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Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 to 1990. She was known as the 'Iron Lady' for her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
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Verkhoyansk in Siberia is one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth, along with Oymyakon. It holds the record for some of the lowest temperatures ever measured in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island. Located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Alaska is the largest U.S. state by land area. It is more than twice the size of Texas, the next largest state, and comprises a vast amount of the total U.S. territory.
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Russia holds the title for the largest land area in the world. Its vast territory spans across two continents, Europe and Asia, making it significantly larger than any other nation.
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The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia in terms of both land area and population. It is an archipelagic state located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Sri Lanka and India.
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While the Yangtze is technically the longest in Asia, the Ganga is the longest among the options provided in this specific context (often focusing on South Asian geography).
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The Sundarbans is the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest. It is located in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal, primarily in Bangladesh.
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The Nile is traditionally considered the longest river in the world, flowing north through northeastern Africa. Though there is some debate regarding the Amazon, the Nile is the standard answer in geography.
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world's first female Prime Minister when she took office in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1960. She set a historic precedent for women in global politics.