San Marino, a small independent nation within Italy, founded in 301 CE, is considered the world’s oldest republic.
Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world is at 2,724,900 square kilometres.
France is divided into more than 90 administrative units known as 'departments'.
Also known as the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum releases an extremely foul odour comparable to that of rotten flesh, which can be smelled 0.8 kilometres away.
Saudi Arabia is the world's largest country without a river.
The Amazon, which spans nine South American countries and covers between 6.24 and 6.56 million sq.kms is the world’s largest tropical rainforest.