Random Country Facts

    30 facts tagged with Country Facts

    Singapore has the world’s highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US dollars in disposable wealth.
    8
    Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels".
    92
    Yucatán Name
    Yucatán Name
    The Mexican state of Yucatán was named so after a misunderstanding when the Spaniards arrived and asked the locals what they called the place. The locals replied "Yucatan" which means "I don’t understand you" in their native tongue.
    35
    Argentina's capital Buenos Aires means "Good air".
    53
    If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
    14
    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
    7
    More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet. One in ten Icelanders will become a published author in their lifetime.
    5
    The flag of the Philippines is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.
    8