10 CURIOSITIES ABOUT NORTH KOREA

Hey guys, in today's post I will be giving you 10 curiosities or surprising facts about a very special country, North Korea.

As you all probably know, North Korea is presided by Kim Jong-Un, a dictator who has left North Korean apart from the rest of the world.
So here are the 10 curiosities:

• It's funny the fact that the full country's name is Democratic People's Republic of Korea, because there is only one possible president to vote for, Kim Jong-Un. 
• They use a different and unique calendar, which started from the founder's birthday. For example, now they are in the year 106.
• They have their very own time zone. Kim Jong-Un decided to change 30 minutes on the time so that they don't have the same time than Japan.
• They built an empty city next to the frontier with South Korea so that they could attract them. It's a ghost city, nobody lives there. Lights are switched on and off automatically and streets are cleaned so that it looks like a normal city.
• If someone commits a crime, the 3 next generations will also be punished. What does this mean? In other words, the criminal's sons and grandsons will be punished for their familiar crime. This is because Kim thinks they are also guilty. Weird, right?
• Weed is legal, which is really strange considering the fact that there are lots of restrictions in this country. Kim Jong-Un even recommends it, as he said it is healthier than tobacco.
• Internet is only for govern members and workers, and most of social media networks and international webs are censured in North Korea.
• There are almost no lights at night, as there is no enough energy for this.
• People can only wear 15 different styles of haircuts, and Kim Jong-Un's peculiar one is not available.
• North Korea has only 3 TV channels, which again shows how limited is North Korea.

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VOLCANOES

In today's posts I will be talking about volcanoes, giving you some really interesting information and facts about them.

First, what is a volcano?

• A volcano is a mountain with a hole in the top that sometimes sends out materials such as rocks, lava, ash, etc. in a sudden explosion.

Volcano in eruption

A volcano is active if it is erupting lava, and a volcano is "slept" if it hasn't erupted for a very long period of time. But a volcano never dies, in other words, it can erupt in every moment, so this is one reason why houses shouldn't be set up near them

How are volcanoes formed?

• Volcanoes are formed when magma from the inside the Earth goes up to the surface, creating a mountain and breaking it up in the eruption

Where and why are most volcanoes located?

• Most volcanoes are located close to plate tectonics, which are zones in the Earth's surface with a high tendency to have earthquakes, tsunamis,... 
• The countries with more volcanoes are USA, Russia, Japan, Chile and Mexico.

Famous eruptions:

• Mount Vesuvius (Pompeii): This famous eruption took place in Pompeii, Italy, in A.D 79. This eruption took by surprise to the inhabitants of the area, who were covered by ash. This is why the were converted into ash statues, which are still conserved today.
• Krakatoa (Indonesia): This eruption took place in an island in Indonesia, in 1883. The sound of the eruption was heard in really far away places like Africa. There were more than 36.000 deaths. Krakatoa, the island, was swallowed by the ocean.

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