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Players who crossed 2800 FIDE rating: A full list (Peak live rating mentioned)

Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 – 2889
Garry Kasparov 🇷🇺 – 2856
Fabiano Caruana 🇮🇹 – 2851
Levon Aronian 🇦🇲 – 2835
Veselin Topalov 🇧🇬 – 2826
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 – 2826
Wesley So 🇺🇸 – 2824
Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 – 2820
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 – 2819
Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 – 2819
Vladimir Kramnik 🇷🇺 – 2817
Ding Liren 🇨🇳 – 2816
Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 – 2813
Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 – 2809
Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 – 2804
Anish Giri 🇳🇱 – 2802

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The smartest person in history!

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The richest 1% own more wealth than the bottom 90% of the world.

Let that sink in.

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💰The minimum net worth to join the richest 0.1%:

🇺🇸 USA: $25.1M
🇲🇨 Monaco: $22.2M
🇨🇭 Switzerland: $16.6M
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: $10.4M
🇸🇬 Singapore: $10.0M
🇦🇺 Australia: $7.9M
🇳🇿 New Zealand: $7.5M
🇮🇪 Ireland: $6.9M
🇩🇪 Germany: $6.4M
🇫🇷 France: $5.6M
🇹🇼 Taiwan: $5.2M
🇬🇧 UK: $4.9M
🇦🇪 UAE: $3.8M
🇪🇸 Spain: $3.8M
🇯🇵 Japan: $3.7M
🇨🇳 China: $3.4M
🇰🇷 South Korea: $2.7M
🇷🇺 Russia: $2.3M

According to Knight Frank Wealth Sizing Model

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Most Populous Country

1900s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1910s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1920s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1930s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1940s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1950s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1960s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1970s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1980s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
1990s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
2000s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
2010s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
2020s: 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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Countries whose flag includes a map of the country itself:

1．Cyprus 🇨🇾
2．Kosovo 🇽🇰

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Top 10 Most Attractive Languages in the World 🌍🗣️

1．Spanish 🇪🇸
2．Italian 🇮🇹
3．French 🇫🇷
4．Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷
5．Arabic 🇸🇦
6．Norwegian 🇳🇴
7．Hungarian 🇭🇺
8．Thai 🇹🇭
9．Russian 🇷🇺
10．Turkish 🇹🇷

(Source: EnjoyTravel. com)

Romance languages dominate the top spots.

Which language sounds the most attractive to you? 🎧

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What country has the best cuisine?

Italy 🇮🇹
India 🇮🇳
China 🇨🇳
Mexico 🇲🇽

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Number of Super Bowl wins, by country:

🇺🇸 USA: 60
🇨🇦 Canada: 0
🇦🇺 Australia: 0
🇨🇳 China: 0
🇮🇳 India: 0
🇯🇵 Japan: 0
🇬🇧 UK: 0
🇷🇺 Russia: 0
🇩🇪 Germany: 0
🇪🇸 Spain: 0
🇮🇹 Italy: 0

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Top 100 Countries by Average IQ in 2026 🧠

