There is not one letter “q” in any US state name, the only letter in the alphabet to be missing. “J” and “z” are only represented once each, in New Jersey and Arizona.

New Zealand is actually part of a much bigger, sunken landmass called Zealandia.

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Sierra Leone is the world’s roundest country.

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Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

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At 4,101 feet, Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada, has Earth’s greatest sheer vertical drop.

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There is no spot in Central America more than 125 miles from the ocean.

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There’s a village in Norway called Hell, and it freezes over every winter.

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Despite their names, Iceland isn’t covered in ice and Greenland isn’t very green.

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At 3,212 feet high, Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.

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