1.There are no bridges over the Amazon river in Brazil.
This is primarily due to the immense width of the river (1-10 km, up to 50 km in floods), soft, unstable soil that shifts constantly, and the lack of connecting highway infrastructure in the region.
2. France has 12 time zones, The most time zones of any country in the world.
While Metropolitan France in Europe uses only one time zone (Central European Time), the vast majority of the 12 zones are due to territories in the Caribbean, South America, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific.
If you include France’s Antarctica claim, Terre Adélie, then it has 13 Time zones. Russia has 11 Time Zones while China has 1.
3. Second Street is the most common street name in the United States. This is because many streets named First Street have been renamed Main Street (or their 1st Street was never called First Street and it was called Main instead).
4. Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are the only doubly-landlocked countries in the world. Meaning they are land locked countries, surrounded exclusively by other land locked countries).
5. There is only 1 country between Finland and North Korea.
6. The majority of US states (27 last time I counted) have land north of Canada's southernmost point.
Province of Ontario, Canada
These include California, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio and Indiana.
7. The state of Wyoming only has 2 sets of escalators.
8. The United States is the westernmost country in the world and the easternmost country in the world (because of Alaska).
9. Antarctica has a hidden underwater mountain range that is about the same height as the Ural Mountains called the Gamburtsev Mountain Range.
10. The Saharan Desert is the hottest desert in the world, but not the largest. The largest is the Antarctic Desert.
The continent is considered a desert because of the extremely low precipitation in Antarctica. Antarctica is not only a desert, it is the driest continent in the world.
11. Greenland is further north than Iceland. Greenland is further south than Iceland. Greenland is further west than Iceland. Greenland is further east than Iceland.
12. Africa is closer to Canada than it is to the U.S.
The closest U.S. state to Africa is Maine.
13. The continent of Asia has more surface area than the moon.
The moon is pretty freakin' big, with a surface area of 14.6 million square miles. But Asia, the largest continent in the world, practically dwarfs it in size. Asia takes up 17.2 million square miles.
14. About 90% of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere.