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The tallest mountain in our solar system, Olympus Mons, is 3 times taller than Mount Everest.

Two countries in Asia are also in Europe Russia and Turkey have both land in Europe and land in Asia.

Stalactites are created by the continuous dripping of mineral-rich water

China has a series of underground tunnels running 3,000 miles long. They are used to store and transport mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles.

In season 5 of Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul (Jesse) was paid $150,000 per episode.

There is a city in Norway called "Hell"

California has more people than all of Canada

There are only two countries in the world that have \The\ as part of their country's name.,

Russia is the largest country, with an area of 6.6 million square miles

Antarctica is the only continent on which no Lepidoptera have been found.

The island in Lake Bled is the only natural island in Slovenia.

The Congo is the deepest river. In places, it is 230 m deep

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year

Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.

If you're in Detroit and you walk south, you'll actually walk into Canada.

20% of oxygen is produced by the Amazon

In the Philippines, there‚Äôs an island that‚Äôs within a lake, on an island that‚Äôs within a lake, on an island

There's a desert in Canada.

The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

Netherlands is the only country with a national dog.

Asia continent covers one-third of the Earth’s surface

A town in Honduras sees fish raining once every year. Scientists don’t know what causes this.

The Great Lakes in North America hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water

Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.

Any land mass 1,000 feet above the surrounding area is a mountain

10% of Filipinos (approximately 10 million people) live overseas. The country with the highest amount is the United States, with almost 4 million Filipinos.

Lava from a volcano can reach 1,250¬∞C

The US gets over 1200 tornadoes a year.

There‚Äôs an Island Within a Lake On an Island Within a Lake On an Island, In the Philippines

The longest mountain range in the world is the Andes in South America

Australia‚Äôs Alps Get More Snow Than the Swiss Alps

It costs almost $290,000 per year in fees to run a hot dog cart near the Central Park Zoo in New York City. This does not include cart incurred costs.

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is the second-largest coral reef system in the world, stretching from Mexico to Honduras

The average height of Bolivian women is notably short.

Istanbul is the only city in the world that is spread across two continents

Hong Kong means ‘fragrant harbor’

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the Richter scale from 0-10

Sunsets only exist because Earth‚Äôs atmosphere acts as a prism for light. In scientific terms, it‚Äôs called 'scattering'. Molecules and particles in the atmosphere (which are more numerous at sunset) scatter short-wavelength violet and blue light away from your eyes, so we can see the other colors on the spectrum, like yellow and orange.

Smallpox is the only infectious disease that affects humans to have been eradicated.,

Russia is the most forested country in the world, with 815 million hectares.

71 percent of the Earth‚Äôs surface is covered by ocean

The Dead Sea is currently 429 meters below sea level and sinking about 1 meter a year

The Pacific Ocean is shrinking. Every year, Asia and North America get closer and closer as the Pacific is reduced by two to three centimetres

Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.

The first band to ever perform live on all seven continents was Metallica.

On the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, potatoes were once used as currency.

If the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor did not vote within 30 days, they were only allowed to eat bread and water and were forbidden to leave the city.

Australia is wider than the moon

Japan has the oldest hotel in the world. It has been operational since 705 CE.

Part of the Falklands Islands is littered with leftover landmines from the Falklands War. This stretch of beach has become home to over 1 million penguins as they are too light to trigger the mines when walking on them.

Speaking of China, it has a record of the highest number of bicycles in the world.

The Nile is the longest river. It is over 6,650 km long

Scotland is farther north than Alaska.

Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. As of 2010, 43.8% are Latino, 25.6% are White, 23.1% are Black, and 6% are Asian.

Tirana, the capital of Albania, has a lot of things in common with other European capitals – except one. It’s one of the few capitals without a Mcdonald’s, along with Vatican City and Reykjavik, Iceland, and Podgorica, Montenegro.

Sunflowers can help clean radioactive soil. Japan is using this to rehabilitate Fukashima. Almost 10,000 packets of sunflower seeds have been sold to the people of the city.

Africa is the only continent that covers four hemispheres

The Mariana Trench is deeper than the highest mountain is tall.

There's a salt hotel in Bolivia, including furniture made of salt.

Australia is wider than the moon

The Son Doong cave in Vietnam is so big you could fit a plane inside it. Although we’ve never actually seen anyone trying to do it!

