🇺🇸 US Visa rejection rate in 2023:

🇲🇨 Monaco: 0%
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 0%
🇮🇱 Israel: 3.30%
🇦🇪 UAE: 4.18%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 5.01%
🇯🇵 Japan: 6.05%
🇨🇿 Czechia: 8.05%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 8.21%
🇫🇷 France: 10.11%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 10.57%
🇮🇹 Italy: 10.62%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 10.66%
🇩🇪 Germany: 10.84%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 10.95%
🇮🇳 India: 10.99%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 11.94%
🇻🇦 Vatican: 14.29%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 14.44%
🇬🇧 UK: 14.69%
🇪🇸 Spain: 15.66%
🇦🇺 Australia: 16.75%
🇳🇴 Norway: 17.96%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 19.41%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 20.59%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 20.68%
🇫🇮 Finland: 22.82%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 26.11%
🇨🇳 China: 26.63%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 29.23%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 34.29%
🇮🇶 Iraq: 37.09%
🇷🇺 Russia: 39.49%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 40.82%
🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 48.73%
🇨🇦 Canada: 52.04%
🇮🇷 Iran: 53.26%
🇱🇷 Liberia: 78.19%
🇰🇵 North Korea: 100%
🇫🇲 Micronesia: 100%

Note: business (visa category B-1), for tourism (visa category B-2), or for a combination of both purposes (B-1/B-2).

World's top 10 richest people (2022 vs 2023 vs 2024):

December 15, 2024:

🇺🇸Elon Musk: $439b
🇺🇸Jeff Bezos: $241b
🇺🇸Larry Ellison: $218b
🇺🇸Mark Zuckerberg: $214b
🇫🇷Bernard Arnault: $171b
🇺🇸Larry Page: $156b
🇺🇸Sergey Brin: $149b
🇺🇸Warren Buffet: $142b
🇺🇸Steve Ballmer: $130b
🇪🇸Amancio Ortega: $119b

December 15, 2023:

🇺🇸Elon Musk: $253.2b
🇫🇷Bernard Arnault: $199.5b
🇺🇸Jeff Bezos: $169.7b
🇺🇸Larry Ellison: $129.9b
🇺🇸Warren Buffet: $120.1b
🇺🇸Mark Zuckerberg: $118.0b
🇺🇸Bill Gates: $117.7b
🇺🇸Larry Page: $111.2b
🇺🇸Steve Ballmer: $109.8b
🇺🇸Sergey Brin: $106.8b

December 15, 2022:

🇫🇷Bernard Arnault: $184.3b
🇺🇸Elon Musk: $174.8b
🇮🇳Gautam Adani: $133.2b
🇺🇸Jeff Bezos: $111.5b
🇺🇸Bill Gates: $104.9b
🇺🇸Warren Buffet: $104.6b
🇺🇸Larry Ellison: $102.1b
🇮🇳Mukesh Ambani: $91b
🇲🇽Carlos Slim Helu: $81b
🇺🇸Steve Ballmer: $80.8b

According to Forbes

Year these companies were founded:

🇫🇮 Nokia: 1865
🇯🇵 Toshiba: 1875
🇯🇵 Nintendo: 1889
🇺🇸 IBM: 1911
🇯🇵 Panasonic: 1918
🇺🇸 Disney: 1923
🇺🇸 Motorola: 1928
🇰🇷 Samsung: 1938
🇺🇸 HP: 1939
🇯🇵 Sony: 1946
🇺🇸 Microsoft: 1975
🇺🇸 Apple: 1976
🇺🇸 Dell: 1984
🇨🇳 Huawei: 1987
🇺🇸 Amazon: 1994
🇺🇸 Netflix: 1997
🇺🇸 Google: 1998
🇺🇸 Salesforce: 1999
🇺🇸 SpaceX: 2002
🇺🇸 Tesla: 2003
🇺🇸 Facebook: 2003
🇺🇸 YouTube: 2005
🇺🇸 Reddit: 2005
🇺🇸 Twitter: 2006
🇺🇸 Airbnb: 2008
🇺🇸 WhatsApp: 2009
🇺🇸 Instagram: 2010
🇺🇸 Zoom: 2011
🇺🇸 Twitch: 2011
🇺🇸 OpenAl: 2015
🇨🇳 TikTok: 2016

Non-renewable % share of electricity generation:

🇧🇷 Brazil: 11%
🇨🇦 Canada: 34%
🇩🇪 Germany: 48%
🇬🇧 UK: 53%
🇮🇹 Italy: 57%
🇹🇷 Türkiye: 58%
🇦🇺 Australia: 64%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 64%
🇨🇳 China: 69%
🇫🇷 France: 74%
🇯🇵 Japan: 76%
🇺🇸 USA: 77%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 80%
🇮🇳 India: 80%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 82%
🇷🇺 Russia: 83%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 87%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 91%

Figures as of 2023. Source: Ember

🇮🇳 Countries With the Largest Indian Populations

🇺🇸 U.S. : 5,409,062
🇦🇪 UAE: 3,568,848
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 2,914,127
🇨🇦 Canada: 2,875,954
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2,463,509
🇲🇲 Myanmar: 2,002,660
🇬🇧 UK: 1,864,318
🇿🇦 South Africa: 1,700,000
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 1,607,500
🇰🇼 Kuwait: 995,528
🇦🇺 Australia: 976,000
🇲🇺 Mauritius: 894,848

As of May 2024. Source: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

UEFA Champions League/European Cup titles

🇪🇸 Real Madrid: 15
🇮🇹 Milan: 7
🇩🇪 Bayern Munich: 6
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool: 6
🇪🇸 Barcelona: 5
🇳🇱 Ajax: 4
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United: 3
🇮🇹 Inter Milan: 3
🇮🇹 Juventus: 2
🇵🇹 Benfica: 2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea: 2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham Forest: 2
🇵🇹 Porto: 2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic: 1
🇩🇪 Hamburger SV: 1
🇷🇴 Steaua București: 1
🇫🇷 Marseille: 1
🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund: 1
🇳🇱 Feyenoord: 1
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa: 1
🇳🇱 PSV Eindhoven: 1
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City: 1
🇷🇸 Red Star Belgrade: 1