FACTOID # 166: The Caribbean islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia and Grenada are all in the top 5 for the most crowded prisons in the world.
 
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  • Peru’s national bird is the Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruviana).
  • Every year, approximatley one third of Bangledesh finds itself underwater from monsoons.
  • The expatriate population from Cape Verde is larger than its domestic one.
  • Armenia was the first nation to formally adopt Christianity, and today has one of the few Christian cultures to still sacrifice animals on Sunday.

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