World Factoids!




 World Factoids!

 

1. Sudan Has More Pyramids Than Egypt
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3. Country With More Horses Than People

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4. The Most Linguistically Diverse Country

Port Moresby - capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea photo source

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6. Strange Windmills in Ireland

Elphin Windmill, Ireland photo source
All windmills in Ireland turn in a clockwise direction, while the rest of the windmills in the world turn counter-clockwise.

7. London Bridge Over Lake Havasu?

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8. The Most Isolated City in the World

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9. Power of Amazon River
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The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.

10. The World’s Longest Train Journey

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The Trans-Siberian Railway offers the world’s longest train journey. It takes about 7 days to travel the 5,580 miles or 9,000 km between Moscow and Vladivostok.

11. Deforestation

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About 22% of the earth's original forest coverage remains. Western Europe has lost 98% or so of its primary forests; Asia 94%; Africa 92%; Oceania 78%; North America 66%, and South America 54%. Approximately 45% of the world's tropical forests, originally covering 1.4 billion hectares, have disappeared in the last few decades.

12. Shortest Intercontinental Commercial Flight
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Aerial view of the Forbidden City, Beijing photo source
 

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