CURIOUS RIVER FACTS

THERE ARE 17 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT

DON'T HAVE ANY RIVERS. SAUDI ARABIA

IS THE BIGGEST

A RIVER DIVIDES ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES

IN NORTH AMERICA (EL PASO, TEXAS) FROM

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS (JUAREZ, MEXICO)

THE IMJIN RIVER IN SOUTH KOREA HAS RECEIVED

THE NICKNAME "RIVER OF THE DEAD" BECAUSE SO

MANY CORPSES OF NORTH KOREANS HAVE

COME FLOATING DOWN IT

FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE YEAR, AND NEARLY

10 HOURS PER DAY, THE MOUTH OF THE CATATUMBO

RIVER IN VENEZUELA RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF

LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY HOUR. THIS "LIGHTNING

STORM" HAS HAPPENED CONSISTENTLY FOR

HUNDREDS OF YEARS

THERE ARE MORE THAN 26,000 TOMBSTONES

UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE OF THE DELAWARE

RIVER. WHEN A LOCAL CEMETERY WAS TURNED

INTO A PARKING LOT THE HEADSTONES WERE

USED IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE

BETSY ROSS BRIDGE

IN 1720, WHEN THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY COLLAPSED,

THERE WAS A MOTION IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

TO PUT BANKERS IN SNAKE FILLED SACKS AND THEN

THROW THEM INTO THE RIVER THAMES

THE AMAZON RIVER HAS A GREATER VOLUME OF

WATER THAN THE NEXT 7 BIGGEST RIVERS COMBINED

THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES (SOME OF THE

MOST POWERFUL IN US HISTORY), WERE SO

INTENSE THAT THEY ACTUALLY REVERSED THE

FLOW OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER