Believe it or not there are some people who have visited every Country in the world Most Traveled People Cultural Institute: Visit World Wonders from your Computer Translate Websites Traduction Übersetzung Oversettelse Altavista Tourism Offices Worldwide Parks Watch Parks in Peril Worldwide Travel Information Links European Statistics Travel Tips - Travel Advice - Travel Warnings - Travel Tools Great Outdoor Travel Movies Cool Country Facts Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert. The largest university in the world is Allama Iqbal Open University of Pakistan. This university has an on-semester enrollment of around 1.8 million students. The largest university in the world by enrollment is The Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi, India which has an on semester enrollment of around 2 million students. Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests. Worlds Tallest Building Burj in Dubai 800 metres (2625 feet) and more than 160 stories. The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia . It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen - so massive that the mud coming from the hole was “boiling” with it. How many Countries ? 193 UN Member States out of 245 with 872 Places to Visit If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? |