China’s 8th century Leshan Giant Buddha has eyebrows that are more than 5 metres long. Wow!

If the oceans dried out, the salt left over would cover the continents to a depth of 5 feet.

Originally, bumper cars were not supposed to hit each other. Drivers were actually supposed to avoid crashing in spite of chaotic driving. The first company to patent a bumper car was in 1920 named Dodgem.

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge beneath the Atlantic is Earth's longest mountain range

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.

The people of Israel consume more turkeys per capita than any other country.

Magma is liquid rock inside a volcano. Lava is liquid rock outside

The Shortest Town Names Have One Letter, Sweden has a village named √ñ, which means 'island.' France has a village called Y

Brazil boasts the most biodiversity of any country on the planet, with more than 50,000 species of plants and trees.

Second longest is the Amazon at 6,575 km. It is the largest river by volume

Continents shift at about the same rate as your fingernails grow

Arizona was the last of the 48 adjoining continental states to enter the Union.

The longest cave system is Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA, at 651.8 km

The Strait of Magellan, located at the southern tip of South America, is a historic and strategic navigational route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.

120,000 square km of land turn to desert every year due to climate change

Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.

The most remote place in the world is the Tristan da Cunha islands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. They‚Äôre 2,434km from Saint Helena, the nearest inhabited place. Imagine Mum sends you out for groceries but the local supermarket is closed? That‚Äôs a long trip.

The popularity of quinoa in the West has made it unaffordable for some locals in Bolivia.

Chicago's nickname has nothing to do with the weather.

The Caspian Sea is actually a lake. It's the world's largest inland body of water

The only sea in the world without any coasts, the Sargasso Sea is found in the Atlantic Ocean

Stalagmites are created as the water droplets fall to the cave floor

There are more than 150 volcanoes in Indonesia

During the Second World War, German tank drivers would drive their vehicles over camel droppings, thinking it would bring them good luck.

There is an island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is twice the size of Texas

8. Thailand is the only country in South East Asia that has not been colonised by Europeans. And they are super proud of that fact!

La Rinoconada in Peru is the highest city, with an elevation of 5100 m

When Krakatau erupted it released the energy of 15,000 nuclear bombs

The most-visited country on the planet is France, with 90M visitors, according to figures from the UNWTO in 2018. Who‚Äôs at number two? Spain.

The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur due to tectonic activity

Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck, and the island was christened to the name in 1500.

There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.

Mongolia has the lowest population density with 4 people per square mile

The Leaning Tower of Piza is tilted because of the soft soil that it’s built on – which has also protected it from at least 4 powerful earthquakes.

South East Asia is home to the world’s largest flower…

There are approximately 1,900 volcanoes on Earth. Most in the 'Ring of Fire'

There‚Äôs a mountain in Australia called Mount Disappointment

There are thought to be 100,000 uncharted mountains under the sea

The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.

Canary Islands, as the name suggests, could be named after the canary birds. But the truth is they are named after dogs. Being part of Spain, the Spanish name for the place is Islas Canarias –which translates to the island of dogs.

The Great Rift Valley in East Africa is where the continent‚Äôs tectonic plates are slowly pulling apart, resulting in stunning landscapes, lakes, and volcanic activity

The largest desert is in Antarctica with an area of 5.5 million square miles

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy

The EU didn’t want to showcase any country over another, so the architecture on each EU banknote was created by a computer to make neutral designs.

Salt Lake City, Utah has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.

The world’s seas contain north of 8 million tons of plastic waste.

Louisiana's capital building is the tallest one of any U.S. state.

The Patagonian Ice Field in South America is the third-largest ice field in the world, after Antarctica and Greenland

The Arctic Ocean around the North Pole is the smallest and shallowest ocean

The Dingo Fence in Australia is longer than the distance between New York City to London.,

New York City is further south than Rome, Italy.

Russia‚Äôs Transsiberian Railway Crosses 3,901 Bridges

An Australian lake is naturally bubblegum pink

Japan has produced 22 Nobel Laureates

Altamira caves in Spain contain 20,000-year-old prehistoric paintings

China is the worlds most populous country, with around 1.4 billion people living there.

Lake Poopo is Bolivia's second-largest lake and is not a freshwater lake.

Forests are home to 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity

Mount Everest, the world‚Äôs tallest mountain, can fit inside the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean

Many Bolivian homes have a dried llama fetus under their foundations for good luck.

