Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined

Canada is the second largest country on the face of the Earth, but USA’s northern neighbor has a lot to brag about. Out of all the natural lakes in the world, more than 50 percent are situated in Canada.

After Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world

Warsaw is Poland’s capital, having under 3 million inhabitants, out of which 95% are have Polish origins. However, out of the almost 40 million inhabitants Poland has, there isn’t a single city with a larger population than the one in Chicago

The largest city in the world is Hulunbuir

Just so you can make an idea, this city in inner Mongolia (China) is about as half as big as France, and it’s just a city ! However, the urban agglomeration is just a small fraction of the city, with the area population density being otherwise really small. All accross the megacity you can see large landscapes of grassland, and industrialization is only existant in the center.

The driest place on Earth is near Ross Island; it hasn’t rained there for millions of years

In New York, there are more Italians than in Rome, more Irish than in Dublin and more Jews than in Tel Aviv