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- In New Zealand, the Presidential highway links the towns of Gore and Clinton. Gore is also known as the Brown Trout Capital of the World and New Zealand's country music capital.
- The forest of Canadian Lake District is so dense that during winter the snow stays on top of the trees and the forest floor stays bare.
- In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
- In Papua New Guinea there are villages within five miles of each other which speak different languages.
- In the Andes, time is often measured by how long it takes to smoke a cigarette.
- In May 1948, Mt. Ruapehu and Mt. Ngauruhoe, both in New Zealand, erupted simultaneously.
- Without any greenhouse effect, Earth would be cold and lifeless with an average temperature of 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In 1825 Upper Peru became Bolivia.
- Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language.
- Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
- England is smaller than New England.
- The Sphinx sits on guard over the Great Pyramids.
- The Nile river flows North.
- The largest city in Africa is Cairo in Egypt.
- Thailand used to be called Siam.
- The Sahara desert is expanding half a mile south every year.
- The largest island in the Mediterranean sea is Sicily.
- Norway contains the largest icefield in Europe.
- The three winter months in the southern hemisphere are June, July and August.
- The largest lake in South America is Lake Maracaibo.
- Zanzibar is known as "Spice Island."
- The city of Dallas is known as "The Big D."
- Honolulu boasts the only royal palace in the U.S.
- Spains biggest source of income is tourism.
- Katmandu is the capital of Nepal.
- Pittsburgh was named for a British prime minister.
- In ancient Japan public contests were held to see who in a town could break wind loudest and longest. Winners were awarded many prizes and received great acclaim.
- The Pole of Inaccessibility is pretty darn inaccessible. It's the point on the continent of Antarctica that is farthest in all directions from the seas that surround it. It lies on the Polar Plateau. The term "Pole of Inaccessibility" is also sometimes used to refer to the point in the Arctic Ocean equidistant from the surrounding landmasses (approximately 400 miles from the North Pole, which should tell you how hard it is to track down Santa Claus in his off-season).
- Several nations (Norway, Australia, New Zealand, France, Great Britain, Chile, and Argentina) have advanced claims on sections of the continent of Antarctica. The United States does not recognize any claims.
- There is a resort town in New Mexico called "Truth or Consequences."
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