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30 Travel Facts That Probably You Did Not Know (But You Want To Know)

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  • There is a hotel in Russia with no fewer than 5,000 rooms and 7,500 beds? If you want to spend the night there, the Izmailovo Hotel is located near Moscow and was built for the 1980 Summer Games.

  • There are really 0 tractors in Singapore? It is the largest country in the world with no farms.

  • On the other hand, there are as many as 270 million cows in India?

  • The dabbawallas in Mumbai deliver over 200,000 packed lunches every day?

  • There are almost no trees left in Haiti? This is mainly due to large-scale deforestation.

  • Does Finland have the most islands in the world? Almost 180,000!

  • The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses?

  • They have found a technique in Japan to grow watermelons as a square? It makes it easier to cut! (I think this is a really brilliant idea)

  • Does Dubai want to be the biggest in everything? You will find the hotel, the largest shopping center, and the largest aquarium in the world in this oil state.

  • Bangkok is an abbreviation? The city is officially called ' Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit'’ Just try saying that out loud.

  • If you live in Monaco, you are not allowed to gamble? Only tourists are allowed to do that. Also, it is smaller than Central Park in New York!

  • There are 60 million kangaroos in Australia and 'only' 23 million people? Unfortunately, with the fires from January 2020, things might have changed…

  • Does Hong Kong have the most Rolls Royce in the world?

  • Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe?

  • The Tokyo zoo gives its animals a two-month vacation and is therefore closed?

  • Ukraine is the country that will disappear the fastest? The population drops by 0.8% every year. By the time it is 2050, the total number of inhabitants will be about 30% less.

  • More Maltese are living outside Malta than on the island itself? They should create some incentives for expats to move to the island; I know I will try.

  • Beer is cheaper than water in the Czech Republic?

  • A Dutchman discovered new Zealand? Hence 'Zealand' and not 'Sealand';

  • in Switzerland, it is insulting to add salt and pepper to your food?

  • Europe is not a real continent? The Greeks once came up with the idea of ​​pulling it away from Asia;

  • Italians don't drink cappuccino after 11 am?

  • There are more Doner Kebab restaurants in Berlin than in Istanbul?

  • Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe?

  • There is not a single mosquito in Iceland?

  • Croissants were invented in Austria and not in France?

  • Does Sweden have the most McDonald's in Europe per capita?

  • There are 9 million more women than men in Russia?

  • Saudi Arabia does not have a single river?

  • The average Frenchman eats 500 snails a year?

Did you know all of them?

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