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From hidden secrets to strange phenomenons, here’s 20 things about the world that may sound absurd at first but are actually proven to be true facts!

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It snows in the Sahara Desert

True!It happened in 2018 and the Sahara Desert was covered in a blanket of white snow. However, the snow only lasted for a day before melting under the hot sun.

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Coca Cola doesn't exist in every country in the world

True! It doesn't exist in North Korea since 1950 and Cuba since 1962.

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Toronto is the capital city of Canada

False !Neither Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver or Quebec is the capital, it is actually Ottawa.

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The Great Wall of China can be seen from space

False! “after numerous missions to space, by astronauts from countries all over the world, nobody could see the wall.”

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Thailand has a festival to appreciate their monkeys

True! Every last Sunday of November, this festival in Lopburi celebrates the Monkeys in a Monkey Buffet Festival.

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There are more kangaroos than people in Australia

True! In fact, it is so true that there are almost double the amount of Kangaroos than humans in Australia!

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There are no ATMs in Antarctica

False! There are only two.

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Iceland doesn’t have mosquitos

True!Although there are more than 3,000 types of mosquitoes in the world, Iceland doesn’t have any at all

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Wales has a town with 57 letters in its name

True! It's "Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch”.

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Fortune cookies are a Chinese tradition

False! Fortune cookies were originally the invention of Japanese-Americans before being widely adopted by Chinese culture.

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The capital of Australia is Canberra

True! Even though a lot of people think it's Sydney.

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Scotland chose the unicorn as its national animal.

True! In Celtic mythology, the fictional creature is connected with both chivalry and dominance as well as purity and innocence.

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McDonald’s serves spaghetti in the Philippines.

True! The meat sauce pasta comes with a side of “McDo” fried chicken.

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The Easter Island heads don't have bodies.

False! In the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures actually have torsos

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California has more people than all of Canada.

True! Canada: 35.85 million. California: 39.14 million. (According to data from 2015.)

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There Are 7,000+ Islands in the Philippines

True! The Archipelago of the Philippines is made up of 7,641 islands.

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