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

The average criminal sentence length is 137 years in Colombia. See more

Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China. 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 average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years. See more

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them! See more

In Chinese the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. See more

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. See more

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten. See more

If you fart constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. See more

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. See more

If the population of China walked past you in a single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. See more

More people are killed by donkeys than in plane crashes annually. See more

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year. See more

1 in every 200 people is a psychopath and they look just like everyone else. See more