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FACTS OF THE DAY

12th December 2017

The world’s 10 highest-paid YouTube stars earned $127 million between them in 2016/17, up 80% from the previous year.

washingtonpost.com

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A six-year-old called Ryan, who reviews toys on YouTube, made $11 million between June 2016 and June 2017.

washingtonpost.com

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Physicists from the University of Illinois claim to have discovered a new form of matter called excitonium.

newatlas.com

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The university research done by Larry Page and Sergei Brin that led to them starting Google was funded by grants from the CIA and the NSA.

qz.com

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The Bitcoin network uses more power than the whole of Serbia.

newatlas.com

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A honeybee’s wings move at 11,400 strokes a minute.

atlasobscura.com


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