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💰Inflation rates of countries by year 1987-2026

The legal drinking age: 🇨🇫 Central African Republic: 15 🇲🇱 Mali: 15 🇦🇹 Austria: 16 🇧🇪 Belgium: 16 🇩🇪 Germany: 16 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 16 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 16 🇲🇹 Malta: 17 🇦🇷 Argentina: 18 🇦🇺 Australia: 18 🇧🇷 Brazil: 18 🇫🇷 France: 18 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 18 🇷🇺 Russia: 18 🇹🇷 Türkiye: 18 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 18 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 18 🇨🇦 Canada: 18-19 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates: 18-21 (or illegal) 🇮🇳 India: 18-21 (or illegal) 🇶🇦 Qatar: 19 🇰🇷 South Korea: 19 🇮🇸 Iceland: 20 🇯🇵 Japan: 20 🇹🇭 Thailand: 20 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 20 🇧🇭 Bahrain: 21 🇪🇬 Egypt: 21 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 21 🇺🇸 United States: 21 🇪🇷 Eritrea: 25 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: illegal 🇮🇷 Iran: illegal 🇰🇼 Kuwait: illegal 🇱🇾 Libya: illegal 🇲🇻 Maldives: illegal 🇵🇰 Pakistan: illegal 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: illegal 🇸🇴 Somalia: illegal 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: no age limit 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau: no age limit 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste: no age limit 🇹🇬 Togo: no age limit 🇪🇭 Western Sahara: no age limit

Since 1986 the price of a Big Mac has been used to gauge whether currencies are at their “correct” level. Rather than converting pay packets at volatile market exchange rates, McWages index compares the number of Big Macs a typical worker can afford with their earnings. On an annual basis, America continues to top the McWages rankings. On an hourly basis, Switzerland comes out on top.

🇩🇪 Germany granted citizenship to a record 333,000+ people in 2025. This map shows their countries of origin. Top 3 Countries of Origin: 🇸🇾 Syria: ≈20% (65,600 largest group) 🇹🇷 Turkey: 10% (34,100 people) 🇷🇺 Russia: 6% (19,700 people)

People Who Agree with the Following Statements on AI (In middle and High Income Countires)

The gap between major AI model releases keeps shrinking. 2023: once every 73 days 2026 (so far): once every 18 days 🤯

Who Travels Abroad the Most & Least? % of people who have traveled abroad

🚽 A toilet flush can throw a mist of tiny droplets as high as your face (about 163 cm / 5 ft 4 in) and as far as 1.5 m to the side. Most of those droplets are smaller than 3 micrometres, small enough to float and be breathed in. Some studies still found them in the air 20 seconds after you flush. Close the lid before you flush. It won’t trap every droplet (they can still sneak out through gaps), but it stops the plume shooting straight up into the breathing zone. Paper: Adiyani et al., Science of the Total Environment (2026).

💸 World’s Largest Companies Over 75 Years (1950–2026)

🇺🇸 The USA ranks 134th out of 163 countries on the Global Peace Index.

OpenAI Models Top Anthropic on OpenRouter for First Time in Years Users on OpenRouter spent more on OpenAI’s models than on Anthropic’s during the week of September 7. It is the first time this has happened since the week of February 26, 2024, more than two and a half years. Developers point to recent price cuts on OpenAI endpoints, changes in default routing, and cost differences across task types as possible reasons for the shift.

🚗 Year of Foundation of Automotive Companies 🇫🇷 Peugeot - 1810 🇮🇳 Tata - 1868 🇫🇷 Renault - 1898 🇮🇹 Fiat - 1899 🇺🇸 Ford - 1903 🇬🇧 Rolls-Royce - 1904 🇩🇪 Audi - 1909 🇺🇸 Chevrolet - 1911 🇩🇪 BMW - 1916 🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz - 1926 🇸🇪 Volvo - 1927 🇩🇪 Porsche - 1931 🇩🇪 Volkswagen - 1937 🇯🇵 Toyota - 1937 🇮🇹 Ferrari - 1939 🇰🇷 Kia - 1944 🇮🇳 Mahindra - 1945 🇯🇵 Honda - 1948 🇰🇷 Hyundai - 1967 🇨🇳 BYD - 1995 🇺🇸 Tesla - 2003 🇨🇳 Li Auto - 2015

The evolution of height: From ancient pyramids to modern skyscrapers.

🌐 In 1995 barely anyone was online. By 2024 some countries hit 100%.

Cost of an iPhone 18 Pro Around the World 🇺🇸 USA: $1,199 (pre-sales tax) 🇦🇪 UAE: $1,388 🇰🇷 South Korea: $1,485 🇯🇵 Japan: $1,431 🇨🇳 China: $1,491 🇦🇺 Australia: $1,515 🇬🇧 UK: $1,625 🇫🇷 France: $1,720 🇮🇳 India: $1,733 🇳🇴 Norway: $1,738 🇲🇽 Mexico: $1,775 🇧🇷 Brazil: $2,349 🇹🇷 Türkiye: $2,847 Source: apple. com. Prices in USD and local currency, converted 9 September 2026

🚀 Successful orbital rocket launches in 2026 🇺🇸 United States: 109 (SpaceX - 90) Rest of the world: 66 Rest of the world: 🇨🇳 China: 50 🇷🇺 Russia: 10 🇫🇷 France: 3 🇮🇳 India: 1 🇯🇵 Japan: 1 🇮🇹 Italy: 1

1 in 4 people on Earth still lack access to safely managed drinking water. That’s 2.1 billion people.