
Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy. Most of it is covered in gravel, though it also contains mountains and oases. Oh, and it isn’t the world’s largest desert—Antarctica is.

Polar bears can swim for days at a time, doing a stroke that resembles the doggy paddle. One bear was recorded as swimming for 9 straight days in the Beaufort Sea.
NFL referees also receive Super Bowl rings.

Actor Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. He finished third.

Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan!

Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 35 when he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was the youngest person to win the award at that time.
The state of Florida is bigger than England!
In Idaho, You may not fish on a camel's back.

Viking burials included board games.

For 40 years, the Swedish town of Gälve has marked the beginning of the holiday season by erecting a giant goat made out of straw.
Home Alone is considered a traditional Christams movie in Poland. It has aired on prime-time TV every year since 1990.
It has the only wild monkey population in the whole of Europe.