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Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 3:09am On May 22, 2020
1. You can't buy Coca-Cola in Cuba or North Korea.

That's because these countries are under long-term U.S. trade embargoes.

---https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19550067

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 3:20am On May 22, 2020
2. The world’s entire population could fit inside Los Angeles.

That is, if every one of the 7.78 billion humans stood shoulder-to-shoulder, we could all fit within the 500 square miles of the city.

---https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111031-population-7-billion-earth-world-un-seven/

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 3:27am On May 22, 2020
3. More people visit France than any other country.

France received 86.9 million visitors in 2017. Spain was the 2nd-most popular destination with 81.8m visitors, followed by the USA (76.9m), China (60.7m), and Italy (58.3m).

---https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284419876

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 3:32am On May 22, 2020
4. The Canary Islands are actually named after dogs, not birds.

Although located off the coast of northwestern Africa, the archipelago is actually part of Spain. In Spanish, the area's name is "Islas Canarias", which comes from the Latin phrase Canariae Insulae for "island of dogs."

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 3:36am On May 22, 2020
5. Only 3 countries in the world don't use the metric system.

They are Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by FlordFlorez(m): 3:37am On May 22, 2020
Number two shock me.

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by Robnectar(m): 3:50am On May 22, 2020
FlordFlorez:
Number two shock me.

like electric grin

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by Iscoalarcon: 5:49am On May 22, 2020
prof2007:
3. More people visit France than any other country.

France received 86.9 million visitors in 2017. Spain was the 2nd-most popular destination with 81.8m visitors, followed by the USA (76.9m), China (60.7m), and Italy (58.3m).

---https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284419876
SPAIN BECAUSE OF IBIZA AND SANTIAGO BERNABUE
Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by illicit(m): 6:59am On May 22, 2020
Cubans and North Koreans are missing....

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by SILVERLINES: 7:30am On May 22, 2020
OP it's very interesting

Please add more facts
Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by SultanM: 2:06pm On May 22, 2020
prof2007:
3. More people visit France than any other country.

France received 86.9 million visitors in 2017. Spain was the 2nd-most popular destination with 81.8m visitors, followed by the USA (76.9m), China (60.7m), and Italy (58.3m).

---https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284419876
which position is Dubai?
Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by oneman2k7: 2:41pm On May 22, 2020
Make we close Naija make everybody go los Angeles na

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by Petyr1: 3:48pm On May 22, 2020
SultanM:
which position is Dubai?
is Dubai a country

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by Degrezhaa: 6:06pm On May 22, 2020
number 2 nawa oh
Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 2:07am On May 23, 2020
SultanM:
which position is Dubai?

Dubai is a state in the country called the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The entire UAE had 15.8m visitors in year 2017, and 15.9m in 2018. By my calculations, that makes the UAE around number 22 globally.

However, as a CITY, Dubai has been the 4th most visited destination in the world, for the past 5 years. See the top 8 cities for year 2019 below:

TOP MOST VISITED CITIES YEAR 2019
1. Bangkok — 22.78m
2. Paris — 19.1m
3. London — 19.09m
4. Dubai, United Arab Emirates — 15.93m
5. Singapore — 14.67m
6. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 13.79m
7. New York City — 13.6m
8. Istanbul — 13.4m
Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 2:13am On May 23, 2020
6. The coldest temperature ever recorded on earth was -144 degrees Fahrenheit (i.e. -97.78 degrees celsius).

This was recorded in Antarctica during research between 2004 and 2016. A few breaths of air at that temperature would induce hemorrhaging in the lungs and kill a person.

Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 2:17am On May 23, 2020

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Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 2:27am On May 23, 2020
9. Sweden has more islands than any other country.

Sweden has 221,800 islands. However, only about 1,000 of them are inhabited.

-- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-country-has-the-most-islands.html

Re: Some Interesting Facts About Planet Earth by prof2007: 2:31am On May 23, 2020
10. The most common bird on earth is the African red-billed quelea.

Found in Sub-Saharan Africa, there are around 1 to 10 billion queleas in the world.

-- https://www.audubon.org/news/what-most-abundant-wild-bird-world

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