The World

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) India, owns the world’s largest fleet of buses - a total of over 20000, operating through more than 8500 routes.

Charles de Gaulle, president of France from 1958 to 1969 was reported to have survived 31conspiracias against his wife between1944-66.

M.V. Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russia) is the largest existing university building. It was built between 1949 and 1953, with 32 storeys, 240 m height and 40,000 rooms.

Canada is the undisputed leader in the production of uranium - 10,515 tonnes per year as compared to the next largest producer, Australia with 3712 tonnes.

The deepest water bore ever drilled is 2231 m at Stensrad water well 11 -W1, drilled by the Great Northern Drilling Co. Inc. in Rosebud County, Montana (USA) in 1961.

Saudi Arabia extracts oil from its oil wells, at least, 8.6 million barrels of petroleum each day. Only a fraction of this is used by the country itself.

The Cessna aircraft company of Wichita, Kansas (USA), has been producing the most number of aircraft in the world. Since 1911, this company has produced more than 1, 83, 000 aircrafts.

Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, is in Siberia (Russia). It is about 25 million years old, 1637 m deep and contains about one fifth of all the world's freshwater. 336 rivers flow into it. It also has the world's only freshwater seals.

The USA and China are the world's major producers and consumers of coal. 

France is the most visited country by tourists around the world. Spain, USA and Italy stand at 2nd, 3rd and 4th places.


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