Just Facts

Here are some interesting facts about the New York City population: ·          With a July 2015 population of 8,550,405, New York is the most populous city in the United States, more than twice the size of the second largest city, Los Angeles. ·          About 1 in every 38 people living in the United States resides in New York City. ·          New York has the highest population density of any major city in the United States, with over 27,000 people per square mile. ·          Over 3 million of New York City’s residents are foreign-born; over one-quarter arrived in 2000 or later. ·          Nearly 2 million New Yorkers are under the age of 18. ·          New York City has more people than 40 of the 50 U.S. states. ·   ...

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Answer:  British Library Library of the U.S. Congress Library and Archives, Canada The New York Public Library  Russian State Library 

Answer:  British Library is the largest library in the world! According to British Library's  facts and figure, • We receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland • The collection includes well over 150 million items, in most known languages • 3 million new items are added every year • We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents • The Sound Archive keeps sound recordings from 19th-century cylinders to CD, DVD and MD recordings • We house 8 million stamps and other philatelic items • All this requires over 625 km of shelves, and grows by 12 km every year • If you see 5 items each day, it would take you over 80,000 years to see the whole of the collection • The world's earliest dated printed book, the Diamond Sutra, is sometimes on display in our exhibition galleries alongside many other treasures • We have on-site space for over 1,200 Readers • Over 16,000 people use the collect...

Answer:  The Arctic Ocean i s the world's smallest ocean.  According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "With an area of about 5.4 million square miles, the Arctic Ocean is about 1.5 times as big as the United States. It is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Norway, Alaska, and Russia. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is 12,000 feet and it is 17,850 feet at its deepest point." Source: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/smallestocean.html

It has 45 letters! Pronounciation:  [noo-muh-noh-uhl-truh-mahy-kruh-skop-ik-sil-i-koh-vol-key-noh-koh-nee-oh-sis, nyoo-]   What does it mean? An   obscure   term   ostensibly   referring   to   a   lung   disease caused   by   silica   dust,   sometimes   cited   as   one   of   the  longest words   in   the   English   language.  Source:  http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Answer:  USA  "US military spending in 2016 was $611 billion—nearly 3 times as much as China's military spending, which was the second highest in 2016 at $215 billion. US military spending is larger than the next 8 biggest military spenders combined."   --  According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (sipri) Source: http://visuals.sipri.org/