1. 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.

According to wikipedia, More than 60 percent of the world’s lakes are in Canada. I wasn’t able to find the total number, but considering that only Finland has 187 888  lakes (thanks Arttu), the number must be huge.

  2. 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.

Chicago is the third largest city in the US, with 7.5 million people living in the metropolitan area. Due to the huge Polish population, the architecture and culture of the city greatly resembles that of Poland, and you can find Polish theaters, markets, even a newspaper.

I wasn’t able to find just how big the population is, but considering the city with the second largest population in Poland, Lodz, has 750.000 inhabitants, it’s safe to say that we’re talking about a number between 1.000.000 and 3.000.000. That’s probably around a quarter of the whole population.

3. The largest city in the world is Hulunbuir, at 263,953 km2

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.

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

In some parts of the Atacama desert there hasn't been any rain for 400 years, but this is still not the driest place on Eart

Yes, Antarctica is the driest place on the Earth, with the Atacama desert being 2nd, and Sahara third.

  5. The deepest hole dug by man is over 12 km deep

The Kola Superdeep Borehole has a depth of 12,261 meters, thats once and a half the size of Everest, or deeper than the Mariana trench.

The borehole also led to some interesting discoveries, including a massive amount of hydrogen, so massive that the mud was actually “boiling” with it.

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

The big apple stands out anytime, no matter who you are or what you’re interested in. But still, I was really shocked to see this. I mean, with Rome having more than 3.5 million people, Dublin at 1 million and Tel Aviv at more than 3, that’s almost 8 million people !

Not to mention the other nationalities (which are quite abundent), one can only wonder how many Americans are living in New York.

bron: http://www.zmescience.com/other/great-pics/geographical-facts-youre-not-going-to-believe-22022010/