One fact about each country

Hello, I have picked one fun fact about every country in the world. I hope you will read, let’s go!

Afghanistan has changed its flag 18 times during the 20th century and four more since then with its current flag having been used since 2013. Let’s not discuss the reasons for it, those are not fun.

Albania has more than 173,000 concrete bunkers spread across its land. It means there are approximately 15 miles.

Algeria is the largest country in Africa. Unfortunately, only about 10 of the country is inhabitable with the rest being comprised of the Sahara desert.

Andorra is the largest country in the world with no airport.

Luanda, the capital city of Angola, is considered to be the most expensive city in the world for expats.

In 2009 Antigua and Barbuda renamed the country's highest point

mount Obama. It was named after U.S. President Barack Obama, despite him never visiting the place. The name was changed back in 2016 to the original name of Boggy Peak.

During December 2001 crisis in Argentina. The country had five different presidents in just two weeks.

In Armenia, chess is part of a child's primary school curriculum.

Australia has by far the maximum number of national parks with 685 parks. In comparison to second place, Thailand has 147.

In Austria, there's a small village of about 100 people called F***ng. They've had issues with people stealing the sign. As of 2021, they have changed the name of the village to Fogging.

Baku, Azerbaijan is home to the world's largest KFC, at about 1600 square meters.

The Bahamas has an island that is inhabited only by swimming pigs. It got named the pig beach and has been a tourist attraction.

The recently deceased prime minister of Bahrain had been serving since 1970 and was the longest serving Prime Minister of any government in the world. He passed away in November 2020.

In December 2004, Bangladesh broke the Guinness World Record to establish the longest human chain with more than 5 million participants. The chain stretches across the country and is over 1000 kilometers long.

In 2008 the prime minister of Barbados created a new national holiday called Rihanna Day to be celebrated on the 22nd of February.

In Belarus, there was a television show called the theorists which was just a blatant rip-off of the U.S television show the big bang theory. However, the Warner brothers could take no action because the tv company that produced the show is owned by the Belarusian government.

From 2010 to 2011 Belgium went 589 days without a government. A world record at the time until it was broken in 2020 by the country again, going 652 days without a government.

A construction company in Belize destroyed a 2300-year-old Mayan pyramid to build a new road in 2013.

The flag of the kingdom of Benin features a guy being decapitated with a sword.

Bhutan is the most mountainous country in the world with 98.8 % of the land area covered in mountains.

Bolivia has a navy of about 5,000 people, despite being a landlocked country.

Bosnian Herzegovina has an estimated 150 landmines per square kilometer.

In Botswana, there are parliamentary constituencies called Kanye South and Kanye North. Sadly, there is no Kanye West.

Brazil is believed to have the greatest biodiversity of any country on the planet. One paper estimates up to 210, 000 known species and up to 2.4 million in total.

The sultan of Brunei has an estimated net worth of 20 billion dollars. He lives in the largest residential palace in the world valued at 350 million dollars.

In Bulgaria, archeologists found what is believed to be the oldest gold treasure in the world dating back earlier than 4000 BC. It was discovered at the Varna necropolis.

Burkina Faso's name means land of incorruptible people. But in 2019 only scored 40 out of 100 on transparency international's corruption index.

In1996 Burundi became the poorest ever country to win a gold medal at the Olympics games.

In parts of Cambodia people have made their improvised trains out of bamboo known as nori's. After regular services stopped running.

During the great depression in the United States, Cameroon raised money to help the American people. They raised 3.77 dollars.

Canada has more lakes than every other country in the world combined.

Cape Verde ranks number one among African nations for a wide variety of different criteria. Barack Obama has referred to the country as a real success story.

The central African republic and chad are the first consecutive countries alphabetically that also border each other. Moreover, Chad and Romania have the same flag.

In Antarctica is a Chilean town called via las Estrellas its population is about 150 during the summer which drops to around 80 during the winter.

China only has one time zone despite being one of the largest countries in the world which should have five different time zones.

Colombia is by far the world's largest producer of emeralds making up 50 to 90 percent of the world's supply.

The name of Comoros derives from the Arabic word for moon.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to the world's largest lava lake.

The two Congos have the closest capital cities of any two countries in the world.

In 1949 Costa Rica completely abolished its military. With a population of over 5 million is by far the largest and most populated country without a military.

Footballer Didier Drogba brought an end to a five-year civil war in his home country, Cote D’lvoire.

Worn by millions of people every day the necktie originates from Croatia.

Cuba is one of only two countries in the world in which Coca-Cola is not sold. I bet you can guess which the other one is.

The capital city of Cyprus Nicosia has been described as the world's last remaining divided capital.

Czechia consumes more beer per capita than any other country. An estimate of 192 liters per capita per annum.

Denmark is the least corrupt country in the world.

Djibouti gets its name from the country's capital city also called Djibouti which is home to more than 70% of the country's population.

Dominica is the only national flag that features the color purple.

The Dominican Republic is the most visited country in the Caribbean with more than 6.5 million annual visitors.

The word Timor derives from the Malay word for east, so the country's name is just east east.

The peak of the Ecuadorian mountain Chimborazo is the center of the earth.

Out of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramid of Giza is by far the oldest and the only one that remains intact today.

El Salvador is the only country in North America with no coastline on the Atlantic.

