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Maha Shivaratri 2025
by Karthik Subramanian January 16, 2025
by Karthik Subramanian January 16, 2025
About Maha ShivaratriMaha Shivaratri is a Hindu Festival of the deity Lord Shiva. The festival …
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🗼The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary and was nearly torn down in 1909.

🏔️Nepal is the only country with a non-rectangular flag in the world.

🌊The Dead Sea is actually a salt lake and is 10 times saltier than the ocean.

🎌Japan has over 6,800 islands, but only 430 are inhabited.

🦘Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

🏛️The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.

🌋Iceland has more than 200 volcanoes and 600 hot springs.

🐧Antarctica is the only continent without time zones.

🍕Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy, in the 18th century.

🏰There are more castles in Germany than anywhere else in the world.

🌸Cherry blossoms in Japan bloom for only about two weeks each year.

🏜️The Sahara Desert is larger than the entire United States.

🎭Venice has over 400 bridges connecting its 118 small islands.

🦎The Galápagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

🏺Greece has more than 6,000 islands, but only 227 are inhabited.

🌺Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially.

🕌Turkey is the only country located on two continents: Europe and Asia.

🎪Monaco is the second smallest country in the world after Vatican City.

🏔️Mount Everest grows about 4 millimeters each year due to tectonic movement.

🦒Kenya has the second-largest flamingo population in the world.

🏖️The Maldives is the flattest country on Earth with no point higher than 8 feet.

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🐻Russia spans 11 time zones, more than any other country.

🌵Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 3.2 feet per decade.

🎨The Louvre Museum in Paris is the world's most visited museum.

🐨Koalas can only be found in Australia and sleep 18-22 hours per day.

🍜China has more than 34,000 kilometers of high-speed railway.

🏕️Norway has more than 1,000 fjords along its coastline.

🌈Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle due to its lush green landscape.

🏛️The Parthenon in Athens was built without using any mortar.

🐪Morocco is only 8 miles away from Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar.

🌿Costa Rica generates 99% of its electricity from renewable sources.

🏞️Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

🍷France produces over 7 billion bottles of wine per year.

🌺Thailand is home to the world's smallest mammal, the bumblebee bat.

🏔️Bolivia has two capital cities: La Paz and Sucre.

🦋Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness instead of Gross Domestic Product.

🌊The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands at high tide.

🏰Scotland has more than 3,000 castles scattered across the country.

🎋Bamboo can grow up to 3 feet in a single day in some parts of Asia.

🐧Chile is the longest country in the world, stretching over 2,600 miles.

🌋Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any other country with 76.

🦘There are more kangaroos than people in Australia.

🏜️Libya is 99% desert, making it one of the most arid countries.

🎭Brazil covers almost half of South America's total land area.

🌸South Korea has the world's fastest internet speeds.

🏔️The Alps span across eight different countries in Europe.

🐯India is home to 70% of the world's tigers in the wild.

🏖️Portugal has one of the oldest borders in Europe, established in 1297.

🌿New Zealand has more species of penguins than any other country.

🏺Egypt's Great Pyramid was the world's tallest building for 3,800 years.

🎪Vatican City is the smallest country with only 0.17 square miles.

🦒Tanzania is home to the world's largest uninterrupted wildlife migration.

🌺Madagascar is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species.

🏛️Turkey has two of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

🎨Spain has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any country except Italy and China.

🐨Australia has the world's longest golf course at 1,365 kilometers.

🌊Denmark consists of the Jutland Peninsula and 443 named islands.

🏔️Peru has 84 of the world's 117 different ecosystems.

🦋Colombia has more bird species than any other country with over 1,900.

🌵Argentina is the birthplace of the tango dance.

🏰Romania is home to Dracula's castle in Transylvania.

🌸Singapore is both a city and a country.

🐪Jordan's Petra was carved directly into pink sandstone cliffs.

🏜️Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world.

🦎Ecuador is named after the equator which runs through the country.

🌺Fiji has over 330 islands, but only about 110 are permanently inhabited.

🏔️Bangladesh has the world's largest river delta formed by the Ganges.

🎭Uruguay was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage in South America.

🌿Finland has the most saunas per capita in the world.

🏺Lebanon has the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Byblos.

🦒South Africa has 11 official languages.

🌋Guatemala has 37 volcanoes, three of which are still active.

🐧Argentina claims more land in Antarctica than any other country.

🏖️Cuba has the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird.

🎪San Marino is the fifth smallest country in the world.

🌸Vietnam is the world's largest producer of cashew nuts.

🏛️Iran has more earthquakes than almost any other country.

🦋Uganda is known as the Pearl of Africa for its natural beauty.

🌊Estonia has over 1,500 islands in its territory.

🏔️Liechtenstein is doubly landlocked, surrounded only by landlocked countries.

🎨Paraguay gets 100% of its electricity from hydroelectric power.

🐨Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

🌵Honduras has the world's second largest coral reef system.

🏰Luxembourg is the only remaining Grand Duchy in the world.

🦎Panama is the only place where you can see sunrise on the Pacific and sunset on the Atlantic.

🌺Malta is the most densely populated country in the European Union.

🏜️Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.

🎭Slovenia has more than 10,000 caves within its borders.

🌿Latvia has the widest waterfall in Europe, Ventas Rumba.

🏺Armenia was the first nation to officially adopt Christianity.

🦒Botswana has the world's largest population of elephants.

🌋Vanuatu is considered the most at-risk country for natural disasters.

🐧Greenland is the world's largest island that is not a continent.

🏖️Barbados is completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.

🎪Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world.

🌸Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

🏛️Georgia is considered the cradle of wine with 8,000 years of winemaking history.

🦋Rwanda has more women in parliament than any other country.

🌊The Marshall Islands consist of 29 atolls and 5 islands.

🏔️Andorra has no army and has not been in a war for over 700 years.

🎨Belarus is known as the last dictatorship in Europe.

🐨Palau has a lake filled with harmless jellyfish that have lost their sting.

🌵Nauru is the world's smallest island nation.

🏰San Marino has more vehicles than residents.

🦎Kiribati is the only country that lies in all four hemispheres.

🌺Tonga is known as the Friendly Islands and has never been colonized.

🏜️Chad gets its name from Lake Chad, which means 'large body of water'.

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