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  • The Russian Alpha Class nuclear-power submarine had a reported maximum speed of over 40 knots (74 km/h). It is probable that they were able to dive to 760 m (2500 ft).

    The longest continous war was the thirty year war between various European countries from 1618 to 1648. While the shortest continous war was between UK and zanzibar, which lasted ffrom 90 am to 9:45 am on 27th august 1896.

    The peregrine falcon with a speed of 124 mph (200 km/h) is considered to be the fastest living bird on earth.

    The object 2060 chiron with a diametre of 113 miles (182 kms) is the largest comet. It was discovered in 1977.

    Hydra us the largest of the 88 constellations found in the universe. It covers about 3.16 % of the entire sky.

    The M-class supergiant Betelgease with a diametre of 700 million kms is the largest star of the universe. It is about 500 times greater than the sun.

    The strongest known acid is an 80% solution of antimony pentafluoride in hydrofluoriv acid.

    The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam on the river Yenisey, Russia is designed to bear a record load of 18 million tonnes from a fully-filled reservoir of 31,300 million m(3) capacity. The dam which was completed in 1987, is 245 m (803 ft) high.

    The raiilway that carries the most passengers is the East Japan Railway Co. a total of 6.067 million journey were made.

    The US Navy aircraft carriers USS Nimitz , Dwight D , Eisenhower , Carl Vinson , Theodore Roosevelt , Abraham lincoln, George Washington and John C. Stennis are the world`s largest aircraft carriers.

    The maximum possible duration of an eclipse of the sun is 7 min, 31 sec. The longest recent date took place on 20 june 1955, west of the philippines , and lasted 7 min 8 sec , although it was clouded out along most of its track. An eclipse of 7 min 29 sec should occur in the mid-Atlantic ocean on 16 july 2186


    The longest day each year is 21st june where as the shortest day each year is 22nd december

    Hailstone weighing up to 1 kg (21b 3oz) fell in Gopalganj district , bangladesh , in 1986.

    The most infectious disease is Penumonic form of Plague. it has a mortality rate og about 99.99 %

    USA is the country with 109 nuclear reactors , followed by france 56, japan 51.

    Btw 19 feb 1971 and 18 feb 1972 , 31102 mm of snow fell at paradise, Mt rainier, Washington State, USA

    The smallest bone in human body is stapes or stirrup bone. It is one of the three auditory ossicles in the middle ear. Its length is 0.10 to 0.13 inch.
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