In the year AD 61, the city was attacked and destroyed.
View moreTornadoes are especially dangerous to people in cars or mobile homes and about 60 people are killed by tornadoes every year.
View moreHe increased the sales by 45% in the first year by offering lower prices on products that he purchased from lower cost suppliers.
View moreApproximately 44% of the population in the United States shop at Walmart each year.
View moreAirbnb's first year was very successful for the three founders, it changed their lives that year and kept a roof over their heads, and they only had four hundred guests!
View moreA staggering seventy-five Airbnb hosts make at least a million dollars a year by renting out their properties.
View moreThese properties don't come cheap and are often sold out year-round, so move fast if you have the option to land yourself one of these dream-come-true properties, even if it's just for the night.
View moreThe Great Wall Marathon is held in October every year on Mutianyu Great Wall.
View moreThe next year, it started work in a factory in New Jersey, lifting and stacking pieces of metal that were too hot for people to touch.
View moreEach year, on average, severe storms are responsible for more damage (as measured by insurance costs) than tropical cyclones, earthquakes, floods, or bushfires.
View moreThe Aztecs sacrificed 1% of their population every year or about 250,000 people.
View moreLater, he said that he had gone to school for just one year, but that was enough to learn how to read, write, and do simple math.
View moreWith this vast quantity of numbers eBay does not create an annual report on how many items are sold within a year.
View moreThe US produces over 4275 tonnes of cheese a year.
View moreGreece consumes over 31.1 kg of cheese a year.
View moreThe incredible temples and religion of Bali, coupled with the partying, surfing, and deep Bali history, continues to draw in tourists year after year.
View moreDuring certain times of the year, you will see these hanging proudly and beautifully above every main street.
View moreIn 2015, over 500 people died in traffic accidents on Bali roads with that number increasing every year.
View moreThe father is usually chased away soon after a litter is born though, and the mother takes care of them until they're about a year old.
View moreHorses are beautiful creatures to look at, and thousands of fanatics enjoy riding them or showing them every year.
View moreIt is thought that larger eagles lived in New Zealand until the year 1400.
View moreA male and female eagle tend to stay together all their lives, building nests every year in the same place.
View moreJupiter shrinks by about 2 Cm each year.
View moreHowever, he passed the next year and in 1900 became a Swiss citizen.
View moreBangkok is one of the world's most popular cities, attracting more tourists each year than even Paris.
View moreIt's not that daily high temperatures are really stupidly high, it's more the fact that the city remains hot all year round.
View moreThe truth is, whatever month of the year you come, it will be hot, but with slightly lower humidity levels the preferred time to visit is between November and February.
View moreAt least soon after the year 1300.
View moreThe highest snowfall ever recorded in a one year period was 31.1 meters (1224 inches) in Mount Rainier, Washington State, United States, between February 19, 1971 and February 18, 1972.
View moreWhere the climate is cold enough for year-to-year accumulation, a glacier may form.
View moreWhen breeding time comes around each year, the peacock will try to impress the peahen as much as possible.
View moreEvery year, the male peafowl will replenish his feathers - no wonder the color always stays so good!
View moreBarcelona is one of the most important tourist destinations in Europe, with millions of people visiting every year.
View moreWith over 8.20 million international visitors per year (2016), the Catalan capital is also the 12th most visited city in the world, surpassing Taipei (15th) and Shanghai (19th).
View moreJust after her 16th birthday, in 1942, Monroe married her 21 year old, next door neighbour Jimmy Dougherty.
View more1946 was a pivotal year for Marilyn, she divorced her young husband and changed her name from, the boring, Norma Baker to the more glamorous Marilyn Monroe (a combination of a 20's star Marilyn Miller with Monroe, her mother's maiden name.).
View moreI love the place and I just can't get enough of it - the past three years me and my wife have gone together every year.
View moreThe chocolate industry is worth approximately $110 billion per year.
View moreThe world's most valuable chocolate bar is a 100-year-old Cadbury's bar, it sold for $687 at auction in 2001.
View moreBrussels Airport is the world's biggest chocolate seller, selling over 800 tons of chocolate a year.
View moreThe International Cocoa Organization say the average Brit, Swiss, or German eat 24lbs (11kg) of chocolate a year.
View moreIt takes the whole of one year's crop from one tree to make half a kilo of cocoa.
View moreTerry's produce over 350 million chocolate orange segments per year.
View more1 in 7 15-24 year olds claim life without chocolate is not worth living.
View moreDoughnuts are a health concern in Canada where each person eats more doughnuts per year than any other country.
View moreThe US makes over 10 billion doughnuts each year.
View moreThe region has a total of 17 public holidays in every year.
View moreHong Kong celebrates new year, Christmas, Easter and other festivals.
View moreThe new year celebration is often marked by spectacular display of lighting.
View moreSnakes cannot survive in places where the ground stays frozen year round so there are no snakes north of the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica.
View moreSnakes shed their skin a number of times a year in a process that usually lasts a few days.
View moreMerrill Lynch became the first customer, purchasing 20 terminals and a 30% equity stake in the company for $30 million in exchange for a five-year restriction on marketing the terminal to Merrill Lynch's competitors.
View moreThis of course prompted further thorough investigation, as well as the millions of visitors that flock to the now famous ruins every year.
View moreWhether you're a student looking to take a gap year or a family hoping to visit somewhere new this year, there is a wealth of choice available to you.
View moreMany people visit New York every year.
View moreBut a year on Mercury is very short.
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