160+ Facts about the world that will blow your mind .

 

160+  FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND 

1. Iran has had 27 capitals, which is more than any other country in the world. Now the 28th one is Teheran. 
2. The Netherlands male residents are the tallest people in the world. Their height on average is 1.838 m.
3. 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.)
4. Also, Peru has more than 2,800 varieties of potatoes, which is more than any other country in the world.
5. 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.
6. Canada has the most lakes on the planet. There are more lakes in Canada than in every other country in the world put together.
7. New Yorkers drink 7 times more coffee than people in the rest of America.
8. The largest city by area in the world is Nagqu, in China. It is larger than the whole Sweden, and it’s just a city!
9. The tiny island nation Niue is the world’s first and only WIFI nation with nationwide free access to WIFI provided by the government.
10. Australia has a smaller population (24.6 million people) than the Tokyo metro area (38.14 million). PS! Australia is more than 500 times bigger.