Interesting facts about the world
we live in…
here is the
world's coldest
place?
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East
Antarctic Plateau ...
On the
high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low
as-135.8 degrees
Fahrenheit, which was recorded in August, 2010.
Where is the
world's most
populated city?
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Shanghai
...
At a
whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the
only city that is home to over 24 million people in one city.
Where is the world's
least populated city?
(the picture is the
clue)
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Vatican
City ...
With a
paltry population of 842, the city-state of Vatican City is the
smallest city and state in the world.
Where is the
world's wealthiest
city?
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Tokyo,
Japan ..
That
tower might as well be made of gold since Tokyo tops the charts with a GDP of
$1,520 billion, beating New York City by a mere $310 billion.
Where is the
world's poorest
city in the poorest country?
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Kinshasa,
Congo ....
It is the
poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,which is also
the poorest
country in the world, at a
GDP of $55 billion.
Many of
its residents live on less $1 a day.
What is the
highest point in the world? (this one
is easy)
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Mount Everest
...
Towering
29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount Everest is the closest you can get to
touching outer space while still standing on Earth.
Where is the lowest
point in the world?
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The Challenger Deep
Trench ...
It
is the lowest known natural point in the world at 35,797
ft below sea
level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Only
three people have ever made it to the bottom in a submersible, one of which was
filmmaker James Cameron.
What is the most
photographed place in the
U.S.?
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Surprise: the
Guggenheim building in New York ...
Photos
have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone cameras and social
media, that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything we
do.
Geotagged
data was culled by Sightsmap using a Google-based image sharing software, and
can show us the most photographed places in the world, right down to this
landmark. The strange winner is this building in New York City. I guess it
impresses a lot of visitors.
Where is the
wettest spot on Earth? (and it's not the
Amazon!)
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Mawsynram,
India ...
In this
city in India, it rains an average of 467.35
inches per year, and
has a record of 1000 inches in 1985. It is much more than any rain
forest!
Where is
the driest
spot on
Earth? (It's not the Sahara!)
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The Atacama Desert
...
The
600 miles
of South America's
Atacama desert is recorded as the driest place on Earth, no contest.
This
desert has an average of only 4 inches of rain every hundred years. Incredible,
but true.
What city claims to
be the sunniest
place in the
U.S.?
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Yuma
,
Arizona ...
In this
city in Arizona, the sun shines for an average of 11 hours a day. The usual
forecast is sun for 90 percent of the year, averaging a total of 4015 daylight
hours each year.
Where is the most
expensive city to live in?
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Singapore
...
This city
has recently beat out Tokyo, Japan, for the title of "most expensive city" for
2014.
Cars can
cost between 4-6 times as much in Singapore from what they cost in the US or UK
(for example, a Toyota Prius actually costs about $150,000.00
there).
Where is
the least
expensive city to live
in?
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Mumbai,
India ...
At the
other end of the spectrum, Mumbai, India, is the cheapest place to live in the
world, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Index, 2014.
For some
comparison, a loaf of bread that would cost $3.36 in Singapore, would only cost
$0.91 in Mumbai. The high rate of poverty brings the cost of living
down.
What country
consumes the most food
per capita?
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The overweight
United States ...
We eat an
average of 3,770 calories a day each. Shamefully, obesity is becoming more of a
problem every year.
Where is the
world's oldest
city?
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Damascus ...
There's
quite a bit of controversy over which city gets to officially claim the title of
"oldest continuously inhabited city.
However,
Damascus is the safest bet, with evidence of civilization that extends back more
than 11,000 years.
Which is
the youngest
country in the
world?
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South
Sudan ...
The
people of South Sudan were formally recognized as an independent country in
2011, making it the youngest country in the world to-date.
Which is the world's
most visited city?
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London
...
After a
several years of competition with Bangkok, London has regained its place as the
world's most visited city
(according to
MasterCard's 2014 Global Destinations City Index).
The city
sees about 18.69
million international visitors annually,
generating $19.3
billion in revenue for their
city.
What is the
world's least
popular country?
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Iran
...
On that
same rating scale, Iran has come in dead last (at a 79% negativity rating) for
many years.
Only 15%
of people polled viewed Iran in a positive light.
Where is the
world's most
dangerous city to
live in?
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San Pedro,
Honduras
...
This city
averages over three murders a day.
The
violence stems from the city's role as a major hub for illegal drug and arms
trafficking.
Which country
consumes the most
caffeine in the
world?
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Sweden
...
The
strong coffee in Sweden will put a spring in your step, and hair on your
tongue.
The
Swedes consume an average of 388 mg of caffeine in coffee per person, per day
(that's almost 5 Red Bulls in the U.S.).
Which country in the
world drinks
the most alcohol?
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Belarus
...
In the
little country of Belarus, each person above the age of 16 drinks an average of
4.62 gallons of alcohol every
year. That's a lot of booze.
Which country is the
most bicycle friendly in the
world?
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The Netherlands
...
By
comparing cities using the average number of bicycle trips made daily, one city
reigns supreme:
Groningen
in the Netherlands.
About 50 percent of the population commute via bike daily, making it the city
with the greatest proportion of cyclists.
However,
many other cities in the Netherlands have a great bicycling
tradition.
Where is the world's
most energy efficient
city?
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Reykjavik,
Iceland ...
All of
the energy and heat used by the citizens of Reykjavik, Iceland come from
geothermal plants and renewable hydro power making it
the most sustainable and energy efficient city in the world.
This city
has also been replacing traditional buses with hydrogen-fueled buses, from which
the only emissions are water.
Which country has
the longest
life expectancy in the
world?
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Monaco
...
According
to the World Health Organization's study from 2013, Monaco
tops the charts for
longest living citizens with an average life
expectancy of 87.2 years. Men
in Monaco live an average 85.3 years, and women live longer to an average of 89
years.
Which country has
the
shortest life
expectancy?
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Sierra
Leone
On the
opposite side of that coin, the population of Sierra Leone live only to an
average of 47 years.
The men
of Sierra Leone live to an average of 47 years old, whereas women live a little
longer, an average of 48 years.
Poverty
plays a big roll in their short life expectancy.
What country would
qualify as the most stressed-out nation in the world because of their living
conditions?
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Nigeria
...
By
looking at the homicide rate, the GDP per capita, continued income inequality,
corruption, lack of education opportunities and unemployment numbers, one thing
is clear: Nigeria's people are, hands-down, the most stressed out population in
the world.
Which city has the
highest average IQ?
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Hong
Kong
...
There are
a lot of factors that affect an IQ score, ranging from national and personal
wealth, to simply what test is used. As a result, these findings are highly
controversial, but suggest that Hong Kong has the highest IQ level, at an
average of 107 points per person.
*However,
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, meaning that it falls
within the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, yet does not form part
of Mainland China, because it has it's own government.
So these
results are questionable.
Which foreign city
is the world's most well-connected one for internet
use?
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Seoul
, South
Korea
Surprisingly,
despite China's 618 million internet users who spend an average of 18.7 hours a
week surfing the net,
China
didn't even make the
top 10 for internet connection.
Seoul,
Korea
is a different story
considering the average connection speed, availability (including free access),
openness to innovation, support of public data, and privacy/security, Seoul,
Republic of Korea
is the champion of
internet-connectedness.
With
10,000 government supported
free WiFi spots
dotting the city, and an internet speed that goes unchallenged globally, Seoul
is an internet junkie's paradise.
Wasn't that
interesting? I learned some things that I did not know, maybe you did,
too...
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