On May 22, 1987, Rick Hansen became the first person to circumnavigate the world in a wheel chair. His trip started in Vancouver Canada, took two years to complete and covered 24,901 miles (39,841 km).
The world's largest and heaviest aircraft is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, designed for carrying large cargo. It's maximum takeoff weight is 1.3 million pounds (590,000 kilograms).
The Statue of Liberty was built and assembled for the first time in Paris France. After assembly it was taken apart and shipped to New York where it was assembled for the second time.
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Atolls are produced by the growth of tropical marine organisms. These type of islands are only found in warm tropical waters. It can take up to 30 million years to form an atoll.
