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In June 2016, Bill Gates topped the Forbes list with a fortune of $88.8 billion (roughly $123.9 billion adjusted for inflation). At the time, that was treated as a number almost too large to picture. A decade later, it wouldn't crack the world's top five. Michael Dell holds fifth place in 2026 with $234.5 billion. That is nearly double what made you the richest human alive in 2016. Jeff Bezos, in…
The 5 Largest Youtube Channels in 2014 and in 2024 Today we take a look at the 5 Largest Youtube Channels in 2014 and in 2024. YouTube has changed so much over the past decade, with its landscape shifting from individual content creators to corporate channels. 2014: The Era of Individual Creators In 2014, the biggest names on YouTube were individual content creators and entertainment channels that…
Today's post is a collaboration between StaDaFa.com and my other blog, ToHippo.com. Mick Jagger has got great-grandchildren older than his youngest child. His children range in age from 7 to 53. Other interesting facts about Mick Jagger's family: Mick Jagger has children spanning over five decades. His first child, Karis, was born in 1970, while his most recent child, Deveraux, was born in 2016.…
This week we take a look at Women's Birth Rates by Age Group. In the ever-evolving landscape of demographics and societal trends, birth rates among women have seen remarkable shifts over the years. To shed light on this topic, I've put together a graph depicting the birth rates of women across different age groups. Let's dive into the intriguing findings. The Decline in Teenage Birth Rates: In…
This week we take a look at the EU's evolving position on the global stage amidst the economic supremacy of the United States and China. During a long period in the 00', both the EU and US economies were roughly the same size, but since the global financial crisis, their GDPs have drastically diverged. The US economy standing at 25.5 trillion US dollars is now nearly 50% bigger, compared to the…
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, reportedly the "unluckiest man in the world," survived both the atomic bombing at Hiroshima and later on at Nagasaki. Yamaguchi was the only person among 70 people evacuated from Hiroshima to Nagasaki, who survived the second blast. Despite that, he lived a long life until he passed away from stomach cancer at 93 years old. One could also argue that he was in fact the luckiest…
This week we take a look at the share of university degrees going to women. Our data begins in the 1869-1870 school year when 1378 women got a Bachelor's degree , and none got either a Master's or a Doctor's degree. Things may look a bit bleak, but it must be taken into account that the numbers for men were 7,993, zero, and 1 respectively. While the numbers for women were low at the time, they…
This week we take a look at the films with the longest time gaps between original and sequel. While it is not uncommon for studios to release sequels to successful films within a few years of the original, there are some cases where the gap between the original film and its sequel is much longer. Top Gun represents one of the longest time gaps between a film and its sequel with the same lead…
That's according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 studies conducted in the United States and eight other countries by a team of researchers in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The review found that children who were cared for by grandparents had nearly 30% higher risks for being overweight or obese. The findings don't stop there though. Children with…
This week we take a look at social class self identification in the United States. In the US, the majority of people self-identify as middle class, regardless of how much money they actually make. This is likely due to the fact that, in general, people tend to compare themselves to those around them rather than to the country as a whole. So, even if someone is making a lot of money, if most of the…
