Google’s first investment was a check for $100,000. Today, the company generates $100,000 in revenue every 8 seconds.

Jamaican singer-songwriter, Robert Nesta Marley better known by his stage name Bob Marley would have been 80 today.

#OnThisDay in 1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.

#OnThisDay in 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected president of the United States with 69 votes.

On this day in 2004: The Web site FACEBOOK was launched (as

In 1997, Apple lost $1 billion. Today, it makes $1 billion in 2 ½ days.

Best digital infrastructure, 2024. 1. 🇯🇵 Japan 2. 🇰🇷 South Korea 3. 🇺🇸 US 4. 🇨🇳 China 5. 🇩🇪 Germany 6. 🇬🇧 UK 7. 🇸🇬 Singapore 8. 🇦🇪 UAE 9. 🇨🇦 Canada 10. 🇸🇪 Sweden 11. 🇫🇷 France 12. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 13. 🇳🇱 Netherlands 14. 🇩🇰 Denmark 15. 🇶🇦 Qatar Source ~ World Report

Nike was founded in 1964. It was called Blue Ribbon Sports. Sales in the first year were $8,000. Today, it’s $8,000 every 5 seconds.

Best universities, 2025. 1. 🇺🇸 MIT 2. 🇬🇧 Imperial College 3. 🇬🇧 Oxford 4. 🇺🇸 Harvard 5. 🇬🇧 Cambridge 6. 🇺🇸 Stanford 7. 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 8. 🇸🇬 NUS 9. 🇬🇧 UCL 10. 🇺🇸 Caltech Source ~ QS

World's best honeymoon destinations. 1. 🇲🇺 Mauritius 2. 🇮🇩 Bali, Indonesia 3. 🇲🇻 Maldives 4. 🇻🇳 Hoi An, Vietnam 5. 🇹🇭 Phuket, Thailand 6. 🇬🇷 Santorini, Greece 7. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar Island, Tanzania 8. 🇮🇹 Florence, Italy Source ~ TripAdvisor

Size of economy, 2022 (current prices) 🇷🇺 Russia: $2.2 trillion 🇨🇦 Canada: $2.1 trillion 🇧🇷 Brazil: $1.9 trillion 🇦🇺 Australia: $1.7 trillion 🇰🇷 South Korea: $1.7 trillion 🇪🇸 Spain: $1.5 trillion 🇺🇸 Texas: $2.4 trillion

Value of $1,000 invested 25 years ago: Nvidia: $2,852,400 Intel: $647

In 2018, Apple became the first U.S. company with a $1 trillion valuation. Today, there are 8: Apple: $3.8 trillion Microsoft: $3.3 trillion Nvidia: $3.3 trillion Amazon: $2.4 trillion Alphabet: $2.3 trillion Meta: $1.6 trillion Tesla: $1.4 trillion Broadcom: $1.1 trillion

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