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Fun Facts about every country

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Use the common, English name. Has to be a sovereign nation, so Scotland and England don't count, etc...
Based on these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPZnTAAGKvs and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-b4SUOfn_4
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Last updated: September 28, 2022
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Fun Fact
Country
Only country to have been awarded the St. Georges Cross
Malta
The oldest gold treasure was found in this country
Bulgaria
Only country that accepts Bitcoin as an official currency
El Salvador
Named after a small village which is not its capital
Togo
Same flag as Romania
Chad
Largest residential palace in the world is located in this country
Brunei
About 15% of the residents is stateless.
Latvia
Has a internet domain of .tv, wich revenues billions of dollars a year
Tuvalu
Largest country with only one time zone
China
The first female Nobel Peace Prize winner is from this country
Kenya
Had a president named Banana. A law was passed that forbid citizens to make jokes about his name.
Zimbabwe
Only white cars are allowed in this country.
Turkmenistan
Rihanna Day is an official holiday in this country
Barbados
According to some sources, this country's diplomats would meet up with Slovakian diplomats monthly to exchange miss-delivered mail.
Slovenia
Smallest country in Africa
Seychelles
It's capital is the most expensive city for expats in the world, while much of its own population still lives in poverty.
Angola
Camels are extremely important to the people of this African nation. Of the 14 million camels in the world, more than half reside here.
Somalia
There was a village named Focking, now renamed as Fogging, because people kept stealing the village sign.
Austria
Most streets have no names in this country
Nicaragua
Poorest country to win a gold medal at the Olympics
Burundi
It legal to escape prison in this country
Germany
the world’s largest producers of ylang ylang, an essential oil with both fragrant properties
Comoros
Public transport is free for everyone in this country
Luxembourg
European country that has territory only 10km away from Canada
France
90% of presidents salary donated to charity
Uruguay
No longer shares a border with any of the countries it shared a border with in 1990.
Poland
Has more vegitarians than every other country combined
India
Most national parks, with 685.
Australia
Saltest lake in the world outside of Antartica
Djibouti
Unknowingly had the exact same flag as Liechtenstein until 1936 when the two countries met in the Olympics
Haiti
Hosts the oldest continuously operating university in the world
Morocco
Famous for dark skinned people with blonde hair
Cape Verde
Home to the worlds tallest twin buildings
Malaysia
World's largest archipelago
Indonesia
Country still in the year 2013
Ethiopia
South Koreans are already one year old when born
South Korea
Has the longest reigning monarch in the world.
Eswatini
It's capital is recently renamed after a former president
Kazakhstan
Home to an autonomous peninsula where women are not allowed
Greece
Changed the name of its highest point to Mt. Obama. However, after 2016 they renamed the mountain Boggy Peak again.
Antigua and Barbuda
Only European country with a land border in Africa
Spain
one of only two countries – the other one is Cyprus – whose flag doubles as a geographic representation because it shows the silhouette of the country.
Kosovo
This country has over 150 landmines per sq. kilometer.
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Largest supply of minerals
Colombia
This country's capital has a toilet-themed restaurant
Taiwan
Worlds deepest metro station at 105m below ground level
Ukraine
The "Epic Sax Guy", famous for his solo during the Eurovision Songfestival
Moldova
Home to the only UNESCO World Heritage site built on a coral reef
Federated States of
Micronesia
The smallest and least populous ountry in the Americas
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Shortest war of 38 min took place here.
Tanzania
Has the most islands in the world 267.570.
Sweden
The oldest wheel was found here
Iraq
This country has the only extinct national animal
Mauritius
Country literally meaning east east
East Timor
Changed its flag a whopping 18 times during the 20th century and four more times after that.
Afghanistan
Changed its time zone in 2011 by skipping a whole day. Several hundred people missed their birthday that year.
Samoa
Has the most valuable currency in the world
Kuwait
Has six different national animals
Pakistan
Second least densely populated country on earth
Namibia
Its language both use the Roman as the Cyrillic alphabet
Serbia
Portuguese is the country’s official language – but only a few can speak or write it.
Guinea-Bissau
During the great depression this country raised money for the USA. In total they amassed $3.77.
Cameroon
Biggest country without an official language, and one of three only to do so.
United States
In 2001, this country had five different presidents within two weeks.
