Sep 09 2008
The Creation that is Earth
Planet Earth. With all our wars, mutual hate, and destruction we have no choice but to live on this planet. But do we ever spare a thought on how sturdy and well equipped Allah 
has made this planet. There are some interesting (lesser known) facts about Earth. Sample this:
9) Mt. Everest isn’t the biggest mountain.
The height of a mountain may have an actual definition, but I think it’s fair to say that it should be measured from the base to the apex. Mt. Everest stretches 8850 meters above sea level, but it has a head start due to the general uplift from the Himalayas. The Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea is 10,314 meters from stem to stern (um, OK, bad word usagement, but you get my point), so even though it only reaches to 4205 meters above sea level, it’s a bigger mountain than Everest.
And all this while I thought I’d learned my Geography well. Get the full article here
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