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South Africa

Half of the world’s gold is produced in South Africa
It is a custom for South Africans to name their babies the first thing that comes to mind after birth
South Africa boasts more (6) Nobel prize winners than Mexico (3), China (1) and India (2) put together
In South Africa, @ is called “aapstert” wich means a “monkey’s tail”
In South Africa, termites are often roasted and eaten by the handful, like pretzels or popcorn

In the United States between 1975 - 1995, there were only four states without earthquakes: Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, Winconsin
Alaska is the most earthquake prone zone in the world
Earthquakes also occur on the moon (”moonquakes”)
The world’s deadlist earthquake was in central China in 1556, killing 830,000 people
On the Richter scale, 1.0 is equivalent to a construction site blast while 5.0 is equivalent to the Nagasaki atomic bomb. The Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 stood at 9.3

Australia is a major exporter of camels
Australia has no native monkey. (in the wild)
Australia’s box jellyfish has toxins more potent than the venom in cobras, and is one of the deadliest jellyfish in the world
At an estimated population of 40 million, there are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia.
Australia owns more sea (16 million km2) than it does land area (7.6 million km2)
Australians are the biggest users of fresh water per capita
Australia wastes over 2.6 Billion plastic bottles every year

The Taj Mahal in India is perfectly symetrical, except for one thing. The two tombs inside are not equal in size. This is because the male tomb has to be larger than the female tomb
The minarets ofthe Taj Mahal in India are angled at 88 degrees outwards so that they would not collapse into the structure should an earthquake occur

Did you know that in Tibet there is actually a practice called ‘polyandry’ where many men, usually brothers, marry a single woman? This takes place so that only one set of children will inherit the land. (*snicker* The excuses they come up with)

The magnetic North Pole shifts by about 7 meters a day
Penguins are not found in the North Pole
You cannot catch a cold at either of the poles as it is too cold for microbes to exist there

If you were at 0° latitude and 0° longtitude, you would be standing in the Atlantic Ocean (thought some of you would like to know this)

Everest is not the tallest mountain. Mauna Kea Mountain in the Hawaiian Island is 230m taller. It is 4201m above water and 4877 underwater! Everest is only 8848m
Mount Everest which was named by Colonel Waugh was innitially named Gahoorishanke (Presented before the Academy of Sciences in Paris 1857)