There are over 100,000 children working in dangerous conditions in Ivory Coast alone, the source of 40% of the world's cocoa, according to a US State Department report in 2003. Hazards include harmful pesticides and risk of injury from machetes. In response, there has been talk of a "no child slavery" label requirement for all chocolate manufacturers.

Sealand was built during World War II as British outpost to defend the mainland. After being abandoned by the British, a family took possession of it in 1969 and filed all the paperwork to make this outpost a sovereign country. Sealand now has its own flag, currency, passports, and ruling Prince and Princess!

Indian Railways transports over 6 billion passengers each year and has over 1.6 million employees! Everyday, it runs over 14,000 trains!

The actual discrepancy between True North and the North you read from a compass is called "magnetic declination" and changes depending on where you are.

However, these five permanent members of the UN Security Council - France, Russia, China, the UK, and the USA - together account for 88 per cent of the world's conventional arms exports.

The most popular names for boys and girls -- Jack and Emily.

In 1947, Queen Wilhelmina officially decreed that they represented three moral virtues: Compassion, Resolution, and Heroism.

According to the CIA World Factbook, Pakistan has a population of 162,419,946, while Russia's population is only 143,420,309

Each train on the tube travels the distance from London to Syndey, Australia seven times a year.

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• China has an economy growing at a rate 3 times faster than the US
• China holds 1/5 of the world's population
• China has a 100 cities with population greater than 1 million, compared to 9 cities in the US
• China consumes 33% of the world's iron ore and 40% of the concrete
• Largest manufacturer of the world's textiles, toys, consumer electronics, appliance goods

Mumbai, India is the 2nd largest city in the world - 23 million residents (larger than all of Australia).

Only 4 out of 10 Americans claim to do so.

This means that beachfront property is so expensive because there is only 5.54 centimeters of coastline per person in the world.

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It was then leased to the British East India Company in 1668 for 10 British Pounds a year!

Today, Bombay (Mumbai) is the financial capital of India.

Located in Bhutan, also the only non-smoking nation since Dec 17.

A 900 ton tuned mass damper is suspended from the 90th floor down to the 87th floor (pic). When the building sways (in the breeze or in an earthquake), the ball naturally sways the opposite way because of inertia and serves to dampen the vibration.

In America, for every 1,000 vehicles, there are 944 drivers. In Japan, its 502.

In China, it is 8.

Germany, France, and England pay more than 70% gas tax.

Americans pay only 23% gas tax.

British students spend nearly £1 billion every year on beer.

This is 3 times as much as they spend on books.

The US has about 5% of the worlds population. (293M/6.362B)

The US controls 53% of the worlds wealth.

The US accounts for about 45% of the worlds gasoline consumption.

The US produces 25% of the worlds emissions.