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Every fact below is a question in Way Off, the daily guess-the-number game. Read them and ruin the game for yourself, or play first and find out how wrong a human can be.

🛰️ The Sky
How many working satellites are orbiting Earth? How many pieces of space junk bigger than 10 cm are being tracked in orbit? How much does an average fluffy cumulus cloud weigh, in kilograms? How many wild birds are alive on Earth? How many lightning strikes hit Earth every second, on average? How many commercial flights take off worldwide on an average day? How many meteors burn up in Earth's atmosphere every day? How many stars can a human eye see across the entire night sky, with no light pollution? How fast is Earth travelling around the Sun, in km/h? At what altitude do commercial jets cruise, in metres?
🐜 Life on Earth
How many ants are alive on Earth right now? How many trees are there on Earth? How many chickens are alive in the world right now? How many species have scientists formally named and described? How many people do mosquitoes kill every year? How many dogs are there in the world? How many rats live in New York City? How much does a blue whale's tongue weigh, in kilograms? What is the total weight of all Antarctic krill, in tonnes? How many cattle are there in the world?
🌊 The Ocean
How many shipwrecks are lying on the ocean floor? How many square kilometres of the ocean floor have been mapped in high resolution? How deep is the deepest point in the ocean, in metres? How many pieces of plastic are floating in the world's oceans? How many fish are in the ocean? How many sharks do humans kill every year? How much gold is dissolved in the world's seawater, in tonnes? How long are all the undersea internet cables laid end to end, in km? How deep is the Titanic wreck, in metres? How many merchant ships are at sea at any given moment?
💻 The Internet
How much does the entire internet weigh, in grams? How many emails are sent every day? How many Google searches happen every day? How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every day? How many websites exist? How many people use the internet? How much data does humanity create every day, in terabytes? How many articles are on English Wikipedia? How many smartphones are in use worldwide? How many known leaked accounts used the password “123456”?
🫀 Your Body
How many cells are in an adult human body? How many bacteria live in and on your body? If you laid out all the blood vessels in one human body, how long would they stretch, in km? How many times will your heart beat in an average lifetime? How many breaths do you take in a day? How many neurons are in a human brain? How many times do you blink in a day? How many hairs are on a typical human head? If you uncoiled the DNA from a single one of your cells, how long would it be, in metres? How much saliva does a person produce in a lifetime, in litres?
🌌 Space
How many stars are in the Milky Way? How many galaxies are in the observable universe? How much would a teaspoon of neutron star weigh, in kilograms? How far away is the Moon, in km? How many Earths would fit inside the Sun? How far from Earth is Voyager 1, in km? How fast does light travel, in km per second? How many people have walked on the Moon? How old is the universe, in years? How much did the International Space Station cost to build, in dollars?
💸 Money
How big is the US national debt, in dollars? How much gold has ever been mined in all of human history, in tonnes? How many bitcoin will ever exist? How many billionaires are there in the world? How many millionaires are there in the world? What is the total GDP of the whole world, in dollars per year? How much did it cost the US Mint to make one penny, in cents? What are the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot? One in… How much is spent on advertising worldwide each year, in dollars? How much US cash (notes) is in circulation, in dollars?
🌍 Planet Earth
How many grains of sand are on all the beaches of Earth? How many babies are born worldwide each day? How old is the Earth, in years? How many volcanoes are erupting on Earth right now? How deep is the deepest hole humans have ever drilled, in metres? How many lakes are there on Earth? How many languages are spoken in the world today? How far is it around the equator, in km? How many cubic kilometres of freshwater does Earth hold — ice caps, groundwater, lakes, all of it? How many countries are there in the world?
🍔 Food
How many flowers do bees visit to make one kilogram of honey? How many chickens are slaughtered for food every year? How many cups of coffee are drunk worldwide every day? How many people does McDonald's serve every day? How many eggs are produced worldwide each year? How much food is thrown away worldwide each year, in tonnes? How much water does it take to produce one beef burger, in litres? How many bananas are eaten worldwide each year? How many grains of rice are in a 1 kg bag? How many servings of Coca-Cola products are sold every day?
