The City of Istanbul straddles two separate continents, Europe and Asia.The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
The clock tower that supports the famous clock ‘Big Ben’ at the house of parliament in London, is 320 feet high. The bell from which the clock get it’s name, weighs 13.5 tones.
The coldest outdoor temperature ever recorded on earth was 127 below zero in Antarctica on August 24, 1960.
The country of Tanzania has an island called Mafia.
The country with the highest rate of cremations is Japan. In 1996, 98.7% of all deaths were cremated.
The creators of a new model of Chevys couldn’t figure out why their car, the Nova, wasn’t selling well in Hispanic countries… until someone pointed out that ‘Nova’ means ‘No go’ in Spanish.
