The Coldest Inhabited Places on Earth
Verkhoyansk in Siberia holds the lowest temperature ever recorded where people live year-round, −67.8 °C (−90 °F), with Oymyakon a tenth of a degree behind and Yakutsk third at −64.4 °C. Nineteen places with well-documented records, as of November 2026.
- 1 · ColdestVerkhoyansk, Russia
- 2 · Record low−67.8 °C (−90 °F)
- 3 · Places ranked19
The Best-Selling Electric Vehicles in the US
The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in the US in 2025 with an estimated 357,528 sales, nearly twice the Model 3 (192,440) and far ahead of the Chevrolet Equinox EV (57,945). The top 15 models by US sales, per Cox Automotive.
View ranking →The Most Polluted Cities in the World
Loni, India had the world's most polluted air in 2025, averaging 112.5 µg/m³ of PM2.5, more than 22 times the WHO guideline, ahead of Hotan, China (109.6) and Byrnihat, India (101.1), as of November 2026.
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The Most Distant Human-Made Objects from Earth
The ten spacecraft farthest from Earth on November 9, 2026, among those with published NASA/JPL Horizons trajectories. Voyager 1 leads at 25.88 billion km (173 AU), ahead of Voyager 2 and the silent Pioneer 10. Distances grow daily; the order is stable.
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The Youngest Nobel Prize Winners in History
The 22 youngest individual Nobel Prize laureates, ranked by age when the prize was announced. Malala Yousafzai was 17 for the 2014 Peace Prize, ahead of Nadia Murad and Lawrence Bragg, both 25. Figures as of November 2026.
View ranking →The European Countries That Eat the Most Chocolate per Person
Switzerland leads Chocosuisse's 2023 comparison at 10.9 kg of chocolate per person a year, ahead of Denmark (10.5) and Lithuania (10.2), across 18 European countries.
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The Longest-Lived Animals in the World
From a 507-year-old clam to the Greenland shark and bowhead whale, we ranked animals by the longest lifespan ever recorded for one individual, using the AnAge database and the original studies.
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The Fastest 100 m Times in History
Usain Bolt's 9.58 from 2009 is the fastest men's 100 m ever run, ahead of Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake (both 9.69). 26 sprinters ranked by legal-wind personal best on World Athletics' all-time list, as of November 8, 2026.
View ranking →The Countries with the Most Doctors per Person
Physicians per 1,000 people, using each country's latest value from 2018 to 2025 (World Bank / WHO). Cuba leads at 9.54, ahead of Seychelles (6.60) and Greece (6.58); countries under 100,000 people are excluded and physician definitions vary.
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The Largest Asteroids and Dwarf Planets in the Solar System
Pluto is the widest dwarf planet at about 2,377 km, just ahead of Eris, while Ceres leads the asteroid belt at 939 km. The largest dwarf planets, candidates and asteroids ranked by mean diameter.
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