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🌍 European countries that added the most migrants (2000–2024)

1. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: +7.1M
2. 🇪🇸 Spain: +6.8M
3. 🇩🇪 Germany: +6.4M
4. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: +5.8M
5. 🇮🇹 Italy: +4.4M
6. 🇫🇷 France: +3.0M
7. 🇦🇹 Austria: +1.4M
8. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: +1.4M
9. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: +1.3M
10. 🇧🇪 Belgium: +1.3M
11. 🇸🇪 Sweden: +1.3M
12. 🇵🇱 Poland: +917K
13. 🇮🇪 Ireland: +840K
14. 🇳🇴 Norway: +720K
15. 🇷🇴 Romania: +521K
16. 🇵🇹 Portugal: +476K
17. 🇩🇰 Denmark: +475K
18. 🇭🇺 Hungary: +393K
19. 🇨🇿 Czechia: +386K
20. 🇫🇮 Finland: +378K

Europe's migrant population grew by 40.8 million between 2000 and 2024, up 67%. The UK, Spain and Germany together account for almost half of that increase.

Source: UN DESA

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🪖 World's largest militaries (2026)

👥 Active personnel
1. 🇨🇳 China: 2.04 million
2. 🇮🇳 India: 1.43 million
3. 🇺🇸 United States: 1.33 million

🛡️ Tanks
1. 🇨🇳 China: 5,900
2. 🇷🇺 Russia: 5,600
3. 🇰🇵 North Korea: 4,900

✈️ Military aircraft
1. 🇺🇸 United States: 13,000
2. 🇷🇺 Russia: 4,200
3. 🇨🇳 China: 3,500

⚓ Naval assets
1. 🇨🇳 China: 841
2. 🇷🇺 Russia: 747
3. 🇺🇸 United States: 465

Source: Global Firepower 2026

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If you could eliminate ONE thing from the world, what would it be?

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🚗 Car brands named after real people

🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz: Karl Benz & Mercedes Jellinek
🇩🇪 Porsche: Ferdinand Porsche
🇩🇪 Maybach: Wilhelm Maybach
🇩🇪 Opel: Adam Opel
🇺🇸 Ford: Henry Ford
🇺🇸 Chevrolet: Louis Chevrolet
🇺🇸 Dodge: John & Horace Dodge
🇺🇸 Chrysler: Walter Chrysler
🇺🇸 Buick: David Buick
🇮🇹 Ferrari: Enzo Ferrari
🇮🇹 Lamborghini: Ferruccio Lamborghini
🇮🇹 Maserati: the Maserati brothers
🇫🇷 Bugatti: Ettore Bugatti
🇫🇷 Citroën: André Citroën
🇫🇷 Renault: Louis, Marcel & Fernand Renault
🇫🇷 Peugeot: the Peugeot family
🇬🇧 Rolls-Royce: Charles Rolls & Henry Royce
🇬🇧 Bentley: Walter Owen Bentley
🇬🇧 Aston Martin: Lionel Martin
🇬🇧 McLaren: Bruce McLaren
🇯🇵 Toyota: Kiichiro Toyoda
🇯🇵 Honda: Soichiro Honda
🇯🇵 Suzuki: Michio Suzuki
🇨🇿 Škoda: Emil Škoda

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🩺 Average number of doctor visits per person per year

🇰🇷 South Korea: 18
🇯🇵 Japan: 12
🇹🇷 Türkiye: 12
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 11
🇩🇪 Germany: 10
🇭🇺 Hungary: 10
🇮🇹 Italy: 9
🇱🇹 Lithuania: 9
🇲🇩 Moldova: 8
🇲🇪 Montenegro: 8
🇵🇱 Poland: 8
🇧🇪 Belgium: 8
🇨🇿 Czechia: 8
🇨🇾 Cyprus: 8
🇷🇸 Serbia: 8
🇨🇴 Colombia: 7
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 7
🇮🇱 Israel: 7
🇭🇷 Croatia: 7
🇦🇺 Australia: 6
🇪🇸 Spain: 6
🇸🇮 Slovenia: 6
🇷🇴 Romania: 6
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 6
🇨🇦 Canada: 5
🇫🇷 France: 5
🇩🇰 Denmark: 5
🇨🇱 Chile: 5
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 5
🇳🇴 Norway: 4
🇵🇹 Portugal: 4
🇹🇭 Thailand: 4
🇪🇪 Estonia: 4
🇺🇸 United States: 4
🇫🇮 Finland: 3
🇬🇷 Greece: 3
🇲🇹 Malta: 2
🇸🇪 Sweden: 2
🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 2
🇲🇽 Mexico: 2

Figures are rounded and mostly for 2024. They include remote consultations in some countries, and methods vary between countries.

Source: OECD

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🌡️ Prediction markets now project tomorrow's temperature better than the official weather forecast.

Average error on next-day high temperature:

Kalshi prediction market: 2.44°F (1.36°C)
US National Weather Service blend: 2.70°F (1.50°C)

That's about 10% more accurate.

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The Weathermen @Kalshi

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🇺🇸 Time Between U.S. Recessions

1933 → 1937 - 4 years
1938 → 1945 - 7 years
1949 → 1953 - 4 years
1954 → 1957 - 3 years
1958 → 1960 - 2 years
1961 → 1969 - 8 years
1970 → 1973 - 3 years
1975 → 1980 - 5 years
1982 → 1990 - 8 years
1991 → 2001 - 10 years
2001 → 2007 - 6 years
2009 → 2020 - 11 years
2020 → ?

Average expansion: ~5–6 years

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BREAKING: 22% chance of a recession next year

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Bears can smell food from more than 30 kilometers away.

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Men's brains shrink faster than women's due to aging, according to a large new study of over 12,600 MRI scans.

