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After serving time in prison, Dani Alves has been found not guilty of rape. Life moves on like nothing happened—especially for the woman who destroyed his life. She walks free. Dani lost everything—absolutely everything, including his family. As a man, the game was rigged against him from the start. Once worth $60 million, his empire collapsed after being accused of rape in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom. At 39, Dani spent 14 months in Brians 2 prison. Sponsors like Puma cut ties, costing him millions. Lawsuits piled up, including a $2.2 million claim from Pumas UNAM. His marriage to Joana Sanz also crumbled, ending in a 2024 divorce filing. Convicted in February 2024 under Spain’s strict consent laws—based largely on the accuser’s testimony—he was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and ordered to pay €150,000 in damages (covered in part by allies, including Neymar’s family). Despite proclaiming his innocence, Alves appealed. On March 28, 2025, Catalonia’s High Court unanimously acquitted him, citing “flaws and inaccuracies” in the evidence, inconsistencies in the woman’s story, and a lack of corroborating proof. He walked free after 839 days behind bars. Meanwhile, the accuser remains anonymous—and uncharged for an unproven claim.

What happened in Spain yesterday? On April 28, 2025, Spain witnessed a major energy event: a nationwide blackout. What was the cause? A massive overload of the electrical grid due to a huge spike in solar production. What happened? At around 11:00 AM, Spain’s solar power production reached a record peak of over 20 GW – a huge amount, rapidly injected into the grid in a very short period of time. Normally, the electrical grid maintains a fine balance between production and consumption, in order to keep the frequency constant at 50 Hz. But today, the solar peak seriously disrupted this balance. How did the collapse occur? 1. Solar energy flood: Solar panels delivered a huge excess of current, dramatically reducing the need for energy from conventional power plants (gas, hydro, nuclear). 2. Turbine acceleration: -Conventional power plants (especially gas and hydro) are equipped with turbines that rotate synchronously with the grid at 50 Hz. -When energy demand drops suddenly (because solar energy covers all consumption), these turbines cannot slow down instantly. -On the contrary: being still mechanically driven by engines or the flow of water, they begin to accelerate spontaneously. 3. Frequency increase: -This acceleration leads to an increase in the grid frequency above 50 Hz. -From a small imbalance, the frequency began to climb towards 50.5 Hz, 51 Hz or even more. 4. Confirmation of the phenomenon: Further analyses showed that immediately after the solar peak, the energy injected into the grid by gas and hydro turbines increased sharply. This behavior confirms the theory of turbine acceleration and frequency increase: -the turbines, having accumulated mechanical energy and sensing a decrease in load, injected even more energy into the grid, which amplified the imbalance and accelerated the collapse. 5. Activation of protections: The electrical grid has automatic systems that protect equipment. If the frequency goes outside the safe range (usually 49.5–50.5 Hz), automatic disconnections begin: -power plants are shut down, -sections of the grid are cut, -entire areas are isolated to prevent catastrophic damage. 6. Generalized collapse: Because the system was unable to compensate for the surplus energy quickly enough, protections were triggered in a cascade, leading to the collapse of the electricity supply in almost all of Spain, Portugal and the south of France. Why was the system unable to control the frequency? Although modern grids have: -Smart inverters (which can regulate the current), -Fast Frequency Response batteries, -Automatic generation reduction systems (AGC), -their capacity was not enough to handle: -the huge size of the solar peak (20 GW is enormous), -the speed with which the surplus energy entered the grid, -the lack of real mechanical inertia (which renewables do not offer). Simply put: Electronics can regulate the frequency in small and slow variations. But in a brutal energy shock, like today, only the mechanical mass of the turbines can stabilize the grid, and this has been overcome. Spain already has a high percentage of renewable energy, which, paradoxically, makes the grid more fragile if there are not enough: -huge batteries, -high-capacity hydro pumps, -fast export lines to France or other countries. These are problems that we have publicly anticipated, including for Romania, that very violent photo and wind fluctuations can strongly disrupt the grid of conventional sources that have a different rhythm, a different inertia!!!! It is a fragile balance that can be especially supported with huge batteries or high-capacity export lines! Let's learn from such huge problems!!!

⚔️ Days of Resistance Until Occupation in WW2 1.🇬🇷 Greece — 219 days 2.🇳🇴 Norway — 61 days 3.🇫🇷 France — 43 days 4.🇵🇱 Poland — 30 days 5.🇧🇪 Belgium — 18 days 6.🇳🇱 Netherlands — 4 days 7.🇷🇸 Yugoslavia — 3 days 8.🇩🇰 Denmark — 0 days 9.🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia — 0 days 10.🇱🇺 Luxembourg — 0 days 📌 Greece was attacked unprovoked by Italian troops on October 28, 1940, and was invaded by German troops on April 6, 1941. The Battle of Greece lasted altogether 216 days. 🖇️ Source: WW2 historical records

