Amazing Facts 17

170 The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa 171 Heathrow Airport is located in London 172 The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude 173 The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega 174 The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois 175 The US state Utah is also known as the Beehive state 176 The Kalahari desert is located in Africa 177 The Pentagonian desert is located in Argentina 178 The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley 179 The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu 180 The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hispaniola 181 The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors 182 The largest auto producing nation is Japan 183 The famous General Motors company was founded by William Durant 184 The country that brings out the FIAT is Italy 185 The first actor to win an Oscar was Emil Jannings 186 The first animated colour cartoon of full feature length was Snow White and Seven Dwarfs 187 The first demonstration of a motion picture was held at Paris 188 The first country to issue stamps was Britain 189 The actor who is considered as the biggest cowboy star of the silent movies is Tom Mix 190 The Pentagon is located at Washington DC 191 The world's largest car manufacturing company is General Motors, USA 192 The world's biggest manufacturer of bicycles is Hero cycles, Ludhiana 193 The world's oldest underground railway is at London 194 The White House was painted white to hide fire damage 195 The largest oil producing nation in Africa is Nigeria 196 The longest river in Russia is Ob-Irtysh 197 The first Emperor of Germany was Wilhelm 198 The last French monarch was Louis Napoleon III 199 "History is Bunk" was said by Henry Ford