The largest diamond ever discovered is the Cullinan Diamond, found in January 1905 in a mine in South Africa. This priceless gem has no less than 3106,75 carats, and so far none has come even close. Africa is the only continent which is at the same time in the four hemispheres.
The only country without an official capital city? The tiny Republic of Nauru in South Pacific, the smallest island state in the world, as it is only 21 sq.km.
There is only one city which lies on two continents, and that is Istanbul, Turkey.
Jamaica has 120 rivers.
More than half of the world's natural lakes can be found in Canada.
Antartica is the only land on Earth which isn't owned by any government.
The tiny state of San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic.
Hawaii is the only US state that ever had a king.
During the Second World War Costa Rica had an army of only 400.
Australia is wider than the Moon.
Canada is the country with the longest coastline.
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