🤖 Most Popular AI Apps Worldwide by Monthly Active Users – April 2025 1.🇺🇸 ChatGPT — 546.15 M 2.🇨🇳 Quark — 149.1 M 3.🇨🇳 Doubao — 107.28 M 4.🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 96.88 M 5.🇺🇸 Nova — 71.45 M 6.🇨🇳 Yuanbao — 41.43 M 7.🇺🇸 Genius AI — 40.9 M 8.🇺🇸 Talkie — 34.89 M 9.🇺🇸 Remini — 33.26 M 10.🇺🇸 Character. ai — 31.89 M 11.🇰🇷 ChatOn — 30.88 M 12.🇨🇳 iAsk — 26.89 M 13.🇺🇸 Grok — 26.64 M 14.🇺🇸 ChatBot — 25.62 M 15.🇺🇸 FaceApp — 25.3 M 16.🇨🇳 Kimi — 24.99 M 17.🇪🇸 Luzia — 24.29 M 18.🇨🇳 AI Mirror — 24.06 M 19.🇺🇸 Gemini — 21.95 M 20.🇨🇳 Jimeng AI — 21.92 M 🖇️ Source: AICPB, Backlinko 🖍️ Graphics: RankingRoyals

📱 Best-Selling Mobile Phones of All Time 1.🇫🇮 Nokia 1100 – 250M 2.🇫🇮 Nokia 1110 – 248M 3.🇺🇸 iPhone 6 – 222M 4.🇫🇮 Nokia 105 Series – 200M 5.🇺🇸 iPhone 6S – 174M 6.🇺🇸 iPhone 5s – 165M 7.🇫🇮 Nokia 3210 – 161M 8.🇺🇸 iPhone 7 – 160M 9.🇺🇸 iPhone 11 – 159M 10.🇺🇸 iPhone XR / XS – 151M 11.🇫🇮 Nokia 6600 – 150M 12.🇫🇮 Nokia 1200 – 149M 13.🇫🇮 Nokia 5230 – 148M 14.🇰🇷 Samsung E1100 – 147M 15.🇺🇸 iPhone 5 – 146M 📊 Source: Official Reports

🕰️ The Oldest Company in (Almost) Every African Country (that is still in business) 🇦🇴 Angola – (no data available) 🇩🇿 Algeria – Hamoud Boualem (1878) 🇧🇼 Botswana – Meat Commission (1965) 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso – Air Burkina (1967) 🇧🇮 Burundi – Brarudi (1955) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde – Correios de Cabo Verde (1849) 🇨🇲 Cameroon – Cameroon Development Corporation (1947) 🇹🇩 Chad – Cotontchad (1971) 🇰🇲 Comoros – The Bank of the Comoros (1981) 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) – Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo (1889) 🇨🇬 Congo (Republic) – Development Bank of the Central African States (1975) 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire – La Poste Côte d’Ivoire (1945) 🇩🇯 Djibouti – Ethio-Djibouti Railways (1901) 🇪🇬 Egypt – Egyptian National Railways (1854) 🇪🇷 Eritrea – Asmara Brewery (1939) 🇸🇿 Eswatini – Swazi Rail (1963) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia – National Bank of Ethiopia (1906) 🇬🇦 Gabon – BGFIBank (1971) 🇬🇲 Gambia – (no data available) 🇬🇭 Ghana – (no data available) 🇬🇳 Guinea – Correios da Guiné-Bissau (1973) 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau – Correios da Guiné-Bissau (1973) 🇰🇪 Kenya – KCB Group (1896) 🇱🇸 Lesotho – Central Bank of Lesotho (1978) 🇱🇷 Liberia – National Port Authority (1921) 🇱🇾 Libya – Umma Bank (1907) 🇲🇬 Madagascar – Air Madagascar (1962) 🇲🇼 Malawi – Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (1964) 🇲🇱 Mali – Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali (1957) 🇲🇷 Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania (1973) 🇲🇺 Mauritius – Mauritius Post (1772) 🇲🇦 Morocco – Attijariwafa Bank (1904) 🇲🇿 Mozambique – Beira Railroad Corporation (1892) 🇳🇦 Namibia – NamPost (1814) 🇳🇪 Niger – Office of Radio and Television of Niger (1960) 🇳🇬 Nigeria – First Bank of Nigeria (1894) 🇨🇫 Central African Republic – Banque Populaire Centrafricaine (1946) 🇷🇼 Rwanda – National Post Office (1922) 🇸🇳 Senegal – Dakar–Niger Railway (1924) 🇸🇨 Seychelles – Air Seychelles (1977) 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – Rokel Commercial Bank (1917) 🇸🇴 Somalia – Radio Mogadishu (1943) 🇿🇦 South Africa – Premier FMCG (1820) 🇸🇸 South Sudan – Ivory Bank (1994) 🇸🇩 Sudan – Bank of Khartoum (1913) 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Tanzania Breweries Limited (1933) 🇹🇬 Togo – La Poste du Togo (1883) 🇹🇳 Tunisia – La Poste Tunisienne (1847) 🇺🇬 Uganda – Uganda Development Bank Limited (1968) 🇿🇲 Zambia – ZamPost (1896) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – Standard Chartered Zimbabwe (1892) 🖇️ Source: BusinessFinancing

