The world, one wow at a time

99%

The internet doesn't run through space — it runs under the sea

53%

Most of the internet isn't human any more

$725B

Four Companies Plan to Spend $725 Billion on AI This Year

$627M

The most expensive meal in history was two pizzas

$656B

Migrants send home far more money than every country's foreign aid combined

$348T

The world owes three times everything it makes in a year

99%

A wind farm looks enormous, but the turbines use almost none of the land

1 ton

A pellet you could hold in your fingertips holds as much energy as a tonne of coal

1 in 6

We float a finite, non-renewable resource into space — for fun

1B tons

A teaspoon of a dead star would weigh a billion tons

1,600 yrs

The miracle tonic that turned out to be a carcinogen

10,400 g

A mantis shrimp punches faster than a bullet accelerates

108x

The fastest ant on Earth sprints across sand hot enough to kill it

220 m

The world's deepest river was discovered by fish dying of the bends

112M

The World's Largest French-Speaking Country Isn't France