Countries & Culture Facts for Kids
Amazing facts about countries and cultures
Germany's Autobahn has sections with no legal speed limit β it is one of the few major motorway networks in the world where driving at unlimited speed is permitted.
Botswana is a world leader in wildlife conservation β it is home to the world's largest elephant population and has banned trophy hunting to protect its wildlife.
Sweden consistently ranks among the countries with the highest gender equality in the world β it introduced paid paternity leave in 1974, the first country to do so.
China has urbanised faster than any country in history β in 1980, only 20% of Chinese people lived in cities; by 2020, that figure had risen to 60%.
Iceland has no army and is consistently ranked as the world's most peaceful country in the Global Peace Index β it has had no military conflict since becoming independent in 1944.
Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world at over 99% β a result of a massive literacy campaign launched after the 1959 revolution.
Ancient Greece laid foundations for Western civilisation β it gave us democracy, philosophy, geometry, the concept of the atom, and the basis of modern medicine.
Nigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the world's second largest film industry by volume of films produced β ahead of Hollywood and second only to India's Bollywood.
India's spice trade transformed world history β European explorers sailed the globe searching for a sea route to India's spices, leading to the discovery of the Americas.
Bubble tea was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s β the drink of sweet milk tea with chewy tapioca pearls is now popular in cafΓ©s around the world.