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1. Gross Domestic Products
Gross Domestic Products of USA
United States of America has the highest Gross Domestic Products nominal about 14.624 trillion US dollars according to World Bank .
2. Rhode Island
Rhode Island is actually named Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and it makes the smallest state in the United States has the longest name.
3. Califrnia never rains
It is believed that California is the state with the lowest rainfall in the world. For two years , California never rains. For those amazing and unique facts, California has been attracting so many tourists. Many people also adore this fact and this facts is often included in a song lyric.
4. President Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland is the only USA president who married in office. It becomes more unusual because he married 21 years old bride when he was 49.
5. National Holidays
There are ten official national holidays in the United States. Those are New Year ’s Day, Martin Luther King ’s Day, Memorial Day, Easter , Thanksgiving, Fourth of July or the Independence Day, President’s Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day and also Columbus Day.
6. 50 state in one country
America has so many states in their country. There are 50 states in The USA. All 50 states in America share sovereignty with federal government . However, there are four states are called commonwealth rather than state. The smallest state in America is Rhode Island and the largest state is Alaska . Both have area about 1545 square miles and 663268 square miles respectively.
7. Longest coastline
Alaksa coastline
America is very famous with its coast. If you love hip hop you know two mainstream of hip hop culture in America which are East Coast and West Coast. Talking about coast, the longest coastline in the United States is situated in Alaska. The length of the coastline is about 6640 miles long.
8. 44 Presidents
Perhaps United States of America is a country with the most number of Presidents. From George Washington until Barrack Obama , in total , America has 44 Presidents in its history. Of course this is such a big number of the total number of Presidents in a country.
9 Oldest living thing
Bristlecone pine tree
Do you know that there is an oldest living thing in the United States? It is believed that Bristlecone pine tree is the oldest living thing in the world living in United States. Bristlecone pine tree is found in California, Nevada, New Mexico , Utah, Arizona and Colorado. The oldest of all is found in California.
10.. The history of Alaska
Perhaps this is one of the most shocking facts for those non-US people. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867. It is the initiative from William H. Seward the United States Secretary of State. It is known that Russia agreed to sell the Alaska to United States because Russia was in very difficult financial problem. Russia agreed to sell Alaska to the United States for $7.2 millions or about 4.74 dollars for a square kilometer.
Australia .
1. Each and every part of Australia is within a distance of 1000km from ocean or a beach .
2. 30,028 square km of land is under cattle ranch . This area size is almost the same as that of the whole Belgium.
3. People of Queensland in Australia are called "Banana Benders", and " Sand Gropers" is the name given to the people from Western Australia.
4. There are nearly 20,000,000 people in Australia, of which approximately 80% live in cities next to the sea.
5. Australia has, probably, the lowest population density of any country in the world, ie, 2 people per square km. Japan has 327 people/2km.
6. The area of Australia that is covered by snow in winter is larger than the area of Switzerland.
7. 70% of the world's wool comes from Australia. We have over 126,000,000 sheep , which use fully half the continent for grazing.
8. The longest fence in the world is in Australia, and it runs for over 5,530 kms. It's designed to keep dingoes away from the sheep.
9. The wine cask, the ubiquitous plastic bag full of wine contained in a cardboard box, was invented in Australia in 1967.
10. The world's longest golf course, measuring more than 850 miles long is located in Australia.
Canada
1. Canada is one of the only countries that confederating without war.
2. Canada, the 2nd largest country in the entire world has less than 35 million people.
3. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Nunavut is the 4th largest subdivision of a country in the world.
4. Toronto, Canada is home to the largest tower in the world, the C.N. Tower.
5. Canada’s Great Lakes compose of 20% of the world fresh water!
6. The Canadian flag consists of 2 colours, red and white. The white represents peace and honesty and the red represents bravery and strength . The maple leaf in the centre celebrates the environment of Canada.
7.  Niagara   Falls , considered one of the most romantic places in the world is half in Canada and half  in America. These beautiful falls are 
8. The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie which measures 4241 km across the North West Territories.
9. The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada.
10. The West Edmonton Mall is the 5th largest mall in the world but has the largest indoor waterpark
England
1. The first public theater built in England was called The Theatre .
2 Beef is one of England’s biggest exports.
3. British police do not carry guns except in emergencies.
4. The treasures contained in the British Museum span two million years of world civilization.
5. An Englishman drinks more tea than any person of any other nation.
6. In Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
7. A law says that any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.
8. London is the world's largest financial centre.
9. Windsor castle is the oldest and largest royal residence in the world still in use.
10. French was the official language of England from 1066 to 1362.
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