Strange Facts

• Swedes and Norweigans rank top 5 for both providing aid and exporting weapons.
• On the probability of not reaching 40 graph, the top 34 countries are all African.
• Former enemies, the Americans and Russians now have a great deal in common – they both lead the world in locking people up .
• English speaking kids are the biggest novel readers but are the least enthusiastic comics readers.
• Japanese and South Korean kids are the best at science and maths.
• Three quarters of Japanese kids read comics.
• Around 1992, Saudi Arabia overtook the United States as the world's largest oil producer.
• Danish workers strike 150 times more than their German neighbours.
• Many Americans live alone – America leads the world in one person households.
• Libya is the only country with a single-coloured flag.

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