Jumat, 21 Oktober 2011

5 people in the world's oldest

1. Jeanne Calment
     21st February 1875 – 4th August 1997 Age: 122 years 164 days
Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) had the longest living person confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of 122 years, 164 days. She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh’s visit brought reporters to Arles. She entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1988, and on 17 October 1995 she became the oldest person ever, having surpassed the (now dubious) case of Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan. She became the last living documented person born in the 1870s when the Japanese supercentenarian Tane Ikai (born 1879) died on 12 July 1995; in total she outlived no fewer than 329 undisputedly verified supercentenarians. Her life span has been thoroughly documented by scientific study, with more records having been produced to verify her age than for any other case. She is the only person ever to be confirmed beyond any doubt to have reached 120 years of age.

2. Shigechiyo Izumi
     29th June 1865 – 21st February 1986 Age: 120 years 237 days
 
3. Sarah Knauss
     24th September 1880 – 30th December 1999 Age: 119 years 97 days
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American supercentenarian considered the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998, the date of the death of 117-year-old Canadian Marie-Louise Meilleur, until her own death. At age 117, she also set the record for the world’s oldest “new” title-holder (which corresponds to the highest “valley” on a graph of the oldest living persons over time). Knauss is the second-oldest fully documented person ever, behind Jeanne Calment. She was the last verified living person to have been born before 1885, and the most recent person to reach age 117.

4. Lucy Hannah
    16th July 1875 – 21st March 1993 Age: 117 years 248 days
Lucy Hannah née Terrell (July 16, 1875 – March 21, 1993) was an American supercentenarian. Hannah is the third-oldest person ever and the oldest black person ever, as well as the oldest living American at the time of her death. She is also the oldest person never to have been the oldest living person, since she lived at the same time as Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever to live.

5. Marie-Louise Meilleur
    29th August 1880 – 16th April 1998 Age: 117 years 230 days
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur (née Chassé; August 29, 1880 – April 16, 1998) was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.

Kamis, 20 Oktober 2011

5 The world's largest tsunami

1. Tsunami Aceh


This tsunami occurred on December 26, 2004 due to an earthquake measuring 9.1 to 9.3 on the Richter scale. The tsunami waves swept some parts of Aceh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives and East Africa region. As many as 226,000 people died in the tsunami with 166,000 souls is a citizen of Indonesia. The earthquake causes a tsunami is the fourth largest earthquake that occurred in history.

2. Tsunami in Ancient Greece 

Tsunami in the Ancient Greece is known to be first recorded tsunami in history. Therefore, the tsunami is the eruption of the mountain near the island of Thera, or Santorini. The number of people killed in the tsunami is not known with certainty, but is estimated at more than 100,000 people. The tsunami waves estimated at 15 meters. Meanwhile, the tsunami that occurred in 1500 BC is expected to cause the collapse of Minoan civilization, a civilization that developed at that time.
 
3. Tsunami in Portugal, Spain, and Marocco

This tsunami caused by an earthquake centered in the bottom waters of the Atlantic in 1755. Tsunami waves hit the cities in Portugal, Spain, and Morocco with the worst damage occurred in the region of Lisbon. Tsunami wave height does not exceed the Krakatau tsunami, but the number of people killed far more, as many as 60,000 people.
 
4. South China Sea Tsunami
 
This tsunami occurred in 1782 in the South China Sea region adjacent to Taiwan. Therefore, the tsunami is a tectonic earthquake that occurred on the ocean floor. It is not clear epicenter and strength, but as many as 40,000 people have died because of it. Based on the published catalog of Russian tsunami, tsunami waves hit the mainland as far as 120 kilometers.
 
5. The Tsunami caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait
 

This tsunami occurred in 1883 and killed approximately 36,000 people. The tsunami waves caused by the eruption reaches a height of 40 meters and swept at least 165 villages in the area of ​​Java and Sumatra. Krakataunya eruption itself is the largest volcanic eruption in history, creating a sound so loud and even volcanic ash that spread up to Australia
 
 

5 largest aquarium in the world

1.  Georgia Aquarium (6,3 million gallons)


Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world and is home to 100,000 sea creatures. Funded by donations from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, then the aquarium opened in November 2005. Water capacity is 24 million liters of water.

2. Dubai Mall Aquarium (2,64 million gallons)


Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest shopping center is part of the Burj Dubai complex. The core of the mall is a giant aquarium with a capacity of 10 million liters of water. And has a collection of about 33,000 living animals including 400 sharks of various kinds. In February 2010, there was a shark jump and cause a leak then the activity of the mall stopped for a moment because of it.

3. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (1,98 million gallons)


The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is located in Ocean Expo Park and opened in 2002. Marine aquarium tank called the Kuroshio has a 7.5 liter engine and an acrylic glass panels by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 cm. In July 2010, there were a total of four of the manta born in this aquarium.

4. L'Oceanogràfic (1,85 million gallons)


L'Oceanografic located in Valencia, Italy and the largest aquarium in Europe. This aquarium has a collection of marine animals around 45.00. The tunnel under the water here has a 35 meter panjangnnya.

5. Turkuazoo (1,32 million gallons)
Opened in 2009, Turkuazoo a giant aquarium that was built in Turkey. The Aquarium is located in Istanbul Forum Shopping Mall and contains a 80 meter long tunnel. Turkuazoo has a collection of about 10,000 different species of marine animals including tiger sharks, stingrays and piranhas

 

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