-The Sahara Desert covers much of Northern Chad and is the third largest desert in the world
-Chad is the largest landlocked country located in Africa
-Chad is poor and the government is poorly run and the people of Chad suffer for it
-The official languages of Chad are French and Arabic
-The kakai is the traditional musical instrument in Chad and it is amazing
-Chad is one of the world’s most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries.
-Lake Chad, a primary ecosystem and food source, has lost 90% of its original surface area and counting.
-Chad hosts over 555,000 refugees and over 400,000 internally displaced persons
-As of 2020, the WHO reports a shortage of medical professionals in Chad — less than one medical doctor for every 10,000 people.
-Chad ranks 187th out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index, and 42% of the country lives below the national poverty line.
-Chad is home to many animals, including 134 mammals, 141 bird species, 52 reptile species, 30 amphibian species, and 130 fish species.
-Chad has two national animals: the goat in the north and the lion in the south
-Chad's flag is almost identical to Romania's, but the blue on the Chadian flag is darker.
-Chad is one of the best places to see camel racing, which takes place in the Sahara Desert before sunrise
-Chad has vast reserves of gold, uranium, and oil
-Chad only has one television station
-Chad has seen three decades of civil war
-Crude oil drives the Chadian economy
-Chad's staple foods are grains
-One of the oldest known human ancestors was discovered in Chad
-Child marriage is a significant issue in Chad
-In Chad, there is an unusual festival called Gerewol
-Chad is known for its vibrant traditional clothing.
-Chad has one of the world’s lowest life expectancies. As of 2020, it had the third-lowest at just 54.0 years.
-Chad has never participated in the Winter Olympics.
-Chad has never been able to make it to the FIFA World Championships; however, they have had some popular soccer players.
-The night sky conditions in Chad are pristine and the Milky Way can clearly be seen at night.
-The Toubou tribe, who live in the Tibesti Mountains, are known as the world’s best camel racers.
-Daylight saving has never been observed in Chad.
-Chad is the only country in the world whose name is composed of a single syllable with a single vowel.
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-Iowa ranks first in beef, pork, corn, soybean and grain production.
-One Iowa family farm grows enough food and fiber to feed 279 people.
-The world's first electronic digital computer was built and operated by researchers at Iowa State University in the 1930's.
-Iowa students' ACT and SAT scores rank among the top five states.
-The high school graduation rate is 88%; 17% above the national average.
-Iowa has more golf courses per capita, than any other state.
-Iowa is also sometimes called the Corn State or the Tall Corn State/Land Where the Tall Corn Grows because it produces more corn than any other state.
-Iowa's literacy rate is the highest in the nation at 99%.
-Iowa has more pigs than people, with the ratio of pigs to people being about 4 to 1
-Iowa is home to the National Hobo Convention.
-Iowa has an island.
- Iowa has produced 20 Olympic athletes.
-The first female lawyer was from Iowa.
-Iowa used to have giant sloths.
-Many millennia ago, mammoths were abundant across the state of Iowa. So much so that even today it's fairly common for residents to find mammoth bones in their backyards.
-The Red Delicious apple was first produced in Iowa in 1872.
-Effigy Mounds in northeast Iowa are thought to have been created as early as 350 AD and are large scale portraits of animals and other figures.
-Iowa is known for having some of the most productive and richest soil in the world, with 11,000 different soil types. In fact, the state even has an official state soil, called “Tama soil“.
-Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the Bread-Slicing Machine. He made this invention in his hometown of Davenport, with his sliced bread first hitting the shelves in Missouri.
-Iowa is home to the first gas-powered tracker, which was invented by John Froelich. John went on to start a company which became known as John Deere.
-Iowa is no stranger to weird laws. It’s technically against the law for mustached men to kiss women publicly in Iowa.
-If you own a horse and live in Marshalltown, don’t let your horse eat fire hydrants; it’s also forbidden.
-In 2001, an Amtrak train derailment in Iowa resulted in 90 injured and one killed.
-In a 2012 tour of the US, now China President Xi Jinping visited Muscatine, Iowa, to bring back memories of an earlier visit he’d made there almost 30 years earlier to look at farming technology.
-Iowa Has The Crookedest Street In The World
- Iowa Has Prehistoric Underground Caves
-The Butterfly Stroke Was Invented In Iowa
-The Ice Cream Capital Of The World Is In Iowa
-Iowa Has The Worlds Largest Truckstop
-Ozzy Ozbourne once chowed down on a live bat on stage in Des Moines.
-Iowa State University had a hand in developing the atomic bomb
-Iowa is considered to be the safest state in the U.S. to live in—no small surprise, considering the state is comprised of 92 percent farmland.