🕰️ The Oldest Company in Every European Country (Still in Business) 🇦🇱 Albania — Korça Brewery, 1928 🇦🇩 Andorra — Casa Saboya, 1944 🇦🇹 Austria — St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, 803 🇧🇾 Belarus — Minsk Watch Plant, 1953 🇧🇪 Belgium — Affligem Brewery, 1074 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — Sarajevska Pivara (Sarajevo Brewery), 1864 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Sveta Nedelya Church Bakery, 1871 🇭🇷 Croatia — Kraš (Confectionery), 1911 🇨🇾 Cyprus — KEO Brewery, 1927 🇨🇿 Czechia — U Fleků Brewery, 1499 🇩🇰 Denmark — Munke Mølle (Mill), 1135 🇪🇪 Estonia — Raeapteek Pharmacy, 1422 🇫🇮 Finland — Fiskars, 1649 🇫🇷 France — Château de Goulaine, c. 1000 🇩🇪 Germany — Staffelter Hof Winery, 862 🇬🇷 Greece — National Bank of Greece, 1841 🇭🇺 Hungary — Zwack Unicum, 1790 🇮🇸 Iceland — Bessastaðir (Farm), 874 🇮🇪 Ireland — Sean’s Bar, 900 🇮🇹 Italy — Marinelli Bell Foundry, 1040 🇱🇻 Latvia — Latvijas Balzams, 1900 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — H. Hilti & Co., 1915 🇱🇹 Lithuania — Vilniaus Alus Brewery, 1860 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — Munhowen Brewery, 1764 🇲🇹 Malta — Farsons Brewery, 1928 🇲🇩 Moldova — Acorex Wine, 1827 🇲🇨 Monaco — Société des Bains de Mer, 1863 🇲🇪 Montenegro — Plantaze Winery, 1963 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Brand Brewery, 1340 🇲🇰 North Macedonia — Skopje Brewery, 1924 🇳🇴 Norway — Ulefos Jernværk (Iron Foundry), 1657 🇵🇱 Poland — Piast Brewery, 1322 🇵🇹 Portugal — A Côrte-Real (Winery), 1335 🇷🇴 Romania — Ursus Brewery, 1878 🇷🇺 Russia — Aeroflot, 1923 🇸🇲 San Marino — La Serenissima, 1932 🇷🇸 Serbia — Apatinska Brewery, 1756 🇸🇰 Slovakia — Kachelmann Brewery, 1473 🇸🇮 Slovenia — Žito, 1947 🇪🇸 Spain — Codorníu Winery, 1551 🇸🇪 Sweden — Stora Enso, 1288 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Stiftskeller St. Gallen, 887 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Lviv Brewery, 1715 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Shore Porters Society, 1498 🖇️ Source: World Atlas of Oldest Companies — Data compiled by Visual Capitalist

🌍 The World’s Biggest Exporters (2024) 1.🇨🇳 China — $3.6T 2.🇺🇸 United States — $2.0T 3.🇩🇪 Germany — $1.7T 4.🇳🇱 Netherlands — $921B 5.🇯🇵 Japan — $707B 6.🇰🇷 South Korea — $684B 7.🇮🇹 Italy — $674B 8.🇭🇰 Hong Kong — $646B 9.🇫🇷 France — $639B 10.🇲🇽 Mexico — $617B 11.🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — $604B 12.🇨🇦 Canada — $569B 13.🇧🇪 Belgium — $536B 14.🇬🇧 United Kingdom — $513B 15.🇸🇬 Singapore — $506B 16.🇹🇼 Taiwan — $474B 17.🇨🇭 Switzerland — $447B 18.🇮🇳 India — $443B 19.🇷🇺 Russia — $433B 20.🇪🇸 Spain — $424B 21.🇻🇳 Vietnam — $405B 22.🇵🇱 Poland — $380B 23.🇦🇺 Australia — $341B 24.🇧🇷 Brazil — $337B 25.🇲🇾 Malaysia — $330B 26.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — $305B 27.🇹🇭 Thailand — $301B 28.🇮🇩 Indonesia — $265B 29.🇨🇿 Czech Republic — $263B 30.🇹🇷 Turkey — $262B Source: World Trade Organization (via Visual Capitalist)

🦺 First Jobs of Famous World Leaders 🇺🇸 Donald Trump — 🏢 Father’s real estate company 🇰🇵 Kim Jong Un — 🎖️ Soldier 🇮🇳 Narendra Modi — 🍵 Tea seller 🇻🇦 Pope Francis — 💪 Nightclub bouncer 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin — 🕵️ Secret agent 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelensky — 🎭 Comedian 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris — ⚖️ Prosecutor 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron — 💰 Banker 🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — ⚽ Football player 🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni — 🍽️ Waitress

🚶‍♂️ Top 10 Safest Countries to Walk Alone at Night 1.🇸🇬 Singapore — 98% 2.🇹🇯 Tajikistan — 95% 3.🇨🇳 China — 94% 4.🇴🇲 Oman — 94% 5.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 93% 6.🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, China — 91% 7.🇰🇼 Kuwait — 91% 8.🇳🇴 Norway — 91% 9.🇧🇭 Bahrain — 90% 10.🇦🇪 UAE — 90% 📖 Source: Global Safety Report, Gallup

🏙️ World’s Largest Cities by Population, 2025 1.🇨🇳 Guangzhou — 72.7M 2.🇨🇳 Shanghai — 41.6M 3.🇯🇵 Tokyo — 41.2M 4.🇮🇳 Delhi — 35.7M 5.🇮🇩 Jakarta — 29.5M 6.🇵🇭 Manila — 27.8M 7.🇮🇳 Mumbai — 27.6M 8.🇲🇽 Mexico City — 25.4M 9.🇰🇷 Seoul — 25.2M 10.🇧🇩 Dhaka — 23.1M 11.🇪🇬 Cairo — 22.8M 12.🇧🇷 São Paulo — 22.6M 13.🇹🇭 Bangkok — 21.8M 14.🇺🇸 New York City — 21.8M 📊 🖇️ Source: Britannica, Post Factum

