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10 fun facts about this year’s World Cup Discover what makes Qatar 2022 totally unique After 12 years of anticipation, the World Cup is very nearly here. When Qatar 2022 kicks off on Sunday November 20, it will mark a number of historic firsts – and to mark the occasion, we’ve rounded up 10 World Cup fun facts just for you. How many did you already know? 1. First ever World Cup held during the northern autumn Every World Cup prior to 2022 has been held in May, June or July, but this year’s tournament will be held in November and December to avoid Qatar’s intense summer heat. 2. First World Cup held in the Arab World The tournament is also only the second World Cup held entirely in Asia, following on from the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. 3. Say goodbye to 32 teams When the World Cup was first held in Uruguay in 1930, just 13 teams took part. This increased to 16 teams in 1934, expanding to 24 teams in 1982, before reaching its current format in 1998. The next World Cup, held...

  160+  FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND  Iran has had 27 capitals, which is more than any other country in the world. Now the 28th one is Teheran.  The Netherlands male residents are the tallest people in the world. Their height on average is 1.838 m. Peru has more than 3700 species of butterflies, which is representing 20% of the world’s known butterfly species. (However, scientists believe that butterfly species in Peru are under-recorded, and that there may be as many as 4200 species.) Also, Peru has more than 2,800 varieties of potatoes, which is more than any other country in the world. Ethiopia follows a calendar, that is seven years behind the Gregorian calendar (the most widely used civil calendar in the world). So to them it is year 2011. And they celebrate New Year in September. Canada has the most lakes on the planet. There are more lakes in Canada than in every other country in the world put together. New Yorkers drink 7 times more coffee t...

The 10 Most Interesting World Facts You'll Ever Hear.     Category : Nature   The deepest place on Earth is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It’s 36,201 feet (11,034m) deep. That’s almost seven miles! The longest river in the world is the River Nile, clocking 6,853km in length. Its water resources are shared by 11 different countries, too. Lobsters are not ‘biologically immortal’, but they do produce an enzyme that repairs their cells and helps their DNA to replicate indefinitely. That’s where the myth comes from. The deepest freshwater lake in the world is Lake Baikal, located in Siberia. It plunges to a whopping depth of 5,315 feet (1,620m). Woah! Pineapples take two years to grow. Acacia trees in Africa communicate with each other. They emit gasses to alert other trees to produce the toxin  tannin , which protects them from hungry animals. Armadillos are bulletproof. (This is NOT an invitation to test the fact.) Niagara Falls never freezes. Each limest...