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China now spends more on R&D than the United States.

2024 R&D spending (PPP):

🇨🇳 China — $786B (2.7% of GDP)
🇺🇸 USA — $782B (3.5%)
🇯🇵 Japan — $186B (3.5%)
🇩🇪 Germany — $132B (3.1%)
🇰🇷 South Korea — $126B (5.3%)

Israel spends the highest share at 6.3%.
South Korea is second at 5.3%.

China leads in absolute dollars.
The US and its allies still lead in intensity.

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Switzerland and Canada are the most loved countries on Earth. Israel is the most hated.

Highest net global perception:

🇨🇭 Switzerland — +36
🇨🇦 Canada — +36
🇯🇵 Japan — +34
🇸🇪 Sweden — +33
🇮🇹 Italy — +32

Lowest:

🇮🇱 Israel — −24
🇦🇫 Afghanistan — −19
🇰🇵 North Korea — −19
🇮🇷 Iran — −17
🇺🇸 USA — −16

The US ranks fifth most disliked.
The countries people admire most are small, rich, and neutral.

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1GB of mobile data costs 1 cent in Syria. In Turkmenistan it costs $9.28.

Cheapest:
🇸🇾 Syria — $0.01
🇮🇱 Israel — $0.02
🇸🇬 Singapore — $0.03
🇮🇷 Iran — $0.04
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan — $0.05

Most expensive:
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan — $9.28
🇲🇴 Macau — $6.88
🇷🇼 Rwanda — $5.52
🇬🇱 Greenland — $5.34

Price has almost nothing to do with how rich the country is.

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Melbourne is the best city in the world according to locals. Shanghai is second.

Time Out Best Cities 2026:

🇦🇺 Melbourne
🇨🇳 Shanghai
🇬🇧 Edinburgh
🇬🇧 London
🇺🇸 New York
🇿🇦 Cape Town

Sydney ranks 21st.
Paris is 22nd.

The top is not the usual global capitals.
Locals picked the places they actually like living in.

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Cambridge is the best city for cycling. Montreal is a close second.

Share of residents who rate cycling good or amazing:

🇬🇧 Cambridge — 83.2%
🇨🇦 Montreal — 82.5%
🇩🇰 Copenhagen — 79.2%
🇨🇳 Shanghai — 78.0%
🇦🇹 Vienna — 77.7%
🇵🇱 Warsaw — 76.6%

Copenhagen is famous for bikes.
It’s only third on this list.
Amsterdam doesn’t make the top 20.

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Taipei has the best public transport in the world. Singapore and Hong Kong are next.

Share of residents who rate it good or amazing:

🇹🇼 Taipei — 95.0%
🇸🇬 Singapore — 93.5%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 92.8%
🇬🇧 Edinburgh — 92.4%
🇰🇷 Seoul — 91.1%
🇨🇭 Zurich — 90.7%
Three of the top five are in East Asia.

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🌍 How have CO₂ emissions per person changed over the last 224 years?

#CO2Emissions #ClimateChange #CarbonFootprint #GlobalWarming #ClimateData

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Iceland has the best healthcare system in the world. Norway and Denmark are next.

Best healthcare rankings:

🇮🇸 Iceland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇯🇵 Japan
🇦🇺 Australia

The top four are all small, rich, and Nordic or Swiss.
Japan is the highest-ranked large country.

The US doesn’t appear in the top 30.

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Google is the world’s most profitable tech company. NVIDIA is second.

Annual earnings:

🇺🇸 Alphabet — $302B
🇺🇸 NVIDIA — $230B
🇺🇸 Microsoft — $166B
🇺🇸 Apple — $155B
🇰🇷 SK Hynix — $137B
🇰🇷 Samsung — $124B

Amazon is 7th by profit despite leading in revenue.
Two Korean chipmakers are in the top 6.

High margins beat high volume.

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👵 Where do the world's older people live?

#Population #AgeingPopulation #Demographics #SeniorCitizens #GlobalPopulation

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Amazon generates more revenue than Apple and Google combined.

Biggest tech companies by revenue:

🇺🇸 Amazon — $743B
🇺🇸 Apple — $467B
🇺🇸 Alphabet — $446B
🇺🇸 Microsoft — $332B
🇰🇷 Samsung — $326B
🇺🇸 NVIDIA — $303B

Four of the top five are American.
Samsung is the highest non-US company.

Retail still beats pure software on this list.

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Tesla is worth more than the next 20 automakers combined.

Largest automakers by market cap:

🇺🇸 Tesla — $1.60T
🇯🇵 Toyota — $231B
🇨🇳 BYD — $116B
🇨🇳 Xiaomi — $91B
🇺🇸 General Motors — $76B
🇮🇹 Ferrari — $71B

Toyota is still #2 by sales.
It’s 7 times smaller by market value.

Investors are pricing the future, not the present.

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🪖 Which countries have the largest armed forces?

#Military #ArmedForces #MilitaryPersonnel #GlobalMilitary #Defense

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Europe’s most valuable brand isn’t a car or a luxury label. It’s a telecom company.

Most valuable EU brands (2026):

🇩🇪 Deutsche Telekom — $96.2B
🇩🇪 Allianz — $60.7B
🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz — $46.6B
🇩🇪 BMW — $43.8B
🇩🇪 SAP — $37.8B
🇩🇪 Volkswagen — $35.8B

Seven of the top seven are German.
Chanel and Louis Vuitton rank 8th and 9th.

Germany still owns Europe’s brand value.

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Oxford is the world’s best university. MIT is one-tenth of a point behind.

Best universities (THE 2027):

🇬🇧 Oxford — 97.9
🇺🇸 MIT — 97.8
🇺🇸 Princeton — 97.0
🇺🇸 Stanford — 97.0
🇬🇧 Cambridge — 96.9
🇺🇸 Harvard — 96.7

US schools take 4 of the top 6.
Tsinghua is 11th. Peking is 13th.

The top is still Anglo-American.
Chinese universities are now in the top 15.

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🌍 Bible, Quran or Manga: What does each country search for most?

From religious texts to Japanese comics, this comparison reveals which of the three categories attracts the highest search interest in different countries.

The results offer an interesting look at how search interests vary around the world, showing where the Bible, the Quran or manga leads.

Source: Google Trends, Regional search data

#GoogleTrends #Bible #Quran #Manga #SearchTrends #GlobalData

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🌍 Bible, Quran or Manga: What does each country search for most?

From religious texts to Japanese comics, this comparison reveals which of the three categories attracts the highest search interest in different countries.

The results offer an interesting look at how search interests vary around the world, showing where the Bible, the Quran or manga leads.

Source: Google Trends, Regional search data

#GoogleTrends #Bible #Quran #Manga #SearchTrends #GlobalData

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Mumbai is the most stressed city in the world. Four of the top seven are in India.

Most stressed cities:

🇮🇳 Mumbai — 6.9
🇮🇳 Bangalore — 6.8
🇰🇪 Nairobi — 6.8
🇮🇳 Delhi — 6.7
🇪🇬 Cairo — 6.7
🇵🇰 Karachi — 6.5

New York ranks 17th.
Beijing is 9th.

Pollution, density, and limited green space drive the scores.

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The US is still the most powerful country. The gap to China is tiny.

Power and influence scores (2025):

🇺🇸 United States — 95.36
🇨🇳 China — 94.86
🇷🇺 Russia — 94.81
🇮🇳 India — 94.76
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 94.56
🇯🇵 Japan — 94.31

India ranks ahead of the UK, Japan, and France.
The top four are all within one point.

Power is more concentrated than the scores suggest.

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⚔️ How much does each country spend on its military per person?