Despite its name, the equator does not actually pass through equatorial guinea.

Eritrea's capital city Asmara has the nickname New similar to that of Italy.

Estonia was the first country in the world to adopt online voting way back in 2005.

Now known as Eswatini the country changed its name from Swaziland in 2018 to avoid confusion with Switzerland.

Due to the Ethiopian calendar which has 13 months, 12 months exactly 30 days plus a 13th month with five or six days. It is currently the start of 2013 in Ethiopia.

The company Fiji Water ran a joke advert saying the label says Fiji because it's not bottled in Cleveland. Being offended by this Cleveland did some tests that showed that their tap water is.

Finland has an annual beer floating event in Helsinki in which participants float down the river drinking beer.

France is the most visited country in the world with more than 89 million annual tourists.

Gabon has the world's only natural nuclear fission reactor.

The Gambia has got to be one of the strangest shaped countries in the world its borders closely follow the meandering river Gambia and is surrounded by Senegal.

The Veryovkina cave in Georgia is the deepest in the world with a known depth of 2212 meters and a total length of 13.5 kilometers.

The old East-West division of Berlin can still be seen to this day from space by a difference in street lighting.

Kevin Prince Boateng and Jerome Boateng became the first brothers to play against one another in the Fifa world cup in Ghana vs Germany match.

The first ever Olympic games took place in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC.

Granada has an underwater sculpture park with a total of 75 sculptures. They can only be seen by snorkeling or scuba diving.

The entire city of Antigua former capital of Guatemala is a UNESCO world heritage site.

Guinea pigs originate from the Andes mountain region of South America, not Guinea. The origin of the animal's name is unknown.

People from Guinea-Bissau are referred to as Bissau guineas.

Despite being a South American country Guyana is to it being colonized by the British.

Haiti unknowingly had the same flag as Liechtenstein until 1936. It was 936 the two countries met at the Olympics and the similarity was discovered.

Once a year in Yoro, Honduras it rains, fishes this is known as Lluvia de peces. It has been occurring for more than a century with the reason still unknown.

In the 1940s Hungary experienced the worst hyperinflation of all time the exchange rate to one us dollar went from five Pengo to billions then trillions of Pengo. Later in 1946, the country printed a 100 quintillion Pengo banknote. It is the largest denomination bill ever printed.

In the 2018 Fifa world cup, Iceland became the least populated nation ever to qualify with a population of about 350, 000.

India is the most vegetarian country in the world with 20 to 30 percent of the population refraining from eating meat. The country more vegetarians than the rest of the world combined.

In Indonesia, a dead Manta ray can be worth up to 500 US dollars but it was calculated that each manta ray throughout its lifetime is worth around one million dollars in tourism. Hence, a ban on fishing them was introduced in 2014. Indonesia has now become the world's largest sanctuary for manta rays.

There was a world record attempt in Iran to make the world's longest sandwich but people started eating the sandwich before it could be measured by the officials of the Guinness Book of world records.

The earliest known usage of the wheel possibly dates 5500 years in Mesopotamia, now Iraq.

Ireland has won the Eurovision song contest more times than any other country seven times with three consecutive wins in 92, 93, and 94.

Albert Einstein was once offered the Israeli presidency, but he politely declined.

In 2004 two Lamborghini Gallardo supercars were donated to the Italian police.

Jamaica is the only country in the world whose flag does not have red, white, or blue.

Japan has more than 80, 000 people over the age of 100. That's one in every 1500 people.

Constructed as early as perhaps 300 BC, Western world until the 19th century by a Swiss explorer.

In 2012 after the Kazakh shooting team won a gold medal in Kuwait the event organizers played the parody national anthem from the Sacha Baron Cohen film.

Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge currently holds the world record for completing a marathon at a time of 2 hours 1 minute and 39 seconds at the Berlin marathon in 2018.

Kiribati has the world's most advanced time zone, UTC +14.

Kim II-sung is considered the eternal president of North Korea. The presidency of the country was abolished after his death.

The flag of South Korea has a lot of symbolism, the white represents peace and purity, the red is positive, the blue negative and the circle as a whole is the balance in the universe, the four trigrams are the four classic elements of heaven water fire, and earth.

The currency of Kuwait has the highest nominal value of any national currency in the world one Kuwait dinar is worth about 3.27 US dollars.

Kyrgyzstan has some weird borders with its neighbors Uzbekistan and Tajikistan with several exclaves of said neighbors enclaved within Kyrgyz territory.

Laos is known as the land of a million elephants but unfortunately, there are only an estimated 800 left in the country.

Latvia's Independence Day is May the fourth, it is star wars day may the force be with you.

Beloved Canadian actor Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon.

Lesotho is the world's largest enclaved, the country is surrounded by South Africa.

Liberia was founded by freed American slaves who chose to imitate the U.S. flag and constitution.

Libya has only had one king in its history, Idris the first from 1951 to 1969. During his time the country was called the united kingdom of Libya.

The entire country of Liechtenstein can be rented for seventy thousand dollars per night.

According to a study by a French scientist in 1989, the geographical center of Europe is located in Lithuania 26 kilometers north of Vilnius.

In 2020 Luxembourg became the first country in the world to make all public transport free to use for everyone.

That is all for this article. Part two will cover more countries. Till then keep reading