Is The Phrase "worlds Apart" Out-of-date?

Is The Phrase "worlds Apart" Out-of-date?

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Ahwaz, Iran is the world's most air-polluted city. According to a 2011 World Health Organization report, Ulan Bator, Mongolia is second. Sanadaj, Iran is third. Over 2 million people die every year from air pollution, but it's not the big cities - Beijing, Bangkok, Mexico City - that are the worst. It's cities in developing countries. Because these cities rarely have or enforce environmental regulations, they have dirtier cars, factories and power plants. Residents often burn firewood or dung for heat and energy. However, the report also named the least polluted city - Whitehorse, Canada. Doesn't the good guy always have a white horse?

Macau and Hong Kong (both special administration regions of China) have the most cell phone subscriptions per capita in the world. Per 100 people Macau has 206.43 subscriptions. Hong Kong has 190.21 per 100 people. Saudi Arabia is 3rd (187.86/100) followed by Montenegro (185.28/100) and Panama (184.72/100). China has the most cell phone subscriptions worldwide, but the number breaks down to 64.04 per 100 people, ranking China 150th. The U.S. ranks 114th with 89.86 subscriptions per 100 people. Myanmar has 1.24 subscriptions per 100 people. When it comes to cell phones, Myanmar is in the "cell-ar".

When it comes to the Internet, China and the U.S. have the most users. However, China's 485 million users are only 36.3% of the population. The 245 million users in the U.S. are 78.2% of the population. The most wired countries in the world are Monaco and Iceland, where at least 97% of the population is online. Norway is next with 94.4%. The Falkland Islands and Sweden both have 92.4%. African countries - including Liberia, Ethiopia and Somalia - are at the bottom of the list. As of 2011, nearly 2.1 billion people - about 30% of the world's population - have been caught in the "Inter-net".

The Grand Bazaar - the 15th century covered market in Istanbul, Turkey - is #10 on Travel + Leisure's 2011 list of the world's most visited attractions. The top 9 are in the U.S. and 3 are in New York City: Times Square, #1; Central Park, #2; and Grand Central Terminal, #6. Union Station in Washington, D.C., #3 is followed by Las Vegas, #4; Niagara Falls, #5; Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, #7; Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, #8; and Disneyland Park in Anaheim, #9. This list is the result of a survey of T+L readers - and undoubtedly their pocketbooks too.

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