It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979

There are no clocks in Las Vega s gambling casinos

Melbourne Australia was originally called Batmania

Iceland is the world s oldest functioning democracy

The first police force was established in Paris 1667

In Samoa it s a crime to forget your wife s birthday

Tasmania has the cleanest air in the inhabited world

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world s forests

Australia is the only country that is also a continent

In 1891 Italy raised the marrying age for females to 12

More than 50 000 people in Japan are over 100 years old

5 of the world s top 20 bakeries are in Auschwitz Poland

Niagara Falls completely froze in 1848 and again in 1936

Australia is the only continent without an active volcano

Israel has more museums per capita than any other country