👥 Humans
How many humans have ever lived? How many people are alive on Earth? How many cigarettes are smoked worldwide each year? How many steps does an average person take in a lifetime? How many words does the average person speak in a day? How many cars and trucks are on the world's roads? How many different people have reached the summit of Everest? How many people alive today are 100 years old or older? How many people have never used the internet? How many new books are published worldwide every year?
🦁 Animals
How many years have sharks existed on Earth? How many birds do pet and feral cats kill per year in the US alone? How many neurons are in an elephant's brain? How many smell receptors does a dog's nose have? How many bees live in one healthy hive in summer? How fast can a hummingbird's heart beat, per minute? How much weight does a blue whale calf gain per day, in kg? How deep can an emperor penguin dive, in centimetres? How many seconds does the shortest-lived adult insect get? How many locusts were in the biggest swarm ever recorded? How many birds were in the largest flock ever recorded? How many insects are alive for every one human? How far does an Arctic tern fly in its lifetime, in km? How many bats live in the world's largest bat colony? How many wildebeest join the Great Migration each year? How many species of beetle have been described? How many teeth does a shark grow in its lifetime? How many species of mosquito exist? How many litres of methane gas does one cow release per day? How much prey do all the world's spiders eat per year, in tonnes?
🏅 Sport
How many registered soccer players are there worldwide? How many people watched the 2022 World Cup final? What does 30 seconds of Super Bowl ad time cost, in dollars? How many people reach the summit of Everest per year? How many steps does a runner take in a marathon? How many calories does a Tour de France rider burn per day? What's the fastest tennis serve ever recorded, in km/h? How many dimples are on a typical golf ball? How many grams of actual gold are in an Olympic gold medal? How many different ways can the first four chess moves (each side) be played? How many cricket fans are there worldwide? How many people worldwide watched esports last year? What's the average NBA player salary, in dollars per year? How many strawberries are eaten at Wimbledon each year? How many career goals did Pelé score, including friendlies? How many times does a rider's wheel turn over the whole Tour de France? How many calories a day did Michael Phelps eat in training? How many baseballs are used in a single MLB game? How many golf balls are on the Moon? How many tennis balls does Wimbledon use each championships?
🏛️ History
How many stone blocks make up the Great Pyramid? How big was the Mongol Empire at its peak, in km²? How many km of roads did the Romans build? How many people lived in the ancient city of Rome at its peak, around 100 AD? How old is the oldest living tree, in years? How many years ago was writing invented? How many days ago did the last Ice Age end? How many rooms does the Palace of Versailles have? How many years did the Hundred Years' War actually last? How many years separate Stegosaurus from T. rex? How many people did the Black Death kill in Europe? How many aircraft were built during World War II, all sides? How much does the entire Terracotta Army weigh, in kg? How old is the world's oldest company, in years? How many houses burned in the Great Fire of London? How much does Tutankhamun's solid gold coffin weigh, in grams? How many crew sailed with Columbus in 1492? Oxford University is OLDER than the Aztec Empire — by how many years? How tall was Napoleon, in cm? How many years before Cleopatra was the Great Pyramid built?
🎬 The Movies & TV
How much money has Avatar made at the box office? How much has the Marvel Cinematic Universe made in total? How many hours does the world watch on Netflix per day? How many cinema tickets does India sell per year? What did the film Titanic cost to make? How many extras appeared in one scene of Gandhi (1982) — a record? How many professional screen actors are registered in the US? How many films does India produce per year? How many episodes of The Simpsons exist? How many hours of Squid Game did the world watch in its first month? How much does Friends still earn per year in reruns? What did Star Wars: The Force Awakens cost to make? What was Robert Downey Jr. paid for Avengers: Endgame? How many seconds does the average person spend watching TV in a lifetime? How many cinema screens are there worldwide? How many seconds of computer time did ONE frame of a Pixar film take to render? How many pairs of prosthetic hobbit feet did the Lord of the Rings films use? How many films have reused one single stock scream recording (the 'Wilhelm scream', recorded 1951)? How much does an Oscar statuette weigh, in grams? How many cinema tickets has Gone with the Wind sold in the US — the most ever?
