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The world is full of extremes, which I can’t help but find extremely interesting.

The world’s hottest place:



The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.

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The world’s coldest place:



On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in August, 2010.

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World’s most populated city:





At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the single city that is home to the most people in the world.

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World’s least populated city:



With a paltry population of 842, the city-state of Vatican City is the smallest city and state in the world.

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World’s wealthiest city:



That tower might as well be made of gold, since Tokyo tops the charts with a GDP of $1,520 billion (only beating New York by a mere $310 billion).

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World’s poorest city:



Kinshasa is probably the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion. Many of its residents live on less $1 a day.