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document.write("<font face=arial,helvetica size=-1 color=#FF0000><b>Geographic Trivia</b></font>");
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if      (RandomNo < 50)  {document.write(" According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and India, which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 100) {document.write(" Although Mount Everest, at 29,028 feet, is often called the tallest mountain on Earth, Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii, is actually taller. Only 13,796 feet of Mauna Kea stands above sea level, yet it is 33,465 feet tall if measured from the ocean floor to its summit. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 150) {document.write(" A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 200) {document.write(" The Pantheon is the largest building from ancient Rome that survives intact. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 250) {document.write(" The country of Tanzania has an island called Mafia. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 300) {document.write(" Marseilles is the oldest city in France. It was settled in about 6,000 B.C. by Ionian Greeks, who called it Massilia. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 350) {document.write(" The tallest monument built in the US, the Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, Missouri, is 630 feet tall. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 400) {document.write(" If Monaco's ruling house of Grimaldi should ever be without an heir (male or female), the country will cease to be a sovereign state. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 450) {document.write(" Chile- a country with the world's driest desert, the coldest ice fields, and the longest mountain chain. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 500) {document.write(" The ice at the South Pole is about 2 miles deep. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 550) {document.write(" French was the official language of England for over 600 years. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 600) {document.write(" Key West is closer to Havana than to Miami. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 650) {document.write(" If mined, all the gold suspended in the world's sea water would give each person on Earth 9 pounds. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 700) {document.write(" The Grand Canyon will hold about 900 trillion footballs. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 750) {document.write(" El Capitan in Yosemite National Park is the largest visible granite rock in the world. It's twice the size of the Rock of Gibraltar. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 800) {document.write(" The southernmost city in the U.S. is Na’alehu, Hawaii. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 850) {document.write(" In the United States only 80 miles separate the highest point of land and the lowest point in the lower 48 states. Mount Whitney on the eastern border of Sequoia National Park in California is 14,496 feet high, and a pool called Badwater in Death Valley is 280 feet below sea level. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 900) {document.write(" La Pax, Bolivia is a virtually fireproof city. At an altitude of about 12,000 feet above sea level, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is barely able to support fire. ");}
else if (RandomNo < 950) {document.write(" In terms of area, Juneau, Alaska, is the largest city in the United States, yet it can only be reached by boat or plane. ");}
else                     {document.write(" The original name of Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del rio Porciuncula, translating into:The Village of our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciuncula River. ");}
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