Travel Facts

• One in three adults aged 15-49 are infected with HIV/AIDS in
  Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.
• If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again – its
  land area is only 98% ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is
  categorised as 'barren rock'.
• The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican
  City.
• Moldova has one of the lowest rates of movie-going of any
  nation, and the highest rate of death by powered lawnmower.
  Coincidence? Surely not.
• In 2002, every 1000 Swedes made a bus.
• Looking for geniuses? Head straight to Iceland. There are more
  than 3.5 Nobel Prize Winners for every million Icelanders.
• People might eat oats when they're hungry, but people from
  Hungary don't eat oats.
• Japan's water has a very high dissolved oxygen
  concentration – but not enough to prevent drowning in the bath.
• The four largest nations are Russia, China, USA, and Canada.

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