FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
In 1859, Brisbane was separated from New South Wales and Queensland was proclaimed a new colony by its first Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen.
Trams were last used in Brisbane in 1969.
14,000 homes had to be evacuated, the CentenaryBridge at Jindalee was severely damaged by a runaway gravel barge and all air, road and rail communication with the outside world was cut off.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the central section is the longest bridge span in the world: 1991 m.
London Bridge in London, England — noted neither for its architecture nor as an engineering feat, this bridge is one of the most famous in the world simply because there has continuously been a bridge at this location since Roman times, or about two thousand years.
This is a stone bridge, replaced by a modern concrete span and brought to its present location as part of a large lakeside development.
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