💵 Annual salary of PM / President / King of world 1.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – $9.6 billion 2.🇦🇪 UAE – $4.61 billion 3.🇰🇼 Kuwait – $165 million 4.🇲🇨 Monaco – $52 million 5.🇳🇴 Norway – $33 million 6.🇸🇪 Sweden – $16 million 7.🇩🇰 Denmark – $11 million 8.🇳🇱 Netherlands – $6 million 9.🇯🇵 Japan – $3 million 10.🇨🇭 Switzerland – $507k 11.🇮🇪 Ireland – $401k 12.🇺🇸 USA – $400k 13.🇦🇹 Austria – $378k 14.🇦🇺 Australia – $354k 15.🇪🇸 Spain – $304k 16.🇨🇦 Canada – $290k 17.🇮🇹 Italy – $275k 18.🇩🇪 Germany – $268k 19.🇰🇷 South Korea – $211k 20.🇹🇷 Turkey – $197k 21.🇫🇷 France – $194k 22.🇫🇮 Finland – $141k 23.🇷🇺 Russia – $136k 24.🇧🇷 Brazil – $102k 25.🇮🇳 India – $84k 26.🇧🇬 Bulgaria – $79k 27.🇪🇬 Egypt – $70k 28.🇵🇱 Poland – $70k 29.🇲🇽 Mexico – $68k 30.🇵🇰 Pakistan – $65k 31.🇦🇷 Argentina – $52k 32.🇻🇪 Venezuela – $49k 33.🇪🇹 Ethiopia – $45k 34.🇧🇾 Belarus – $33k 35.🇨🇳 China – $22k 36.🇧🇩 Bangladesh – $17k 37.🇷🇸 Serbia – $15k 38.🇺🇦 Ukraine – $12k 39.🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – $11k 40.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – $7k

🌍 Most Visited Countries 2025 1.🇫🇷 France — 89.4M 2.🇪🇸 Spain — 83.7M 3.🇺🇸 United States — 79.3M 4.🇨🇳 China — 65.7M 5.🇮🇹 Italy — 64.5M 6.🇹🇷 Türkiye — 51.2M 7.🇲🇽 Mexico — 45.0M 8.🇹🇭 Thailand — 39.8M 9.🇩🇪 Germany — 39.6M 10.🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 39.4M 11.🇯🇵 Japan — 32.3M 12.🇦🇹 Austria — 31.9M 13.🇬🇷 Greece — 31.3M 14.🇲🇾 Malaysia — 26.1M 15.🇵🇹 Portugal — 24.6M 16.🇷🇺 Russia — 24.4M 17.🇭🇰 Hong Kong — 23.8M 18.🇨🇦 Canada — 22.1M 19.🇵🇱 Poland — 22.1M 20.🇳🇱 Netherlands — 20.1M 21.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 18.0M 22.🇮🇳 India — 17.9M 23.🇰🇷 South Korea — 17.5M 24.🇭🇷 Croatia — 17.4M 25.🇭🇺 Hungary — 16.9M Source: Image data (2025 statistics)

🌴 Countries with Most Public Holidays 1.🇳🇵 Nepal — 35 2.🇲🇲 Myanmar — 32 3.🇮🇷 Iran — 26 4.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 25 5.🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 22 6.🇮🇳 India — 21 7.🇦🇷 Argentina — 18 8.🇨🇴 Colombia — 18 9.🇵🇭 Philippines — 18 10.🇱🇧 Lebanon — 18 😔 Countries with Least Public Holidays 1.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 6 2.🇲🇽 Mexico — 7 3.🇨🇳 China — 7 4.🇳🇱 Netherlands — 7 5.🇬🇧 UK — 8 6.🇦🇺 Australia — 8 7.🇷🇸 Serbia — 9 8.🇨🇭 Switzerland — 9 9.🇧🇷 Brazil — 9 10.🇨🇦 Canada — 9

🌍 Top 20 Countries with the Lowest Quality of Life 1.🇳🇬 Nigeria — 31.2 2.🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 10.5 3.🇻🇪 Venezuela — 8.23 4.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 6.01 5.🇪🇬 Egypt — 4.20 6.🇮🇷 Iran — 4.12 7.🇵🇪 Peru — 4.06 8.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 2.54 9.🇵🇭 Philippines — 2.37 10.🇱🇧 Lebanon — 1.46 11.🇰🇪 Kenya — 1.45 12.🇮🇩 Indonesia — 1.36 13.🇵🇰 Pakistan — 1.32 14.🇦🇱 Albania — 1.19 15.🇹🇭 Thailand — 1.07 16.🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — 0.99 17.🇨🇱 Chile — 0.98 18.🇨🇴 Colombia — 0.91 19.🇲🇦 Morocco — 0.90 20.🇦🇿 Azerbaijan — 0.79 📊 Source: Numbeo

🏗️🏯 Tallest buildings will exist soon 1.🇰🇼 Al-Kabir Tower — 1,001 m 2.🇸🇦 Jeddah Tower — 1,000 m 3.🇮🇩 BUMN Tower — 778 m 4.🇲🇾 Tradewinds Tower — 775 m 5.🇦🇪 Dubai 1 Tower — 711 m 6.🇦🇪 Uptown Dubai Tower — 711 m 7.🇲🇾 M Tower — 700 m 8.🇨🇳 Shenzhen Tower — 642 m 9.🇮🇩 Signature Tower — 638 m

