Hot and Not So Hot Spots Around The World

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The world's hottest place: Death Valley National Park

The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.

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The world's coldest place: East Antarctic Plateau

On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in August, 2010.

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World's most populated city: Shanghai

At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the single city that is home to the most people in the world.

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World's least populated city: Vatican City

With a paltry population of 842, the city-state of Vatican City is the smallest city and state in the world.

[observer]

Well - I've been to Vatican city - and I have no desire to roast or freeze or try to breathe in a 2' x 2' space with all those people. So - I'm happy. But thanks for the info, retired.

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[Ruby Tuesday]

I did not know that about the population in Shanghai, wholly.

[kishgo]

I'm with Observer, great pics and info but I 'm not going there any time soon!

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World's wealthiest city: Tokyo

That tower might as well be made of gold, since Tokyo tops the charts with a GDP of $1,520 billion (only beating New York by a mere $310 billion).

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World's poorest city: Kinshasa

Kinshasa is probably the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion. Many of its residents live on less $1 a day.

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Highest point in the world: Mount Everest

Towering 29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount Everest is the closest you can get to touching space, while still standing on Earth.

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Lowest point in the world: Challenger Deep

The lowest known natural point in the world is Challenger Deep, 35,797 ft below sea level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Only three people have ever made it to the bottom, one of which was filmmaker James Cameron.

[kishgo]

Very informative.

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Most photographed place: The Guggenheim

Photos have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone cameras and social media, that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything we do. Geotagged data was culled by Sightsmap using a Google-based image sharing software, and can now show us the most photographed places in the world, right down to the landmark. The Winner? The Guggenheim in New York.

[kishgo]

Who decided this pic was the winner?

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The world's most popular country: Germany

The results of the annual BBC World Country Rating Poll are in, and Germany came out on top as the most positively viewed country in the world among people probably under the age of 85 (at a 59% positivity rating).

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Who decided this pic was the winner?

The answer is above the picture

[kishgo]

Ha!

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The wettest spot on Earth: Mawsynram, India

Rainwise, anyway. In Mawsynram, India, it rains an average of 467.35 inches per year, and with a record of 1000 inches in 1985.

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The driest spot on Earth: The Atacama Desert

The 600 miles of South America's Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth, no contest. The Desert sees an average of 4 inches of rain every thousand years. Yes, you read that right.

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