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Travel & Tourism Facts
South Korea does not recognize North Korea as a separate sovereign state, claiming to be the sole legitimate government of the Korean Peninsula.
Earthquakes aren’t the only type of quakes: there are marsquakes, moonquakes, venusquakes, and even sunquakes!
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the U.S., with a population of over 550,000, and isn’t located within any county.
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.
China has a 3,000-mile network of underground tunnels, often referred to as the “Underground Great Wall.” These tunnels are used to store and transport ballistic missiles.
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.
The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386 and still stands today.
The Apollo astronauts took geological field trips to Iceland, as NASA believed the terrain there resembled the surface of the Moon.
All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
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.
On September 19, 1967, the Republic of Benin was declared but lasted only seven hours before Nigerian forces retook Benin City.
In 2014, the North Korean government published a recommended list of ten “state-approved” hairstyles for men and eighteen for women as part of a campaign against “capitalist” fashion.
The Savannah-Hilton Head Airport has two graves on its runway; one reads “At rest,” and the other, “Gone home to rest.”
Between 1990 and 2020, the U.S. added nearly 18 million acres of forest, an area roughly the size of South Carolina.
Although the TV show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was filmed in California.
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 world’s first motel is in San Luis Obispo, which was built in 1925. When it opened, it cost $1.25 for a two-room bungalow with a kitchen and a private adjoining garage.
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.
