Travel is the most popular form of leisure around the world, which along with providing you a peaceful escape also bestow the shitloads of information- reaching you directly and not through any search engines. To make your travel more worthy, it’s always a good thing to know some amazing facts about places that you have visited or planning to visit. Here is the list of some of the cool facts that can amaze you about the world.
There is no land at the North Pole. It's just floating ice in the sea that increases and decreases depending on what season it is.
In and around 96 percent of the people on earth, there is only 4 percent that speaks the world’s languages.
Austrians are the lucky people with a minimum of 22 paid vacation days. Per Year.
The country of Australia has got 10,000 beaches, more than any other country in the world.
There is the world’s deepest underwater mailbox lying 10m deep, below the surface of Susami Bay, Japan.
99 percent of Libya is a desert.
Only 1 percent of the world’s population has been to Antarctica.
Big Ben refers to the bell inside the tower and not the clock.
The statue of liberty was initially installed to be used as a lighthouse.
Macchu Picchu was established to endure earthquakes. The design has made such, where the stones fall back into the place after an earthquake has hit an area and faded.
It is Tibet’s Tsangpo Canyon that is the world's biggest and deepest canyon, Not the Grand Canyon.
Denmark has twice the number of bicycles as cars.
In Mumbai, dabbawallahs deliver over 200,000 lunch boxes every day.
The crown of Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda is covered with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies. The very top, the diamond bud, is tipped with a 76-carat diamond.
The Great Barrier Reef is the only living structure that can be spotted from outer space.
Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, in New Zealand is the longest name of a place in the world. It has 92 letters.
The land of Saudi Arabia does not own a single river.( One should be ready to swim in a man-made pool rather than a river)
