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World's top 10 largest Gold mines by production:

1. Nevada Gold Mines, USA 🇺🇸
2. Muruntau, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
3. Grasberg Indonesia 🇮🇩
4. Olimpiada, Russia 🇷🇺
5. Pueblo Viejo Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
6. Kibali, DRC 🇨🇩
7. Cadia, Australia 🇦🇺
8. Lihir, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
9. Canadian Malartic, Canada 🇨🇦
10. Boddington, Australia 🇦🇺

Top 20 countries where young people are the happiest:
(Los 20 países donde los jóvenes son más felices:)
1. 🇱🇹 Lithuania
2. 🇮🇱 Israel
3. 🇷🇸 Serbia
4. 🇮🇸 Iceland
5. 🇩🇰 Denmark
6. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
7. 🇫🇮 Finland
8. 🇷🇴 Romania
9. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
10. 🇨🇿 Czechia
11. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
12. 🇦🇹 Austria
13. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
14. 🇭🇷 Croatia
15. 🇸🇮 Slovenia
16. 🇰🇼 Kuwait
17. 🇸🇻 El Salvador
18. 🇸🇪 Sweden
19. 🇦🇺 Australia
20. 🇳🇴 Norway

Note: Age below 30
According to World Happiness Report 2024

Countries' Most Iconic Tourist Attraction

1️⃣ The Taj Mahal 🇮🇳
2️⃣ The Eiffel Tower 🇫🇷
3️⃣ The Great Wall of China 🇨🇳
4️⃣ Niagara Falls 🇨🇦
5️⃣ Patong Beach 🇹🇭
6️⃣ Christ the Redeemer 🇧🇷
7️⃣ Old Havana 🇨🇺
8️⃣ Burj Khalifa 🇦🇪
9️⃣ The Great Sphinx 🇪🇬
🔟 Mount Fuji 🇯🇵
1️⃣1️⃣ Buckingham Palace 🇬🇧
1️⃣2️⃣ Sydney Opera House 🇦🇺
1️⃣3️⃣ the Parthenon 🇬🇷
1️⃣4️⃣ Salar de Uyuni salt flat 🇧🇴
1️⃣5️⃣ La Sagrada Família 🇪🇸
1️⃣6️⃣ Blue Lagoon 🇮🇸
1️⃣7️⃣ La Boca, Buenos Aires 🇦🇷
1️⃣8️⃣ Chichen-Itza 🇲🇽
1️⃣9️⃣ Hobbiton 🇳🇿
2️⃣0️⃣ Dubrovnik Old Town 🇭🇷
2️⃣1️⃣ Ba Na Hill mountain resort 🇻🇳
2️⃣2️⃣ Victoria Falls 🇿🇲
2️⃣3️⃣ Hassan II Mosque 🇲🇦
2️⃣4️⃣ Disney World 🇺🇸
2️⃣5️⃣ Anne Frank House 🇳🇱
2️⃣6️⃣ Leaning Tower of Pisa 🇮🇹

Countries with the biggest wealth per capita.

Average wealth:
🇨🇭 Switzerland: $685,226
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: $585,950
🇺🇸 USA: $551,347
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: $551,194
🇮🇸 Iceland: $498,290

Median wealth:
🇮🇸 Iceland: $413,193
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: $360,715
🇧🇪 Belgium: $249,937
🇦🇺 Australia: $247,453
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: $202,406

According to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, 2023

Women as a share of the total population:

🇳🇵 Nepal: 54.2%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 54.1%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 53.7%
🇷🇺 Russia: 53.7%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 52.7%
🇭🇺 Hungary: 52.4%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 52.1%
🇫🇷 France: 51.6%
🇵🇱 Poland: 51.6%
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 51.5%
🇷🇴 Romania: 51.4%
🇹🇭 Thailand: 51.3%
🇮🇹 Italy: 51.3%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 51.2%
🇯🇵 Japan: 51.2%
🇰🇵 North Korea: 51.1%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 51.1%
🇬🇷 Greece: 50.9%
🇨🇴 Colombia: 50.9%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 50.9%
🇪🇸 Spain: 50.8%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 50.7%
🇦🇹 Austria: 50.7%
🇨🇱 Chile: 50.7%
🇫🇮 Finland: 50.7%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 50.6%
🇬🇧 UK: 50.6%
🇩🇪 Germany: 50.6%
🇺🇸 United States: 50.5%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 50.4%
🇨🇦 Canada: 50.4%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 50.4%
🇮🇱 Israel: 50.2%
🇦🇺 Australia: 50.2%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 50.2%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 50.1%
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 50.0%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 49.9%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 49.9%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 49.8%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 49.7%
🇮🇷 Iran: 49.5%
🇩🇿 Algeria: 49.5%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 49.5%
🇳🇴 Norway: 49.5%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 49.4%
🇨🇳 China: 48.7%
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 48.7%
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 48.6%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 48.5%
🇮🇳 India: 48.0%
🇸🇬 Singapore: 47.7%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 42.2%
🇦🇪 UAE : 30.9%
🇶🇦 Qatar: 24.8%

According to the World Bank

An iwan is “a vaulted portal” opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture..

