Random Facts

Oman controlled a trading empire that once stretched to Zanzibar off the East African coast, and its frankincense trade dates back thousands of years.

Libya's ancient city of Leptis Magna, once a major Roman port, is among the best-preserved Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.

Portuguese navigators launched the Age of Discovery in the 15th century, with explorers like Vasco da Gama opening the first European sea route to India.

Nepal is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular national flag, made of two stacked triangular pennants.

Liberia adopted a flag modeled closely on the United States flag, with a single white star instead of fifty, reflecting its founding by freed American slaves.

Marie Curie, born in Warsaw, Poland, remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences — physics and chemistry.

Myanmar is one of the world's leading sources of rubies and jade, historically supplying most of the world's finest "pigeon's blood" rubies.

Kenyan athletes, especially from the Kalenjin community in the Rift Valley, have dominated world middle- and long-distance running for decades.

Norway pioneered modern skiing, and the word "ski" itself comes from the Old Norse word "skíð."

At its 13th-century peak under Genghis Khan and his successors, the Mongol Empire became the largest contiguous land empire in history.

Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara Stadium and its national football team's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations win, decided on penalties after a scoreless final, remain a source of national pride.

North Macedonia's region was the heartland of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon, birthplace of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BCE.