We live in a world that’s diverse, beautiful, and strange. Beyond what happens in our country, there are tons of fascinating events, places, and phenomena happening around the world. We searched through the internet and found incredible facts from every continent in the world and here they are:
- A third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa!
- More people visit France than any other country!
- North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can’t buy Coca-Cola. That’s because these countries are under long-term U.S. trade embargoes.
- 90% of the world’s fresh water is in Antarctica!
- Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.
- South Sudan is the youngest country in the world.
- Antarctica is the only place in the world that has only one ATM!
- Over 200 languages are spoken in Europe!
- The largest country by land in Africa is Algeria!
- The smallest country by land in Africa is The Seychelles!
- No pig is allowed to be called Napoleon in France!
- The largest island in the world is Green Land!
- The Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, that is still in existence and it is located in Egypt!
- The official animal of Scotland is the unicorn!
- 10 million people visit the Great Wall of China every year.
- Some indigeneous tribes in South America have no contact with modern civilization.
- Benin Republic has the highest rate of twin births in the world!
- The Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean are the most endangered island nation!
- Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with 851 individual languages listed.
- It’s estimated that Sweden has more islands than any other country.
- Asia has the highest number of billionaires in the world.
- The oldest state in the world is San Marino!
- Ethiopia and Liberia are the only two countries in Africa that were not colonised by the European powers.
- Greenland is the country that can’t join FIFA because of bad weather conditions and grass cannot grow there!
