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In Germany, it is illegal to run out of fuel on the Autobahn because stopping unnecessarily is considered dangerous.
In Milan, Italy, there is a law requiring citizens to smile at all times, except at funerals or hospitals.
In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath in some states.
In France, it is technically illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
In Singapore, chewing gum has been banned since 1992, except for therapeutic or dental gum with a prescription.
In Venice, Italy, feeding the pigeons in St. Mark's Square is illegal and can result in a fine.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to own just one guinea pig because they are considered social animals that need companionship.
The world's most visited museum is the Louvre in Paris, with approximately 10 million visitors per year.
The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland consists of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns formed by ancient volcanic activity.
The Wave, a sandstone rock formation in Arizona, displays layers of geological history dating back 190 million years.
The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat Structure, is a 30-mile-wide geological formation visible from space.
The country with the most time zones is France, with 12, due to its overseas territories.
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world.
Bolivia has two capital cities — La Paz is the seat of government and Sucre is the constitutional capital.
The Strait of Gibraltar, separating Europe from Africa, is only about 8 miles wide at its narrowest point.
The lowest point on land is the shore of the Dead Sea, at about 1,412 feet below sea level.
Singapore is both a city and a country.
The most remote inhabited island in the world is Tristan da Cunha, over 1,500 miles from the nearest populated landmass.
The Panama Canal saves ships about 7,800 miles of travel compared to going around the tip of South America.
There are 195 recognized countries in the world — 193 are members of the United Nations.
Colombia is the only country in South America with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The country of Nauru is the world's smallest island nation at just 8.1 square miles.
Ethiopia follows its own calendar, which is roughly 7 to 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar.
Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, with only about 5 people per square mile.
The Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait are only 2.4 miles apart but are separated by the International Date Line, making them 21 hours apart in time.
Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a freshwater lake buried under 2.5 miles of ice and has been sealed off for about 15 million years.
There are more than 1,000 islands in the country of the Maldives, but only about 200 are inhabited.
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.
The Louvre Museum in Paris has over 380,000 objects and displays about 35,000 works of art.
The Atacama Desert in Chile has regions that have not received any recorded rainfall in over 500 years.
The Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan, nicknamed the Door to Hell, has been burning continuously since 1971.
Chile is so narrow that no point in the country is more than 110 miles from the ocean.
The Great Rift Valley in East Africa is slowly splitting the continent into two separate landmasses.
The shortest place name in the world is the village of Y in France.
The Maldives is the flattest country on Earth, with an average ground level of just 4 feet above sea level.
The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world at 5,525 miles.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest place on Earth — some weather stations there have never recorded rainfall.
Japan has more than 6,800 islands.
Lake Titicaca on the border of Peru and Bolivia is the highest navigable lake in the world at 12,507 feet above sea level.
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world, stretching 5,772 miles across Russia.
New Zealand was the last major landmass to be settled by humans, around 1250 to 1300 AD.
The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela, plunging 3,212 feet.
Monaco has the highest population density in the world, with over 49,000 people per square mile.
There is a place in Ethiopia called the Danakil Depression where three tectonic plates are pulling apart from each other.
The continent of Australia moves about 2.7 inches northward every year due to tectonic plate movement.
Denmark's Faroe Islands have more sheep than people.
The Nile River flows through 11 countries in northeastern Africa.
Indonesia consists of over 17,000 islands, making it the world's largest archipelago.
The Caspian Sea is actually the world's largest lake, covering about 143,000 square miles.
There are 14 mountains on Earth taller than 8,000 meters, all located in the Himalayas and Karakoram ranges.