True or False?

The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest enclosed inland body of water. Its total surface area is a staggering 371,000 square kilometers. It contains 78,200 cubic km of water and is also the 3rd deepest lake in the world, reaching depths of 1,025 m below surface! Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and Azerbaijan surround the basin of the lake.

Microscopes have contributed greatly to modern medicine. Before the development of the microscope, many believed that illnesses were caused by spirits or poisonous gases. The invention led researchers to identify bacteria and other microorganisms, leading to the development of effective and life-saving medicine.

The world’s most expensive instrument is the Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin. It was sold for a record price of $15.9 million! The beautiful and costly violin was auctioned by the Nippon Music Foundation to help raise money for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.