Sweden has more telephones per capita than any country on earth.

The largest bat colony in the world is in Texas's Bracken Cave. It has up to 20 million bats and is the largest known concetration of mammals.

Hummingbirds can fly forwards, backwards, upside down, and hover in place. To perform these amazing feats, they beat their wings 70 to 200 times per second.

African elephants are the largest living land animals. Asian elephants are a close second.

The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386, and still stands today.
Greenland is almost exactly one million times the size of Monaco.
The second largest country by area is Canada, after Russia.
Volvo gave away the 1962 patent for their revolutionary three-point seat belt for free, in order to save lives.
Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.

In 2014, Dubai broke the world record for largest fireworks display on New Year's Eve. Over 500,000 fireworks were set off.

The platypus doesn’t have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

In 2016, people in Bessieres, France cooked a 15,000 egg omelette for Easter. This giant omelete tradition was started by Napoleon Bonaparte.