Argentina
Has the deepest cave in the world at 2.212m
Georgia
Its capital lies 28 meters (92 ft) below sea level. Along with Amsterdam, it is the only national capital that is below sea level.
Azerbaijan
Only country with three different capital cities
South Africa
Has two administrative divisions named Kanye North and Kanye South. There is no Kanye West
Botswana
Has the oldest and only remaining intact of the 7 ancient wonders
Egypt
home to what a “National Geographic” team dubbed “the world’s last eden” during a visit in the 1990s.
Republic of the Congo
Has 5 times more sheep than people, highest ratio in the world
New Zealand
Most visited country in the Carribean, with 6,5 million visitors per year
Dominican Republic
Last country to abolish slavery officially
Mauritania
Home to the largest Hindu in the Southern Hemisphere.
Fiji
1970, longest serving PM
Bahrain
Has the world's smallest city
Croatia
Was Home to the World's Heaviest Monarch.
Tonga
Hosts the world's tallest minaret at 265 metres, which is also the tallest building in Africa.
Algeria
Has 3.4 males for every women
Qatar
First country to celebrate New Years Eve
Kiribati
Birthplace of Mother Theresa
North Macedonia
Nearly all buildings re white
Oman
Contains Vulcan Point, an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.
Philippines
Only flag not to feature red, white or blue
Jamaica
Earliest written constitution still in use
San Marino
Its capital is named after a American president
Liberia
Largest country without airport
Andorra
First country to have a female Prime Minister in 1960
Sri Lanka
Home to the world's oldest company from 578
Japan
longest glacier outside of polar regions at 76km long
Tajikistan
Africa's largest proven oil reserves
Libya
Has the world's largest basilica, bigger than the St. Peter
Ivory Coast
Over 652 days without a governemnt in 2010-2011
Belgium
The first country in the world to decriminilase all drugs
Portugal
The average woman has 6.9 children in this country
Niger
Passport sales make up 30% of this country's revenue
Vanuatu
This country has an underwater sculpture park
Grenada
The only country that became independent against its own will.
Singapore
Fun Fact
Country
La Rinconada is the highest human settlement at 5.100m on earth
Peru
One-third of this country is under sealevel.
Netherlands
A pinguin is part of this countries army
Norway
It is normal to make kissing sound to get a waiters attention in a restaurant here.
Myanmar
Highest number of Olympic medals per capita
Bahamas
32% of this lands area is national park, the most in the world
Zambia
Home to the world's largest lava lake
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Only country with a "permanent" settlement on Antartica.
Chile
Has no official language
Eritrea
Like Germany, this divided country unified in 1990.
Yemen
It's borders closely follow the like-named river
Gambia
One of two double landlocked countries in the world, the other one being Liechtenstein
Uzbekistan
Shortest commercial flight is within this country.
United Kingdom
Most mountainous country in the world. Average elevation 3.280
Bhutan
Only capital two border two different countries
Slovakia
Least corrupt country
Denmark
Shares its name with three other countries, but this is the shortest version
Guinea
The geographical center of Europe is in this country.
Lithuania
Only country to have more trees than 50 years ago
Israel
The last remaining divided capital
Cyprus
Bougainville, an island geographically located within this country, is actually part of Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
improvised trains after regular services
Cambodia
Point farthest away from the center of the earth is located here
Ecuador
Has the largest percentage of Mayan population
Guatemala
Biggest beer consumers in the world
Czech Republic
Largest and most populous country without a military
Costa Rica
Most nobel laureates per capita
Saint Lucia
The first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies were filmed here
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
The name of this country literally means "Land of incorruptible people", despite ranking only 80/186 for corruption in 2020 by Transparency International
Burkina Faso
Beer Day, taking place on March 1st, is an unofficial national holida
Iceland
Flag of the kingdom of Benin features a guy being decapitated.
Benin
One of two countries where Coca Cola is not sold
Cuba
Has a skiing hall despite being 40 degrees celsius outside
United Arab Emirates
It's 14th century king Mansa Musa is believed by some to be the richest human ever.
Mali
Second largest film industry in the world is located here, also called Nollywood
Nigeria
Land of the "Surfing Hippos"
Gabon
Greatest biodiversity, 2.4 million species
Brazil
Only national flag that features purple
Dominica
The tallest building actually is a Mayan temple.
Belize
Despite considerable restrictions for females which prevents them from joining some university courses, more than 65 per cents of university students here are women.
Iran
Only remaining absolute monarchy in Europe
Vatican City
Has a lake with harmless jellyfish
Palau
