The perfect cone shape of Mount Fuji formed over 100,000 years ago as different volcanoes (mountains that can blow up) stacked on top of each other — like building the world’s biggest sand castle!
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The Great Sphinx faces east — toward the sunrise — because ancient Egyptians built it to greet the sun! They planned it this way to connect it with the solar gods.
The Great Sphinx has huge eyes — each one is about 6 feet tall (2 meters), about as tall as two basketball hoops stacked on top of each other!
The marble floor of Hagia Sophia has been smoothed and polished by millions of feet over 1,500 years!
The Parthenon has 46 outer columns, each made from stacked marble drums that were carefully carved to fit perfectly together!