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Mount Ararat with icecap
... that
glaciers on Mount Ararat
(pictured)
are
retreating
much faster than most glaciers due to
climate change in Turkey
?
... that the Qarhan Playa's Bieletan subbasin – including the
Suli
,
South Suli
,
Dabiele
, and
Xiaobiele
salt lakes – is China's largest source of brine lithium?
... that the
1766 Istanbul earthquake
claimed 4,000 victims, 880 of them in the city?
... that when lead miners discovered
Dream Cave
in
Derbyshire
in 1822, they found it to contain the near-complete skeleton of a
woolly rhinoceros
?
... that along with
Mount Defiance
and
Mount Bailey
,
Diamond Peak
is one of the few
andesitic
shield volcanos
in the
Cascade Range
?
... that the lightning-caused
Swan Lake fire
in Alaska has burned over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) of wildland?
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