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Top 10 Countries by Life Expectancy

03.18.2012 · Posted in List

Life expectancy is the expected length of life of a human being. Factors that lengthen life or shortened it could be: diet, environment, behavior, emotions, medical development and spiritual. Below is the list of each country’s average life expectancy in years. 1. Monaco: 89.68 years old 2. Macau: 84.43 years old 3. Japan: 83.91 years old 4. Singapore: ...

Chandra Bahadur Dangi World’s Shortest Man

02.26.2012 · Posted in People

Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal is now the world’s shortest man, standing at 54.6 centimeters (21.5 inches) tall. Shortest Man record previous holder was an 18 year old from the Philippines Junrey Balawing. Balawing’s measurement was 59.9 centimetres. The 72 year old Dangi could also hold another record for being the oldest shortest man. Photo ...

Lolong is the Largest Crocodile

11.15.2011 · Posted in Animals

Photo rights reserved by anyanzano Although, still not officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, National Geographic team went to the province of Agusan del Sur in Northern Mindanao in the Philippines to measure the giant crocodile. The NG team has confirmed that Lolong is currently the largest saltwater crocodile in the world, ...

Carlos Slim Helu

09.26.2011 · Posted in People

World’s richest man come from an unlikely country of Mexico. Carlos Slim Helu has a current net worth of $74 billion. Helu was generally unheard until he became world’s richest in 2007, beating Bill Gates. The 71 year old is in the Forbes List for two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011. The main sources of ...