After serving time in prison, Dani Alves has been found not guilty of rape. Life moves on like nothing happened—especially for the woman who destroyed his life. She walks free. Dani lost everything—absolutely everything, including his family. As a man, the game was rigged against him from the start. Once worth $60 million, his empire collapsed after being accused of rape in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom. At 39, Dani spent 14 months in Brians 2 prison. Sponsors like Puma cut ties, costing him millions. Lawsuits piled up, including a $2.2 million claim from Pumas UNAM. His marriage to Joana Sanz also crumbled, ending in a 2024 divorce filing. Convicted in February 2024 under Spain’s strict consent laws—based largely on the accuser’s testimony—he was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and ordered to pay €150,000 in damages (covered in part by allies, including Neymar’s family). Despite proclaiming his innocence, Alves appealed. On March 28, 2025, Catalonia’s High Court unanimously acquitted him, citing “flaws and inaccuracies” in the evidence, inconsistencies in the woman’s story, and a lack of corroborating proof. He walked free after 839 days behind bars. Meanwhile, the accuser remains anonymous—and uncharged for an unproven claim.

What happened in Spain yesterday? On April 28, 2025, Spain witnessed a major energy event: a nationwide blackout. What was the cause? A massive overload of the electrical grid due to a huge spike in solar production. What happened? At around 11:00 AM, Spain’s solar power production reached a record peak of over 20 GW – a huge amount, rapidly injected into the grid in a very short period of time. Normally, the electrical grid maintains a fine balance between production and consumption, in order to keep the frequency constant at 50 Hz. But today, the solar peak seriously disrupted this balance. How did the collapse occur? 1. Solar energy flood: Solar panels delivered a huge excess of current, dramatically reducing the need for energy from conventional power plants (gas, hydro, nuclear). 2. Turbine acceleration: -Conventional power plants (especially gas and hydro) are equipped with turbines that rotate synchronously with the grid at 50 Hz. -When energy demand drops suddenly (because solar energy covers all consumption), these turbines cannot slow down instantly. -On the contrary: being still mechanically driven by engines or the flow of water, they begin to accelerate spontaneously. 3. Frequency increase: -This acceleration leads to an increase in the grid frequency above 50 Hz. -From a small imbalance, the frequency began to climb towards 50.5 Hz, 51 Hz or even more. 4. Confirmation of the phenomenon: Further analyses showed that immediately after the solar peak, the energy injected into the grid by gas and hydro turbines increased sharply. This behavior confirms the theory of turbine acceleration and frequency increase: -the turbines, having accumulated mechanical energy and sensing a decrease in load, injected even more energy into the grid, which amplified the imbalance and accelerated the collapse. 5. Activation of protections: The electrical grid has automatic systems that protect equipment. If the frequency goes outside the safe range (usually 49.5–50.5 Hz), automatic disconnections begin: -power plants are shut down, -sections of the grid are cut, -entire areas are isolated to prevent catastrophic damage. 6. Generalized collapse: Because the system was unable to compensate for the surplus energy quickly enough, protections were triggered in a cascade, leading to the collapse of the electricity supply in almost all of Spain, Portugal and the south of France. Why was the system unable to control the frequency? Although modern grids have: -Smart inverters (which can regulate the current), -Fast Frequency Response batteries, -Automatic generation reduction systems (AGC), -their capacity was not enough to handle: -the huge size of the solar peak (20 GW is enormous), -the speed with which the surplus energy entered the grid, -the lack of real mechanical inertia (which renewables do not offer). Simply put: Electronics can regulate the frequency in small and slow variations. But in a brutal energy shock, like today, only the mechanical mass of the turbines can stabilize the grid, and this has been overcome. Spain already has a high percentage of renewable energy, which, paradoxically, makes the grid more fragile if there are not enough: -huge batteries, -high-capacity hydro pumps, -fast export lines to France or other countries. These are problems that we have publicly anticipated, including for Romania, that very violent photo and wind fluctuations can strongly disrupt the grid of conventional sources that have a different rhythm, a different inertia!!!! It is a fragile balance that can be especially supported with huge batteries or high-capacity export lines! Let's learn from such huge problems!!!

⚔️ Days of Resistance Until Occupation in WW2 1.🇬🇷 Greece — 219 days 2.🇳🇴 Norway — 61 days 3.🇫🇷 France — 43 days 4.🇵🇱 Poland — 30 days 5.🇧🇪 Belgium — 18 days 6.🇳🇱 Netherlands — 4 days 7.🇷🇸 Yugoslavia — 3 days 8.🇩🇰 Denmark — 0 days 9.🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia — 0 days 10.🇱🇺 Luxembourg — 0 days 📌 Greece was attacked unprovoked by Italian troops on October 28, 1940, and was invaded by German troops on April 6, 1941. The Battle of Greece lasted altogether 216 days. 🖇️ Source: WW2 historical records

