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Swift ministered to a congregation of about 15 at Laracor, which was just over four and half miles (7.5 km) from Summerhill, County Meath, and 20 miles from Dublin.
20
9,653
9653
36
2
0
In 1745, when he was 16, Cook moved 20 miles to the fishing village of Staithes, to be apprenticed as a shop boy to grocer and haberdasher William Sanderson.
20
9,654
9654
120
1
0
On his second voyage, Cook used the K1 chronometer made by Larcum Kendall, which was the shape of a large pocket watch, 5 inches in diameter.
5
9,655
9655
84
2
0
The site where he was killed in Hawaii was marked in 1874 by a white obelisk set on 25 sqft of chained-off beach.
25
9,656
9656
30
1
0
In adulthood, Stalin measured 5 feet tall.
5
9,657
9657
27
2
0
His Volynskoe suburb had a 50 acres park, with Stalin devoting much attention to its agricultural activities.
50
9,658
9658
36
3
0
Reportedly, the ft=6 Unitas weighed 145 pounds pounds on his first day of practice.
145
9,660
9660
82
2
0
The Ford GPW abbreviation actually meant G for government use, P to designate its 80 inches wheelbase and W to indicate its Willys-Overland designed engine.
80
9,661
9661
9
5
0
Spanning 10990 sqkm in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola).
10,990
9,663
9663
54
2
0
In 1992, Jamaica's first marine park, covering nearly 15 sqkm , was established in Montego Bay.
15
9,664
9664
92
3
0
The following year Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park was created, covering roughly 300 sqmi of a wilderness area which supports thousands of tree and fern species and rare animals.
300
9,666
9666
47
2
0
This project has so far seen the completion of 33 kilometers of freeway.
33
9,670
9670
20
2
0
On the north coast, 20 feet waves hit Ocho Rios, a popular tourist resort where hotels were evacuated.
20
9,672
9672
28
5
0
Jamaica has a small area of 10992 sqkm .
10,992
9,673
9673
160
3
0
Southwest of mainland Jamaica lies Pedro Bank, an area of shallow seas, with a number of cays (low islands or reefs), extending generally east to west for over 160 kilometers .
160
9,674
9674
57
2
0
To the southeast lies Morant Bank, with the Morant Cays, 51 kilometers from Morant Point, the easternmost point of mainland Jamaica.
51
9,675
9675
13
3
0
Alice Shoal, 260 kilometers southwest of the main island of Jamaica, falls within the Jamaica–Colombia Joint Regime.
260
9,676
9676
37
6
0
It has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 258137 sqkm .
258,137
9,678
9678
43
4
0
The highest point is Blue Mountain Peak at 7402 feet .
7,402
9,679
9679
89
2
0
The Blue Mountains rise to these elevations from the coastal plain in the space of about 16 kilometers , thus producing one of the steepest general gradients in the world.
16
9,680
9680
39
4
0
This range rises to elevations of over 1000 meters .
1,000
9,681
9681
71
3
0
The Cockpit Country is pockmarked with steep-sided hollows, as much as 120 meters deep in places, which are separated by conical hills and ridges.
120
9,683
9683
57
3
0
In many stretches with no coastal plain, the cliffs drop 300 meters straight to the sea.
300
9,684
9684
24
2
0
The Black River courses 70 kilometers through the largest of these plains.
70
9,685
9685
24
4
0
The average rainfall is 1960 mm per year.
1,960
9,686
9686
141
4
0
Where the higher elevations of the John Crow Mountains and the Blue Mountains catch the rain from the moisture-laden winds, rainfall exceeds 5080 mm per year.
5,080
9,687
9687
134
3
0
Since the southwestern half of the island lies in the rain shadow of the mountains, it has a semiarid climate and receives fewer than 760 mm of rainfall annually.
760
9,688
9688
30
2
0
Temperatures may dip to below 10 °C at the peaks of the Blue Mountains.
10
9,689
9689
40
2
0
Other fishermen live on the Pedro Cays, 80 miles to the south of Jamaica.
80
9,692
9692
77
1
0
It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by a 2 kilometers wide isthmus.
2
9,694
9694
68
4
0
Jan Mayen has one unpaved airstrip, Jan Mayensfield, which is about 1585 meters long.
1,585
9,695
9695
4
3
0
The 124 kilometers coast has no ports or harbours, only offshore anchorages.
