Biggest Stock Exchanges In The World
The world's two largest stock exchanges lie only minutes apart in the Wall Street area of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
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Biggest Robberies In World History
The United Kingdom, United States, and Iraq each make multiple appearance on the list of most prolific robberies.
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Countries Providing The Most United Nations Peacekeepers
Bangladesh contributes 9,432 peacekeepers to the UN, followed by Ethiopia and India.
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Countries With The Most Highly Ranked Universities
As per the US News & World Report's global ranking of universities, the US, with its claim to housing 181 leading universities, ranks as number one.
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Countries With The Largest Ecological Footprints
The Middle Eastern countries of United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain have the highest ecological footprints.
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Largest Domes In The World
While 3 of the world's 5 largest domes are found in the U.S., the biggest of them all lies in Singapore.
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The Highest Urban Settlements In The World
The city of La Rinconada, located at a height of 16,728 in the Peruvian Andes, is the world's highest inhabited city.
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The Northernmost Points Of The Northernmost Countries In The World
The Kaffeklubben Island of Greenland (Denmark) is the northernmost point of any country in the world.
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The Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded On Earth
On 21st July, 1983, the lowest temperature of -89.2° Celsius was recorded in the Vostok Station, Antarctica.
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Biggest Farms In The World
A dairy farm underway in China will cover roughly the same land area as the nation of Portugal.
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Countries With The Most Operational Satellites In Orbit
Five countries combine to singularly control 976 of the 1,381 operational satellites currently in orbit.
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Countries With The Smallest Life Expectancy Gender Gaps
In Mali, a West African country, the average life expectancy of both males and females are nearly equal to each other.
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Most Popular Social Media Networks In The World
8 of the ten most frequented social media sites in the world are headquartered in the U.S. state of California.
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The Deadliest Industrial Disasters
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy claimed thousands of lives as a result of leakage of lethal gases from a pesticide plant in India.
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The Worst Smogs In History
The Great Smog that affected London in 1952 resulted in the death of about 12,000 people from respiratory diseases.
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The Ten Deadliest Blizzards In History
During the 1972 Iran blizzard, Southern Iran received as much as 26 feet of snow, burying at least 4,000 people.
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Countries With Most Attacks On Aid Workers
In Afghanistan, 430 cases of attacks on aid workers were reported between 2004 and 2014, the highest in the world.
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Countries Where Urban Populations Lack Access to Sanitary Facilities
According to World Bank records, only 16% of the urban population of Togo has access to improved sanitation facilities.
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Countries Where Newborn Girls Are Least Likely To Live To Age 65
Less than one-third of newborn girls in Swaziland and Lesotho are expected to make it to age 65.
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Countries Without Universal Health Care
Paying virtually all of one's health expenses directly is common across much of the developing world.
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