🫦 Top 20 Sexiest Accents in the World 1.🇳🇿 Kiwi 2.🇿🇦 South African 3.🇮🇪 Irish 4.🇮🇹 Italian 5.🇦🇺 Australian 6.🏴 Scottish 7.🇫🇷 French 8.🇪🇸 Spanish 9.🇺🇸 South USA 10.🇧🇷 Brazilian 11.🇨🇿 Czech 12.🇬🇧 Queen’s English 13.🇨🇦 Canadian 14.🇭🇺 Hungarian 15.🇺🇦 Ukrainian 16.🇩🇰 Danish 17.🇯🇲 Jamaican 18.🏴 Yorkshire 19.🇦🇷 Argentine 20.🇿🇼 Zimbabwean 📊 🖇️ Source: GeoData & Rankings | Big 7 Travel

🕰️ The Oldest Company in (Almost) Every African Country (that is still in business) 🇦🇴 Angola – (no data available) 🇩🇿 Algeria – Hamoud Boualem (1878) 🇧🇼 Botswana – Meat Commission (1965) 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso – Air Burkina (1967) 🇧🇮 Burundi – Brarudi (1955) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde – Correios de Cabo Verde (1849) 🇨🇲 Cameroon – Cameroon Development Corporation (1947) 🇹🇩 Chad – Cotontchad (1971) 🇰🇲 Comoros – The Bank of the Comoros (1981) 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) – Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo (1889) 🇨🇬 Congo (Republic) – Development Bank of the Central African States (1975) 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire – La Poste Côte d’Ivoire (1945) 🇩🇯 Djibouti – Ethio-Djibouti Railways (1901) 🇪🇬 Egypt – Egyptian National Railways (1854) 🇪🇷 Eritrea – Asmara Brewery (1939) 🇸🇿 Eswatini – Swazi Rail (1963) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia – National Bank of Ethiopia (1906) 🇬🇦 Gabon – BGFIBank (1971) 🇬🇲 Gambia – (no data available) 🇬🇭 Ghana – (no data available) 🇬🇳 Guinea – Correios da Guiné-Bissau (1973) 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau – Correios da Guiné-Bissau (1973) 🇰🇪 Kenya – KCB Group (1896) 🇱🇸 Lesotho – Central Bank of Lesotho (1978) 🇱🇷 Liberia – National Port Authority (1921) 🇱🇾 Libya – Umma Bank (1907) 🇲🇬 Madagascar – Air Madagascar (1962) 🇲🇼 Malawi – Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (1964) 🇲🇱 Mali – Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali (1957) 🇲🇷 Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania (1973) 🇲🇺 Mauritius – Mauritius Post (1772) 🇲🇦 Morocco – Attijariwafa Bank (1904) 🇲🇿 Mozambique – Beira Railroad Corporation (1892) 🇳🇦 Namibia – NamPost (1814) 🇳🇪 Niger – Office of Radio and Television of Niger (1960) 🇳🇬 Nigeria – First Bank of Nigeria (1894) 🇨🇫 Central African Republic – Banque Populaire Centrafricaine (1946) 🇷🇼 Rwanda – National Post Office (1922) 🇸🇳 Senegal – Dakar–Niger Railway (1924) 🇸🇨 Seychelles – Air Seychelles (1977) 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – Rokel Commercial Bank (1917) 🇸🇴 Somalia – Radio Mogadishu (1943) 🇿🇦 South Africa – Premier FMCG (1820) 🇸🇸 South Sudan – Ivory Bank (1994) 🇸🇩 Sudan – Bank of Khartoum (1913) 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Tanzania Breweries Limited (1933) 🇹🇬 Togo – La Poste du Togo (1883) 🇹🇳 Tunisia – La Poste Tunisienne (1847) 🇺🇬 Uganda – Uganda Development Bank Limited (1968) 🇿🇲 Zambia – ZamPost (1896) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – Standard Chartered Zimbabwe (1892) 🖇️ Source: BusinessFinancing

🌍 Top 20 Countries with the Lowest Quality of Life 1.🇳🇬 Nigeria — 31.2 2.🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 10.5 3.🇻🇪 Venezuela — 8.23 4.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — 6.01 5.🇪🇬 Egypt — 4.20 6.🇮🇷 Iran — 4.12 7.🇵🇪 Peru — 4.06 8.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 2.54 9.🇵🇭 Philippines — 2.37 10.🇱🇧 Lebanon — 1.46 11.🇰🇪 Kenya — 1.45 12.🇮🇩 Indonesia — 1.36 13.🇵🇰 Pakistan — 1.32 14.🇦🇱 Albania — 1.19 15.🇹🇭 Thailand — 1.07 16.🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — 0.99 17.🇨🇱 Chile — 0.98 18.🇨🇴 Colombia — 0.91 19.🇲🇦 Morocco — 0.90 20.🇦🇿 Azerbaijan — 0.79 📊 Source: Numbeo

🤖 Most Popular AI Apps Worldwide by Monthly Active Users – April 2025 1.🇺🇸 ChatGPT — 546.15 M 2.🇨🇳 Quark — 149.1 M 3.🇨🇳 Doubao — 107.28 M 4.🇨🇳 DeepSeek — 96.88 M 5.🇺🇸 Nova — 71.45 M 6.🇨🇳 Yuanbao — 41.43 M 7.🇺🇸 Genius AI — 40.9 M 8.🇺🇸 Talkie — 34.89 M 9.🇺🇸 Remini — 33.26 M 10.🇺🇸 Character. ai — 31.89 M 11.🇰🇷 ChatOn — 30.88 M 12.🇨🇳 iAsk — 26.89 M 13.🇺🇸 Grok — 26.64 M 14.🇺🇸 ChatBot — 25.62 M 15.🇺🇸 FaceApp — 25.3 M 16.🇨🇳 Kimi — 24.99 M 17.🇪🇸 Luzia — 24.29 M 18.🇨🇳 AI Mirror — 24.06 M 19.🇺🇸 Gemini — 21.95 M 20.🇨🇳 Jimeng AI — 21.92 M 🖇️ Source: AICPB, Backlinko 🖍️ Graphics: RankingRoyals

