romulus and Remus (the founders of Rome) were raised by a she-wolf in a cave on Palatine Hill.
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per iniziare ad imparare la lingua?
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One day i understood...i would like to learn Italian!Can you help me ?
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