Record Breakers Shown In Photos (Continued in June 2015 Gallery)
The most bicycle friendly city in the world: Groningen , Netherlands
By comparing cities along the criterion of average number of bicycle trips made
daily, one city reigns supreme: Groningen in the Netherlands . In Groningen
about 50 percent of the population commute via bike daily, making it the
city with the greatest proportion of cyclists on the planet.
World's most energy efficient city: Reykjavik , Iceland
All of the energy and heat used by the citizens of Reykjavik Iceland come from geothermal plants
and renewable hydropower, making it the most sustainable and energy efficient city in the
On their mission to be completely free of fossil fuels by 2050, the city has also been replacing
traditional buses with hydrogen-fueled buses, from which the only emissions are water.
Most cat friendly country: United States
With a pet cat population of 76.43 million feline friends, the United States
dominates the world stage for most cat friendly country in the world.
Most dog friendly country: United States
Similarly, America more than doubles the amount of pet dogs any other country
has, with a dog population of 61.1 million.
Most sexually satisfied country: Switzerland
Switzerland might just be the most progressive and least sexually repressed country in the world.
Between liberal views on pornography and prostitution, and sex ed that starts in Kindergarten, over
a fifth of the population consider their sex-lives "excellent." They even recently opened up a very
successful array of tax-funded drive-in sex boxes in Zurich . Bonus, in spite of all this, Switzerland
also holds the title as one of the lowest teen birth rates in the world.
Least sexually satisfied country: Japan
With its extreme conservatism, Japan is the country with the least sexual satisfaction, as
only 15% of individuals reported having a fulfilling sex life. Furthermore, over 45% of
Japanese women report being either uninterested in, or actually despising, sexual contact
Most emotional country in the world: Philippines
Polling citizens in 150 countries over the years of 2009-2011, researchers found that the people of
the Philippines were the most likely to respond emotionally to simple questions about their day.
Least emotional country in the world: Singapore
That same study revealed that Singaporeans experience the least emotion on
the day-to-day. Only 3 out of every 10 reported having any emotional reactions
to basic scenarios or when describing their days.
Country with the longest life expectancy in the world: Monaco
According to the World Health Organization's study from 2013, Monaco tops the charts for
longest living citizens, with an average life expectancy of 87.2 years. Men in Monaco live
an average 85.3 years and women live to an average of 89 years.
Country with the shortest life expectancy: Sierra Leone
On the other side of that coin, the population of Sierra Leone live to an average
of 47 years. The men of Sierra Leone live to an average of 47 years old,
whereas women live an average of 48 years.
Sexiest country in the world: Brazil and Australia
There will always be a debate about which countries are home to the most
attractive people, in part because who's to say what is objectively attractive? Though
the means are hardly scientific, a recent poll found quite a disparity between which countries
men believe are the sexiest, and which countries women find the sexiest.
For men, Brazil tops the charts for the most attractive people. For women,
it's about the thunder down under in Australia .
Most stressed-out country in the world: Nigeria
By looking at the dimensions of Homicide Rate, GDP per capita,
Income inequality, Corruption, and Unemployment, one thing is clear:
Nigeria is hands-down the most stressed out country in the world.
Least stressed-out country in the world: Norway
Along the same dimensions, Norway was at the far-end of the other side of
the spectrum, and is deemed the least stressed-out country in the world.
Country with the highest average IQ: Hong Kong
There are a lot of factors that can affect an IQ score, ranging from national and personal
wealth to simply who makes the test. As a result, these findings are highly controversial,
but seem to suggest that Hong Kong is the country* with the highest IQ, at an average
of 107 points. *Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China meaning that it
falls within the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China , yet does not form
part of Mainland China , and has it's own government.
Country with the lowest average IQ: Equatorial Guinea
According to "IQ and the Wealth of Nations," Equatorial Guinea caps the low
End of the global IQ range, with a national average of 59 points.
World's most well-connected city (for internet): Seoul , South Korea
Surprisingly, despite it's 618 million internet users spending an average of 18.7 hours a
week surfing the net, China didn't even make the top 10. Along the dimensions of
average connection speed, availability (weighted towards free access), openness
to innovation, support of public data, and privacy/security, Seoul in South Korea is
the champion of internet-connectedness. With 10,000 government supported
free WiFi spots dotting the city, and an internet speed that goes unchallenged globally.
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