Rome, Siberia and Minnesota

The smallest island in the world having the status of “Country” is Pitcairn Polynesia, at just 1.75 square miles/4,53 square kilometers.


The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.


Siberia’s famous forests: Taiga & Tundra represent more than 25% of the world's forests.


The 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, as of 2001, has a population of 3 people.
It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.


In the Sahara Desert, there is a town in Algeria named Tidikelt, which has not received a drop of rain for ten years.


The word Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits'.


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


Ninety percent of the world's ice can be found in Antarctica .


The chance to find an unpaved road:
in the U.S.A. : 1%
in Sudan: 97%