16 Curious Geography Facts That Will Surprise You

We have collected very interesting facts that you could hardly hear about in geography lessons and decided to share them with you. We bet that some of them will surprise you, or at least make you pick up an atlas to find the countries in question.

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1. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, which is considered a saint, as well as an active volcano, although the last eruption took place a very long time ago, in 1707. (Photo: skyseeker/Flickr.com).

2. Has it ever snowed over the hot Sahara? Yes, the last time it happened was February 18, 1979. (Photo: Jon Rawlinson/Flickr.com).

3. Almost until the end of the 80s of the XX century, there was not a single telephone in the country of Bhutan. (Photo: Christopher Michel/Flickr.com).

4. The locality with the shortest name is the Norwegian village A (pronounced "O"). In short, it doesn't happen anymore. Interestingly, a road sign with the name of the village standing on the side of the road is regularly stolen ... (Photo: Sveter / Wikipedia Commons).

5. Several skyscrapers in Manhattan have their own zip codes. (Photo: Ahmed ElHusseiny/Flickr.com).

6. In Thailand, it is still considered impolite to eat with a fork. Cutlery can only be used to put food on your plate. (Photo: J Aaron Farr/Flickr.com).

7. Unlike most African countries, Ethiopia has never been a European colony. (Photo: Alfred Weidinger/Flickr.com).

8. There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Al Jazeera English/Flickr.com).

9. To say that the Philippines is an island nation is to say nothing. This country has ... 7107 islands. (Photo: Beyond Neon/Flickr.com).

10. The largest pyramid in the world ... is not at all in Egypt, but in Mexico, in the city of Cholula. Its dimensions are 54 meters in height and a volume of 3.3 million cubic meters (whereas the volume of the pyramid of Cheops in Giza is 2.4 million cubic meters). (Photo: Russ Bowling/Flickr.com).

11. In Togo, a man who compliments a woman must marry her. (Photo: Shutterstock).

12. There are 18 countries in the world that have only one neighboring state. These are Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Haiti, Ireland, Lesotho, Monaco, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, South Korea, East Timor, United Kingdom and the Vatican. (Photo: N i c o l a / Flickr.com).

13. Throughout the entire Trans-Siberian Railway - the longest railway in the world - there are ... 3901 bridges. (Photo: Boccaccio1/Flickr.com)

14. The phrase "Allahu Akbar", meaning the exaltation of Allah, is written on the flag of Iran 22 times. (Photo: Blondinrikard Fröberg/Flickr.com).

15. The seven largest countries in the world (Russia, Canada, USA, China, Australia, Brazil and Argentina) occupy a total of half of all land on our planet. (Photo: Martin Fisch/Flickr.com).

16. Of the 25 highest mountain peaks in the world, 19 are in the Himalayas. (Photo: Maria Ly/Flickr.com).