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  • There are no ATMs in Antarctica
    False! There are only two.
  • The hottest temperature was recorded in the Sahara Desert.
    False! In 1913, the World Meteorological Organisation recorded a ground temperature of 56.7°C in California's Death Valley.
  • The Easter Island heads don't have bodies.
    False! In the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures actually have torsos
  • Toronto is the capital city of Canada
    False !Neither Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver or Quebec is the capital, it is actually Ottawa.
  • 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.”
  • California has more people than all of Canada.
    True! Canada: 35.85 million. California: 39.14 million. (According to data from 2015.)
  • Hurricanes Hit China More Than Any Other Nation
    True! China has been hit by more than 172 hurricanes on its mainland since 1970.
  • The capital of Australia is Canberra
    True! Even though a lot of people think it's Sydney.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Greece Has More Than 200 Islands
    True! The number of islands in the country is between 1,200 and 6,000
  • 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
  • Fortune cookies are a Chinese tradition
    False! Fortune cookies were originally the invention of Japanese-Americans before being widely adopted by Chinese culture.
  • Wales has a town with 57 letters in its name
    True! It's "Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch”.
  • 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!
  • McDonald’s serves spaghetti in the Philippines.
    True! The meat sauce pasta comes with a side of “McDo” fried chicken.
  • There Are 7,000+ Islands in the Philippines
    True! The Archipelago of the Philippines is made up of 7,641 islands.