Weekly World Facts - A Day Off Track

Hello, I return today to give you this week's Weekly World Facts. You might have noticed I did not call it Wednesday's Weekly World Facts. That would be because 1. it is not Wednesday anymore. 2. I did say - A Day Off Track at the end so that might give you a clue. Basically, I did not make this yesterday so I am creating it today. But enough of my rambling, I must get on. Last week you might remember our Question Asking Person saying this: No, wait! What about my last question? The Biggest Country question? You have to answer that! Of course, I did not answer that question (on purpose). I promised I would answer it this week (on Wednesday) so I am going to have that one be the first question answered. Read on now to see this week's Weekly World Facts!

Finally you are going to let me ask this! Now tell me what the biggest country is... please?
I know you are going to be mad because I made you wait so long but the biggest country is... (drum roll please) Russia! You thought I would name a place you probably never heard of before? Well, all of those places are tiny. If you are wondering, Russia's national animal is the Russian Bear and Russia is known for very long, cold winters.

Okay... I have seen pictures of Hummingbirds but what is so special about them?
Hummingbirds are really cool for many reasons. First of all, a humming bird can flap its wings up to 70 times per second, and it does not flap up and down like most. A hummingbird will flap in a figure-eight style with its wings. Another cool thing is how many times its heart will beat in a second. A hummingbird's heart will beat on average 1,260 times per second. Isn't that fast? One thing I like about hummingbirds is that they are so small and colorful. They are no more than 8 inches long, and they do not weigh any more than .7 ounces. Not to mention there is over 300 different species plus they pollinate. To the right is a picture of just one type of humming bird.

How many more questions can I ask? I don't want to but cut short again.

If I don't count that as a question - which I don't - one more. Seriously? Yes. But... Fine. Here is my final question: What is the biggest animal in the world? I am shocked you asked that. I was thinking you would ask something like: What is the rarest insect in the lowest part of the mountains of China? Well now you got to tell me that too! Maybe next week (probably not because finding that answer would be super hard). As to your question, the answer is the Blue Whale which also happens to be the biggest sea animal. They are about 100 feet long and weigh about 200 tons. An Elephant weighs 15,000 pounds and I bet you know how big Elephants are. Imagine how this would look in real life! I can't imagine anything that big. Can you tell me a size of something small? Nope, I am not letting you trick me into answering more questions. I have to save some for next week you know. If you say so...

I hope you enjoyed this week's Weekly World Facts even if it was a day off and I only answered three questions. If you don't like the questions asked by the little Imaginary Person, or you would like to ask your own, you can always ask me in a comment and I might answer in the next week's Weekly World Facts if I can find an answer to it. I am going to work on editing the Hero's Prophecy series now (while listening to original Minecraft songs on Youtube) so I will be signing off here. Be ready for next week's Weekly World Facts and of course, Minecraft Monday!



 

Wednesday's Weekly World Facts - The Biggest... The Smallest

I have returned from reading to give you today's Weekly World Facts. You might think, from reading the title, what does The Biggest... The Smallest mean? Well, it is really simple. Today's Weekly World Facts post is going to be about the biggest and smallest of all sorts of things. And to make this even more interesting, I added pictures of some of these things too (I always add pictures!). Read on to learn about everything big and small:

Yes, I get to ask questions now! First question: What is the world's tallest mountain?

This is Mt Everest, not Mauna Kea

Well, most might say: "Mt Everest is the biggest!" but really, it is not Mount Everest (in Nepal/Tibet) has the highest altitude, not height. The tallest - from base to point - is actually Mauna Kea (in Hawaii). But how? Well, Mount Everest, like I said, has the heighest altitude but that is only because most of Mauna Kea is underwater. Mauna Kea is about 33,500 feet overall, but only a small bit of it is above the surface.

So that is the tallest mountain, but what about the longest river?
 The longest river is the Nile which is in Africa, followed by the Amazon which is located in South America.  Now if you want to know the shortest river in the world, that would be Roe River in Montana. Why should I know the shortest river too? The more you know the better...