🎵 Music
With how many pounds of force do the strings of a concert grand piano pull? In 2023, how many new tracks were being uploaded to streaming services every day? How many vinyl records were shipped in the US in 2024, according to the RIAA? How many people attended Rod Stewart's 1994 New Year's Eve concert on Copacabana Beach — the biggest concert crowd ever? How many pipes does the world's largest pipe organ, in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, have? How old is the oldest known musical instrument, a bone flute found in a German cave? How much did Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged acoustic guitar sell for at auction in 2020? How much money did Taylor Swift's Eras Tour gross in ticket sales? How many times has the most-streamed song on Spotify, The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights', been played? A John Cage organ piece currently being performed in a German church is scheduled to last how many DAYS? How many horsehairs are on a violin bow? Mozart died at 35. How many works does his official catalogue contain? How many instruments made by Antonio Stradivari still survive today? How many recorded cover versions exist of The Beatles' 'Yesterday' — the most covered song ever? How many musicians played in the largest orchestra ever assembled, in Venezuela in 2021? How many copies has Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', the best-selling album ever, sold worldwide? Before its copyright was struck down in 2015, how much did 'Happy Birthday to You' earn in royalties per year? How many harmonicas has the German company Hohner made since 1857? Astronomers detected a black hole 'singing' the deepest note ever found — how many octaves below middle C is it? How many copies has the best-selling single of all time, Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas', sold?
⚙️ Machines
How many individual parts make up a typical car, counting every screw and bolt? How many vending machines are operating in Japan? How many metres of electrical wiring are inside a single Airbus A380? How many rivets hold the Eiffel Tower together? How many industrial robots were working in the world’s factories as of 2024? What is the volume of Boeing's Everett factory, the largest building on Earth, in cubic metres? How many litres of freshwater are flushed out to sea when one ship transits the original Panama Canal locks? How many litres of fuel does a Boeing 747 burn every hour at cruise? How many standard shipping containers can the world's largest container ship carry at once? How many tonnes does the Bagger 293, the heaviest land vehicle ever built, weigh? How many Toyota Corollas have been sold since the model launched in 1966? How many people do Otis elevators and escalators move every day? How many transistors are on a single Nvidia H100 AI chip? How many tonnes does the crankshaft alone of the world's most powerful ship engine weigh? How long is Hong Kong's Central–Mid-Levels escalator system, the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, in metres? How many cash machines (ATMs) are installed worldwide? How many new motor vehicles rolled off the world's production lines in 2023? How many milliseconds does a car airbag take to fully inflate after a crash is detected? How many kilometres of railway track criss-cross the world? How many laps of the Large Hadron Collider's 27-km ring does a proton complete every second?
🏙️ Cities
How many escalators does the London Underground have? How many free public drinking fountains (the little 'nasoni') flow non-stop on the streets of Rome? How many metres of steam pipe run under the streets of Manhattan, piping steam directly into buildings? How many fire hydrants stand on the streets of New York City? How many kilometres of tunnels honeycomb the ground beneath Paris? How many miles of sewer pipe run beneath New York City? How many tons of trash does New York City's sanitation department collect on an average day? How many wooden piles were driven into the mud to support just ONE Venice church, Santa Maria della Salute? How many passengers passed through Tokyo's Shinjuku Station each day at its pre-pandemic peak? How many litres of water does the London Underground pump out of its tunnels every day just to stop them flooding? How many glass windows does the Burj Khalifa — the world’s tallest building, in Dubai — have? How many cities in the world have more than 1 million residents? How many buildings taller than 150 metres does Hong Kong have — the most of any city on Earth? How many bricks were used to build the Empire State Building? How many street trees line the sidewalks of New York City? How many bicycles are fished out of Amsterdam's canals every year? How many manhole covers are set into the roads of Japan? How many streetlights are there in the world? How many tonnes of rubbish do the world's cities and towns generate every year? A 'fatberg' of congealed cooking fat and wet wipes found blocking a London sewer in 2017 holds the world record. How many KG did it weigh?
