Continents Facts

Speed Camera Lottery
Speed Camera Lottery

Sweden experimented with a practice that drivers who drove under the speed limit would have won a lottery where funds come from the fines paid by speeders. The average speed limit was reduced by 22 percent.

Antarctica
Antarctica

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent on Earth.

Angel Falls
Angel Falls

Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. It is 979 meters high, and its water plunges for 870 meters uninterrupted.

The Blaster
The Blaster

South Africans can legally attach flamethrowers to cars to repel carjackers.

Languages in Brazil
Languages in Brazil

In Brazil alone, around 150 different languages are spoken. However, the most widely spoken languages are Portuguese and Spanish.