Country Facts (Did you Know?)

 

Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach everyday for over 27 years.

In 1992, approximately 750 deaths occurred in the United States due to workplace violence.

Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms.

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

The most famous movie theatre is the "Chinese Theatre" located in Los Angeles, USA.

The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple, Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. It was built at the end of the 11th century.

Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language. 

In China there is a festival called 'Lianhuo' which means walking on Fire.