Largest restaurant in the world with 6.014 diners
Syria
Santa lives here
Finland
Has the most pyramids in the world
Sudan
When this country became independent its internet domain changed from yu. to .me
Montenegro
The limbo dance originated in this country.
Trinidad and Tobago
has a naturally pink lake
Senegal
Has a town where it rains fishes once a year
Honduras
Its largest city is the only city located on two continents
Turkey
This country has in total 173.000 concrete bunkers, good for 15 bunkers p/sq mile!
Albania
This country's lake is also called calendar lake because at its longest it measures 365 miles, and widest 52 miles.
Malawi
is one of the least visited countries in the world, only receiving around 29,000 tourists in 2017 (the latest available data).
São Tomé and Príncipe
This country's leader is encased in a glass coffin and displayed against his will after his death
Vietnam
Compasses do not work here due to a magnetic anomaly.
Central African Republic
Most forested country in the world at 95% of land area covered
Suriname
World's tallest lighthouse at 135m tall
Saudi Arabia
This Asian country looks landlocked, but has 16 kilometres of shoreline
Jordan
Was briefly a Danish colony in Africa
Ghana
Highest scoring country name at Scrabble with 34 points.
Mozambique
This country has won the most eurovision songfestivals
Ireland
With 61% woman in parliament, this country leads the world in this regard.
Rwanda
This country's capital is built on an island where there is almost no room for construction anymore
Maldives
Largest landlocked country in the Western Hemisphere
Bolivia
This country leader refers to himself as the last dictator of Europe
Belarus
December 2004, longest human chain with 1.5. million participants
Bangladesh
This country does not have a official capital city, but a capital district.
Nauru
Had the worst inflation rate ever, with a quantillion bank note
Hungary
Chess is part of primary school education in this country
Armenia
Angel Falls, are the tallest waterfall in the world at 817m
Venezuela
The word "Bikini" is derived from an atoll here
Marshall Islands
90% of the wildlife in this country is not found anywhere else on earth.
Madagascar
With more than 1,000 species, it contains 60 percent of Africa’s birds and 11 percent of the world’s avian population.
Uganda
Home to the worlds largest pyramid
Mexico
The worlds most bombed country
Laos
All its residents are invited to a party in a castle every year
Liechtenstein
First country to adopt online voting
Estonia
The worlds largest single drop waterfall is here
Guyana
Worlds least densely populated country
Mongolia
Has the largest navy for a landlocked country
Paraguay
30% of the inhabitans are millionaires
Monaco
The Niger river starts here only about 100 km away from the sea, but the river is 4,180 kilometers (2597 miles) long.
Sierra Leone
This country is the world's largest enclave
Lesotho
A bore hole deeper than the Mariana Trench
Russia
The Equator does not pass through this country, despite its name.
Equatorial Guinea
Only none rectangular flag
Nepal
The worlds longest epic poem was written here
Kyrgyzstan
Many parts of the Star Wars movies have been filmed here
Tunisia
Newest country in the world, admitted to the UN in 2011
South Sudan
According to Top Gear, the worlds best driving road is here
Romania
Home to the worlds largest stadium
North Korea
Home to the world's longest staircase with 11.674 steps and vertical incline of 1669.
Switzerland
This is the most linguistically diverse country with 850 languages spoken
Papua New Guinea
Keanu Reeves was born in this country's capital
Lebanon
Full name of its capital translates as "City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest."
Thailand
First country to adopt the US dollar outside the US
Panama
More lakes than every other country combined
Canada
Has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Italy
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Level 15
Sep 15, 2022
You should make this a yellow box quiz. Otherwise people can just spam the names of the countries without even reading the facts
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Level 94
Sep 15, 2022
totally agree
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Level 58
Sep 15, 2022
I agree as well. This seemed fun but I stopped immediately after realizing this.
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Level 84
Sep 15, 2022
Yes, 100%. Looked cool but then I stopped when I realized all I had to do was type countries.
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Level 86
Sep 15, 2022
Adding my agreement to this list.
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Level 67
Sep 22, 2022
agree...would be awesome if was yellow box. Otherwise, it's just name the countries of the world.
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Level 59
Sep 28, 2022
You are right! I made it a yellow box quiz!
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Level 65
Sep 15, 2022
same here... automatically started spamming and stopped. Great potential though when using yellow boxes!
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Level 73
Sep 15, 2022
Has no official language