🚶‍♂️ Top 10 Safest Countries to Walk Alone at Night 1.🇸🇬 Singapore — 98% 2.🇹🇯 Tajikistan — 95% 3.🇨🇳 China — 94% 4.🇴🇲 Oman — 94% 5.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 93% 6.🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, China — 91% 7.🇰🇼 Kuwait — 91% 8.🇳🇴 Norway — 91% 9.🇧🇭 Bahrain — 90% 10.🇦🇪 UAE — 90% 📖 Source: Global Safety Report, Gallup

🦺 First Jobs of Famous World Leaders 🇺🇸 Donald Trump — 🏢 Father’s real estate company 🇰🇵 Kim Jong Un — 🎖️ Soldier 🇮🇳 Narendra Modi — 🍵 Tea seller 🇻🇦 Pope Francis — 💪 Nightclub bouncer 🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin — 🕵️ Secret agent 🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelensky — 🎭 Comedian 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris — ⚖️ Prosecutor 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron — 💰 Banker 🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — ⚽ Football player 🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni — 🍽️ Waitress

🕰️ The Oldest Company in Every European Country (Still in Business) 🇦🇱 Albania — Korça Brewery, 1928 🇦🇩 Andorra — Casa Saboya, 1944 🇦🇹 Austria — St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, 803 🇧🇾 Belarus — Minsk Watch Plant, 1953 🇧🇪 Belgium — Affligem Brewery, 1074 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — Sarajevska Pivara (Sarajevo Brewery), 1864 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Sveta Nedelya Church Bakery, 1871 🇭🇷 Croatia — Kraš (Confectionery), 1911 🇨🇾 Cyprus — KEO Brewery, 1927 🇨🇿 Czechia — U Fleků Brewery, 1499 🇩🇰 Denmark — Munke Mølle (Mill), 1135 🇪🇪 Estonia — Raeapteek Pharmacy, 1422 🇫🇮 Finland — Fiskars, 1649 🇫🇷 France — Château de Goulaine, c. 1000 🇩🇪 Germany — Staffelter Hof Winery, 862 🇬🇷 Greece — National Bank of Greece, 1841 🇭🇺 Hungary — Zwack Unicum, 1790 🇮🇸 Iceland — Bessastaðir (Farm), 874 🇮🇪 Ireland — Sean’s Bar, 900 🇮🇹 Italy — Marinelli Bell Foundry, 1040 🇱🇻 Latvia — Latvijas Balzams, 1900 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — H. Hilti & Co., 1915 🇱🇹 Lithuania — Vilniaus Alus Brewery, 1860 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — Munhowen Brewery, 1764 🇲🇹 Malta — Farsons Brewery, 1928 🇲🇩 Moldova — Acorex Wine, 1827 🇲🇨 Monaco — Société des Bains de Mer, 1863 🇲🇪 Montenegro — Plantaze Winery, 1963 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Brand Brewery, 1340 🇲🇰 North Macedonia — Skopje Brewery, 1924 🇳🇴 Norway — Ulefos Jernværk (Iron Foundry), 1657 🇵🇱 Poland — Piast Brewery, 1322 🇵🇹 Portugal — A Côrte-Real (Winery), 1335 🇷🇴 Romania — Ursus Brewery, 1878 🇷🇺 Russia — Aeroflot, 1923 🇸🇲 San Marino — La Serenissima, 1932 🇷🇸 Serbia — Apatinska Brewery, 1756 🇸🇰 Slovakia — Kachelmann Brewery, 1473 🇸🇮 Slovenia — Žito, 1947 🇪🇸 Spain — Codorníu Winery, 1551 🇸🇪 Sweden — Stora Enso, 1288 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Stiftskeller St. Gallen, 887 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Lviv Brewery, 1715 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Shore Porters Society, 1498 🖇️ Source: World Atlas of Oldest Companies — Data compiled by Visual Capitalist

🗣️ The Most Spoken Languages in Europe (by number of native speakers) 1.🇷🇺 Russian – 106M 2.🇩🇪 German – 97M 3.🇫🇷 French – 81M 4.🇮🇹 Italian – 65M 5.🇬🇧 English – 63M 6.🇪🇸 Spanish – 47M 7.🇵🇱 Polish – 39M 8.🇺🇦 Ukrainian – 33M 9.🇷🇴 Romanian – 24M 10.🇳🇱 Dutch – 22M 📊 Source: Ethnologue

