Fun facts from around the world
Curious facts about destinations, sights and travelling, each with its own illustration. The same ones greet you every time you sign in to Activento.
Sweden has a right called allemansrätten: you may camp, hike and pick berries anywhere in nature, even on private land. 
The world's smallest capital is Ngerulmud in Palau: essentially a government complex where officially nobody lives. The entire state around it has 318 residents. 
Russia spans 11 time zones, more than any other country within one contiguous territory. 
South Korea has a toilet museum in Suwon, shaped like a giant lavatory and celebrating the history of sanitation. 
Japan has almost 4 million vending machines, one for about every 31 people. They sell everything from hot coffee to soup. 
Easter Island (Chile) lies over 3,500 km from the South American mainland, one of the most isolated populated places on earth. 
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world put together. Over 60 % of all lakes are Canadian. 
Visitors to Munich's Oktoberfest drink around 7 million litres of beer in just two weeks. 
The Panama Canal saves ships a detour of roughly 13,000 km around South America. 
Iceland has no standing army. The coastguard handles national defence. 
Brazil is named after a tree, the pau-brasil, or brazilwood. 
The country with the most time zones is not Russia but France, which has 12 in all once overseas territories are counted.
