Almost all the flags of the world are rectangular | Did you know that
Did you know that almost all the flags of the world are rectangular (usually in the ratio of 3a2 or 5A3) with different colors or shapes. Libya is the only country that has a...
The Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea and the Aral Sea are not seas, but...
Did you know that the Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea and the Aral Sea are not seas, but lakes? In fact, the Caspian is the largest lake in the world. Moreover, the lake Baikal...
Canada has most of the lakes in the world | Did you know that
Did you know that more than half of the world's lakes are in Canada? Around the world there are approximately 3 million lakes and 60% of these lakes are in Canada. The lakes are...
Timbuktu in Africa | Commercial center of Africa 500 years ago
Did you know that this is a real populated area in Mali, Africa? Located in front of the great Sahara desert and synonymous with remoteness, exoticism and mystery, it was the intellectual heart, the...
Tuvalu in Oceania | Main income comes from selling internet domains
Did you know that Tuvalu is a small country in Oceania consisted of 9 islands with fewer than 12,000 inhabitants?. Also, did you know that one of their main income comes from the rights...
Rio de Janeiro doesn’t really exist
Did you know that there is no Rio de Janeiro?. When the Portuguese discovered the South American region in January 1502, it is believed that they reached the mouth of a river which they...
World’s deepest hole is in Kola, Russia
Did you know that there a few things known about Earth's interior?! Some say we know more for the boundaries of the universe than the center of our planet. What we know less comes...
Potosi was one of the largest and wealthier cities in America
Did you know that during the colonial period the most populous city in America was neither Mexico nor New York, but Potosi in Bolivia?! It had 160,000 inhabitants and their wealth came from the...
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