📊 Percentage of Black People in European Populations 1.🇫🇷 France: 8.43% 2.🇵🇹 Portugal: 4.35% 3.🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 3.95% 4.🇧🇪 Belgium: 3.57% 5.🇸🇪 Sweden: 3.09% 6.🇳🇱 Netherlands: 2.83% 7.🇳🇴 Norway: 2.50% 8.🇨🇭 Switzerland: 2.11% 9.🇮🇪 Ireland: 1.31% 10.🇮🇹 Italy: 1.20% 11.🇪🇸 Spain: 1.17% 12.🇩🇰 Denmark: 0.91% 13.🇫🇮 Finland: 0.85% 14.🇩🇪 Germany: 0.65% 15.🇦🇹 Austria: 0.51% 16.🇪🇪 Estonia: 0.10% 17.🇭🇺 Hungary: 0.08% 18.🇨🇿 Czechia: 0.04% 19.🇷🇴 Romania: 0.03% 20.🇵🇱 Poland: 0.02% 21.🇷🇺 Russia: 0.02% 22.🇱🇻 Latvia: 0.02% 📌 🖇️ Source: Eurostat

💴 Average Monthly Net Salary (selected Countries) 1.🇨🇭 Switzerland — $7,501 2.🇱🇺 Luxembourg — $5,401 3.🇮🇸 Iceland — $4,605 4.🇸🇬 Singapore — $4,570 5.🇺🇸 United States — $4,318 6.🇩🇰 Denmark — $4,078 7.🇳🇱 Netherlands — $3,879 8.🇶🇦 Qatar — $3,736 9.🇳🇴 Norway — $3,680 10.🇭🇰 Hong Kong — $3,600 11.🇮🇳 India — $502 📊 Source: Numbeo 📅 Data as of October 12, 2025 By Upsurge

💵 Annual salary of PM / President / King of world 1.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – $9.6 billion 2.🇦🇪 UAE – $4.61 billion 3.🇰🇼 Kuwait – $165 million 4.🇲🇨 Monaco – $52 million 5.🇳🇴 Norway – $33 million 6.🇸🇪 Sweden – $16 million 7.🇩🇰 Denmark – $11 million 8.🇳🇱 Netherlands – $6 million 9.🇯🇵 Japan – $3 million 10.🇨🇭 Switzerland – $507k 11.🇮🇪 Ireland – $401k 12.🇺🇸 USA – $400k 13.🇦🇹 Austria – $378k 14.🇦🇺 Australia – $354k 15.🇪🇸 Spain – $304k 16.🇨🇦 Canada – $290k 17.🇮🇹 Italy – $275k 18.🇩🇪 Germany – $268k 19.🇰🇷 South Korea – $211k 20.🇹🇷 Turkey – $197k 21.🇫🇷 France – $194k 22.🇫🇮 Finland – $141k 23.🇷🇺 Russia – $136k 24.🇧🇷 Brazil – $102k 25.🇮🇳 India – $84k 26.🇧🇬 Bulgaria – $79k 27.🇪🇬 Egypt – $70k 28.🇵🇱 Poland – $70k 29.🇲🇽 Mexico – $68k 30.🇵🇰 Pakistan – $65k 31.🇦🇷 Argentina – $52k 32.🇻🇪 Venezuela – $49k 33.🇪🇹 Ethiopia – $45k 34.🇧🇾 Belarus – $33k 35.🇨🇳 China – $22k 36.🇧🇩 Bangladesh – $17k 37.🇷🇸 Serbia – $15k 38.🇺🇦 Ukraine – $12k 39.🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – $11k 40.🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – $7k

🌍 The World’s Biggest Exporters (2024) 1.🇨🇳 China — $3.6T 2.🇺🇸 United States — $2.0T 3.🇩🇪 Germany — $1.7T 4.🇳🇱 Netherlands — $921B 5.🇯🇵 Japan — $707B 6.🇰🇷 South Korea — $684B 7.🇮🇹 Italy — $674B 8.🇭🇰 Hong Kong — $646B 9.🇫🇷 France — $639B 10.🇲🇽 Mexico — $617B 11.🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — $604B 12.🇨🇦 Canada — $569B 13.🇧🇪 Belgium — $536B 14.🇬🇧 United Kingdom — $513B 15.🇸🇬 Singapore — $506B 16.🇹🇼 Taiwan — $474B 17.🇨🇭 Switzerland — $447B 18.🇮🇳 India — $443B 19.🇷🇺 Russia — $433B 20.🇪🇸 Spain — $424B 21.🇻🇳 Vietnam — $405B 22.🇵🇱 Poland — $380B 23.🇦🇺 Australia — $341B 24.🇧🇷 Brazil — $337B 25.🇲🇾 Malaysia — $330B 26.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — $305B 27.🇹🇭 Thailand — $301B 28.🇮🇩 Indonesia — $265B 29.🇨🇿 Czech Republic — $263B 30.🇹🇷 Turkey — $262B Source: World Trade Organization (via Visual Capitalist)

📱 Best-Selling Mobile Phones of All Time 1.🇫🇮 Nokia 1100 – 250M 2.🇫🇮 Nokia 1110 – 248M 3.🇺🇸 iPhone 6 – 222M 4.🇫🇮 Nokia 105 Series – 200M 5.🇺🇸 iPhone 6S – 174M 6.🇺🇸 iPhone 5s – 165M 7.🇫🇮 Nokia 3210 – 161M 8.🇺🇸 iPhone 7 – 160M 9.🇺🇸 iPhone 11 – 159M 10.🇺🇸 iPhone XR / XS – 151M 11.🇫🇮 Nokia 6600 – 150M 12.🇫🇮 Nokia 1200 – 149M 13.🇫🇮 Nokia 5230 – 148M 14.🇰🇷 Samsung E1100 – 147M 15.🇺🇸 iPhone 5 – 146M 📊 Source: Official Reports