Global facts and facts about globals, from the Random Facts shelf.
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The lowly krill averages only about two inches (5 centimeters) in length, but it represents a giant-sized link in the global food chain. These small, shrimp-like crustaceans are essentially the fuel that runs the engine of the Earth’s marine ecosystems.
A 2022 global estimate put the wild tiger population at around 5,500, a slight rebound after tiger numbers hit historic lows in the early 2000s.
In his 1945 Nobel lecture, Alexander Fleming warned that misusing penicillin could lead bacteria to become resistant, a prediction that has become a major global health problem.
The internet and the World Wide Web aren't the same thing. The internet is the global network of connected computers, while the web is a system of pages and links that runs on top of it.
People around the world eat about 120 billion servings of instant noodles each year.
The Toyota Corolla is sold in well over 100 countries, which helps explain its all-time sales record.
The Toyota RAV4 was the world's best-selling SUV in 2019.
Soccer, called football in most countries, is the world's most popular sport, with an estimated fan base of several billion people.
Bangkok has frequently ranked as the world's most visited city by international travelers in the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index.