Solid structures (parking lots, roads, buildings) in the United States cover an area the size of Ohio.

The Filipino flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.

Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. Its concrete will not be fully cured for another 500 years.

95 percent of Pacific Island’s inhabitants are considered overweight according to WHO report in 2010.

If the Nile River were stretched across the United States, it would run nearly from New York to Los Angeles.

The spring thaw finally allows cemeteries in Alaska to start digging graves for those who died during the winter.

American made parts account for only 1% of the Chrysler Crossfire. 96% of the Ford F-150 Heritage Truck is American.

The only nation whose name begins with an “A” but doesn’t end in an “A” is Afghanistan.

Macaque monkeys in Japan have learned to steal wallets, take coins out, and buy snacks or drinks from vending machines.

There is a “Museum of Broken Relationships” that displays objects that were meaningful to heartbroken exes.

The largest McDonald’s is in Beijing, China – measuring 28,000 square feet. It has twenty nine cash registers.

In Alpine folklores, Santa has an evil counterpart called Krampus. It beats bad children before sacking them away to hell.

There is a “rain room” in London that makes rain fall everywhere in the room except the spot you are standing.

A U.S. town named Boring paired its municipalities in 2012 with Dull, Scotland, in order to promote tourism in both places.