Largest forest area 🌳: 🇷🇺 Russia: 815 (in million hectares) 🇧🇷 Brazil: 497 🇨🇦 Canada: 347 🇺🇸 USA: 310 🇨🇳 China: 220 🇦🇺 Australia: 134 🇨🇩 DR Congo: 126 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 92 🇵🇪 Peru: 72 🇮🇳 India: 72
Year founded 🇺🇸 Wall Street Journal: 1889 🇬🇧 Financial Times: 1888 🇺🇸 Los Angeles Times: 1881 🇺🇸 Washington Post: 1877 🇯🇵 Yomiuri Shimbun: 1874 🇺🇸 New York Times: 1851 🇨🇦 The Globe and Mail: 1844 🇮🇳 Times of India: 1838 🇫🇷 Le Figaro: 1826 🇬🇧 The Guardian: 1821 🇬🇧 The Times: 1785
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Cost for one vial of insulin: 🇦🇺 Australia: $6.94 🇬🇧 UK: $7.52 🇫🇷 France: $9.08 🇩🇪 Germany: $11 🇨🇦 Canada: $12 🇯🇵 Japan: $14.40 🇺🇸 US: $98.70
The world’s largest banks 2022: 1.🇨🇳 ICBC 2.🇺🇸 JPMorgan Chase 3.🇨🇳 China Construction Bank 4.🇨🇳 Agricultural Bank of China 5.🇺🇸 Bank of America 6.🇨🇳 Bank of China 7.🇺🇸 Wells Fargo 8.🇨🇳 China Merchants Bank 9.🇺🇸 Citigroup 10.🇨🇳 Postal Savings Bank of China
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More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed every year around the world from using equipment meant for right-handed people.
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Most entrepreneurial countries: 1.🇺🇸 USA 2.🇨🇳 China 3.🇸🇬 Singapore 4.🇩🇪 Germany 5.🇯🇵 Japan 6.🇰🇷 South Korea 7.🇬🇧 UK 8.🇨🇦 Canada 9.🇨🇭 Switzerland 10.🇦🇪 UAE 11.🇦🇺 Australia 12.🇳🇱 Netherlands 14.🇸🇪 Sweden 16.🇫🇷 France 18.🇫🇮 Finland 26.🇮🇳 India
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Annual inflation: Turkey: 85.5% Argentina: 83% Netherlands: 14.3% Russia: 12.6% Italy: 11.9% Germany: 10.4% UK: 10.1% Mexico: 8.4% US: 7.7% South Africa: 7.5% India: 7.4% Australia: 7.3% Spain: 7.3% Brazil: 6.4% France: 6.2% Indonesia: 5.7% Saudi: 3.1% Japan: 3% China: 2.1%
10 of the world's best cities for coffee lovers ☕️: 1. Helsinki 🇫🇮 2. London 🇬🇧 3. Rome 🇮🇹 4. Sao Paulo 🇧🇷 5. Oslo 🇳🇴 6. Portland 🇺🇸 7. Taipei 🇹🇼 8. Vienna 🇦🇹 9. Hanoi 🇻🇳 10. Penang 🇲🇾
Average mobile internet speeds (in Mbps): 1.🇳🇴NOR: 126 2.🇦🇪UAE: 120 3.🇧🇬BUL: 110 4.🇰🇷KOR: 107 5.🇶🇦QAT: 104 6.🇳🇱NED: 102 7.🇰🇼KUW: 101 8.🇩🇰DEN: 100 9.🇸🇦KSA: 99 10.🇨🇳CHN: 98 24.🇨🇦CAN: 61 27.🇺🇸USA: 59 42.🇬🇧GBR: 45 116.🇵🇰PAK: 14 118.🇮🇳IND: 14 126.🇨🇴COL: 11
Surveillance cameras per 1,000 inhabitants: 🇨🇳Beijing: 372.80 🇮🇳Indore: 62.52 🇮🇳Hyderabad: 41.80 🇮🇳Delhi: 26.70 🇮🇳Chennai: 24.53 🇬🇧London: 13.35 🇹🇭Bangkok: 7.15 🇹🇷Istanbul: 6.97 🇺🇸New York City: 6.87 🇩🇪Berlin: 6.24 🇫🇷Paris: 4.04 🇨🇦Toronto: 3.05 🇯🇵Tokyo: 1.06
