These travel facts are quirky and fun; how many of these do you know of?

Travel is fun and, at times, full of surprises. But that’s what makes travel exciting, isn’t it? Where’s the fun when everything is predictable and ‘normal’? Whatever that word means!

Chucking mainstream, we decided to look for things that make you go “uh, huh”, and found this amazing collection of quirky travel trivia.

Short form is Taumata. But Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu is so much more fun! It is the world’s longest one-word name of a place. It has 85 letters and the Maoris know how to pronounce it. And that’s what matters the most.

The Maoris have named this hill after the native warrior Tamatea. "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one" is such a beautiful translation for Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu.

Don’t fret, the locals understand that it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Hence, there’s Taumata for you.

For all the times you have read about the Great Wall of China being visible from space, let this be known that it isn’t. Somebody started the myth and the world was so happy with it. As and when you get to travel to space, see if you can locate the wall or not!

There’s something about Canada and its lakes. There’s just so many of them. Did you know that 60% of the world’s total lakes are in Canada? Yeah. In Canada you won’t have to worry about not having a lakeside holiday. It’s everywhere.

Then, we have Saudi Arabia without any permanent natural rivers. No, it is not the only country. There are 20 countries with no natural rivers flowing through them. Saudi Arabia has wadis, valleys where water gets accumulated when it rains heavily.

We just learned about the world's longest one-word name of a place. Now, it’s the shortest’s turn. The Norwegian town of Å wins. It is pronounced “aw”. Approximately 150 people call it home.

With 820 spoken languages, Papua New Guinea tops the chart effortlessly. Talk about being linguistically diverse. But Tok Pisin, a pidgin language, is the most widely spoken language in Papua New Guinea.

When in Scotland, this could be a fun thing to try out. The shortest commercial flight in the world between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Orkney islands, Scotland. A total of a minute and a half is all that it takes to reach.

The Great Barrier Reef. Yes, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the only living thing in the world that is visible from space. Nothing but the best for one of the seven wonders of the natural world.