Sunday, October 27, 2013

Facts Extraordinaire (Part 2)



 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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