0.7% of Americans are currently in prison. Wow! See more

You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory. See more

More than 20% of the votes in the 2001 elections in Argentina were invalid. See more

The top 8 most developed countries all speak Germanic languages. Every such country is in the top 20. See more

72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day. See more

The ten most generous governments (relative to GDP) are all in Europe. See more

American adults have been educated for the longest time. See more

The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees. See more

The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City. See more