Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with a widely cited 70 million copies sold. Independently certified sales, the copies that can actually be documented, […]
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Best-Selling Wii Games of All Time: Top 10 Ranked
Wii Sports sold 82.90 million copies, more than any game on any Nintendo console and one of the best-selling video games ever made. Almost none of that came […]
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Right-to-Work States: All 26 Listed and Explained
Twenty-six US states have right-to-work laws, meaning no worker can be required to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment. That number fell […]
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Largest Employers in the World: Top 10 by Headcount
The three largest employers on Earth are all armed forces. India’s Ministry of Defence, the US Department of Defense, and China’s People’s Liberation Army employ 8.45 million people […]
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Most Watched Netflix Shows of All Time: Top 10
The most watched show in Netflix history is in Korean. Squid Game drew 265.2 million views in its first 91 days, and the franchise now occupies three of […]
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Most Ballon d’Or Wins: All 10 Multiple Winners Ranked
Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or eight times, three more than Cristiano Ronaldo and five more than anyone else in the award’s history. No other player has […]
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Best-Selling PlayStation 2 Games of All Time: Top 10
Two franchises account for the entire top five of the PlayStation 2’s best-seller list. Grand Theft Auto holds three of those places and Gran Turismo the other two, […]
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Common Law Marriage States: Where It Still Exists
Only seven US states and the District of Columbia still allow couples to enter a common law marriage. Rhode Island became the most recent to close the door, […]
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Most F1 World Championships: All 17 Multiple Winners
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton share the Formula One record with seven World Drivers’ Championships each, and no one else has more than five. Between them they account […]
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Most Populous Countries in the World: Top 10 Ranked
India and China are the only countries on Earth with more than a billion people, and together they account for over a third of humanity. India passed China […]
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Best-Selling PlayStation Games of All Time: Top 10
The best-selling game on the original PlayStation was not Final Fantasy VII. Gran Turismo sold 10.85 million copies to Final Fantasy VII’s 10.02 million, and those two are […]
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Longest-Running Broadway Shows: Top 12 by Performances
The Phantom of the Opera played 13,981 performances on Broadway between 1988 and 2023, a record that stands more than 2,200 performances clear of anything else. It is […]
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Dying Without a Will: Who Inherits Under State Law
If you die without a will, you do not decide who inherits your property. Your state does, through a set of default rules called intestate succession that apply […]
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Most NBA Championships: All 12 Multiple Winners Ranked
The Boston Celtics have won 18 NBA championships, one more than the Los Angeles Lakers, and between them these two franchises hold 35 of the 80 titles ever […]
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Largest Economies in the World: Top 10 by GDP
The United States remains the world’s largest economy at $32.38 trillion, roughly 26% of global output on its own. China follows at $20.85 trillion, and no third country […]