15 Fascinating, Miscellaneous Facts about Countries of the World

1. North Korea and Cuba are the only countries in the world where you can’t buy Coca-Cola. Our favourite drink is “Out of Stock” there.

2. Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people of the world.

3. The world’s quietest room is located at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington State. Shhhh!

4. Dominica and Nicaragua are the only countries in the world which use purple colour in their

respective flags. “Rare Country Flags”!!

5. South Sudan is the youngest country in the world, as it gained full independence recently in 2011.

6. All giant pandas in zoos around the world are on loan from China.

7. Facebook has more users than the population of USA, China and Brazil combined.

8. Sialkot in Pakistan produces 40% of the world’s soccer balls. Wow, Did you know this?

9. About a quarter of all overseas nurses come from the Philippines, making it the world’s top supplier of nurses.

10. Liberia, United States and Myanmar are the only countries in the world which do not use the metric system officially.

11. The University of Al-Karaouine in the ancient city of Fes-el-Bali in Morocco is the oldest known university in the world. Knowledge is ancient!!!

12. Ivory Coast, a country in Africa, is home to the largest Church of the world, “The Basilica of our Lady of Peace”.

13. Guatemala in Africa is the birthplace of chocolate and not Switzerland, which is mainly credited with this fact. Next time you eat chocolate, remember this “CHOCOLATEY” Fact!!

14. Rubik’s Cube was invented in Hungary by Erno Rubik for a three-dimensional geometrical study and not as a toy. Let’s get Playing!!!

15. Lastly, this might be the fact known by none of the people living in Kuwait. Kuwait has the largest tyre graveyard that is so massive that it can be seen from space. The graveyard is in Sulaibiya, Kuwait.

Subhrajit Roy 11C