As a young adult, Paul "Barbs" Barbato gave himself perhaps the world's biggest social studies assignment: make a profile of every single one of the 193 UN-recognized countries in the world. Ten years later, he finally finished.

Check out Paul’s project – and what he’s up to next – on YouTube @GeographyNow.

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