Ninety percent of the earth‚Äôs population lives in the northern hemisphere

And there's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of water.

There's a fence in Australia longer than the distance between Seattle and Miami.

Sweden has the most islands in the world, with 221,800 islands.

Greenland is the largest island in the world.

Spending just a few months in Antarctica can shrink your brain.

Most Canadians living in America reside in south Seattle. 64% of Canadians live in the south of Seattle.

Mount Everest, the world‚Äôs tallest mountain, can fit inside the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean

The largest desert in the world is covered in snow - Antarctic polar desert

Respiratory Disease is China's leading cause of death.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Not all rainforests are tropical. There are some rainforests in the UK

California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."

Maine is the only state that has borders with only one other state.

One in eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.

Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.

Almost half of all bluebells in the world are found in the UK's forests

The city of London only has a population of 9,000 London may be one of the largest metropolises in the world but when it comes to actual people, only 9,000 reside in the City of London.

Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

Bolivia has a limestone cliff with over 5,000 dinosaur footprints.

While dinosaurs roamed the earth, they lived on every continent, including Antarctica.

The world‚Äôs deadliest earthquake killed 830,000 people in China in 1556

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

In 2010 an earthquake in Chile moved the city of Concepci√≥n 3 m to the west

Los Angeles' full name is 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula'

There are over 1,600 temples in Kyoto, Japan

Reykjavik in Iceland is the world's northernmost capital city

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

12% of the world’s total languages are found in Papua New Guinea, which has over 820 indigenous languages. There are more languages on this island than in any other country.

Iceland, divided by the North American and European tectonic plates, is growing by nearly 5 centimetres per year as the plates grow wider apart

Asia is home to around 2,300 languages

Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.

There is a United Arab Emirates territory inside Oman’s territory that itself is inside the United Arab Emirates country. It is called Madha village.

Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach every day for over 27 years.

The largest UK forest is Galloway Forest, with an area of 770 square km

Vietnam exports more than a third of the world’s cashew nuts. Thank you Vietnam.

South Sudan is the world's youngest country. It was founded in 2011

Hannibal had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome.

Mandarin Chinese is the most popular language over the world and is spoken by over 1 billion people.

The Pacific Ocean is less salty than the Atlantic Ocean.

California has more people than all of Canada

Bolivia is the world's largest exporter of Brazil nuts, not Brazil.

Lesotho, San Marino, and Vatican City are the only three countries that are completely landlocked by another country

In South Dakota, you can get a driver’s permit at age 14 with parental consent. Once you turn 16, you can get your license.

The world’s oceans contain 20 million tons of gold.

Santa Claus was issued a pilot’s license by the U.S. government in 1927. They also gave him airway maps and promised to keep the runway lights on.

While Mount Everest is the highest altitude mountain, the tallest mountain on earth is Mauna Kea.,

Several Chinese emperors died from taking an "immortality" elixir.

The Canary Islands were named after dogs, not canaries.,

Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.

Lions Are Extinct in 26 Countries in Africa. It is estimated that 23,000 to 39,000 lions remain on the continent

Japan has a phone to call the dead.

In Bolivia, there's a prison where inmates rent their cells and can live with families.

Death Valley is the hottest desert. Temperatures can reach 56.7‚Å∞C

Yuma, Arizona gets over 4000 hours of sunshine a year, making it the sunniest place on earth. The least sunny place is the South Pole, where the sun only shines on 182 days a year. (Which would you rather live in?)

Scotland has more than 400 words for "snow."

There are more tigers in Texas than the rest of the world.

In 2017, Adidas sold over 1 million pairs of shoes made from recycled ocean plastic, each pair taking 11 plastic bottles to make.

Singapore has a building inspired by a Star Wars robot

More than eighty percent of the Earth's ocean is unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored.,

The largest taxi fleet in the world is found in Mexico City. The city boasts a fleet of over 60,000 taxis.

Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.

Thirty of the world‚Äôs highest mountains are in the Himalayas

There were 240 pedestrian fatalities in New York City in 1994.

This term was used to refer to the guard who sat next to the Stagecoach driver. The guards would use a shotgun to keep robbers and criminals away. It made its way into society due to Hollywood’s love of Western flicks.

During the entire run of Gilligan’s Island, it was never revealed if “Gilligan” was his first or last name.

So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last of rinderpest was in 2001.

The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one end point is P.

