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Introduction spill.

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international co-
operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of
Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent
another such conflict. To give you another brief information, At its founding, the UN had 51 member
states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York City, and is subject to
extraterritoriality.

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the
world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion.[13] Covering approximately
9.6 million square kilometers (3.7 million square miles), it is the world's second-largest state by land
area[19] and third- or fourth-largest by total area.[j] Governed by the Communist Party of China, it
exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities
(Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing) and the Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and
Macau, also claiming sovereignty over Taiwan.

Fact: Half of all pigs on earth live in China.

Chinese white dolphins, which live off southern China, are often pink.

Korea is a historic country in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinct sovereign states:
North Korea (officially the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea") and South Korea (officially the
"Republic of Korea"). Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and
Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan
(East Sea).

Fact: In Korea, babies are considered one year old at birth.

South Koreans believe that leaving an electric fan on overnight will kill the person sleeping directly
below it.

Japan is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast
of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and
Taiwan in the southwest.

When Japanese people meet, they traditionally bow instead of shake hands, and the lowest bow
shows the deepest respect.
Brazil officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin
America. As the world's fifth-largest country by area and sixth by population, it is the largest country to
have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas.

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. It is named after a tree; brazilwood.

India, officially the Republic of India ,is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area,
the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in
the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the
Bay of Bengal on the southeast.

The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering
was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, historically also known as Hellas, is a country in southeastern
Europe, with a population of approximately 11 million as of 2016. Athens is the nation's capital and
largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.

A Spartan specialty was a black soup made from salt, vinegar, and blood. No one in the rest of Greece
would drink it.

Cambodia officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of
the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 square miles) in area,
bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of
Thailand to the southwest.

Well, they are amongst the westernised youth. But traditionally, birthdays are not celebrated in
Cambodia particularly in the rural areas.

Some older people may not even know their exact birth date and only recognise their birthday
season.

Israel officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the
Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the
north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza
Strip[8] to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest.

The Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth. Period.

People can easily float in the Dead Sea due to its unusually high salt concentration. It's almost
impossible to dive into it.
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and
three federal territories and has a total landmass of 330,803 square kilometres (127,720 sq mi)
separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia
(Malaysian Borneo).

Some buildings in Malaysia do not have a fourth floor. They are replaced by 3A as the sound of four
(s) is similar to the sound of death in Chinese (s ).

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the
Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, lies about 145 kilometres
(90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing the
countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Jamaica is the fourth-largest island country in the
Caribbean, by area.

Jamaica was the first country in the Western world to construct a railway, even before the United
States ! This was only 18 years after Britain!

Turkey officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in
Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.[7] Turkey is bordered
by eight countries with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the
Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; Iraq and Syria to the south.

Turkey has the third highest number of Facebook users in the world, with 14 million users, after the
U.S. and U.K

Spain officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in
southwestern Europe, with two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and
the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in the North African
mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast.

Nudity is legal in Spain some say all the better to enjoy the countrys mainly Mediterranean-
temperate climate with its hot dry summers, mild, rainy winters and more than 3,000 hours of
sunlight a year. Spain also had the youngest marrying age in Europe before it changed the legal age
from 14 to 16 years in 2015.
Lithuania officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern
Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to
the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south,
Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest.

Lithuania is the only country in the world with its own official scent, called the Scent of Lithuania.

Mexico officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic in the southern portion of North
America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to
the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexican children do not receive presents on Christmas Day. They receive gifts on January 6, the day
on which Mexicans celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men.

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North
Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles,
the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.

Titanic, the Unsinkable ship, which sunk in its maiden voyage, was made in Ireland.

Egypt officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner
of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a
Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the
east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of
Aqaba lies Jordan, and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia, although Jordan and Saudi
Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt.

To stay cool and avoid lice, both men and women in ancient Egypt shaved their heads and often wore
wigs. In fact, because wigs indicated social status, they became one of the most important fashion
accessories in ancient Egypt. Rich people wore wigs made from human hair, while poor people wore
wigs made from wool or vegetable fiber.
Argentina officially the Argentine Republic, is a federal republic in the southern portion of South
America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also
bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic
Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.

Argentines like to kiss. They almost always greet each other with a kiss on the cheek

Germany officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in central-
western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847
sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate.

College education in Germany is free even for internationals tuition fees for bachelors degrees in
public universities was abolished in 2014 due to politicians thinking that having to pay for higher
education as socially unjust.

Saudi Arabia officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia
constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2
(830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the fifth-largest state in Asia and second-largest state in
the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the
northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen
to the south.

In Saudi Arabia, wedding ceremonies are held separately for men and women. However, at some
point during the wedding ceremony, or after its conclusion, the bride and groom do actually get
together.

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