- There are 48 land-locked countries in the world
- Coffee is the #2 item of international commerce in the world
- The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn, in the Polynesian Islands, at just 1.75 square miles
- Lesotho, Vatican City, and San Marino are the only nations completely surrounded by one other nation
- The 15.2 mile Laerdal Tunnel, between Oslo and Bergen, Norway, is the longest highway tunnel in the world
- The largest city in the world, based on surface area, is Hulunbuir, China
- The Great Lakes contain one-fifth of the earth’s fresh surface water; another fifth is contained in Lake Baikal in Siberia
- Singapore Airlines is the second largest buyer of Dom Perignon champagne in the world