1. 🇰🇷 South Korea - 106.97
2. 🇨🇳 China - 106.48
3. 🇯🇵 Japan - 106.3
4. 🇮🇷 Iran - 104.8
5. 🇦🇺 Australia - 104.45
6. 🇷🇺 Russia - 103.78
7. 🇸🇬 Singapore - 103.56
8. 🇲🇳 Mongolia - 102.61
9. 🇳🇿 New Zealand - 102.35
10. 🇻🇳 Vietnam - 102.26
11. 🇪🇸 Spain - 102.24
12. 🇨🇾 Cyprus - 102.12
13. 🇨🇦 Canada - 102.09
14. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 101.57
15. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - 101.22
16. 🇸🇮 Slovenia - 101.15
17. 🇧🇾 Belarus - 101.05
18. 🇺🇸 United States - 101.04
19. 🇦🇱 Albania - 101
20. 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 100.84
21. 🇬🇪 Georgia - 100.35
22. 🇮🇹 Italy - 100.33
23. 🇳🇱 Netherlands - 100.27
24. 🇵🇪 Peru - 100.2
25. 🇭🇺 Hungary - 100.15
26. 🇦🇲 Armenia - 100.13
27. 🇫🇷 France - 100.12
28. 🇫🇮 Finland - 99.97
29. 🇵🇹 Portugal - 99.95
30. 🇱🇹 Lithuania - 99.95
31. 🇹🇭 Thailand - 99.94
32. 🇷🇸 Serbia - 99.83
33. 🇦🇹 Austria - 99.8
34. 🇧🇪 Belgium - 99.74
35. 🇲🇹 Malta - 99.68
36. 🇬🇷 Greece - 99.55
37. 🇨🇿 Czechia - 99.36
38. 🇩🇪 Germany - 99.32
39. 🇭🇷 Croatia - 99.32
40. 🇵🇱 Poland - 99.14
41. 🇱🇧 Lebanon - 99.13
42. 🇪🇪 Estonia - 99.08
43. 🇱🇻 Latvia - 99.01
44. 🇷🇴 Romania - 98.88
45. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia - 98.88
46. 🇸🇰 Slovakia - 98.87
47. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - 98.75
48. 🇮🇱 Israel - 98.57
49. 🇲🇾 Malaysia - 98.51
50. 🇮🇳 India - 98.44
51. 🇲🇪 Montenegro - 98.43
52. 🇸🇾 Syria - 98.41
53. 🇳🇴 Norway - 98.31
54. 🇲🇲 Myanmar - 98.28
55. 🇸🇪 Sweden - 98.22
56. 🇮🇪 Ireland - 98.22
57. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - 98.03
58. 🇶🇦 Qatar - 97.94
59. 🇩🇰 Denmark - 97.68
60. 🇩🇿 Algeria - 97.53
61. 🇹🇳 Tunisia - 97.46
62. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates - 97.39
63. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - 97.32
64. 🇳🇵 Nepal - 97.31
65. 🇮🇸 Iceland - 97.25
66. 🇲🇦 Morocco - 97.24
67. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 97.13
68. 🇦🇷 Argentina - 97.11
69. 🇹🇷 Turkey - 97
70. 🇵🇰 Pakistan - 96.93
71. 🇲🇩 Moldova - 96.85
72. 🇪🇬 Egypt - 96.74
73. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - 96.54
74. 🇧🇳 Brunei - 96.54
75. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - 96.51
76. 🇨🇺 Cuba - 96.4
77. 🇨🇱 Chile - 96.34
78. 🇺🇾 Uruguay - 96.09
79. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - 96
80. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - 95.92
81. 🇯🇴 Jordan - 95.73
82. 🇲🇻 Maldives - 95.71
83. 🇵🇭 Philippines - 95.68
84. 🇺🇦 Ukraine - 95.66
85. 🇧🇴 Bolivia - 95.56
86. 🇪🇨 Ecuador - 95.45
87. 🇧🇷 Brazil - 95.44
88. 🇲🇬 Madagascar - 95.07
89. 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago - 94.81
90. 🇱🇾 Libya - 94.76
91. 🇲🇺 Mauritius - 94.66
92. 🇨🇴 Colombia - 94.62
93. 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan - 94.48
94. 🇧🇭 Bahrain - 94.25
95. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 94.07
96. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - 93.8
97. 🇲🇽 Mexico - 93.64
98. 🇿🇦 South Africa - 93.63
99. 🇮🇶 Iraq - 93.62
100. 🇾🇪 Yemen - 93.43

Note: Average IQ by country, updated on January 1, 2026. This study is based on 1,212,714 people around the world who took the same test on this website.

Source: International IQ Test, 2026

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Top 10 richest people in the world:

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$850B - Elon Musk 🇺🇸
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$260B - Larry Page 🇺🇸
$250B
$240B - Sergey Brin 🇺🇸
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$220B - Mark Zuckerberg 🇺🇸
$210B - Jeff Bezos 🇺🇸
$200B - Larry Ellison 🇺🇸
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$160B - Jensen Huang 🇺🇸, Bernard Arnault 🇫🇷
$150B - Rob Walton 🇺🇸, Amancio Ortega 🇪🇸
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(Forbes)

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No one knows what comes next. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

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Countries where WhatsApp is banned (2026).

