The walls of the original (first) Louvre fortress were around 8½ feet thick — that’s about as thick as two grown-up elephants lying trunk‑to‑tail!
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Big Ben’s pendulum is 13 feet (4 meters) long and beats once every 2 seconds!
The Taj Mahal garden is split into four big parts, and each part is divided into 16 flowerbeds — so altogether there are 64 flowerbeds full of flowers, trees and pathways!
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Mount Etna is Europe’s tallest active volcano, happily towering over Sicily at about 3,350 meters (11,000 feet). It stands like a giant natural tower watching over the Mediterranean Sea, and when it erupts — it’s as if the mountain is putting on spectacular lava fireworks in the sky!
Shwedagon Pagoda isn’t just any temple — it’s the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in all of Myanmar, covered in real gold and is as tall as a 30-story building!