In 2000 the first permanent crew inhabited the International Space Station (ISS). Since then, there’s always been a human presence in space.
100 Mind-Blowing Inhabited Facts
The most remote place in the world is the Tristan da Cunha islands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. They’re 2,434km from Saint Helena, the nearest inhabited place. Imagine Mum sends you out for groceries but the local supermarket is closed. That’s a long trip.
Sweden has the most islands of any country. With 221,800 islands, Sweden is believed to have more islands than any country in the world. However, only 1,000 of them are inhabited.
America Isn’t the Only Country that Uses the US Dollar: Besides the United States and its five inhabited territories, 11 countries in the world also use the U.S. dollar, the world’s reserve currency, as their official currency: The British Virgin Islands, Timor-Leste (or East Timor), Bonaire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos, and Zimbabwe.