The Chinese Giant Salamander

Okay, I get it, but what is the largest amphibian?
Largest amphibian... that would be the Chinese Giant Salamander. It can get up to six feet long, and that is thanks to its long, thick tail. Any other animal-related questions?

Yes, I have another animal question. What is the tallest animal?
The Giraffe is the tallest, reaching 18 feet for males and, believe it or not, six feet for the calves (baby Giraffes). Now if you wanted to know the longest animal, that would be the Blue Whale.

I have so many questions! Okay, last one - what is the smallest country? And the biggest?

Vatican City

Hey, you said just one more question! The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, located in Rome. Its size is about 0.2 square miles, so really, really, really small. Now I'll be... No, wait! What about my last question? The Biggest Country question? You have to answer that! Sorry, you did only say one more question and this post is already plenty long. I guess you'll just have to wait until next Wednesday. But... but I want to know! I cannot, at all, wait until next week! If you really must know, look it up. If you can wait, then wait until next Wednesday, okay? But...

Anyways, I will be signing off now. I hope you enjoyed this post and the pictures... and don't worry, I will make another Wednesday's Weekly World Facts post next week so be ready! Note: The Bold is my imaginary person filled with questions which I used in another post before. Sorry I did not mention this until now, but at least you know.

Weekly World Facts - Singapore

Weekly World Facts

Singapore... See how big it is?

I am back again - a little later than hoped - to give you the Weekly World Facts. Normally it will be on Wednesdays, but I really wanted to post this today. One might ask, What is in this Weekly World Facts thing? Well, the answer to that is really simple. In the announcement I (sort of) explained what this would be about. Thanks to the fact that I tend to talk a lot, even when writing, the announcement was probably too confusing. Well, I might as well tell you again. The Weekly World Facts will be facts about things related to the world such as: facts about states, places or people; weather in certain places; and plenty of other things. You might say, Well, this seems a little boring. Who wants to learn facts about states? Again, I am going to give you the answer - if you are reading this post right now, then you obviously want to know these things. Or maybe you just wanted to see what this Weekly World Facts thing is all about. If you don't like the topic, then you don't have to read this post, but I will try to make it more interesting than it sounds (Geography really is interesting!). So if you want to see the actual Weekly World Facts, read on and enjoy! Note: I will not go Fact #1 (basic fact), Fact #2(another basic fact), so on. This will be a very interesting post with plenty of pictures all related to Singapore. My Weekly posts (Minecraft Monday and this one) are always interesting.

So, based off the title you might already know this post will be about Singapore. Last night me and my mom were researching Singapore because I wanted to know what place was the safest place with the best weather (70-90 degrees). Well, Singapore showed up as one of the best places. Here are some quick facts on why:

• The weather ranges from 75 to 90 degrees year around
• There are not many bugs in the cities of Singapore
• The internet is way faster than US internet
• Singapore has a lot of different type of trees
• Very low crime
• And they speak four main languages so you don't have to learn Mandarin right away

This list could go on much longer, but those are the main things I could remember about Singapore from last night. Now, there are two things that are not so good about Singapore listed below:

Now that is a big Ferris Wheel! - This is in Singapore

• Singapore is big - really big - and I am not a huge fan of huge cities
• And then there is the cost to live there... let's just say it is pretty expensive

An interesting list, right? Well, I can live with a place as big as Singapore because of all the good things it has. And there are going to be other downfalls, but those are the two I learned about last night. While Singapore is expensive, it is a really nice place to live. Africa is nice but they have a lot of wars and the weather might be just a little too hot for me. Plus the bugs... maybe I would visit one day, but I don't think I would ever live in Africa. Australia is cool too, but with the ozone hole right above them, the skin cancer rate is very, very high. Not to mention all the poisonous bugs (have I mentioned I don't like bugs?). And with the fact that Singapore's weather is perfect? Great! Their "seasons" go like this: hot, hotter, wet, wetter. And with such high internet speeds I would not have to worry about lag and stuff. And then, like I already listed, Singapore has low crime, lots of trees, and they have four main languages which includes English. All that compared to two downfalls? Hmm... something to look into more I guess. Well, I'll be signing off now, hopefully you enjoyed this post about Singapore.