Fun Facts About the Countries Above
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
United States: In the US, you will find the Kazumura Cave which is located in Hawaii. It is the world’s longest and deepest lava cave (66 km (41 mi) long and 1,102 m (3,614 ft) deep).
China: In October 2015, the Chinese Government announced that it would change its rules to allow all couples to have two children, loosening a 1979 mandate that restricted many couples to one child; the new policy was implemented on 1 January 2016 to address China’s rapidly aging population and economic needs.
Germany: Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Chancellor Angela MERKEL announced in May 2011 that eight of the country’s 17 nuclear reactors would be shut down immediately and the remaining plants would close by 2022.
United Kingdom: Transportation in the UK begun in 1988 and completed in 1994, the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed the Chunnel) is a 50.5-km (31.4-mi) rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover that runs from Folkestone, Kent, England to Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais in northern France; it is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and mainland Europe.
Italy: Italy is known for regional risks that include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice.
JRN 135 Cassady Aldrich 