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Baikal contains roughly 20 percent of the planet's unfrozen fresh water and is deep enough to swallow several stacked skyscrapers.
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Lake Baikal, Russia · Asia
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Derinkuyu descends eighteen levels and could shelter around 20,000 people with livestock, wine presses and ventilation shafts.
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Derinkuyu, Turkey · Asia
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Istanbul is the only major city built across two continents, with commuters crossing between Europe and Asia by ferry every morning.
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Istanbul, Turkey · Asia
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Volcanic tuff in Cappadocia is soft when freshly cut and hardens in air, which is why entire churches and hotels are carved into the cliffs.
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Cappadocia, Turkey · Asia
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Calcium-rich hot springs have built white travertine terraces down the hillside at Pamukkale over thousands of years.
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Pamukkale, Turkey · Asia
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Japan is an archipelago of over 6,800 islands, though four of them hold nearly all of the population.
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Japan · Asia
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Station staff known as oshiya are still employed on the busiest Tokyo lines to help commuters fit inside the doors.
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Tokyo, Japan · Asia
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With roughly one machine for every 30 people, Japan sells everything from hot corn soup to fresh eggs on the street, day and night.
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Japan · Asia
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Kyoto was removed from the atomic target list partly because of its cultural importance, which is why 1,600 temples still stand.
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Kyoto, Japan · Asia
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Japanese weather services publish a sakura front each spring, tracking the bloom as it sweeps north from Okinawa to Hokkaido.
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Japan · Asia
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The upper slopes of Fuji legally belong to a Shinto shrine, a claim confirmed by Japan's courts.
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Mount Fuji, Japan · Asia
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Okunoshima was once a secret poison gas factory. Today hundreds of feral rabbits hop across the ruins.
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Okunoshima, Japan · Asia
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About 70 percent of South Korea is mountainous, which is why its cities build upward and its hiking culture is enormous.
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South Korea · Asia
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Seoul's metro offers signal in every tunnel, so commuters stream video hundreds of metres underground without a drop.
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Seoul, South Korea · Asia
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Koreans traditionally counted everyone a year old at birth and added a year each New Year, a system officially retired in 2023.
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South Korea · Asia
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China has built more high-speed track than the rest of the world combined, linking most major cities at 300 km/h.
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China · Asia
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The Great Wall is a network of walls built by different dynasties over 2,000 years, and long stretches are earth rather than stone.
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China · Asia
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Despite spanning the width of five, all of China officially runs on Beijing time, so the sun rises after 10 am in western Xinjiang.
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China · Asia
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The airport maglev covers 30 kilometres in about seven and a half minutes without touching the track.
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Shanghai, China · Asia
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The 8,000 terracotta warriors were originally brightly coloured. Most pigment flakes away within minutes of exposure to dry air.
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Xi'an, China · Asia
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Hong Kong has more buildings over 150 metres than any other city, squeezed onto a narrow strip between mountains and sea.
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Hong Kong · Asia
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Macau's gaming revenue has repeatedly exceeded that of Las Vegas several times over, on a peninsula smaller than most airports.
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Macau · Asia
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Taipei 101 hangs a 660-tonne steel pendulum near the top to counteract typhoon sway, and visitors can watch it move.
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Taipei, Taiwan · Asia
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With around two people per square kilometre, Mongolia has the lowest population density of any sovereign nation.
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Mongolia · Asia
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