Cool Facts

Planet Earth

1. Norwegians drink 10.7 kilograms of coffee per person every year and they also lead the globe in anxiety disorders.

2. The average person in the United Kingdom drinks as much tea as 23 Italians.

3. Guinea has the wettest capital on the planet with 3.7 meters of rain every year.

4. Greenlanders have 23.6 square miles of land per person.

5. 98% of Antarctica is ice; meanwhile, the other 2% is categorized as "barren rock".

6. The Mall in Washington D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.

7. Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America.

8. Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation.

9. Almost all of the Cook Islands are covered by forest.

10. Finland is considered to be the least corrupt nation in the world.



Source: Damien Setlich