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Take a journey with us as we explore 50 fascinating travel facts that will blow your mind!
#1 The Great Wall of China is not visible from space without the aid of binoculars or a telescope.
#2 The longest non-stop commercial flight is from Singapore to New York City, covering approximately 9,000 miles.
#3 The world’s most visited city is Bangkok, Thailand.
#4 The Eiffel Tower in Paris can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to the expansion of iron in the heat.
#5 The Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world.
#6 The longest train journey in the world covers 10,214 miles and goes from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia.
#7 The city of Venice, Italy, is built on 118 islands and has over 400 bridges.
#8 Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, standing at 29,032 feet (8,849 meters) above sea level.
#9 Norway is home to the deepest underwater tunnel in the world, the Lærdal Tunnel, which stretches for 15.2 miles.
#10 The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from space.
#11 Iceland has no mosquitoes, making it one of the best places to avoid insect bites.
#12 The Amazon Rainforest is so vast that it produces 20% of the world’s oxygen.
#13 The Sahara Desert in Africa is larger than the entire United States.
#14 Japan has one of the most extensive and efficient rail networks in the world, including the famous Shinkansen (bullet trains).
#15 Australia is home to more than 10,000 beaches.
#16 The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
#17 The city of Tokyo, Japan, has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city in the world.
#18 The world’s tallest waterfall is Angel Falls in Venezuela, measuring 3,212 feet (979 meters).
#19 Russia spans 11 time zones, making it the largest country in terms of time zones.
#20 The Sahara Desert was not always a desert; thousands of years ago, it was a lush, green region.
#21 The Maldives is the lowest-lying country in the world, with an average elevation of just 1.5 meters above sea level.
#22 The city of Istanbul, Turkey, straddles two continents: Europe and Asia.
#23 The United States has more airports than any other country.
#24 The city of Rome, Italy, was founded in 753 BC, making it over 2,750 years old.
#25 Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined.
#26 The Dead Sea, located between Jordan and Israel, is so salty that you can easily float on its surface.
#27 Mount Fuji in Japan is an active stratovolcano and a popular climbing destination.
#28 The Trans-Siberian Railway, which crosses Russia from Moscow to Vladivostok, is the longest railway line in the world.
#29 The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt were built over 4,500 years ago and are some of the oldest surviving structures on Earth.
#30 The fastest land animal, the cheetah, can reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.
#31 Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent on Earth.
#32 The Taj Mahal in India was built as a mausoleum by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.
#33 The Great Blue Hole in Belize is a massive underwater sinkhole and a popular diving spot.
#34 New Zealand has more sheep than people.
#35 The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, is visible from space due to its intense lighting.
#36 The city of Venice is slowly sinking at a rate of about 1-2 millimeters per year.
#37 The world’s largest desert is not the Sahara but Antarctica.
#38 Bhutan is the only country in the world that measures its success by Gross National Happiness instead of GDP.
#39 The RMS Titanic, which famously sank in 1912, lies more than 12,000 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean.
#40 The longest fence in the world, the Dingo Fence in Australia, stretches for over 5,600 kilometers.
#41 The city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is known for its futuristic architecture and artificial islands.
#42 The term “jet lag” was first coined in 1966.
#43 The Galápagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
#44 New York City’s Central Park is larger than the principality of Monaco.
#45 The Great Wall of China was built over several dynasties and is not a single continuous wall.
#46 The city of Paris, France, was originally a Roman city called “Lutetia Parisiorum.”
#47 Thailand is known as the “Land of Smiles” due to the friendly nature of its people.
#48 The city of Petra in Jordan is famous for its rock-cut architecture and was featured in the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
#49 The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is considered one of the engineering marvels of the 20th century.
#50 The world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States.