1. When LA was founded, the city’s full name was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora Reina de los Angeles sobre el Rio Porciuncula.” (If your Spanish is rusty, that translates to “The town of our
50 Interesting facts about Chile. 1. Chile is the longest country in the world from north to south at 2,653 miles. [1] 2. Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to set foot on what is now Chile. He visited the land in 1520 during his attempt to circumnavigate the globe. [44]
6. Guyana has territorial disputes with both Venezuela and Suriname. 7. Guyana has three main geographical regions. One is a low lying coastal plain, the other is savannah zone, and the third is the mountainous region. 8. Guyana is also home to the world’s largest single drop waterfall – the Kaieteur Falls.
12. House to a lot of bird species. Leh Ladakh might be filled with rugged mountains, sheets of snow, and is called the white desert of India; it still is home to a lot of birds. You can spot approximately 220+ bird species in Ladakh which includes several migratory birds and some rare species as well. 13.