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Travel & Tourism Facts
In the 1st century AD, Scotland was among the few countries that the Roman Empire attempted, but failed, to conquer.
New York City, home to more than 628,000 Chinese residents, has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia.
Between 1990 and 2020, the U.S. added nearly 18 million acres of forest, an area roughly the size of South Carolina.
The Great Wall of China has stood for centuries due to a unique mortar mix of sticky rice flour and slaked lime.
Brazil may be in South America, but because it borders French Guiana, a French territory, it also shares a border with the European Union.
Uranus’ moon Miranda is home to the tallest known cliff in the Solar System, Verona Rupes, which is approximately 12.4 miles (20 km) deep!
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.
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 world’s most remote ATMs are operated by Wells Fargo in Antarctica, serving over 1,000 residents at the U.S. McMurdo Station.
The United Kingdom has a population of over 68 million, which is larger than the combined population of Canada, Australia, and Iceland.
All the paint on the Eiffel Tower weighs the same as ten elephants. It gets repainted every seven years without closing to the public.
In 1840, German astronomers Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler created the first comprehensive map of Mars.
The Savannah-Hilton Head Airport has two graves on its runway; one reads “At rest,” and the other, “Gone home to rest.”
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.