🇨🇳 China
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇸🇾 Syria
🇮🇷 Iran
🇷🇺 Russia

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The most popular names of children born in European cities:

🇬🇧 London - Mohammed
🇬🇧 Manchester - Mohammed
🇩🇪 Berlin - Mohammed
🇧🇪 Brussels - Mohammed
🇳🇱 The Hague - Mohammed
🇳🇱 Amsterdam - Mohammed
🇳🇴 Oslo - Mohammed

🇵🇱 Warsaw - Jan

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The best countries for food in the world:

1. 🇹🇭 Thailand
2. 🇮🇹 Italy
3. 🇯🇵 Japan
4. 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5. 🇪🇸 Spain
6. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
7. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
8. 🇬🇷 Greece
9. 🇿🇦 South Africa
10. 🇵🇪 Peru (tied)
10. 🇲🇻 Maldives (tied)
12. 🇨🇴 Colombia
13. 🇲🇦 Morocco (tied)
13. 🇫🇷 France (tied)
15. 🇹🇷 Turkey

(Condé Nast Traveller – Readers Choice Awards 2025)

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🌍 The Most Googled Person in the World (by Year | 2001–2025)

2001 — 🇫🇷 Nostradamus
2002 — 🇺🇸 Eminem
2003 — 🇺🇸 Eminem
2004 — 🇺🇸 Britney Spears
2005 — 🇺🇸 Janet Jackson
2006 — 🇺🇸 Paris Hilton
2007 — 🇺🇸 Britney Spears
2008 — 🇺🇸 Hugh Hefner
2009 — 🇬🇧 Jade Goody
2010 — 🇨🇦 Justin Bieber
2011 — 🇺🇸 Rebecca Black
2012 — 🇺🇸 Whitney Houston
2013 — 🇿🇦 Nelson Mandela
2014 — 🇺🇸 Robin Williams
2015 — 🇺🇸 Lamar Odom
2016 — 🇺🇸 Donald Trump
2017 — 🇺🇸 Matt Lauer
2018 — 🇺🇸 Meghan Markle
2019 — 🇺🇸 Cameron Boyce
2020 — 🇺🇸 Joe Biden
2021 — 🇺🇸 Alec Baldwin
2022 — 🇺🇸 Amber Heard
2023 — 🇺🇸 Jeremy Renner
2024 — 🇺🇸 Donald Trump
2025 — 🇺🇸 d4vd

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Countries in two continents.

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🇹🇷🇺🇸 A former U.S. embassy in Turkey has the "unique distinction of being the first and only U.S. diplomatic premises to be won in a poker game."

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List of people that have walked on the Moon:

🇺🇸Neil Armstrong 🪦
🇺🇸Buzz Aldrin, 96
🇺🇸Pete Conrad 🪦
🇺🇸Alan Bean 🪦
🇺🇸Alan Shepard 🪦
🇺🇸Edgar Mitchell 🪦
🇺🇸David Scott, 93
🇺🇸James Irwin 🪦
🇺🇸John Young 🪦
🇺🇸Charles Duke, 90
🇺🇸Eugene Cernan 🪦
🇺🇸Harrison Schmitt, 90

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% of the population that speaks fluent English:

🇨🇳 China - 0.9%
🇧🇷 Brazil - 5%
🇷🇺 Russia - 5%
🇮🇳 India - 10.5%
🇲🇽 Mexico - 12.9%
🇮🇹 Italy - 13.74%
🇹🇷 Turkey - 17%
🇪🇸 Spain - 22%
🇮🇩 Indonesia - 30.8%
🇿🇦 South Africa - 31%
🇷🇴 Romania - 31%
🇪🇬 Egypt - 39.9%
🇵🇱 Poland - 49.1%
🇵🇰 Pakistan - 49~58%
🇬🇷 Greece - 51%
🇳🇬 Nigeria - 51~57%
🇩🇪 Germany - 56%
🇫🇷 France - 57.2%
🇵🇭 Philippines - 58.2%
🇧🇪 Belgium - 60%
🇦🇹 Austria - 73%
🇫🇮 Finland - 75%
🇨🇦 Canada - 83%
🇩🇰 Denmark - 86%
🇸🇪 Sweden - 89%
🇳🇴 Norway - 90%
🇳🇱 Netherlands - 90.9%
🇦🇺 Australia - 92.8%
🇺🇸 USA - 95.5%
🇸🇬 Singapore - 96.4%
🇳🇿 New Zealand - 97.8%
🇬🇧 UK - 98.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland - 98.37%
🇬🇮 Gibraltar - 100%

According to Census, Crystal, Euromonitor, Eurobarometer, and other local sources