🌦️ Weather
How much does an average fluffy cumulus cloud weigh, in kg? The heaviest hailstone ever recorded in the US fell on Vivian, South Dakota in 2010. How much did it weigh, in grams? The longest single lightning flash ever recorded stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City in a 2017 storm. How long was it, in kilometres? Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is the lightning capital of Earth. How many lightning flashes hit each square kilometre of the lake per year? Arica, Chile holds the record for the longest rainless stretch ever measured in a town. How many consecutive months passed without rain? The most rain ever recorded in 24 hours fell on Réunion Island during a 1966 cyclone. How many millimetres fell in that single day? Mount Baker, Washington holds the world record for snowfall in a single season. How many centimetres of snow fell in the winter of 1998–99? Typhoon Tip (1979) was the largest storm ever recorded. How wide was it, in kilometres? How many tons of Saharan dust does the wind carry off the west coast of Africa each year? Hurricane Harvey (2017) dropped a record amount of water on the US. How many gallons of rain fell in total? The coldest air temperature ever measured on Earth was at Vostok Station, Antarctica in 1983. What was it, in kelvin? How hot does the air inside a lightning bolt get, in kelvin? Mawsynram, India is the wettest inhabited place on Earth. How many millimetres of rain does it get in an average year? Loma, Montana holds the world record for the biggest temperature swing in 24 hours. By how many degrees Celsius did the temperature change? The widest tornado ever measured struck El Reno, Oklahoma in 2013. How wide was it, in metres? The fastest wind gust ever measured on Earth's surface hit Barrow Island, Australia during Cyclone Olivia in 1996. How fast was it, in km/h? The largest snowflake ever reported fell on a Montana ranch in 1887. How wide was it, in millimetres? How many weather balloons are launched around the world every day to feed the forecasts on your phone? How many tonnes of water is the Earth's atmosphere holding right now, as vapour, clouds and rain? How many times per year is the Empire State Building struck by lightning?
🔤 Words & Language
The Rotokas language of Papua New Guinea has the world's shortest alphabet. How many letters does it have? How many words are in the complete works of Shakespeare? When Oxford lexicographers finished revising the verb "run", how many distinct meanings did they record for it? How many kanji characters are Japanese students officially required to learn by the end of high school? How many words does the average 20-year-old native English speaker know? Bangkok's full ceremonial name is the longest place name on Earth. How many letters is it? How many days did it take to complete the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary? How many words are legal to play in international Scrabble, according to the official Collins word list? The largest Chinese dictionary, the Zhonghua Zihai, is a collection of individual characters. How many does it contain? The full chemical name of titin, the largest known protein, is the longest word ever constructed in English. How many letters? Germany's famously long beef-labelling law word (Rindfleischetikettierungs...) was officially retired in 2013. How many letters was it? How many copies have Agatha Christie's books sold, all time? Toki Pona is a complete constructed language designed to be as small as possible. How many words does its core vocabulary have? How many living languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, the most linguistically diverse country on Earth? The complete Bible has been translated into how many languages? The most translated website in the world (jw.org) is available in how many languages? How many distinct emoji are officially recognised in the current Unicode standard? How many characters in total are encoded in the Unicode standard, covering every script your devices can display? Wang is the most common surname in China. How many people in China share it? How many Chinese characters do you need to know to read a newspaper?
🎲 Games & Toys
In points, how much would the famous theoretical OXYPHENBUTAZONE Scrabble play score in one move? The world record for most dominoes toppled in a single chain — how many fell? How many tiny rubber tires does LEGO manufacture in a year? How many different possible games of tic-tac-toe can be played, move by move? How many dollars of Monopoly money does Hasbro print each year? How many different positions can a 2x2x2 pocket Rubik's Cube be scrambled into? How many Hot Wheels cars has Mattel produced since 1968? How many different ways can you combine just six standard 2x4 LEGO bricks of the same color? How many legal board positions exist in a standard game of Connect Four? How many Pokemon trading cards have been printed since the game launched in 1996? In dollars, how much did a sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sell for at auction in 2021? What is the maximum possible score in the original Pac-Man arcade game? How many Game Boy and Game Boy Color handhelds did Nintendo sell worldwide? How many new games were released on Steam in 2023 alone? In dollars, how much did YouTuber Logan Paul pay for the world's most expensive Pokemon card? How many copies of Tetris have been sold across all platforms since 1984? How many people have played Dungeons & Dragons since it launched in 1974? How many copies has Grand Theft Auto V sold since 2013? How many times have Angry Birds games been downloaded in total? Roughly how many blocks exist in a single full Minecraft world?