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River Nile is the longest one in the world!
River Nile clocks 6,853km in length. Its water resources are shared by 11 different countries.
Egypt is the oldest country in the world.
Egypt is classified as the oldest country in the world, dating back to 3100 BCE.
The oldest piece of art is from an Indonesian Island
In 2019, scientists discovered the world’s oldest known work of art on Sulawesi, created 44,000 years ago.
Monalisa is not the most expensive piece of art from da Vinci
“Salvator Mundi” is the most expensive painting in the world, valued at $450.3M.
Siberia holds the deepest freshwater in the world
Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake, plunging to 1,620m in Siberia.
Meow actually means cat!
In Ancient Egypt, the word for ‘cat’ was pronounced ‘mew’ or ‘meow’.
The shortest war lasted 38 minutes!
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) was the shortest war ever – it lasted just 38 minutes!
Roman Empire wasn't the largest one in history!
The largest contiguous land empire in history was The Mongol Empire (13th & 14th centuries).
France is the most visited country in the world
France receives about 90M visitors annually, according to UNWTO data.
The most biodiverse country is Brazil!
Brazil boasts more than 50,000 species of plants and trees, the most in the world.
The tallest statue in the world is in India
The Statue of Unity (Gujarat, India) stands at 579 feet (182m). The Statue of Liberty is 93m by comparison!
The first person to win two Nobel prizes was a woman
Marie Curie won for Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911) for her work on radioactivity.
The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner was also female
Malala Yousafzai (17 years old in 2014) won for her fight for girls' right to education.
Longest reigning monarch was French
Louis XIV of France ruled for 72 years and 110 days. Exhausting indeed!
The country with the largest forest land is Russia
Russia is the most forested country in the world, with ~815 million hectares of forest.
Trees can communicate among themselves
Acacia trees in Africa emit gasses to alert nearby trees to release toxins against hungry animals.