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Interesting Facts

Interesting country facts.

  1. The United States has the most money, power, airports,
    cell phones, radios and ISP's.
  2. The United States consumes more energy than India, the
    Middle East, South America, Africa, South East Asia and
    Oceania combined – which means more than 3.1 billion
    people.
  3. The top 5 energy consumers are all cold countries. The
    next 6 are mostly oil producers.
  4. Guatemalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South
    African men work only 4.5.
  5. Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth with 3.7 metres of
    rain a year. You’re 66 times more likely to be prosecuted
    in the USA as in France.
  6. Nearly 1% of Montserrations are police.
  7. Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
  8. Want your kids to stay in school? Send them to Norway.
  9. Mexico has the most Jehovah's Witnesses per capita in
    the OECD.
  10. Indonesia has the most known mammal species – and the most
    mammal species under threat.

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