The U.S. city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater, Florida.

The only window that opens on the presidential car is the driver’s window to pay tolls. It also has no keyholes, and only the Secret Service knows how to open the doors.

The people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.

The most seasoned realized instrument is a bone woodwind, tracing all the way back to quite a long time back.

Russia spans 11 time zones

The line “Born and raised in South Detroit” in Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” makes no sense, as there is no South Detroit. Detroit, Michigan, lies on the northern side of the Detroit River, and Ontario, Canada, lies to its south.

South Korea has a separate Valentine’s Day for single people

The Transylvania region in Romania is known for its medieval castles, including Bran Castle, often associated with the legend of Count Dracula

The national flag with the most colors in it is Belize (1981), with 12.

The Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, is the tallest in the world, standing at a whopping 579 feet (182m). Note: The Statue of Liberty is 93m by comparison!

Jericho is the lowest city in the world. It's 258 m below sea level

When electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891, President Benjamin Harrison and his wife were afraid of electrocution because of the new concept. They refused to touch light switches, so the staff had to turn the lights on and off for them.

The country code for Russia is "007".

Deserts cover one-third of earth's land surface

Tokyo is the largest city in the world with a population over 37 million

ndonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country

Disappointment Island is an uninhabited island in New Zealand. Over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross live there. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed on the island, which killed 68 people, leaving the 15 survivors waiting 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship ended up crashing there, and 12 men drowned.

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.

Monaco is the most densely populated country with 26,000 people per km¬≤

Ninety per cent of Earth‚Äôs population lives in the Northern Hemisphere

Gary, Indiana is the murder capital of the U.S. - probably the world.

Nepal is the only country that has a non-rectangular flag. It is also asymmetrical.

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

The Stockholm archipelago has more islands than the Pacific Ocean, at around 30,000.

The world's largest desert is not the Sahara but Antarctica.

Sudan has more pyramids than any country, with 255. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by twice the amount.

The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn

Alaska is both the western- and easternmost state in the United States

China owns all of world’s pandas.

For almost 15 years, Vermont was technically its own country before joining the United States in 1791. It had its own coins and postal service.

Continents shift at about the same rate as your fingernails grow

The Pacific is the largest ocean, making up over a third of the planet's surface

The arches at the base of the Eiffel Tower are just for decoration

San Marino is the fifth smallest country in the world (and the third smallest in Europe).

Maine is the closest US state to Africa.

The world's largest desert is Antarctica.

Not only is Reno, Nevada, west of Los Angeles, but so are six state capitals.

The world's largest desert is not the Sahara but Antarctica.

Puerto Williams in Chile is the southernmost permanently inhabited place

There are millions of minor earthquakes every year

The King of Macedon threatened Sparta with, “If I bring my army into your land, I will raze your city.” The Spartans replied: “If.” No attempt was made to capture the city.

Bolivia has 37 official languages.

There is a country with no capital. Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital city.

In 6 hours deserts get more energy from the sun than humans use in a year

In Ancient Egypt, the word for ‚Äòcat‚Äô was actually pronounced ‚Äòmew‚Äô, or ‚Äòmeow‚Äô.

Did you know the origin of French fries can be traced back to Belgium? They are not French!

China produces 45 billion pairs of chopsticks each year

Earthquakes are vibrations of Earth's crust caused by the movement of its plates

South Korea and Ireland are almost the same size, although South Korea has 10 times Ireland's population:

In Svalbard, a remote Norwegian island, it is illegal to die.

A 2017 survey found Paraguay to be the happiest country in the world for the second year in a row.

One in ten people live on an island.

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt

La Paz was the first South American city to receive an electricity supply, powered by llama dung.

Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.

Trees in forests communicate with each other through a fungal network

The moon has earthquakes known as moonquakes.

The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.

Andorra, a tiny country between France & Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.

Russia spans 11 time zones

Kentucky Has More Caves Than Any Other Place on Earth

The deepest part of the oceans is the Mariana Trench at almost 11 km deep

The deepest known cave is Krubera Cave in Georgia, at 2,197 m

If you were to take a taxicab from New York City to Los Angeles, it would cost you $8,325.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

There are more donut shops in Canada per capita than any other country.

The largest volcano on earth is Mauna Loa on Hawai'i. It's 17,000 m tall

The Amazon is the world's largest river, 3,890 miles (6,259 km) long.