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- India had 1,464,000,000 people in 2025 — the largest population of any country on Factezy. Source: Wikipedia — India (2025)
- Tokyo had 14,254,039 people in 2025 — the largest city on Factezy. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, via Wikipedia — Tokyo (2025)
- Oxygen has atomic number 8 and was discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774. Source: Wikipedia — Timeline of chemical element discoveries (1774)
- Albert Einstein was born in 1879 — and his line “Imagination is more important than knowledge” dates from 1929. Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica (1879); Quote Investigator (1929)
- Iceland had 392,404 people in 2025 — the smallest population of the 15 countries on Factezy. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025)
- Radium was discovered by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie in 1898. Source: Wikipedia — Timeline of chemical element discoveries (1898)
- Liam was the #1 boys' name and Olivia the #1 girls' name in the United States in 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (2024)
- Abraham Lincoln's “Government of the people, by the people, for the people” dates from 1863. Source: Library of Congress (1863)
Featured countries
15 countriesThe most-searched countries, with capitals and populations.
- Australia Capital Canberra · 27,801,023 people (2025)
- Brazil Capital Brasília · 213,421,037 people (2025)
- Canada Capital Ottawa · 41,798,407 people (2026)
- Egypt Capital Cairo · 120,101,175 people (2026)
- France Capital Paris · 68,720,337 people (2025)
- Germany Capital Berlin · 83,467,117 people (2025)
- Iceland Capital Reykjavík · 392,404 people (2025)
- India Capital New Delhi · 1,464,000,000 people (2025)
- Japan Capital Tokyo · 122,950,000 people (2026)
- Monaco Capital Monaco · 38,857 people (2025)
- New Zealand Capital Wellington · 5,324,700 people (2025)
- Norway Capital Oslo · 5,633,770 people (2026)
- Spain Capital Madrid · 49,801,559 people (2026)
- United Kingdom Capital London · 69,483,939 people (2025)
- United States Capital Washington, D.C. · 341,784,857 people (2025)
Capital cities
15 capitalsThe capitals people look up most.
- Canberra 484,630 people (2025) Known for Parliament House
- Brasília 2,996,899 people (2025) Known for Modernist architecture
- Ottawa 1,017,449 people (2021) Known for Canada's Parliament
- Cairo 9,801,536 people (2023) Known for Egyptian Museum
- Paris 2,103,778 people (2023) Known for Eiffel Tower
- Berlin 3,700,577 people (2025) Known for Brandenburg Gate
- Reykjavík 138,753 people (2026) Known for Hallgrímskirkja
- New Delhi 249,998 people (2011) Known for Seat of India's government
Featured elements
118 elementsThe best-known elements, with a full overview on each page.
- Hydrogen (H) Atomic number 1 · nonmetal
- Helium (He) Atomic number 2 · noble gas
- Lithium (Li) Atomic number 3 · alkali metal
- Carbon (C) Atomic number 6 · nonmetal
- Nitrogen (N) Atomic number 7 · nonmetal
- Oxygen (O) Atomic number 8 · nonmetal
- Fluorine (F) Atomic number 9 · halogen
- Sodium (Na) Atomic number 11 · alkali metal
Featured people
24 figuresThe figures the world searches for most.
- Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 · Serving as the 16th president of the United States
- Albert Einstein 1879–1955 · Theory of relativity
- Alexander the Great 356–323 BC · Conquering the Persian Empire
- Cleopatra c. 69–30 BC · Being the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt
- Isaac Newton 1643–1727 · Laws of motion
- Leonardo da Vinci 1452–1519 · Mona Lisa
- Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 · Leading India to independence
- Marie Curie 1867–1934 · Discovering polonium and radium
- Nelson Mandela 1918–2013 · Fighting apartheid
- Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 · Alternating-current electricity system
- William Shakespeare 1564–1616 · Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791 · More than 600 works
Featured quotes
22 quotesFamous words, each with its meaning and origin.
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“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— William Shakespeare (1599)
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“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”
— Nelson Mandela (2003)
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“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
— Thomas Edison (1910)
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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
— Abraham Lincoln (1863)
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“I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.”
— Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
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“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
— Isaac Newton (1676)
Every figure on this site carries its source and year.