This is an accurate photo to scale the grand qibla iwan of Isfahan’s Abbasi Jameh Mosque.

The massive structure perfectly mirrors the promise of Paradise & the cosmic mystery of Ali Akbar Isfahani’s architecture.

🇺🇸 Food waste in the United States.

Source (share of total):

Residential: 54.0%
Food Service: 16.9%
Farm: 16.7%
Manufacturing: 8.7%
Retail: 3.8%

Destination (share of total):

Landfill: 41%
Compost: 21%
Not harvested: 16%
Sewer: 9%
Manure: 6%
Incineration: 5%
Biogas feed: 2%
Dumping: 1%

Note: numbers may not add up due to rounding.

According to ReFED

Countries where Tiktok is banned/partial ban/ban on Govt devices:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Full Ban
🇮🇳 India: Full Ban

🇵🇰 Pakistan: Partial Ban

🇦🇺 Australia: Ban on Govt Devices
🇧🇪 Belgium: Ban on Govt Devices
🇨🇦 Canada: Ban on Govt Devices
🇩🇰 Denmark: Ban on Govt Devices
🇪🇺 EU: Ban on Govt Devices
🇫🇷 France: Ban on Govt Devices
🇱🇻 Latvia: Ban on Govt Devices
🇳🇱 Netherlands: Ban on Govt Devices
🇳🇿 New Zealand: Ban on Govt Devices
🇳🇴 Norway: Ban on Govt Devices
🇹🇼 Taiwan: Ban on Govt Devices
🇬🇧 UK: Ban on Govt Devices
🇺🇸 USA: Ban on Govt Devices

Note: as of April, 2023

Number of vegetarians (% of population):
🇮🇳 India: 20-39%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 19%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 14%
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 13-14%
🇮🇱 Israel: 13%
🇦🇺 Australia: 12.1%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 12%
🇫🇮 Finland: 12%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 12%
🇦🇹 Austria: 11%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 10%
🇩🇪 Germany: 10%
🇬🇧 UK: 10%
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 10%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 10%
🇯🇵 Japan: 9%
🇳🇴 Norway: 9%
🇮🇹 Italy: 5.9-8.9%
🇵🇱 Poland: 8.4%
🇨🇦 Canada: 7.6%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 7%
🇨🇱 Chile: 6%
🇫🇷 France: 5.2%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 5.2%
🇨🇿 Czechia: 5%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 5%
🇵🇭 Philippines: 5%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 5%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 4.3-8.4%
🇺🇸 USA: 4.2%
🇬🇷 Greece: 4%
🇨🇳 China: 4-5%
🇹🇭 Thailand: 3.3%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 3%
🇪🇸 Spain: 1.4%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 1.2%
🇷🇺 Russia: 1%

Note: include pescetarians and vegans.
According to various local sources

Yam Bean, also known as a Jicama
They’re a native to Mexico and belong to the same family as Pea’s
They have a slightly sweet and nutty flavor, similar to a chestnut or pear.
There are many names for jicama, including “yam bean,” “Mexican turnip” and “Chinese potato.” The Spanish word “jicama” comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) xicama.

🌳 Forest area (% of total land area):

1990
🇧🇷 Brazil: 70.5%
🇷🇺 Russia: 49.4%
🇮🇳 India: 21.5%

2021
🇧🇷 Brazil: 59.3%
🇷🇺 Russia: 49.8%
🇮🇳 India: 24.4%

The 10 countries with the best work-life balance:

1.🇳🇿 New Zealand
2.🇪🇸 Spain
3.🇫🇷 France
4.🇦🇺 Australia
5.🇩🇰 Denmark
6.🇳🇴 Norway
7.🇳🇱 Netherlands
8.🇬🇧 United Kingdom
9.🇨🇦 Canada
10.🇧🇷 Brazil

According to Remote

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🇨🇿 Czechia: 42.8%
🇪🇸 Spain: 42.6%
🇩🇪 Germany: 41.2%
🇫🇷 France: 39.2%
🇬🇧 UK: 39.2%
🇮🇹 Italy: 39.2%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 38.9%
🇵🇱 Poland: 38.8%
🇺🇸 USA: 37.9%
🇨🇦 Canada: 36.3%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 36%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 33.8%
🇷🇺 Russia: 33.3%
🇦🇺 Australia: 32.8%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 32.7%
🇬🇷 Greece: 31.9%
🇳🇴 Norway: 31.8%
🇦🇹 Austria: 31.7%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 31%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 31%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 30.2%
🇫🇮 Finland: 30%
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 28.9%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 28.3%
🇯🇵 Japan: 26.8%

Note: % of men population
According to World Population Review, Superhairpieces.

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