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How long does your money take to double?

Finance educationDivide 72 by the yearly interest rate to see how many years your money takes to double.

Source: St. Louis Fed; Rutgers NJAES (Rule of 72) · 2026

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Netflix's most-watched shows worldwide: Squid Game leads with 265 million views

Movies, music & cultureSquid Game season 1 got 2.2 billion hours worldwide in 91 days, about 1.1 billion movies' worth.

Source: Netflix Tudum (English + non-English lists) · October 2026

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Save $60,000 between 25 and 35: it becomes $493,000 by 65

Two savers pay in the same $500 a month. The one who starts 10 years earlier saves $60,000 more, and that alone grows to about $493,000.

Source: Savings math at 6% a year after inflation · Stock returns through 2025

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Heart disease killed 9.5 million people in 2023, the world's top killer

Public interestHeart disease and stroke together killed 16.3 million people in 2023, more than 1 in 4 of all deaths. High blood pressure is a major driver, and only about 2 in 10 adults who have it keep it under control.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates (fact sheet 2 October 2026) · 2023 data

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The ChatGPT app hit 1 billion monthly users in about 3 years

AI and techSensor Tower says no app has reached 1 billion monthly users faster. Google Maps, the old record holder, needed about 5 years.

Source: Sensor Tower (via Reuters); Quartz · May 2026 estimate; app only, not web

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Google gets 21.7 billion more visits than the next four sites combined

AI and techSemrush's September 2026 count puts Google 21.7 billion visits ahead of the next four combined. Similarweb's August count says 31.5 billion. Both put Google first.

Source: Semrush Traffic Analytics (September 2026); Similarweb (August 2026) · Estimates of web visits; Semrush pages updated 11-13 Oct 2026

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Guess the number: Avengers: Endgame, worldwide

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The biggest movie ever keeps changing hands

The last two flips were decided by 5 million and 1.8 million dollars. Totals are not adjusted for inflation.

Source: ABC News · AP · TheWrap · Gulf News (Disney estimates) · October 5, 2026

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Three countries hold over half of the world's billionaires

Business and startupsForbes counts 51 in every 100 billionaires in the US, China and India. Hurun counts 60. The two lists disagree on who is first, but not on this.

Source: Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026 (1 March 2026); Hurun Global Rich List 2026 · Forbes wealth as of 1 March 2026; Hurun as of 15 January 2026

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The world's most visited countries, 1995 to 2024

Everyday dataSpain cut the gap to France from 27M to 8M, while Turkey's arrivals grew more than eightfold.

Source: UN Tourism (Tourism Highlights 2025; earlier years via Our World in Data) · Jan 2026

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India vs China, 1980 vs 2026: two very different paths

That 5.3× is at market exchange rates; adjusted for prices (PPP), China's lead is about 2.5×.

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, Apr 2026 (population, GDP; 2026 figures projected); UN World Population Prospects 2024 and World Urbanization Prospects 2025, via World Bank (life expectancy, cities) · 2026

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India vs China: two very different age pyramids

Public interestMedian age: India 30, China 41. China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025 (7.92M births, 11.31M deaths).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant); China NBS (2025 births and deaths) · 2025

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Men's Grand Slam titles, major by major

Only Djokovic has won every major at least 3 times.

Source: Wikipedia; NBC Sports; Reuters · after the 2026 US Open

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Kohli's ODI average is 59. No other 9,000-run batter tops 54.

Sports analyticsTendulkar has the run record. Kohli's average is 14 points higher. Figures as of 30 Sep 2026.

Source: ESPNcricinfo career records via Wikipedia, List of ODI cricket records (updated 30 Sep 2026); Cricket Panda / Cricket Counsel top-20 run-scorer tables; NewsBytes (Rohit Sharma, 26 Sep 2026) · 30 September 2026

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One minute on Earth, fast-forwarded

Births outpace deaths 2 to 1: Earth gains about 130 people a minute.

Source: Google, NASA, UN, US Census, IATA, WRI Global Forest Watch · 2025

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Hollywood's highest-paid actors: every Forbes list, 2013 to 2025

Not like-for-like: through 2020 Forbes ranked men only, before fees, endorsements included. Since 2023 it ranks all actors on film and TV pay after fees.

Source: Forbes highest-paid actors lists, 2013-20 and 2023-25 (none for 2021-22) · Mar 2026

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The world's offline gap

ITU counts anyone with no internet use in the last 3 months, so offline is not always never.

Source: ITU Facts and Figures 2025; DataReportal Digital 2026 · 2025

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Most Olympic golds ever — and the countries with none

Only 105 of 206 countries have ever won gold. Monaco: 34 Games, zero medals.

Source: IOC medal data · Wikipedia all-time Olympic medal table (precursor NOCs combined) · after Milano Cortina 2026

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Ronaldo scores more. Messi makes more happen.

Sports analyticsRonaldo is the better finisher; Messi is the better creator, in 160 fewer games. Assist counts vary by source (about 405 to 425 for Messi) but the gap never closes.

Source: World Soccer Talk (Sep 9, 2026), Planet Football, MessiStat, MessivsRonaldo.app (official senior matches; assist counts vary by source) · Sep 9, 2026

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Counting down the world's most polluted cities

Public interest13 of the 15 most polluted cities are in India or Pakistan.

Source: IQAir 2025 World Air Quality Report, PM2.5

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Nvidia outweighs whole countries

Business and startupsMarket caps move daily. On the latest data, only the US and China have bigger economies.

Source: Market cap: StockAnalysis · GDP: IMF WEO Apr 2026 · 6 Oct 2026

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The countries that grow the world's coffee

Everyday dataBrazil grows almost twice as much coffee as the next country.

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT green coffee production · 2023

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The world's 10 richest people, every year since 1987

Business and startupsToday's 10th-richest person has more than 7× what the 1987 champion did (nominal dollars).

Source: Forbes World's Billionaires, 1987 & 1990–2026 (nominal US$) · March 2026

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The world's 20 most forested countries

Public interestCrowded, wealthy Japan and South Korea are both over 64% forest, more than Brazil's 59%.

Source: World Bank WDI (FAO forest data), 2023 · 2023 data, updated Jul 2026

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