Year founded: 🇮🇹 University of Bologna: 1088 🇬🇧 Oxford: 1096 🇬🇧 Cambridge: 1209 🇺🇸 Harvard: 1636 🇨🇦 University of Toronto: 1827 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich: 1855 🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Tech: 1861 🇺🇸 California Institute of Tech: 1891 🇺🇸 Stanford: 1891 🇬🇧 Imperial College London: 1907
The countries most active in the transatlantic slave trade (number of enslaved Africans forced to embark on ships of the following national flags (1514-1886)): Portugal 🇵🇹 3,894,056 UK 🇬🇧 3,088,776 France 🇫🇷 1,309,424 Netherlands 🇳🇱 596,862 Spain 🇪🇸 568,654 USA 🇺🇸 377,613
World's most polluted cities, as of November 2022: 1.🇮🇳 Delhi 2.🇨🇳 Beijing 3.🇧🇩 Dhaka 4.🇻🇳 Hanoi 5.🇮🇳 Kolkata 6.🇨🇳 Shenyang 7.🇵🇰 Karachi 8.🇮🇳 Mumbai 9.🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar 10.🇳🇵 Kathmandu
Price paid to buy these companies: Twitter: $44 billion (Elon Musk) LinkedIn: $26 billion (Microsoft) YouTube: $1.65 billion (Google) Tumblr: $1.1 billion (Yahoo) Instagram: $1 billion (Facebook) MySpace: $580 million (NewsCorp) Vine: $30 million (Twitter)
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World's best postal services, 2021: 1.🇨🇭Switzerland 2.🇩🇪Germany 3.🇦🇹Austria 4.🇯🇵Japan 5.🇫🇷France 6.🇳🇱Netherlands 7.🇺🇸US 8.🇬🇧UK 9.🇨🇦Canada 10.🇸🇬Singapore 25.🇨🇳China 41.🇹🇷Turkey 48.🇧🇷Brazil 50.🇮🇳India 52.🇨🇴Colombia 55.🇸🇦S Arabia 62.🇵🇰Pakistan 77.🇲🇦Morocco 143.🇧🇩Bangladesh
Number of employees: 🇩🇪 Volkswagen: 668,294 🇯🇵 Toyota: 376,971 🇨🇳 BYD: 288,186 🇳🇱 Stellantis: 281,595 🇮🇳 Mahindra: 260,000 🇯🇵 Honda: 204,035 🇺🇸 Ford: 183,000 🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz: 172,425 🇫🇷 Renault: 160,000 🇺🇸 General Motors: 157,000 🇺🇸 Tesla: 110,000
Suicide per 100,000 people: 🇰🇷South Korea: 25.4 🇱🇹Lithuania: 20.3 🇸🇮Slovenia: 15.7 🇯🇵Japan: 14.6 🇺🇸US: 14.1 🇦🇺Australia: 12.4 🇨🇦Canada: 10.5 🇩🇪Germany: 9.7 🇬🇧UK: 8.5 🇪🇸Spain: 7.5 🇧🇷Brazil: 6.7 🇲🇽Mexico: 6.3 🇨🇴Colombia: 5.9 🇮🇹Italy: 5.8 🇹🇷Turkey: 4.4 🇿🇦South Africa: 0.6
One dog year isn't equal to seven human years. Dogs mature quickly at first, but then gradually slow down: 1-year-old dog ≈ 15-year-old human 2-year-old dog ≈ 24-year-old person (Each year after is about 4-6 human years)
Total costs of hosting FIFA World Cup tournament 🏟: 🇶🇦 Qatar 2022: $220b 🇷🇺 Russia 2018: $11.6b 🇧🇷 Brazil 2014: $15b 🇿🇦 South Africa 2010: $3.6b 🇩🇪 Germany 2006: $4.3b 🇯🇵 Japan 2002: $7b 🇫🇷 France 1998: $2.3b 🇺🇸 USA 1994: $0.5b