Encompassing 38 miles along the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay coastlines, Virginia Beach claims the Guinness World Record as the “world’s largest pleasure beach.”
100 Mind-Blowing Bay Facts
The largest wave ever recorded was in Lituya Bay in Alaska. It reached 1,720 feet in 1958 and was triggered by a massive landslide.
The world’s deepest postbox is in Japan. It can be found in Susami Bay which is located in Wakayama, Japan. The post is 10 meters underwater and most people require a diving suit just to get to it.
John Emil List was born on September 17, 1925, in Bay City, Michigan.
The ‘G’ on the Green Bay Packers helmet stands for “greatness” not Green Bay!
The ‘G’ on the Green Bay Packers helmet stands for “greatness”, not Green Bay!
Tallest tsunami. In July 1958 the tallest tsunami ever recorded crashed through the quiet fjord of Lituya Bay in Alaska. At 1,720 feet, the megatsunami was higher than the Empire State Building.