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🇯🇵 There are over 33,000 Japanese companies with histories of 100 years or more. These long-standing firms are known as 'shinise'. They are governed by a management philosophy that prioritizes long-term continuity and generational succession over short-term profits.

Countries where political parties were once constitutionally banned: 1．Uganda 🇺🇬

🗣️ How People React When You Try to Speak Their Language in Europe

Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire was founded

🚶 The world's longest continuous walk. Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 ➡️ Magadan, Russia 🇷🇺

🇮🇳 More than 3 million Indian officials are starting the world’s largest census to count 1.4 billion people. More than 3 million Indian officials are to spend a year counting every single ‌person in the world's most populous nation. The once-in-a-decade population survey, originally due in 2021, will start on April 1.

🛩 Countries with the most Military Aircraft Fleet: 1. 🇺🇸 United States - 13,032 2. 🇷🇺 Russia - 4,237 3. 🇨🇳 China - 3,529 4. 🇮🇳 India - 2,183 5. 🇰🇷 South Korea - 1,540 6. 🇯🇵 Japan - 1,429 7. 🇵🇰 Pakistan - 1,397 8. 🇹🇷 Turkey - 1,101 9. 🇪🇬 Egypt - 1,088 10. 🇫🇷 France - 974 11. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 917 12. 🇰🇵 North Korea - 837 13. 🇹🇼 Taiwan - 720 14. 🇮🇹 Italy - 714 15. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 625 16. 🇩🇿 Algeria - 620 17. 🇮🇱 Israel - 597 18. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates - 581 19. 🇩🇪 Germany - 569 20. 🇬🇷 Greece - 560 21. 🇮🇷 Iran - 551 Source: Global Firepower 2026

Einstein refused to wear socks because his big toe always created a hole in them.

Countries that are double landlocked (surrounded only by landlocked countries): 1．Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 2．Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

EU youth unemployment (January 2026) 1．🇷🇴 Romania - 28.2% 2．🇸🇪 Sweden - 23.9% 3．🇪🇸 Spain - 23.5% 4．🇫🇮 Finland - 22.7% 5．🇫🇷 France - 20.9% 6．🇱🇺 Luxembourg - 19.7% 7．🇮🇹 Italy - 18.9% 8．🇧🇪 Belgium - 18.5% 9．🇵🇹 Portugal - 18.2% 10．🇭🇷 Croatia - 17.6% 11．🇬🇷 Greece - 16.0% 12．🇪🇪 Estonia - 15.9% 13．🇩🇰 Denmark - 15.3% 14．🇱🇻 Latvia - 15.3% 15．🇱🇹 Lithuania - 15.2% 16．🇪🇺 European Union - 15.1% 17．🇨🇾 Cyprus - 15.0% 18．🇸🇰 Slovakia - 14.7% 19．🇭🇺 Hungary - 14.0% 20．🇲🇹 Malta - 12.8% 21．🇧🇬 Bulgaria - 12.4% 22．🇮🇪 Ireland - 11.8% 23．🇸🇮 Slovenia - 11.6% 24．🇵🇱 Poland - 11.0% 25．🇦🇹 Austria - 10.2% 26．🇨🇿 Czechia - 10.0% 27．🇳🇱 Netherlands - 9.3% 28．🇩🇪 Germany - 7.1% Source: Eurostat

More than 770 million adults and 126 million young people in the world (~10%) cannot read or write simple phrases.

UNUSUAL: 🇮🇹 Milan and 🇫🇮 Helsinki are among most polluted cities in the world today. Source: iQAir

Countries that are entirely inside another country: 1．Lesotho 🇱🇸 2．San Marino 🇸🇲 3．Vatican City 🇻🇦

Tourism dependence in the Gulf is not what most people think. Here’s how much tourism contributes to GDP in GCC countries: 1．🇧🇭 Bahrain - 10.6% 2．🇦🇪 UAE - 10.3% 3．🇶🇦 Qatar - 3.8% 4．🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 3.3% 5．🇴🇲 Oman - 2.4% 6．🇰🇼 Kuwait - 1.4% Surprised? For context, here’s how major global tourism economies compare:👇 🇬🇷 Greece - 9.1% 🇹🇭 Thailand - 8.1% 🇪🇸 Spain - 6.2% 🇯🇵 Japan - 1.4% 🇺🇸 USA - 0.8% 🇨🇳 China - 0.2% Source: UN Tourism, World Bank

% of married adults who have admitted having an affair: 🇹🇭 Thailand: 51% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 46% 🇮🇹 Italy: 45% 🇩🇪 Germany: 45% 🇫🇷 France: 43% 🇳🇴 Norway: 41% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 40% 🇪🇸 Spain: 39% 🇬🇧 UK: 36% 🇫🇮 Finland: 36% According to Durex, various dating websites

🚨🚨| Total Costs of Hosting FIFA World Cup, as per Statista 🇺🇸 1994 USA: $0.5 Billion 🇫🇷 1998 France: $2.3 Billion 🇯🇵 2002 Japan: $7 Billion 🇩🇪 2006 Germany: $4.3 Billion 🇿🇦 2010 South Africa: $3.6 Billion 🇧🇷 2014 Brazil: $15 Billion 🇷🇺 2018 Russia: $11.6 Billion 🇶🇦 2022 Qatar: $220 Billion

🩺 Humans don't age gradually according to a Stanford Medicine study, we age in two dramatic "bursts" around ages 44 and 60, where over 81% of our molecules and microbes suddenly shift in ways that affect heart health, immune function, metabolism, and even how we process alcohol and caffeine.

The World’s Top 20 Richest Women 🤑 Source: Forbes via Boardroom

🇦🇷 In 2001, Argentina had five presidents in ten days.