Every minute a day, 150 babies are born throughout the world, except in Vatican City, where no one is born, because only Roman Catholic priests are living there.
The Winter Palace and Hermitage in St. Petersburg (Russia) is the world's largest art gallery. It has 24 km of galleries, housing about 3 million work of art.
Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, has the world’s widest road. The 12-lane, monumental axis is 250 m wide and 2.4 km long.
It is estimated that the annual income of US $ 150 million (Rs. 675 crores) at Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam (TTD), India, is at par with the income of US $ 174 million at Vatican City. About 50,000 pilgrims visit TTD at Tirupati daily, on an average.
Greenland, the world's largest island, boasts the, fastest-measured glacier, the Quarayaq glacier, which moves between 20 and 24 m everyday.
Dr. Harold Shipman (UK) is the most prolific serial killer, having murdered 215 of his patients between 1975 and 1998. He killed his elderly victims (mostly female) with the administration of drugs.
Monaco is the most thickly populated country in the world. It has a population density of over 16,300 per sq. km.
The JR Central Towers, Nagoya, (Japan) is the world's largest railway station building, with a floor space of 4, 10, 000 sq. mts.
Germany recycles between 70 and 80% of the paper and cardboard it consumes per year.
Hurricane Andrew, which hit Homestead, Fiorida (USA) between 23rd and 26th August 1992, was the worst ever damage toll from a cyclone disaster. It caused an estimated damage of US $ 15 billion in terms of insurance covered loss.
