People who live in New Zealand seem to love having an animal companion around. That’s why 68 percent of households in the country have a pet, which is more than any other nation in the world. Americans also happen to love furry friends, which is why more than half of all U.S. homes have either a dogContinue reading “New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.”
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The oceans contain almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
The next time you feel like taking a dip in the big blue ocean, you might not want to think about the fact that the seemingly pristine water is home to almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses. While this may sound scary, Matthew Sullivan, a microbiologist at the Ohio State University, told CNN, “Having that road map [ofContinue reading “The oceans contain almost 200,000 different kinds of viruses.”
All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.
The total population of people who are alive on Earth hasn’t even hit 8 billion. At the same time, there are 10 quadrillion (10,000,000,000,000,000) individual ants crawling around at any given time. According to wildlife presenter Chris Packham, who appeared on the BBC, when combined, all of those ants would weigh about the same as all ofContinue reading “All the ants on Earth weigh about as much as all the humans.”
There’s a website that tracks the world’s population in real time.
As of 2019, the overall human population is estimated to be more than 7.7 billion people. And if you want to watch that increase in real time, you can tune into the World Population Clock, which shows the upticks and downticks as babies are born and other people die. You can also see the current populationsContinue reading “There’s a website that tracks the world’s population in real time.”
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world.
Some countries are hundreds of years old, while others can trace their nation’s history back for thousands of years. But South Sudan in North Africa just gained its independence from Sudan in 2011, which currently makes it the youngest country in the world.
People who are currently alive represent about 7 percent of the total number of people who have ever lived.
Here’s another world fact to keep in the back of your mind: According to the Population Reference Bureau, since the time Homo sapiens first hit the scene 50,000 years ago, more than 108 billion members of our species have been born. And a large chunk of that number is alive right now. According to the bureau,Continue reading “People who are currently alive represent about 7 percent of the total number of people who have ever lived.”
The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
People who live in Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill, Australia, need a little patience when it comes to learning to spell their hometown’s name. But you know what? So do the folks from Lake Chargoggagoggman-chauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Massachusetts and Tweebuffelsmeteen-skootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, South Africa. None of them have quite as much work to do when jotting down their address as those who liveContinue reading “The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.”
Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world.
Though there are short people and tall people everywhere, Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world, according to data compiled from various global sources by the Telegraph in 2017.https://db91688c8b8ab4ceda4df3ce92ce4600.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html When taking both genders into account, the average adult is around 5 feet, 1.8 inches. People in Bolivia don’t tend to be muchContinue reading “Indonesia is home to some of the shortest people in the world.”
The world’s most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
https://db91688c8b8ab4ceda4df3ce92ce4600.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html Santa Cruz del Islote in the Archipelago of San Bernardo off the coast of Colombia may only be about the size of two soccer fields (AKA two acres), but the artificial island has four main streets and 10 neighborhoods. Five hundred people live on the island in around 155 houses. With so many peopleContinue reading “The world’s most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.”
More people visit France than any other country.
France is a beautiful country, filled to the brim with delicious wines, scrumptious cheese, and tons of romance. So it’s no surprise that more people want to visit France than any other country in the world, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. In 2017, the European country welcomed 86.9 million people. Spain was the second-mostContinue reading “More people visit France than any other country.”
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