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Travel & Tourism Facts
Due to historical surveying errors, the Four Corners Monument is approximately 1,800 feet east of its intended location.
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.
The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386 and still stands today.
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 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.
All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
An estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa called “Witwatersrand.”
The world’s most remote ATMs are operated by Wells Fargo in Antarctica, serving over 1,000 residents at the U.S. McMurdo Station.
In 1840, German astronomers Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler created the first comprehensive map of Mars.
Although the TV show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was filmed in California.
The Grand Canal in China, at a total length of approximately 1,104 miles (1,776 km), is recognized as the world’s longest artificial waterway.
The 6th largest pyramid in the world is the Memphis Pyramid, a Bass Pro Shops megastore. At 32 stories tall, it’s slightly taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Over 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.
Eucla, a small coastal town in Western Australia with fewer than 100 residents, has its own time zone, which is UTC+8:45.
From 1777 until its admission to the United States in 1791, Vermont existed as a self-governing independent state. It had its own copper coins and operated its own postal service.
The Scottish-American Soldiers Monument in Edinburgh is the only monument to the American Civil War outside the United States.
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.
Between 1990 and 2020, the U.S. added nearly 18 million acres of forest, an area roughly the size of South Carolina.
