TRIVIA BITS 10 MAY

 

• The world's largest art gallery is the Winter Palace and Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Visitors would have to walk 15 miles to see the 322 galleries which house nearly 3 million works of art.
• The world's largest Delta was created by the river Ganges.
• The world's largest exporter of sugar is Cuba.
• The world's largest Gothic cathedral is in New York City. It is the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue and 112th Street. The cathedral measures 601 feet long, 146 feet wide, and has a transept measuring 320 feet from end to end.
• The world's largest National park is 'Wood Buffalo National Park' in Canada.
• The world’s longest escalator is in Leningrad Metro, 120 metres long.
• The world's longest fresh water beach is located in Canada.
• The world's longest suspension bridge opened to traffic on April 5, 1998. The 3,911-meter (12,831-feet) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is 580 meters (1,900 feet) longer than the Humber Bridge in England, the previous record holder.
• The world's oldest man-made alloy is Bronze.
• The world's smallest independent state is the Vatican City, with a population of about 1,000 - and a zero birth-rate.