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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

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/

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

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."

5. Only 3 countries in the world don't use the metric system.

They are Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

Number two shock me.

FlordFlorez:
Number two shock me.

like electric

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

Cubans and North Koreans are missing....

OP it's very interesting

Please add more facts

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?

Make we close Naija make everybody go los Angeles na

SultanM:
which position is Dubai?

is Dubai a country

number 2 nawa oh

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

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.

7. Japan is the world's most earthquake-prone country.

-- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products

8. Africa and Asia have almost 90% of earth's rural population.

-- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-world-population-factbox/10-facts-about-the-worlds-population-idUSKBN1K02AQ

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

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