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[Paul Voebel]

2 condoms per person per year.



In the 2008th year of manufacture of 14 billion condoms. But the producers ascertain many cases, inappropriate use, especially in developing countries. For example, in South Africa condoms are often used for carrying water in Mexico - as a reliable protection of grain from insect pests in India - as a cheap substitute for rubber belt machine.

[Paul Voebel]

5.63 kg of newspapers per person per year.



For the year in the modern world is, on average, 38,096,272 tons of newsprint quality. The first five places among the most published of paid newspapers in the world occupied by the Japanese edition: "Emuri Shimbun (14 million copies)," Asahi Shimbun (12.1 million copies.), Mainichi Shimbun (5.6 million), " Nihon Keizai Shimbun (4.6 copies) and "Sankei Shimbun" (4.5 million). Most Draw the Russian newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" (735,000 copies) is in this ranking 83rd place.