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30 fantastic facts for you to share with all your friends and family! You can also find more here.
A Devastating Impact
- In Mexico, artists can pay their taxes with artwork.
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not radioactive anymore, mostly because the bombs didn’t touch the ground but were detonated in the air.
- A survivor of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing went to Boston in 1951 and won the Marathon.
- In 15 years of conquest, Alexander The Great never lost a battle.
- In 1998, all 11 members of a soccer team in Africa were killed by lightning while leaving the other team unhurt.
Be in Tune With Your Music
- With a mainland area of 1,073,500 sq miles, Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world.
- The name “Argentina” comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum. The original European settlers believed the country was full of silver.
- The King James Bible has inspired the lyrics of more pop songs than any other book.
- The three tallest statues in the world are of Buddha.
- There is a pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka that is holy to four religions for a “sacred footprint”: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity.
As Far as the Eye Can Sea
- Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world: 99.8%.
- Cubans were prohibited from owning mobile phones until 2008.
- The least corrupt countries in the world are Denmark, New Zealand and Finland, according to the Corruptions Perception Index 2022.
- Wherever you are in the state of Florida, you’re never more than 60 miles from the nearest body of salt water.
- In 1994, a 75-pound bag of cocaine fell out of a plane and landed in the middle of a Florida crime watch meeting.
Ice Ice Baby
- Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on Earth.
- Antarctica is about 1.3 times as large as Europe.
- Brazil is defined as a “federal republic” composed of the Federal District, 26 states, and 5,570 municipalities.
- Brazil was once called “United States of Brazil”.
- The Mosque of Paris helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs during WW2.
Un-Bear-Lievable
- “Time” is the most commonly-used noun in English.
- Unlike many mammals, bears can see in colour.
- Nearly one tourist died every week in Hawaii, on average, from 2012 to 2015.
- In China, over 35 million people still live in caves.
- There are more pets in Japan than children.
All Aboard!
- Nearly 6,000 people per year get hurt or die in the UK after tripping over their trousers or falling down stairs while pulling them up.
- New Zealand was undiscovered and completely devoid of human beings no more than 800 years ago.
- Most of New Zealand’s population of 4.5 million is of European descent. The indigenous Maori are the largest minority at almost 15%.
- Frank Sinatra’s mother ran an illegal abortion business from her home.
- Japanese trains are among the world’s most punctual: their average delay is just 18 seconds.
