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The entire world population could fit in Texas, with each person having over 900 square feet, given Texas’s area of about 268,597 square miles.
In 1856, British surveyors calculated that Mount Everest was 29,000 feet tall, but they reported it as 29,002 feet so that it wouldn’t look like a rough estimate.
With its peak soaring to heights of 6.8 miles (11 km), the tallest mountain on Venus is Maxwell Montes.
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a Japanese inn founded in 705 AD, is the world’s oldest hotel and was operated by the same family for 52 generations until 2017.
Soviet Russia needed lighthouses on its uninhabited northern coast, so they built automated lighthouses powered by small nuclear reactors.
Although the exact origin is unclear, North Carolina’s nickname, “The Tar Heel State,” is believed to come from the tar produced there, which often stuck to the bottom of people’s shoes.
New York City, home to more than 628,000 Chinese residents, has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia.
Hideaway Island in Vanuatu is home to the world’s only functioning underwater post office, where snorkelers and divers can send waterproof postcards straight from beneath the sea.
The Savannah-Hilton Head Airport has two graves on its runway; one reads “At rest,” and the other, “Gone home to rest.”
In New Delhi, if a tree falls sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat it. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.
On January 10, 1992, a shipping crate containing 28,000 rubber ducks and bath toys fell into the Pacific. They washed up around the world for the next 20 years.
The origin of the name “Madagascar” is uncertain, but a theory widely accepted by historians is that Marco Polo likely confused the island with the Somali city of Mogadishu.
On September 19, 1967, the Republic of Benin was declared but lasted only seven hours before Nigerian forces retook Benin City.
Sudan has more pyramids than any country, with around 255. They outnumber Egyptian pyramids by nearly twice the amount.
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the U.S., with a population of over 550,000, and isn’t located within any county.
Around 10,000 underground nuclear bunkers were built during the Cold War in Beijing. They were later sold as real estate and are currently inhabited by over a million people.
Ethiopia follows a 13-month calendar that is approximately 7 to 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar, with the new year beginning every September.
The Apollo astronauts took geological field trips to Iceland, as NASA believed the terrain there resembled the surface of the Moon.
Despite its famous tea culture, the UK ranks third in per capita tea consumption, with Ireland second and Turkey first, drinking over 1.5 times more tea than the United Kingdom.
The second-largest stadium in the world is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea. It can hold up to 114,000 spectators. It covers 51 acres and is 197 feet tall.
