Tuesday, July 14, 2026

What are some facts about the world?

Here are some facts about the world,

  1. Emperor Hirohito was a Japanese God humanized by America, as a figure (war criminal) in World War II he was not tried.
  2. The Kailasa Temple in Ellora, Maharashtra, India, is a massive temple carved from a single rock. It stands 32.6 meters tall.
  3. Esperanto is an artificial language with the most speakers in the world.
  4. The British Empire was the largest empire in the world with a vast territory covering 1/4 of the Earth's territory, to the point that it was once nicknamed "the land where the sun never sets".
  5. The VOC was the world's richest company of all time with assets (calculated in today's currency) of US$7.9 trillion.
  6. Around 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year, while more than 820 million people do not have enough to eat.
  7. Nguyen is the most common and widely used surname in Vietnam. It is associated with the Nguyen Dynasty, the last rulers of Vietnam before the republican and communist eras.
  8. Trans-Siberian Express, Russia. The longest railway line in the world, at 9,289 km (the length of Indonesia is 5,110 km).
  9. The Nazi German army in World War II numbered 20 million personnel.
  10. Jakarta is the fastest sinking city in the world.
  11. "Despacito" is the most-watched video on YouTube, currently boasting 7 billion views and 3.6 billion comments.
  12. The Bharatiya Janata Party is the largest political party in India and in the world with a membership of 180 million.
  13. In 2018, the International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that global data had reached 33 zettabytes and is expected to reach 175 zettabytes by 2025 (1 zettabyte = 1 billion terabytes)
  14. Gyanjivandasji Swami, the author of the world's thickest book ever published with the title Shree Haricharitramrut Sagar is 49.6 cm thick.[ 1 ]
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