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If you could witness any moment in history, which one would you choose and why?

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Invariant right theory holds that most people turn right when entering a store, unconsciously favoring that direction because most are right-handed.

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🧪 Countries that discovered the most chemical elements

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 22
🇺🇸 United States: 20
🇩🇪 Germany: 19
🇸🇪 Sweden: 19
🇫🇷 France: 16
🇷🇺 Russia: 10
🇦🇹 Austria: 3
🇩🇰 Denmark: 2
🇪🇸 Spain: 2
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 2
🇨🇦 Canada: 1
🇫🇮 Finland: 1
🇮🇹 Italy: 1
🇯🇵 Japan: 1
🇲🇽 Mexico: 1
🇷🇴 Romania: 1

Shared discoveries count for both countries.

Source: Compound Interest (Andy Brunning); IUPAC

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2026 is 81% complete 🥱

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🚗 Vehicle theft rate by US state (2025)

Car thefts per 100,000 people:

🔴 Highest
1. California: 348
2. Nevada: 318
3. New Mexico: 318
4. Colorado: 280
5. Missouri: 280
6. Maryland: 273
7. Texas: 240
8. Alaska: 232
9. Washington: 228
10. Illinois: 223

🟢 Lowest
1. New Hampshire: 40
2. Idaho: 54
3. Maine: 61
4. Wyoming: 73
5. West Virginia: 82
6. Utah: 90
7. Massachusetts: 90
8. Iowa: 102
9. Rhode Island: 107
10. Virginia: 108

Rates use 2025 vehicle theft totals and Census Bureau 2025 state population estimates.

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau; US Census Bureau

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🇷🇴 Romania's population

1995: 22.9 million

2005: 21.3 million

2026: 18.8 million

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🏛️ Government debt per person (2025)

1. 🇺🇸 United States: $113,300
2. 🇯🇵 Japan: $110,700
3. 🇮🇹 Italy: $94,000
4. 🇧🇪 Belgium: $82,100
5. 🇫🇷 France: $75,200
6. 🇨🇦 Canada: $74,300
7. 🇬🇷 Greece: $73,100
8. 🇳🇴 Norway: $68,000
9. 🇪🇸 Spain: $64,500
10. 🇦🇹 Austria: $64,300
11. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: $61,700
12. 🇫🇮 Finland: $59,300
13. 🇮🇸 Iceland: $55,700
14. 🇮🇪 Ireland: $54,900
15. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: $50,700
16. 🇵🇹 Portugal: $50,000
17. 🇩🇪 Germany: $47,600
18. 🇦🇺 Australia: $46,000
19. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: $42,700
20. 🇮🇱 Israel: $42,200
21. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: $42,100
22. 🇭🇺 Hungary: $40,700
23. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: $40,500
24. 🇵🇱 Poland: $39,100
25. 🇭🇷 Croatia: $38,400
26. 🇸🇪 Sweden: $36,100
27. 🇷🇴 Romania: $35,900
28. 🇳🇿 New Zealand: $35,200
29. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: $33,600
30. 🇨🇿 Czechia: $30,400
31. 🇰🇷 South Korea: $29,600
32. 🇩🇰 Denmark: $29,100
33. 🇱🇻 Latvia: $26,600
34. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: $23,300
35. 🇪�� Estonia: $17,700
36. 🇨🇱 Chile: $17,700
37. 🇲🇽 Mexico: $16,200
38. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: $13,700
39. 🇹🇷 Türkiye: $11,800

Gross government debt per person, adjusted for differences in living costs (PPP).

Source: OECD

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🇩🇪 BMW is reportedly offering some employees up to $730,000 (€650,000) to leave voluntarily.

The company aims to cut roughly 8,000 positions by the end of 2027. A voluntary-exit portal launched in mid-October 2026 and was quickly overwhelmed by demand, temporarily pausing new applications.

Source: reports citing Handelsblatt and Motor1 / Yahoo Finance.

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🇺🇳 Countries that contribute the most to the United Nations (2025)

1. 🇺🇸 United States: $7.09 billion
2. 🇩🇪 Germany: $3.46 billion
3. 🇨🇳 China: $2.73 billion
4. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: $2.52 billion
5. 🇯🇵 Japan: $2.17 billion
6. 🇸🇪 Sweden: $1.72 billion
7. 🇨🇦 Canada: $1.51 billion
8. 🇳🇴 Norway: $1.41 billion
9. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: $1.30 billion
10. 🇰🇷 South Korea: $1.26 billion
11. 🇫🇷 France: $1.14 billion
12. 🇮🇹 Italy: $1.09 billion
13. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: $764 million
14. 🇩🇰 Denmark: $753 million
15. 🇦🇺 Australia: $676 million
16. 🇧🇷 Brazil: $631 million
17. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: $628 million
18. 🇪🇸 Spain: $624 million
19. 🇨🇴 Colombia: $621 million
20. 🇧🇪 Belgium: $508 million

Source: UN System Chief Executives Board

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US national debt hits a new record: $40.4 trillion

U.S. National Debt:

1990 - $3.2T
1995 - $5T
2000 - $5.7T
2005 - $8T
2010 - $13.6T
2015 - $18.2T
2020 - $27T
2025 - $38.5T

Now - $40.4T

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⚡ Share of electricity from renewable sources (2025)

✅ Highest in the EU
🇦🇹 Austria: 90.8%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 89.2%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 77.7%

❌ Lowest in the EU
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 23.3%
🇨🇿 Czechia: 19.2%
🇲🇹 Malta: 11.2%

🇪🇺 EU: 49.9%

Covers electricity only, not all energy use. 2025 figures are provisional.

Source: Eurostat

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🇯🇵 Japan’s core inflation jumped to 2.1% in September (the highest reading this year) accelerating from 1.7% in August and topping the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.