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1. Longest Word for a Geographical Place is in New Zealand
(Matching tags: Aoteoroa,Maori,Taumata,Slit Penis,English Words,Long Words,New Zealand,Polynesia,Geography)

  The Longest Word for a Geographical Place is in New Zealand   A hill in New Zealand gets first prize for the longest place name in an English-speaking country: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu ...

2. Angel Falls, Venezuela
(Matching tags: Venezuela,Niagara Falls,Waterfalls,Factoids,Geography)

The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

3. Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia
(Matching tags: Russia,Kola Superdeep Borehole,Geography,Factoids,Mining)

The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole located in Russia. It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific ...

4. Historical Name of City of St. Paul, Minnesota
(Matching tags: St. Paul,Minnesota,Pierre Parrant,Pigs Eye,Geography,Factoids)

St. Paul,  Minnesota, was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre 'Pig's Eye' Parrant who set up the first business there.

5. Meaning of the word "Spain"
(Matching tags: Factoids,Rabbits,Spain,Geography)

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits'.  

6. Driest Place on Earth
(Matching tags: Factoids,Antarctica,Geography,Sahara Desert,Algeria,Ross Island,Rainfall)

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic ...

7. Sovereign Military Order of Malta
(Matching tags: SMOM,Geography,Italy,Sovereign Military Order of Malta,Factoids,Vatican)

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of  Malta (S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of  Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts and, ...

8. Forests in Siberia, Russia
(Matching tags: Geography,Forests,Russia,Factoids,Siberia)

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

9. Historic Population of Rome, Italy
(Matching tags: Italy,Factoids,Geography,Rome)

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. A strange fact:  There is a city called Rome on every continent.

10. Pitcairn Island, Polynesia
(Matching tags: Factoids,Geography,Polynesia,Pitcairn Island)

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn, in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles / 4,53 sq. km.

11. Full Name of Los Angeles, California
(Matching tags: Los Angeles,Geography,California,Factoids)

Los Angeles' full name is: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:  L.A.  

12. Istanbul, Turkey Is Located on Two Continents
(Matching tags: Instanbul,Factoids,Constantinople,Turkey (Country),Geography,Continents)

Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents - Europe and Asia

13. Oldest City Damascus, Syria
(Matching tags: Syria,Geography,Damascus,Factoids)

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before  Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

14. Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan
(Matching tags: Detroit,Michigan,Factoids,Geography)

Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

15. Chicago Polish Population
(Matching tags: Geography,Chicago,Poland,Factoids)

Next to Warsaw, Poland, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.  

16. Name of Canada
(Matching tags: Canada,Factoids,Geography)

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.  

17. Name of Brazil
(Matching tags: Brazil Nut,Brazil,Geography,South America,Factoids)

The country of Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

18. Statistics about Antarctica
(Matching tags: Continents,Factoids,Antarctica,Geography)

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water ...

19. Amazon Rainforest, Amazon River
(Matching tags: Atlantic Ocean,South America,Amazon River,Geography,Amazon Rainforest,Factoids)

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth ...

20. Alaska Coastline
(Matching tags: Coastlines,Geography,United States,Alaska,Factoids)

More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.