Countries & Culture Facts for Kids
Amazing facts about countries and cultures
Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country for six years in a row according to the UN World Happiness Report.
Argentina claims to have invented dulce de leche β a sweet caramel-like spread made from slowly heating sweetened milk, loved across South America.
Indonesia is an archipelago made up of over 17,000 islands β the most of any country in the world β though only about 6,000 are inhabited.
The printing press was invented in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, which made books affordable and helped spread knowledge around the world.
The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, takes place each July β people run ahead of a group of bulls through the streets of the old city.
The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for just $7.2 million β many Americans thought it was a foolish purchase until gold and oil were discovered.
South Korea has a passion for fried chicken so intense that there are more fried chicken restaurants there than McDonald's locations in the entire world.
The Netherlands is famous for its windmills and tulips β Dutch tulip growers export over 3 billion tulip bulbs every year to countries around the world.
Cuba's roads are filled with classic American cars from the 1950s because a US trade embargo prevented new cars from being imported for decades.
Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country on Earth β with just 2 people per square kilometre, and large areas where there are no people at all.