Here are interesting facts you may not know about some countries around the world.
Isle of Man: The Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy and even the aurora borealis can all be easily seen from this UK island.
Eritrea: This country in the northeast of Africa has no official language.
Nauru: This Pacific island nation is the only country in the world without a capital. In addition, this water is also shaped like a potato.
Djibouti: If you visit this African country, bring plenty of water bottles because soft drinks are so scarce here that bottled water can be accepted as a method of payment.
Brunei: No one has to pay personal income tax in Brunei because the Southeast Asian country makes money from selling oil.
Swaziland: This small country in southern Africa has a law that prohibits witches from flying over 150 meters on their broomsticks.
Niue: In this south Pacific island nation, instead of presidents, queens or important politicians, the symbols on their coins are famous Disney faces, Pokemon or characters in the series “Star Wars”.
Tuvalu: This small country is able to sustain its existence in part thanks to an internet domain name. A company paid million to this South Pacific country for the right to sell the “.tv” domain name to other companies.
Republic of Kiribati: This island nation in the Pacific Ocean is the only country located in all four hemispheres.
If overseas territories are included, France has the most time zones in the world with about 12 time zones. The US comes in second with 11 time zones, followed by Russia with 9 time zones.
Suriname is the country with the most forests in the world.