Alaska, More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

Amazon, The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more
than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh
water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than
the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the
flow of all rivers in the United States.

Antarctica, Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any
country.
Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also
represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world.. As strange
as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly
total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4%
of it, i.e.),Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute
humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Canada, Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an
Indian word meaning "Big Village."

Chicago, Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit, Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, named
so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus, Syria, Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome
was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Los Angeles, Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

New York City, There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more
Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than
in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ohio There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is manmade

Rome The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy
in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia, Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M., The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has
an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less
people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the Vatican is.

Sahara Desert, In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not
receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on
Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no
rainfall there for two million years.

Spain, Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'

Roads, Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A: 1%, in Canada: 75%.

Texas, The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20
empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.

United States The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must
be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of
war or other emergencies.

Waterfalls, The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212
feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.