Things You Wouldn't Believe About These Countries
Depending upon your definition, and whether or not you count Taiwan, there are "approximately" 196 countries in the world as of this writing. So while you may consider yourself to be a knowledgeable global citizen, and we're sure you are, given the dynamic and complex nature of our planet there are certain to be at least a couple facts on this list that you will find surprising. Here are 25 things that you wouldn't believe about these countries.

(1) Sudan Has More Pyramids than Egypt
Sudan has more Pyramids than any other country on the Earth, even more than Egypt. There are at least 223 Pyramids, in the Sudanese cities of Al Kurru, Nuri, Gebel Berkal, and Mero. They are generally 65-100 feet (20-30 meters) high and steep sided.

(2) Countries Driving on the Left
Although people in many countries drove on right side of roads, but there are still many countries which still drive on left side of the roads. These include England and many former British colonies, such as Australia, New Zealand, India, but not Canada and USA. Some other non-English countries also drive on left, such as Japan.

(3) Country With More Horses Than People
The Mongolian horse is the native horse breed of Mongolia. This breed is almost unchanged since the time of Genghis Khaan. People there still hold 3 million animals which outnumber the population of the country (2.75 million). Despite of their smaller size they are horses, not the ponies.

(4) Alaska Has a Sand Dune
The great Kobuk Sand Dunes in Alaska lie some 40 miles above the Arctic Circle, yet Summer temperature can soar there to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. One of Alaska's true oddities, in some places, the sand dune stands above 100 feet high. The three clusters of dunes within the Park, the Great Kobuk, the Little Kobuk, and the Hunt River Sand Dunes, cover 25 square miles area and constitute the largest active sand dunes within Arctic region.

(5) Strange Windmills of Ireland
Windmills of Ireland turn in a clockwise direction, while normally all windmills turn in anti-clockwise direction.

(6) London Bridge Over Lake Havasu
The original London Bridge was shipped, stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City. When the bridge. built ikn 1830s, began to sink in Thames River in the 1960s. It was replaced by a more modern concrete bridge. Then the England put all its stones for sale in 1967. A man named Robert B McCulloch Sr purchased the bridge on April 17, 1968. at the cost of US$2,460,000, The 10,246 blocks were shipped to Arizona and reassembled over a lagoon at the edge Lake Havasu to a cost of US$3 million. The bridge opened in 1971.

(7) Power of Amazon River
The Amazon River pushes so much water in Atlantic Ocean that more than 100 miles at the sea off the mouth of the River, lone can dip fresh water out of the ocean.

(8) Deforestation
Only 22% Earth's original forestation remains. Western Europe has lost 98%, Asia 94%, Africa 92%, Oceania 78%, North America 66% and South America 45%. 1.4 billion Hectares have disappeared during the last few decades.

(9) God's Bath Tub in Australia
Taken from Yahoo News, 6/5/2013
Scientists have discovered a lake in Australia, which has never been affected by climatic changes or any other man-made influences. Its water is in the same chemical state as 7,500 years ago. It is like God's Bathtub, named now Blue Lake. It is one of the largest on North Stradbroke Island of the south Queensland coast, is so pure that you can see even more than 30 feet below the surface to its bottom. It is the only such lake of its kind in Australia. Several other nearby lakes have dried up during the last 40 years. Its water has remained unchanged, because its waters drain into a nearby swamp and are replaced by an aquifer every 35 days or so.