Geographic
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Every year, Mexico City sinks about 10 Inches.*
The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cent an acre.*
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.*
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.*
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A."*
There are no public toilets in Peru.*
South Africa used to have two official languages. Now it has eleven.*
Mexico once had three presidents in one day.*
The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.*
The United States consumes 25% of all the worlds' energy.*
The yo yo was originally a weapon in the Philippines.*
It's against the law to have a pet in Iceland.*
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 sent the Mississippi River backwards.*
The town of Tidikelt in the Sahara Desert once went ten years without rainfall.*
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.*
In Albania, nodding the head means "NO" and shaking the head means "YES".*
New Zealand is the only country that contains every type of climate in the world.*
Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world.*
Toilets in Australia flush counter clockwise.*
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.*
Cyprus has a map on its flag.*
The Pacific Ocean fills nearly a complete hemisphere of the earth's surface.*
The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.*
Canada is an Indian word meaning "big village".*
Every year, 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.*
About 300 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30.*
In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.*
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.*
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.*
Playing cards in India are round.*
There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.*
About one third of American adults are at least 20 percent above their recommended weight.*
The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4'9".*
Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access t a bomb shelter.*
314 Americans had buttock lift surgery in 1994.*
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.*
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.*
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.*
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.