Nuclear power's share of the world’s electricity supply plummeted from 17% in 1996 to 9% in 2024; by 2040, nuclear power will supply 12% of global electricity compared to the current 9%. Despite renewed enthusiasm in the US, the vast majority of new capacity is coming online in other countries. The U.K. plans to increase its nuclear capacity to meet 25% of its electricity needs by 2050, up from 15% currently. And Russia is working on 19 nuclear power plants beyond its borders in places like Turkey, Iran, and Bangladesh, making it the biggest exporter of nuclear capacity. Goldman Sachs projects that the world will have 500 functioning nuclear reactors in 2030, up from the current 440.
There are more than 9,900 craft breweries across the U.S. now, compared to just 4,800 ten years ago.
In October 2025, silver surpassed $50 a troy ounce, its highest price in decades, as investors sought protection from economic uncertainty.
China is the world’s biggest manufacturer, accounting for roughly 30% of global production and about a quarter of its overall economy.
Concentrations of planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere have been rising fast in recent years, but 2024 recorded the biggest jump to date. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations now stand at 423.9 parts per million, and scientists are now worried it isn’t just fossil fuel emissions driving the change.
Amazon is currently the second-largest employer in the U.S.
There have been 1,618 cases of measles in 42 U.S. states this year through Oct. 21, and nearly half of those (803) are in Texas alone.
"Frankenstein" [1818] sold 40,000 copies annually in English alone — which is not to count the millions of copies already in print.
And just like that, the U.S. Mint stopped issuing new pennies on November 12, ending a 232-year run.
The American cattle herd is now the smallest it’s been since 1951.
The world had 2,919 billionaires on April 4, according to Swiss bank U.B.S. — the largest number since the bank started collecting suchdata in 1995.
Despite a spurt of job growth in September 2025, unemployment hit a four-year high of 4.4% that month, according to government data.
The economy: The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November after losing 105,000 in October, per federal jobs numbers delayed by the government shutdown. Unemployment rose to 4.6 percent, its highest point in more than four years.
In 2023, 93 of the 100 most-watched programs on American television were professional football games.
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