Curiosities
About These Countries
Most likely
to disappear below the waves ... Maldives
Most
overweight population ... Naura
Roads made of
coral ... Guam
Has 350 sheep
for every person ... Falkland Islands
Oldest
sovereign state ... Egypt
Most lakes in
the world ... Canada
Most likely
place to not meet your neighbour ... Mongolia
Largest
number of tanks ... Russia
The land of
no rivers ... Saudi
Arabia
: Youngest population of any
country ... Niger
Most diverse
country in the world... India
Fastest
disappearing population ... Ukraine
Most of its
citizens live abroad ... Malta
Smaller than
Central Park in New York City ... Monaco
Almost
entirely covered in jungle ... Suriname
Almost entirely
treeless ... Haiti
Largest
country with no farms ... Singapore
Most languages
spoken ... Papua New
Guinea
Most educated
people ... Canada
The “country
desert” ... Libya
Least peaceful
nation in the world ... Somalia
Produces most
of the world's oxygen ... Russia
World's largest
opium producer ... Afghanistan
Most people
behind bars ... United
States
(Well, China shoots
most of theirs!)
(My
gratitude to Sol who sent me the foregoing)
“Pearl of Wisdom”
The
art of life
is to know how to enjoy a little
and
endure much.
(William Hazlitt)
Merle Baird-Kerr ... written March 26, 2012
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