FUN FACTS

* Thailand's capital Bangkok means "city of angels", and in Spain's capital of Madrid means "place of abundant water". *

* In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there are 106 billionaires. *

* 90% of North Korea's outside phone lines have been shut down since April 2005. *

* Niger (Africa) has the world's highest fertility rate - 7.1 children per mother. *

* In 2005, the US government spent on average over $20,000 for each household. * (WHERE DID ALL OF IT GO?? AND WHAT DID THEY SPEND IT ON??)

* Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada! *

* 203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S. *