Global life expectancy: 1900: 32 years 2025: 73 years Life expectancy roughly doubled in 125 years The most underrated stat in history

The rest simply don't That may ruin anyone's day Source: CDC / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Only 19% of people worldwide wash their hands after using the toilet This isn't just a developing-world issue Observed (not self-reported) studies show: 🇺🇸 USA: ~31% wash correctly 🇬🇧 UK: ~25% 🇩🇪

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The world is marrying later than ever Source: OECD / U.S. Census Bureau, 2022–2024

Average age of first marriage, by country: 🇪🇸 Spain: 35.2 (men) / 33.0 (women) 🇸🇪 Sweden: 34.5 / 32.5 🇺🇸 USA: 30.5 / 28.6 🇷🇺 Russia: 28.0 / 26.0 🇧🇷 Brazil: 28.0 / 25.5 🇨🇳 China: 27.0 / 25.0

Percentage of people who have NEVER traveled outside their home country: 🇮🇳 India: 97% 🇺🇸 USA: 42% 🇬🇧 UK: ~15% 🇸🇪 Sweden: <1% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: <1% Geography shapes everything Source: Pew

The findings imply that limiting warming to below 1.5 °C and stopping deforestation while restoring forests would be necessary. The Amazon is far more vulnerable than previously thought

Cascading droughts and breakdowns in moisture recycling would spread impacts hundreds to thousands of km.

With realistic deforestation (22–28% loss), the threshold falls to roughly 1.5–1.9 °C, triggering a near system-wide transition affecting 62–77% of the forest.

Deforestation is dramatically lowering the Amazon’s climate tipping point. Without deforestation, the critical global warming threshold is about 3.7–4.0 °C, beyond which up to one-third of the Amazon could

Only one dog has visited both the North and South poles: Bothie, companion of explorers Ranulph and Ginnie Fiennes With dogs now banned from Antarctica, that achievement is unlikely to be repeated

🚨 Major new study in Nature (out today):

About 84% of the cells in the human body are red blood cells — roughly 25 trillion out of an estimated 30 trillion!

In an era where most companies last barely 50 years, Kongo Gumi endured empires, wars, economic crises, and technological revolutions while keeping ancient craftsmanship alive — a testament to longevity

In 2006, after financial difficulties, it was acquired by the Takamatsu Construction Group and now operates as a subsidiary specializing in construction, restoration, and preservation of traditional temples,

For over 1,400 years the business was run by 40 generations of the same family

A Korean master carpenter, Shigemitsu Kongo, was invited to Japan by Prince Shōtoku to construct Shitennō-ji, the country's first Buddhist temple, launching Kongo Gumi

🏯 The world’s oldest company: 1,448 years and still building 🇯🇵 Kongo Gumi (金剛組) is the oldest continuously operating company on Earth ✅ Founded in 578 AD ✅ That’s 1,448 years of history (as of 2026)

🇸🇭 St. Helena – 45 🇲🇺 Mauritius – 40 🇸🇨 Seychelles – 39 Youngest: 🇳🇪 Niger – 15 🇺🇬 Uganda – 16 (tied) 🇦🇴 Angola – 16 (tied) North America Oldest: