1) Venice, which stands on 118 islands, is in the north of Italy.
2) The London Underground, which is the longest in the world, has 400 km of tunnels.
3) A Dutchman bought Manhattan island, for which he only paid about 24$, in 1626.
4) Barbara Cartland, who has sold about 400 million copies of her romantic novels, is the world’s most popular writer.
5) Women, who have an average life of 77 years, live longer than men.
6) The oldest city in the world, which had a population of 3000 people in 7,800 BC, is Jericho.