Biggest country without an official language, and one of three only to do so.

Just use a process of elimination, then?

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Level 50
Sep 15, 2022
Wouldn't Romania work for having the same flag as Romania?

Joking

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Level 71
Sep 16, 2022
Istanbul isn't the capital of Turkey, nice quiz!
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Level 59
Sep 28, 2022
Corrected this, thanks for noticing!
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Level 62
Jan 21, 2023
For benin and south korea, you literally say the countries in the question. There are also a few spelling mistakes but otherwise good quiz!
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Level 69
Jan 21, 2023
This is really fun, with lots of interesting data. But with the yellow boxes introduced, it needs more time. I was in the middle of the second column when the time ran out. Also, there are a few typos in the definitions.

It must have been fun finding out about the data, too. :)

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Level 78
Jan 21, 2023
"The first female Nobel Peace Prize winner is from this country"

The correct answer would be Austria-Hungary. There were many female Nobel Peace Prize winners before Wangari Maathai. She was the first AFRICAN female Nobel Peace Prize winner - did you mean this?

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Level 76
Jan 21, 2023
I like the quiz and the idea, but theres a ton of spelling errors leading me to hope that all of these facts are true
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Level 72
Jan 21, 2023
In addition to the typos, grammatical errors, etc, the main problem with this quiz is that it doesn't work. There are facts which are now out of date, facts that are generic enough to not have a clear answer, facts that include the answer in the fact itself, and "facts" that are just plain wrong.

I don't know why someone would feature this in its current state, where a single read-through of the quiz would catch a lot of these problems. If it were only that Benin and South Korea were in the question, or only that the first female Nobel Peace Prize winner was not Kenyan, or only that a second country now accepts Bitcoin, or only the grammatical and spelling errors, or only the official language questions being wrong and too generic, or only the time limit, or maybe two of those, I would have something more constructive to offer, but as is... this quiz just needs serious work to even really be called a quiz.

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Level 73
Jan 22, 2023
I heard the CAR added bitcoin too. I'm not sure if it is just legal or an official currency, or if there is a difference.
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Level 73
Jan 22, 2023
There is also a typo on the question "The smallest and least populous ountry in the Americas"

Do you want to change the question "South Koreans are already one year old when born" to "People from this country are already one year old when born"

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Level 73
Jan 22, 2023
A few more typos you might want to fix. It's a lot, you can easily miss some.

"Despite considerable restrictions for females which prevents them from joining some university courses, more than 65 per cents(percent) of university students here are women."

"With 61% woman(women) in parliament, this country leads the world in this regard."

"The world(')s most bombed country"

"Nearly all buildings (a)re white"

"Home to the largest Hindu (population) in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Level 88
Jan 23, 2023
This is a really fun concept, but i'd be tempted to double the time and add a world map so we would all have to struggle to fill in all the gaps on the ones we don't know.