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The world's largest artificial islands are visible from space
Off the coast of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, stand artificial archipelagos whose scale defies imagination: millions of tons of sand
The world's shortest international border is under 100 meters long
When you think of an international border, you generally picture long lines running across entire continents, separating countries over hundreds, even thousands
DID YOU KNOW this Brazilian island has up to one deadly viper per square meter
Off the coast of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil, lies a small piece of land that, seen from the sky,
The world's narrowest street is only 31 centimeters wide at its tightest point
In Reutlingen, a small city in southern Germany tucked not far from Stuttgart, one of Europe's most improbable urban curiosities is hiding
This village is an enclave inside an enclave, inside another country
On the map of the Arabian Peninsula, a tiny red dot has caught the attention of geographers around the world for decades.
Samoa flat-out erased an entire day from its calendar in 2011
There is a country where a specific date on the modern calendar simply never took place. December 30, 2011 does not exist
Kiribati redrew the international date line to see the sun first
Few people could point to Kiribati on a map, and that is entirely understandable: this island nation in the Pacific is home
Derinkuyu, the Underground Turkish City That Housed 20,000 People
The Cappadocia region owes its highly distinctive landscape to intense volcanic activity dating back several million years, which blanketed the terrain in
Sealand, the Former Military Platform Turned Micronation
Officially designated Roughs Tower at the time of its construction, this platform was part of a larger network of sea forts built