Members of the armed forces and the police cannot vote in the Dominican Republic. See more

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

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

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

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

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

Former enemies, America and Russia now have a great deal in common - they both lead the world in locking people up. See more

The word "politics" describes the process so well: "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures." See more

Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky were all epileptics (aka brain disorder). See more