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The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world,

longest or second-longest river system in the world,

a title which is disputed with the Nile. 

Source: Mantaro River

Length: 6,400 km

Mouth: Atlantic Ocean

By far the largest system is formed by the Amazon River,

which stretches some 4,000 miles  across equatorial South America.

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The Strait of Gibraltar connects two large water bodies, the Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea.

they lie between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa.

The Strait of Gibraltar is located in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)

The Sea separates Europe from Africa

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The October Revolution (1917) was part of the Russian Revolution (1917–1923).

It was led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party.

Officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution in the Soviet Union.

It marked the rise of the Bolsheviks and the establishment of a communist government in Russia.

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• The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite
• Satellite: Sputnik 1 (meaning "fellow traveller").
• Date: October 4, 1957.
• First US Satellite: Explorer 1 (January 31, 1958)
• A major milestone in space exploration and a key event in the Cold War.

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The code name for the US operation to kill Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was Operation Neptune Spear.

Date: May 1-2, 2011.

Outcome: Bin Laden was killed, and his body was taken for identification and buried at sea.

 The operation was carried out by a team of US Navy SEALs from the United States DEVGRU, also known as SEAL Team Six.

The operation was ordered by President Barack Obama.

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Pakistan’s first women police station inaugurated by late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad on January 25, 1994

پاکستان کے پہلے خواتین پولیس اسٹیشن کا افتتاح وزیر اعظم بے نظیر بھٹو نے 25 جنوری 1994 کو اسلام آباد میں کیا

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Harare, formerly known as Salisbury,

It is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe

The city was founded on 12 September 1890 by the Pioneer Column,

Incorporated (city): 1935

Renamed Harare: 18 April 1982

It was named Fort Salisbury after the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. 

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The Arabian Peninsulae is the biggest peninsula in the world.

The Arabina Peninsulae stretches over 1,250,006 rectangular miles.

It connects the mainland Asian continent and surrounded on all aspects by means of the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and the Red Sea.

it's miles placed in the middle east and comprises 7 international locations including:

1. Saudi Arabia
2. Oman
3. Yemen
4. UAE
5. Kuwait
6. Bahrain
7. and Qatar.

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