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FACTOID # 144: A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.

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Moldova has one of the smallest artillery forces in Europe, and the highest rate in the world of death by powered lawnmower. Coincidence? Surely not.
On average, more than 70 persons die of varicose veins per year per country.
If someone you know died from falling out of a tree, you’re probably Brazilian.
You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.

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