- More than 70% of Africa’s mountains are found in Ethiopia
- Ethiopia’s Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile River, which supplies 85% of the water to the Great Nile River
- Ethiopia is home to 9 UNESCO World Heritage sites, more than any other country in Africa
- The sun dictates time in Ethiopia, thus sunrise marks the beginning of the day and sunset marks the end of the day so that what most of the world would call 7:00, Ethiopians would call 1:00, and both noon and midnight are 6:00
- Ethiopia has 63 airports, but only 17 have a paved runway
- Coffee originated in Ethiopia
- With the independence of Eritrea in 1993, Ethiopia became a land-locked nation
- Ethiopian children take their father’s first name as their last name
