• The race takes 23 days, covers nearly 40,000 miles, spans five continents, and features some far-flung locales never before seen on the show, including Angkor Wat, Cambodia and La Paz, Bolivia.
• The youngest team is a tandem of two guys in their early 20s. "They're made for television," Van Munster says. "They're supersmart - and they make terrible mistakes." A pair of recent divorcees in their late 20s also vie for the million-dollar prize. "They were left with some financial debt, so they really have a motive to run around the world," he says. And once again, expect a serving of granola - this time with a husband-wife squad of 60-something Oregon hippies. "They're the real thing," says Van Munster. "They come right out of the '60s. To a lot of people, it looks almost like they're from a different planet."
• As for the challenges, "We've really outdone ourselves in the department of outrageousness," Van Munster declares. "We have a situation in Bolivia where we have the [contestants] go down a cobblestone hill on very, very primitive bikes, and it's just the most hilarious thing you've ever seen in your life. It's a truly bone-jarring experience." (Another must-see detour: A by-train-or-by-bus scavenger hunt in Moscow.
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