Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
Did you know 'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city
Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
Did you know Tennessee is bordered by 8 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia - more than any other in the US
Did you know the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
Did you know the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
Did you know the croissant was invented in Austria
Did you know In eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas
Did you know African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words
Did you know Australia was originally called New Holland
Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
Did you know hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal
Did you know the coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are collected for charity
Did you know french fries are originally from Belgium
Did you know Venetian blinds were invented in Japan
Did you know the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
Did you know Brazil is named after a tree
Did you know Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
Did you know Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador
Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
Did you know Jamaica has 120 rivers
Did you know China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
Did you know The Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km long (3,995 miles)
Did you know paper originated from China
Did you know the wheelbarrow is invented in China
Did you know tree hugging is forbidden in china
Did you know India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000)
Did you know India is home to over 200 million cows
Did you know the Taj Mahal in India is made entirely out of marble
Did you know New York was the first capital of the United States
Did you know Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year
Did you know Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day
Did you know Germany borders 9 other countries
Did you know Peru has more pyramids than Egypt
Did you know Christmas trees originated from Germany
Did you know Americas top selling ice cream flavour is vanilla
Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
Did you know there are 70 million sheep in New Zealand (with 4 million people)
Did you know the worlds smallest bird is the 'bee hummingbird' found in Cuba
Did you know the US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states)
Did you know every day 7% of the US eats at McDonalds
Did you know Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around)
Did you know more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
Did you know Yugoslavia is bordered by 7 other countries
Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
Did you know there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
Did you know the largest exporter of sugar is Cuba
Did you know Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames)
Did you know the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
Did you know orienteering originated from Sweden
Did you know New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843
Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
Did you know paper money was first used in China
Did you know The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year
Did you know americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips
Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
Did you know a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes
Did you know 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government
Did you know Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'
Did you know the oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island
Did you know you can buy square watermelons in Japan (developed to stack better in supermarkets)
Did you know everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury
Did you know American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year
Did you know India has over 50 million monkeys
Did you know Iceland was the first country to legalise abortion in 1935
Did you know Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs
Did you know the average American eats 263 eggs a year
Did you know in 75% of American households women manage the money and pay the bills
Did you know hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.)
Did you know a third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it
Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
Did you know Australia has the largest sheep population
Did you know the most eaten fruit in America is the banana
Did you know Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine
Did you know dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
Did you know Canada has more lakes than any other country
Did you know Spain's largest source of income is from tourism
Did you know the first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
Did you know the first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
Did you know the first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
Did you know before 1863 the postal service in the US was free
Did you know the number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
Did you know the most common Spanish surname is Garcia
Did you know the US produces 19% of the world's trash
Did you know per person France consumes the most cheese
Did you know 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
Did you know the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
Did you know in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)
Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
Did you know the first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
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