1. Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state in the US. This is because a small, uninhabited island called Semisopochnoi basically stretches so far west that it actually enters the eastern hemisphere.
2. The shortest place name in the world is Å. Villages with this name can be found both in Norway and Sweden. In the Scandinavian languages "Å" means "River".
3. There is not a single river in Saudi Arabia.
4. There is a heart-shaped coral reef in Australia.
5. On the 18th of February 1979 it was snowing in the Sahara.
6. The name of Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata or canada, meaning village or settlement.
7. The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia crosses 3901 bridges along its way.
8. The Philippines Archipelago consists of 7107 islands.
9. Around 90% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.
10. Dust from Africa can reach as far as Florida.
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