The highest price paid for a Barbie doll in an auction is £18,258 ($27,450), purchased in an auction held by Sandi Holder’s Doll Attic (USA) in May 2006. The doll was an original 1959 model in mint condition.
The Tanggula Railway Station in Tibet is the highest in the world at 5,068 m (16,627 ft) above sea level. The unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened on 1 July 2006 and has a 1.25-km-long (0.77-mile) platform.
Afghanistan is the country with the world’s highest proportion of Muslims, with 99.7% of the population following Islam.
The greatest production of any tank was that of the Soviet T-54/55 series, of which more than 50,000 were built between 1954 and 1980 in the former USSR alone. There was further production in the countries of the one-time Warsaw Pact in central and eastern Europe as well as in China.
The world’s highest ranking law-enforcement camel is Bert, who was accepted as Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, San Dimas, USA, on 5 April 2003 and regularly goes on patrol with his handler Nance Fite (USA). B.E.R.T., which stands for ‘Be enthusiastic Responsible and True’ is a dromedary (one hump), born on 3 March 1997 and weighing 802 kg (1,770 lb) on 27 May 2003. Measured on the same day, he stands at a height of 208 cm (82 in) to
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The highest ramp jump on a wheelchair is 60 cm and was achieved by Aaron Fotheringham (USA) on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 24 March 2010. Aaron has been in a wheelchair since the age of 13 as he suffers from spina biffida.
By average annual rainfall, the wettest place is Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India, with 11,873 mm (467 in) of rain per annum. Meghalaya means ‘land of the clouds’. Most of the rain occurs during the monsoon season, between June and September. The second rainiest place is Cherrapunji, also in Meghalaya, with an average annual rainfall of 11,430 mm (450 in) per year, which can actually suffer drought outside the monsoon season.
The most obese country is the South Pacific island nation of Nauru (population 13,287) which has more obese people, per capita, than any other country, with an incredible 80.2% of men and 78.6% of women totalling a body mass index greater than 30. Neighbouring South Pacific countries Tonga and Samoa have the next largest populations of obese citizens. With a total area of 21 km² (8 miles²), Nauru is the world’s smallest independent republic. UPDATE: The average BMI in February 2011 was 35. The reason
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According to the most recent figures from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Honduras is the most dangerous country on the planet, with 60.87 murders per 100,000 people in 2008. Anything above 10 per 100,000 is considered an epidemic.
The country with the highest rate of car ownership in the world is Luxembourg, with 647 cars per 1,000 population (2005 or later). The top ten countries in the list are: 1. Luxembourg 647 2. Iceland 632 3. New Zealand 607 4. Italy 595 5. Canada 561 6. Cyprus 550 Germany 550 8. Australia 542 9. Malta 523 10. Switzerland 520