World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). https://t.co/r5EsTXIEfZ
The world’s 10 most beautiful cities (beauty score): 🇮🇹 Venice: 83.3% 🇮🇹 Rome: 82.0% 🇪🇸 Barcelona: 81.9% 🇨🇿 Prague: 78.7% 🇺🇸 New York: 77.7% 🇬🇷 Athens: 77.5% 🇭🇺 Budapest: 75.9% 🇦🇹 Vienna: 75.8% 🇫🇷 Bordeaux: 75.3% 🇮🇹 Milan: 75.1%
While Mars temperatures at the equator can reach as high as a balmy 35 °C (95 °F) in the summer at midday, the average temperature on the surface is -63 °C (-82 °F), and can reach as low as -143 °C (-226 °F) during winter in the polar regions.
56% of Americans believe "Arabic numerals" should not be taught in schools, according to a 2019 survey.
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Top places to live according to Economist Intelligence Unit’s, 2022: 🇦🇹 Vienna 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 🇨🇭 Zurich 🇨🇦 Calgary 🇨🇦 Vancouver 🇨🇭 Geneva 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 🇨🇦 Toronto 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 🇯🇵 Osaka 🇦🇺 Melbourne
Inflation rate (%): Turkey 80.21 Argentina 78.5 Russia 14.3 Netherlands 12 Spain 10.5 UK 9.9 Euro Area 9.1 Brazil 8.73 Mexico 8.7 Italy 8.4 US 8.3 Germany 7.9 Canada 7.6 India 7 Australia 6.1 France 5.9 South Korea 5.7 Indonesia 4.69 Switzerland 3.5 Japan 2.6 China 2.5
7 of the world’s deepest lakes: 🇷🇺 Lake Baikal (1,620 m) 🇿🇲 🇧🇮 🇹🇿 🇨🇩 Lake Tanganyika (1,436 m) 🇦🇿 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 🇰🇿 🇹🇲 Caspian Sea (1,025 m) 🇦🇶 Lake Vostok (900 m) 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 O’Higgins/San Martín Lake (836 m) 🇲🇿 🇹🇿 🇲🇼 Lake Nyasa (706 m) 🇰🇬 Lake Ysyk (668 m)
Top 10 cities by number of millionaires, USD1m+: 🇺🇸NYC: 345K 🇯🇵Tokyo: 304K 🇺🇸San Francisco: 276K 🇬🇧London: 272K 🇸🇬Singapore: 249K 🇺🇸Los Angeles: 192K 🇺🇸Chicago: 160K 🇺🇸Houston: 132K 🇨🇳Beijing: 131K 🇨🇳Shanghai: 130K
World's top 10 richest people: 🇺🇸Elon Musk: $268b 🇮🇳Gautam Adani: $148b 🇺🇸Jeff Bezos: $148b 🇫🇷Bernard Arnault: $139b 🇺🇸Bill Gates: $112b 🇺🇸Warren Buffet: $97.7b 🇺🇸Larry Page: $94.9b 🇺🇸Sergey Brin: $90.8b 🇺🇸Larry Ellison: $89.6b 🇮🇳Mukesh Ambani: $88.8b
Forest area (% of land area): 🇸🇷SUR: 97.4% 🇬🇦GAB: 91.3% 🇫🇮FIN: 73.7% 🇯🇵JPN: 68.4% 🇧🇷BRA: 59.4% 🇲🇾MAL: 58.2% 🇨🇴COL: 53.3% 🇷🇺RUS: 49.8% 🇳🇵NEP: 41.6% 🇨🇦CAN: 38.7% 🇺🇸USA: 33.9% 🇩🇪GER: 32.7% 🇹🇷TUR: 28.9% 🇮🇳IND: 24.3% 🇨🇳CHN: 23.3% 🇦🇺AUS: 17.4% 🇬🇧GBR: 13.2% 🇵🇰PAK: 4.8%
Academic ranking of world universities, 2022: 1. 🇺🇸 Harvard 2. 🇺🇸 Stanford 3. 🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4. 🇬🇧 Cambridge 5. 🇺🇸 Berkeley 6. 🇺🇸 Princeton 7. 🇬🇧 Oxford 8. 🇺🇸 Columbia 9. 🇺🇸 California Institute of Technology 10. 🇺🇸 University of Chicago
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Number of males per 100 females, according to UN World Population Prospects: 🇶🇦 Qatar: 266 🇦🇪 UAE: 228 🇧🇭 Bahrain: 164 🇴🇲 Oman: 157 🇰🇼 Kuwait: 156 🇮🇳 India: 107 🇨🇳 China: 104 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 102 🇨🇦 Canada: 99 🇺🇸 US: 98 🇧🇷 Brazil: 97 🇯🇵 Japan: 95 🇷🇺 Russia: 87 🇦🇲 Armenia: 82
The average number of books read in a lifetime is 735 for females and 684 for males 🧐
Top 10 happiest travel destinations in the world, 2022 🇮🇩 Bali 🇺🇸 Las Vegas 🇺🇸 New Orleans 🇪🇸 Barcelona 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 🇭🇺 Budapest 🇨🇦 Vancouver 🇺🇸 San Francisco 🇦🇪 Dubai 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro
Hardest languages to learn for english speakers: Mandarin Icelandic Japanese Hungarian Korean Arabic Finnish Polish
The U.S. government has 1.4 billion pounds of cheese stockpiled in a cave in Missouri.
World's unhappiest countries, according to World Happiness Report 2022: 1.🇦🇫 Afghanistan 2.🇱🇧 Lebanon 3.🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 4.🇷🇼 Rwanda 5.🇧🇼 Botswana 6.🇱🇸 Lesotho 7.🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 8.🇹🇿 Tanzania 9.🇲🇼 Malawi 10.🇿🇲 Zambia
Total costs of hosting FIFA World Cup 🏟: 1994 🇺🇸 USA: $0.5b 1998 🇫🇷 France: $2.3b 2002 🇯🇵 Japan: $7b 2006 🇩🇪 Germany: $4.3b 2010 🇿🇦 South Africa: $3.6b 2014 🇧🇷 Brazil: $15b 2018 🇷🇺 Russia: $11.6b 2022 🇶🇦 Qatar: $220b