World Facts

North Carolina has designated the marbled salamander as the state salamander and the Pine Barrens treefrog as the state frog.

May 2, 2019 17:35

Sumatra is one of the thousands of Indonesian islands in the Indian Ocean.

May 2, 2019 13:08

Haikou is the capital of China's Hainan Province.

May 2, 2019 11:44

Maceió is the capital of the Brazilian state of Alagoas.

May 1, 2019 17:26

Alaska is almost 2.5 times larger than Texas.

May 1, 2019 12:58

Onsen refers to a hot spring in Japan, and it also encompasses traditional inns and bathing facilities found around the hot springs.

May 1, 2019 12:23

The city of Rome is built on the banks of the Tiber River.

April 30, 2019 15:57

The Arctic Circle is the most northernly of Earth's five major circles of latitude.

April 30, 2019 15:40

Macapá is the capital of Brazil's Amapá State.

April 30, 2019 15:34

Located in Greenland, Northeast Greenland National Park is the world's northernmost national park.

April 30, 2019 14:48

The Federal Subjects are the top-level political divisions of the country.

April 30, 2019 13:35

Located in the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle Eastern country of Saudi Arabia is located in the western portion of the continent of Asia.

April 29, 2019 16:42

The Canadian Shield forms the geological core of North America.

April 29, 2019 16:32

The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in Mexico.

April 29, 2019 16:21

A fumarole is an opening in the Earth’s crust that emits or vents gases and steam.

April 29, 2019 15:41

Station Nord, which is a scientific and military base, is the northernmost settlement in Greenland.

April 29, 2019 15:21

Guiyang is the capital of China's Guizhou Province.

April 29, 2019 15:15

Lanzhou is the capital of China's Gansu Province.

April 29, 2019 15:05

Guangzhou serves as the capital of China's Guangdong Province.

April 29, 2019 14:58

Zhengzhou is the capital of China's Henan Province.

April 29, 2019 14:50