124
9,697
9697
143
1
0
For some time, scientists doubted if there could be any activity in the Beerenberg volcano, but in 1970 the volcano erupted, and added another 3 sqkm of land mass to the island during the three-to-four weeks it lasted.
3
9,698
9698
105
2
0
During an eruption, the sea temperature around the island may increase from just above freezing to about 30 Coulomb .
30
9,701
9701
41
3
0
Its highest elevation is Rudolftoppen at 769 meters .
769
9,703
9703
13
2
0
Located only 25 miles south of the equator, Jarvis has no known natural freshwater lens and scant rainfall.
25
9,704
9704
162
2
0
On June 27, 1974, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton created Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge which was expanded in 2009 to add submerged lands within 12 nautical miles of the island.
12
9,706
9706
30
3
0
Jersey is an island measuring 118 sqkm (or 66,436 vergées), including reclaimed land and intertidal zone.
118
9,708
9708
106
1
0
The following table contains the official Jersey Airport averages for 1981-2010 for Jersey, being located 7 kilometers from St. Helier.
7
9,710
9710
70
3
0
The highest point in the island is Les Platons on the north coast, at 136 meters .
136
9,712
9712
61
3
0
With over 120 mobile phone masts, in 2012, spread across its 119 sqkm area, the island has a phone mast density almost five times that of the United Kingdom as a whole but similar to any urban area.
119
9,715
9715
46
1
0
The four islands compose a total land area of 2 sqkm .
2
9,716
9716
41
1
0
With elevation ranging from sea level to 5 meters at Summit Peak, the islands contain some low-growing vegetation and palm trees on mostly flat terrain and no natural fresh water resources.
5
9,718
9718
91
4
0
They erected some buildings and a boat landing on Sand Island and blasted coral to clear a 3600 feet seaplane landing.
3,600
9,719
9719
105
4
0
Part of the lagoon was dredged and the excavated material was used to make a parking area connected by a 2000 feet causeway to Sand Island.
2,000
9,721
9721
112
3
0
Sand Island had barracks built for 400 men, a mess hall, underground hospital, radio station, water tanks and a 100 feet steel control tower.
100
9,722
9722
31
2
0
In December 1943 an additional 10 acres of parking was added to the seaplane base.
10
9,724
9724
168
4
0
The runway was complete by December 7, 1941, though in December 1943 the 99th Naval Construction Battalion arrived at the atoll and proceeded to lengthen the runway to 6000 feet .
6,000
9,725
9725
86
4
0
As of 2003, the airfield at Johnston Atoll consisted of an unmaintained closed single 9000 feet asphalt/concrete runway 5/23, a parallel taxiway, and a large paved ramp along the southeast side of the runway.
9,000
9,727
9727
93
4
0
Johnston Island was also used as the launch site of 124 sounding rockets going up as high as 1158 kilometers .
1,158
9,728
9728
107
3
0
On July 9, 1962, "Starfish Prime" had a 1.4-megaton explosion, using a W49 warhead at an altitude of about 400 kilometers .
400
9,729
9729
104
2
0
The final Fishbowl launch that used a Thor missile carried the "Kingfish" 400-kiloton warhead up to its 98 kilometers detonation altitude.
98
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9730
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2
0
The range safety officer sent a destruct signal 65 seconds after launch, and the missile was destroyed at approximately 10 kilometers altitude.
10
9,731
9731
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2
0
Then the ramp was covered and placed into a 25 acres landfill on the island during 1962 dredging to extend the island.
25
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9733
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3
0
In February, March, and April 1965 Johnston Atoll was used to launch biological attacks against U.S. Army and Navy vessels 100 miles south-west of Johnston island in vulnerability, defense and decontamination tests conducted by the Deseret Test Center during Project SHAD under Project 112.
100
9,734
9734
30
2
0
The United States Army leased 41 acres on the Atoll to store chemical weapons held in Okinawa, Japan.
41
9,735
9735
118
2
0
About 45,000 tons of soil contaminated with radioactive isotopes was collected and placed into a fenced area covering 24 acres on the north of the island.
24
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9736
74
3
0
The eastern eye-wall passed directly over the atoll, with winds exceeding 100 mph .
100
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9737
49
3
0
USNS Neptune ARC-2 6 surveyed the route and laid 769 nautical miles of cable and 45 repeaters.
769
9,738
9738
41
5
0
The territory of Jordan now covers about 91880 sqkm .
