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                                     The Top Ten: The World's Highest Mountains Rank Mountain Range Country Feet 1.  Everest Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 2.  K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 3.  Kangchenjunga Himalayas India/Nepal 28,169 4.  Lhotse Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,940 5.  Makalu Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 27,766 6.  Cho Oyu Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 26,906 7.  Dhaulagiri Himalayas Nepal 26,795 8.  Manaslu Himalayas Nepal 26,781 9.  Nanga Parbat Himalayas Pakistan 26,660 10.  Annapurna Himalayas Nepal 26,545
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10 Most Beautiful but Strange Flowers Flowers, with their bright colours and unique shapes, are a wonder of the nature. They make the world a beautiful place. Be it the much known rose or the lesser known orchids, flowers are always mesmerizing. Let us look at some of the most beautiful and strange flowers that adorn the world around us.                                           1. Bleeding Heart The flower, especially in the bud form, of the Lamprocapnos, a flowering plant of the poppy family, oddly resembles the conventional shape of the heart with e droplet beneath. That is why, it has been given the name, a bleeding heart. The outer petals are bright fuchsia in colour. As the flower blooms further and the outer petals open up, the inner, white parts, often called the ‘lady in a bath’ become more visible. This plant is found in Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan 2. Parrot Flower The Impatiens Psittacina is an amazing plant of the balsam family. The flow
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10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT EARTH               Planet Earth. That shiny blue marble that has fascinated humanity since they first began to walk across its surface. And why shouldn’t it fascinate us? In addition to being our home and the place where life as we know it originated, it remains the only planet we know of where life thrives. And over the course of the past few centuries, we have learned much about Earth, which has only deepened our fascination with it.                 But how much does the average person really know about the planet Earth? You’ve lived on Planet Earth all of your life, but how much do you really know about the ground underneath your feet? You probably have lots of interesting facts rattling around in your brain, but here are 10 more interesting facts about Earth that you may, or may not know. 1. Plate Tectonics Keep the Planet Comfortable: Earth is the only planet in the Solar System with plate tectonics. Basically, the outer crust of the E