BLACK SEA UNDERSEA RIVER The Black Sea undersea river is a current of particularly saline water flowing through the Bosphorus Strait and along the seabed of the. Black Sea. The discovery of the river, announced on 1 August 2010, was made by scientists at the University of Leeds, and is the first of its kind in the world.
Singing sand. Certain conditions have to come together to create singing sand: The sand grains have to be round and between 0.1 and 0.5 mm in diameter. The sand has to contain silica. The sand needs to be at a certain humidity. Singing sand, also called whistling sand or barking sand, is sand that produces sound. The sound emission may be caused by wind passing over dunes or by walking on the sand.
OPTYMISTYCHNA IS THE LONGEST GYPSUM CAVE IN THE WORLD It is located in Ternopil region It is included in Guinnes book as the longest gypsum cave in the world , the longest Eurasian cave and the 5th longest cave in the world. The cave passages are lied about 20 m. under ground. The total length of caves labyrinth is more then 240, 5 km. It is rich in stalactites and helictites. Consists of 10 areas.
THE CONSTITUTION OF PYLYP ORLYK IS ONE OF THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTIONS EUROPE Pylyp Orlyk was elected as the Hetman of the Zaporizhia Host On the same day , he declared the Pacts and Constitutions of Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host . It established a democratic sandart for the separation of powers in govern ment between the legistative , executive ,and judidiary branches . Was one of the first state constitutions in Europe .
TREMBITA-THE LONGEST MUSICAL INSTREMENT IN THE WORLD. It can be up to 4 meters It can be heard from more than 10 kilometres distance . Common in the eastern part of the Ukrainian Carpathians , in particular in Hutsulia . It is used by highlanders to inform the whole community about important evens .
THE FIRST KEROSENE LAMP IN THE WORLD It was invented in 1853 in Boryslav, Lviv region local pharmacists Segami Jan and Ignacii Lukasiewich. It has been widely used since the second half of the XIX century, almost fell into disuse with the development of electric lighting in the first half of the twentieth century.