91,880
9,739
9739
120
4
0
Between 1950 and the Six-Day War in 1967, although not widely recognized, Jordan claimed and administered an additional 5880 sqkm encompassing the West Bank; in 1988 and with continuing Israeli occupation, King Hussein relinquished Jordan's claim to the West Bank in favor of the Palestinians.
5,880
9,740
9740
68
2
0
Jordan is landlocked except at its southern extremity, where nearly 26 kilometers of shoreline along the Gulf of Aqaba provide access to the Red Sea.
26
9,743
9743
41
3
0
Most of the East Bank receives less than 120 mm of rain a year and may be classified as a dry desert or steppe region.
120
9,747
9747
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2
0
In contrast, the winter months—November to April—bring moderately cool and sometimes cold weather, averaging about 13 °C .
13
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9749
38
2
0
Jordan also borders the Dead Sea, for 50 kilometers
50
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9754
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2
0
Aqaba is also the kingdom's only deep-water port town, taking up most of Jordan's scant 27 kilometers of coastline.
27
9,755
9755
42
4
0
In 2009, it was estimated that Jordan had 7891 kilometers of paved highways.
7,891
9,756
9756
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5
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over 10000 feet :
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9,757
9757
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4
0
under 3000 feet :
3,000
9,758
9758
6
4
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under 3000 feet :
3,000
9,759
9759
26
1
0
It is a low, flat island, 4 sqkm in size.
4
9,760
9760
71
4
0
Anchorage is possible off the northeast of the island which also has a 1300 meters airstrip.
1,300
9,762
9762
39
4
0
Most authorities give its elevation as 1734 meters above sea level.
1,734
9,763
9763
101
4
0
It was once thought to be the highest point in Jordan, but SRTM data shows that Jabal Umm al Dami is 1854 meters above sea level and therefore higher.
1,854
9,764
9764
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3
0
1910 Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 feet .
325
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9767
121
3
0
1938 The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432 kmph .
432
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9768
67
2
0
1977 The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
10
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9769
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2
0
1862 Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18 inches telescope now located at Northwestern University.
18
9,770
9770
53
1
0
1991 Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometers high.
7
9,771
9771
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4
0
1789 Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7400 kilometers journey in an open boat.
7,400
9,772
9772
53
5
0
2002 Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75000 miles , about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
75,000
9,773
9773
51
1
0
1960 The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
7
9,774
9774
72
3
0
1904 The SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometers northwest of Ireland.
430
9,775
9775
55
3
0
1913 The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F , the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.
134
9,776
9776
108
2
0
109 Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometers north-west of Rome.
40
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9777
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3
0
17–19 On 9 May 1862 Apollo and his family were exiled to Vologda, 500 kilometers north of Moscow and known for its bad climate.
500
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9778
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2
0
Later, the sign was moved to 20 feet above ground level.
20
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9780
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3
0
1938 World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125 mph .
125
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2
0
1889 The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
14
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9783
130
2
0
1898 Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles east of Santiago de Cuba.
16
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9784
37
2
0
There is a municipal rubbish heap of 45 meters in altitude that has been named Mt Cleese at the Awapuni landfill just outside Palmerston North after he dubbed the city "suicide capital of New Zealand" after a stay there in 2005. [
45
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3
0
1936 A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet into the River Irwell.
200
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9786
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5
0
Lynch and his wife, Dr. Susan Lynch, a pediatrician and childhood obesity activist, reside in an 11000 sqft home atop Gould Hill in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
11,000
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9787
83
4
0
1730 An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1000 kilometers of Chile's coastline.
1,000
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9788
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3
0
The runup from the waves reached 525 meters on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
525
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9790
172
2
0
According to a different calculation, he died on 15 Kislev, AM 3978 (around December 1, 217 CE), in Sepphoris, and his body was interred in the necropolis of Beit Shearim, 15 kilometers distant from Sepphoris, Cf.
15
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9791
133
3
0
Before beginning, Kerouac cut sheets of tracing paper into long strips, wide enough for a typewriter, and taped them together into a 120 feet long roll which he then fed into the machine.
120
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9792
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3
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By far the more significant is Scroll, a transcription of the original draft typed as one long paragraph on sheets of tracing paper which Kerouac taped together to form a 120 feet scroll.
120
9,794
9794
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8
0
The CPR was granted 25000000 acres of land along the route of the railroad, and $25,000,000 from the government.
25,000,000
9,795
9795
44
3
0
In 1906, William claimed a quarter-section, 160 acres of undeveloped land near Borden, Saskatchewan.
160