CURIOUS RIVER FACTS THAT YOU PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW

DIAMONDS WEREN'T ORIGINALLY MINED. IN THE

PAST THEY WERE FOUND ALONG THE

BOTTOMS OF RIVERS

THERE IS EVIDENCE OF AN UNDERGROUND RIVER ABOUT

4 KM BENEATH THE AMAZON THAT IS JUST AS LONG

(ROUGHLY 6,000 KM) BUT SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES WIDER.

IT HAS BEEN NAMED THE RIO HAMZA

EVERY YEAR FIREBALLS ERUPT FROM THE SURFACE OF

THE MEKONG RIVER IN THAILAND. KNOWN AS THE

NAGA FIREBALLS, SOME PEOPLE HAVE HYPOTHESIZED

THAT THEY ARE THE RESULT OF METHANE GAS.

THEY HAVE INSPIRED NUMEROUS LOCAL LEGENDS

THE OLDEST RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES IS ACTUALLY

CALLED THE NEW RIVER. SOME SCIENTISTS BELIEVE

THAT THE ONLY RIVER OLDER IS THE

NILE RIVER IN AFRICA

THE CHOCOLATE RIVER IN THE MOVIE WILLY WONKA

WAS MADE FROM REAL CHOCOLATE AND WATER.

BECAUSE OF THIS IT SPOILED AND LEFT A REALLY

BAD SMELL.

THE FULL MOON CAUSES A TIDAL WAVE TO GO SHOOTING

UP THE AMAZON RIVER EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS

OUT OF THE YEAR. THIS CREATES SOME OF THE WORLD'S

LONGEST WAVES AND SOME SURFERS HAVE BEEN

KNOWN TO RIDE THEM FOR OVER 10KM!

MARTIN STREL, OF SLOVENIA, SWAM THE FULL LENGTH

OF THE MISSISSIPPI, AMAZON, DANUBE, AND

YANGTZE RIVERS

THE MONGOLS WERE SO CONNIVING AND VICIOUS

THAT THEY WOULD REROUTE ENTIRE RIVERS IN

ORDER TO DECIMATE THE POPULATION OF A CITY

THEY WANTED TO DESTROY

THE FIRST BRIDGE OVER THE AMAZON RIVER

(RIO NEGRO) OPENED IN 2010