In Japan, sleeping on the job is sometimes seen as a sign of dedication because it implies you worked yourself to exhaustion.

The top 10% of people own over 75% of global wealth.

About 60% of people live paycheck to paycheck.

Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game on March 2, 1962.

The tradition of the white wedding dress was popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840 — before that, brides wore any color.

Wayne Gretzky scored so many goals in his NHL career that if you remove all his goals, he would still be the all-time leader in points.

Christianity has around 2.4 billion followers worldwide — the most followed religion.

Poverty traps occur when poverty itself prevents people from acquiring the resources to escape it.

Beethoven continued composing after going completely deaf, writing his Ninth Symphony while totally deaf.