More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is located in Alaska.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20%
of the world's oxygen supply.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
Canada has more lakes than all the rest of the countries in the world combined together.
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first ever paved road in the world.
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Los Angeles' original name is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the (river) Porciuncula). It is now abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time: The Big Apple.
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20%
of the world's oxygen supply.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.
Canada has more lakes than all the rest of the countries in the world combined together.
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first ever paved road in the world.
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Los Angeles' original name is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the (river) Porciuncula). It is now abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
The term 'The Big Apple' was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression 'apple' for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time: The Big Apple.
