Villefranche-sur-Mer

The Globetrotters Club

The travel club for independent travellers.

Interesting Facts

1. The Czech
Republic
has more Internet
Service Providers than any other non-English speaking
country.

2. Andorra has
no
unemployment, which is just as well because they have
no broadcast
TV channels either.

3. Andorrans
live the longest, four years longer than in
neighbouring France and Spain.

4. China's
labour
force stands at 706 million people, almost three times
that of Europe and
twice that of North and South
America combined

5. China has the
most workers,
so it's a good thing they've also got the most TV's.

6. Clipperton
Island
wins our prize for the most unusual looking
country.

7. Israel enjoys
a
GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West
Bank
and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip.
Its military
spending per capita tops the world.

8. North
Korea spends the most
of its GDP on its military.

9. Luxembourgers
are the world's richest
people – and also the most
generous.

10. Indians go
out to the
movies 3 billion times a year.

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