· Ancient Persians gave New Year's gifts of eggs, symbolizing productivity
· Due to precipitation, for a few weeks K2 is bigger than Mt Everest
· Vietnamese currency consists only of paper money; no coins
· Canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women
· There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world
· Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world
· It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979
· Australia's national anthem is called Advance Australia Fair
· The only nation whose name begins with an A, but doesn't end in an A is Afghanistan
· The Atlantic Ocean gets wider by a little more than one inch every year
· The world's only city whose name consists solely of vowels is Aiea, in Hawaii, USA.
· Soldiers in the Netherlands are not required to salute officers
· Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angels'
· The Netherlands has built 800 miles of massive dikes and sea walls to hold back the sea. If it wasn't for these walls, 40% of the country would be flooded.
· Big Ben is actually the name of the largest bell inside the London clock tower, not of the clock itself.
· In 1867 the United States paid Russia only $7.2 million (2 cents an acre) for Alaska
· Every year in France there is a "Thieves Fair" where people are encouraged to try to steal things from the stalls
· The world's longest street is in Canada. Toronto's Yonge Street runs 1,190 miles
· In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become a year older on New Year's Day
· Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century
· Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship for adult films
· The Nullarbor Plain of Australia covers 100,000 square miles without a tree.
· Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country
· Australia is the only continent on earth without an active volcano.
· In Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death
· There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.
· There are no public toilets in Peru
· Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
· The oldest national flag still in existence, that of Denmark, dates back to the 13th century
· Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular or square flag
· In 1949, the temperature in part of Portugal soared to 158 degrees F for a couple of minutes. No one knows why
· Nauru is the only country in the world with no official capital
· Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland
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